While they’re shut out of concert venues, musicians are livestreaming stripped-down sets for fans. But only one artist can say he may break a Guinness World Record while he’s at it. Los Angeles rapper Watsky, whose full name is George Watsky, is currently livestreaming what may be the longest freestyle rap ever, at 33 hours,
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As coronavirus sweeps across the nation, with some states seeing drops in numbers while hot spots emerge in others, experts warn it’s unlikely a vaccine will be ready this year. Over 73,000 people have died of the virus and more than 1.2 million are infected as of Thursday in the United States, according to Johns
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So much for those “Covid-19 parties.” Earlier this week, health officials in the Washington county of Walla Walla warned about reports of people attending parties to purposely get infected with Covid-19. Now, they’ve walked back those claims, saying the partygoers weren’t intentionally trying to get infected with the disease in an effort to develop immunity.
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No end is in sight for coronavirus-related job losses. The pandemic has ravaged the US labor market, and 1 in 5 American workers have filed for first-time unemployment benefits since mid-March, when lockdown measures took effect across the country. Another 3.2 million Americans filed initial jobless claims last week, after factoring in seasonal adjustments, the
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WASHINGTON, DC — A member of the U.S. Navy who serves as one of President Donald Trump’s personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus, raising concerns about the President’s possible exposure to the virus. The valets are members of an elite military unit dedicated to the White House and often work very close to the President and first family.
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Two McDonald’s employees in Oklahoma City were shot Wednesday after they told two customers to leave the store’s dining area, police said. The suspects got angry and took out a gun when they were asked to leave due to coronavirus restrictions, Oklahoma City Police Lt. Michelle Henderson told CNN. Two workers were shot and a
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No one expected airlines to report good news for the first quarter. But Spirit’s and JetBlue’s losses were even worse than analysts predicted. Spirit followed other airlines in announcing it will offer 12 million shares at an as-yet-undetermined price, and $150 million in debt to raise cash to weather the crisis. It also has reached
Continue Reading Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen has survived Hurricane Katrina and losing her North Carolina home to a fire. She’s now determined to survive the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m not new to this game, I’m true to the game,” the blues singer told CNN. “I’ve been doing it for a long time. You really have a lot of
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For some, the universal human desire for wholeness may only be fulfilled by an act of excision. New science is showing how specific parts of the brain may differ in those with the rare but fascinating disorder known as body integrity dysphoria, or BID. Those with BID appear by objective standards to have healthy bodies,
Continue Reading Actor and director Andy Serkis will read the entire J.R.R. Tolkien novel “The Hobbit” out loud in one marathon sitting on Friday to raise money for charities supporting the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Serkis, who is best known for playing the cave-dwelling Gollum in the film adaptations of Tolkien’s books “The Hobbit” and “Lord
Continue Reading(CNN) — A member of the US Navy who serves as one of President Donald Trump’s personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus, CNN has learned Thursday, raising concerns about the President’s possible exposure to the virus. The valets are members of an elite military unit dedicated to the White House and often work very
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DALLAS, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday granted a motion to release Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther, who was sentenced to seven days in jail for defying orders to keep her business closed during the pandemic. The order came soon after Gov. Greg Abbott announced he was modifying his recent executive orders related to the
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The sweaty palms on the steering wheel. The repeated exclamations of “Sorry!” The nervous glances from the examiner. They’re all part of the dreaded road test, which, for decades, has been a rite of passage for every American teenager to obtain their driver’s license. Well, until now. “I had been nervous about the driving test
Continue Reading Britney Spears spent some of her quarantine with family in Louisiana, according to her baby sister, Jamie Lynn Spears. The younger Spears told “Entertainment Tonight” that her pop star sister was feeling a bit isolated at her Los Angeles home. “Britney was like, ‘I want to come home, I don’t want to be by myself
Continue Reading A documentary about people being forced to live in a confined space might feel a little too on the nose right now, timing-wise. But “Spaceship Earth” is about a lot more than that, including the environment, media feeding frenzies and idealism, with an appearance by Steve Bannon — yes, that Steve Bannon — for good
