On a sunny but cool Thursday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) decides to overturn jail sentences given to coronavirus lockdown violators.
From FrontpageMag, how did America become a nation of wusses?
From Townhall, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) responds to Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY).
From The Washington Free Beacon, due to the coronavirus crisis and other problems, Illinois faces insolvency.
From the Washington Examiner, according to Governor Gavin Newsom (D), California will not return to normal until there is a coronavirus vaccine.
From The Federalist, in responding to the coronavirus pandemic, we could learn a lesson from George Washington.
From American Thinker, former Vice President Biden exposes the hypocrisy of #MeToo.
From CNS News, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany asks reporters if they wish to take back any of their earlier false claims about the coronavirus.
From LifeZette, President Trump's campaign puts out a "great" new ad focusing on coming back from the coronavirus.
From NewsBusters, Ana Navarro, labeled by CNN as a "Republican strategist", gave money to Joe Biden's campaign.
From Canada Free Press, will the aftermath of the coronavirus bring freedom or just illusions of freedom?
From CBC News, in Canada, the federal government reaches an agreement with the country's provinces and territories to boost the pay of essential workers.
From Global News, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rejects claim for the Greens and the Bloc Quebecois that "oil is dead".
From CTV News, Greyhound Canada suspends all its bus routes due to decreasing ridership and revenue caused by the coronavirus.
From TeleSUR, Guyana starts recounting the votes from its election in March.
From The Conservative Woman, has social distancing really made any difference against the coronavirus?
From Snouts in the Trough, is the "Bonking Boffin" Neil Ferguson a fraud?
From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson fights back over "unprecedented" Brexit demands from the E.U.
From the Evening Standard, according to the chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association, up to 15,000 pubs could close permanently if they don't reopen by October.
From the (U.K.) Independent, thieves steal £166,000 worth of personal protective equipment intended for NHS workers from a warehouse in Salford, England.
From the (Irish) Independent, half of the coronavirus patients in Irish ICU's also have heart disease.
From the Irish Examiner, according to Minister for Health Simon Harris, Ireland's coronavirus reproduction rate is now 0.5.
From VRT NWS, the police union of Brussels, Belgium warns that youth gangs are a "powder keg".
From The Brussels Times, according to Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès, Belgium no longer has a shortage of face masks.
From EuroNews, Belgian chefs lay down their white outfits onto a square in Brussels to draw attention to their current predicament.
From the NL Times, the Dutch chain store HEMA will start selling non-medical mouth masks at railroad stations.
From Dutch News, more on face masks on Dutch trains, and the easing of coronavirus restrictions in the Netherlands.
From Deutsche Welle, anti-Semitism persists in Germany, despite its culture of remembering World War II.
From Free West Media, according to Germany's domestic spy agency, more than 2,000 potential jihadists live in the country.
From the CPH Post, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announces some easing of Denmark's coronavirus restrictions.
From Polskie Radio, Poland plans to test 1,000 miners per day for the coronavirus.
From Euractiv, how Polish prisoners in Auschwitz, ordered to make the infamous arbeit macht frei panel, reversed the shape of the letter B.
From Radio Prague, Czech researchers start testing wastewater for the coronavirus.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia has cleaner air due its measures against the coronavirus.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Trade Minister István Nagy asks the European Commissioner for Trade for a review of the conditions for importing poultry.
From Hungary Today, the Hungarian opposition party Jobbik calls for taxes on wealthy "friends and families" in government circles. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Alfahír.)
From About Hungary, according to spokesman Gergely Guylás, Hungary will protect people from the coronavirus "at all costs".
From Russia Today, according to Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, his city has three times the number of coronavirus cases as officially reported.
From Sputnik International, NATO ships have been entering the Barents Sea near Russia more frequently since 2014.
From The Moscow Times, Moscow's mayor extends the city's coronavirus lockdown until May 31st.
From Romania-Insider, a Romanian military academy designs a mechanical ventilator for use with coronavirus patients. (If you read Romanian, read the story at News(dot)Ro.)
From Novinite, the Bulgarian cabinet approves BGN 2.4 million for research on the coronavirus.
From The Sofia Globe, according to Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria's coronavirus restrictions will be reinstated if the country records more than 100 new cases per day. (I've also seen the prime minister's first name spelled "Boyko".)
From Radio Bulgaria, according to Bulgarian scholars, the language of North Macedonia is a "variant of Bulgarian". (The article does not report what North Macedonian scholars have to say about this.)
From Ekathimerini, a Greek ministry wants the height of buildings constructed near the Acropolis to be limited to 21 meters.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece is set to reopen its museums and archaeological sites on May 18th.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, Serbian ministers must return their mandates to the country's citizens.
From Balkan Insight, a "pricey" theater in Skopje, North Macedonia, built seven years ago, is already falling apart.
From Total Croatia News, Croatian Defense Minister Damir Krstičević announces his resignation. (If you read Croatian, read the story at Dnevnik.)
From Total Slovenia News, a man survives a bear attack near Škofljica, Slovenia.
From the Malta Independent, the Maltese government charters a second privately owned Captain Morgan ship to accommodate 123 rescued migrants.
From Malta Today, more on the rescue of 123 migrants, and the transfer of 105 of them to the second Captain Morgan ship, and 18 others at a reception center.
From ANSA, Italy's center-right opposition files a no-confidence motion against Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede.
From Voice Of Europe, former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini slams the Italian government's plan to give amnesty to 600,000 illegal migrants. (If you read Italian, read related stories at Il Giornale and La Repubblica.)
From SwissInfo, according to an opinion poll, the Swiss are concerned that coronavirus-related restrictions could intrude on their personal rights.
From France24, small-scale French farmers affected by the coronavirus see a "glimmer of hope".
From RFI, France will gradually start lifting its coronavirus lockdown on May 11th, but Paris will remain under restrictions.
From El País, a "notorious" Franco-era policeman known as "Billy the Kid" dies from the coronavirus.
From The Portugal News, Portugal's land borders with Spain will remain closed after May 14th.
From The Stream, the irrationality and hypocrisy on the atheist "National Day of Reason".
From Conservative Daily News, former Vice President Biden promises to reverse due process protections for people accused of sexual assault on campuses.
From Breitbart, according to a Yale scientist, reopening America would be "close to genocide".
From BizPac Review, to keep San Francisco's homeless quarantined in hotels, the city gives them free alcohol and (other) drugs.
From the New York Post, in an interview with Megyn Kelly, Tara Reade calls for Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race.
From TechCrunch, Lyft requires its drivers and riders to wear face masks.
And from Twitchy, actor James Woods gives New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) a Tweeted lesson about government incompetence.
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