President Donald Trump couldn’t resist the stage — despite warning he was done with his contentious White House briefings amid the uproar over his musings last Thursday about injecting disinfectant. So he was back with a new, sweeping promise to revolutionize the testing that America needs to safely open its economy — though on closer
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President Donald Trump’s Monday coronavirus news conference in the White House Rose Garden was shorter than usual and at least somewhat less acrimonious than many of the briefings he’s held over the past month. But Trump still made false and misleading claims, most of them repeats from past briefings. And Vice President Mike Pence accused
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso city leaders on Tuesday voted to keep the multi-purpose performing arts and entertainment center, also commonly known as the downtown arena project, on the table. City Council members Alexsandra Annello and Claudia Rodriguez placed an item on the agenda calling for suspending the construction, demolition and archeological survey on
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the state will begin to reopen Friday from the coronavirus pandemic, but a Texas judge told CNN he hopes residents will not take him up on it. “Just because something can be open doesn’t mean it should be open,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins told CNN’s Erin Burnett on “Burnett
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Monday night’s episode of “Jeopardy!” had both history made and a history flop. Defending champion Sarah Jett Rayburn became the first contestant, according to host Alex Trebek, to explain her wrong Final Jeopardy question. The answer was, “Before they were photographed together in 1862, Lincoln wryly noted this general ‘should have no problem’ sitting still
Continue Reading It’s a sign of the times. Pete Davidson’s semi-autobiographical comedy, “The King of Staten Island” will be skipping theaters and heading straight to on demand. The film, directed by Judd Apatow, will be available beginning June 12. Apatow and Davidson discussed the film’s release on Twitter. Davidson jokingly asked if he would still be eligible
Continue Reading Melissa McCarthy recently had a dream Mark Wahlberg was quarantining in her house and the image was so strong, she actually had to check the guest room when she got up to see if he was in there. Now Ellen DeGeneres is trying to make her dream come true. McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone
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Katie Couric is finally speaking out about Apple TV’s “The Morning Show,” which hit a little too close to home for the former morning anchor. The plot of the series, starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, eerily echoed the behind the scenes lives of Couric and her disgraced former “Today” show co-anchor Matt Lauer. Many
Continue Reading Katie Couric is finally speaking out about Apple TV’s “The Morning Show,” which hit a little too close to home for the former morning anchor. The plot of the series, starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, eerily echoed the behind the scenes lives of Couric and her disgraced former “Today” show co-anchor Matt Lauer. Many
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Click here for updates on this story CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WRAL) — A Chapel Hill family’s dog has tested positive for coronavirus. The family was involved in a study at Duke in which the mother, father and son tested positive for COVID-19. During this study, the family had their pets tested and found out their
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Lenders and small business owners who had hoped the kinks had finally been worked out of the government’s small business lending program were exasperated by their experience Monday, when system-wide shutdowns prompted a wave of complaints. Business owners who have been waiting weeks for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program — originally designed to make
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Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) — When her water broke, Jen Laubach knew it was time to go to the hospital. “It was heartbreaking,” she said. Thirty-two weeks pregnant with twins is scary for any mother but when COVID- 19 is involved things are taken to a new level. The
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South Africa’s World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi remembers the sound of hunger gnawing in his belly when he was young. So, the man from the townships can certainly empathize with the pain lockdown is inflicting on the less fortunate in his country. Kolisi, who last November became the first black captain to lead South Africa
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South Africa’s World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi remembers the sound of hunger gnawing in his belly when he was young. So, the man from the townships can certainly empathize with the pain lockdown is inflicting on the less fortunate in his country. Kolisi, who last November became the first black captain to lead South Africa
Continue Reading Reality television star Ashley Ross, known as Ms. Minnie on Lifetime’s “Little Women: Atlanta,” died Monday from injuries sustained in a car accident, her publicist Liz Dixson told CNN. Ross was involved in an accident in Atlanta around 11 p.m. Sunday and died nearly 24 hours later at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Dixson said.
