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--:-- Georgia Howe: Welcome to Morning Wire, I'm Georgia Howe.
--:-- John Bickley: And I'm John Bickley, the Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Wire.
--:-- Georgia Howe: It's Monday, April 17th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley. It's Monday, April 17th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. The city of Chicago experienced another chaotic weekend after hundreds of teenagers went on a violent rampage in a popular tourist area on Saturday night. During the riot, two minors were shot.
--:-- David Marcus: Teens were seen jumping on cars, smashing windshields, attacking the people inside, and burning vehicles. One video shows a mob of teens swarming and violently beating a young woman who was attempting to enter a building.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Footage also showed the teens trying to breach police barricades. Police were called to the area to usher tourists and residents to safety. Two teenage boys, age 16 and 17, were shot, and 15 individuals were arrested.
--:-- David Marcus: The city's mayor-elect issued a statement in which he said he did not, quote, condone the destructive activity, but added, it's not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in their own communities, end quote.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Across Chicago, at least 32 individuals were shot in total over the weekend with four deaths.
--:-- Zach Jewell: A California church has been ordered to pay over $1 million in COVID fines for failing to enforce the county's social distancing and masking requirements.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Here with more is Daily Wire researcher Zach Jewell. Superior Court Judge Yvette Pennypacker ordered Calvary Chapel San Jose to pay $1.2 million in fines after it did not follow COVID restrictions put in place by Santa Clara County, requirements the church said violated their religious freedom.
--:-- Zach Jewell: Pennypacker wrote that Calvary Chapel quote refused to model much less enforce this gesture. According to its attorneys, the church will appeal the ruling.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A 16-year-old teen was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being shot in the head and arm after ringing a doorbell in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday. Ralph Jarl, a black teen, was attempting to pick up his two siblings and accidentally went to the wrong address.
--:-- Michael Whitaker: The homeowner, who was white, allegedly shot Jarl through the front door. The shooting has sparked protests and fundraising drives from Hollywood celebrities, including Viola Davis.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Jarl has reportedly been discharged from the hospital and is recovering at home.
--:-- Michael Whitaker: The southern half of California is experiencing a rare super bloom following an unseasonably wet winter, which brought above average precipitation to the Golden State.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Now, millions of dormant seeds have blossomed in large patches from the Bay Area down to the Mexican border. Tourists can see vibrant yellows, purples, blues and reds and everything in between.
--:-- Michael Whitaker: In the past 40 years, just 10 super blooms have occurred in California. Experts say the natural event will occur until May.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Potentially more than 100 civilians and paramilitary forces were killed or injured over the weekend in a series of airstrikes in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum as the Sudanese army bombed positions held by a rival military force.
--:-- Michael Whitaker: International observers fear that the conflict could ignite a full-blown civil war. Fighting is intensifying in Sudan for a third straight day between the army and the rapid support forces.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The army allied with the paramilitary organization to overthrow longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir, following widespread popular protests against his regime in 2019.
--:-- Michael Whitaker: The two groups had shared power in the transitional government. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan headed the Provisional Government's Sovereign Council, while RSF commander General Mohammed Hamdan Degallo acted as deputy head.
--:-- Georgia Howe: While reports about the precise number of casualties differ, one doctor's group told Reuters that at least 97 civilians had been killed and 365 had been injured since the fighting began.
--:-- John Bickley: Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
