A powerful cyclone that formed in the Bay of Bengal is headed directly for the India-Bangladesh border, bringing with it the potential for major destruction and upheaval in two countries that are still battling the Covid-19 pandemic. Cyclone Amphan has strengthened to the equivalent of a strong Category 4 Atlantic hurricane, or a super typhoon
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Award-winning chef José Andrés is no stranger to disaster zones. Over the past few years, he’s responded to several major crises. After an earthquake devastated Haiti, Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, wildfires scorched Southern California, and a refugee crisis intensified on the Venezuelan border, he quickly mobilized volunteer chefs in each of those spots to
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Dwayne Johnson says he is “very proud” that his 18-year-old daughter is following in his footsteps by entering the world of professional wrestling. The Hollywood action man began his career in the ring under the moniker “The Rock” and became one of World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) biggest stars. Simone Alexandra Johnson, Johnson’s daughter with his
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The gates of Graceland, Elvis Presley’s famed home and estate, will reopen with reduced capacity on Thursday, two months after closing due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We are so excited to welcome you back to Elvis Presley’s Graceland, 100+ acres dedicated to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Graceland says on its website. Located in
Continue Reading Two women in Pakistan have been murdered in a so-called “honor killing” after a video showing them kissing a man circulated online. The cousins, aged 22 and 24, were shot and buried on May 14 in a remote village in Pakistan’s North Waziristan province, according to police officer Muhammad Nawaz Khan. Khan said the father
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For tens of millions of Americans thrown out of work in the Covid-19 economic shutdown, it’s not clear where money to pay the rent or the mortgage, the electric bill or the car loan will come from. While the stimulus checks and expanded unemployment benefits Congress has offered so far are a lifeline for struggling
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President Donald Trump said the return of sport would be good for the nation’s “psyche” as he praised a live charity golf event on Sunday. The TaylorMade Driving Relief team game was contested between four of the sport’s top players with Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson defeating Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff at the Seminole
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For Andy Hull, this was the year that a lifelong dream of being a philosophy professor was set to culminate. Then a pandemic hit. The sixth-year doctoral student just finished the first draft of his dissertation in ancient philosophy at Northwestern University. He’s trying to tell himself the job market isn’t his fault, but with
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Pygmy hippos are an endangered species, but in April, one was born at the San Diego Zoo. It was the zoo’s first successful pygmy hippo birth in more than 30 years. Mabel, a 4-year-old pygmy hippopotamus at the San Diego Zoo, gave birth to her first calf last month, the zoo announced Friday. The calf
Continue Reading While 38-year-olds Leslie and Andrew Godfrey enjoyed a five-day, 750-mile sailing passage from Sri Lanka to the Maldives, the whole world changed. Without internet access, the couple had yet to learn that Covid-19 had continued to spread, becoming a pandemic. From March 7 to 12, as they sailed across the Laccadive Sea toward the iridescent
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Jerome Powell, the chair of the US Federal Reserve, delivered some straight talk to the American people on last night’s episode of “60 Minutes.” The Fed chief said he was optimistic that the US economy will start to heal in the second half of this year. But the road to recovery could be very long.
