Click here for updates on this story High Point (WGHP) — Jeff Harmon went from the pulpit at Bible Truth Baptist Church to a hospital bed. He never imagined he’d get the coronavirus. “Wednesday, March the 18th. I felt a little bad,” Jeff said. He noticed his fever was climbing as he was driving home
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President Donald Trump contradicted a rare on-the-record statement from his own intelligence community by claiming Thursday that he has seen evidence that gives him a “high degree of confidence” the novel coronavirus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, but declined to provide details to back up his assertion. The comments undercut a public statement
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday the state is using the Maryland National Guard and state police to keep the coronavirus test kits it secured from South Korea safe — including from the federal government. When asked directly in a Washington Post Live interview about whether he was concerned the federal government would seize the
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the closure of Orange County beaches Thursday after crowds packed the waterfront there during a heat wave last weekend. Calling it a “temporary pause,” Newsom told reporters the beaches may reopen very quickly “if we can get some framework and guidelines to get this right.” Asked about a law enforcement
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EL PASO, Texas– Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said that restaurants will be allowed to open on Friday. This comes as some in the Borderland would like to return to eating at some of El Paso’s favorite dining hot spots. Abbott’s restrictions for re-opening restaurants include that they can only re-open to 25% capacity and all
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Health workers are knocking on doors around metro Atlanta this week to conduct random antibody tests to see how many people have been infected with the novel coronavirus. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — which is headquartered in Atlanta — has partnered with the Georgia Department of Public Health and the local
Continue Reading The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has drafted a 17-page document that details interim guidance on how businesses, schools, churches, mass transit and other organizations should handle safely reopening to the public amid the coronavirus pandemic. A federal health official stressed that the draft guidance, which was sent to Washington this week, is
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s economic activity dropped 1.6% in the first quarter compared to the final three months of 2019, plunging the country deeper into a recession that predated the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released Thursday by the government statistical agency. It was the fifth consecutive quarter of economic contraction and the
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Meat processing plants have become the latest hot spot in the novel coronavirus outbreak, sparking concerns that our food supply chain is breaking. But is it really? CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta turns to the experts for help. Dianne Gallagher, a national correspondent for CNN, and Julie Niederhoff, associate professor of supply chain
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NASCAR drivers will back on the track in mid-May, making up for lost time by taking part in two Cup races within days of each other. After a two-month hiatus, the first race will be held Sunday, May 17, at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. A Cup race will be held again at Darlington just
Continue Reading NASCAR drivers will back on the track in mid-May, making up for lost time by taking part in two Cup races within days of each other. After a two-month hiatus, the first race will be held Sunday, May 17, at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. A Cup race will be held again at Darlington just
Continue Reading Cases of potentially dangerous foodborne illnesses caused by common bacteria in the United States food supply increased during 2019 compared to the previous three years, according to a new report released Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC estimated that 48 million people get sick from various foodborne illnesses in
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Billionaire Mark Cuban thinks the way to fix the battered US economy is to do it “bottom up” instead of “top down.” “That means taking care of employees, paying them a little more and keeping them on the payroll as long as they possibly can,” Cuban told CNN’s Poppy Harlow. He envisions an “America 2.0”
Continue Reading USA Gymnastics has suspended New Jersey gymnastics coach Maggie Haney — once the coach of Olympic champion Laurie Hernandez — for eight years over allegations that she had verbally and emotionally abused gymnasts. USAG, the sport’s governing body in the United States, confirmed the suspension to CNN after the Orange County Register first reported it
Continue Reading USA Gymnastics has suspended New Jersey gymnastics coach Maggie Haney — once the coach of Olympic champion Laurie Hernandez — for eight years over allegations that she had verbally and emotionally abused gymnasts. USAG, the sport’s governing body in the United States, confirmed the suspension to CNN after the Orange County Register first reported it
