LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — As the human population works to slow the spread of Covid-19, rabbits are fighting a viral disease of their own. “It’s spread like wildfire from New Mexico to Texas and then Arizona and Colorado,” said Dr. Marc Silpa, a veterinarian with El Paso’s Mesa Veterinary Clinic. Dr. Silpa told ABC-7
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Many schools have moved their graduation ceremonies online due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But not all. For one Oklahoma high school’s graduation, it was almost business as usual. The Community Christian School in Norman, Oklahoma, held an in-person graduation ceremony on Saturday, with graduates walking on the stage while hundreds of family and friends
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Many schools have moved their graduation ceremonies online due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But not all. For one Oklahoma high school’s graduation, it was almost business as usual. The Community Christian School in Norman, Oklahoma, held an in-person graduation ceremony on Saturday, with graduates walking on the stage while hundreds of family and friends
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EL PASO, Texas — In the latest installment of “The Nate-ure Report,” ABC-7’s Nate Ryan swings with the siamangs at the El Paso Zoo. Siamangs are an endangered primate indigenous to the forests of Southeast Asia. Since Siamangs have such strong upper bodies as a result of dwelling in the treetops of the rainforest, they
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEE’S SUMMIT, MO (WDAF) — A metro freeway became a runway Tuesday afternoon when a pilot made an emergency landing on Interstate 470 in Lee’s Summit. Officials say it was a close call and could have ended much worse. According to flight records, the small plane was only
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Click here for updates on this story LEE’S SUMMIT, MO (WDAF) — A metro freeway became a runway Tuesday afternoon when a pilot made an emergency landing on Interstate 470 in Lee’s Summit. Officials say it was a close call and could have ended much worse. According to flight records, the small plane was only
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Annie Glenn, a lifelong advocate for those with speech impediments and wife of the late astronaut John Glenn, died of complications from Covid-19. She was 100. Glenn was living at a senior center in St. Paul, Minnesota, when she died, the Ohio State University’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs told CNN. Her children notified
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — After a season that was plagued by injuries, Clayton Henry announced he’s coming back to New Mexico State. Henry received a waiver that will make him fully eligible for the 2020-21 season. An unfortunate pair of injuries kept Henry on the sidelines for all but one of the Aggies’ 31
Continue Reading Myanmar police have made Asia’s biggest drug bust in decades, seizing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contraband including “unprecedented” amounts of methylfentanyl, a dangerously potent synthetic opioid. The seizures announced Monday were conducted during a three-month operation that centered around Lwe Kham village in Kutkhai Township in Myanmar’s northeast Shan state. Thirty-three suspects
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AUSTIN, Texas — It’s the first step in getting sports back on high school campuses. On Tuesday, the University Interscholastic League (UIL) sent an email to school district athletic directors and coaches informing them that summer strength and conditioning workouts will be allowed to begin on June 8th. The news comes a day after Texas
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Five more coronavirus deaths were reported in the city of Juarez on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 163 as the caseload to date jumped to 696 infections. The mounting fatality count in Juarez comes as a Mexican anti-corruption group alleges that virus deaths across the nation may be as much
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EL PASO, Texas — An explosion of harmless, weed-loving bugs is now underway across the Borderland that one El Paso homeowner calls an infestation of biblical proportion. The critters are False Chinch Bugs, which eat on mustard and pepper weeds. Due to our wet month of March, there is now a bumper crop of those
Continue Reading A church in Houston has canceled mass indefinitely after one of its priests died and five others subsequently tested positive for the coronavirus. The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston confirmed the death of Father Donnell Kirchner, a 79-year-old priest who worked at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, according to a statement issued Monday by the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
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HOUSTON, Texas — A church in Houston has canceled mass indefinitely after one of its priests died and five others subsequently tested positive for the coronavirus. The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston confirmed the death of Father Donnell Kirchner, a 79-year-old priest who worked at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, according to a statement issued by the Archdiocese
