LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, D-Las Cruces, has gone into isolation as a precaution, though she is not exhibiting any symptoms after coming into contact with an individual who later tested positive for cornavirus. Torres Small announced her situation in this statement below to the media. “I was recently in contact
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Connecticut, Illinois and New York joined California on Friday in ordering nonessential workers to remain at home to slow the spread of coronavirus, which means more than 1 in 5 Americans live in a state under general stay-at-home orders. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he was hoping to alleviate what he said was an
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Connecticut, Illinois and New York joined California on Friday in ordering nonessential workers to remain at home to slow the spread of coronavirus, which means more than 1 in 5 Americans live in a state under general stay-at-home orders. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he was hoping to alleviate what he said was an
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President Donald Trump is not an empathetic person. For all the talk earlier this week about how the President may have turned a corner, tonally, when it comes to coronavirus, he made clear — in the space of a single answer to a reporter’s question at the coronavirus task force press briefing on Friday —
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FORT BLISS, Texas — William Beaumont Army Medical Center on Friday night confirmed a soldier from Fort Bliss has tested positive for the coronavirus. This is the first confirmed case of the virus at the Army installation, although six other cases have already occurred within El Paso. Officials said the infected soldier was assigned to
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Nota del editor: Lindsey Mantoan es profesora adjunta de teatro en el Linfield College. Es coeditora, junto a Sara Brady, de “Vying for the Iron Throne: Essays on Power, Gender, Death, and Performance in HBO’s Game of Thrones” y autora de “War as Performance: Conflict in Iraq and Political Theatricality”. Las opiniones expresadas aquí son
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Click here for updates on this story NORWALK, CT (WFSB) — The state’s fourth coronavirus-related death was reported on Friday afternoon. Leaders said the fourth death was reported in Fairfield County. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Connecticut stood at 194 on Friday. On Thursday, officials reported that a second man from New Canaan
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In an extraordinary exchange on Friday, President Donald Trump viciously attacked an NBC News reporter who asked what his message would be to Americans who are frightened by the coronavirus pandemic that is spreading across the country. The exchange, which occurred at the White House’s daily coronavirus task force briefing, began when NBC News reporter
Continue Reading (CNN) — El sector de la aviación se ha visto muy afectada por la pandemia de coronavirus, y los viajeros de todo el mundo lidian con vuelos cancelados y prohibiciones de viaje mientras se apresuran a llegar a casa. Pero un inesperado efecto secundario en el sector fue la creación de un nuevo récord mundial
Continue Reading President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he’s invoking the Defense Production Act to ramp up production, but he hasn’t wielded his federal powers yet as health officials voice alarm about potential shortages of lifesaving medical supplies like ventilators and protective gear for doctors on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump signed the measure
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President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he’s invoking the Defense Production Act to ramp up production, but he hasn’t wielded his federal powers yet as health officials voice alarm about potential shortages of lifesaving medical supplies like ventilators and protective gear for doctors on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump signed the measure
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Portland (KPTV) — People are finding all kinds of creative ways to try and live as normally as possible amid the COVID-19 pandemic while still following the guidelines for social distancing. That’s exactly what Beaverton dance studio ENCORE Performing Arts Center is doing. Even though students can’t come
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The head of USA Swimming wants the Olympics to be postponed to 2021, calling it “the right and responsible thing to do” in a letter to the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee Tim Hinchey III, the CEO of USA Swimming, asked the group to advocate for the change because “the right and responsible thing to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Madison (WDJT) — A 56-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a mortgage rescue scheme that defrauded more than 70 Wisconsin Homeowners. According to the United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, between 2014 and 2019, Aston Wood defrauded homeowners out of
