Covid-19 continues to awkwardly expose the weird morality of American capitalism, where it’s OK for companies to swarm for government help while individual families and small businesses struggle. Consider the strange case of Tyson Foods. The meat giant warned in a full-page ad published Sunday in The New York Times, Washington Post and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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EL PASO,Texas — A Borderland family is now forced to plan funeral arrangements in the era of social distancing for 51-year-old Natividad Luevano, an El Paso Psychiatric Center staffer who died on April 14 after battling Covid-19. “It just started out of the blue from one day he said I don’t feel good I have
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As a graduate of West Point, I never thought I would write this, but the leadership at the US Naval Academy got it right. After telling the midshipmen to “stay at home” after spring break on April 10 and conducting distance learning classes since, Navy’s Superintendent Vice Adm. Sean Buck canceled the Annapolis graduation and
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. President Donald Trump dodged questions from reporters on Friday. He went into hiding over the weekend, opting against holding a briefing. He raged on Sunday that the briefings are “not worth the time & effort.”
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EL PASO, Texas — Over the past month, more than 31,600 workers in the El Paso area have now found themselves jobless in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to newly released data on Monday night. Workforce Solutions Borderplex said 5,458 new unemployment claims were filed last week by El Pasoans as the number
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s Public Health Department reported 27 new coronavirus cases on Monday night bringing the county’s cumulative total to 829 infections, while the number of virus deaths remained at 12. Officials said there were 265 El Pasoans who had recovered, leaving 552 active cases within the county. As of Monday night, there were currently 35 people hospitalized,
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President Donald Trump said Monday that he takes no responsibility for any spike in people using disinfectants improperly after dangerously suggesting last week that ingesting it could serve as a coronavirus treatment. Asked about the increase during a White House news conference, Trump said: “I can’t imagine why.” When asked if he takes any responsibility
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HATCH, New Mexico — At least one chile farmer in the Hatch Valley said his workers aren’t tending the fields because they’re worried about contracting Covid-19. “Workers aren’t coming in,” said Sergio Grajeda, who has been in business eight years. “Money’s not coming in. It’s affected us pretty bad.” Grajeda has more than 100 acres
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DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — From the village of Hatch to the city of Sunland Park, business owners across Doña Ana County desperately want to open their doors to customers. “It has hurt our business tremendously,” admitted Eddie Ortega, manager of the State Line, an iconic New Mexico restaurant that sits just beyond the
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Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, says current technology makes it impossible to test every American for coronavirus. The United States, she says, will need a “breakthrough” in testing to screen large numbers of people. According to Birx, that breakthrough is antigen testing. Often used to check for the flu and strep,
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President Donald Trump received more than a dozen warnings about the coronavirus outbreak in daily briefings in January and February, but continued to downplay the virus’ threat and severity, the Washington Post reported Monday. Citing current and former US officials, the paper reported that the warnings came in the President’s Daily Brief, a summary of
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico’s government continued its tug of war with businesses on Monday, pledging to reopen factories vital to the U.S. economy while shaming others that refuse to close under lockdown measures decreed to fight the spread of the coronavirus. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador also said he didn’t like businessmen going out
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An ozone hole that formed over the Arctic this spring and eventually grew into the largest ever recorded there has closed. Scientists who were tracking the hole at Copernicus’ Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) made the announcement late last week, noting the “rather unusual” hole was caused not by human activity but a particularly strong Arctic
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City/County Health Authority Dr. Hector Ocaranza said he’s uncomfortable with a decision by the governor to allow restaurants, retailers, movie theaters and malls to start letting customers trickle into their establishments later this week. In an interview Monday with ABC-7 after the governor unveiled his plan to reopen Texas’
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EL PASO, Texas– As families continue to practice social distancing, kids are having to deal with the disappointment of canceled events such as birthday parties. A few local bakeries decided they would do something special for those young kids who may be celebrating birthdays during the pandemic. It’s all a part of #Operationbdaykindness. “My son
