Apr 30 After Indianapolis shooting, a Sikh activist on why we need to accept realities of racism in America By Amna Nawaz, Joshua Barajas, Wyatt Mayes Simran Jeet Singh of the Sikh Coalition, who's been in contact with victims’ families in Indianapolis, spoke about how the Sikh community is processing their grief and why racism isn’t relegated to just one area of the country. Continue reading
Apr 30 Judge orders Columbus police to alter tactics for protests By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press Police in Ohio's capital city ran “amok” last year when responding to demonstrations against racial injustice and police brutality by using physical violence, tear gas and pepper spray against protestors without provocation, a federal judge said Friday in a ruling… Continue reading
Apr 30 The IRS is still working through last year’s backlog. Here’s what to know about your taxes this year By Tori Partridge The PBS NewsHour spoke with Rhonda Collins, director of tax content and government relations at the National Association of Tax Professionals, about how stimulus checks, unemployment payments or home office expenses might change how you file taxes this year. Continue reading
Apr 30 Canada to start to get Pfizer vaccines from the U.S. next week By Rob Gillies, Associated Press It's the first time the U.S. has allowed that company's vaccine exported north. Canada has tightly woven commercial ties with the U.S., but it has been getting from Pfizer's vaccines from Belgium until now because U.S. authorities had kept supplies… Continue reading
Apr 30 Number of Americans fully vaccinated tops 100 million By David Koenig, Amy Taxin, Mae Anderson, Associated Press While the overall number of lives lost to COVID-19 in the U.S. has eclipsed 575,000, deaths have plummeted to an average of about 670 per day from a peak of around 3,400 in mid-January. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch 5:12 News Wrap: De Blasio says NYC will ‘fully reopen’ by July 1 as vaccination rates improve In our news wrap Thursday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city aims to fully reopen on July 1. India continued to set global COVID-19 case records. China launched the main module of its first permanent space… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 9:53 Chauvin’s prosecutors reflect on the lessons from the trial By Judy Woodruff, Courtney Norris For three weeks, America and the world watched dozens of witnesses testify, and spent hours looking at video of George Floyd's murder at the trial of Derek Chauvin. Within days, other videos of deadly police encounters have renewed calls for… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 6:14 The ‘predatory marketing’ behind menthol cigarettes and how a ban could save Black lives By William Brangham The FDA announced Thursday it hopes to ban menthol in cigarettes and cigars, citing its particularly harmful impact on Black communities, to whom they were heavily marketed. William Brangham has more on the FDA's move and discusses it with Delmonte… Continue watching
Apr 29 5 arrested in violent robbery of Lady Gaga’s dogs By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press Detectives do not believe that the thieves knew the dogs belonged to the pop star. Investigators believe the motive for the Feb. 24 robbery was the value of the French bulldogs. Continue reading
Apr 29 Idaho lawmaker accused of rape resigns after ethics ruling By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press The investigation into Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger began in March. A young staffer reported he raped her in his apartment after the two had dinner at a Boise restaurant. Von Ehlinger has denied all wrongdoing and maintains he had consensual… Continue reading