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A Month After Emergency Declaration, Trump's Promises Largely Unfulfilled

11:33am April 13, 2020

On March 13, President Trump promised to mobilize private and public resources to respond to the coronavirus. NPR followed up on each promise and found little action had been taken.

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A doctor's white coat is projected onto the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Easter Sunday, to honor medical workers who are fighting to save lives during the coronavirus pandemic.

Hospital Heroes Illuminate 'Christ The Redeemer' As Part Of Coronavirus Tribute

11:32am April 13, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The word "hope" was also projected onto the statue towering over Rio de Janeiro, along with the phrase for "Stay at Home" — the message nurses and doctors are telling people around the world.

Harold Tenorio is the director of a folk music school in Tumaco, Colombia.

Afro-Colombian Music Offers Youths A Rhythmic Alternative To Drug Gangs

10:44am April 13, 2020

by John Otis

Currulao combines drums and marimbas and is popular along the country's Pacific coast where most of the population is Afro-Colombian. One verse goes: "We no longer have peace in our paradise."

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U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., sold $20 million in stock in the weeks building up to the coronavirus pandemic.

Politics & Government

Stock Trades After Coronavirus Briefing Complicate Loeffler's Reelection Bid

9:43am April 13, 2020

by Claudia Grisales

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., has come under fire for selling $20 million in stock in the weeks building up to the coronavirus pandemic.

Damaged buildings and vehicles are seen in the aftermath of a tornado in Monroe, La., on Sunday, in this still image obtained from social media.

National

Easter Tornadoes Kill At Least 6, Cause Damage In Several Southern States

9:25am April 13, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Mississippi and Louisiana were hardest hit by the storms that were part of a band of severe weather stretching across the entire southeast of the country.

Passersby wearing protective masks walk on a snow-covered street in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, in late February during the first wave of the novel coronavirus. Now, officials have declared a new state of emergency as cases in Hokkaido spike.

Emergency Declared In Japanese Prefecture Hit By 2nd Wave Of Coronavirus Infections

9:07am April 13, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Hokkaido, which saw the country's highest incidence of coronavirus as the pandemic first swept through Asia, had been returning to normal until a sudden recent spike in cases.

A worker wearing a protective face mask to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus sprays disinfectant as a vehicle prepares to enter an office building carpark in Beijing, on Monday.

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China Reports 169 New Coronavirus Cases — Highest In 5 Weeks

8:19am April 13, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Officials said Monday that mainland China had 169 new confirmed cases, 98 of which were described as "imported." It was the largest increase since March 6.

An Austrian army member stands in front of OPEC's headquarters in Vienna on Thursday.

World News

As Demand For Oil Dries Up, OPEC And Allies Agree To Historic Cuts In Output

8:08pm April 12, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

Marathon video chats led to a record-setting 9.7 million barrels per day in cuts. But analysts say that's not a big enough drop to balance oil markets, given the total collapse in demand for crude.

In this handout photo issued by 10 Downing Street, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks from 10 Downing Street praising NHS staff in a video message, after he was discharged from the hospital a week after being admitted with persistent coronaviru

Boris Johnson Released From London Hospital

7:33pm April 12, 2020

by Frank Langfitt

The British prime minister, who spent multiple nights in an intensive care unit with COVID-19, thanked the National Health Service for saving his life.

Christopher Love, general manager of the Covenant Mercy Mission, leads a prayer beside a line of visitors waiting for food donations at Manor Community Church on Saturday in New York. An additional 758 people died from the coronavirus over the past 24 hou

New York Coronavirus Deaths Pass 9,000

6:06pm April 12, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Sunday that 758 more New Yorkers have died from the coronavirus. It marked the sixth straight day of more than 700 deaths.