May 2020

Several Atlanta Class of 2020 prep school graduates test positive for coronavirus

May 25, 2020 4:57 PM CNN

Several members of the graduating class at The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia, have tested positive for Covid-19, according to a letter from the…

Kitten rescued from bridge in Fort Smith, AR

May 25, 2020 4:40 PM CNN

Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, AR (KFSM ) — A kitten stuck on a bridge, 70 feet over the Arkansas…

New Mexico virus cases top 7,000: Doña Ana hits 423, Otero County detention facilities at 185

May 25, 2020 4:36 PM Jim Parker

SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials said Monday that New Mexico now has over 7,000 coronavirus cases. State Department of Health…

Rescue workers use boat to help woman trapped by floodwaters

May 25, 2020 4:27 PM CNN

Click here for updates on this story EDEN, NC (WGHP ) — Eden Rescue workers helped a woman Sunday night who became…

Biden leaves home to lay Memorial Day wreath

May 25, 2020 4:22 PM CNN

Joe Biden left his home for the first time in months on Monday, sporting a face mask to lay a wreath at the Delaware Memorial Bridge Veteran’s…

As Americans holiday, some take a break from social distancing while others stick to the guidelines

May 25, 2020 4:15 PM CNN

At a glance, it may look like many Americans have forgotten about the dangers of coronavirus. Crowds packed beaches in Florida, Maryland, Georgia,…

Veteran places more than 600 flags at cemetery to honor heroes this Memorial Day

May 25, 2020 4:09 PM CNN

Click here for updates on this story CHALMETTE, LA (WGNO ) — This Memorial Day looks different at the National…

WHO temporarily pauses hydroxychloroquine study due to safety concerns

May 25, 2020 4:07 PM CNN

The World Health Organization has temporarily halted studying hydroxychloroquine as a potential Covid-19 treatment due to safety concerns, WHO…

WHO temporarily pauses hydroxychloroquine study due to safety concerns

May 25, 2020 4:07 PM CNN

The World Health Organization has temporarily halted studying hydroxychloroquine as a potential Covid-19 treatment due to safety concerns, WHO…

98-year-old WWII veteran to reach goal of 99 laps on Memorial Day

May 25, 2020 3:55 PM CNN

Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, PA (WPMT ) — World War II Veteran Robert Kelsall, 98 of…

The largest volcano in the world sits beneath two small rocky peaks in Hawaii

May 25, 2020 3:48 PM CNN

With two barren peaks that rise only about 170 feet above sea level, the now extinct Pūhāhonu volcano in the Northwestern Hawaii Islands…

Tyson Foods worker, 44, dies after long battle with Covid-19

May 25, 2020 3:36 PM Associated Press

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — An employee at the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo, Iowa, died Monday after battling the coronavirus during a six-week…

‘We’ve been hit hard’: How this Texas mayor is battling a rare form of cancer and a Covid-19 surge in her city at the same time

May 25, 2020 3:31 PM CNN

AMARILLO, Texas — Mayor Ginger Nelson thought her year would be defined by a punch-in-the-gut cancer diagnosis in January. Then the pandemic…

Florida man kidnaps girl, 17, to get through Covid-19 checkpoint, police say

May 25, 2020 3:23 PM CNN

A Florida man was charged with kidnapping/false imprisonment last week after forcing a 17-year old girl to drive him and another woman through a…

20 hikers are rescued from the Devil’s Bathtub in Virginia after flash flooding

May 25, 2020 3:13 PM CNN

Twenty hikers were rescued Monday near a swimming hole known as the Devil’s Bathtub in Virginia, CNN affiliate WJHL reports. The rescue began…

Can the world’s oldest profession survive the age of social distancing?

May 25, 2020 3:13 PM CNN

Don’t kiss. Tell clients to wash their hands before they touch you. Wear a mask. Avoid face-to-face positions. And even: Put on a nurse costume…

Photos show plenty of people flocked to beaches, but not a lot of social distancing or masks

May 25, 2020 2:56 PM CNN

Photos and video of Memorial Day weekend celebrations across the US showed plenty of people going to the beach and gathering on boardwalks, but not a…

They didn’t die in combat, but they lived heroic lives. Remembering the military heroes who died by suicide

May 25, 2020 2:33 PM CNN

Marine Corps Lance Corporal Robby Mathews’s family is cooking up his favorites today — steak, veggies and red velvet cake with cream…

Some Americans take a holiday from social distancing and officials fear future spikes in coronavirus cases

May 25, 2020 2:26 PM CNN

At a glance, it may look like many Americans have forgotten about the dangers of coronavirus. Crowds packed beaches in Florida, Maryland, Georgia,…

‘They didn’t die a heroic death, but they lived heroic lives.’ Remembering the military heroes who died by suicide

May 25, 2020 2:17 PM CNN

Marine Corps Lance Corporal Robby Mathews’s family is cooking up his favorites today — steak, veggies and red velvet cake with cream…

Mountain View HS teacher, coach honoring class of 2020 by granting ‘senior wishes’

May 25, 2020 2:11 PM CNN

Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, WA (KPTV) — While the pandemic abruptly ended school years around the…

Waikoloa Beach Resort workers receive meals as ‘token of aloha’

May 25, 2020 2:06 PM CNN

Click here for updates on this story Honolulu, HI (KITV) — Waikoloa Beach Resort workers got a special Sunday meal from…

A thousand flags honor Massachusetts military heroes in a scaled-back Memorial Day observance

May 25, 2020 2:05 PM CNN

Boston’s Memorial Day observance was smaller this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the display was still just as powerful.…

A thousand flags honor Massachusetts military heroes in a scaled-back Memorial Day observance

May 25, 2020 2:05 PM CNN

Boston’s Memorial Day observance was smaller this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the display was still just as powerful.…

This recent grad is upcycling thousands of graduation gowns to help hospitals in need of PPE

May 25, 2020 1:35 PM CNN

Nathaniel Moore, a recent graduate of an MBA at the University of Vermont, is among thousands who participated in a virtual ceremony this year due to…

An effigy of Kentucky Gov. Beshear was hung from a tree at the end of a Second Amendment rally

May 25, 2020 1:31 PM CNN

A group of protesters holding a rally outside of Gov. Andy Beshear’s mansion at the state Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, Sunday hung an effigy…

An effigy of Kentucky Gov. Beshear was hung from a tree at the end of a Second Amendment rally

May 25, 2020 1:31 PM CNN

A group of protesters holding a rally outside of Gov. Andy Beshear’s mansion at the state Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, Sunday hung an effigy…

North Carolina’s Democratic governor is the target of Trump’s convention push

May 25, 2020 1:27 PM CNN

President Donald Trump has found his convention scapegoat: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. The Democratic executive, narrowly elected for the first…

Trump threatens to pull Republican convention out of North Carolina

May 25, 2020 1:10 PM CNN

President Donald Trump began a solemn Memorial Day railing against North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, ahead of the 2020 Republican National…

Lawmakers want the VA to remove swastikas from gravestones at two veterans cemeteries

May 25, 2020 1:10 PM CNN

Members of Congress are calling on federal officials to take down or alter headstones at two national cemeteries that contain swastikas or messages…

Month: May 2020