Continue Reading It’s International Museum Day, a perfect time to remind your favorite cultural institute you care. (And with everything going on, they could really use it.) Browse a running list of museums that are opening back up, plus some ideas to get your museum, gallery or exhibit fix — virtually. Here’s what you need to know
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It’s International Museum Day, a perfect time to remind your favorite cultural institute you care. (And with everything going on, they could really use it.) Browse a running list of museums that are opening back up, plus some ideas to get your museum, gallery or exhibit fix — virtually. Here’s what you need to know
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Two of President Donald Trump’s top officials are now pointing the finger at the administration’s own scientists and Americans’ pre-existing health conditions to explain the country’s world-leading Covid-19 death toll. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar suggested Sunday that underlying health conditions, including among minorities, were one reason for the high American death toll
Continue Reading The pandemic brought a major upheaval to the lives of Amber Sparks and her 5-year-old daughter, and her daughter is exhibiting unruly behavior because of it. Sparks, a Washington, DC-based writer and author of the short story collection “And I Do Not Forgive You,” recently witnessed her daughter having a meltdown over “something incredibly trivial,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Some gyms in Texas begin the process of reopening Monday, but business won’t look as usual. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered gyms and exercise facilities could reopen Monday if operating at 25 percent capacity. The governor also issued minimum recommended health protocols for these facilities. The guidelines state that equipment
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For more than four years, Saiful Islam sent about half of the money he made as a construction worker in Bahrain back to his aging parents in Bangladesh. When the 25-year-old lost his job due to the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year, that lifeline for his loved ones was abruptly cut off. “Now that I
Continue Reading When Hagan Carlin learned her assistant principal Joe Lewinger had died of coronavirus, she couldn’t fall asleep until four in the morning. The 17-year-old junior at The Mary Louis Academy in Queens, New York, told CNN she cried much of the night — and when she wasn’t crying, she was stunned. She didn’t know what
Continue Reading Tin Aye and her husband, Aung Kwah Toe, wanted a better life for their young daughter and son, away from the refugee camp in Thailand where the children were born. “She wanted to take care of us, and she is a very hard worker,” Aye’s daughter, San Twin, told CNN on May 6. Aye and
Continue Reading Russian President Vladimir Putin once called Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader, a “lone warrior.” Putin was joking, but that description is starting to look more and more accurate. Russia has joined about 100 countries in backing a resolution at the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), calling for an independent inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic. The
Continue Reading Coronavirus came for Americans’ hamburgers in early May. On May 5, the fast-food chain Wendy’s announced that some menu items were unavailable; an analyst estimated that nearly one in five Wendy’s franchises was out of beef. That followed news that some meat processing plants across the US had temporarily closed due to coronavirus. That’s because
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Governors across the US are navigating a balancing act as they try to reopen their economies without triggering a second spike of coronavirus cases. By now, all but two states have loosened restrictions in place to help curb the spread of the virus. Some began allowing limited gatherings, while others have allowed restaurants and some
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Governors across the US are navigating a balancing act as they try to reopen their economies without triggering a second spike of coronavirus cases. By now, all but two states have loosened restrictions in place to help curb the spread of the virus. Some began allowing limited gatherings, while others have allowed restaurants and some
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm in the Atlantic for 2020, will bring high surf, heavy rains and strong winds to the coast of North Carolina. As of early Monday morning, Arthur is churning off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina with sustained winds of 45 mph, according to CNN Meteorologist Robert Shackelford.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces Crime Stoppers announced a $2,000 reward on Monday in the hopes of finding the person responsible for a deadly Las Cruces shooting Police said 26-year-old Dondre Robinson was gunned down around 9 p.m. Sunday near Hagerty Road and Monte Vista Avenue in the parking area of an apartment
Continue Reading Indoor fitness classes could provide a route for spreading coronavirus, researchers in South Korea report. They found evidence that a single, intense dance workshop led to the spread of Covid-19 to 112 different people. The infections aren’t recent — the class was held in February and the cases were all identified by March 9 —
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Indoor fitness classes could provide a route for spreading coronavirus, researchers in South Korea report. They found evidence that a single, intense dance workshop led to the spread of Covid-19 to 112 different people. The infections aren’t recent — the class was held in February and the cases were all identified by March 9 —
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At least one person was killed and another seriously injured Sunday when a Canadian Forces Snowbirds aircraft crashed in Kamloops, British Columbia, according to the Royal Canadian Air Force. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce that one member of the CF Snowbirds team has died and one has sustained serious injuries,” the RCAF
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego on Sunday night said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott still had not responded to his request made a week ago asking the governor to halt the reopening of El Paso until the coronavirus curve flattens. Samaniego told ABC-7 he also sent a follow up letter to
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