Coronavirus updates: Obama criticizes US response again; tourist arrested in Hawaii; North Carolina churches ruling

Former President Barack Obama on Saturday again criticized the United States' coronavirus response and said the crisis "spotlights the underlying inequalities" in the nation.Addressing a virtual event for historically black colleges and universities, Obama said many U.S. leaders "aren’t even pretending to be in charge" during the pandemic. During a virtual "Graduate Together" event Saturday, Obama told the Class of 2020, "This is your generation's world to shape."As some parts of the nation prepare to attend worship services in person Sunday for the first time in weeks as states lift stay-at-home orders, a federal judge in North Carolina blocked Gov. Roy Cooper's order that no more than 10 people could gather to worship indoors. "We see it in the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on our communities, just as we see it when a black man goes for a jog and some folks feel like they can stop and question and shoot him if he doesn’t submit to their questioning.”Obama's brief criticism of U.S. leaders' response to the virus — in which he said many leaders "aren’t even pretending to be in charge" — did not name President Donald Trump or any other federal or state officials.About a week ago, Obama called the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic an "absolute chaotic disaster" and promised to campaign "as hard as I can" for former Vice President Joe Biden in a call with 3,000 people who served in his administration.Obama also delivered a televised prime-time commencement address later Saturday for the high school Class of 2020 during an hourlong event that also features LeBron James, Malala Yousafzai and Ben Platt, among others.A federal judge in North Carolina on Saturday sided with conservative Christian leaders and blocked the enforcement of restrictions that Gov. Roy Cooper ordered affecting indoor religious services during the coronavirus pandemic.The order from Judge James C. Many worry they will reopen only to have to close again because of lack of business.– Associated PressBritish researchers hope to train dogs to detect the coronavirus by odor in humans before symptoms appear, the Department of Health and Social Care said Saturday.The project, involving a mixture of Labradors and Cocker Spaniels, will bring together leading disease control experts with medical detection dogs, who have already successfully trained to detect the odor of many different diseases, such as cancer, malaria and Parkinson’s disease.The department said researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will carry out the first phase of a trial in collaboration with the charity dogs and Durham University.In the initial phase of the government-funded project, National Health Service staff in London hospitals will collect odor samples from people infected with the coronavirus as well as uninfected individuals. Gov. David Ige has extended the mandatory quarantine through the end of June.Kroger says it will give "thank you" pay to front-line workers through mid-June – just days after saying it would end extra "hero" hazard pay to workers that have kept the grocer humming through the coronavirus outbreak.The one-time Thank You Pay, which will be $400 for qualified full-time associates and $200 for qualified part-time associates, will be paid out in two installments on May 30 and June 18, Kroger said.The previous plan to stop bonus pay on Saturday had drawn the ire of Kroger's union, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which said the pandemic crisis was far from over and its workers are still risking their lives and health coming to work.- Alexander Coolidge India’s Health Ministry said Saturday that the country has surpassed China in the number of coronavirus cases, with a spike to 85,940 infections and 2,752 deaths.China has reported 82,941 confirmed cases and 4,633 deaths since the virus was first detected late last year in the central city of Wuhan.