Johnny Majors, the college football coach who led the University of Tennessee to three SEC championships and the University of Pittsburgh to a national championship, has died. He was 85. Majors died early Wednesday at his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, according to his wife, Mary Lynn. “It’s with a sad heart that we make this
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Every American has the right to demonstrate peacefully. It’s right there in the First Amendment. But it’s not as simple as showing up with a sign. There are some measures officials can use to limit protests, and it’s easy to accidentally tiptoe into legally murky territory if you don’t know the specifics. So before you
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials on Wednesday reported an additional 122 coronavirus cases, with 25 of those among inmates at a federal lockup in southern New Mexico. Those 25 new cases are among inmates in the custody of federal agencies that are being housed at the Otero County Prison. It comes
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When Heather Coggins saw George Floyd cry out, “Mama!” as a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck, she thought of her uncle. Timothy Coggins was stabbed and dragged to his death in a racially fueled killing that wasn’t solved for 35 years. His body was found maimed in a field in Sunny Side, Georgia,
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WASHINGTON, DC — Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis castigated President Donald Trump as “the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people” in a forceful rebuke of his former boss as nationwide protests have intensified over the death of George Floyd. “Donald Trump is the first president in
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Temps will continue to heat up the next several days. I expect temps to climb to 104 Thursday and 105 Friday. Some cooling early next week behind a cold front. Only slight chances for rain. For the latest Doppler radar: http://www.kvia.com/weather
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AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday afternoon announced his third phase of reopening Texas during the coronavirus pandemic, allowing virtually all businesses to operate at 50% capacity. That is effective immediately, and there are “very limited exceptions,” Abbott’s office said. Restaurants were already permitted to be open at 50% capacity. Abbott is allowing them to
Continue Reading George Floyd moved to Minnesota for a fresh start — an opportunity to better himself and to be a better father. And while so many now know the Houston native by his full name, those who knew him best called him Floyd. He worked security at a restaurant where he developed a reputation as someone
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THE VATICAN — Pope Francis on Wednesday publicly condemned the “tragic” death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers and said he was praying for him and “all those others who have lost their lives as a result of the sin of racism.” The Pope also was said to have expressed support for El Paso
Continue Reading The National Guard. Maybe you’ve seen them in your community in recent months in a broad range of responsibilities: from sewing face masks for coronavirus patients to, in recent days, preventing property damage during protests. Right now, about 74,000 Guardsmen have been activated across the US. That’s more than at any other point in recent
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On the heels of studies showing hydroxychloroquine doesn’t help patients in the hospital with Covid-19, a new study — the first of its kind — shows the drug doesn’t work to prevent infection with the virus, either. President Trump said he took hydroxychloroquine last month, shortly after he found out that his personal valet had
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Chris Trousdale, a singer best known for his years as a member of the boy band Dream Street, has died, according to his manager. He was 34. “It is with a heavy heart that we confirm the passing of Chris Trousdale on June, 2, 2020 from an undisclosed illness,” said a statement from Trousdale’s manager,
Continue Reading Gambia’s government is demanding that the United States investigate the police shooting of one of its citizens. Momodou Lamin Sisay, 39, was shot and killed in a standoff with police last Friday in Snellville, Georgia, just outside Atlanta. He was the son of Lare Sisay, a retired Gambian diplomat who worked for the United Nations
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EL PASO, Texas — Four people have been charged with robbing, brutally beating and kidnapping an El Paso man, allegedly driving around the city with him held captive in the back of a van. Police said Wednesday they had arrested and charged 48–year-old Javier Jurado, 42–year-old Anthony Frank Parks, 67–year-old Jesus Pablo Martinez, 46–year-old Carmen
Continue Reading Preliminary hearings are scheduled Thursday for Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, according to the Glynn County Magistrate Court in coastal Georgia. The hearings are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. ET. Gregory and Travis McMichael were arrested May 7 in the February 23 shooting death of