Continue Reading In the middle of April, with offices closed and air travel at a standstill as coronavirus ravaged the country, federal prosecutors in Georgia contemplated what to do about a long-running criminal health care fraud investigation, according to a person familiar with the matter. They needed to conduct additional interviews to advance the probe, but no
Continue Reading Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the nation was in the throes of another public health crisis: the opioid epidemic. More than 2 million Americans struggle with opioid use disorder, and about 130 Americans on average die every day from an opioid overdose. Opioids account for a majority of drug overdose deaths, the leading cause of accidental
Continue Reading In hospitals around the world, doctors are shaking their heads in disbelief as they watch Covid-19 patients who should be comatose or “seizing” from hypoxia — a lack of oxygen in the body’s tissues — check social media, chat with nurses and barely complain of discomfort while breathing. Some have dubbed them “happy hypoxics,” a
Continue Reading Supporters will gather virtually Friday to mourn Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was fatally shot while jogging in February, by putting on their sneakers and posting on social media to say #IRunWithMaud. Arbery, 25, was jogging in a neighborhood outside Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23 when he was chased down by a former police
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Supporters will gather virtually Friday to mourn Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was fatally shot while jogging in February, by putting on their sneakers and posting on social media to say #IRunWithMaud. Arbery, 25, was jogging in a neighborhood outside Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23 when he was chased down by a former police
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The ABC-7 First Alert continues through Friday morning. Today`s hot dry weather will elevate a Red Flag Warning throughout the region. High pressure will bring above-average temperatures for all areas. Today will be the hottest day of the week with several locations seeing near-record temperatures, and some places even making it to the triple digits.
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The success of the Nintendo Switch during the coronavirus pandemic propelled the Japanese video company to a banner year. Nintendo said on Thursday that it made 352 billion yen ($3.3 billion) in operating profit for the fiscal year ended in March — a 41% surge from a year ago, and the highest in nine years.
Continue Reading It’s been over six weeks since New York closed schools and businesses and initiated stay-at-home orders to stop the spread of coronavirus. Yet on Wednesday, there were still over 600 new hospitalizations and another 232 people died from coronavirus. The totals are down, yes, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressed frustration with the slow speed of
Continue Reading A sudden crisis turns the world upside down. Millions are thrown out of work. People despair and dread the future. That was the grim scenario many Americans faced almost a century ago after the 1929 stock market crash triggered the Great Depression. And many people are experiencing it today as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the
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No end is in sight for coronavirus-related job losses. Another 3.2 million Americans filed first-time claims for unemployment benefits last week, after factoring in seasonal adjustments, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. Without those adjustments — which economists use to account for seasonal hiring fluctuations — the raw number was 2.8 million. That brings the
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WASHINGTON, DC — Nearly 3.2 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the business shutdowns caused by the viral outbreak deepened the worst U.S. economic catastrophe in decades, according to the U.S. Labor Department. Roughly 33.5 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the seven weeks since the coronavirus began
Continue Reading The lineup for Sunday’s “The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II” is looking rather magical. ABC announced Wednesday that John Legend, Katy Perry, Tituss Burgess, Sabrina Carpenter, Jennifer Hudson, Lang Lang and more stars have been added to the roster for the next edition of the TV event, which is set to air Sunday at 7
Continue Reading Florence Pugh has zero regrets about clapping back on social media when people disparage the 21-year age gap between her and her boyfriend, fellow actor Zach Braff. “Because people need to realize that it’s hurtful,” the “Little Women” star told Elle UK in a recent interview. “I have the right to hang out and be
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The success of the Nintendo Switch during the coronavirus pandemic propelled the Japanese video company to a banner year. Nintendo said on Thursday that it made 352 billion yen ($3.3 billion) in operating profit for the fiscal year ended in March — a 41% surge from a year ago, and the highest in nine years.
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Mythmaking and swordplay are among the usual activities at Camp Half-Blood, which operates day camps in several mid-Atlantic states, including New York and New Jersey. But with coronavirus looming over the summer season, there may be a need for new kinds of magic and myths. When schools began to close in March due to the
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