Click here for updates on this story Clinton, IA (WQAD) — The Iowa Department of Public Health confirmed an outbreak of COVID-19 cases at a senior living center in Clinton on Monday, June 1st. The Alverno Health Care Facility was discovered to have three cases of the virus among its residents, the minimum number of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Sterling, IL (WQAD) — A fire in a Sterling, IL apartment complex left 3 people dead in the early morning on Monday, June 1st. Sterling police say that the blaze erupted from the Western Apartments Complex on Third Street, across from the Sterling Steel Company, at about 12:25
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Omaha, NE (WOWT) — Late Monday night, 6 News was made aware of a statement Gov. Pete Ricketts said to a group of pastors in Omaha. One of those pastors went to social media to explain why he walked out of the meeting. According to the pastor’s statement:
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Jennings, MO (KMOV) — Detectives are searching for a looting suspect who ran away from officers following a police chase and officer-involved shooting in Jennings. According to officials, St. Louis City officers were responding to reports of looting near Natural Bridge and Union around 2:30 a.m. when someone
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What to do when you’re stranded in Alaska by a global pandemic and are trying to get back home to Norway — with 24 dogs in tow. It’s been quite a three months for dog musher Thomas Waerner, who tells CNN Sport it’s the kind of a story he’ll remember until the day he dies.
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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are trying to do their part amid the protests against police brutality. The married duo took to Instagram Sunday to share that they have donated $200,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF). “We’ve never had to worry about preparing our kids for different rules of law or
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Despite being a legendary Hall of Fame basketball player, Magic Johnson understands the realities of being a black man in America. His grandfather prepared his father, who prepared him, Johnson told CNN’s Anderson Cooper Monday, and he’s had “the talk” with his two sons about interacting with police. It’s the discussion all black and brown
Continue Reading Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who is taking over the prosecution in George Floyd’s death, said Monday night that he will “hold everyone accountable.” “I can assure you we are taking a fresh look,” Ellison told CNN’s Chris Cuomo. “We plan to hold everyone accountable who is legally culpable,” he said, explaining that while he
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Curfews have been issued across the country in the wake of protests, both peaceful and violent, against police brutality following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. In Los Angeles, the curfew is the harshest since the riots in 1992 following the acquittal of the officer who beat Rodney King. On the East
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Five people, including a 15-year-old girl, have died of Ebola in a fresh outbreak of the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations Children’s Fund said Monday. Nine cases total have been reported, UNICEF said. “Four additional people who contracted the virus — all contacts of the deceased and including the child
Continue Reading Experts hired by George Floyd’s family and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner have concluded his death was a homicide, but they differ on what caused it. The independent autopsy says Floyd died of “asphyxiation from sustained pressure” when his neck and back were compressed by Minneapolis police officers during his arrest last week. The pressure
Continue Reading As India continues its battle with the coronavirus pandemic a new kind of invasion is threatening to destroy vital crops and vegetation — the worst locust swarm the country has seen in almost 30 years. Waves of desert locusts — millions strong and stretching up to 7 kilometers (4 miles) long — crossed into India’s
Continue Reading Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather will pay for George Floyd’s funeral, a representative for the athlete told ESPN. Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police last week as former officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck and two other officers restrained him. A fourth officer stood by as it happened. The former officers have all
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(Editor’s note: Scroll down to the end of this article for the list of polling places in Dona Ana County.) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Several longtime Democratic state legislators who have resisted initiatives ranging from spending increases to the legalization of recreational marijuana are facing challenges Tuesday as liberal advocacy groups try to push
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(Editor’s note: Scroll down to the end of this article for the list of polling places in Dona Ana County.) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The race for a swing U.S. House seat in southern New Mexico has seen a commercial using a cheerleader voice to mock one candidate. One hopeful has accused another of
Continue Reading In the years leading up to George Floyd’s death with his neck beneath the knee of a Minneapolis policeman, at least 58 people lost consciousness after the city’s officers put them in neck restraints, according to a CNN analysis of use of force data from the police department. Officers used neck restraints on 428 people
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Life today is razor’s-edge tense. If your regular coping methods aren’t measuring up, there are science-backed actions we can add on our own to ease anxiety, depression and stress — all done naturally, no doctor’s note required. Get enough exercise If you had to choose just one thing to do to better your mental and
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UPDATE: An El Paso police spokesman told the media Tuesday morning, “All indications are the protest downtown this morning has been cancelled.” ORIGINAL REPORT: EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Mayor Dee Margo said the city was bracing for a potential protest at City Hall on Tuesday in honor of George Floyd, the handcuffed black
Continue Reading When NASA astronaut Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor arrived on the International Space Station for her six-month stay in June 2018, she was in awe of the vast array of science experiments on board. Before they launch, astronauts are only trained on about 20% of the science they see on the station. “I was stunned, in a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The process of reopening El Paso continues as El Paso County Court and El Paso Municipal Court prepare to resume select in-person hearings. The El Paso Municipal Court will require visitors to wear face coverings, use hand sanitizer and adhere to social distancing guidelines. Officials said the court has mailed
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz became the first Catholic bishop in the nation to take a knee before leading eight minutes of silence to remember George Floyd and pray for peace and justice. It happened Monday evening in central El Paso’s Memorial Park as the bishop, surrounded by his clergy, held
Continue Reading Miguel Oliveira firmly pushes down on the limes and sugar in the cocktail shaker, for the first time that day. It’s noon, and this, together with the sparsely-populated promenade his kiosk bar sits on, is just one sign that something is wrong in Rio de Janeiro. “It’s never been this bad,” he sighs. “We’re open
Continue Reading Eli Lilly and Company said Monday it has started the first human trial of an antibody therapy designed to treat Covid-19. The first phase of the trial will test whether the therapy is safe and well-tolerated; those results are expected in late June. The first Covid-19 patients being treated with the therapy are hospitalized at
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EL PASO, Texas – The Paso del Norte Health Foundation is spearheading a volunteer effort called EP MedCorps to prepare El Paso for any health care crisis. EP MedCorps is looking for volunteers. There is no age requirement to participate. EP MedCorps welcomes everyone. They do ask for your date of birth in case the
Continue Reading As thousands across the US take to the streets for another day of protests demanding justice for George Floyd, more than 17,000 members of the National Guard are standing ready to support local law enforcement. That represents approximately the same number of active duty troops deployed in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. As of Monday, nearly
Continue Reading The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, is vowing to remove a 115-year-old Confederate monument from a public park after protesters attempted to tear it down. Demonstrators at Linn Park took aim at the Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument, dedicated in 1905, on Sunday during a protest over systemic racism and police brutality in the aftermath of
Continue Reading On the day the brother of George Floyd and mother of Breonna Taylor called for protesters to abstain from violence, demonstrations continued in the wake of the Floyd’s death last week. Curfews have been announced again in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles. Amid the tension and faceoffs were scenes of police
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WASHINGTON, DC — The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington sharply criticized President Donald Trump on Monday night for staging a visit to the historic St. John’s Church across from the White House, where he held up a Bible after authorities had cleared the area of peaceful protesters. The Rev. Mariann Budde, whose diocese
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UPDATE: The statewide Amber Alert was cancelled late Tuesday morning by Texas authorities after a body of a small child matching the missing boy’s description has been found earlier in the day in a garbage dumpster in Waco. Authorities said they were working to officially confirm the identity of the body found. No further details
Continue Reading Government leaders and health officials have expressed their concern that coronavirus could rapidly spread during protests over the death of George Floyd. Floyd died after since-fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes. Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. People across the country have taken
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