SEATTLE, Washington — Health officials in Washington state said Monday that four more people had died from the coronavirus, bringing the total to six fatalities in the United States – all of them in Washington state. Dr. Jeff Duchin, the health officer for the state’s Department of Public Health, said among the newly reported deaths
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Coronavirus panic continues to pummel the Chinese business sector in New York City as fear of the deadly disease drives people away from east Asian neighborhoods. Business leaders say tourists and locals have been avoiding Chinese restaurants, shops and other businesses ever since news first broke about the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December.
Continue Reading It’s one of the largest industries in the world, with $5.7 trillion in revenue. It is responsible for an estimated 319 million jobs, or roughly one in 10 people working on the planet. And no sector is more at risk from the novel coronavirus. The travel industry has already taken a huge hit due to
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Click here for updates on this story NORTH TEXAS, TX (KTVT) — Two Texas Health hospitals in DFW welcomed leap year babies Saturday. People born on Feb. 29 are often called “leaplings” or “leapers,” and Texas Health HEB and Texas Health Fort Worth welcomed two of them into the world yesterday. Jacob Nunez and Ace
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — A 39-year-old woman is isolated inside her Manhattan home after testing positive for the coronavirus. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said she is a health care worker who returned Tuesday from Iran. She was not believed to be contagious on the flight and took a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLINTON, MA (WBZ) — A Rhode Island filmmaker is looking to capture parts of New England’s past that have been forgotten. Jason Allard is using a drone camera to get into abandoned places in a new web series called “Abandoned From Above.” “I’ve always had a fascination with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLINTON, MA (WBZ) — A Rhode Island filmmaker is looking to capture parts of New England’s past that have been forgotten. Jason Allard is using a drone camera to get into abandoned places in a new web series called “Abandoned From Above.” “I’ve always had a fascination with
Continue Reading Ok, I admit it. I often stay up late on weekends, catching up on TV or seeing friends, then decadently allow myself to slumber for hours past my regular wake-up time the next morning. To a diehard night owl like me, this is delicious freedom, a sort of personal protest against the rigidity of the
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(CNN Español) — Iniciaron los homenajes al reconocido poeta, escultor, sacerdote y teólogo Ernesto Cardenal, quien falleció este primero de marzo por complicaciones en su salud, tras permanecer varios días ingresado en un hospital privado de Managua, así lo informó su asistente Luz Marina Acosta. Durante este lunes el cuerpo de Cardenal será velado en una
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago, IL (WBBM) — State health officials confirm the wife of a patient at a hospital in Arlington Heights has tested positive for the coronavirus according to Northwest Community Healthcare. That brings the number of confirmed cases in Illinois to four. The Illinois Department of Public Health said
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Joe Biden, who has more endorsements from the Texas congressional delegation than any other Democratic presidential candidate, picked up another one on Monday. El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar through her nod behind the former vice president just a day before Super Tuesday voting in Texas and elsewhere. She becomes at least
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The moment is finally here. NASA is accepting applications for aspiring astronauts. NASA wants to send another man and the first woman to the moon by 2024. This next class of astronauts, part of the Artemis Generation, will help it get there — and eventually to Mars — by the mid-2030s. “America is closer than
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El ministro de Salud de Colombia, Iván González, anuncio este lunes que incrementaron el riesgo de coronavirus de “moderado a alto”. “Tenemos hoy altas probabilidades de importar un caso desde afuera hacia Colombia”, señaló González en conferencia de prensa este lunes. Según explicó el ministro, las razones por las cuales tomaron esta
Continue Reading The coronavirus outbreak has led to worldwide travel restrictions, and a growing number of people are being encouraged to work from home. The stocks of major airlines and Priceline owner Booking Holdings are among the companies that have been hit hard in the past few weeks. But there are investment opportunities if Americans go into
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DALLAS, Texas — Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota announced an end to her presidential bid on Monday and will endorse Joe Biden, campaign aides said. The Klobuchar campaign confirmed that the senator was flying to Texas to join the former vice president at his Dallas rally, where she will give her endorsement on the eve
