Pope Francis accepts the resignations of
Ecuadorian Bishop Julio Parrilla Díaz and Monsignor Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja of the
Diocese of Riobamba after reports of poor governance, financial mismanagement and moral failings.
(AP)
India surpasses 200,000 deaths from COVID-19 after a record 3,293
deaths are reported in the past 24 hours, subsequently becoming the fourth country to do so. The country also reports a new global record of 360,960 new cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 17.9 million.
(NBC News)
PolishPrime MinisterMateusz Morawiecki announces an easing of the country's
lockdown restrictions after a decrease in the number of new cases, which will allow shopping malls and museums to reopen on May 4, hotels to reopen on May 8, and restaurants and cafés to serve people on outdoor terraces beginning on May 15.
(The First News)
Tunisian authorities announce that they will impose a mandatory
quarantine on all travelers for a week beginning on May 3 and continue to suspend schools until May 16 in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
(Al-Arabiya)
A gunman kills two of his family members and two responding sheriff's deputies during a 13-hour standoff in
Boone, North Carolina. The perpetrator later commits suicide at the scene.
(AP)
A man from
Vallejo, California, is arrested and charged for intentionally setting the Markley Fire, which killed two people and eventually merged with the Hennessey Fire as part of the LNU Lightning Complex, one of the largest wildfires in California's history. Authorities say the suspect set the fire in order to cover up the murder of a woman found near
Lake Berryessa, which he had already been arrested and charged for in September 2020.
(NBC News)
Federal prosecutors lay out additional charges for three men suspected of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor
Gretchen Whitmer. The new charges, which include conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, relate to an alleged related plot by the men to detonate explosives at a bridge in order to slow down responding law enforcement.
(CNN)(Detroit Free-Press)
Four people are killed and another is wounded during a
mass stabbing at a hospital in
Potsdam,
Brandenburg,
Germany. The perpetrator, identified as a female hospital's employee, is arrested. The victims are all patients.
(Reuters)
Two children are killed and 16 more are wounded during a
mass stabbing attack at a kindergarten in
Beiliu,
Guangxi,
China. The attacker has been arrested.
(BBC News)
Pope Francis accepts the resignations of
Ecuadorian Bishop Julio Parrilla Díaz and Monsignor Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja of the
Diocese of Riobamba after reports of poor governance, financial mismanagement and moral failings.
(AP)
India surpasses 200,000 deaths from COVID-19 after a record 3,293
deaths are reported in the past 24 hours, subsequently becoming the fourth country to do so. The country also reports a new global record of 360,960 new cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 17.9 million.
(NBC News)
PolishPrime MinisterMateusz Morawiecki announces an easing of the country's
lockdown restrictions after a decrease in the number of new cases, which will allow shopping malls and museums to reopen on May 4, hotels to reopen on May 8, and restaurants and cafés to serve people on outdoor terraces beginning on May 15.
(The First News)
Tunisian authorities announce that they will impose a mandatory
quarantine on all travelers for a week beginning on May 3 and continue to suspend schools until May 16 in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
(Al-Arabiya)
A gunman kills two of his family members and two responding sheriff's deputies during a 13-hour standoff in
Boone, North Carolina. The perpetrator later commits suicide at the scene.
(AP)
A man from
Vallejo, California, is arrested and charged for intentionally setting the Markley Fire, which killed two people and eventually merged with the Hennessey Fire as part of the LNU Lightning Complex, one of the largest wildfires in California's history. Authorities say the suspect set the fire in order to cover up the murder of a woman found near
Lake Berryessa, which he had already been arrested and charged for in September 2020.
(NBC News)
Federal prosecutors lay out additional charges for three men suspected of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor
Gretchen Whitmer. The new charges, which include conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, relate to an alleged related plot by the men to detonate explosives at a bridge in order to slow down responding law enforcement.
(CNN)(Detroit Free-Press)
Four people are killed and another is wounded during a
mass stabbing at a hospital in
Potsdam,
Brandenburg,
Germany. The perpetrator, identified as a female hospital's employee, is arrested. The victims are all patients.
(Reuters)
Two children are killed and 16 more are wounded during a
mass stabbing attack at a kindergarten in
Beiliu,
Guangxi,
China. The attacker has been arrested.
(BBC News)