Over Memorial Day weekend, Peter Makredes carried his cooler full of food and drinks to a park in Las Vegas. But he wasn’t there to grill, he was there to run — and the food served as his fuel. While others headed to Exploration Peak Park to relax with their families, Makredes had a mission:
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The road to recovery for former NMSU Aggie Shawn Harrington has been long, but he hasn’t gone through it alone. The support of NMSU fans, and the help of a former college coach have helped in his journey. Even though Harrington’s time with the Aggies was short, fans never forgot him, and they were there
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man was being sought by police Wednesday on a murder charge for allegedly gunning down his own brother nearly a week ago. Authorities were seeking the public’s help to find 30-year-old Jaime Talamantes, but a police spokesman cautioned that he “is believed to be armed and should
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HARTFORD, Conncticut — The U.S. surpassed a jarring milestone Wednesday in the coronavirus pandemic: 100,000 deaths. That number is the best estimate and most assuredly an undercount. But it represents the stark reality that more Americans have died from the virus than from the Vietnam and Korea wars combined. “It’s a striking reminder of how
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The family of George Floyd — who died after pleading that he couldn’t breathe while a police officer held him down with a knee on his neck — say they want the four Minneapolis officers involved charged with murder. “They were supposed to be there to serve and to protect and I didn’t see a
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HOUSTON, Texas — U.S. officials cited the owners of a Southeast Texas chemical plant where November blasts and fires injured three workers and caused widespread damage to the surrounding community. The Nov. 27 blasts at the TPC Group plant in Port Neches, about 80 miles east of Houston, prompted officials to order the surrounding communities
Continue Reading The second highest ranking official in Hong Kong insists a controversial new national security law being drafted by the Chinese government will not erode the city’s democratic freedoms. Echoing senior Chinese government officials, Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung says only terrorists and separatists would be targeted by the law. “99.99% of the Hong Kong population will
Continue Reading The graves of veterans at Union Cemetary in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, were desecrated over Memorial Day weekend, police said. Over three days, police fielded criminal mischief calls on May 25 and 26 that led to more than 100 flags being found torn from their posts and placed on the graves of veterans at the cemetery. “If
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SpaceX and NASA will have to wait at least a few more days for their historic spaceflight. Launch officials announced at 4:17 p.m. Wednesday that rough weather would prevent a SpaceX rocket and capsule from taking off from a Florida launch pad, carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley on the first crewed spaceflight
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The state of Chihuahua recorded its highest day of virus infections on Wednesday with 100 new cases reported, 72 of those coming in the city of Juarez, health officials said. There were nine new virus deaths in Juarez, contributing to ten for the state, with one of those fatalities being a
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A cold front arriving from the NE Thursday will bring some moisture to the area along with some gusty west side winds late Thursday and Friday AM. Rain chances around 10% later Thursday and Thursday night. Wind gusts will hit 40 mph for the west side easing up Friday AM. Temps will cool to the
Continue Reading Among New Yorkers and visitors alike, Times Square is known for its lights — a frenetic frieze of big-screen advertisements that can make midnight look like noon. But on Wednesday night the billboards at the center of a pandemic-riven New York City will go dark for one minute at 9 p.m., part of a coordinated
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Every year, every story about Cinco de Mayo is required to point out that no, this is not Mexico’s Independence Day (that’s September 16). The reason for the confusion is this minor holiday in Mexico has evolved into a big day to celebrate all things Mexican, and Mexican-American, in the United States. So you’ll see
Continue Reading Tom Hanks is giving back with a special sort of donation. The actor took to Instagram on Wednesday to share photos where he appears to be donating convalescent plasma to help in the fight against Covid-19. Plasma derived from blood in people, like Hanks, who have successfully recovered from the virus, may contain antibodies that
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Click here for updates on this story PIKESVILLE, Md. (WBAL) — Baltimore County police said a former student at Ner Israel Rabbinical College drove around the campus erratically, attempting to strike a staff member and others with his car. Police said they received a 911 call around 7 a.m. Tuesday for a person driving erratically
