Month: May 2020

Life’s been tough lately. A lot of us are stuck at home, watching our hair get long and missing our friends, and even our families. Sure, our neighbors are cool, but it’s the same faces every day. We’ve tried the group online calls and that helps. We never thought we’d get so excited about going

I was walking home late one night recently when I ran into them. I froze, swore out loud and backpedaled. A group of my neighbors had taken their house party to the street. Streams of smiling people without face masks spilled into the cul-de-sac ahead of me, blocking my only route home. Never mind that

An extremely rare blue bee that was last seen four years ago has been rediscovered by a researcher at the Florida Museum of Natural History. The metallic navy insect, a blue calamintha bee, had only been previously found in four areas “totaling just 16 square miles of pine scrub habitat at Central Florida’s Lake Wales

That reassuring test result might be a false negative. The number of dead could be much higher. The reopening likely won’t be what you imagined. As the novel coronavirus spreads at breakneck speed, so does information about it. But this week showed that much of what we know about the virus may need revisiting. Scientists

Gabrielle Pierce cried for a nearly a week when she learned her college graduation was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. “I was so upset. I was sad,” Pierce told CNN. Xavier University of Louisiana notified graduates mid-March about the change. Like most schools, they plan to host a virtual commencement instead. “I actually finished

Enell “Trent” Porter has long battled hereditary congestive heart failure and diabetes. But after recovering from Covid-19, the Florida resident is calling himself a survivor. The 50-year-old had a heart and kidney transplant at UF Health Shands Hospital at the end of February and went home once he had recovered from the complicated surgeries. But

Graduating high school seniors may not have the traditional pomp and circumstance this year as they prepare to head off to college. But that doesn’t mean they won’t be celebrated. This weekend, the class of 2020 will get a massive virtual graduation ceremony featuring athletes, artists and even some former US presidents. Here’s what you

Authorities are searching rugged terrain after they found a personal item they believe belongs to a Colorado woman who went missing on Mother’s Day. Suzanne Morphew, 49, vanished Sunday after going cycling in the area of County Road 225 and West Highway 50 near Maysville, Colorado. Nearly 90 investigators have spent days looking for her

Pomp and pandemic circumstances. The new normal is forcing school administrators to get creative for upcoming graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2020. Many schools across the country are holding virtual events or drive-through celebrations or postponing their ceremonies until later in the summer in hopes of having them in person. But some schools are

A Kentucky woman gave birth steps away from a hospital entrance assisted by her husband, who tied off the umbilical cord with a protective face mask. Sarah Rose Patrick felt initial labor pangs on May 8, but her doctor told her she was not yet in labor, she told CNN. Early the next morning, she