Apr 25 Watch 7:22 School closures leave homeless students even more vulnerable By Zachary Green, Ivette Feliciano There are more than 1.5 million homeless public school students in the United States. But with many of those young people relying on school for safety, stability and food, the mass closures of school buildings all over the country due… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch 6:38 Homeless children ‘desperate’ for safe spaces amid outbreak Life during the coronavirus pandemic is difficult for most everyone, but it is a particularly daunting time for those without a home, including more than a million children. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Kevin Ryan, the CEO of Covenant House, an… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch 4:40 Where is North Korea’s Kim Jong Un? An expert weighs in North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un remained out of the public view on Saturday, as rumors continue to swirl that he is gravely ill. As that scenario is unfolding, the secretive country continues to maintain it has zero cases of… Continue watching
Apr 25 AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s baseless theories on coronavirus By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press Lysol is for toilet bowls and countertops, not human consumption. The company that manufacturers it felt compelled to emphasize the danger of ingesting it after President Donald Trump’s musings about heat, light and disinfectant in the time of coronavirus. Continue reading
Apr 25 NY opens antibody testing to health care workers and others on front lines By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press New York is starting to test healthcare workers for coronavirus antibodies and will do the same next week with transit and law enforcement workers as the state eases away from the worst days of the pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said… Continue reading
Apr 25 In Trump’s shadow, Congress-at-home eyes reboot during virus By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Every day lawmakers shelter at home, their public role is being visibly diminished. While they are approving record sums of virus aid, they are ceding authority to oversee the effort and tackle next steps. Continue reading
Apr 25 UK govt under fire over virus advice as deaths pass 20,000 By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Britain’s government on Saturday defended the independence of the scientists advising it on the coronavirus after it emerged that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s controversial chief aide had attended meetings of the group. Continue reading
Apr 25 Many states fall short of mandate to track virus exposure By Christina A. Cassidy, Jason Dearen, Associated Press As more states push to reopen their economies, many are falling short on one of the federal government’s essential criteria for doing so — having an efficient system to track people who have been physically near a person infected with… Continue reading
Apr 25 Global death toll from coronvirus surpasses 200,000 By Sara Burnett, Kate Brumback, Associated Press Johns Hopkins University researchers say the global death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed 200,000. A tentative easing around the world of restrictions is gathering pace with the reopening in India of neighborhood stores that many of the country’s 1.3… Continue reading
Apr 25 Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters By David Biller, Diane Jeantet, Leo Correa, Associated Press Cases of the new coronavirus are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as Latin America’s largest nation veers closer to becoming one of the world's pandemic hot spots. Continue reading