Amna Nawaz:

Two police officers who defended the Capitol on January 6 filed a lawsuit today to try to block the government's so-called anti-weaponization fund.

Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Officer Daniel Hodges of the Metropolitan Police Department say the Trump administration created the fund -- quote -- "to finance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups that commit violence in his name."

The administration says it's meant to compensate those who believe they have been mistreated by the U.S. legal system. During congressional testimony yesterday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche did not rule out whether that could include January 6 rioters. More than 100 police officers were injured during that attack.

The World Health Organization says there are now more than 600 suspected cases from an Ebola outbreak in Central Africa and at least 139 suspected deaths. But at their briefing today, officials said -- quote -- "The scale of the epidemic is much larger." They also warned that a vaccine likely won't be available for up to nine months.

Meantime, on the ground, health workers say they're underprepared to deal with the outbreak. Local communities continue to suffer and grieve, with one woman describing the symptoms of her dying son.

Botwine Swanze (through interpreter):

He told me his heart hurt. And I thought it was his stomach. Then he started crying because of the pain in his stomach. After that, he started vomiting. Then he started bleeding and vomiting a lot.

Amna Nawaz:

In Germany today, the first American known to be infected from this latest outbreak arrived in Berlin for treatment. The CDC says he's in stable condition.

Back in this country, a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport was shut today after a sinkhole was discovered on the tarmac. Ground crews found it this morning during a regular inspection of the airfield, seen here just a few yards from the runway. New York's Port Authority warned passengers to expect delays and cancellations while emergency crews worked to repair the hole.

Arsenal fans around the world are still celebrating a victory decades in the making, the team's first Premier League title in 22 years.

(Cheering)

(Chanting)

Amna Nawaz:

Crowds lit flares and led chants in the streets of north London as Arsenal clinched its 14th English title overall. And they did so without even taking the field last night.

Second-place Manchester City needed a win to stay in the running, but could only manage a draw against Bournemouth. Even far from London, fans in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, stopped traffic to cheer in the streets and on top of cars, while, back home, a title parade is scheduled for May 31.

In corporate news, James Murdoch is buying roughly half of Vox Media in a deal worth of reported $300 million. Murdoch will acquire the company's podcast operation and Vox.com, plus "New York Magazine," which was owned for years by James' father, Rupert Murdoch. The two have gone their separate ways professionally amid disagreements over editorial content.

Meantime, on Wall Street today, stocks rallied amid some relief in oil and bond markets. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed back above the 50,000-point level. The Nasdaq added nearly 400 points, or more than one 1.5 percent. The S&P 500 posted its first game in four days.

And former Congressman Barney Frank, the longtime liberal Democrat and a trailblazer for gay rights, has died. Frank began his political career in the Boston mayor's office before winning a seat in the Massachusetts House. He ran for Congress in 1980, where he stayed for more than three decades.

Frank was the first congressman to come out as gay on his own terms. Others had been outed through scandal. His biggest legislative achievement came after the 2008 financial crisis.

Fmr. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA):

The American people, we're told, have said no more expansion of government. Not in the area certainly of financial regulation.

Amna Nawaz:

As chair of the House Financial Services Committee, Frank helped craft what came to be known as the Dodd-Frank Act, the most significant financial reform bill since the New Deal. He retired in 2013.

And just before leaving office, he told the "News Hour"s Paul Solman, why he went into politics in the first place, delivered with his signature quick wit.

Fmr. Rep. Barney Frank:

It's to make it fairer, fairness in the sense of people not going hungry and being deprived through no fault of their own, or even if it was their fault, but not letting people sink to that level of misery, ending discrimination.

Paul Solman:

What grade do you give yourself, one to 10?

Fmr. Rep. Barney Frank:

Oh, I give myself a 10 for being smart enough not to answer that question. Either you sound humble in a way that is literally incredible, not credible, or you sound arrogant. I will say none of the above.

Amna Nawaz:

In April of this year, Frank entered hospice with congestive heart failure. But he remained outspoken and opinionated, offering advice to his fellow Democrats up until his final days.

Barney Frank was 86 years old.