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Political leaders in New York called for justice after a 61-year-old Asian man was attacked in Harlem. 61-year-old Yao Pan Ma remained in a coma on Tuesday. (April 27)

Los Angeles police fatally shot a man Tuesday after he allegedly went on a rampage shooting several people, killing two of them, then leading police on a chase that ended in a freeway standoff where he fired at police and was shot and killed.

President Joe Biden touted the latest guidance from health officials Tuesday, suggesting fully vaccinated people don't need to wear masks outdoors. Biden said the new recommendation is "another great reason to go get vaccinated." (April 27)

A top-tier management team and additional air tankers and ground crews have been assigned to a wildfire burning in the Sacramento Mountains of south-central New Mexico, where some residents have been evacuated. (April 27)

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York state is adopting the new guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding masking. (April 27)

Smoke billows from dozens of pyres lit inside a parking lot that has been turned into a makeshift crematorium, after India's capital was gripped by a deadly wave of the pandemic that has deluged its hospitals and crematoriums equally. Loved ones filled with grief for their lost family members watch and perform rites as the pyres burn.

The United Nations is hosting what's expected to be three days of informal talks in Geneva on the future of the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Foreign ministers from Greece, Turkey and Britain, will join delegations from the Greek and Turkish-Cypriot communities.

of the Covid concert trial held on March 27 in BarcelonaA trial concert in Barcelona testing infection risk at mass events proved successful after only six people out of 5,000 reported testing positive for Covid-19 afterwards. Ahead of the show, everyone underwent mass screening and antigen tests.

An independent autopsy says Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina, was shot four times in the arm and one time in the back of the head, according to a report released by family attorneys. (April 27)

Chad's new President Mahamat Déby Itno, son of the late Idriss Déby Itno, says he will be the "guarantor" for an "inclusive national dialogue" during the country's transition period.

President Joe Biden will be delivering his first address to a joint session of Congress amid a global pandemic. The speech will recap the highlights of his first 100 days in office and lay out next priorities beyond tackling the coronavirus.

French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the repression in Chad, where at least two people have been killed in demonstrations against the military junta that took power after the death of President Idriss Déby.