Working from home presents many questions to sort out. One of the more important is: Where do you actually work? On the couch? At your dining room table? At the counter? In bed? The answer matters because it’s important to focus on good posture while working from home to prevent a tight neck, sore back
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Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, China has struggled to control the narrative around its role in the crisis. Is Beijing a noble victim, ably controlling an unforeseeable viral outbreak and now assisting other countries in their own efforts, or the villain, ultimately to blame for the misery spreading around the world? Considerable effort
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Johana Mendoza Chancay hasn’t been in the same room with her baby since she delivered in a medically induced coma. Chancay shared the story of her daughter Zion’s birth during the coronavirus pandemic with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “Cuomo Prime Time.” Now, recovering from the virus, a traumatic labor and the emotions of separation from
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UPDATE (MAY 2): An honor ceremony was held Saturday for an El Paso Fire Department firefighter who passed away following a training exercise on April 21. The ceremony was led from the Martin Funeral Home to the Funeraria Del Angel Evergreen East Funeral Home & Cemetery by law enforcement officers and firefighters from these agencies:
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EL PASO, TX Even though he still has two more years of high school left, a running back from Burges High School just received an offer to play football at the University of Texas. Tavorus Jones sent out a tweet Monday night that after a great talk with Longhorns head coach Tom Herman, the Longhorns
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The fragile American consensus on battling the coronavirus is fracturing along bitter political fault lines, as early state openings threaten to undermine the nationwide effort to slow the pandemic. Divisions have emerged along a timeworn North vs. South divide, on ideological and geographical grounds nationally and within states, and on the level of respect accorded
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EL PASO, Texas — A bicyclist was struck by a vehicle and seriously injured Tuesday night in south central El Paso. It happened around 7 p.m. in the 4200 block of Alameda at the intersection with Washington Street. The bicyclist, identified by police as 38-year-old Joseph Cruz, remained hospitalized on Wednesday with life-threatening injuries. Investigators
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EL PASO, Texas — A local real estate developer has made an offer to purchase El Paso’s signature, but financially-troubled public golf course that was shuttered by the city last week amid the economic downturn from the coronavirus pandemic. The Butterfield Trail Golf Club, which was being subsidized by local government at the cost of
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Leah Blomberg’s voice is still raspy from having a tube stuck down her throat for nine days. Her muscles are so weak, it takes her 45 minutes to take a quick shower. Now, as she struggles to recover from coronavirus, she wants protesters to stop “crying and complaining” about shelter-in-place orders, like the one in
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The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned a second wave of the coronavirus this year could be worse because it will coincide with flu season. “There’s a possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just
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EL PASO, Texas — The City of El Paso is preparing to sue President Donald Trump’s campaign for more than a half-million dollars it owes from a “Make America Great Again” rally that Trump hosted last year in the Sun City. The move comes as the city is facing an estimated budget shortfall of $26
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The majority of governors in the United States have ordered or recommended that statewide school closures continue for the rest of the academic year to help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. Several states have announced their plans to begin lifting social distancing measures and the federal government has issued new guidelines to reopen
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he had a “productive” meeting with President Donald Trump Tuesday at the White House where the two discussed coronavirus testing. “The meeting went well and I think it was productive,” the Democrat said in a phone interview with MSNBC. “The big issue was testing as everybody knows that’s going
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The death toll in the Nova Scotia shooting rampage has risen to 22, police said Tuesday. Police are still investigating 16 crime scenes after last weekend’s shootings, when the gunman led police on a miles-long,12-hour manhunt across the Canadian province. “We believe there to be 22 victims, including a 17-year-old,” the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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EL PASO, Texas — The number of coronavirus infections involving patients and staff at the El Paso Psychiatric Center, where one death has already occurred, reached 42 as of Tuesday evening. That represents seven percent of the county’s 587 confirmed cases. The new numbers were provided at a news conference by City/County Health Authority Dr.
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A Louisiana pastor who defied state orders and repeatedly held large church services during the coronavirus pandemic has been charged again — this time for allegedly assaulting a protester outside his church. Tony Spell, pastor of Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge, was taken into police custody Tuesday, according to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s
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President Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden are unleashing the first shots over China and the coronavirus pandemic that could turn into a critical showdown in November’s election. Trump has now turned on China, where the pandemic originated, as an apparent distraction from domestic criticism of his slow recognition of the crisis that
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President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized the World Health Organization over the past week for being “China-centric” and failing to “objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out China’s lack of transparency” as the coronavirus death toll increases globally. Trump’s heightened rhetoric comes as he and his administration are facing scrutiny over
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On Monday night, in an interview with Pittsburgh’s premier political pundit, Joe Biden made a little news about his vice presidential search. “I’d take her in a heartbeat,” Biden told Jon Delano of former first lady Michelle Obama. “She’s brilliant. She knows the way around. She is a really fine woman. The Obamas are great
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso city and county officials holding a coronavirus briefing on Tuesday evening reported 47 new cases for a total of 587. “We have not reached our peak,” because we are still seeing significant numbers of additional cases, said City/County Health Authority Dr. Hector Ocaranza. He indicated at least 42 of
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Actor Stanley Tucci recorded a delightful instructional Negroni how-to and people just can’t get enough. And why should they? Alcohol consumption has shot up during the pandemic, and Tucci, it turns out, makes the perfect virtual bartender while we’re all self-isolating at home. In a recent video he shared on Instagram, Tucci shared his methods
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Just over half of lower-income adults say they or someone in their household has lost their job or taken a pay cut because of the coronavirus pandemic, a new Pew Research Center study has found. While the outbreak has wreaked widespread economic havoc on the nation, it has hit lower-income Americans harder than others, exposing
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Want to know just how serious a blow the coronavirus pandemic has dealt to markets and the economy? Look at the price of oil. On Monday, US oil to be delivered in May settled at -$37.60 per barrel, the first negative close in history. That means producers, which are running out of storage space as
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Want to know just how serious a blow the coronavirus pandemic has dealt to markets and the economy? Look at the price of oil. On Monday, US oil to be delivered in May settled at -$37.60 per barrel, the first negative close in history. That means producers, which are running out of storage space as
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EL PASO, Texas — A 70-year-old military veteran is the first death stemming from the coronavirus to be reported at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center. The El Paso VA Health Care System announced the death on Tuesday afternoon. A statement from the VA said the man had suffered from underlying health conditions before testing
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials on Tuesday reported seven new deaths and 103 additional infections from the coronavirus. The update raised the statewide toll from the virus to 65 deaths and 2,072 confirmed cases. In Doña Ana County, there were three new cases on Tuesday, raising the total there to 76.
Continue Reading Prepare yourself for a return trip to Panem. A new film from “The Hunger Games” universe is in the works at Lionsgate. The movie will be an adaptation of “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” the upcoming “Hunger Games” prequel from author Suzanne Collins. The book is set during the tenth annual Hunger Games and
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Westerly Winds will gust to around 40 mph tonight and overnight – primarily on the E/NE sides of town. Winds should settle down around 5 am and not be much of an issue Wednesday – gusts later day around 25 from the NW. Temps Wednesday will be a bit cooler with highs in the lower
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump announced what he described as a “temporary suspension of immigration into the United States” on Tuesday. But he said the executive order he plans to sign as soon as Wednesday would apply only to those seeking permanent residency and not temporary workers. Trump said he would be placing a
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In our current moment of social distancing and necessary medical triage, millions of Americans are going without medical treatment, both preventive and elective. Those with pre-existing and undiagnosed chronic diseases throughout the country will not get care — and some will die — from lack of attention and treatment due to Covid-19. Many of them
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