Click here for updates on this story WAYNESVILLE, NC (WLOS ) — For the ninth time, bikers hit the road for the annual “Bikers in Boxers” ride on March 7, 2020 in Waynesville. The 20-minute jaunt takes riders through downtown to raise money for Mountain Projects, a local organization that helps elderly folks who need
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The Bahrain Grand Prix — the second race of the new Formula One calendar — will be staged without spectators due to the ongoing spread of coronavirus. The race is due to be held between March 20-22 but race organizers confirmed it would be a “participants-only event,” in a statement released on Sunday. “Given the
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard called on her fellow 2020 presidential contenders, former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, to stand with her in pressuring the Democratic National Committee to allow her to participate in the upcoming March debate. Gabbard, the only woman left seeking the Democratic nomination, has only earned two pledged delegates
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More than 3,500 people aboard the Grand Princess have been stuck on the cruise ship off California for days. Their two-week journey from San Francisco to Hawaii was interrupted on its return leg Wednesday when officials learned that a California man who’d traveled on that ship last month contracted coronavirus and died this week. As
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AUSTIN, Texas — Numerous Americans on a cruise ship off the California coast will be transferred to a military base in San Antonio for testing for the coronavirus and the COVID-19 illness it causes, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday. RELATED STORIES: California prepares to dock cruise ship with 21 virus cases33 states now have
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Whatever you do, do NOT tell Lieutenant Dan he’s not a bunny. Wait until you see him in a pair of bunny ears, rooting through a basket of pastel eggs. You may just believe he’s the real thing. The two-legged hound is competing to be the next Cadbury Bunny — and he’s made it to
Continue Reading Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree early Sunday that will put millions of people across northern Italy under lockdown due to the novel coronavirus. The sweeping move puts the entire Lombardy region, as well as 14 other provinces, under travel restrictions, and is one of the toughest responses implemented outside of mainland China
Continue Reading Civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. on Sunday endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination. “With the exception of Native Americans, African Americans are the people who are most behind socially and economically in the United States and our needs are not moderate. A people far behind cannot
Continue Reading Ten people died after a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine center collapsed Saturday night in southeastern China, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management. Eighty people were inside the building when it came down. Nine escaped, while 71 people were trapped. Of those, 48 have been pulled from the rubble and 23 remain
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The American Conservative Union announced on Saturday that one of the attendees at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, has tested positive for coronavirus. President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other administration officials attended the conference, though the ACU says the attendee did not come into contact with the
Continue Reading When first responders reported last week to a hard-hit nursing home in Washington state, the epicenter of the nation’s coronavirus outbreak, they found an understaffed facility with inadequate gear attempting to serve dozens of patients vulnerable to catching the virus. Just three staff members reported to Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, between Tuesday night
Continue Reading In my research on daylight saving time, I have found that Americans don’t like it when Congress messes with their clocks. In an effort to avoid the biannual clock switch in spring and fall, some well-intended critics of DST have made the mistake of suggesting that the abolition of DST — and a return to
Continue Reading A soccer match in Italy was delayed after the country’s sport minister called for the suspension of all Serie A games due to the coronavirus outbreak. Vincenzo Spadafora posted a statement on Facebook saying it didn’t make sense for matches in Italy’s top-flight league to continue while the country struggles to contain the virus. The
Continue Reading Everywhere she turned, 8-year-old Haruyo Nihei saw flames. Bombs dropped by the Americans had created tornadoes of fire so intense that they were sucking mattresses from homes and hurling them down the street along with furniture — and people. “The flames consumed them, turning them into balls of fire,” says Nihei, now 83. Nihei had
