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 skyrocketing to record highs for nearly all major worker groups. The unemployment rate for black Americans soared to 16.7% in April, nearly triple the rate in February and the highest
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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 the single, “I Called Mama,” and how playing it for his wife, Faith Hill, helped him decide to record it. “When I tried to sing it, every time I got to
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — More than 130 students in the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine will officially become doctors on Friday. Not only is this BCOM’s first graduating class, it will be a virtual affair. Students will receive their Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degrees at 2 p.m. The ceremony will be live streamed
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With much of the American economy in self-imposed shutdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, April’s colossal surge in unemployment delivered a historic blow to workers. The US economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday — by far the most sudden and largest decline since the government began
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WASHINGTON, DC — Nearly 33.5 million Americans have lost their jobs and applied for unemployment benefits in the past 7 weeks — a stunning record high that reflects the near-complete shutdown of the U.S. economy. On Friday, the government said the U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression.
Continue Reading Taylor Swift’s much anticipated “Lover Fest” tour was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, but you’ll be able to see her in concert anyway. ABC announced that it will air a concert special of Swift performing in Paris. “Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert,” is set to air on May 17 on the network. “Excited
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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 wear masks in public as an effort aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus. “No one wants to wear a mask,” said Councilwoman Johana Bencomo, who
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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 over wearing masks to stem the spread of the coronavirus. “This is a false flag, a fake pandemic,” shouts an unidentified man Sunday in footage from a body camera worn
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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 over wearing masks to stem the spread of the coronavirus. “This is a false flag, a fake pandemic,” shouts an unidentified man Sunday in footage from a body camera worn
Continue Reading Spike Lee has created a beautiful tribute to New York City . Titled “NEW YORK NEW YORK,” the director posted the short film Thursday, writing that it was dedicated to the people living and working in the city during the coronavirus pandemic. “My Short Film-NEW YORK NEW YORK Is A Love Letter To It’s People,”
Continue Reading 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 U,” which praises the virtues — and sometimes annoyances — of staying in with that special someone. The video for the song features scenes from everyday people and other stars
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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 moon. The agency said researchers in a recent study it sponsored found that urea, the main organic compound in urine, would make the mixture for a “lunar concrete” more malleable
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California is taking the first significant step in reopening its economy on Friday by loosening restrictions for certain businesses. The state, America’s most populated, was the first in the nation to issue a stay-at-home order to all of its nearly 40 million residents, effective on March 19. Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state’s Health and Human
Continue Reading 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 health, in breaking news and deployments…” We knew going into marriage that our life would never be “normal”– the white picket fence, 2.5 kids, 9 to
Continue Reading Like most talk shows these days, the four hosts of “The View” have been broadcasting from their respective homes. Meghan McCain was originally going live from her laptop, Whoopi Goldberg has a producer come to her home each day, Sunny Hostin started broadcasting from her phone, while Joy Behar runs her own camera with a
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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 April, significantly higher than the 0.3% average monthly increase from the previous 12 months. Paychecks grew by nearly 8% from a year ago, way more than the average 3.5%
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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 Games athletes, widely regarded as being among the fittest people in the world, to devise short, sharp workout routines that you can try, without the need for gym equipment or
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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 Games athletes, widely regarded as being among the fittest people in the world, to devise short, sharp workout routines that you can try, without the need for gym equipment or
Continue Reading Lifetime, you get us. The network just announced a slate of new projects, including several that are sure to please viewers. Everyone’s favorite 98-year-old actress, Betty White, is slated to appear in an as-yet-untitled Christmas movie. According to a news release, White will star as a woman who “helps whip would-be Santas into shape, spreading
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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 skies and areas of blowing dust. Winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts over 50 mph are likely through noon, especially along west slopes of the Franklin and Organ mountains. Winds
Continue Reading 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 my Gluteus Maximus to shreds in a moment of over-enthusiastic gardening,” wrote May in an Instagram post Thursday. “So suddenly I find myself in a hospital getting scanned to find
Continue Reading 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 schizophrenic. Once you get past the soapy title, this six-episode limited series offers a grim but gripping adaptation of Wally Lamb’s book, rife with tormented family history and the struggle
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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 that in less than six months, well more than 1.2 million Americans have been infected with a disease, and more than 75,000 have died. But that is only half the
Continue Reading Although hotels and resorts around the world remain closed because of Covid-19, many have continued with a different order of operations. Accommodations with farms, whose produce is typically used to feed guests fresh, seasonal meals, have continued to tend their gardens. These efforts help feed furloughed staff for free and serve as a hyperlocal farmers’
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President Donald Trump has spent three years discrediting and sidelining institutional sources of facts, truth and trust that threaten his political and personal goals. Rarely has that mission combined in a single day to such a grave result as it did this week. The White House rejected new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance
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Millions of American workers have been laid off or furloughed during the coronavirus pandemic. But some companies are still hiring thousands of new employees to keep up with shifting consumer demands and spending habits. Here’s a list of some key employers hiring — rapidly — during the crisis. Some of them may surprise you. Food
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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 vanished in the worst monthly loss on record — stark evidence of how the coronavirus has brought the economy to its knees. The breathtaking losses, reported by the U.S. Labor Department
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On one afternoon in April, Yamiche Alcindor, the White House correspondent for PBS Newshour, grew exasperated. While standing in the back of the room at the daily coronavirus task force briefing, Chanel Rion, a conspiracy theorist who works as a correspondent for the far-right One America News network, violated social distancing guidelines as she stepped
Continue Reading Johnny Choi was expecting to finish nursing school at Michigan State University and enjoy a leisurely summer before heading into the workforce in the fall. Instead the coronavirus hit — and the 22-year-old found himself on the front lines of the battle against it. “I wouldn’t say that it was necessarily straight bravery, but I
Continue Reading The European Union has acknowledged it allowed the Chinese government to censor an opinion piece published in the country, removing a reference to the origin of the coronavirus outbreak and its subsequent spread worldwide. The piece was jointly authored by the EU’s ambassador Nicolas Chapuis along with the ambassadors to China for the EU’s 27
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