5-year-old borrows mom's SUV, gets stopped by police

Utah boy tells police he wanted to go buy a Lamborghini in California.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/5-year-old-borrows-mom-s-suv-gets-stopped-by-police-1.5557157?cmp=rss

U.S. Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized with infection

U.S. Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized with infection.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/u-s-supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospitalized-infection-1.5557140?cmp=rss

U.S. to start dispersing nearly $5B to Indigenous governments to fight coronavirus

The U.S. government will begin distributing $4.8 billion in pandemic-relief funds to Native American tribal governments in all U.S. states, the Treasury and Interior departments said in a joint statement.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-treasury-tribes-coronavirus-1.5556392?cmp=rss

Democrats question U.S. intelligence nominee on qualifications, loyalty to Trump

John Ratcliffe, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of national intelligence, pledged at his confirmation hearing to deliver intelligence free of bias or political influence and said he believes Russia interfered in the last presidential election and could try to do so again.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-washington-ratcliffe-hearings-1.5555696?cmp=rss

Detroit automakers hope to restart North America plants May 18

Major U.S. automakers are planning to reopen North American factories within two weeks, potentially putting thousands of workers back on the assembly line as part of a gradual return to normality.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/michigan-auto-restart-may-18-1.5555735?cmp=rss

Pulitzer Prizes: Alaska newspaper, Reuters photos of Hong Kong and writer Colson Whitehead win for 2020

The Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica won the Pulitzer Prize for public service journalism on Monday, while the photography staff of Reuters won for documenting last year's violent protests in Hong Kong and Colson Whitehead became the rare author to receive Pulitzers for consecutive books.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/2020pulitzer-prizes-1.5555616?cmp=rss

Norwegian and Carnival cruise lines headed in opposite directions as industry cautiously plans reopening

The world's third-largest cruise ship operator cast doubt on its ability to stay afloat as a company for much longer, even as one of its biggest rivals said it is taking its first tentative steps toward reopening after COVID-19.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cruise-lines-1.5555686?cmp=rss

U.K. COVID-19 death toll surpasses 32,000, making it deadliest coronavirus outbreak in Europe

British officials have been criticized for taking too long to act to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, and now, the U.K. has the deadliest outbreak in Europe, with the number of deaths surpassing 32,000 Tuesday. 

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uk-coronavirus-1.5554837?cmp=rss

Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN, often critical of Duterte, goes off air as permit renewed delayed

A Philippine government agency has ordered the country's leading broadcast network, which the president has targeted for its critical news coverage, to halt operations after its congressional franchise expired, sparking shock over the loss of a major news provider during the coronavirus pandemic.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/philippines-abscbn-offair-1.5555614?cmp=rss

WHO urges countries to investigate early COVID-19 cases

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that a report that COVID-19 had emerged in December in France, sooner than previously thought, was "not surprising," and urged countries to investigate any other early suspicious cases.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/who-france-covid-19-early-cases-1.5555573?cmp=rss

Canadian Forces chopper crashed in full view of multiple witnesses, military confirms

Call sign 'Stalker' — the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter that crashed last week in the Ionian Sea off Greece — was only moments away from a scheduled landing aboard HMCS Fredericton when it went down in full view of startled shipmates who were preparing to receive it aboard the frigate.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cyclone-helicopter-chopper-crash-greece-fredericton-1.5555308?cmp=rss

Scientists solve mystery of how koalas get water without leaving trees

Scientists have solved a lingering mystery about koala behavior — how these tree-dwelling marsupials native to Australia consume enough water to live.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/how-koalas-drink-1.5555557?cmp=rss

Venezuela says 2 U.S. 'mercenaries' among those nabbed after failed raid

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says authorities arrested two U.S. citizens among a group of "mercenaries" trying to kill him.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/failed-invasion-green-beret-venezuela-1.5555530?cmp=rss

Coronavirus returns long-banned drive-in movies to Iran

The new coronavirus pandemic has brought back something unseen in Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution: a drive-in movie theatre.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/theatre-tehran-coronavirus-1.5555523?cmp=rss