Washington (AFP) – The United States will release up to 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says at her daily briefing. The Food and Drug Administration will perform quality checks over the next few months on US-produced doses before they are sent abroad, she adds.
CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to Andrew Brown Jr.'s son, Khalil Ferebee, and Brown family attorney Harry Daniels about the 20 seconds of bodycam video of the fatal shooting by Pasquotank County sheriff's deputies in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
CNN's Clarissa Ward reports on the torture tactics, such as beatings with cable wires, the Myanmar military is using against pro-democracy protesters.
The family of a Black man who was fatally shot by police in North Carolina last week were shown a short snippet of police body camera footage that one family attorney described as an execution.
Lianyungang (China) (AFP) – The flat farming region of Guanyun is China's self-proclaimed "Lingerie Capital", where sewing machines hum in village-level micro-factories to meet up to 70 percent of the fast-growing domestic demand. Millions more items are exported annually in a textbook example of the ability of internet-enabled Chinese entrepreneurs to profit from even the most off-the-wall idea.
Andrew Brown's family attorneys Benjamin Crump and Chantel Cherry-Lassiter discuss what was on the 20 second snippet of bodycam footage Brown's relatives were able to view and the decision by the Elizabeth City, North Carolina attorney's office to not show the family the full video.
Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison and CNN's Omar Jimenez discuss the importance of the video evidence in the Chauvin trial.
A Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina was shot in the back of the head and had his hands on his car steering wheel when they opened fire, attorneys for his family said after relatives viewed body camera footage. (April 26)
Vice President Kamala Harris told the Guatemalan President that the U.S. plans to increase relief to the Northern Triangle region and strengthen cooperation to better manage the increase in migration at the U.S. southern border. (Aprl 26)
Atlanta-area park with a giant carving of Confederate leaders considers changes amid criticism; The proposals go up for a vote next month. (April 26)
After having a really bad day in 2017, Fourteen-year-old Brandi Levy posted a profanity-laced Snapchat post which has, improbably, ended up before the the U.S. Supreme Court in the most significant case on student speech in more than 50 years.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy flew to the community of Hyder, on the US-Canadian border recently to offer Canadian residents COVID-19 vaccines. He hopes the vaccinations will help restore cross-border trade. (April 26)
