Five stories to know for April 28: Biden's first joint speech to Congress and $1.8 trillion plan, New York man charged with attempted murder for hate crime, the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., and India’s COVID deaths exceed 200,000.

1. Biden gives his first joint speech to Congress. Through his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden has often struck a somber tone as he spoke about the country's coronavirus deaths, mass shootings and millions out of work.

2. Biden is expected to unveil a sweeping $1.8 trillion package for families and education to Congress, sources say.

3. A New York City man was arrested and charged with attempted murder in what police have classified as a hate crime against a Chinese immigrant.

4. Lawyers for the family of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man gunned down by sheriff's deputies last week in North Carolina, said a private autopsy showed he died from a "kill shot" to the back of his head, and the FBI opened a civil rights probe of the shooting.

5. India’s toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 on Wednesday, the country’s deadliest day.

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