The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks was concerned he would face charges after firing three shots during a 2015 car chase and arrest, according to dash camera footage obtained by CNN. Garrett Rolfe is facing felony murder and other charges related to Brooks’ killing outside an Atlanta fast-food restaurant two weeks
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YouTube star Jenna Mourey, known by her channel name Jenna Marbles, announced Thursday she is leaving the platform amid a controversy over racially offensive videos. “I feel like we’re at a time where we are purging ourselves of anything and everything toxic,” she said in a video titled “A Message,” in which she apologized for
Continue Reading A Virginia couple is suing Royal Caribbean Cruises and an excursion company after they sustained severe burns during a visit to the White Island volcano in New Zealand, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in US District Court in Miami. The volcano erupted on December 9, 2019, while 47 people were visiting the island. Twenty-one
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It’s safe to say former White House national security adviser John Bolton’s book has made a splash. With revelations about US President Donald Trump’s strategy in Korea, his response to the coronavirus, and his dealings with China, Bolton’s White House memoir has been dominating headlines around the world since advance copies began circulating this month.
Continue Reading A planeful of Japanese business travelers landed in Vietnam on June 25, marking the first flight between the two countries since they imposed border restrictions in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. Vietnam almost completely sealed off its borders to foreign nationals in March, while Japan currently bans residents of more than 100
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EL PASO, Texas — When an El Pasoan dies from Covid-19 and officials say the victim had no underlying health conditions, it doesn’t necessarily mean the victim wasn’t at a higher risk of dying from the coronavirus. During the weekly pandemic update to City Council on June 22, El Paso City-County Health Authority Dr. Hector
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UPHAM, New Mexico — Virgin Galactic on Thursday celebrated the second successful glide flight of its spaceship over Spaceport America in southern New Mexico. Unlike the first glide test in early May, the pilots flew at higher speeds to help evaluate the ship’s systems and performance in preparation for the next stage of testing. That
Continue Reading A city in eastern China is launching a database for people considering marriage to check the domestic violence records of their partner. The database will be launched on July 1 in the city of Yiwu, in Zhejiang province. It’s backed by the All China Women’s Foundation (ACWF), an influential, government-linked organization, which said in a
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DALLAS, Texas — Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott says he is feeling “normal” after testing positive for the coronavirus earlier this month. “I would say I maybe had one or two days where I felt symptoms, and even then it wasn’t too bad,” Elliott said during a Twitch chat with Scooter Magruder this week.
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CANTON, Ohio — The NFL on Thursday canceled the Hall of Fame game that traditionally opens the preseason and is delaying the 2020 induction ceremonies for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Aug. 6 exhibition game in Canton between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers is the first on-field event the league has
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WASHINGTON, DC — In the midst of a global pandemic with the presidential election just months away, the Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday night to invalidate the Affordable Care Act, the landmark health care law that enabled millions of Americans to get insurance coverage and that remains in effect despite the
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Liverpool has had to wait longer than anyone could have predicted, but the club can once again call itself the best in England. There have been years in the wilderness, a few near-misses and, just when Jurgen Klopp and his men were six points from securing the club’s first league title in 30 years, a
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WACO, Texas — A top doctor in Texas is warning that the state’s big cities could see “apocalyptic” coronavirus case numbers. That warning, based on the current Texas trajectory, comes from Dr. Peter Hotez, a professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology who is also working on a potential Covid-19 vaccine. In addition, he’s
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Animal Services has been selected as one of only twelve shelters to join a nationwide program aimed at keeping pets and their people together. “It’s really heartbreaking when you lose your pet and I think keeping these families together to include that families do include pets,” said Paula Powell,
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The United States saw a record number of new coronavirus cases in a single day with 37,077 reported Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins University. Coronavirus has infected more than 2.4 million people and killed over 124,000 in the United States. Thursday’s total eclipses the previous high on April 24, when 36,291 new coronavirus cases were
