More than 80 percent of those who were issued summonses for social distancing violations in New York City were people of color, according to data released Friday, confirming what advocates and local elected leaders have clamored about after the enforcement started over six weeks ago. The data revealed 374 summonses were handed out from March
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Tekashi 6ix9ine has released a new song, his first since being released from prison last month. The platinum-selling, rainbow-haired rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, released “GOOBA” on Friday alongside a music video featuring his signature colors. The song includes a reference to the coronavirus: “They sick, been hot way before coronavirus.” He also
Continue Reading You make reservations at restaurants, sure. But how about booking in advance just to get a spot on the sand at the beach? That’s exactly what some beachgoers will have to do in Spain this summer, thanks to the coronavirus crisis. Canet d’en Berenguer, a Mediterranean town located just north of Valencia, will only allow
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued an emergency use authorization for the first at-home Covid-19 test that uses saliva samples, the agency said in a news release. Rutgers University’s RUCDR Infinite Biologics lab received an amended emergency authorization late Thursday. With the test, people can collect their own saliva at home and
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The coronavirus pandemic has presented many of us with an overwhelming amount of stress — but for a single parent juggling multiple roles, the stresses of parenting are even more intensified during a pandemic. A single parent to an 8-year-old daughter, bestselling author and educator Rachel Simmons has recently been hosting webinars about pandemic parenting
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EL PASO, Texas — A crash in far east El Paso late Friday night left a motorcyclist fighting for life, police said. It was reported at Gateway East and Zaragosa around midnight. The motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the crash, according to officers. The rider was taken the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police
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EL PASO, Texas — It goes without saying El Paso is a family oriented city, especially when it comes to our mothers. However, local leaders say the biggest act of love one can do for their mother during the outbreak of Covid-19 is keeping our distance. “Show your love by calling by video conference or
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — After half a century in business, the owner of a Las Cruces furniture store doesn’t know if she can keep her doors open through Memorial Day. “I’ll tell you, in 50 years, nothing has slapped me upside the head like this (coronavirus shutdown) has,” said Wanda Bowman, the owner of
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EL PASO, Texas — Self-administered coronavirus testing is now available in El Paso for those who qualify. Thanks to a partnership with Walmart and county officials, drive-thru testing sites is being provided at three stores across the city, three days a week. According to eTrueNorth, the private lab partnering with Walmart to provide the tests,
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HORIZON CITY, Texas — Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, assisted by Texas Department of Public Safety troopers, raided a home in Horizon late Friday night and arrested a man, officials told ABC-7. The raid resulting in the arrest of 29-year-old Alex Barron of Horizon City was tied to a threat leveled against Walmart
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Jupiter is known for its massive storms, but trying to peer inside them requires teamwork by the Juno spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope and the ground-based Gemini North telescope in Hawaii. Collective observations from this dream team have produced stunning images and revealed what’s happening inside Jupiter’s giant, continuous storms. The power of combining three
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One week after a federal judge dismissed the equal pay claims in the US Women’s National Team players’ lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation, the USWNT players are continuing their fight. The plaintiffs had two filings Friday in federal district court in California. Attorneys for the players are asking to postpone the trial, which currently
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With nearly all states partially reopened this week, backlash and frustrations are growing as Americans struggle with ways to combat the deadly coronavirus. By Sunday, more than 45 states will have relaxed restrictions on some combination of businesses, services or parks, hoping to lift economies crushed by a pandemic that has killed at least 77,178
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With nearly all states partially reopened this week, backlash and frustrations are growing as Americans struggle with ways to combat the deadly coronavirus. By Sunday, more than 45 states will have relaxed restrictions on some combination of businesses, services or parks, hoping to lift economies crushed by a pandemic that has killed at least 77,178
Continue Reading Ohio State University has released details of a $40.9 million settlement with 162 survivors of sexual abuse by a former school doctor. The settlement covers 12 lawsuits related to Dr. Richard Strauss, who is believed to have sexually abused at least 177 students at the university when he worked there between 1978 and 1998. A
