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Month: March 2020

State Department says it’s retrieved over 18,000 US citizens stranded abroad amid coronavirus pandemic

The US State Department has repatriated more than 18,000 Americans who had been stuck abroad amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. As of Saturday afternoon, the agency reported it had retrieved 18,406 US citizens aboard more than 178 flights. The announcement, which the agency detailed on its website, comes after State Department officials said Friday that

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Krzysztof Penderecki, composer of works in ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘The Shining,’ dies at 86

Krzysztof Penderecki, the avant garde Polish composer whose works have featured in the Hollywood films “The Exorcist” and “The Shining,” died Sunday after a “long and serious illness,” the Ludwig von Beethoven Association said. He was 86. Penderecki was “an eminent artist, humanist, (and) one of the world’s best known and most acclaimed Polish composers,”

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Tornado strikes Arkansas, leaving major damage

Click here for updates on this story     Jonesboro, AR (KFSM) — According to the National Weather Service, a tornado ripped through the heart of Jonesboro, Arkansas, on Saturday (March 28th). Crews are reporting extensive damage around the city. During a press conference on Sunday (March 29th) morning, Craighead County Judge Marvin Day announced there were

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Experts are warning coronavirus puts the integrity of the 2020 election at risk. Here’s what could happen in November

As states scramble to delay their spring primaries, election professionals and voting experts are anxiously looking ahead to November and warning that the coronavirus pandemic is already threatening the safety and integrity of the next presidential election. These experts are raising the alarm that the virus poses unprecedented challenges to the 2020 election, and that

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Experts are warning coronavirus puts the integrity of the 2020 election at risk. Here’s what could happen in November

As states scramble to delay their spring primaries, election professionals and voting experts are anxiously looking ahead to November and warning that the coronavirus pandemic is already threatening the safety and integrity of the next presidential election. These experts are raising the alarm that the virus poses unprecedented challenges to the 2020 election, and that

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Gov Abbott coronavirus briefing

Gov. Abbott expands travel restrictions, launches pop-up hospital as Texas cases top 2,500 with 34 deaths

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday ratcheted up travel restrictions into Texas during the coronavirus pandemic, while announcing the state’s first pop-up hospital to deal with the crisis. He also said he was moving to “stop the release of dangerous felons” amid the outbreak. Texas health officials reported that the state now has 2,552

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