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President Donald Trump said at a White House roundtable event on Monday: “I’m taking it, hydroxychloroquine. Right now, yeah. Couple of weeks ago, I started taking it. Cause I think it’s good, I’ve heard a lot of good stories.” This admission about his use of hydroxychloroquine makes Trump’s previous musings about using disinfectant to treat
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After a one-year absence, the sign for Hyalite Canyon in Custer Gallatin National Forest has been restored — thanks to a determined local with a love for the land and a set of power tools. Liz Johnson, who lives in Bozeman, Montana, just north of the federal land, noticed last year that the sign to
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VADO, New Mexico — Firefighters on Tuesday evening battled two wildfires that burned at the same time about 15 miles apart from each other in Doña Ana County. One large brush fire occurred along Lechuga Road and Highway 478 near Vado. It threatened buildings and caused authorities to shut down the highway due to smoke
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ ) — A Baltimore fitness instructor isn’t letting the coronavirus or leukemia stop her from helping her clients stay healthy amid the pandemic. Krista Michael has a form of leukemia that leaves her immunocompromised, but she’s using her story to motivate herself and her clients. “If
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Port Washington, WI (WDJT) — A 74-year-old woman has died after a retaining wall collapsed onto her at a senior independent living facility in Port Washington. Authorities were called to Lincoln Village Senior Living on Lincoln Avenue at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 17. Upon arrival, officers found
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For President Donald Trump, women do one thing: Serve. And men, even when they are supposed to be public servants, lead. That was certainly the implication of Trump’s comments about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday. Pompeo had been under investigation for bypassing Congress to push forward an arms deal with the über-misogynist kingdom
Continue Reading Some restaurants in Indianapolis will have more room for customers when they reopen, thanks to a new initiative from city officials that allows for expanded outdoor dining options. Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and city officials on Tuesday announced a plan to temporarily close five major streets to allow for expanded outdoor seating. “We are committed
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – With the cancellation of all major Borderland symphony events, a group of local musicians wants to bring their music to your neighborhood. “This has been a tough time for musicians,” said Amalia Kelter Zeitlin, the executive director of Camera Del Sol. “So many of us are employed by one of
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EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it will keep the U.S.-Mexico border shut down to “non-essential” traffic through June 22. The closure has been in effect since March 20 due to the coronavirus pandemic and has wreaked havoc on the Borderland economy, particularly impacting downtown El Paso merchants.
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GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — On the eve of New Mexico’s shutdown of bars and restaurants to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the city of Gallup came alive for one last night of revelry. Before the night was out in the desert oasis on the fringes of the Navajo Nation, 98 people were detained for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Midland County, MI (WNEM) — Residents in the Edenville and Sanford areas are being asked to evacuate their homes immediately due to a dam failure in the area. According to an alert from Midland County 911, the Edenville Dam has failed and is breached. Officials are asking residents
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago police charged a Grubhub delivery driver accused of running over a woman with his car. Police said Aamir Mohammed turned himself in Sunday night. Video shows the 24-year-old victim being hit by the car Friday in East Lakeview outside Ms T’s Southern Fried chicken.
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported five additional coronavirus deaths on Tuesday afternoon, as the county’s death toll surpassed another somber milestone by reaching 52. El Paso also reported 52 new virus cases on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total infections to 1,852. “We are grief-stricken to learn of the passing of five more community members,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Des Peres, MO (KMOV) — A 68-year-old African American woman has filed a lawsuit against four Des Peres police officers that beat her and her son over a false claim that the pair had stolen a television from Sam’s Club. Marvia Gray and her son Derek Gray said
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico on Tuesday reported six more deaths and 106 new cases of the coronavirus statewide. Figures released by state officials pushed the death toll to 276 with the total number of cases now at 6,192. Health officials said 11 of those new cases occurred in Doña
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILLBURN, NJ (WCBS ) — One New Jersey town got an unexpected visitor on Monday that brought a lot of people who have been in lockdown out of their homes. You would think a celebrity was in town for the attention drawn there, but it was a bear,
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