Continue Reading Three staff members at a residential facility in Michigan have been charged with involuntary manslaughter after a 16-year-old was restrained, went into cardiac arrest and later died. Two of them laid across Cornelius Fredericks’s torso during restraint, causing his death, prosecutors said. The teen was staying at Lakeside Academy, a residential treatment facility in Kalamazoo
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EL PASO, Texas — The outbreak of Covid-19 has affected life, all aspects of life to include business. Even big business has not been immune to the challenges brought on by Covid-19. The aviation business has taken a significant toll as social distancing guidelines have kept many at home rather than in the airport. El
Continue Reading Microsoft founder Bill Gates said Thursday that the current coronavirus picture, both globally and in the US, is “more bleak” than he would have expected. Speaking to CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta in a Coronavirus Town Hall, Gates said the fact that people are still dying in the US today shows that the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In an effort to deliver the most comprehensive coronavirus coverage, ABC-7 has started a weekly feature where we ask Dr. Jose Burgos, the director of internal medicine at University Medical Center, the same seven questions each week to track how the pandemic is changing. Dr. Burgos was unavailable this week,
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HOUSTON, Texas — The Houston Association of Realtors will use “primary” to describe bedrooms and bathrooms on its listing service and replace the word “master.” The move comes after several members raised the issue and called for a review, according to CNN affiliate KPRC. Amid increasing calls for racial justice, “master” has fallen out of
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House approved a far-reaching police overhaul from Democrats on Thursday, a vote heavy with emotion and symbolism as a divided Congress struggles to address the global outcry over the deaths of George Floyd and other Black Americans. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gathered with members of the Congressional Black Caucus on
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Locomotive now know which teams they will face when the USL Championship season resumes on July 11. The Locomotive are assigned to Group C. They will be joined by the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, New Mexico United (Albuquerque, NM), and the Real Monarchs SLC (Salt Lake City, Utah).
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Temps will hit 102 Friday with a 10% of a storm later in the evening and night. The weekend looks decent with added clouds and a 10% storm along with some gusty winds around any cells that develop and travel across the area. Temps over the weekend will be in the mid and upper 90’s.
Continue Reading Three sheriffs in North Carolina have declared that they will not be enforcing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s statewide mask mandate despite a growing number of coronavirus cases. Cooper issued an executive order on Wednesday that will require all people in the state to wear a mask in public, where physical distancing of 6 feet from
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Looking to maintain its place as America’s best-selling truck, Ford revealed its new F-150 for the 2021 model year Thursday night. The new truck can tow and haul a whole lot, of course, but it also offers buyers luxury options such as seats that turn into beds and the promise of state-of-the art tech like
Continue Reading From Motown and “The Cosby Show” to hip-hop and “Black Panther,” America has long consumed Black culture — even as our country’s systemic racism sent a very different message. But never quite like this. In the weeks since the recent Black Lives Matter protests, Black-themed cultural media have been having a moment. Books, music, movies,
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EL PASO, Texas – A man is jailed on animal cruelty charges for allegedly shooting dogs with a pellet gun, El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies said Thursday. Santiago Dominguez was being held in the downtown El Paso jail on $10,000 bond. Investigators said the case dates back to April when a dog owner in the
Continue Reading Ashanti Palmer not only graduated from a New York high school as class valedictorian but also with perfect attendance. The senior never missed a day of school from pre-K through high school, according to Mount Vernon City School District. For those keeping count, that’s more than 4,600 days. But Palmer’s academic goal had nothing to
Continue Reading KeyArena in Seattle is going green and getting a new name. The stadium will now be called Climate Pledge Arena after Amazon secured its naming rights, and will feature new green initiatives in an effort to be more climate friendly. The name is meant to be “a regular reminder of the urgent need for climate
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — About 80% of inmates at the Otero County Prison in southern New Mexico have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Thursday. The outbreak started in early May when officials learned a staff member tested positive for Covid-19. “We asked that individual to be removed from shift, and then we traced
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