Live theater is set to return in England starting May 17, but many online offerings will remain.

Times Square Shooting Injures Woman and Child, Police Say
The police said that the child and two other victims, both women, were expected to survive.
Think Outside the Brunch for Mother’s Day
You can do better than grocery store flowers and a card, can’t you?

Bo, the Obamas’ Portuguese Water Dog, Dies
Former President Barack Obama said the family had lost “a true friend and loyal companion.”

Merkel urges US to export COVID vaccines
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday urged the United States to export coronavirus vaccines made on its soil, as she rejected a patent waiver call from Washington for the jabs.

India deaths top 4,000 as Macron urges end to vaccine export limits
New COVID-19 deaths surged past 4,000 for the first time in India on Saturday in one of the world’s worst outbreaks, as EU pressure mounted on Washington to end vaccine export limits and offer a concrete plan to lift patents.

Variant accelerating India’s COVID explosion: WHO top scientist
A COVID-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and may be dodging vaccine protections, contributing to the country’s explosive outbreak, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist said Saturday.

As US reopens, campuses tighten restrictions for virus
About a year into mask mandates, nasal swabs and remote classes, the atmosphere turned tense at the University of Vermont as the school cracked down on rules for social distancing and face coverings amid a spike in student COVID-19 cases.

States scale back vaccine orders as interest in shots wanes
States asked the federal government this week to withhold staggering amounts of COVID-19 vaccine amid plummeting demand for the shots, contributing to a growing U.S. stockpile of doses.

EU says US stand on patent virus waiver is no ‘magic bullet’
European Union leaders cranked up their criticism of the U.S. call to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents Saturday, arguing the move would yield no short-term or intermediate improvement in vaccine supplies and could even have a negative impact.