EL PASO, Texas — Covid-19 put a halt to many college and high school graduations this year, but it’s not only high school and college seniors who are sad about the end of the year ending so suddenly. During the pandemic, El Paso second grader Isaac Holmes found himself missing his Kohlberg Elementary School teacher
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CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Officials in a Mexican border city are tightening checks on travellers coming from Texas, saying they fear U.S. visitors may be helping feed a spike in COVID-19 cases. Municipal and state officials in Matamoros, together with Mexico’s National Guard began setting up checkpoints Saturday at the three border crossings to
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The former high school football player with the lightning speed often jogged for miles near the southeastern Georgia enclave where he grew up. Ahmaud Arbery’s runs set him free from the blue-collar coastal city of Brunswick, where 56% of its 16,000 residents are black and more than a third of the population lives in poverty.
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Click here for updates on this story WEST ALLIS, WI (WDJT ) — Many people are preparing for a very different Memorial Day this year. The Coronavirus pandemic forced the Milwaukee VA to cancel its annual public ceremony. Now, a local group is asking for the public’s help to honor fallen heroes. “We’re trying to
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she will help make sure that racial- and ethnic-minority voters know about the potential benefits of electing Joe Biden as president. Asked this past week whether she would accept a potential invitation to run for vice president in November, Lujan Grisham said she
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Just because you can go to the beach or bars doesn’t mean it’s time to let your guard down. In fact, some states are seeing new spikes in coronavirus cases. “With the country starting to open up this holiday weekend, I again remind everyone that the coronavirus is not yet contained,” said Dr. Stephen M.
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The rush to reopen churches has become the latest front in the coronavirus culture wars. President Donald Trump has declared places of worship “essential” during the pandemic and said he’d override governors if they didn’t allow in-person services. Analysts have countered he doesn’t have the constitutional authority to do that. But long before Trump ordered
Continue Reading The rush to reopen churches has become the latest front in the coronavirus culture wars. President Donald Trump has declared places of worship “essential” during the pandemic and said he’d override governors if they didn’t allow in-person services. Analysts have countered he doesn’t have the constitutional authority to do that. But long before Trump ordered
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AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott says that Texas is working to have the college football season start on time, with at least some fans in attendance, as the state continues to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Once we get to college football season, our goal right now is to have college football season start as planned,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, WI (WDJT ) — The past became the present in Franklin Friday night. It was also a glimpse of how “normal” life used to be. “It’s a nice break from the reality that we’ve faced since March now,” moviegoer Jake said. More than 100 families shared this
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JESSUP, PA (WNEP ) — The streets of Jessup are far more empty than they’d normally be on Memorial Day weekend but the signs of St. Ubaldo were still everywhere. “We would have preferred to have it, the full celebration. But, this is what we have and we’ll
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Sunday warned that key employees — including health care workers, firefighters, police officers and teachers — could be laid off if the state does not receive additional funding from the federal government. The dire prediction from Murphy reflects what many governors across the country fear as states grapple with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALAMANCE COUNTY, NC (WGHP) — Thousands of racing fans packed the stands Saturday night at Ace Speedway. Sheriff Terry Johnson revealed that he would not interfere with the event and called Governor Roy Cooper’s executive order “unconstitutional.” FOX8 saw large crowds of people and very few people in
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In the fall of 1988, a 13-year-old was raped and murdered in her bed. The crime would have been shocking anywhere else, but in Hwaseong, then a rural area near South Korea’s capital Seoul, murders like this were happening with disturbing regularity. She was the eighth female to be murdered there in two years. Nearly
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NEW YORK, NY — The devastating toll of coronavirus is far-reaching, but the impact of the pandemic is particularly acute among Latinos and black Americans, who are nearly three times as likely to personally know someone who has died from the virus than white Americans, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. 26% of Latino adults and 30%
