Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina signed an executive order on Wednesday that provided an extra paid vacation day for state employees receiving their first coronavirus booster shots. nyti.ms/3KSrulw

The State Legislature in Louisiana advanced a proposal that would classify abortion as homicide, going further than anti-abortion measures in other states by making it possible for prosecutors to bring criminal cases against women who end a pregnancy. nyti.ms/3LQCGR4

Russian forces have reportedly moved north of Mariupol, leaving a small number equivalent of “a couple of battalion tactical groups” in the city.

⚡️Pentagon: Most Russian forces leave Mariupol as fighting continues.

U.S. Defense Department officials said on May 5 that, as fighting continued in Mariupol and specifically surrounding the city’s Azovstal steel plant, most of the Russian troops stationed in the city left.