EL PASO, Texas — Another seven people have died from coronavirus in El Paso, according to information released by the Department of Public Health Tuesday morning. That marked the second-highest single-day increase in Covid-19 deaths announced in the county so far. Back on May 27, public health officials reported eight deaths, which is still the
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Click here for updates on this story NEW LONDON, CT (WFSB) — The New London City Council is set to discuss on Tuesday the potential removal of the city’s century-old Christopher Columbus statue for good. The statue stood at Columbus Square in the Whaling City before it was temporarily and quietly removed over the weekend.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — 21 demonstrators were detained outside the Tennessee State Capitol building Monday night after refusing to leave the grounds. Tennessee Highway Patrol told News4 that troopers at the capitol issued a warning to protesters at 10:30 p.m. that anyone remaining on capitol grounds past 11
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MISSION, KS (KCTV) — The lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender community is celebrating a win in the fight for equal rights, but there are also some who believe this will cause chaos, not equality. It’s a landmark decision for LGBTQ rights. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Hundreds of people gathered on Monday to begin a third week of protests in Portland, with organizers saying they hoped to apply pressure ahead of Wednesday’s Portland City Council budget vote. The budget would divert millions of dollars out of the Portland Police Bureau.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms during a press conference on Monday said she is signing a series of administrative orders to implement reforms of standard operating procedures for the Atlanta Police Department’s use of force policies. Bottoms expressed her condolences to the family of Rayshard
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER, Pa (WPMT) — A Lancaster man will serve up to a decade in prison for providing fentanyl to a Lancaster County Prison inmates last year, causing one to fatally overdose. Jamie Franco-Quinones, 50, will serve 4 to 10 years in prison, in accordance with a plea agreement.
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Tupac Shakur would have been 49 years old on Tuesday. The slain rapper and actor’s career only lasted five years, but some of his music feels current to his fans in many ways. Shakur released his first studio album, “2Pacalypse Now,” in November 1991. By September 13, 1996, he was dead. He was just 25
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — A local psychiatrist is raising concerns about mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Fabrizzio Delgado, the Psychiatrist Consult Chief with Texas Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso, said he is seeing an increase in patients for emergency mental health concerns. These cases can include patients with self-inflicted injuries, as well
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The chance of showers and thunderstorms will be possible once again Tuesday. Rain chances look best for the area mountains and the Gila region. Westerly winds begin to dry the region out, with a slight chance of rain for eastern El Paso and Hudspeth County. Thursday begins a warming trend, the official start of summer
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New Zealand has reported its first coronavirus cases in more than three weeks after two women who traveled to the country from the UK were found to have Covid-19. The infections are the first instances of coronavirus in New Zealand to be reported in 24 days, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. The women
Continue Reading Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best denied claims that officers in her department have been instructed not to respond to 911 calls in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood “autonomous zone,” also known as the CHAZ or CHOP. One business owner in the area told CNN affiliate KIRO that despite numerous calls to 911 Sunday night following
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The 2020 NBA season is set to resume on July 31, but right now Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard thinks there are more important matters at hand. Following George Floyd’s death and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests, Howard says his focus is on the social change the protests have been calling for rather
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The FBI and California Attorney General’s Office will now be monitoring the investigation of a man found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said at a press conference Monday. Robert L. Fuller, 24, was hanging from a tree early Wednesday. Fire department personnel who responded to the scene determined
Continue Reading Police departments around the world are moving to ban neck restraints in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death and the widespread protests that followed. Neck restraints, or neck holds, refer to the practice of officers using their arm or leg to restrain someone’s neck. The technique has been a subject of controversy for years, particularly
Continue Reading Are people traveling again yet? United Airlines has seen a modest bump in demand. Its July flight schedule is down 75% from a year ago, which is better than June, when it was down 85%. So, that’s … better? Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
Continue Reading Three New York City Police Department officers have been released from the hospital after getting sick when they drank milkshakes from Shake Shack Monday night. The shakes may have been tainted with bleach, according to a statement from the NYC Police Benevolent Association. The NYPD launched an investigation after the officers fell ill and determined
Continue Reading The announcement of a potential world heavyweight bout between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua has raised questions about the role of Irishman Daniel Kinahan in helping secure the boxing deal. Last week Fury made a point of thanking Kinahan in an Instagram video for “getting this deal over the line” to potentially fight Joshua in
Continue Reading Protests in Los Angeles, first over stay at home orders and then the death of George Floyd, have resulted in large amounts of overtime work for officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, but they will not be paid for the time, according to an internal memo. The department will compensate the officers in time
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Whether you’re a child or an adult who’s young at heart, there are some workout moves the whole family can do to recapture that spontaneous feeling of being at the park, even if your state is still under partial stay-at-home orders. This total-body workout, called circuit training, mimics the quick bursts of running from activity
Continue Reading We’ve arrived at a moment of reckoning. Two-plus years after the height of the #metoo movement raised awareness about the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault, nations worldwide are now in the midst of both a pandemic and a massive uprising for racial justice. Around the globe, more white people are coming to recognize what
Continue Reading Five people have been charged with hate crimes in Virginia and the black pastor they are accused of attacking is no longer facing charges for pulling out a gun during the incident. Leon McCray Sr. was arrested and charged with brandishing a firearm during a June 1 incident in the town of Edinburg in Shenandoah
Continue Reading The global tourism industry might be struggling, but that’s not stopping China‘s second-biggest airline from launching a new carrier in Hainan, the country’s most popular island holiday destination. The new carrier, Sanya International Airlines — named after the main beach city of Hainan Province — is a joint venture between China Eastern Airlines and several
Continue Reading The body of a missing veteran was found in a stairwell on the campus of a Massachusetts VA hospital one month after he was reported missing. The 62-year-old man was found dead in a building on the Bedford Veteran Affairs Hospital campus in Bedford on Friday by another resident, according to the Middlesex County District
Continue Reading Beijing is reintroducing strict lockdown measures and rolling out mass testing after a fresh cluster of novel coronavirus cases emerged from the city’s largest wholesale food market, sparking fears of a resurgence of the deadly outbreak. The Chinese capital reported 36 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number to 79 since a locally
Continue Reading A home appliance billionaire and one of China’s richest people was held hostage with his family for hours in a dramatic kidnapping attempt in which his son reportedly swam across a river to alert police, local media and authorities said. Midea founder He Xiangjian, 77 — ranked 45th on the global Forbes Rich List with
Continue Reading Dozens of people gathered at Palmdale city council chambers Friday as officials held a press conference on the death of a 24-year-old black man who was found hanging from a tree in northern Los Angeles County. Shortly after 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, a passerby noticed a man, later identified as Robert L. Fuller, hanging from a
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