From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop takes us to Pier 1 at Riverside Park South on the Upper West Side.
Some stories talked about on today's show were:
1. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio oversaw the dispersal of a large, tightly packed Hasidic Jewish funeral and lashed out at the mourners who had gathered in defiance of social distancing rules. De Blasio tweeted Tuesday that his message to the Jewish community “and all communities” is that the time for warnings has passed.
2. People familiar with the discussions tell The Associated Press that Major League Baseball is exploring various options that could allow the season to start if the medical situation allows. Included is a plan in which the 30 teams might be split into three regional divisions. Teams could be restricted to playing within their region.
3. A biotech company says its experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major U.S. government study that put it to a strict test. Gilead Sciences’s remdesivir would be the first treatment to pass such a test against the virus, which has killed more than 218,000 people since it emerged late last year. The study tested remdesivir versus usual care in about 800 hospitalized coronavirus patients around the world.