Continue ReadingEl Paso, Texas– We are under an ABC-7 First Alert. Sunday will look and feel very different, in the weather department, than Saturday. A Pacific storm system will be impacting the region to end the weekend. Expect temperatures to be much cooler today topping off in the lower 60s in El Paso and upper 50s
Continue Reading Coronavirus cases are climbing in the US, but health officials maintain one of the best ways to prevent it from spreading is by washing your hands. Simple enough, right? Wrong. There’s a proper way to do it. And it doesn’t include rinsing your hands for a moment and a half, wiping leftover droplets on your
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A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. The fall in global stocks has been precipitous and swift, with trillions of dollars in value wiped off markets in a matter of days. Driving the decline: the spread of the novel
Continue Reading He has a menacing shaved head, an 85-inch reach and a sneaky jab that lands like a sledgehammer. Though he stands 6 feet 9 inches, he moves with the agility of a smaller man and can switch from a southpaw to an orthodox style with ease. The aptly named Tyson Fury carried all those attributes
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He has a menacing shaved head, an 85-inch reach and a sneaky jab that lands like a sledgehammer. Though he stands 6 feet 9 inches, he moves with the agility of a smaller man and can switch from a southpaw to an orthodox style with ease. The aptly named Tyson Fury carried all those attributes
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As the novel coronavirus continues to spread both in the US and across the globe, the Better Business Bureau and the World Health Organization have issued warnings about potential scammers taking advantage of the outbreak. Multiple attorneys general offices — including North Carolina and Washington, D.C — have issued warnings about criminals who may set
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(CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General de Paraguay informó por Twitter que “libró orden de detención, imputó al jugador Ronaldinho por Uso de Documento Público de contenido falso y solicita medida cautelar de Prisión Preventiva”. Ronaldihno y su hermano Roberto están detenidos desde este viernes por la noche en la “Agrupación Especializada“ en Asunción, según
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La justicia de Paraguay decidió que Ronaldinho de Assis Moreira, la exestrella del fútbol internacional, guarde prisión preventiva en una cárcel de Asunción mientras dure un proceso que investiga una red de tráfico de documentos, en el cual está imputado junto con su hermano Roberto por haber presuntamente ingresado al país con
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HORIZON CITY, Texas — Soccer players at Horizon High School took time during their last home game Saturday to remember and honor the life of their former teammate Javier Rodriguez. Rodriguez is the youngest out of the 22 victims killed in the Cielo Vista Walmart shooting on Aug. 3. He was only 15-years-old and had
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ORANGE COUNTY, California – El Paso Locomotive FC kicked off its sophomore season in USL Championship, playing to a scoreless draw against Orange County SC on the road this weekend. “I thought we could’ve been better on the ball particularly in their half of the field,” said Locomotive head coach Mark Lowry. “We turned it over
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EL PASO, Texas — With a roar and cheers Monster Jam took over the Sun Bowl Saturday. It comes back year after year and for some families it’s an important tradition. Some are just starting out. “Every day they watch this on YouTube. I guess all they want to do are monster trucks,” said Demetri
Continue Reading The number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States continued to mount on Saturday, bringing the nationwide total to more than 400. At least 19 people have died. At least 5,861 coronavirus tests have been completed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health laboratories, said Dr. Stephen Hahn, US
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HOUSTON, Texas — Souley Boum had a game-high 25 points as UTEP edged past Rice 77-72 on Saturday in the regular-season finale. Daryl Edwards added 22 points for the Miners. Boum hit 10 of 11 from the free throw line. Bryson Williams had nine rebounds and three blocks for UTEP (17-14, 8-10 Conference USA), which
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MILAN, Italy — Italy’s prime minister declared a “national emergency” and announced a sweeping novel coronavirus quarantine early Sunday local time, imposing restrictions on the movement of about a quarter of the country’s population in a bid to contain a widening outbreak. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that people in Lombardy region in northern Italy
Continue Reading There are only two northern white rhinos left on the planet, and they’re both female. Unless scientists can make a dramatic breakthrough, the entire species will die with those two individuals. In a nondescript building just north of San Diego, California, the fight to save the northern white rhino is coming down to the wire.
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