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County ended a three-day streak of triple-digit increases in new virus cases Sunday, reporting 75 additional infections to put the case total above 2,300. With confirmed cases now at 2,340, the death count held steady at 58 on Sunday. Hospitalizations were down a bit to 109 patients, but well
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Are some workouts, like yoga or spinning classes, less safe than others? Should I wear a mask? Do I need more than six-feet apart in cardio classes where there’s panting and heavy breathing? There are many legitimate concerns about how gyms and fitness studios can safely reopen without furthering the
Continue Reading NASCAR will honor the country’s fallen military veterans when the Coca-Cola 600 race is held without spectators Sunday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina. NASCAR Cup Series drivers and on-track vehicles will carry the name of a fallen military member in honor of Memorial Day. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark
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El Paso, Texas- The weather pattern that we have seen the past several days conitunes for the Borderland. Temperatures topping off near seasonal average, and the winds picking up in the afternoon. Looking at sustained west winds at 10-20 MPH. Eastside of town will see the strongest of these wind gusts at 30 MPH. Some
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Roger Federer thinks the professional tennis circuit won’t return for a while due to the coronavirus pandemic but, when the time does come, the Swiss superstar said he would find it difficult to play without fans. While European football’s Bundesliga resurfaced last week behind closed doors and Spain’s La Liga is set to resume the
Continue Reading Lisa Urso’s love of animals was profound. On her birthdays, she’d encourage family and friends to donate to fundraisers benefiting the ASPCA and other animal rescue groups. “She was an amazing soul,” says Jayne Petty, a friend of 25 years. “She put her animals above everyone and called them her ‘four legged children’.” That’s why
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Investors can thank health care stocks for a chunk of the stock market’s rally. The S&P 500 healthcare sector has risen 33.5% since March 23, when the S&P 500 hit its recent low. That beats the broader index’s 32% gain in the same period. Both small and large companies have benefited from investor hopes that
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US District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan, who is overseeing former national security adviser Michael Flynn‘s criminal lying case, has retained a Washington, DC, law firm run by well-known trial lawyer Beth Wilkinson to help him respond to the appeals court about the Flynn case, according to a person familiar with the arrangement. It’ll be a
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Leave it to a Florida destination to come up with one of the weirdest — and most joyous ways — to help people keep their social distance. The folks at Gatorland have introduced Skunk Ape. And this mascot’s aim is to help the animal park’s visitors get a little kick out of maintaining social distancing.
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Leave it to a Florida destination to come up with one of the weirdest — and most joyous ways — to help people keep their social distance. The folks at Gatorland have introduced Skunk Ape. And this mascot’s aim is to help the animal park’s visitors get a little kick out of maintaining social distancing.
Continue Reading Houses of worship have become the latest coronavirus battleground in the United States. President Donald Trump declared them “essential” on Friday, calling for them to reopen “right now” and threatening to override governors who resist. All 50 US states have taken steps to ease lockdown restrictions. But some states still ban large gatherings, including religious
Continue Reading The novel coronavirus seems to be more deadly for men. But in many other ways, women are bearing the brunt of this pandemic. From a spike in domestic violence and restricted access to family-planning services to disproportionate economic impact, the lockdown measures put in place to stop the outbreak are hurting women and their basic
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Golf is back. Kind of. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will join football greats Peyton Manning and Tom Brady on the golf course Sunday for a two-on-two live competition, with all proceeds going to coronavirus relief. Interested in seeing these four legends tee off? Read on. How will the event work? “The Match: Champions for
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The rush to reopen churches has become the latest front in the coronavirus culture wars. President Donald Trump weighed in on the issue on Friday, declaring places of worship “essential” during the pandemic and calling on governors to reopen religious institutions for services. But long before Trump called for churches to reopen, tensions between governors,
Continue Reading Far from hospitals and often lacking basic infrastructure, Brazil’s indigenous people are dying at an alarming rate from Covid-19 with little help in sight. The mortality rate is double that of the rest of Brazil’s population, according to advocacy group Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) which tracks the number of cases and deaths
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