Participants at a food supply roundtable convened by Vice President Mike Pence in Iowa on Friday removed their face masks before Pence arrived, according to video from the event posted online. The session at the West Des Moines headquarters of Hy-Vee grocery stores came hours after Pence’s press secretary tested positive for coronavirus, delaying his
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“13 Reasons Why” is set to debut its series finale on June 5, and the cast is sad to see it go. The final season of the Netflix teen drama, based on the 2007 novel “Thirteen Reasons Why” by Jay Asher, revolves around Liberty High School’s senior class preparing to graduate. Of course, there’s secrets
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Atalanta midfielder Andrea Rinaldi has died aged 19, the Italian club said in a statement on its website. Rinaldi, who had been on loan at fourth-tier side A.C. Legnano, was described by Atalanta as a “positive” personality and “well-liked by everyone.” A.C. Legnano said in a statement on its website that Rinaldi’s death had been
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Boris Johnson has come under fire from UK lawmakers after he was accused of fumbling the move to loosen some parts of the UK’s coronavirus lockdown. Politicians are demanding clarity and regional leaders are breaking from Downing Street’s message. The Prime Minister batted back criticism in Parliament on Monday, as his government unveiled its 50-page
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Juarez surpassed a milestone mark on Monday as the death toll held steady, health officials said. The caseload rose to 507, officials indicated, up 20 cases from 487 the day prior; virus deaths remained at 113 – unchanged from the weekend. Across the state
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WASHINGTON, DC — With deaths mounting at the nation’s nursing homes, the White House strongly recommended to governors Monday that all residents and staff at such facilities be tested for the coronavirus in the next two weeks. Why the government is not ordering testing at the the nation’s more than 15,000 nursing homes was unclear.
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Pennsylvania has become the third state to fully ban child marriage, following Delaware and New Jersey. Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law last week a bill that sets 18 as the minimum age to obtain a marriage license. Previously, those younger than 16 could get married if they had court approval, while those between the
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President Donald Trump has taken to defending his handling of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the more than 80,000 now dead this way: It could have been way worse. Here’s Trump talking about the economy and the death toll during an interview on “Fox & Friends” on Friday morning (bolding is mine): “In every way
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso County Commissioners Court met Monday to discuss the county’s coronavirus testing capacity. Chief Jorge Rodriguez of the Office of Emergency Management answered commissioners questions and concerns. Commissioner Vincent Perez questioned him about whether the county is currently over-reliant on testing done by the private sector, and whether the
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Groups representing UK business and workers have blasted the government’s plans to ease coronavirus lockdown rules, complaining that crucial details on how companies should prepare for a safe return to work are missing. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday announced that restrictions on exercise and local travel would be eased after six weeks of lockdown.
Continue Reading Some of Hollywood’s most respected actors performed “Oedipus Rex” for a global audience of thousands Thursday night — on Zoom. Frances McDormand, John Turturro, Oscar Isaac and others read from the classic Greek tragedy about blind leadership amid a deadly plague as part of “The Oedipus Project,” a new digital theatrical experience from Theater of
Continue Reading John Krasinski is clearly a hopeless romantic. As proof of that the actor/director hosted a very special wedding on episode seven of his online show “Some Good News.” Krasinski shared what he said was “Perhaps my favorite love story of the week was a couple down in Maryland, whose wedding proposal was oddly familiar.” That’s
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Teeth, bones, ornaments and stone tools from the Bacho Kiro cave in current-day Bulgaria have revealed that the first modern humans were settled in Europe as early as 47,000 years ago, according to new research. Pendants made from animal teeth and stone tools were previously attributed to Neanderthals. But precise dating techniques revealed that bone
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council on Tuesday approved a plan for how to use money received from the federal government for the coronavirus pandemic. The city has received nearly $119 million and city staff came up with several recommendations for the money. Council voted to spend $16.4 million of those funds on
