A few states this weekend are running a tricky experiment: Trying to reopen certain businesses and services amid the coronavirus pandemic, even against the advice of some health experts who say it risks dangerously spiking the number of cases. In Georgia, Tammy Noboa has seized on her state’s blessing to open her hair salon after
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A former Labradoodle breeder, an internet thug and a college senior walk into the White House. This may sound like the set-up of a joke. During the pandemic, however, with the US death toll passing 50,000, these actual administration officials are a grim reminder that we shouldn’t expect much from the Trump administration. Any remaining
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso native Steven Montez has a home in the National Football League. After going unpicked in the NFL Draft, Montez is signing as an undrafted free agent with the Washington Redskins. Montez, a Class 5A All-State honors-earning Del Valle High School alum, spent his collegiate career at Colorado – which
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Joe Biden seems to be inching closer to the White House by simply sitting at home. Although much of the nation has barely heard from the presumptive Democratic nominee since early March, President Donald Trump is struggling to maintain his legitimacy after asking his aides on Thursday whether zapping people with light or injecting them
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Georgia on Friday became one of the first states to experiment with easing its stay-at-home restrictions and concerned mayors from across the state pointed to the rise in coronavirus cases in their cities — both urban and rural — as evidence it’s too soon to return to some semblance of normal. Jittery Americans worried about
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EL PASO, Texas — New confirmed cases of the coronavirus skyrocketed over the past day in El Paso, public health officials said Saturday evening as they also reported two more deaths. There were 74 people who received positive test results for Covid-19 since Friday, officials said, raising the total number of cases in the county to
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Even during a global pandemic, the Beatles found a way for people to come together. The legendary British band streamed their animated 1968 movie “The Beatles: Yellow Submarine” on Saturday and hosted a sing-along watch party on their official YouTube channel. More than 70,000 people from all over the world tuned in for the “celebration
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DETROIT, Michigan — The Detroit Lions doubled-up on running backs in the NFL draft with the selection of New Mexico State RB Jason Huntley with their second pick in the fifth round (No. 172 overall) Saturday afternoon as shown live on ABC-7. Detroit took Georgia running back D’Andre Swift in the second round on Friday night. A news release
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Rapper Juice WRLD died in December, but his music career isn’t over. His family has debuted a new single called “Righteous,” which was recorded from his home studio in Los Angeles. They shared that they hope releasing the song would “continue to keep Juice’s spirit alive,” in a statement on his Instagram page. Juice, who
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The Chihuahua Health Secretariat announced Saturday that Juarez has now exceeded 200 coronavirus cases as three more deaths were also recorded to raise the death toll to 45. Juarez’s case count of 204 contributed to a little more than two-thirds of the total number of cases in Chihuahua state, which stood
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — On April 25, 1920, Stan Infante was born into a world with no television, internet or FM radio. On Saturday afternoon, dozens of family members, friends and first-responders drove by to celebrate the exciting and eventful life of the great-great-great grandpa who turned 100. The social-distancing birthday parade took place
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Confirmed coronavirus cases in Doña Ana County reached 110 on Saturday, as state health officials reported 16 new infections in the LasCruces area. Those 16 new Doña Ana cases contributed to 139 additional infections across the state, bringing New Mexico’s case total to 2,660. Officials also reported nine new deaths
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AURORA, Illinois — The Illinois man who created crosses for the Aug. 3 Walmart mass shooting victims in El Paso, as well as thousands of other other shooting victims around the country, has been given just weeks to live. Family members say Greg Zanis has four to six weeks to live after being diagnosed with
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BEIJING, China — A Beijing-backed satellite TV channel is reporting that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has died. Word of his reported death comes after he was said to have recently undergone heart surgery that left him in “grave” condition. The vice director of HKSTV Hong Kong Satellite Television, who is also a niece
Continue Reading Nick Offerman never knew he was part of a TV juggernaut. “We were never a hit — it’s one of the huge misconceptions about the show,” he tells CNN, reflecting on his seven years playing curmudgeonly local government director Ron Swanson on the NBC comedy “Parks and Recreation.” “We were a critical darling … but
