Devastating job losses: Here’s who got hit the hardest
The coronavirus pandemic wiped out years of job gains for black and Hispanic workers over the span of two months and sent the unemployment rate…
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Tim McGraw’s new song reminds us to call our moms
Tim McGraw’s new song is a tribute to mothers everywhere. And it’s here just in time for Mother’s Day. McGraw spoke to CNN about…
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130 Las Cruces medical students set to become doctors
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — More than 130 students in the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine will officially become doctors on Friday. Not only…
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Record 20.5 million American jobs lost in April. Unemployment rate soars to 14.7%
With much of the American economy in self-imposed shutdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, April’s colossal surge in unemployment…
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Lost your job? Here’s what you need to know
WASHINGTON, DC — Nearly 33.5 million Americans have lost their jobs and applied for unemployment benefits in the past 7 weeks — a stunning record…
Continue Reading Taylor Swift set to run a concert special on TV after her ‘Lover Fest’ tour was canceled
Taylor Swift’s much anticipated “Lover Fest” tour was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, but you’ll be able to see her…
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‘We need to do something’: Las Cruces City Council will soon vote on making masks mandatory in city
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces City Council on Friday signaled that it will soon vote on whether to require all residents of the city to…
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Video shows a man screaming ‘fake pandemic’ at a Florida officer over wearing a mask in a grocery store
A nearly two-minute, profanity-laced tirade at a code officer at a Miami Beach grocery store is the latest example of mounting tensions in the US…
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Video shows a man screaming ‘fake pandemic’ at a Florida officer over wearing a mask in a grocery store
A nearly two-minute, profanity-laced tirade at a code officer at a Miami Beach grocery store is the latest example of mounting tensions in the US…
Continue Reading Spike Lee made an emotional 3-minute film dedicated to New York City
Spike Lee has created a beautiful tribute to New York City . Titled “NEW YORK NEW YORK,” the director posted the short film Thursday,…
Continue Reading Ariana Grande uses ‘Stuck With U’ with Justin Bieber to reveal new boyfriend
Leave it to Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber to give us a quarantine love song. The superstar pop singers have collaborated on the “Stuck With…
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Space agency: Human urine could help make concrete on moon
BERLIN, Germany— The European Space Agency said Friday that human urine could one day become a useful ingredient in making concrete to build on the…
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California reopening begins Friday: Here’s what you need to know
California is taking the first significant step in reopening its economy on Friday by loosening restrictions for certain businesses. The state,…
Continue Reading How a crazy life prepared me to take Covid-19 in stride
Your mess is mine as mine is yours. These were vows my husband and I pledged to each other on our wedding day, along with “in sickness and in…
Continue Reading Pulling off ‘The View’ from home has been harder than it looks
Like most talk shows these days, the four hosts of “The View” have been broadcasting from their respective homes. Meghan McCain was…
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Paychecks just got bigger for the wrong reasons
American paychecks just got a whole lot bigger. That’s not the great news you’d expect it to be. Hourly wages were up 4.7% from March to…
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These CrossFit workout routines will allow you to train like the fittest athletes on Earth
Stuck at home and struggling for motivation to get fit during the coronavirus pandemic? We may be able to help you. We’ve asked four CrossFit…
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These CrossFit workout routines will allow you to train like the fittest athletes on Earth
Stuck at home and struggling for motivation to get fit during the coronavirus pandemic? We may be able to help you. We’ve asked four CrossFit…
Continue Reading Lifetime announces a Betty White Christmas movie and a new Harry and Meghan film
Lifetime, you get us. The network just announced a slate of new projects, including several that are sure to please viewers. Everyone’s…
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StormTRACK Weather: Cold front brings strong winds and a temporary cooldown
The ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather team lifted the ABC-7 First Alert. A strong cold front moved into the borderland early Friday morning bringing hazy…
Continue Reading Brian May hospitalized after injuring buttocks in ‘over-enthusiastic’ gardening incident
Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed he ended up in hospital after injuring his buttocks during an incident in his garden. “I managed to rip…
Continue Reading ‘I Know This Much is True’ casts Mark Ruffalo as troubled twins with a dark family history
Mark Ruffalo bites into the juiciest of actor buffets in “I Know This Much is True,” portraying twin brothers, one of whom is a paranoid…
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It took 4 months for a virus to do this to the US
When every single day feels vaguely similar, it can be hard to pull back and look at the enormity of what’s happened. What’s happened is…
Continue Reading Shuttered hotels with thriving farms put produce on the community’s plate
Although hotels and resorts around the world remain closed because of Covid-19, many have continued with a different order of operations.…
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Fallout in Trump’s Washington as he rejects facts and science
President Donald Trump has spent three years discrediting and sidelining institutional sources of facts, truth and trust that threaten his political…
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Who’s hiring? These companies
Millions of American workers have been laid off or furloughed during the coronavirus pandemic. But some companies are still hiring thousands of new…
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U.S. unemployment rate worst since Great Depression
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. unemployment rate rocketed to 14.7% in April, a level last seen during the Great Depression, as 20.5 million jobs…
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Meet OAN, the little-watched right-wing news channel that Trump keeps promoting
On one afternoon in April, Yamiche Alcindor, the White House correspondent for PBS Newshour, grew exasperated. While standing in the back of the room…
Continue Reading This nursing student graduated to the front lines of the ICU during the coronavirus pandemic
Johnny Choi was expecting to finish nursing school at Michigan State University and enjoy a leisurely summer before heading into the workforce in the…
Continue Reading The EU has admitted it let China censor an op-ed by the bloc’s ambassadors
The European Union has acknowledged it allowed the Chinese government to censor an opinion piece published in the country, removing a reference to…
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