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Man killed by deputy recalled as good guy, loving

An eyewitness says deputies fired at Andrew Brown Jr. multiple times as he tried to drive away from them last month. The car skidded out of Brown's yard and eventually hit a tree, said Demetria Williams, who lives on the same street. (May 4)

Washington state pausing reopen after virus spike

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says all of the state's counties will remain in their current phase of the state's economic reopening plan and won't face more restrictions because new COVID cases are leveling off after a recent spike. (May 4)

Greece wants to boost economic growth by up to 7% from €57bn recovery plan

Greece wants to boost economic growth by as much as 7% over the next six years, as the country aims to mobilise €57 billion as part of its pandemic recovery plan. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says it will be "a bridge to the post-COVID-19 era” with the hope of also creating tens of thousands of jobs during this period.

Atlanta mayor names police chief to permanent role

Atlanta's mayor has named Rodney Bryant permanent police chief nearly a year after he stepped into the role on an interim basis. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she would ask the City Council to confirm Bryant immediately. (May 4)

Rescue workers on site of Mexico city metro crash

Mexico City (AFP) – Mexican citizen says the "metro was badly done" as firefighters and civil protection forces members work on the site of the collapsed metro line in Mexico City, trying to clear the train that came plunging down in an attempt to recover the bodies of the victims.

Rickshaw 'ambulance' offers free oxygen, transport for virus patients

Bhopal (India) (AFP) – When Indian auto-rickshaw driver Mohammad Javed Khan saw people carrying their coronavirus-stricken parents to hospitals on their backs as they were too poor to afford an ambulance, he knew he had to help. Khan, a 34-year-old driver in the central Indian city of Bhopal, sold his wife's jewellery and converted his three-wheeled vehicle into a small ambulance.

Mummy-to-be: Pregnant embalmed body identified in Poland

Polish scientists says they have discovered the world's first pregnant Egyptian mummy while carrying out scans on the 2,000-year-old remains kept at the National Museum in Warsaw. The mummy was brought to Poland in the 19th century and became part of the antiquities collection at the University of Warsaw.

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