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As people in Atlanta began returning to newly reopened businesses, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms made a special request of some. “If you’re getting your nails done right now, please share these noon numbers with your manicurist #StayHomeGeorgia,” she tweeted Saturday. Bottoms shared an image of the latest case and death counts rising in Atlanta, Georgia,
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. It looks like President Trump is going into hiding — from the press, that is. Facing an avalanche of controversy over his bizarre comments on sunlight and dangerous comments regarding disinfectants, the President held a
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VaLinda Miller knew her first year as a small business owner would be hard — but not this hard. When she opened her bookstore, Turning Page Bookshop, in Goose Creek, South Carolina, in June 2019, it was a lifelong dream fulfilled. The smell of books always reminded her of when her grandmother used to bring
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EL PASO, Texas — A group of about 100 protesters gathered in downtown El Paso on Saturday, defying stay-at-home and social distancing orders, to stage an ‘Open Texas’ rally aimed at putting pressure on state and local officials to reopen the economy amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The group chanted “Open Texas” at times, as some motorists along
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Newly surfaced video from 1993 appears to feature the mother of Tara Reade, a woman who accused presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden of sexual assault, calling into a cable TV show to seek advice around the time of the alleged assault. In a “Larry King Live” segment that aired on August 11, 1993, on
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Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL ) — A stroll down Peachtree Road in Atlanta is not what it used to be. Spring has sprung, but the city has not. Fear of Coronavirus has kept many people away, except for one man on a mission. Michael Alberse made a commitment three
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Does President Donald Trump not know that people will believe him when he speaks from the White House podium? Does he not care? He has made clear, again, that he either doesn’t understand the concept of science or doesn’t care about it. Both options are bad. He’s the President. That’s not changing for at least
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President Donald Trump was absent from the Situation Room on Wednesday when William Bryan, the acting head of science at the Department of Homeland Security, presented the findings of a new study to the White House coronavirus task force. The findings were intriguing — and potentially in line with something Trump has been speculating on
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“I love you guys with all my heart and you’ve given me the best life I could have ever asked for.” That’s the beginning of a goodbye note one woman found on her husband’s phone after he died from coronavirus this week. Jonathan Coelho, 32, passed away on April 22 after a 28-day battle in
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The second phase of a million-dollar online whisky auction has been postponed after it became the target of a cyber attack, auctioneers have said. Dubbed “the Perfect Collection,” the spirits were amassed by the late Richard Gooding, a private American collector from Colorado. Gooding spent decades in pursuit of the perfect collection, and traveled regularly
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Less than three months since the first known coronavirus death in the US, the country’s reported fatalities make up more than a quarter of the world’s known Covid-19 death toll. Nearly 52,000 Americans have died of the virus so far — a number that increases daily as a result of new fatalities and states reviewing
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Less than three months since the first known coronavirus death in the US, the country’s reported fatalities make up more than a quarter of the world’s known Covid-19 death toll. Nearly 52,000 Americans have died of the virus so far — a number that increases daily as a result of new fatalities and states reviewing
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El Paso, Texas- We are in store for a beautiful day today with plenty of sunshine. A weak cold front will cool temperatures down a few degrees today into the mid 80s. The seasonal average temperatures won’t last long, as the heat returns tomorrow. Make sure your air conditioner works, because the 90s will be
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Don’t believe what celebrities say. The novel coronavirus doesn’t affect everyone the same way. Stories around the world paint a grim reality: Far from being an equalizer, the coronavirus has hit minorities and people from disadvantaged groups in disproportionate numbers. It is deepening the divide between rich and poor, fueling racism and xenophobia. Take Singapore,
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You don’t need to be a doctor to know that it’s dangerous to ingest or inject disinfectants. A random kid on the street could tell you that. But on Thursday President Donald Trump advocated exploring just that. On live television. Four months into a pandemic that he has spectacularly mismanaged, leading to the highest death
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