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar‘s campaign canceled a Sunday evening campaign event after dozens of protesters took the stage and would not leave inside a high school gym in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Campaign manager Justin Buoen said he was “very disappointed,” adding that Klobuchar was ready to meet with the protesters, who agreed to sit down
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Honolulu, HI (KITV) — The coronavirus could cause a shortage of prom dresses. That’s the warning from manufacturers as factories remain closed in China. China makes 80% of such gowns, according to the American Bridal and Prom Industry Association. High schooler Kaia Roberson and her mom, Shauna, have
Continue Reading Last week’s coronavirus-fueled meltdown on Wall Street rivaled some of the scariest moments in modern history: The Great Depression, Black Monday, the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the 2008 financial crisis. Recession fears sent the S&P 500 careening 11.5% lower last week, plunging the index from record highs into a near-bear market. It was just
Continue Reading US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams not only wants people to stop buying facemasks to prevent the novel coronavirus, but warns that you actually might increase your risk of infection if facemasks are not worn properly. “You can increase your risk of getting it by wearing a mask if you are not a health care
Continue Reading Kenya’s Christine Ongare qualified Saturday for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Ongare, 26, made it through to the Olympics after outboxing Ugandan opponent Catherine Nanziri in the women’s flyweight (51 kilogram) division at the Africa Boxing Olympic Qualification tournament in Dakar, Senegal. Ongare won by a unanimous points decision. She also won a bronze
Continue Reading President Donald Trump said Monday he thinks it’s “very safe” to continue hosting crowded campaign rallies around the country even as his administration contends with a growing outbreak of coronavirus in the United States. “These were set up a long time ago,” the President said in the Oval Office when asked if it was a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS) — Much of Shreveport’s history rests at Oakland Cemetery. Inside the gates, you’ll find everything from proud stories of war heroes to tragic tales from a massive yellow fever outbreak. There’s also a story of faith, tradition and the American dream, which helped shape Shreveport
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About 150 light-years away from us, there’s a star that just doesn’t add up. It’s known as WDJ0551+4135 and appeared to be a massive white dwarf. White dwarf stars are essentially the dead remains of stars like our sun, once they’ve burned through all of their hydrogen fuel and outer layers. Usually, they’re small and
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The future of the nation’s health care system now lies in the hands of the Supreme Court. The justices announced Monday that they will determine the fate of the Affordable Care Act next term, after lower court rulings found the law’s individual mandate unconstitutional. The justices’ ruling could uphold, eradicate or greatly change the landmark
Continue Reading A free trade deal with the United States could add just $4.3 billion to the UK economy over the next 15 years, the British government estimated Monday. The modest potential windfall underscores the difficulty of replacing the economic benefits of membership in the European Union. On Monday, the government published its objectives for trade talks
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES, MO (KMOV) — After a bike ride on Sunday, a group gathered outside Take a Hike, an outdoor shop on North Second Street in the Historic Frenchtown neighborhood of St. Charles. “There’s a lot of good energy,” said store owner Joseph Russell about the neighborhood. He’s
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Trece personas murieron en Brasil tras el naufragio de una embarcación ocurrido el sábado a unos 100 kilómetros del municipio de Laranjal do Jari en el estado de Amapá, en el norte del país. El Gobierno estableció un centro de apoyo para brindar asistencia a los familiares de las víctimas y para
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American runner Molly Seidel surprised even herself over the weekend by coming in second at the Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta — her debut race at the marathon distance — and punching her ticket to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The 25-year-old finished less than 10 seconds behind fellow American Aliphine Tuliamuk with
Continue Reading House Democrats are quietly discussing moving ahead with punishments for individuals who defied subpoenas in President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry — even as some are growing skeptical about issuing a subpoena for the testimony of former national security adviser John Bolton. Lawmakers involved in the discussions told CNN that they believe that the individuals who
Continue Reading MADISON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Some people have spiders lurking in their basement. Others, maybe rats. This Ohio woman tops them all. Police received an unusual tip last week in Madison Township directing them to her basement. Once there, they discovered a fully grown, 5-foot-long American alligator. “I’ve never seen anything like that in my 17
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