Page 1 Roundup (05/05)

The Daily News: Mother of bystander punched by NYPD cop in viral video says son is hospitalized

Family Dollar security guard shot to death after telling shopper to wear mask

Kentucky woman cuts hole in mask to make it ‘easier to breathe’

If fairness, who could say no to Dog the Bounty Hunter?

Instagram: Ass you like it

The Hill: White House prohibits coronavirus task force members from testifying before Congress in May

John Aravosis: Tara Reade’s story implodes again. This thread proves that Reade couldn’t have filed a complaint -- she claimed she did -- and Biden’s office couldn’t have been notified of it -- she claims they were. Can we stop this nonsense now?

National Geographic: Dr. Anthony Fauci says no scientific evidence the coronavirus was made in a Chinese lab, which means he will probably be shitcanned any second now

CNN: Trump's revenge tour continues as he names his pick to replace the HHS inspector general who had the audacity to tell the truth about the shortages hospitals are facing

The Daily Beast: Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, Rep. John Ratcliffe, follows a slew of QAnon Twitter accounts, and they cover a bizarre range of beliefs

Towleroad: New Jersey councilwoman has obscene homophobic meltdown on coronavirus conference call -- calls gay mayor a ‘bitch-ass’ ‘pedophile’ MF, accuses fellow official of sex act -- and will likely face to consequences 

Us Weekly: Anderson Cooper reportedly back with his ex, Benjamin Maisani

Dlisted: Normally when I hear people pile on a woman, I take it with a grain of salt, assuming there's an element of misogyny involved. I don't feel that way about Ellen DeGeneres.

Forbes: J.Crew files for bankruptcy amid pandemic, will reopen stores once lockdowns lift

Gr8er Days: An Antony Hamilton fleshbeck, uncovered

New York Post: 8-year-old thinks there's a great optimism as thousands die and millions collect unemployment

Page Six: I haven't watched "Tiger King," but isn't Nicolas Cage too kooky to play Joe Exotic?

The Washington Post: Trump cheers on governors even as they ignore White House coronavirus guidelines in race to reopen

The world came together for a virtual vaccine summit. The U.S. was conspicuously absent.

Poynter: The New York Times, Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica win Pulitzers

The New York Times: As Trump pushes to reopen, government sees virus toll nearly doubling

Cuomo’s New York reopening plan: 10 regions, 4 phases, many caveats

Biden camp finds selling point in ailing economy: His work on 2009 recovery

Andrew Lack -- whose fingerprints were all over the Matt Lauer, Harvey Weinstein/Ronan Farrow and Megyn Kelly debacles -- is out as head of NBC News

The still-unsolved Oakland County Child Killer case lodged in the author Megan Abbott’s psyche, even if she didn’t know it at the time (OMG!)

The Wall Street Journal: Can we keep the sweatpants on after lockdown ends?

John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s former Palm Beach home Lists for $47.5 million

The ‘war on runners’ is getting hot and sweaty

A guide to grocery delivery during the coronavirus pandemic -- and after

Cant stop watching this pic.twitter.com/D0vdkkO9tE

— Giles Paley-Phillips (@eliistender10) October 21, 2019

Hot Cats of the Day: This pretty much sums up the human race.