a good night for the greens at a local elections in france. welcome to the program across the world half a 1000000 people have now died from corona virus and more than 10000000 have been infected a quarter of all of those infections and deaths are in the united states which is by far the worst hit country with a sharp spike in infections recorded in southern and western states the u.s. health secretary is warning that time is running out to contain the virus particle haid as more. the corona virus is marching through america in houston texas hospitals are quickly running out of intensive care beds in florida arizona and texas mobile testing sites are being overrun with people waiting for hours many turned away health experts warned this would happen in many of these states mostly republican governors move to reopen businesses stressing the importance of the health of the economy now critics say the public health system and a growing number of people are paying the price well
now the student is speaking out. colin ruane has the story. that other student got really upset. (tim tai/student journalist) i never intentionally shoved anyone or pushed anyone. i did try to stand my ground when they were shoving me. two m-u staff members issued written apologies for the way they acted toward reporters. other protesters have handed out fliers to reporters indicating a more welcoming tone to those covering their story in the future. while tai believes he did nothing wrong, he says he probably would have reacted differently. (tim tai/student journalist) if i had to do it over again, i probably wouldn t have engaged as much. one man was killed and more than a dozen people were injured when a two- family home exploded in a new jersey neighborhood yesterday. fifteen people were pulled from the home.. and one person believed to be missing after the blast was found safe. two of them are in critical condition with severe burns, including an 11-year-old child
morning. hmm? that person clearly was right. we ll check in with al in a check. also, today, the weather is our top story. damaging winds sweeping east after a rough wednesday for tens of millions of people. nbc s ron mott is in chicago this morning, hawaii, ron. how are you? reporter: good morning. a rough night in the midwest, especially in chicago, which is living up to the nickname today. it is very breezy. you can see the flags behind me dancing. this wind is expected to gust today 50 to 55 miles per hour, and it won t go away any time soon. they will blow all day today into tomorrow. in chicago overnight, stunning lightning lit up the windy city as the nearby suburbs had to dial with downed power lines and massive downpours. the storm moving east after nine suspected tornadoes touched down in iowa wednesday, destroying homes and overturning a semi the roads. uprooting trees and lifting this parked car into the air. in iowa city, wind gusts combined with rain and l
The newly designated areas cover about 1,150 hectares of land. According to officials, the province now has 128 provincial parks, putting it more than halfway to its commitment of having 205 parks.
The province's natural resources and renewables department designated 15 new provincial parks and expanded two more. These designations of Crown land will put the Province more than halfway to its commitment of having 205 provincial parks, as part of the parks and protected areas plan. The new and expanded provincial…