Lufthansa, one of Europe’s biggest airline groups, is permanently reducing the size of its fleet and shuttering one of its low-cost carriers, as it warns that the aviation sector will take years to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The airline group, which owns national carriers in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium, said in a statement
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The retail industry has been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic, and much of the destruction has landed on luxury and fashion companies. People have stopped shopping at stores, and many online shoppers are holding back on discretionary purchases. That has left luxury and fashion companies “exposed or rudderless,” and business will sink by as much
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Bruce Willis and Demi Moore are showing us how to self-isolate in style. The actors posed for a photo wearing matching pajamas alongside their daughter, Scout Willis and her sister, Tallulah Willis’ boyfriend, Dillon Buss. Tallulah captioned the photo, “chaotic neutral.” Even the dog had its own matching green striped top. In one of her
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Nearly 60,000 years ago, as prehistoric humans just started venturing out of Africa, a forest of cypress trees grew on the banks of a river near the Gulf of Mexico. As the trees grew old, they fell and were buried under sediment. When the sea level rose, the remains of the forest were covered once
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EL PASO, Texas– For many of us, social media is place we turn to for entertainment and information during the coronavirus, but there’s an app that’s providing an escape for families during this stressful time. You’ve probably seen Tik Tok videos all over the place, and you probably roll your eyes at the thought of
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Some of the biggest names in right-wing media are questioning the official Covid-19 death toll. Indeed, they’re suggesting the numbers might be inflated in an effort to paint President Trump and/or the crisis in the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Navigating life through the coronavirus pandemic has not been easy. The stress and uncertainty is at times amplified for those who identify as deaf or blind. “When I go to the grocery store, I don’t know what’s in front of me,” George Zavala said. There’s a high anxiety especially now
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El Paso, TX El Paso High School has found its next head football coach, while San Elizario High School now begins a search of their own. Tuesday, Ray Aguilar Jr. announced he was leaving San Elizario to take a head coaching position at El Paso High School. For the last two seasons, Aguilar Jr. has
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EL PASO, Texas — A new police change, recently enacted by acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan, is putting the health and safety of CBP officers at risk, according to the National Treasury Employees Union. The “Weather and Safety Leave” policy allowed CBP to adjust officers schedules during this coronavirus pandemic by reducing
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Several migrant advocacy groups, like Las Americas and the ACLU, filed a formal complaint against the federal government on Tuesday. The complaint says agencies like CBP and ICE are failing to provide social distancing and basic protection against Covid-19 even when someone near a migrant is showing symptoms. As a result,
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New White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany repeatedly downplayed the threat of the coronavirus in comments made in February and March, a CNN KFile review has found. In radio and television appearances, McEnany, in her role as spokeswoman for President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, said the administration had the rapidly spreading coronavirus “under control” and
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The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus continued to reach grim milestones, with more than 800 fatalities reported Tuesday in New York City, according to city health officials. The national daily total of 1,858, according to Johns Hopkins University, also reachfed a record high. It is unclear whether the New York City figure of
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When Shelby Law gave birth to her baby seven weeks early in late March, she and her husband freely visited their newborn in the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. But three days later, Northside Cherokee Hospital in Camden, Georgia, changed its policies to suspend all visitors to its special care nurseries amid growing concerns over
Continue Reading Generations of “Saturday Night Live” talent are paying tribute to Hal Willner, a longtime staff member of the show who is being remembered for his lovable weirdness as much as his musical genius. Willner died Tuesday at age 64, according to Blake Zidell, a spokesperson for Willner. Willner had symptoms consistent with Covid-19 but had
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EL PASO, Texas — Hundred of cars lined up at the Kelly Center for Hunger Relief Tuesday afternoon. One box per household is distributed weekly and the center prepares 600 to 1,000 boxes every distribution day, according to volunteer coordinator Kiara Quintanar. Before the coronavirus pandemic, people were allowed to go inside and create their
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EL PASO, Texas — Most of the personal time we all once had is not available since we’re all being told to stay home. For some people, that might mean a trip to the salon or somewhere to focus on their self care. During difficult times like right now however, self care is still more
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EL PASO, Texas — Officials with the Ysleta Independent School District have suspended meal service at Del Valle Middle School after a school employee there said two family members tested positive for coronavirus. However, “the employee in question has NOT tested positive for the virus,” officials said in a statement Tuesday evening, adding “there are
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee — John Prine, the ingenious singer-songwriter who explored the heartbreaks, indignities and absurdities of everyday life in “Angel from Montgomery,” “Sam Stone,” “Hello in There” and scores of other indelible tunes, died Tuesday at the age of 73. His family announced his death from complications from the coronavirus; he died at Vanderbilt University
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EL PASO, Texas — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in El Paso County has now reached 153, officials said Tuesday evening, noting a 28-case jump in just a day’s time. The spike in cases comes less than a month after the first positive case was identified on March 13, according to health leaders. “This rise in cases is
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A week after unveiling a stunning projection for the number of people who would die from coronavirus in the US — 100,000 to 240,000 — White House officials have yet to fully explain how they arrived at those numbers. Some administration officials are now saying the number could be lower than they originally warned —
Continue Reading After nearly a month at sea and two days in port, Americans onboard the Coral Princess cruise ship are still trying to get home in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic. The ship docked at PortMiami late Saturday night with 1,898 people — 1,020 passengers and 878 crew members– and began disembarking the most
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Looking good again for Wednesday with sunshine and above normal temps hitting around 81. The winds will be up a tad – gusting out of the SW at 30 mph. The holiday weekend looks a bit cloudy Saturday with some gusty winds around 40 mph out of the SW. There will also be a slight
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Make no mistake — the conservative justices on the US Supreme Court are making decisions now that could influence the outcome of the November election. And the ongoing public health crisis consuming the lives of most Americans is just the cover they need. After refusing for weeks to hold oral arguments via video conference, on
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VAN HORN, Texas — Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, is planning to have workers travel across country from coronavirus-plagued Washington State to a west Texas area that has yet to have any confirmed cases. The company’s plan is to do additional launch testing of a space tourism rocket in
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When President Donald Trump’s hawkish trade adviser Peter Navarro warned in a late January internal memo that an outbreak of coronavirus in China could become a “full-blown pandemic,” many top White House officials dismissed Navarro’s warnings as alarmist. The President, for his part, continued to minimize the threat. More than two months later, Navarro finds
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s not easy signing to compete at a division one university, but with hard work and determination, anything is possible. Hanks runner Rodger Rivera put in the work and is now able to reap the rewards. Rivera signed with the University of Texas and will be running for the Longhorns in
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SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Tuesday announced over 100 new coronavirus cases, including five in Doña Ana County, along with a new virus death. The new cases brought the statewide total of infections to nearly 800, while the case total for the Las Cruces area jumped to 35. The latest death was
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump said he would “put a hold” on U.S. funding for the World Health Organization, before backtracking and claiming, “I’m not saying I’m going to do it.” Trump made the comments Tuesday at a White House press briefing as deaths and infections across the country continue to rise. Trump at
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A doctor in New York asked for help to alleviate the shortage of personal protective equipment for health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus fight. A librarian stepped in to help. Now Madiha Choksi, a research technologist at the Columbia University Libraries, is a key member of a group of partners and
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