AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court Wednesday quickly put on a hold a ruling that paved the way in Texas for a dramatic expansion of mail-in voting due to fears of the coronavirus. The move by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans came less than 24 hours after a federal judge
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday said coronavirus spread in neighboring El Paso “poses a great risk to Dona Ana County and the entire state of New Mexico.” She cited both the El Paso area’s rising toll of deaths (54) and cases (1,930), including a recent 39% increase
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Americans grabbing groceries and fixing up their homes during the coronavirus pandemic have propped up top retailers’ sales. But that same shopping behavior has also dented companies’ profits. Target, Walmart, and Home Depot all reported sales increases during their latest quarters, but said that higher labor and operations costs weighed on their bottom lines. The
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Months after Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were accused of sharing graphic photos from the site of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, Sheriff Alex Villanueva says he supports new legislation that makes the taking such unauthorized images by first responders a crime. California Assembly Bill 2655 would punish first responders who use personal
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — The founder of the group ‘Cowboys for Trump’ and an Otero County commissioner is facing calls to resign after he said in a video, “the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” In a video posted on social media, Commissioner Couy Griffin said he wished for the Democratic Party to die
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Michael Herbert, a 49-year-old father of two, was scared he would never see his family again. Herbert says he only had a 20% chance of survival, and needed to be placed in a medically induced coma. His doctors urged him to call his family for what could be his last goodbye. It had all started
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Michael Herbert, a 49-year-old father of two, was scared he would never see his family again. Herbert says he only had a 20% chance of survival, and needed to be placed in a medically induced coma. His doctors urged him to call his family for what could be his last goodbye. It had all started
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A west Texas man was ordered held without bond Wednesday on vehicular homicide and other charges stemming from the death of an El Paso woman in a Sunland Park crash earlier this month. The four-vehicle late night crash on May 9 along McNutt Road (NM 273) at the Pete Domenici
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The singer who doesn’t like to show the world her face is giving us a glimpse of her heart. In an interview with SiriusXM’s “The Morning Mash Up,” which aired on Tuesday, Sia shared that she grew her family last year. “I actually adopted two sons last year,” she said. “They were both 18.” The
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Sunshine and warm temps through the weekend with generally modest wind gusts. Memorial Day looks good but watching a cold front that could bring about a rain chance early next week. For the latest forecast and Doppler radar: http://www.kvia.com/weather Catch Doppler dave on twitter: @Dopplerdaves
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily prevented the U.S. House of Representatives from obtaining secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The court’s unsigned order granted the Trump administration’s request to keep previously undisclosed details from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election out of
Continue Reading The University of California is going green. On Tuesday, the university system announced it had divested completely from fossil fuels, becoming the largest in the country do so. It represents a trend gaining steam nationwide to invest in renewable energy. The system sold more than $1 billion in fossil fuel assets from its pension, endowment
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Officials in Mexico City said Wednesday that they have rescued 14 health workers who had come to the capital to help battle Covid-19 and were subjected to what’s called a “virtual kidznapping” in order to demand money from their families. The city prosecutor’s office said in a communique that the health
Continue Reading Health officials in Europe and the United States have reported cases of a rare but serious new syndrome affecting children. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to doctors investigating the condition and to a young girl who has recovered from it. You can listen on your favorite podcast app or read the transcript
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The state of Chihuahua recorded its highest peak of new daily coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic with 109 reported on Wednesday. Over half of those additional infections came from the city of Juarez, which had 56 new cases, health officials said. That took the total caseload to 752
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Florida and Georgia, two states that were among the first to announce the reopening of businesses and public spaces, have come under scrutiny for the accuracy and transparency of their reporting on Covid-19 cases. In Florida, Rebekah Jones, the official behind the state’s “dashboard,” a web page showing the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths,
Continue Reading An upcoming NASA telescope has been named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in honor of the agency’s first chief of astronomy. The telescope, which is currently in development and expected to launch in the mid-2020s, was formerly known as WFIRST, or the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope. The announcement was made by NASA on
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EL PASO, Texas — At least 99 of El Paso County’s Covid-19 infections come from an outbreak at the Rogelio Sanchez State Jail in far east El Paso, according to an analysis Wednesday by El Paso Matters. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice reports that 85 inmates and 14 employees at the jail have tested positive
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The governor of Pennsylvania wants everyone — including the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers — to adhere to guidelines around the coronavirus pandemic. Even if that means skipping a haircut at a salon or barbershop. During a briefing on Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf was asked what he thought about Ben Roethlisberger recently getting a
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The governor of Pennsylvania wants everyone — including the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers — to adhere to guidelines around the coronavirus pandemic. Even if that means skipping a haircut at a salon or barbershop. During a briefing on Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf was asked what he thought about Ben Roethlisberger recently getting a
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended his push to have his department’s inspector general fired, saying he “should have done it some time ago,” but refused to explain his reasoning for recommending President Donald Trump remove Steve Linick from his job. “The President has the unilateral right to choose who he wants to be his
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The incidents come with ever-increasing frequency. In Michigan, a Family Dollar security officer was shot and killed after telling a customer to wear a mask. In Oklahoma, one McDonald’s employee was shot and two others were struck by shrapnel after a customer was angry that the restaurant’s dining area was closed. And in Los Angeles,
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The incidents come with ever-increasing frequency. In Michigan, a Family Dollar security officer was shot and killed after telling a customer to wear a mask. In Oklahoma, one McDonald’s employee was shot and two others were struck by shrapnel after a customer was angry that the restaurant’s dining area was closed. And in Los Angeles,
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Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, LA (WGNO) — Winn Dixie teamed up WGNO’s Kenny Lopez to give a few deserving nurses $100 gift cards to say thanks for all of their hard work fighting Covid-19. Lacey Sanders and Taquanna Bickham are nurses at Touro. They’re known for bringing heart and soul
Continue Reading “Pioneer Woman” star Ree Drummond’s pure, wholesome sense of positivity is such a hallmark of her cooking show that the slightest hint of motherly concern in her voice was jarring as she introduced the first of her “Staying at Home” specials. “Gosh, what a crazy time. How are you all doing?” she asked through the
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The economy has gone from President Donald Trump’s greatest political asset to perhaps his biggest weakness. Unemployment is spiking at an unprecedented rate. Consumer spending is vanishing. And GDP is collapsing. History shows that dreadful economic trends like these spell doom for sitting presidents seeking reelection. The coronavirus recession will cause Trump to suffer a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — Elections in Shelby County will have a different look from here on out because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Elections Administrator Linda Phillips says the commission is already working on making some changes. “We have purchased disposable styluses with machines so a voter is never
Continue Reading At the center of our solar system, the sun is a constant force keeping planets in orbit, providing Earth with just the right amount of light and warmth for life and even governing our daily schedules. While we’re used to the sun rising and setting each day, the sun itself is incredibly dynamic. And just
Continue Reading For decades, fragments from the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls were stowed away at the University of Manchester, deemed largely worthless. Yes, they were still significant as authentic fragments of the coveted scrolls have been hard to come by, but they were blank, and therefore, just scraps of paper. Until now. Researchers have found that four
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — A North Memphis family is desperate for help as rodents tear down their home. The house on North Dunlap that the Brown family has lived in since the 1950s is now dealing with a problem they can’t get rid of. “Jumping up on my
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