Continue Reading (CNN) – ¿Cuáles son los síntomas reveladores de que puedes tener el nuevo coronavirus, llamado covid-19? La lista principal de los síntomas agudos en este momento es bastante corta y puede presentarse entre 2 y 14 días después de la exposición al virus, según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that he has postponed the May 26 primary runoff elections throughout the state until July 14 because of the coronavirus threat. Abbott signed the postponement order Friday under the emergency powers of his previous statewide disaster declaration. Dozens of runoffs are ongoing for party nominations to
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Two doctors who are medical experts for the Department of Homeland Security are sending a warning to members of Congress. The department should consider releasing all immigrant detainees who don’t pose a risk to public safety, the doctors argue, before it’s too late. There’s an “imminent risk to the health and safety of immigrant detainees”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Bay County (WJRT) — A new class of nurses says they’re ready to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. But they can’t, in a way, because of the pandemic. Nursing students at Delta College were hoping to graduate next month. While the state is asking retired nurses to jump
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Omaha (KPTM) — A pair of medical providers planned to launch drive-thru Coronavirus testing starting on Monday. That won’t happen, at least not right now. Omaha’s mayor sent Banyon Medical Systems and Pivot Concierge Health a letter Friday telling them a previously approved permit is revoked. City and
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – La Alcaldía de San Salvador ha destinado un área exclusiva del cementerio La Bermeja para utilizar en caso de tener víctimas mortales por el brote de coronavirus. La alcaldía de San Salvador prepara 118 espacios para sepultar posibles víctimas de coronavirus. Aunque hasta este viernes el país solo registra un caso confirmado,
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The White House said a member of Vice President Mike Pence’s staff has tested positive for coronavirus. Pence’s spokeswoman Katie Miller said Friday evening that the staff member, who is not being identified, did not have “close contact” to either the vice president or President Donald Trump. Miller said contact tracing, or
Continue Reading A Democratic congressman with coronavirus is feeling sore, feverish and winded — even from eating and drinking — as he battles the disease that is spreading through the US and has infected thousands while killing more than 200 people. “I am at home, feeling about as sick as I’ve ever been,” Utah Rep. Ben McAdams
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EL PASO, Texas — A standoff Friday evening between police and a suspicious armed man in northeast El Paso ended with the gunman suffering a “self-inflicted” gunshot wound, authorities said. A police spokesperson did not immediately know the condition of the man. A SWAT team had responded around 5:30 p.m. to the 5700 block of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Iowa (WQAD) — Empty shelves, price hikes on toilet paper and guns selling at a rapid pace are all examples of the consequences of panic buying. Panic buying occurs when consumers anticipate a shortage of goods due to a perceived disaster. It’s also an example of herd behavior
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A body found this week in the Florida Panhandle has been tentatively identified as Gannon Stauch, the 11-year-old boy who went missing from his Colorado Springs home in January, officials said Friday. The remains were found Wednesday in Pace, roughly 15 miles northeast of Pensacola, a press release from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Roberto Izurieta es director de Proyectos Latinoamericanos en la Universidad George Washington. Ha trabajado en campañas políticas en varios países de América Latina y España y ha sido asesor de los presidentes Alejandro Toledo de Perú, Vicente Fox de México y Alvaro Colom of Guatemala. Izurieta también es analista de temas políticos en CNN en
Continue Reading In years past, the end of the year has meant one thing for students: standardized tests. But due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, schools won’t enforce those tests, President Donald Trump said. “With many schools closed due to the virus, the Department of Education will not enforce standardized testing requirements, very importantly, for students in
Continue Reading North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into the seas between the Korean peninsula and Japan Saturday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The South Korean military announced that North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles from a location in North Pyongan Province. On the day of launch, North Korea announced that it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Fayetteville (KFSM) — A Fayetteville man is sharing his story of self-quarantine after he says his wife tested positive for COVID-19. “We didn’t know about it at the time. The people we were exposed to didn’t exhibit any symptoms,” Matt Benson said. Matt and his wife Maggie live
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Ariel Dorfman es el autor de “La muerte y la doncella”, y más recientemente, de la novela “Allegro” y de “Chile: Juventud Rebelde”. Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario son únicamente las del autor. Ver más artículos de opinión sobre CNN. (CNN Español) — “Los estoy escuchando”. Esas palabras las pronunció Joe
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