Apr 30 Homeland Security to repair damage created by border wall By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Biden administration says it will begin work to address the risks of flooding and soil erosion from unfinished sections of the wall on the U.S. border with Mexico. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch 6:30 News Wrap: U.S. to restrict travel from India as it sends aid to virus-torn country In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. will restrict travel from India as it sends aid to help with the country's spike in COVID-19 infections. Brazil's health minister appealed to other countries to share spare vaccines as they struggle to… Continue watching
Apr 30 Army disciplines 21 at Fort Hood in probe of soldier's death By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The punishments are the latest Army moves in response to Guillen's disappearance and death, which brought to light widespread leadership failures at a base that had high rates of sexual assault, harassment, drug use and other problems. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch 6:10 How one Texas county is approaching the challenge of vaccinating the hesitant By William Brangham, Alison Thoet More than 575,000 Americans lost their lives to COVID-19. Although more than half of all U.S. adults have received at least one dose of a vaccine, there are still challenges to getting people to take the shot, especially in Texas. Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch 3:32 Remembering 5 amazing people lost to COVID-19 Every Friday, we take a moment to memorialize five lives lost to COVID-19 using the stories their loved ones shared with us. Continue watching
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