Continue Reading The novel coronavirus has destroyed lives and livelihoods in both the United States and China. But instead of bonding the two nations together to fight the pandemic, it has sent their already strained relations on a rapid downward spiral — and fanned the flames of a potentially dangerous strain of nationalism. China has been criticized
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant has tested positive for coronavirus, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The assistant, who works in a personal capacity for President Donald Trump’s daughter, has not been around Ivanka Trump in several weeks. She has been teleworking for nearly two months and was tested out of caution,
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After the majority of the country spent weeks in lockdown to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, the Labor Department announced Friday that the US economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April, with unemployment rates soaring to 14.7%. We now face an economic fallout that could rival the Great Depression ― a historic downturn
Continue Reading Indianapolis authorities are enlisting independent oversight of investigations into two officer-involved shootings this week, in what they say is an effort to calm the city’s streets and regain community trust. On Wednesday evening an officer shot and killed Dreasjon Reed after a high-speed pursuit. Hours after that shooting, police say officers were called to a
Continue Reading A group of people in Indiana turned one field into a symbol of hope during the pandemic by giving it a patriotic makeover. Using red, white and blue — of course — the group, led by Justin Riggins, painted a 10,000 square foot American flag. “With everything that everyone is going through in this pandemic,
Continue Reading Police say a nurse at a New York City hospital faces charges for stealing a credit card of a former Covid-19 patient while hospitalized, which the patient’s daughter says was used for gasoline and groceries. Danielle Conti, 43, has been charged with grand larceny, petty larceny and criminal possession of stolen property after ringing up
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Magician Roy Horn of the famed Vegas act Siegfried & Roy has died of complications from the coronavirus. Horn was 75. Horn died Friday in a Las Vegas hospital. He was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act’s white tigers, but survived only to have his life now claimed
Continue Reading It was a little more than a day into his return to the milk delivery business last month that Bradley Hellert, 64, found himself with a dilemma. His 20-year-old milk truck had died on the side of the road. It had been more than a year since the truck had made him a living. Hellert
Continue Reading A combination of three antiviral drugs plus an immune system booster seemed to help patients recover more quickly from coronavirus infections, doctors in Hong Kong reported Friday. They said the approach needs more testing but it could offer another treatment possibility for Covid-19 patients. Currently the only authorized treatment is the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir,
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported the biggest spike in coronavirus cases of the pandemic thus far, with 86 new infections Friday night along with two additional deaths. That raised the county’s total number of confirmed cases to 1,276 and the death toll to 32. As of Friday night, there had now
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EL PASO, Texas — The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced an arrest Saturday of a person accused of making an online threat targeting Walmart stores in El Paso. “The individual that made the social media threats towards the local Walmart stores was arrested by our agents late last night,” the FBI said in a statement.
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EL PASO, Texas — Summer in the Borderland usually means camp time. But in this new virus era however, it’s a possibility summer camps will be a thing of the past. Bill Coon, the president and CEO of the YMCA El Paso, is ready to bring back campers as his facility reopens its doors soon.
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A combination of three antiviral drugs plus an immune system booster seemed to help patients recover more quickly from coronavirus infections, doctors in Hong Kong reported Friday. They said the approach needs more testing but it could offer another treatment possibility for Covid-19 patients. Currently the only authorized treatment is the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir,
Continue Reading Two men charged in connection with the shooting death of a Michigan Family Dollar security guard who told a customer to put on a face mask have been arrested, officials said Friday. Larry Teague, 44, was arrested Thursday by authorities in Houston and Ramonyea Bishop, 23, was arrested Friday afternoon in Bay City, Michigan, Genesee
Continue Reading At first, the coronavirus pandemic was called the great equalizer. It seemed to be affecting people of all races, backgrounds and income levels, from Hollywood actors to NBA players to low-wage service workers. But as more data becomes available, one thing is clear: Covid-19 has only magnified the systemic inequalities that persist in the United
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