News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The World Health Organization said that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered lockdowns, upended economies and has killed at least 7 million people worldwide. https://t.co/eEFJ3nwLSW
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 5, 2023
Next week the Biden administration will stop using Title 42, the health law imposed during the coronavirus pandemic to control migration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 5, 2023
Meanwhile, little is expected from a divided Congress. https://t.co/mosSDiohjY
Thousands of COVID tests should be thrown out immediately over bacteria risk, the FDA warns. https://t.co/s8M0VjSmmn
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 5, 2023
The owner of Russia’s Wagner Group military contractor threatens to pull his troops out of the protracted battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut next week. https://t.co/OwkdE92W1U
— ABC News (@ABC) May 5, 2023
Exclusive: Conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo arranged for the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work nearly a decade ago, specifying that her name be left off billing paperwork. https://t.co/CKc8KwbEoh pic.twitter.com/mrKkHpGpDk
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 4, 2023
Breaking News: U.S. employers added 253,000 jobs in April, an upswing in hiring that confounded predictions of a cooling economy.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 5, 2023
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First lady Dr. Jill Biden has arrived in London, where she is set to bear witness to the full pomp and pageantry of the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla https://t.co/sfb1XLU594
— CNN (@CNN) May 5, 2023
UK PM Sunak's Conservatives rejected by voters at local elections https://t.co/uXryH6cyPC pic.twitter.com/JEi5RL1yml
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 5, 2023
A portion of the Donald Trump's E. Jean Carroll deposition video that was shown at trial shows the former president mistakenly identifying Carroll as his former wife Marla in an old photo. https://t.co/NKC63D3mO2 pic.twitter.com/fGe8ml6ZKD
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 5, 2023
The Arizona Supreme Court has sanctioned attorneys for Kari Lake, the 2022 Republican candidate for governor, ordering them to pay thousands of dollars for repeating "unequivocally false" election claims in court. https://t.co/xWV0b8V4FW
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 5, 2023
Former Florida gubernatorial candidate and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum was found not guilty of lying to the FBI by a federal jury. https://t.co/g6Tpr7PWt8
— CNN (@CNN) May 5, 2023
Biologists in Southern California believe they have found the only bear living in the Santa Monica Mountains, according to the National Parks Service. https://t.co/ODsCCgFAk9
— ABC News (@ABC) May 5, 2023
