Elephants forced to perform tricks and carry tourists in a Thailand park are to be liberated from their controversial work as a consequence of the coronavirus, the park’s owner says. Anchalee Kalampichit, the owner of Maesa Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, closed the park on Monday after tourist numbers plummeted from “hundreds” each
Continue Reading Stay in Cairo with family or catch the last flight to Canada to be with my love. I needed to decide quickly but feared that traveling during this pandemic was the equivalent of suicide, or worse, murder. As Covid-19 began to spread across the globe, I believed nowhere was safe and self-isolation was the best
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(CNN) — Miles de personas practican el distanciamiento social en todo el mundo o están bajo órdenes de quedarse en casa para detener la propagación del coronavirus, pero eso no ha impedido que los vecinos dejen mensajes de esperanza en las ventanas de sus hogares. No está claro dónde o cuándo comenzó esta iniciativa, pero
Continue Reading (CNN) — “Las ventas de armas y municiones se disparan en Kentucky en medio de un nuevo brote de coronavirus“. “Las ventas de armas de Valley aumentaron en medio de la pandemia de coronavirus“. “Las ventas de armas se dispararon debido a los temores de coronavirus, las tiendas ponen límites a los suministros“. “‘Está más
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NEW YORK, NY — The United States now has the world’s most confirmed coronavirus cases at 81,321 as of Thursday afternoon, according to Johns Hopkins University tally. The New York Times first reported that the U.S. leads the world with more known cases than China, Italy or any other country has seen. In just one
Continue Reading California health officials are reevaluating the death of a 17-year-old boy from coronavirus, saying his case is “complex” and needs further investigation. The Lancaster teen was initially described as the first known juvenile to die from the coronavirus in the United States. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health attributed his death to coronavirus
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The Cheesecake Factory won’t be able to pay its April rent at its nearly 300 locations, highlighting how deeply the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the restaurant industry. Regulations instituted across several states forced restaurants to close as a way to help stop the spread of the virus. The closures have resulted in a significant revenue
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Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (KETV) — Whether it’s birthday wishes in a car caravan for a girl turning 11, chalking sentiments on a sidewalk or placing smiley face balloons in neighbors’ yards, Omaha is trying to stay positive during the pandemic. “Everybody is in a mode of what can we
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The leaders of the world’s foremost industrialized nations convened Thursday to discuss the global coronavirus outbreak as data emerged showing the largest of those economies — the United States — is suffering massive job losses due to the pandemic. Like most of their citizens have been doing in the era of self-isolation, the G20 leaders
Continue Reading (CNN) — Danielle y Kenny Scott están acostumbrados a enfrentar obstáculos juntos. Danielle, de 34 años, se sometió a una histerectomía después de que le diagnosticaran cáncer de ovario en etapa tres en 2013. Kenny estaba a su lado, a pesar de que solo habían estado saliendo tres semanas al momento de su diagnóstico. Siete
Continue Reading (CNN) — Una mujer que tosió a propósito sobre alimentos por un valor de 35.000 dólares, en una tienda de comestibles de Pensilvania, probablemente enfrentará cargos criminales, dijo la policía Toser es una de las principales formas en que se propaga el nuevo coronavirus. La mujer no identificada ingresó a la pequeña cadena de supermercados
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MERRIAM, KS (WDAF) — Social distancing didn’t stop one Olathe family from “being there” for a birth. The Burdolski’s welcomed their second bundle of joy into this world at the Advent Health Birth Center on Saturday. In light of coronavirus, their experience wasn’t anything close to what they
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Click here for updates on this story MERRIAM, KS (WDAF) — Social distancing didn’t stop one Olathe family from “being there” for a birth. The Burdolski’s welcomed their second bundle of joy into this world at the Advent Health Birth Center on Saturday. In light of coronavirus, their experience wasn’t anything close to what they
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A woman purposely coughed on $35,000 worth of food at a Pennsylvania grocery store, police said. She likely faces criminal charges for coughing, one of the primary ways the novel coronavirus spreads. The unnamed woman entered small grocery chain Gerrity’s Supermarket in Hanover Township and started coughing on produce, bakery items, meat and other merchandise,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Many businesses have been forced to shut down, which has sent now former employees scrambling for unemployment. The problem is especially bad in Asheville, with bars and restaurants already shut down and all non-essential businesses closing Thursday evening. One local family has already seen
