If everything had gone according to plan, Swae Lee would be on tour with rapper Post Malone right now. But, of course, everything did not go according to plan. This month, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, concerts that had been planned back in November were postponed and canceled, leaving the young singer and composer
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Dentists and other businesses are donating equipment and supplies to hospitals that are reporting or suffering shortages while treating coronavirus patients. The N95 respirator masks and other personal protective equipment are among the most requested items for doctors and nurses. The federal government is sending supplies from the Centers for Disease Control’s national stockpile and
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Streetcar will be suspending all operations on Sunday in response to the coronavirus outbreak. For anyone who relies on the Streetcar to get around downtown El Paso, officials said they should plan on riding the Sun Metro instead. The bus service is waiving all fairs beginning Sunday. Other
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The chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American caucus on Saturday said it is “dangerous” for President Donald Trump to continue referring to Covid-19 as the “Chinese virus” at a time when misinformation has led to racist and xenophobic attacks against Asian Americans or anyone in the US who looks East Asian. “It is dangerous
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Finding time to celebrate love during a national crisis isn’t easy. But one New York couple still found a way. Reilly Jennings and Amanda Wheeler tied the knot on Friday at a ceremony held on a small street in the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights. Matt Wilson, a friend and a licensed marriage officiant, leaned
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Some hospitals are running low on cash after canceling many elective procedures to devote more resources to the coronavirus outbreak. Executives from three hospitals across the country detailed their dire fiscal conditions on a conference call Saturday hosted by the American Hospital Association. This may force some to close their doors just as the need
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President Donald Trump said Saturday that he wished China would have told him earlier about the novel coronavirus, despite previously praising the country’s transparency on the issue. “I wish they could have told us earlier about what was going on inside,” Trump said during a briefing on the federal government’s coronavirus response. “We didn’t know
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Two sisters in Pennsylvania just finished a full week of learning at home since their school was closed to help stop the spread of coronavirus. But even though Carrington, 6, and Brooke, 8, aren’t going to their school in Hummelstown, a few miles away from Hershey Park, they’re still going to their front yard every
Continue Reading President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested health care workers sanitize and reuse masks when treating coronavirus patients, rather than “throwing away” masks that are in short supply. “I have to tell you, the throwing away of the masks, being in private business, the throwing away of the mask right away, they’re throwing it away,” Trump
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To stop the spread of coronavirus, health officials have instructed the public to practice social distancing — staying home, avoiding crowds and refraining from touching one another. Although living like that can be lonely, inconvenient and even frightening, it’s for the greater good, says Danielle Ompad, an associate professor at New York University’s School of
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Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — A man crashed his car Friday and abandoned his 5-year-old son in the car before stealing an SUV that he crashed into a church, causing $125,000 worth of damage, according to a Burlington Police Department news release. At 9:55 p.m., officers with the BPD
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EL PASO, Texas — The citywide closures connected to coronavirus are forcing many in the Borderland to change the way they do business. We’ve seen restaurants following mandates that allow them to operate on a drive-thru only basis, now we are seeing political parties do the same. Both El Paso County Republican and Democratic conventions
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration announced it has authorized the use of the first rapid diagnostic test that could detect the novel coronavirus in approximately 45 minutes. The authorization was made Friday and tests will begin shipping next week, according to a statement from California-based Cepheid, the company manufacturing the tests. “During this time
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A woman in her 20s is the second confirmed case of coronavirus in Doña Ana County, according to the New Mexico Department of Health. It announced 14 new cases statewide on Saturday. A man in is 20s was announced as the first Doña Ana County case on Friday. And while his
Continue Reading Gov. Andrew Cuomo said during a news conference Saturday that New York is sending 1 million N95 respirator masks to New York City as Covid-19 confirmed cases have surpassed 10,300 across the state. “One million masks won’t get us through the crisis, but it will make a significant contribution to New York City’s mask issue,”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Gov. Kate Brown, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury addressed Oregonians on Friday night regarding COVID-19 and social distancing, urging people to “stay home and stay healthy.” Brown called it an “order and a public awareness campaign,” while Wheeler said
Continue Reading Earlier this week, Christell Cadet was a healthy 34-year-old working as a paramedic in New York City. On Tuesday, she started having shortness of breath. By Wednesday, her symptoms were so severe she had to be hospitalized. Cadet spoke to CNN through labored breaths and coughing from her hospital bed Friday, hours after she found
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EL PASO, Texas — As of Saturday, Mexican border restrictions were officially in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Only essential travel is allowed between Mexico and the U.S. for the foreseeable future. Essential travel includes individuals traveling for medical purposes, attending school or engaged in trade, like truck drivers, among others, according
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Inspirada en una iglesia en Italia, una parroquia en la ciudad de Curitiba, estado de Paraná, región al sur de Brasil, puso fotos de sus fieles en los bancos del lugar. Hasta ahora, más de 170.000 fotos han sido enviadas a la iglesia, e incluso las paredes fueron cubiertas. La iniciativa hace
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LONDON, ENGLAND — As households continue to stock up on toilet paper — emptying shelves across the country — a new website is attempting to answer the question: How much TP do we really need? Howmuchtoiletpaper.com is a website created by student software developer Ben Sassoon and artist Sam Harris, both based in London, in
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As households continue to stock up on toilet paper — emptying shelves across the country — a new website is attempting to answer the question: How much TP do we really need? Howmuchtoiletpaper.com is a website created by student software developer Ben Sassoon and artist Sam Harris, both based in London, in response to the
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort has closed in its entirety, a member told CNN, as the coronavirus shutters many public spaces. CNN reported Friday that parts of the resort had closed, according to the member, but Mar-a-Lago members were informed late Friday night that the beach club had also been closed. Before then, the beach
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USA Track and Field (USATF) has called for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo to be postponed because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. While other sporting organizations around the globe like Premier League, and the NBA have halted action, plans to proceed with the Olympics remain in place. And now USATF, the governing body for
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — More than 10,000 residents of New Mexico have filed for unemployment benefits in less than a week, potentially doubling the number of recipients amid economic upheaval linked to the coronavirus pandemic. Workforce Solutions Secretary Bill McCamley said the agency received 10,879 claims this week, up from a little over 800
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EL PASO, Texas — Starting the night before, hundreds of cars lined the streets outside the El Paso County Colisuem for local non-profit Operation Hope’s free food giveaway on Saturday morning. The drive-thru giveaway helped El Paso families who are struggling economically in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Oscar Leeser and the Rock Faith
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NEW YORK, NY — The Federal Aviation Administration suspended flights to New York City-area airports during a portion of Saturday afternoon because of a coronavirus issue at a regional air-traffic control center. In an alert posted online Saturday, the agency advised air traffic controllers to “stop all departures” to Kennedy, LaGuardia, Newark and other airports
Continue Reading US negotiators entered a crucial day in the effort to deploy more than $1 trillion in emergency stimulus to a staggering economy, with a growing consensus on a final agreement, but a handful of significant hang-ups still to be resolved. Bipartisan groups of senators worked late into Friday night with top officials from President Donald
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DALLAS, Texas — The number of coronavirus cases in Texas now tops 300, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Saturday. The department reports 304 people have tested positive for the virus, up from about 200 on Friday, while the death toll in the state remained at five. Dallas County has the greatest number
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