Novak Djokovic should have been stepping out this Monday at Wimbledon, opening the Championships as the defending champion. Instead, the top-ranked Serb is involved in a damage limitation exercise after his exhibition tour in the Balkans, intended to be an uplifting moment during the sport’s hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic, was cancelled when Djokovic,
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In downtown Buffalo, New York, crossing the border into Ontario, Canada, used to be as easy as driving one mile across the Peace Bridge over the Niagara River. But that’s now a forbidden route. In the coronavirus era, New York residents and out-of-state road trippers aren’t allowed to cross the border for leisure travel. US
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The New York Police Department officer seen on video putting a man into a chokehold during an arrest over the weekend is the first officer in the state to be charged under the recently enacted state and city laws banning police chokeholds. The officer, David Afanador, 39, was charged with “attempted strangulation” and “strangulation,” according
Continue Reading If you were to compare the world in Liverpool’s two most recent English title wins, in 1990 and 2020, it is almost unrecognizable. Michael Jordan was without an NBA title to his name. Lionel Messi was only two years old. There was even no internet. On Thursday, Liverpool was crowned champion of English football for
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Three Colorado police officers involved in a confrontation that left a Black man dead last year have been reassigned to “nonenforcement” duties, authorities said. The death of Elijah McClain is now being investigated following a social media outcry after the fatal August incident while he was in police custody. Aurora officers Nathan Woodyard and Jason
Continue Reading The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is returning to action this weekend after the start of its season was delayed due to the pandemic. However, instead of a full regular season schedule, the season is being shortened into a 30-day tournament that is being called the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup, which is set to kick
Continue Reading The global coronavirus pandemic is affecting how the LGBTQ+ community celebrates Pride during the month of June. The pandemic caused the cancelation of many in-person Pride events, but organizers have found creative ways to bring the community together online. Additionally, many organizers are including programming that seeks to amplify Black voices in solidarity with the
Continue Reading Want more inspiring, positive news? Sign up for The Good Stuff, a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning. PHEW! Ever feel like a week whizzes by so fast you haven’t had a chance to exhale? It may be just be a symptom of pandemic life, or perhaps
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EL PASO, Texas — Repairs were completed Saturday morning and ABC-7’s signal was again available for viewers relying on an over-the-air antennae or satellite from Dish and DirecTV. Strong winds on Friday evening took out power in some areas and impacted the mountain transmitters used by KVIA and some other local television and radio stations.
Continue Reading A New Jersey corrections officer who was suspended for his alleged role in mocking the death of George Floyd and re-enacting it earlier this month faces termination from his job and internal charges from his union. All Lives Matter demonstrators carried out the re-enactment at a Black Lives Matter march in Franklinville, New Jersey, on
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HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge late Friday ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee’s order applies to children held for more than 20 days at three family detention centers in Texas
Continue Reading Broadway actor Nick Cordero’s wife, Amanda Kloots, says her husband has a new infection. Cordero remains on a ventilator and has been hospitalized for 85 days due to complications from coronavirus. He has battled a series of virus-related complications since he was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in March. He also had
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EL PASO, Texas — Patricia Cervantes believes her son, 18-year-old Gustavo Cervantes, is one the yet to be identified victims from an El Paso car crash stemming from a Border Patrol chase that killed 7 people. Cervantes told ABC-7 she went to the crash site early Thursday morning and described her son’s tattoos to an
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EL PASO, Texas– The borderland had another triple digit afternoon. 106 was the official high today. Warm temperatures are expected to continue through tonight along with the chance for isolated showers and thunderstorms. Expect strong wind gusts and dusty conditions as storms develop around us. Drier conditions are expected Saturday morning. Slight storm chances will
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – On Friday nights in downtown Las Cruces before the pandemic, Rad Retrocade used to be packed with patrons. “Rad was very successful,” said Scott Johnson, the bar’s general manager. “We were doing very well until we were forced to shut down.” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has now delayed the reopening
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Three-time Paralympian Angela Madsen died earlier this week while attempting a solo row from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Madsen, 60, was declared dead at 11 p.m. PST on Monday, June 22, when the US Coast Guard discovered her body several hours after she last made contact with anybody, according to a letter posted to RowOfLife.org,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — As students rush purchase school supplies for the fall semester, administrators are rushing to buy personal protective equipment during the pandemic. “It’s really hard to put a price on it, but it’s going to be quite pricey,” said Gabe Jacquez, the deputy superintendent of operations for Las Cruces Public Schools.