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South Africa’s World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi remembers the sound of hunger gnawing in his belly when he was young. So, the man from the townships can certainly empathize with the pain lockdown is inflicting on the less fortunate in his country. Kolisi, who last November became the first black captain to lead South Africa
Continue Reading In the early 1980s, the NFL Draft was held in a New York hotel conference room on a Tuesday morning. The “annual player selection meeting” as it was called back then had only team executives in attendance and was broadcast on a brand-new cable network, ESPN, that had to convince the league this was something
Continue Reading Some of Spain’s biggest sporting names have paid tribute to former footballer Michael Robinson, who has died at the age of 61. Robinson won the European Cup, First Division and League Cup treble in his one year at Liverpool, before eventually ending his career in Spain where he settled and made a name for himself
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A leading coronavirus model has upped its predicted death toll again, this time projecting 74,000 Americans will lose their lives to the virus by August. The projection was adjusted due to longer peaks in some states and signs that people are becoming more active again, according to Dr. Chris Murray, the director of the University
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New York has become the first state to outright cancel its presidential primary due to the pandemic. The state’s board of elections says, with the candidates basically already set, it would be nothing more than a risky “beauty contest.” Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
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After weeks of lockdown, New Zealand has achieved its ambitious goal of eliminating the coronavirus. But the country isn’t celebrating yet. Over the past few days, newly diagnosed infections have been in the single digits. And on Monday, New Zealand reported just one new case. “That does give us confidence that we’ve achieved our goal
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the state will begin to reopen Friday from the coronavirus pandemic, but a Texas judge hopes residents will not take him up on it. “Just because something can be open doesn’t mean it should be open,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins told CNN’s Erin Burnett on “Burnett Outfront.” “And just
Continue Reading Somewhere on that 7 a.m. Greyhound bus journey between Port Authority and Albany, I started crying. Being stranded by a blizzard in New York had been fun at first: crunching through piled-high sidewalks was a Christmas movie come true. But the record-breaking snowfall in the Eastern United States from December 16 to 20, 2009, caused
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Between two Massachusetts residential and long-term care facilities, 103 veterans have died — 85 of whom tested positive for coronavirus. As of Monday, Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea lost 26 veteran residents, with 19 testing positive for the virus. Holyoke Soldier’s Home, which is currently under federal investigation, has lost 77 veteran residents. Of those, 66
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CHAPARRAL, New Mexico — A Doña Ana County Sheriff’s deputy shot and critically wounded a man wielding a bat Monday night in Chaparral near the scene of a domestic violence incident, officials said Tuesday. The deputy-involved shooting happened around 8 p.m. along Coles Road, just south of the home where the disturbance occurred in the
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After weeks of lockdown, New Zealand has achieved its ambitious goal of eliminating the coronavirus. But the country isn’t celebrating yet. Over the past few days, newly diagnosed infections have been in the single digits. And on Monday, New Zealand reported just one new case. “That does give us confidence that we’ve achieved our goal
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EL PASO, Texas — Midfielder Sebastian Velasquez left EL Paso Locomotive FC for USL club Miami FC this past off-season, but he still carries “Memo” Garcia’s legacy with him wherever he goes. “He needs to be known, not because of how he died,” says Velasquez of Garcia. “But because of who he was in this
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President Donald Trump couldn’t resist the stage — despite warning he was done with his contentious White House briefings amid the uproar over his musings last Thursday about injecting disinfectant. So he was back with a new, sweeping promise to revolutionize the testing that America needs to safely open its economy — though on closer
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EL PASO, Texas — The City and County of El Paso late Monday night announced it has opted to allow golf courses to open back up to the public, but with restrictions. In a late night social media posting, officials said the courses, employees and golfers must adhere to the following measures below to reduce
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EL PASO, Texas — For the second time in a week, there was significant debate among the El Paso County Commissioners Court regarding a resolution which calls for Immigration Customs Enforcement and Border Protection to immediately release all non-violent detainees in the county as the Covid-19 pandemic continues. The push for the approval of the
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