Continue Reading Video released by Louisville police appears to show a popular BBQ man firing at officers outside his business before he was fatally shot. David “Yaya” McAtee, whose BBQ stand was a longtime fixture on the Louisville corner where he was mortally wounded, appears in surveillance video released Tuesday to fire at officers who were using
Continue Reading Still taking a daily aspirin to ward off heart attacks? You might want to think again, according to a new review. Aspirin is still one of the most commonly used medications in the world, even though it’s no longer recommended as a preventative by many health authorities. There is no evidence that low-dose aspirin —
Continue Reading Coronavirus patients were among more than 100,000 people evacuated from low-lying coastal areas in India’s western states as a cyclone made landfall near Mumbai on Wednesday. India’s financial center avoided the worst of Cyclone Nisarga, which made landfall at around 1 p.m. local time (3:30 a.m. ET), according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). The
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Local election officials struggled Wednesday to fully tally an avalanche of absentee ballots as voting surged in a primary election that locked in a progressive uprising in the state Senate. Two key leaders in the New Mexico Senate lost their primary bids amid a push by liberal advocacy groups to
Continue Reading Coronavirus cases continued to spread in parts of the American south and west in the past week as experts warn that packed protests could exacerbate the pandemic. The early parts of the American coronavirus outbreak struck hardest in the dense metropolitan areas on the coasts, such as New York, New Jersey, Boston, and California. But
Continue Reading The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that some people may be putting off getting emergency care for serious health conditions during the coronavirus pandemic — and fewer visits for critical conditions could result in complications or even death. During the coronavirus pandemic, the total number of visits to hospital emergency departments across
Continue Reading Advocates say that one of the most important ways to be an ally to marginalized people is to educate yourself on the systems that oppress them and your role in sustaining them. From what the Amazon best-sellers list suggest, many Americans are taking that step. As of Wednesday, 15 of the top 20 bestselling books
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Television felt different Monday night. “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” — a show usually reserved for jokes about current events and celebrity interviews — took on a somber tone Monday night. Host Stephen Colbert returned to the airwaves to address the mass protests sweeping across the United States following the death of George Floyd,
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Chihuahua state health officials on Wednesday reported a dozen new deaths in the city of Juarez, accounting for 12 of the state’s additional 13 fatalities. When it comes to new infections, Juarez also accounted for 49 of the state’s 51 additional cases on Wednesday. The total number of virus cases in
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time are leveling charges against three other officers at the scene, court records showed Wednesday. Widely seen bystander video showing Floyd’s May 25 death has sparked sometimes violent protests
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WASHINGTON, DC — Active-duty troops brought in to Washington, D.C. to help if needed with the civil unrest in the nation’s capitol are beginning to return to their home bases, senior defense officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The departure of the troops comes as U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters Wednesday that
Continue Reading LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The incumbent state senate president is struggling in her bid for the Democratic nomination to gain re-election in her southern New Mexico district. New Mexico Senate President Mary Kay Papen of Las Cruces was locked in a tight race as ballot counting resumed on Wednesday. The Dona Ana County Clerk’s
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RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has moved closer to possibly sending a historic delegation of all women of color to the U.S. House. According to unofficial results from Tuesday’s primary, Democrat Teresa Leger Fernandez, a Latina, won a seven-way race to capture her party’s nomination for the Democratic-leaning seat in northern New Mexico.
Continue Reading Sam was one of hundreds of peaceful protesters gathered outside the CNN Center in downtown Atlanta on Monday night. An anthropologist in her early 20s who studies social movements, she was among those in the crowd chatting with friends around 8:30 p.m., shortly before the city’s 9 p.m. curfew. A black woman with asthma, Sam
Continue Reading When a Trump administration official said he doesn’t think systemic racism exists in policing, many were stunned — especially after studies have shown different races are often treated differently. “No, I don’t think there’s systemic racism,” national security adviser Robert O’Brien told CNN. “I think 99.9% of our law enforcement officers are great Americans. Many
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