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Podcast: The Update with Brandon Julien
Episode: The Update- May 8th
Description: It seems like the worst is just about over on Monday's edition of #TheUpdate. The World Health Organization says that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The announcement on Friday marks a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide. The potential criminal charges against a U.S. Marine veteran who put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold aboard a New York City subway train might depend on whether a “reasonable” New Yorker would have acted similarly. Andlaw enforcement official says federal investigators are looking into whether the...