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The number of new coronavirus cases reported in a single day hit a new high on Friday after numerous states began pausing or rolling back their reopening plans. At least 40,173 new cases were reported, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The previous daily high was reported on Thursday. More than 30 states
Continue Reading When most can’t manage to get a $20 return on a scratch off, one Michigan man walked away with $4 million … TWICE!! “You don’t think you’ll win millions once, and you definitely never think it would happen twice,” said Mark Clark, of South Rockwood, Michigan, after his latest win this month. “It’s hard to
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EL PASO, Texas — A beloved English teacher at Franklin High School is among El Paso’s latest victims of the coronavirus, losing a battle with the Covid-19 disease that lasted less than a month, colleagues said Friday and his family confirmed Saturday. First word of the death of Rene Chavez due to virus complications came
Continue Reading Travelers from the United States are “unlikely” to be allowed into the European Union, as ambassadors of the 27 members states have agreed “in principle” to criteria as the bloc begins to open up to international travel, several EU diplomats told CNN on Friday. The agreement is not final, as the ambassadors will need to
Continue Reading The last convicted bomber in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four young African American girls has died in prison, nearly 60 years after the terror attack targeted the US civil rights movement. Former Ku Klux Klan member Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. was convicted in 2001 of murdering the four young African American girls
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas surpassed 5,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients for the first time Friday afternoon as Gov. Greg Abbott acknowledged in an interview with ABC-7 that he allowed bars in the state to reopen too soon. “If I could go back and redo anything, it probably would have been to slow down the re-opening of
Continue Reading Siya Kakkar, a teenage TikTok influencer with a significant fanbase on the video-sharing platform, has died, her manager has said. Arjun Sarin posted an image of the Indian star on Thursday with the caption “Rest in Peace.” “No more words,” he added. “You will always be the best artist.” Police confirmed to CNN that Kakkar
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday afternoon denied a request from Texas Democrats to expand access to vote-by-mail in the state amid the coronavirus pandemic. The court’s order is the latest move in an ongoing battle between the state’s Democrats and state Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, over voting during the pandemic. In
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police were searching Friday for the attacker who stabbed a 31-year-old man nine times after they found the victim lying on a sidewalk. John Lewis Soria was listed in critical but stable condition at University Medical Center. Officers said they found Soria on a sidewalk in the 5000 block
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico has more than 11,400 coronavirus cases with the confirmation Friday of 225 new infections and four deaths. Friday’s new deaths were all in McKinley County, in the northwest corner of the state. The death toll across New Mexico to date now stands at 489. In southern New Mexico, there were 36 new
Continue Reading China appears to have rebuilt and expanded a military camp in the Himalayas that was the site of a deadly border clash with India, satellite images show. The images, from the US satellite operator Maxar Technologies, were taken Monday, a week after what has been described as hand-to-hand fighting with sticks and clubs left at
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Click here for updates on this story ARDMORE, Pa. (KYW) — The countdown is on. Just after midnight, the Philadelphia suburbs will enter the green phase of reopening. It’s a day business owners have been waiting for since March, but it won’t be a complete return to normal. Personal service businesses have been waiting months
Continue Reading Life comes at you fast and we’ve got a lot to discuss this week, people, so #letsgo. Hollywood, the time is now for allyship Doesn’t it feel like a revolution has begun? As much as we have been here before — with protests and calls for change — right now feels different on so many
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