Apr 25 Ambush near Congo’s Virunga park kills 12 rangers, 5 others By Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Associated Press An ambush near the renowned Virunga Park in eastern Congo has killed 12 rangers who helped guard some of the world’s last remaining mountain gorillas in the wild, authorities said Friday. 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
Apr 19 WATCH: Coronavirus task force briefing in 15 minutes for April 19, 2020 By Hari Sreenivasan, Zachary Green From swabs to reagents to columnists and China, President Trump and some of the White House coronavirus task force held a news briefing Sunday that covered a range of topics related to the global outbreak and beyond. NewsHour Weekend’s… Continue reading
Apr 19 16 killed in shooting rampage, deadliest in Canadian history By Rob Gillies, Associated Press A man disguised as a police officer went on a shooting rampage in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, killing 16 people Sunday, in the deadliest such attack in the country's history. Officials said the suspected shooter was also dead. Continue reading
Apr 19 WATCH: Trump says he’s close to a deal with Congress on virus aid By Hope Yen, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration and Congress are nearing an agreement on an aid package of up to $450 billion to boost a small-business loan program that has run out of money and add funds for hospitals and COVID-19 testing. Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch 4:21 In Utah, data drives enforcement of stay-at-home directive The coronavirus continues to spread in the U.S. along with the economic ripple effects of the nationwide shutdown. In Utah, a state that relies heavily on tourism, thousands of people have applied for unemployment benefits. Liz Adeola, host and producer… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch 4:55 Decades-old unemployment systems can’t handle record demand By Christopher Booker More than 22 million people have filed for unemployment benefits in recent weeks due to the novel coronavirus. And those record numbers are taxing decades-old unemployment systems in states across the U.S., many which use a legacy programming language called… Continue watching
Apr 19 Tradition-bound Washington adjusts to life in a pandemic By Associated Press Washington is indeed still a city of traditions, even in the era of Donald Trump, whose presidency seemed to have turned the nation’s capital upside down. Continue reading
Apr 19 Biden wins mail-in Wyoming Democratic presidential caucus By Associated Press Joe Biden has won Wyoming’s Democratic presidential caucus, which had been postponed for two weeks and scaled back to just mail-in ballots because of the coronavirus pandemic, state party officials said Sunday. Continue reading