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An update on the gasoline situation in the eastern US tonight a very slow improvement with 43 percent of Virginia's gas stations dry... 63 percent of gas stations in Metro Atlanta were dry this afternoon... 4,057 deaths following vaccination now reported in the US through May 7th with 17,190 serious injuries... 28 blood clot cases stemming from the AstraZeneca vaccine... Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga extending coronavirus restrictions to additional parts of Japan... The general heading logistics for vaccine distribution in Canada is out tonight... The Conflict In Israel-Rockets and Riots Continue Friday... Rocket fire continued from Gaza into Israel...

On Friday, Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was welcomed to the White House as part of the first diplomatic summit of Joe Biden’s presidency — but Biden was not the one to welcome him to the United States. Instead, Suga was greeted by Vice President Kamala Harris. ... The strange, awkward greeting was met with alarm from Cutis Houck, the managing editor of NewsBusters, who tweeted that “If Vice President Pence welcomed and then showed the head of a major U.S. ally and global power around the White House and not President Trump, CNN and MSNBC would have melted down...

AMMAN/TOKYO - An audio message purportedly from a Japanese journalist being held by Islamic State militants said a Jordanian air force pilot also captured by the group would be killed unless an Iraqi female prisoner in Jordan was released by sunset on Thursday. The message appeared to postpone a previous deadline set on Tuesday in which the journalist, Kenji Goto, said he would be killed within 24 hours if the Iraqi was not freed. The latest audio recording, which could not be verified by Reuters, was posted on YouTube early on Thursday. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a...