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President Donald Trump said Monday that he takes no responsibility for a spike in people using disinfectants improperly after dangerously suggesting last week that ingesting it could serve as a coronavirus treatment. Asked about the increase during a White House news conference, Trump said: “I can’t imagine why.” When asked if he takes any responsibility
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A group of conservatives, some with close ties to the White House, formally announced a new coalition Monday that will push state officials to reopen for business quickly. Members of the Save Our Country Task Force include economic commentator Stephen Moore, economist Art Laffer and former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, all of whom were
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Louisiana authorities have arrested a man following a drive-by shooting at the estate of “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson. The Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office charged Daniel King Jr., 38, with one count of aggravated assault by drive by shooting and he was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office confirmed to
Continue Reading Celebrities from all over will come together (virtually) on Friday for a 24-hour global livestream event called “The Call to Unite.” Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts, Common, Mandy Moore, Jennifer Garner and Yo-Yo Ma are among those set to participate, as will former President George W. Bush. The event is being called a celebration of “our
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials said New Mexico now has at least 2,823 coronavirus cases as of Monday with 104 known dead. The officials said there were 101 more positive tests since Sunday and five additional deaths. Officials indicated that 10 of those new cases were in Doña Ana County, bringing the total
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday he will allow his stay-at-home order for the Lone Star State to expire on Thursday, commencing a phased exit from the social distancing measures meant to mitigate the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Republican’s new order, which supersedes local orders, will allow businesses like retail stores, malls, restaurants and theaters
Continue Reading Overcoming the saturation of coming-of-age titles, “Never Have I Ever” adds fresh wrinkles to an old formula, thanks in part to a breakout turn by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as a high-school sophomore adjusting to a life turned upside down. Sweet, funny and occasionally flat-out weird, it’s the latest show that brings an independent-film sensibility to the
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump held a late afternoon news conference Monday to unveil what he and his White House task force said was a plan to help states ramp up the kind of widespread testing experts say is needed in order for the economy to reopen. Appearing with executives of Abbott Labs, CVS
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The Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped issuing a major ruling on a New York handgun law, a blow to gun rights advocates and the Trump administration, who had hoped the conservative majority would expand gun rights as early as this term. The court’s action means that the Supreme Court has gone a decade without deciding
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We just missed out tying the record high temperature of 96 degrees for Monday seeing a high of 95. We will be close to the same temperature for Tuesday as the sunshine takes over again. A weak cold front moves in for Wednesday that will cool us down about 5-7 degrees from Tuesday. If you
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Colorado and Nevada on Monday became the latest states to join California, Oregon and Washington in the Western States Pact, a working group of Western state governors that will coordinate how to reopen from the stay-at-home orders each has issued to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. “There’s no silver bullet that will solve
Continue Reading Seeking relief from a heat wave, thousands of people crowded beaches in Southern California this weekend amid the coronavirus pandemic, despite a statewide stay-at-home order implemented by the governor last month. While beaches in Los Angeles and San Diego Counties remained closed, they were open in Ventura and Orange Counties. However, beachgoers still had to
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Thousands of Americans could soon join the ranks of disease detectives in one of the most important battles against coronavirus. Contact tracing has helped slow or stop previous epidemics, such as the SARS and Ebola outbreaks. But it’s never been more critical — or more challenging — than in this fight against coronavirus. Here’s how
Continue Reading As journeys home go, it was a particularly long and unusual one. The Covid-19 pandemic forced a group of 24 Dutch teenagers to sail the Atlantic to return to the Netherlands, arriving safely in the port of Harlingen on Sunday after more than five weeks at sea. The students, aged between 14 and 17, were
Continue Reading “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” will begin streaming two months early on Disney+ in honor of “May the 4th,” a.k.a. “Star Wars Day.” The streaming service announced Monday that the final film in the “Star Wars” saga will join its May the 4th line-up, which will include the premiere of the eight-episode documentary series
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