Continue Reading One of the many facets of life put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic are, to the anguish of many fans, sports. Days of obsessing over beloved teams — chatting about NBA playoff bets, lamenting about March Madness brackets or meticulously following the opening days of the MLB season — have been cut. And most
Continue Reading The man lay unconscious in the back of the ambulance, parked in front of the nursing home on the Passaic River. Another life slipping away before the paramedics of Paterson, N.J. The call had come in as a 61-year-old male with difficulty breathing. The dispatcher had flagged it as a probable Covid-19 case. A woman
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The man lay unconscious in the back of the ambulance, parked in front of the nursing home on the Passaic River. Another life slipping away before the paramedics of Paterson, N.J. The call had come in as a 61-year-old male with difficulty breathing. The dispatcher had flagged it as a probable Covid-19 case. A woman
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Friday could not only see record heat (96 is record) but the earliest 100 degrees for El Paso on record! The current record for the earliest 100 degrees occurred May 8. Some high clouds will hang around along with SW winds gusting to around 25 mph by the afternoon. The weekend looks good with sunshine
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham held a news conference Thursday afternoon to officially announce her decision to extend the state’s stay-at-home order related to the coronavirus pandemic. The governor’s current order was set to expire Thursday, but she extended it until May 15. However, Lujan Grisham did amend her directives effective
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WASHINGTON,DC — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a proclamation to make May ‘Older American’s Month,’ and outlined steps his administration is taking to protect seniors as nursing home coronavirus outbreaks persist. The president said the federal government in undertaking efforts to safeguard nursing homes, including having FEMA send supplemental shipments of personal protective equipment to
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico’s top finance official is leaving the administration of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham as the state anticipates a budget crisis linked to the coronavirus pandemic. Finance and Administration Secretary Olivia Padilla-Jackson told agency staff in the email this week that she will leave her position at the end of
Continue Reading It’s like watching a giraffe trying to twirl spaghetti. Oprah Winfrey is doing her chores while quarantining at home and her confusion over the dreaded task of changing a duvet cover is highly relatable. “Anyone else find it challenging getting a duvet inside a cover? There must be a method I’m missing #changinglinens,” Winfrey wrote
Continue Reading NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has announced staff furloughs, salary reductions and cuts in the NFL’s pension plan in a memo sent to the league office staff in New York and employees at NFL Films and NFL Network. CNN obtained the memo from a source with knowledge of its distribution, and the source also disclosed that
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AUSTIN, Texas — A research team of scientists from The University of Texas at Austin, the National Institutes of Health, and Ghent University in Belgium have found a potential source for Covid-19 treatment: a llama. Specifically, a llama named ‘Winter.’ ABC affiliate KVUE reports that scientists were inspired by antibodies produced by Winter to develop their antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. Winter is 4
Continue Reading The cast of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” took a moment during their recent virtual reunion to honor the late James Avery with a clip show that brought many of them to tears. Avery, who played the Banks family patriarch best known as Uncle Phil, died in 2014 due to complications from open heart surgery.
Continue Reading New York City will soon stop subway trains for four hours overnight so workers can disinfect them during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. Starting May 6, the trains will stop for the cleaning from 1 a.m.-5 a.m. each day, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. As for essential workers who rely on
Continue Reading New York City will soon stop subway trains for four hours overnight so workers can disinfect them during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. Starting May 6, the trains will stop for the cleaning from 1 a.m.-5 a.m. each day, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. As for essential workers who rely on
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At a White House meeting with corporate executives on Wednesday, President Donald Trump repeated his conspiratorial suggestion that the media is talking about a lack of coronavirus testing to try to damage him politically. And then, 31 minutes later, the CEO sitting beside Trump made clear that his claim was nonsense. Christopher Nassetta, president and
Continue Reading Teacher Kent Chambers says he’s fortunate to still be able to work during the coronavirus pandemic, so when he and his wife received their stimulus payment, they decided to help people who haven’t been as lucky. Chambers has taught math at Bob Jones High School in Madison, Alabama, since 1986 and said he knows some
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