Covid-19 Live Updates: India Continues Shattering Virus Records as World Pledges Aid
The Biden administration plans to send AstraZeneca vaccine doses to other nations after a safety review. Vaccinated tourists from the United States can visit Europe this summer.
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People comforted a man infected with Covid-19 who was receiving oxygen while he waited outside a hospital for a bed in Delhi on Sunday.Credit.Atul Loke for The New York Times
As a second wave of the pandemic rages in India, which set a global record new cases for the fifth consecutive day on Monday, countries around the world are trying to help. But their efforts to send oxygen and other critical aid are unlikely to plug enough holes in India’s sinking health care system to end its deadly catastrophe.
As New Police Reform Laws Sweep Across the U.S., Some Ask: Are They Enough?
States have passed over 140 police oversight bills since the killing of George Floyd, increasing accountability and overhauling rules on the use of force. But the calls for change continue.
A protest last week after the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was killed by the police in Brooklyn Center, Minn.Credit.Victor J. Blue for The New York Times
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In February, Illinois enacted a law that rewrote many of the state’s rules of policing, and mandated that officers wear body cameras. In March, New York City moved to make it easier for citizens to sue officers. This month, the Maryland legislature which decades ago became the first to adopt a Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights became the first to do away with it.
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Weather forecasters in Mobile, Ala., received reports of hail the size of softballs in some areas as a storm system moved into Florida.
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Severe weather left widespread damage in Palmetto, La. Winds were powerful enough to drag a home several dozen yards onto a road.Credit.WGNO
Powerful storms rolled through the South early on Saturday, killing one person in Louisiana and bringing hail the size of softballs to parts of Alabama, with more severe weather expected throughout the day, the authorities said.
In Louisiana, the president of St. Landry Parish, Jessie Bellard, confirmed that one person was killed and at least seven others were injured in the storms that moved through the area around 2 a.m. local time. The conditions of those injured were not immediately known.