WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed direct payments of $1,200 per person and $2,400 for couples as part of an initial Republican response Thursday to the coronavirus outbreak. The GOP leader unveiled his plan as Congress raced to craft a $1 trillion rescue package to shore up households, healthcare and the U.S. economy
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Right now, almost 780 million people live without access to clean water, and more than 2.5 billion need improved sanitation. That’s according to the World Health Organization. March 22 is World Water Day, an annual UN observance spotlighting something so basic — and yet so scarce for so many. There are some simple things you
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President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Lebanese-American Amer Fakhoury has been released from prison, describing the development as “very big.” “Today we are bringing home another American citizen, big thing, very big,” Trump said at the beginning of a coronavirus task force briefing. Trump also said that the US is working hard to secure the
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Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is reviving a piece of her presidential campaign platform amid the coronavirus pandemic, proposing to cancel student loan payments for the duration of the emergency. The plan is backed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, Washington state’s Sen. Patty Murray and Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio,
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(CNN Business) — El precio promedio de un galón de gasolina cayó por debajo de US$ 2 en casi una cuarta parte de los estados del país, según la AAA. El promedio nacional actualmente es de US$ 2,19 por un galón de gasolina regular, el más bajo desde principios de diciembre de 2016. Eso es
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso officials announced three additional positive tests for coronavirus in the county on Thursday, doubling the total number of confirmed cases to six. The three new virus patients were identified as a woman in her late 60s, a girl in her late teens and a man in his 20s. All
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In a move reminiscent of the World Wars, when America’s car factories shifted to producing tanks, bombers and aircraft engines, some US automakers are looking into making ventilators and other medical equipment to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. A shortage of ventilators has become a growing concern as the number of reported infections increase across
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. State Department on Thursday warned American citizens not to travel abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic, issuing the highest possible level of travel advisory. The Level 4: Do Not Travel advisory “advises U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel due to the global impact of COVID-19.” The State Department urged
Continue Reading Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed to move a massive $1 trillion economic stimulus bill at “warp speed.” But on Capitol Hill, warp speed isn’t that simple — and could mean weeks before relief comes. There are many legislative hurdles and ample policy differences that lawmakers still have to iron out. That’s left Republican and
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — After long lines and running out of the day’s testing supplies in just two hours on Friday, the New Mexico Department of Health announced it will now be offering additional drive-thru coronavirus screenings in Las Cruces on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The Monday screenings were previously announced, but the Saturday
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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — To help the public practice social distancing, the Chicago Public Library is temporarily closing some locations and cutting back on services. By the end of the day on Saturday, 61 branches will shut their doors. The Harold Washington Library, Sulzer and Woodson regional libraries,
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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — To help the public practice social distancing, the Chicago Public Library is temporarily closing some locations and cutting back on services. By the end of the day on Saturday, 61 branches will shut their doors. The Harold Washington Library, Sulzer and Woodson regional libraries,
Continue Reading (CNN) — El equinoccio de primavera viene con dos características notablemente diferentes en 2020: una triste y otra feliz. Primero, la forma inevitable en que la pandemia de coronavirus ha remodelado casi todos los aspectos de la vida. Y eso incluye la cancelación de los rituales y celebraciones anuales de equinoccio en todo el mundo,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GOLDEN, CO (KTVT) — Grocery store employees are feeling the heat as they continue to work through the coronavirus pandemic. After a week, some say things seem to be getting better — relatively. “You know we were out of eggs. Today we have eggs. We have milk so,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Casi dos meses después del primer caso de coronavirus en EE.UU., El gobierno federal se prepara para una pandemia que podría durar hasta 18 meses o más e “incluir múltiples oleadas”, según un informe obtenido por CNN. Si bien el documento no dice que la administración Trump crea que la pandemia durará tanto
