Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was tested for coronavirus Friday night after experiencing a fever and flu-like symptoms and is self-quarantining as she awaits the results, a committee spokesman said in a statement Saturday. RNC communications director Michael Ahrens tweeted that McDaniel’s doctor determined the test was necessary based on her symptoms. She was
Continue Reading Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas announced on Friday that he will extend his self-quarantine until March 17 after “a second interaction” with an individual who tested positive for coronavirus. In a statement, Cruz said that his initial period of self-quarantine came to an end Thursday afternoon. But said, “Unfortunately, last night I was informed
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Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT ) — Creative Arts Therapies Week begins on March 15. It’s a week dedicated to raising awareness about the benefits of using expressive arts like painting, writing, dancing, and drama for therapy. 6 News met a local girl who does expressive arts therapy a few
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOLINE, IL (WQAD ) — Face masks are a hot item right now, along with toilet paper and cleaning supplies at stores. But what about people who need face masks for work? Josh McChesney is a dry wall finisher who uses a mask often to keep chemicals from
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NASA has ordered employees at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama to telework after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. “NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is moving into Stage 3 of our agency response framework, with mandatory telework effective immediately and until further notice,” Center Director Jody Singer said in a statement Friday.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WISCONSIN (WDJT ) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission is urging anyone concerned about COVID-19 exposure to make plans now to vote absentee for the April 7 spring election and presidential preference primary. Acting by Wednesday, March 18 is important for anyone who needs to register to vote, according
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Air, water, food — and some would argue sex — are key ingredients to human survival. In reality, there should be another “s” word in that list: sleep. We’re supposed to get between seven and 10 hours of sleep each night, depending on our age, but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says
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Days after Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson announced they were both diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, Wilson decided to try to brighten everyone’s lives just a little bit. Wilson took to Twitter on Friday, reaching out to fans and asking for suggestions regarding a playlist — a quarantine playlist. “I want to make a
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Candidates running in down ballot races, many of whom have never run for office before, knew it wouldn’t be easy. They never considered that a pandemic would make running for office much more difficult. The spread of coronavirus has touched every part of American life, including the thousands of elected offices that are up for
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The coronavirus claimed its first victim in New York this weekend, bringing more focus on the Big Apple. Across the state, 524 cases have been reported. An 82-year-old woman who tested positive for coronavirus died in a New York City hospital Friday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on a media conference call Saturday. It
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When Republican lawmakers this week abruptly canceled a plan to subpoena a former Ukrainian official in their investigations into the energy firm that hired former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, they said it was to allow more time for senators to receive additional briefings. But a Ukrainian magazine editor has told CNN that the target
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Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma said he will donate 500,000 coronavirus testing kits and one million face masks to the United States. The kits and masks have been sourced and are ready to be delivered, he said Friday on Twitter and Weibo, China’s micro-blogging platform. “Drawing from my own country’s experience, speedy and
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Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe insisted Saturday that the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead this summer as planned despite growing fears about the viability of staging the Games amid the global coronavirus pandemic. With a string of global sporting events being halted in a response to the crisis, Abe has moved to dampen speculation that
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Earlier this week, Willow Smith and partner Tyler Cole were in a glass box in a Los Angeles museum, acting out eight emotional states. To some, the effort may have seemed indulgent. To others, it was art. But it was done in part to promote Smith and Cole’s new album, titled “The Anxiety.” The team,
Continue Reading With only days until its presidential primary, Florida — known for its large senior citizen population — is bracing for an election day amid a health pandemic. Since the novel coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic on Wednesday, state election officials have made a number of changes, from relocating polling sites to encouraging more early
Continue Reading A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration federal rule from going into effect next month that could have seen nearly 700,000 people lose access to food stamps, noting in part a need for flexibility as state and federal officials work to address nutritional needs during the coronavirus pandemic. “Especially now, as a global
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An exhausted Max Schachmann clung on for overall victory as a truncated version of the prestigious Paris-Nice cycling race, held under the cloud of the coronavirus pandemic, reached a dramatic conclusion Saturday. The 26-year-old German from the Bora-hansgrohe team kept the yellow jersey after a summit finish in Valdeblore La Colmiane to win by 18
Continue Reading The United States is starting to see more cancellations and postponements of large events aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus, while major theme parks are closing their doors. On Thursday, Disney announced it’s closing Walt Disney World, in Orlando, Florida, as well as its Disneyland resort in Los Angeles. The company also said that
Continue Reading With a ban on travel from much of Europe to the United States going into effect Friday, airlines are outlining waivers and policies for affected travelers. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a 30-day suspension of travel from 26 European countries to the United States in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The ban does
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President Donald Trump announced Saturday at a press briefing at the White House that he has been tested for coronavirus. He said he was tested Friday night and also had his temperature taken Saturday before entering the briefing room. Trump said his temperature was normal. When asked when he would announce the results, he said
Continue Reading The White House physician said in a memo released late Friday night that President Donald Trump remains without symptoms for coronavirus and quarantine is not necessary after he came into contact with two individuals who have the virus. In a memorandum released just before midnight, Navy Cmdr. Sean Conley, the White House physician, wrote that
Continue Reading Closing schools for eight weeks or more may have a greater impact on mitigating the spread of the novel coronavirus than two- to four-week closures, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Shorter-term closures will likely make little difference in the spread of the disease, new CDC guidance states, even as K-12
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A “unicorn” puppy has gone from 36 followers to nearly 56,000 on Instagram in only a few short days, and a video of her has been viewed nearly 4 million times on TikTok. Rae — or ear spelled backwards — is a golden retriever with one distinct physical feature: She has one ear that sticks
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, NC (WGHP ) — A local nonprofit organization in the Triad received several pounds of food from the Greensboro Coliseum. The Out of the Garden Project, a nonprofit whose mission is to feed children and their families in need, spent a few hours on the loading dock
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EL PASO, Texas — The YWCA is extending it’s services as thousands of school kids will be off for the next coming weeks for spring break. Earlier this week, several local school districts have extended their spring breaks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Several kids will now be at home for longer than
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A military base in Iraq has been hit by a second rocket attack in a week, injuring three coalition troops and two Iraqi troops, a US army official said. Col. Myles B. Caggins III, a spokesman for the international Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), confirmed on Twitter that rockets hit the al-Taji base early on Saturday
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. So many people are hurting right now. Sick and frightened coronavirus patients are hurting the most, but there are so many other categories of people who are stressed and struggling with this unprecedented “pause” of
Continue Reading President Donald Trump offered Americans a fresh weapon to fight the novel coronavirus in his Rose Garden emergency declaration on Friday: Telehealth. In his remarks, Trump said his administration will waive certain federal rules to make it easier for more doctors to provide care remotely using video chats and other services. “I tell you, what
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, IA (Quad-City Times ) — Tim Beck sat with his lifelong friend and ate pizza in Friday afternoon’s warm sunshine. The 57-year-old Beck and his buddy — also 57, and a military veteran — had just stocked up on some food inside King’s Harvest Ministries’s shelter on
Continue Reading It was drinks as usual in the bars of Zermatt after a day’s skiing in the Swiss Alps earlier this week. The aprés ski crowd in this skier’s paradise showed no signs of panic as they sipped wine outdoors, despite the rest of the world going into lockdown mode amid the spread of coronavirus. But
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