Disappointing Jobs Report; Atlanta Mayor Not Seeking Reelection; Skipping Mother’s Day This Year?

Plus, Goodwill doesn’t want your broken toaster. [View this email online]( [NPR]( by Jill Hudson First Up JLGutierrez/Getty Images Here's what we're following today. The Labor Department says the U.S. economy added just 266,000 jobs in April, far fewer than economists had predicted. It was [the weakest month of job growth since January]( as businesses have struggled to keep pace with booming demand from newly-vaccinated customers. A new study estimates that the number of people who have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. is more than 900,000, [a number 57% higher than official figures](. Worldwide, [the study's authors say]( the COVID-19 death count is nearing 7 million, more than double the reported number of 3.24 million. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a new law that would put restrictions on mail-in voting and ballot drop boxes. [Listen to today's story](. Desperation has turned into anger in India as the country sets a new world record for daily COVID infections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hasn't addressed the nation on TV in weeks. How will India's COVID-19 collapse affect him? [Hear the story](. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on Thursday that she will not seek re-election later this year. Her announcement sparked speculation online that [she may be running for higher office in Georgia](. The state's gubernatorial election is next year. --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Listens Joe Raedle/Getty Images Sometimes companies offer sales promotions that are too good, ending in livid customers and a disaster for the company. Listen to the latest Indicator From Planet Money [podcast episode here](. To help All Things Considered celebrate 50 years on the air, listeners are sharing stories that have stayed with them. Michael Spikes of Skokie, Ill., talks about a piece from 2006 that he used to teach in his media production classes because he loves the sound in it. [Listen here](. [A broken cat-scratching post poses a problem for Goodwill donation attendant Antonio Semiglia in Westbrook, Maine.]( Heather Steeves Americans have been trained not to throw anything away but haven't been schooled in how to get rid of items properly. These so-called "wish-cyclers" have been donating millions of pounds of broken goods and trash to Goodwill. The resell company doesn’t want it, but it doesn't want to take too hard a line, either. [You can listen to the story]( or [read it here](. President Biden rolled out a plan to overhaul the immigration system on his first day in office. Last week he shifted to talk about a narrower approach. Some advocates feel abandoned. [Listen to the story]( or [read it](. --------------------------------------------------------------- The Picture Show [Isak Heartstone, a troll in Breckenridge, Colo., was ultimately a victim of his own success — the Breckenridge Town Council voted to dismantle him after locals got fed up with the thousands of tourists coming for troll selfies.]( Julian Lynch/Thomas Dambo Any troll hunters out there? If so, get thee to Boothbay, Maine, before the end of summer to see the five ginormous monsters who’ve taken up residence at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. These gentle giants are the newest additions to artist Thomas Dambo’s tribe of sculptures that live in mountains, forests and parks around the world. The 15- to 30-foot-high sculptures made out of scrap wood have earned Dambo the title "one of the most prominent recycle artists in the world." [Click to see more](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Before You Go [In a year where loss, grief, technology and identity have been at the forefront of the national conversation, the budding trend of email opt-outs are for many both a welcome change and a sign of what may lie ahead.]( Jordan Kirchner - A lot of people struggle with Mother's Day and Father's Day, so a few companies (like Etsy and Pandora) are letting people to opt out of emails [related to the upcoming holidays](. - The super-surprising news of the Bill and Melinda Gates' divorce has also led many people to wonder: who'll get their gigantic 66,000-square-foot mansion? ([CNN]( - Love letters that John F. Kennedy wrote to a Swedish paramour a few years after he married Jacqueline Bouvier are going up for auction. ([The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Stream your local NPR station. 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