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 school. “The school has been notified by several Class of 2020 families that their students have tested positive for COVID-19,” the letter from Head of School Meredyth Cole and Head Nurse
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Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, AR (KFSM ) — A kitten stuck on a bridge, 70 feet over the Arkansas River, was crying out for help when a fisherman heard its plea. Two men who happen to be expert climbers and owners of an animal rescue saved the kitten’s life. Late
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials said Monday that New Mexico now has over 7,000 coronavirus cases. State Department of Health officials reported 93 additional Covid-19 cases and three more deaths. That pushes the statewide totals to 7,026 cases and 320 deaths. There were 16 additional cases reported in Doña Ana County on Monday, bringing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EDEN, NC (WGHP ) — Eden Rescue workers helped a woman Sunday night who became trapped by floodwaters. Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page said that at about 9:30 p.m. he was checking areas that flood. He was at 1500 Rhodes Rd. (near Garrett Rd) along Matrimony Creek. Sheriff
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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 Memorial Park. The former vice president, who has not left his home in months for a public event due to the coronavirus pandemic, laid a wreath alongside roughly
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At a glance, it may look like many Americans have forgotten about the dangers of coronavirus. Crowds packed beaches in Florida, Maryland, Georgia, Virginia and Indiana over the Memorial Day weekend — many venturing out without masks and others failing to keep their distance even as officials highlighted the continued importance of both in order
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHALMETTE, LA (WGNO ) — This Memorial Day looks different at the National Cemeteries because they aren’t doing the traditional flag placements due to Covid-19 pandemic. WGNO’s Kenny Lopez found a veteran who found a cemetery that allowed him to place flags at their cemetery this Memorial Day
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The World Health Organization has temporarily halted studying hydroxychloroquine as a potential Covid-19 treatment due to safety concerns, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a media briefing in Geneva on Monday. The decision was made after an observational study published Friday in the medical journal The Lancet described how seriously ill Covid-19 patients who
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The World Health Organization has temporarily halted studying hydroxychloroquine as a potential Covid-19 treatment due to safety concerns, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a media briefing in Geneva on Monday. The decision was made after an observational study published Friday in the medical journal The Lancet described how seriously ill Covid-19 patients who
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, PA (WPMT ) — World War II Veteran Robert Kelsall, 98 of Lancaster County was looking to get his health back on track. Originally setting out with a goal to walk 99 laps by his 99th birthday, in November. However, he really kicked things into gear
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With two barren peaks that rise only about 170 feet above sea level, the now extinct Pūhāhonu volcano in the Northwestern Hawaii Islands doesn’t look like much. This is especially true since in the same archipelago, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa tower over every other volcano at over 13,000 feet above sea level. Scientists at
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WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — An employee at the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo, Iowa, died Monday after battling the coronavirus during a six-week hospitalization that was chronicled and widely followed online. Jose Ayala, 44, died at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, said his friend, Zach Medhaug, who was in the room. “It was really
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AMARILLO, Texas — Mayor Ginger Nelson thought her year would be defined by a punch-in-the-gut cancer diagnosis in January. Then the pandemic came. Now the mayor of Amarillo is battling a rare form of blood cancer while coordinating her city’s response to Covid-19, cases of which spiked in recent weeks at a local food plant.
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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 Covid-19 checkpoint, police said. “I am relieved this suspect is currently sitting in jail and the young victim in this case was not seriously hurt,” Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay said
Continue Reading Twenty hikers were rescued Monday near a swimming hole known as the Devil’s Bathtub in Virginia, CNN affiliate WJHL reports. The rescue began Sunday when heavy rains caused flash flooding along the popular trail and the hikers became stranded about 7 p.m., Fort Blackmore Volunteer Fire Department officials told affiliate WCYB. Devil’s Bathtub is a
Continue Reading 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 and pull out a thermometer — if his temperature is normal, make it part of the game. If he has a fever, end the session. These are real tips that
Continue Reading 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 lot of social distancing or masks. From Florida to Indiana and across the country to California, Americans were out enjoying the weekend as states loosened coronavirus restrictions. The Sunshine
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Marine Corps Lance Corporal Robby Mathews’s family is cooking up his favorites today — steak, veggies and red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting — a joyful tribute on a somber day of remembrance. It’s been almost six years since the active duty Marine died by suicide as he struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder and
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At a glance, it may look like many Americans have forgotten about the dangers of coronavirus. Crowds packed beaches in Florida, Maryland, Georgia, Virginia and Indiana over the Memorial Day weekend — many venturing out without masks and others failing to keep their distance even as officials highlighted the continued importance of both in order
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Marine Corps Lance Corporal Robby Mathews’s family is cooking up his favorites today — steak, veggies and red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting — a joyful tribute on a somber day of remembrance. It’s been almost six years since the active duty Marine died by suicide as he struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, WA (KPTV) — While the pandemic abruptly ended school years around the country, a teacher and coach in Vancouver doing his part to honor the class of 2020. Mecca lecca hi, mecca hiney ho – a basketball coach and social studies teacher at Mountain View High School
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Honolulu, HI (KITV) — Waikoloa Beach Resort workers got a special Sunday meal from their employer, Waikoloa Land Company. The company has been giving out take-out meals every Sunday. It says it’s a “token of aloha” for employees hit hard by the coronavirus (COVID-19) shutdowns. They also note
Continue Reading Boston’s Memorial Day observance was smaller this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the display was still just as powerful. Volunteers worked overnight to place 1,000 American flags on the Boston Common — each one was six feet apart to encourage social distancing. Traditionally, the area would be packed with 37,309 flags representing the
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Boston’s Memorial Day observance was smaller this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the display was still just as powerful. Volunteers worked overnight to place 1,000 American flags on the Boston Common — each one was six feet apart to encourage social distancing. Traditionally, the area would be packed with 37,309 flags representing the
Continue Reading 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 Covid-19. Rather than letting his graduation gown go to waste, Moore, who is a physician assistant, decided to repurpose it as personal protective equipment for frontline health care workers
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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 of the governor on a tree outside. The protest was advertised on Facebook as a Patriot Day Rally to exercise Second Amendment rights. As the rally was winding down, someone drove
Continue Reading 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 of the governor on a tree outside. The protest was advertised on Facebook as a Patriot Day Rally to exercise Second Amendment rights. As the rally was winding down, someone drove
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President Donald Trump has found his convention scapegoat: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. The Democratic executive, narrowly elected for the first time in 2016, came under fire from the Republican President on Monday morning, when Trump turned to Twitter to pressure him to guarantee Republicans will allow the convention in Charlotte to be “fully occupied”
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President Donald Trump began a solemn Memorial Day railing against North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, ahead of the 2020 Republican National Convention, threatening to pull it out of Charlotte, where the convention is expected to be held August 24 to 27. Trump contended that Cooper is “unable to guarantee” that the arena can
Continue Reading Members of Congress are calling on federal officials to take down or alter headstones at two national cemeteries that contain swastikas or messages honoring Adolf Hitler. At Department of Veterans Affairs cemeteries in Texas and Utah, the graves of three German prisoners of war are marked with references to Nazi ideology. Two graves at Fort
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