World's tiniest police dog dies hours after her life-long sheriff partner

Tesla to launch self inspection over services in China

BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc will launch self-inspection and address customer service issues in China, it said on Weibo late on Tuesday.

The statement comes after an unhappy customer clambered onto a Tesla car at the Shanghai Auto Show on Monday over a dispute with the company, creating a social media stir and criticism of Tesla from state media.

Killer makes rare request for death by firing squad

Stock Alert: Zymeworks Down 7%

Shares of Canadian biotechnology company Zymeworks Inc. (ZYME) are trading down 7 percent on Tuesday morning.

The other day, the company announced that Chief Medical Officer Diana Hausman will be transitioning out from her post and will assume an executive advisory role until November 15. The company had also announced that Senior Vice President of Clinical Research Neil Josephson will take over as interim CMO.

The share was trading at $25.78, down $1.71 on the NYSE.

The company’s stock has traded between $25.26 and $59.03 during the last 52-week period.

Third wave likely this year but Covid roadmap still on track, Boris says

Pill to reduce symptoms of Covid may be ready by Autumn

Brianna Keilar Spots Potential Upside To Trump’s ‘Mean Girl Group Chat’ With Hannity

CNN’s Brianna Keilar on Tuesday poked fun at former President Donald Trump for regurgitating his “greatest hits” of complaints during an interview with Fox News personality Sean Hannity.

The “New Day” co-anchor slammed Hannity’s show as “propaganda hour” and berated the pair for pushing conspiracy theories. “This is what they discuss literally from a retirement home in Florida,” she said.

However, Keilar did find one possible upside from the conversation.

“If there is anything newsworthy from this mean girl group chat, it is Donald Trump telling his skeptical supporters, whose vaccine hesitancy may prevent the U.S. from reaching herd immunity in the mass casualty way, to get vaccinated,” she said.

Trump and former first lady Melania Trump reportedly quietly got vaccinated in January, and were criticized for not talking publicly about getting their shots. Polling has indicated that Republicans are more hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccine than Democrats. 

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European Economics Preview: UK Labor Market Data Due

Labor market data from the UK is due on Tuesday, headlining a light day for the European economic news.

At 2.00 am ET, the Office for National Statistics releases UK labor market data for February. The jobless rate is forecast to rise to 5.1 percent in three months to February from 5 percent in the preceding period.

In the meantime, Destatis is slated to issue Germany’s producer prices for March. Inflation is seen rising to 3.3 percent from 1.9 percent in February.

At 3.00 am ET, the Czech Statistical Office publishes producer prices for March. Economists forecast producer prices to climb 2.6 percent on year, following a 1.4 percent rise in February.

At 5.00 am ET, current account data for February is due from Italy. The surplus totaled EUR 710 million in January.

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Herald morning quiz: April 21

Test your brains with the Herald’s morning quiz. Be sure to check back on nzherald.co.nz at 3pm for the afternoon quiz.

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PHOTOS: Snowy, wintry weather hits Denver in late April

Denver will be 27 degrees colder than average Tuesday as it awakes from an overnight snowstorm.

Downtown stayed above the record low of 13 degrees, treading all the way down to 17 degrees. It’s expected to reach 41 degrees later while the sun breaks through, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder. Tuesday night will drop to a low of 25 degrees.

Click here to read more about Denver’s current wintry weather and upcoming forecast.

Stop and Shop shooting: At least 1 dead, 2 hurt as gunfire erupts at grocery store in West Hempstead, New York; manhunt underway for suspect

This aerial photo provided by WABC shows police responding to the scene of a shooting at a Stop & Shop supermarket in West Hempstead, N.Y., on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (Photo: AP)

NEW YORK – At least one person was killed and two injured after a shooter opened fire inside a manager’s office at a Long Island grocery store Tuesday, police said.

Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder named Gabriel DeWitt Wilson as a person of interest in the shooting and told reporters the suspect fled the scene at the Stop and Shop in West Hempstead, New York, heading west on a turnpike.

Ryder said the suspect, a Black man, was dressed in all black and believed to be armed with a small handgun. He said the man may be a current or former employee of the grocery store.

The person killed was a 49-year-old store employee, Ryder said. A couple hundred shoppers were inside the store, and the shooting occurred inside an upstairs manager’s office, he said.

Police tweeted a photo of Wilson and asked the public to call 911 if they saw him.