It’s almost the Fourth of July, and while most of us are used to spending the day with friends at the beach or by the pool, this year we’re celebrating a little differently. The coronavirus pandemic has gone nowhere, and numbers are skyrocketing with the three-most populous states setting new records for new coronavirus cases
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Kingdom Power Chapel in El Paso is offering prayers both in-person and online during the month of July to help the community heal during a tough year. ABC-7 at Noon sat down with Bishop Paul Vincent to discuss how individuals in the community can be involved.
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Click here for updates on this story COLLINSVILLE, IL (KMOV) — The Fourth of July weekend brings fireworks, cookouts and celebrations. But it also brings the highest number of fatalities on off-highway vehicles for teenagers. According to the OHV Safety Coalition, the holiday is the deadliest day of the year for ATV and UTV accidents.
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If you’re trying to avoid airborne viruses, heading to a near vacuum might not be the worst idea. A Florida company is planning to fly passengers to the edge of space in a high-tech version of a hot air balloon, with a pilot and up to eight travelers riding in a pressurized capsule suspended from
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For when you need to get the kids to soccer practice — and you need them there now — Fiat Chrysler will soon offer the Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat, a three-row SUV with a 710-horsepower supercharged V8 engine. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles bills it as the most powerful factory-produced SUV ever offered by any automaker. The
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces police Chief Patrick Gallagher is stepping down after about a year and a half on the job, sources tell ABC-7. Gallagher is submitting his resignation to city leaders and plans to retire effective Aug. 1. His departure comes in the midst of a firestorm of negative attention towards
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Portland city leaders have voted to adopt a climate emergency declaration, a step they say will strengthen the city’s climate action approach to focus on climate justice and equity. Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioners Eudaly, Hardesty and Fritz voted to adopt the resolution on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Locomotive announced the team will host Rio Grande Valley FC on Saturday, July 11. It will be the team’s first game at Southwest University Park since the coronavirus pandemic led to the postponement of the USL season. “We are very excited to be back in action on July
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — The Jackson County sheriff says a deputy’s patrol vehicle was shot while two deputies and a passenger were inside. Sheriff Darryl Forte said a single bullet penetrated rear door of a marked patrol vehicle at 10 p.m. Wednesday near 59th Street and Brooklyn
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — For many tenants hit hard by the pandemic, July 1 marks the final time they’ll be protected from eviction; drawing fear that come August, the number of notices is going to skyrocket. “We’re going to have hundreds and hundreds of people facing eviction,” said
Continue Reading Paris Jackson’s portrayal of Jesus as a lesbian has attracted hundreds of thousands of signatures on a petition of protest. The 22-year-old daughter of the late King of Pop Michael Jackson appears as the character in the movie “Habit.” According to Deadline the independent film stars Bella Thorne and “is about a street smart party
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — The Nashville Office of Emergency Management announced upgrades to the existing tornado warning system has been completed. The new tornado warning system will operate on a polygonal alert model. This model will provide warning to a focused polygonal alert area based on information coming
Continue Reading Netflix’s everything-and-the-kitchen-sink programming strategy includes taking flyers on concepts that border on the bizarre, and so it is with “Warrior Nun.” Inspired by Manga novels, this 10-episode series meanders a lot while offering a “Stranger Things”-type vibe, serving as a weird diversion that, on the road to goodness, doesn’t even get halfway there. Although messing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Bay City, MI (WNEM) — Running a restaurant or a bar was already hard enough. “This is a tough business,” Kim Coonan said. “You’re buying yourself a job, you’re not making a lot of money.” Because of the pandemic, restaurant and bar owners like Kim Coonan have been
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — The Central West End couple seen on video pointing guns at protesters marching to Mayor Lyda Krewson’s home on Sunday were denounced by 38 neighbors. Residents of Westmoreland Place released a letter Wednesday addressing Sunday’s event when Mark and Patricia McCloskey were seen
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Paul McCowns walked into an Ohio bank clutching his first paycheck from a new job at an electric company. But instead of cashing the check worth about $1,000, the teller called 911. As he walked out of the Huntington Bank branch in Brooklyn empty-handed, an officer waiting outside handcuffed him and put him in the
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Here’s a look at obesity in the United States. A person is considered to be obese when he or she reaches a particular body mass index (BMI). Adults with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 are considered overweight, while adults with a BMI of 30 or more are considered obese. Obesity can increase the risk
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The cricket world is in mourning after West Indies cricket legend Everton Weekes died at the age of 95. He was one of the “Three Ws” — along with Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott — who put Barbados and West Indies cricket on the map in the 1950s. It is expected that he will be
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Portland’s police chief is defending officer’s actions after a protest in north Portland on Tuesday night was declared a riot. Chuck Lovell’s words come as the bureau on Wednesday released the names of 29 people arrested in connection with the riot and the charges
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Here’s a look at the life of former Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos. Personal Birth date: July 2, 1929 Birth place: Manila, Philippines (some sources say Leyte Province) Birth name: Imelda Remedios Visitacion Romualdez Father: Vicente Orestes Romualdez Mother: Remedios Trinidad Marriage: Ferdinand Marcos (May 1, 1954-September 28, 1989, his death) Children: Irene, Ferdinand Jr.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — A Georgia dog has become the second canine to contract SARS-CoV-2, a version of the COVID-19 virus found in animals, in the U.S. Georgia Department of Public Health officials confirmed the diagnosis in a press release Wednesday. The pet dog is a 6-year-old mixed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Gov. Bill Lee says he is considering making wearing masks mandatory throughout the state. In Tennessee, 89 counties are under the governor’s control for the coronavirus. This means that if a mask mandate would be issued for the state, the order will come from
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A few weeks into the coronavirus quarantine, 16-year-old Emmy Apfel was sitting at home in Palo Alto, California, with nothing to do. It was her school’s spring break, everything was canceled and the overwhelming boredom left her grasping for something, anything, to occupy her time. She posted an ad on the website Nextdoor, offering to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — As college football fans turn their eyes toward the upcoming season with fall practice set to start later this month for some teams, Governor Brian Kemp said it’s going to be a “tall task” to have a season at all due to the COVID-19
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Thousands of football fans attended the Bulgarian Cup final between Lokomotiv Plovdiv and CSKA Sofia on Wednesday, where social distancing measures appeared to be ignored in the stands. Officials relaxed rules for Wednesday’s final, which Lokomotiv won 5-3 on penalties, by increasing the number of fans allowed into the stadium from 4,000 to 12,000. Visit
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YORK COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — A York County man has been charged with felony counts of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children after police say he held a two-year-old boy’s hand under hot water until the skin peeled off the boy’s fingers. Shane Douglas McKinsey, 31,
Continue Reading For many of us, the novelty of cooking every single meal at home faded weeks — if not months — ago. And while access to restaurant food in the United States, from garden-variety Thai to elevated steakhouse fare, has never been better (particularly in urban areas) it just wasn’t the same as going out to
Continue Reading With kids forced into virtual learning for the last third of the school year, experts warn the normal “summer slide” — students forgetting academic skills over the summer — could be much worse this year because of the pandemic. The slide could be even worse for kids in low-income areas where internet access, learning devices
Continue Reading Wall Street is cheering the better-than-expected June jobs report. Futures had been pointing to about a 1% rise at the opening bell before the jobs numbers were released — but after the upbeat report, the Dow started the day with a gain of 1.5%, or more than 380 points. The US economy added 4.8 million
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public health announced yet another triple-digit spike in coronavirus cases on Thursday morning, reporting 265 additional infections and one new death. It was the second-highest daily case increase of the pandemic. The record was 284 just a few days ago on June 28. “The consistent
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