EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A pharmacist, small business owner and El Pasoan is doing his part to flatten the curve in the zip code with the most COVID-19 cases in the county. Gregory Matthews developed a formula for a hand sanitizer and he’s also selling N-95 masks. He lives in the 79946 zip code
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Still haven’t gotten your stimulus money? Don’t freak out — there could be a few reasons why. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Coronavirus China
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Still haven’t gotten your stimulus money? Don’t freak out — there could be a few reasons why. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Coronavirus China
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Still haven’t gotten your stimulus money? Don’t freak out — there could be a few reasons why. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Coronavirus China
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The European Space Agency has released two images of Venice, taken one year apart, which highlight the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on its famous waterways. The images, one taken on April 13 and the other on April 19, 2019, show how dramatically the number of boats within the Italian city’s main thoroughfare has
Continue Reading Brian Dennehy, a versatile character actor whose career spanned five decades, has died at the age of 81, his talent agency confirmed. Dennehy, a two-time Tony Award winner who co-starred in a wide range of films, often in tough-guy roles, died of natural causes in Connecticut on Wednesday night, ICM Partners announced in a statement.
Continue Reading Across the US, the number of people traveling by plane has dropped significantly as the coronavirus pandemic has forced millions to stay indoors — and the mayor of Los Angeles says 95% of air travel has stopped in his city. Mayor Eric Garcetti said it’s the biggest drop in flights in Los Angeles International Airport’s
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Taksim Square’s flocks of resident pigeons, normally waddling around with full bellies thanks to cups of grains that children toss at them, swoop unhindered straight at the heads of the few passers-by, mostly policemen and media. It feels more like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s horror thriller “The Birds” than one of Istanbul’s most crowded
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At the beginning of the year, parts of east Asia were a somewhat scary place to be. The coronavirus was spreading rapidly across mainland China and its neighbors, with cases reported in South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan and beyond. Western governments began evacuating citizens from Wuhan, where the virus was first detected, and many foreign
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President Donald Trump told governors they can reopen their states soon if they want but health officials across the country are still battling numerous coronavirus outbreaks. “Our national shutdown is not a sustainable long-term solution,” Trump told reporters. Trump unveiled new guidelines on Thursday to help states loosen social distancing restrictions and restart the economy.
Continue Reading To the disappointment of locals and tourists alike, the beloved, long-running New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has been outright canceled this year. Festival organizers made the announcement Thursday, saying that while they previously stated the festival would be postponed to the fall, the coronavirus pandemic that continues to “evolve unpredictably” caused them to cancel
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WUHAN, China — China’s official death toll from the coronavirus pandemic jumped sharply Friday as the hardest-hit city of Wuhan announced a major revision that added nearly 1,300 fatalities. The new figures resulted from an in-depth review of deaths during a response that was chaotic in the early days. They raised the official toll in
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Former Vice President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he is already starting to put together a White House transition team, just days after officially becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee. The question was raised during a virtual fundraiser Thursday evening when Biden was asked by a donor how he would be able to replenish a
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President Donald Trump inaccurately declared at Thursday’s White House coronavirus briefing that some states do not have “any problem” with the virus’s outbreak, minimizing the situation even in the least-affected states. Trump also repeated his incorrect suggestion that he has the power to decide when governors lift their pandemic-related restrictions. And he argued that “people
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said New Mexico is not yet at a point where it can relax social distancing measures and reopen the economy in response to President Donald Trump’s announcement Thursday of a three-phased approach for states to restore normal activity. The first-term Democratic governor and former state health
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About 80 million people were sent their stimulus payments this week — but if you weren’t one of them, it doesn’t mean you won’t get the money. You’re one of roughly 60 million people still waiting. About 90% of Americans are eligible for the payments, which phase out for high-income earners, according to an estimate
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AUSTIN, Texas — The number of deaths in Texas caused by the new coronavirus has topped 400 and confirmed cases are approaching 17,000, according to statistics compiled Thursday evening at Johns Hopkins University. Texas has reported 414 deaths to Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, an increase of 39 deaths in one day, according
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EL PASO, Texas — Workers at the Sunland Park Target store and Pebble Hills High School are among the latest El Pasoans to be diagnosed with the coronavirus, but officials on Thursday told ABC-7 that both the store and the school have been sanitized. Target said in a statement that it has one store employee
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Covid-19 patients who are getting an experimental drug called remdesivir have been recovering quickly, with most going home in days, STAT News reported Thursday after it obtained a video of a conversation about the trial. The patients taking part in a clinical trial of the drug have all had severe respiratory symptoms and fever, but
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EL PASO, TX Another UTEP Miner has decided to leave the basketball program. This time it is sophomore guard, Kaden Archie. Archie has elected to transfer after playing for the Miners for just one season. He joined UTEP in the middle of the 2019-20 season after transferring from TCU. He was granted eligibility in November
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Patience is in ever-shorter supply. No one is happy with the current situation. But some Americans see the yoke of oppression in public health efforts to keep people home, and they’re growing louder. Underneath the general frustration and dazed acceptance of so much of the world changing its lifestyle for the time being lurks a
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s Department of Public Health announced another death from the coronavirus on Thursday evening, bringing the death toll to seven in the county. The latest death, involving a man in his 60s who had underlying health conditions, came as officials also reported a third-straight day of double-digit case increases. There were
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FORT BLISS, Texas — All barber shops and salons across the Borderland have been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, so many people have resorted to cutting their own hair or having a stylist come to their home. Some essential workers are required to get their hair cut due to their job. That’s why the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In an effort to deliver the most comprehensive coronavirus coverage, ABC-7 has started a new weekly feature where we ask Dr. Jose Burgos, the director of internal medicine at University Medical Center, the same seven questions each week to track how the pandemic is changing. Here’s the Q&A for Thursday,
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EL PASO, Texas– In a time when our health is so important, one local non-profit diner that recently closed its doors due to Covid-19 is hoping to provide fresh produce to locals. “We basically provide 100% plant-based meals to anybody no matter their circumstance,” said Roman Wilcox. Roman and his wife, Adriana, are the owners
Continue Reading Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have kept a low profile since leaving their senior royal roles and relocating to Los Angeles. They’ve kept so quiet that they managed to sneak out and deliver meals to L.A. residents in need during the Covid-19 pandemic. The couple volunteered through Project Angel Food, a Los Angeles nonprofit that
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EL PASO, Texas – The “Nate-ure Report” rolls on as ABC-7’s Nate Ryan heads to the African Savannah to meet the world’s tallest living mammal, the giraffe. We all know giraffes are tall, but just their legs taller than most humans at 6 feet. And they can move too. Giraffe’s can reach running speeds up
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials have announced 116 new cases of coronavirus and eight additional deaths in the state for a total of 44 fatalities. The state Department of Health said Thursday that New Mexico now has 1,597 cases of Covid-19 including four news cases in Doña Ana County. That brings
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PHOENIX, Arizona — For the first time in decades, bald eagles have been found nesting in an Arizona saguaro cactus. The Arizona Game and Fish Department revealed this week that biologists discovered a pair of eagles and their eaglets in the arms of a large saguaro during a recent eagle survey. Kenneth “Tuk” Jacobson, the
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — The leader of an armed group that detained immigrants who were crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into southern New Mexico has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for a federal firearms charge. Larry Mitchell Hopkins, leader of the United Constitutional Patriots, was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque. He had
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