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A woman was arrested Tuesday after she stole a dog by force from another woman in the Pearl District, according to court documents. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office said Naiobi Louise Williams, 32, is facing charges of third-degree robbery, first-degree theft, and second-degree
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CORVALLIS, OR (KPTV) — Nearly 200,000 pairs of gloves, along with other much-need medical supplies, were sent to health care workers this week thanks to faculty and employees at Oregon State University. OSU announced Thursday that more than 12 pallets of personal protective equipment (PPE) were distributed to
Continue Reading Ford is considering reopening a number of US and Mexican plants in the coming weeks that were closed because of the coronavirus outbreak. But the United Auto Workers union is expressing concerns about that plan. Ford says it plans to reopen one shift of its Hermosillo, Mexico, plant on April 6, and four of its
Continue Reading It’s been a full week since Nicole Knesek, a driver for Uber and Lyft in Carmichael, California, attempted to apply for paid coronanvirus leave from the ride-hailing companies. While Knesek, 36, doesn’t have coronavirus, she is immunosuppressed. She received a kidney transplant just over a year ago and is on medication that limits her body’s
Continue Reading About 67 million years ago, a feathered raptor dinosaur with the grace and hunting skills of a cheetah took down prey with grasping sickle-like claws. The fossils of the newly discovered dinosaur, Dineobellator notohesperus, were discovered in New Mexico, according to a new study. Robert Sullivan, research associate at the New Mexico Museum of Natural
Continue Reading Just over a week ago, President Vladimir Putin said Russia had the spread of coronavirus “under control.” Now the country is changing tactics, as authorities acknowledge they are gearing up for a major Covid-19 outbreak. In a nationwide address Wednesday, Putin conceded that it was “objectively impossible to stop [coronavirus] from spilling over” into a
Continue Reading Social distancing, self-isolation, panic-buying –– there aren’t many reasons to be cheerful right now. The UK on Monday became the latest country to restrict people’s movements because of coronavirus. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson banned people from leaving their homes apart from a few “very limited” reasons. But the new measures have also inspired many
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EL PASO, Texas — An upgraded magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook the Big Bend area of western Texas on Thursday morning, and was also widely felt throughout the El Paso area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was centered in far eastern Culbertson County, which is two counties east of El Paso County, and happened
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake near Mentone, Texas which is about 200 miles east of El Paso. It was recorded at 9:18 a.m. according to the USGS. ABC-7 is working to get more information.
Continue Reading A southwest Georgia hospital that’s reporting about a quarter of the state’s coronavirus deaths says it has reached capacity in three intensive-care units. The ICUs within Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany are filled with “critically ill Covid-19 patients,” Phoebe Putney Health System said in a news release Wednesday. A fourth ICU was previously opened
Continue Reading Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez are the latest celebrities to foster animals during the coronavirus pandemic. The stars took separately to their social media channels to introduce fans to their new additions. They’re the latest celebs to post about adopting or fostering at a time when many shelters are closing to the public because of
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A push by the US State Department to include the phrase “Wuhan virus” in a joint statement with other Group of Seven members following a meeting of foreign ministers on coronavirus on Wednesday was rejected, resulting in separate statements and division in the group. “What the State Department has suggested is a red line,” a
Continue Reading Hundreds of trekkers are stranded on high-altitude trekking trails across Nepal due to a nationwide lockdown designed to contain the coronavirus spread. There are about 500 foreign trekkers on at least four trekking routes unable to return due to the lockdown, which started Tuesday and will last for a week, according to Shradha Shrestha, a
Continue Reading The coronavirus is crippling most American industries. But it’s also creating opportunities for some unexpected businesses. Grocery Outlet, an “extreme value” supermarket chain with around 350 stores, mostly on the American West Coast, is capitalizing on shoppers stockpiling groceries during the outbreak and the havoc across supply chains. The grocer, which does not sell online,
Continue Reading “Mulan” is just one of several high-profile movies delayed by the threat of Covid-19. Yet on the weekend when the film was scheduled to open, the absence of this live-action Disney remake feels like a more pronounced shame — the film among those postponed that we could use most right now. Not only was “Mulan”
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