Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, PA (WNEP ) — Sometime between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, graffiti was sprayed at the Battaglia Field and Cawley Field in West Scranton. “When we come in in the mornings and we see stuff like this, it’s kind of discouraging. All the hard work that we’re
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President Donald Trump didn’t fill his rally arena to the more than 19,000-person capacity Saturday night, despite bragging about 1 million RSVP’s to his Tulsa, Oklahoma, return to the campaign trail. Many of those who asked for tickets may have been trolling the President — in a stunt organized mainly through the social media platform
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Officials in states across the South are warning that more young people are testing positive for coronavirus. The shifts in demographics have been recorded in parts of Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas and other states — many of which were some of the first to reopen. And while some officials have pointed to more widespread
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, NC (WGHP ) — Work has begun on a new street mural in downtown Greensboro. Street art calling for racial equality has been the new trend in cities across the country. “It is somewhat different than what the other cities have done,” said artist Phillip Marsh, who
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso public health officials announced 148 new coronavirus cases Sunday morning, contributing to a weekend surge that reached 310. While a bit less than Saturday’s reported 162 cases, both days ranked among the top five of the pandemic for daily infection increases. Total cases to date now stand at 4,488.
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Hip-hop has been on this. Perhaps everyone wasn’t listening, but long before DaBaby did a Black Lives Matter remix of “Rockstar” or LL Cool J freestyled about George Floyd or J. Cole devoted his “Crooked Smile” video to 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones, rappers were trying to tell audiences about lives that mattered. Since the death of
Continue Reading Police are investigating a shooting that left nine people injured, including a teenager in critical condition, at a large gathering in upstate New York. The incident started late Saturday night when officers responded to a complaint about a stolen vehicle in Syracuse. When they arrived at the scene, they found hundreds of people in the
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El Paso, Texas- Expect hot temperatures and breezy conditions across the borderland for Father’s Day. Unhealthy air quality will be in our forecast once again, for the wildfires in our area. There will be patchy areas of smoke around, especially early in the day. That will make for hazy looking skies, but overall mostly sunny skies
Continue Reading If all had gone according to plan, Kim Clavel would have boxed in her first main event fight on March 21. Scheduled for the Montreal Casino, the fight would have been her first after winning the North American Boxing Federation female light flyweight title in December. But then, with coronavirus, that fight was canceled. Naturally,
Continue Reading Twelve people were shot, including one fatally, during an overnight melee in Minneapolis, police said. The shooting took place early Sunday morning in the 2900 block of Hennepin Avenue South, the Minneapolis Police Department said. The 11 survivors suffered non-life threatening injuries, police said. No arrests have been made, and the motive remains unclear. Witnesses
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Seattle police say a “violent crowd” prevented them reaching two shooting victims — one whom later died — inside the city’s autonomous protest zone Saturday. Officers responded around 2:30 a.m. local time Saturday to a report of shots fired at Cal Anderson Park inside the area referred to as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP)
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Ex-Formula One driver and four-time Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi remains in an artificial coma after suffering severe head injuries in a horrific cycling race crash. The 53-year-old Zanardi, who had both his legs amputated after a motor racing accident almost 20 years ago, lost control of his handbike machine while competing in the ‘Obiettivo
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AUSTIN, Texas — At least five people were wounded in an early morning shooting in Texas’ capital, officials said Sunday. Five adults with “serious, potentially life threatening injuries” were taken to local hospitals by Austin-Travis County EMS, the organization said in a tweet. The shooting took place around 3 a.m. in a commercial area of
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The guitar played by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain during his 1993 “MTV Unplugged” performance has sold for $6 million at auction. The 1959 Martin D-18E guitar featured in Nirvana’s famed New York show, five months before Cobain’s death by suicide at the age of 27 in 1994. Cobain customized the guitar, adding a Bartolini pickup