Continue Reading President Donald Trump shrugged off responsibility for providing more medical equipment and gear to strapped hospitals combating coronavirus, saying Thursday there are “millions” of masks available to workers but that it was up to individual states to ensure they are well stocked amid the pandemic. His comments contrasted sharply to pleas from health care workers
Continue Reading Movie theater stocks soared on Thursday after the industry made a plea to the US Congress for relief measures as coronavirus decimates movie-going. Shares of AMC Theatres, the country’s biggest movie theater chain, were up 28% on Thursday while another major chain, Cinemark, saw its stock shoot up 72%. Shares of IMAX, the company behind
Continue Reading The Trump administration ran a government exercise last year simulating a severe influenza pandemic for which there is no vaccine that showed the country was ill prepared, according to The New York Times. The results laid out in a draft report showed that the US was underprepared and disorganized for a pandemic scenario similar to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, TX (KTVT) — To further support the local community and nonprofits across North Texas affected by the outbreak of COVID-19, the Dallas Maverick’s Mavs Foundation said Wednesday it is contributing $100,000 to area nonprofits. COVID-19 has left some out of work and others struggling to feed their
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Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, TX (KTVT) — To further support the local community and nonprofits across North Texas affected by the outbreak of COVID-19, the Dallas Maverick’s Mavs Foundation said Wednesday it is contributing $100,000 to area nonprofits. COVID-19 has left some out of work and others struggling to feed their
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Seven more people have tested positive for coronavirus in New Mexico, according to the state’s Department of Health on Thursday. That brings the total to 35 confirmed cases in the state. The latest cases include: Four people in Bernalillo CountyOne person in San Miguel CountyTwo people in Santa Fe County There have now been confirmed cases
Continue Reading On a videoconference call Monday morning with the nation’s governors and the White House, New Mexico’s first term governor Michelle Lujan Grisham lost her cool as weeks of frustration boiled over. According to multiple people on the call, Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, lashed out at President Donald Trump over chemical shortages that were making it
Continue Reading Americans stranded around the world after transportation shutdowns and border closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic say they are struggling to get help from the State Department, with their distress potentially set to become the biggest test of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s tenure. While the secretary says his agency has no higher priority than
Continue Reading As images of empty grocery shelves prompt panic among Americans, a $45.8 billion budget request from the White House to Congress reveals the federal government is preparing to take steps to ensure the food supply chain remains intact and medical equipment inventories are replenished as the coronavirus pandemic grows. The 118-page request shows how much
Continue Reading President Donald Trump is rapidly seeking to rewrite the history of the coronavirus pandemic and his administration’s reaction to it, even as its scale continues to escalate rapidly in the United States as more and more tests for it are conducted. At his now-daily press briefing on Thursday, Trump went into overdrive as he attempts
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (KMOV) — The suspect charged in the shooting death of Illinois State Trooper Nick Hopkins is facing several federal charges. On Wednesday, a federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment charging 46-year-old Christopher R. Grant with several federal crimes. According to the indictment, Grant
Continue Reading Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday that the state’s primaries have been moved to June 2, making Connecticut the sixth state to postpone its elections amid the coronavirus pandemic. “In coordination with other states and our Secretary of the State, and in an effort to carry out Democracy while keeping public health a top priority,
Continue Reading The Federal Reserve is facing a monumental challenge: It must prevent the rapidly intensifying health crisis from morphing into a full-blown financial crisis. To meet that threat, the Fed is dusting off a playbook it surely hoped it wouldn’t need to turn to again, at least not so soon: the steps it took as the
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The Federal Reserve is facing a monumental challenge: It must prevent the rapidly intensifying health crisis from morphing into a full-blown financial crisis. To meet that threat, the Fed is dusting off a playbook it surely hoped it wouldn’t need to turn to again, at least not so soon: the steps it took as the
Continue Reading Businesses around the world are facing catastrophic losses as the novel coronavirus forces them to scale back operations or shut down entirely, and most don’t have insurance cover for pandemics. Companies are now racing to buy protection against the next outbreak, insurance experts say. Bankruptcies are expected to mount as measures to contain the spread
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