Time to check your lottery tickets! Someone has won the jackpot prize of $28 million by playing the SuperLotto Plus in California. The winning ticket matched all six numbers of Saturday’s draw — 03, 09, 23, 27, 35, along with Mega number 16. It was purchased at a 7-Eleven convenience store in National City. The
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump late Monday threatened to permanently pull U.S. funding from the World Health Organization if it does not “commit to major substantive improvements in the next 30 days.” In a letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump said, “It is clear the repeated missteps by you and your organization in
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EL PASO, Texas — The Humane Society of El Paso isn’t letting a pandemic stop them from honoring and remembering Veterans and their K-9s this Memorial Day. “Although Covid-19 has presented its set of challenges when planning this event, we’ve been able to adjust and adapt our signature event of 30 plus years to go
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Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (WDAF) — The family of a transgender woman said police brutalized their loved one in a hate crime. The May 14, 2019 altercation has led to a lawsuit filed against the Kansas City Police Department by the family of Breonna Hill, 30. On Friday, Jackson
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Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (WDAF) — The family of a transgender woman said police brutalized their loved one in a hate crime. The May 14, 2019 altercation has led to a lawsuit filed against the Kansas City Police Department by the family of Breonna Hill, 30. On Friday, Jackson
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Father Timothy Pelc thought he would have a little fun on Easter — and observe social distancing, of course — by using a plastic squirt gun to dispense holy water on parishioners. A month later, the Catholic priest, who serves St. Ambrose Parish in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, has gone viral after the church posted
Continue Reading A deadly virus is threatening to wipe out entire populations across multiple states. At risk are North America’s rabbits. It’s a strain of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease, and it’s recently appeared in pockets of the Western US. If it continues to spread unchecked, it could harm all dozen-plus species of rabbits in the US and the
Continue Reading When graduating seniors and band students at a Texas high school found out their senior concert was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, they were heartbroken. So Plano Senior High School’s three band directors did what they knew best: They picked up their instruments, made their way to their seniors’ homes and gave them each
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President Donald Trump said Monday that he would prefer for government employees to wash Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s dishes if his wife or son was not there to do so. While the dish-washing assertion was not among those reportedly investigated by the State Department inspector general fired by Trump last week at Pompeo’s recommendation,
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A key coronavirus model has revised its death projection for the United States slightly downward, now forecasting that 143,360 people will die by August 4. That’s about 3,700 fewer deaths than the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE) model foresaw when last updated about a week ago. The news comes as the coronavirus death
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A key coronavirus model has revised its death projection for the United States slightly downward, now forecasting that 143,360 people will die by August 4. That’s about 3,700 fewer deaths than the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE) model foresaw when last updated about a week ago. The news comes as the coronavirus death
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EL PASO, Texas — After a record-setting six straight days of coronavirus deaths, public health officials said El Paso’s death toll held unchanged at 47 on Monday evening, even as new cases continued to rise by double-digits. There were 28 additional infections reported, one of the highest new case counts reported on a Monday throughout
Continue Reading A California animal sanctuary said it rescued 1,000 hens that were going to be euthanized from a struggling Iowa egg farm this weekend. The farm, which the rescue did not name, had to scale down due to the pandemic disrupting supply chains, according to a press release from Animal Place, an animal advocacy group. The
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A flight by the Canadian Forces Snowbirds over British Columbia — part of a weekslong operation aimed at uplifting Canadians’ spirits and honoring those affected by coronavirus — ended in tragedy Sunday when at least one person was killed in a crash. The operation, dubbed Operation INSPIRATION, pays tribute to both victims of the virus
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The University of Kentucky fired its entire cheerleading coaching staff after an investigation into alleged inappropriate conduct, including hazing, alcohol use and public nudity on the team. The three-month investigation found that four coaches and an administrative assistant “failed to provide reasonable oversight during off-campus events,” the university said in a press release. The investigation
Continue Reading Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced sweeping reopenings in the state, from child care centers to bars, bowling alleys, rodeos and bingo centers, just days after Texas reported its biggest one-day jump in Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began. Child care centers, office buildings, youth clubs and massage and personal-care centers may open immediately, Abbott said
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said that he asked President Donald Trump to remove State Department Inspector General Steve Linick because the independent watchdog was “undermining” the department and wasn’t performing in a way that the top US diplomat wanted him to. “I went to the President and made clear to him that
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EL PASO, Texas — University Medical Center, which is handling the majority of Covid-19 hospitalizations in El Paso, has disclosed that it is now making plans to deal with an overflow of patients, mainly those seeking elective surgeries, as virus cases surge. “I did not know we were that close to reaching capacity,” reacted El
Continue Reading Volunteers who received Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine had positive early results, according to the biotech company, which partnered with the National Institutes of Health to develop the vaccine. If future studies go well, the company’s vaccine could be available to the public as early as January, Dr. Tal Zaks, Moderna’s chief medical officer, told CNN. “This
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Study subjects who received Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine had positive early results, according to the biotech company, which partnered with the National Institutes of Health to develop the vaccine. If future studies go well, the company’s vaccine could be available to the public as early as January, Dr. Tal Zaks, Moderna’s chief medical officer, told CNN.
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Peter Luger Steak House, one of New York City’s most classic restaurants, is full of surprises. In a one-two punch sure to please many a quarantined diner in Brooklyn, Queens and soon Manhattan, the iconic steakhouse is delivering its famous porterhouse steak and accepting credit card payments for it to boot. The restaurant’s steadfast allegiance
Continue Reading The number of childhood vaccines administered in Michigan has dropped by as much as 22% amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report uses Michigan as a case study, but that doesn’t necessarily suggest the state is worse off than others when
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Hamden, CT (WFSB) — A man was arrested after allegedly coughin on an officer after saying he had COVID-19. Hamden Police said Officer Kenron Bryce was working an extra-duty assignment at Stop & Shop on Dixwell Avenue when he was approached by a loss prevention officer who informed
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Many top Republicans in Congress are backing President Donald Trump amid the uproar caused by his announcement late Friday that he would fire State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, who was investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the latest in a string of watchdogs he’s removed. GOP Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah sharply criticized Trump’s
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EL PASO, Texas — It was a warm morning as Loretto Academy administrators put together a special surprise for all the senior girls after graduation was canceled due to Covid-19. The academy made yard signs and goody bags for all 78 graduating girls and drove to their houses to deliver them on Sunday. “It makes
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — A former top enforcer for Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel who spent time in a U.S. prison has been identified as one of three people found murdered in Sinaloa state over the weekend, officials said Monday. The Sinaloa state prosecutors’ office identified the dead man as José Rodrigo “A,” giving only his last
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JOY, IL (WQAD ) — Restaurants and other businesses across the globe have been implementing measures to limit human contact to keep customers and workers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, but one Joy, Illinois small business went above and beyond. Boone Docks, a restaurant, bar, and grill, implemented
Continue Reading Delirium, confusion and agitation may be common in severe coronavirus infections while patients are hospitalized, according to a new review of studies published Monday. Long-term psychiatric problems after battling Covid-19 may not occur in the majority of patients, although much more research is still needed, the study said. “Our analysis of more than 3,550 coronavirus
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — For the past eighteen years of his life, Oñate High Senior Greg Rocha has been enamored by mariachi music. “Very passionate,” Rocha said. “I’ve been a fan of it all my life.” However, there was a time when the Las Cruces mariachi aficionado did not know if he would be
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