Continue Reading Tiz the Law won the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, New York, on Saturday, according to the race organization’s official Twitter. The entire race took place without spectators due to the coronavirus pandemic. The three-year-old colt was ridden by jockey Manny Franco and is owned by Sackatoga Stables under 82-year-old trainer Barclay
Continue Reading China revealed a blueprint on Saturday night for a controversial new national security law, which critics say threatens political and civil freedoms in Hong Kong and broadens Beijing’s direct control over the semi-autonomous city. Under the sweeping draft legislation, Beijing would be able to override Hong Kong’s prized independent legal system and mainland officials will establish
Continue Reading Clark Atlanta University partnered with an alumna and local restaurant owner to give Rayshard Brooks’ four children a full scholarship to the college. Brooks, 27, was killed earlier this month by an Atlanta police after officers received a call about a man sleeping in a vehicle in a Wendy’s drive-through. He leaves behind three daughters
Continue Reading Tony Williams remembers pulling into a gas station in rural Minnesota late one night after getting lost on his way back home to Minneapolis in 2018. He saw a couple of police cars parked on the lot and thought he’d ask for directions. Williams, a black man, pulled his car in near them and two
Continue Reading There are selfies — and then there are selfies that make people say “Jesus Christ!” That’s one possible reaction to one of the most epic selfies ever snapped. Not just because it was a breathtaking shot but because of where it was taken. Lee Thompson became an Internet sensation when he became the first person
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — El Paso native and Green Bay Packers star running back Aaron Jones is speaking out on social injustice after becoming a new father just two months ago. In an essay written for the Players’ Tribune entitled “Two Fathers,” Jones said having a baby followed by seeing the death of George Floyd
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — The Las Cruces Catholic Diocese, the City of Sunland Park and business people across the Borderland have come together to light the cross on Mount Christo Rey. Even though this has been attempted in the past to no avail, it seems now is the time according to proud Sunland Park
Continue Reading When Terri Herrington’s husband Bryan died 16 years ago, he saved the lives of four other people through organ donation. She befriended Jeffrey Granger, who received Bryan’s kidney and pancreas. When that kidney failed last year, Terri immediately volunteered to donate her own kidney, which is now living on with Bryan’s organs in Jeff. Granger
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EL PASO, Texas — The Racing to End Alzheimer’s BMW M4 stopped in El Paso Saturday as it makes its way from coast to coast. The BMW left Daytona Beach Friday and is headed to Monterey, California. The group calls it “an impossible-to-miss black and purple BMW covered with more than 80 names of people
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EL PASO, Texas — One person was taken to the hospital after a shooting in far east El Paso on Saturday night. Fire dispatchers told ABC-7 it happened in the 11700 block of Jennifer near George Dieter and Pellicano just after 9:30 p.m. First-responders said the shooting victim was seriously injured. El Paso police were
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A group of about 45 protesters marched from the Plaza de Las Cruces to the Mesilla Plaza Saturday afternoon, demanding police reform for the third weekend in a row. “I was born with this skin,” said Jean-Pierre Reinhold, a Las Cruces resident. “Did I experience racism? Yes. But you don’t
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The countless hours that many of us have spent sitting at a makeshift desk in quarantine can be detrimental not only physically but also mentally. Hunched over a computer day in and day out, you’re not just wreaking havoc on your posture, but you’re likely feeling out of sorts and drained, too. If you’re waking
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PERRY, Okla. (AP) — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook northern Oklahoma on Saturday and was felt in parts of Tulsa as protesters filled the city’s downtown streets after President Donald Trump’s campaign rally. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the quake at 10:15 p.m. near Perry, roughly 80 miles west of Tulsa. The National Weather Service
Continue Reading Investigators are working with the idea that a suspect in the arson fire that burned down an Atlanta Wendy’s restaurant may be linked to Rayshard Brooks, a source told CNN. An arrest warrant has been issued for Natalie White for first-degree arson in the fire that took place as protests escalated last week after Brooks’
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