Continue Reading If there is one workplace in the world where social distancing is impossible, it’s the West Wing of the White House. Walk through the front door, and you’d be in the Oval Office in about 15 seconds — but for the Secret Service agents standing in your way. The seat of US executive power is
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A leading model has increased its US coronavirus death toll projection again as governors continue lifting measures toward a reopening. The model from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington now forecasts more than 137,000 Americans will die by early August, up from its previous forecast of 134,000 deaths. That
Continue Reading A rapper set to drop his first mix tape in less than month was shot and killed Sunday in Brooklyn, police told CNN. Nick Blixky, 21, was was found unconscious and unresponsive with “gunshot wounds to his torso and buttocks,” the New York Police Department said in a statement Monday. He was discovered after police
Continue Reading “It’s not over until it’s over.” That was South Korean President Moon Jae-in, speaking Sunday after a new cluster of coronavirus cases emerged in the country’s capital Seoul, sparking fear of a second wave of infections in the East Asian country. South Korea was among the first places to deal with a major coronavirus epidemic,
Continue Reading Georgia’s attorney general has requested that the US Department of Justice conduct an investigation into the handling of the Ahmaud Arbery case. “We are committed to a complete and transparent review of how the Ahmaud Arbery case was handled from the outset,” Attorney General Chris Carr said in a news release. “The family, the community
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Georgia’s attorney general has requested that the US Department of Justice conduct an investigation into the handling of the Ahmaud Arbery case. “We are committed to a complete and transparent review of how the Ahmaud Arbery case was handled from the outset,” Attorney General Chris Carr said in a news release. “The family, the community
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The White House Covid-19 outbreak is undermining President Donald Trump’s narrative that it’s safe to open up the country and that diagnostic testing is of limited importance. The news of three top health officials, all members of the administration’s coronavirus task force, self-quarantining in some form after one of Trump’s valets and another West Wing
Continue Reading Soul singer Betty Wright has died from cancer, according to reports from multiple media outlets. Wright’s family confirmed the death to Essence. She was 66 and died from cancer at her home in Miami, Billboard reported. Wright had been diagnosed with endometrial cancer in the fall, Steve Greenberg, president of S-Curve Records, told The New
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Austin American-Statesman. May 10, 2020. Safety shouldn’t be optional as Texas reopens Let’s drop the pretense that “data and doctors” are driving the plan to reopen the Texas economy. We can see Texans’ health is becoming an afterthought in the rush to get cash registers ringing again. How else to explain Gov. Greg Abbott’s push
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The 23rd victim of the Aug. 3 Walmart shooting was laid to rest Monday night. Guillermo ‘Memo’ Garcia died in April, nearly nine months after the shooting. He underwent dozens of surgeries at Del Sol Medical Center, and died from complications of his wounds. Affectionately known as “Tank”, Garcia leaves
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is working on a book, to be published in October, about the U.S. Supreme Court. Regnery Publishing announced Monday that the book was called “One Vote Away” and would draw upon the Texas Republican’s long legal background to provide an inside look at key court decisions. “With
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Nearly all states partially reopened last week and businesses across the country are preparing to welcome customers back. But because of the coronavirus pandemic, things are far from normal. An ice cream shop in Massachusetts had to close its doors on Saturday, just one day after reopening, because customers refused to follow social distancing rules
Continue Reading Hita Gupta was heartbroken upon learning her regular visits to nursing homes were put on hold because of coronavirus. “They told me that I couldn’t visit because they were trying to limit interaction with seniors to prevent the spread,” Gupta told CNN. The 15-year-old had been volunteering at one facility near her home in Paoli,
Continue Reading What does a porqupette in Florida, a baby sea turtle in the Maldives and a bald eaglet from Catalina Island have in common? These animals were all born during a pandemic. Many zoos and animal parks around the world may be closed to visitors, but that hasn’t stopped the circle of life from taking place
Continue Reading Kevin and Eniko Hart are expecting their second child and the gender was a surprise for one of them. The couple shared their happy news Sunday, which was of course Mother’s Day, on their respective verified Instagram accounts. Hart posted photos of their family, which includes him, his wife, daughter Heaven, 15, and son Hendrix,
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