As summer approaches, temperatures are starting to rise in Europe, and citizens are looking towards their next vacations after months stuck at home under lockdown restrictions. Just last week, the European Union unveiled a plan to “offer people the chance to get some well-needed rest, relaxation and fresh air,” which included recommendations to open internal
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A hairstylist with coronavirus worked for eight days this month while symptomatic, exposing as many as 91 customers and coworkers in Missouri, health officials said. The case highlights the threats of community spread in the United States as businesses reopen after weeks of shutdown to combat the spread of coronavirus. In this instance, the 84
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — The founder of a group called “Cowboys for Trump” who also serves as an Otero County commissioner is rejecting calls to resign after he metaphorically said “the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” A video posted online earlier this week shows Republican Couy Griffin saying he wants Democrats to die
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In sport, playing in a final is the pinnacle, but losing a final is awful. They say there are no prizes for second place; that’s not entirely true, but a silver medal isn’t much of a consolation. The losers would often prefer to be forgotten. But if there is to be a fate worse than
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In sport, playing in a final is the pinnacle, but losing a final is awful. They say there are no prizes for second place; that’s not entirely true, but a silver medal isn’t much of a consolation. The losers would often prefer to be forgotten. But if there is to be a fate worse than
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EL PASO, Texas — You might think ABC-7’s Nate Ryan is just some regular sports jock from his usual job. But in the latest edition of “The Nate-ure Report,” he shows us a softer side, cuddling up some with the mini-mammals at the El Paso Zoo. One of the small mammals Nate encounters is the
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EL PASO, Texas — Many folks have taken to adopting a pet while they wait out the coronavirus pandemic. But in the latest edition of “The Nate-ure Report” Nate Ryan plays pet with the Layla the Tamandua, the El Paso Zoo’s South American Lesser Anteater. Ironically at the zoo, the Anteater is allergic to…. ants!
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EL PASO, Texas — Nate Ryan is not a huge fan of things that slither, but in a pandemic you have to make adjustments. And in this edition of “The Nate-ure Report,” Nate meets two of the reptiles at the El Paso Zoo. One of the more relaxed reptiles at the Zoo is Fido the
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EL PASO, Texas — Underlying health conditions continue to make things worse for patients who have contracted Covid-19. According to data provided by city/county health officials, a vast majority of patients who have died from the virus in El Paso had hypertension and diabetes. As of this week, 65 percent of patients had hypertension, while
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s another side effect of Covid-19: hospitals treating an increasing number of patients with the virus. Some local healthcare workers are concerned that some non-coronavirus patients are avoiding important appointments and surgeries out of fear of contracting the virus at the hospital. University Medical Center has a plan to help.
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After weeks spent holed up indoors to stop the spread of coronavirus, Americans will emerge from lockdowns to venture outdoors for Memorial Day. There will be beach days, cookouts and park visits. And with the large gatherings, the risk for community spread outbreaks will be high, health officials warn. “We’ll be having people who want
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CHAPARRAL, New Mexico — As the number of prisoners infected with Covid-19 increases rapidly inside the walls of the Otero County Prison, one inmate’s fianceé is incredibly fearful about his chance of contracting the virus. “It’s just a really scary feeling,” said Tapanga Blincoe. “It’s like your heart’s breaking, knowing you can’t do anything about
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With people across the globe already in social isolation because of the coronavirus pandemic, why not get paid to do it? NASA is seeking US citizens for an eight-month study on social isolation in preparation for missions to Mars and the moon. The research is being done to study the effects of isolation and confinement
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EL PASO, Texas — Interstate 10 was shut down in both directions through west El Paso late Friday night after a wrong-way driver suspected of being drunk collided with another car driven by a police officer, authorities told ABC-7. Police said a vehicle traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes crashed into the officer’s vehicle. It
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EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7’s Adrian Ochoa spoke with UTEP Athletic Director Jim Senter about the impact to UTEP sports during the coronavirus pandemic. In part two of Adrian’s interview, Senter talks about the possible return of workouts for student athletes, and if he’s preparing for the football season to be played without fans in
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EL PASO, Texas – ABC-7 Sports Director Adrian Ochoa speaks with UTEP Athletic Director Jim Senter. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Senter talks about the athletic department staff returning to campus, as well as the impact the Covid-19 crisis has had on the athletic department’s budget.