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KETV) — Scammers have been cashing in on your anxieties during this pandemic, your stimulus checks, your pets and even your protective gear. Many want to buy face masks to help protect themselves, their business or their families from the coronavirus, but many places are sold
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Neb. (KETV) — A woman said convalescent plasma helped her mother battle COVID-19, even though she still lost her life. Claire Ann Kruizenga died May 22. “To know her is to love her, truly. If somebody hadn’t met her, they truly lost out,” said Leslie Voigt, her
Continue Reading NBA superstar LeBron James has joined the chorus of notable high-profile athletes that have voiced their outrage over the death of George Floyd. On Monday evening, Floyd, 46, died after he told police he could not breathe as he was pinned down by an officer kneeling on his neck. Police were called about an attempted
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, Wis. (WISN) — A Waukesha company has developed a social distancing alarm that would allow businesses to monitor their employees, detecting if other workers get closer than 6 feet. “On Friday, I was talking to the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority, and while I was talking to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ANDOVER, Mass. (WCVB) — A driver who was trapped in a burning vehicle was pulled to safety by a stranger who stopped on a Massachusetts interstate to help him. The good Samaritan, who is anonymous at this time, ran across Interstate 495 in Andover to help rescue the
Continue Reading When we speak, we routinely stretch our words to convey emotion or to strengthen their meaning. Excitement: “Yessssssss!” Fear: “Noooooo!” Confusion: “Whaaaattt?” We’ve probably been doing this since humans began to speak, but such informal language has rarely left a written record. It’s only since the rise of social media that we have had an
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Is your inbox all a flutter over the latest Covid-19 miracle cure — vitamin D? Just like hydroxychloroquine, the antimalarial drug that US President Donald Trump championed, vitamin D is having its day in the sun on the internet and social media. And just like hydroxychloroquine, it’s leading some to ask, “What can it hurt
Continue Reading Could theropod dinosaurs have eaten dinosaurs of their own kind? It looks like they did when food was scarce in ancient Colorado around 150 million years ago during the Late Jurassic period. Theropods were a carnivorous group of dinosaurs whose members walked on two legs and ranged from small to very large in size. Their
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Whataburger is making it easier for Texans to satisfy their burger cravings, reports ABC affiliate KSAT. The burger chain has announced delivery is now available via Whataburger’s app and on Whataburger.com. While delivery has been available through third-party delivery sites like Postmates and Favor, Whataburger says this is the first time meals
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EL PASO, Texas — Nearly 10% of all of El Paso’s coronavirus-related deaths have involved residents at a state-run veterans home in the city, according to data obtained by ABC-7. The Ambrosio Guillen Texas State Veterans Home is responsible for six of El Paso’s 68 virus deaths, which is part of a larger outbreak at
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CNBC “Squawk Box” anchors Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joe Kernen clashed on Wednesday, trading a series of ugly jabs in a fiery on-air exchange over each of their responses to the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic. The heated debate started when Kernen suggested Sorkin had displayed a track record of overreacting to the virus that
Continue Reading CNBC “Squawk Box” anchors Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joe Kernen clashed on Wednesday, trading a series of ugly jabs in a fiery on-air exchange over each of their responses to the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic. The heated debate started when Kernen suggested Sorkin had displayed a track record of overreacting to the virus that
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During the pandemic, many people are struggling to make even the smallest decisions. Why does choosing what to eat for dinner or what to watch on TV suddenly feel impossible? CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and neuroscientist Daphna Shohamy explain that we may need to look inside the human brain for the answers.
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Almost six years ago, Eric Garner took his last breath after being put in a chokehold by a New York City police officer. His last words, “I can’t breathe,” became a rallying cry in the Black Lives Matter protest movement. This week the same words were used by George Floyd, a black man who died
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Concerned about his political prospects and no longer able to rely upon a surging economy, President Donald Trump is using his office to appeal to the voting constituencies that helped propel him there — and whose support some advisers fear is now slipping. Even as he stokes a reliable base of white male voters using
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