SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - "A man who was released early last week from a Utah halfway house because of the spread of the coronavirus attacked a woman in her home two days later, tying her up and threatening her with a knife, police said Wednesday.

Utah Department of Corrections spokeswoman Kaitlin Felsted confirmed that the virus played a role in Joshua Haskell’s early release. But she did not respond to repeated emailed questions from The Associated Press about why that decision was made or if any other parolees in Utah halfway houses had been released early because of the spread of the virus."

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New Delhi: "A 40-year-old man, who allegedly spit paan on a woman from North East and called her coronavirus in New Delhi, has been apprehended by Delhi Police. The accused identified as Gaurav Vohra was arrested from Vijay Nagar area of Delhi. "A scooty has also been seized from him," news agency ANI quoted Vijayanta Arya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) North West.

The woman from Manipur was mistreated when she was on her way to Vijay Nagar area. A man on two-wheeler abused her and called her 'coronavirus', believed to be a racial slur for the people of North East. The accused Gaurav Vohra spat chewing tobacco on the woman's clothes. The picture of the incident went viral on social media. "

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The reason provided is that there is some California regulation requiring them in case of wildfire.

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