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ANTHONY, Texas– Memorial Day is often considered the ‘unofficial start’ of summer. Folks in the borderland Flock to Wet-N-Wild Waterworld and local parks however, that wont be happening this year. The impact of the Covid-19 outbreak has already started to hit the Anthony amusement park. “Our sales just went flat before that March, April, you
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A captain with the fire department in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is under arrest because police say he robbed two banks and stole nearly $320,000. Capt. Jerry Brown, who has been with the fire department since 2002, is accused by police of robbing a bank in March and another in May. His lawyer says Brown will be
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A captain with the fire department in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is under arrest because police say he robbed two banks and stole nearly $320,000. Capt. Jerry Brown, who has been with the fire department since 2002, is accused by police of robbing a bank in March and another in May. His lawyer says Brown will be
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP head football coach Dana Dimel didn’t have to look very far to find a possible recruit. On Friday, Americas High School running back Aaron Dumas tweeted that he had received an offer from UTEP. The soon-to-be senior already has other offers from division one programs that include Arizona State and
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President Donald Trump announced Friday that his administration is issuing guidance deeming places of worship “essential” during the coronavirus pandemic, calling on governors to reopen religious institutions for services. Trump threatened to “override” governors if their states did not follow the new federal recommendations, but it was unclear what authority the President was referring to.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told ABC-7 that he’ll be speaking with El Paso’s mayor and county judge next week to again examine the coronavirus situation, and determine whether it’s safe for the local economy to be re-opened further. Bars and bowling allies were among expanded openings across much of Texas on Friday,
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For Tristen Licon it all started with a dream of playing college basketball. It didn’t matter whether it was at a division one program, or at a division three school like Sul Ross State University. Licon was going to make the most of his opportunity, and he did just that by capping off a stellar
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Sporting events don’t come more blockbuster than this. Golf titans Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are set to partner up with NFL superstars Peyton Manning and Tom Brady in a charity golf match which will raise money for the fight against coronavirus. Dubbed ‘The Match: Champions for Charity’, Sunday’s clash will be a rematch of
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Sporting events don’t come more blockbuster than this. Golf titans Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are set to partner up with NFL superstars Peyton Manning and Tom Brady in a charity golf match which will raise money for the fight against coronavirus. Dubbed ‘The Match: Champions for Charity’, Sunday’s clash will be a rematch of
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso police SWAT team standoff that began Friday night in a Lower Valley neighborhood finally ended hours later into early Saturday with the arrest of an injured man. It began after an officer pulled his gun and fired at a 29-year-old man who reportedly was armed with a knife
Continue Reading A Georgia man is charged with defrauding his employer by falsely claiming he was infected with Covid-19, federal prosecutors say. Santwon Antonio Davis, 34, of Morrow, a suburb of Atlanta, worked for a Fortune 500 company with a facility in the Atlanta area, according to a news release from the US attorney’s office in Atlanta.
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Joe Biden said he “shouldn’t have been such a wise guy” on Friday hours after he told a popular African American radio host that anyone struggling to decide whether to support him or President Donald Trump in the general election “ain’t black.” The presumptive Democratic nominee’s comment came at the end of an at times
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Researchers in China reported results from one of the first Covid-19 vaccine trials Friday, but experts who spoke to CNN were skeptical of their findings and called the data lukewarm. In a study published in the medical journal The Lancet, researchers said their vaccine was well-tolerated and generated an immune response against the novel coronavirus.
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Researchers in China reported results from one of the first Covid-19 vaccine trials Friday, but experts who spoke to CNN were skeptical of their findings and called the data lukewarm. In a study published in the medical journal The Lancet, researchers said their vaccine was well-tolerated and generated an immune response against the novel coronavirus.
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