The remainder of the shortened 2020 Major League Baseball season saw itself further imperiled Tuesday after a coronavirus outbreak on the Miami Marlins prompted the league to postpone the team’s games through Sunday. The halt to the Marlins’ season less than a week after it opened follows reports by ESPN and The Athletic that four
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The woman killed on Monday in Maine’s first-ever fatal shark attack has been identified, officials say. “Today I have the sad duty of confirming that Julie Dimperio Holowach, 63, of New York City, died yesterday as a result of a shark attack while swimming near Bailey Island,” Patrick Keliher, commissioner of the Maine Department of
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EL PASO, Texas — The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) has announced the 2019-20 NABC Honors Court, as Ountae Campbell, Gilles Dekoninck, Isaiah Rhyanes, Tydus Verhoeven and Eric Vila were recognized for their hard work on the court and in the classroom. Campbell, Dekoninck, Rhyanes, Verhoeven and Vila each displayed a cumulative 3.2 GPA or higher at the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Police used their SWAT team early Tuesday morning to arrest a man suspected of beating up his girlfriend and holding the woman against her will. Carlos Herrera, 36, has been charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of battery against a household member. Officers initially responded to a
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Conservationists have captured footage of endangered tigers in a region of western Thailand for the first time in four years. The footage of the big cats is rekindling hope that tigers are returning to the forests of the country after being poached to near extinction and sold in the illegal wildlife trade. Remote camera traps
Continue Reading Despite restrictions on gatherings in the state, an annual Minnesota rodeo took place last weekend — drawing a crowd of thousands. The North Star Stampede Rodeo in Effie, Minnesota, held its 65th annual rodeo this year, with many attendees opting to not wear a mask in protest. “Thanks to John Olson from the Mn Dept.
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EL PASO, Texas — The Modus-V is now in the hands of a pediatric neurosurgeon that has pioneered ways to safely operate on children from only months old to teenagers. World-renowned Dr. David Jimenez is piloting this piece of equipment that has been used in the International Space Station. Pediatric surgery leaders at El Paso’s
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Two years ago, the world watched with a heavy heart as a mother orca carried along her dead newborn for more than two weeks. Now, that same orca is pregnant again. Tahlequah, or J35, as she’s known by researchers, isn’t the only Southern Resident orca expecting. According to drone photos, she’s just one of several
Continue Reading An up-and-coming fashion designer has accused Balenciaga of appropriating her work, alleging that the luxury label posted an image to social media strikingly similar to one in her portfolio, which it had requested to see. Tra My Nguyen said she was left “angry and speechless” when the French-owned Spanish brand, uploaded a photo of a
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 31-year-old man was found dead, partially submerged in a ponding area, at a Las Cruces apartment complex over the weekend, officials said Tuesday. At 3 p.m. Saturday, police were dispatched to the Casa Bella Apartments at 2306 S. Espina Street to do a welfare check. A passer-by had spotted
Continue Reading A statue of Robert E. Lee has stood in historic city of Richmond, Virginia, for over a century. But on Tuesday night, the focus will not be on the Confederate general, but instead George Floyd, a Black man who died at the hands of police. Starting at 9:30 p.m. ET, a hologram of Floyd will
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Since the coronavirus pandemic first began, evidence has emerged showing that Covid-19 can damage more than the lungs. The disease caused by the novel coronavirus can harm other organs in the body — including the heart — and now two separate studies, published in the journal JAMA Cardiology on Monday, provide more insight into how
Continue Reading “Alhamdulillah.” Ramy Youssef’s response to being nominated on Tuesday for an Emmy Award was to simply thank God. The co-creator and star of Hulu’s “Ramy” was nominated for outstanding lead actor and outstanding directing in a comedy series. Co-star Mahershala Ali earned a nod for his season 2 supporting role. “Ramy” becomes the first Muslim
Continue Reading Even as the number of new coronavirus cases across the United States has dropped recently, several states are still setting distressing records. In Florida, where cases are declining, the state reported 186 deaths Tuesday, the most it has had in a single day. North Carolina’s hospitalizations are at a record high — 1,244 — topping
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Even amid an attempt by President Donald Trump’s aides to shift his focus back to coronavirus, he continues to hear from a wide range of associates — including the CEO of a far-right television network — who are undermining the administration’s health experts and questioning their approach to the pandemic, people familiar with the conversations
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Temps will be around record levels Thursday as we continue to heat up. Highs Wednesday through Friday will be in the low 100’s with Thursday reaching 103, which would tie a record. The chance for storms will increase a bit by the weekend and early next week. Storm chances will be around 20-30% with a
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EL PASO, Texas — The first new dental school in Texas in 50 years took a major step forward on Tuesday. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso broke ground on a new oral health clinic that will be located in south-central El Paso along Rick Francis Street. It will be part of the
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Click here for updates on this story McDonough, GA (WGCL) — There’s a large debate in Henry County on whether officials should remove a Confederate monument honoring fallen Confederate soldiers from the center of McDonough Square. “My thoughts on the statue behind me, it needs to be removed,” Jason Elkady said. “I don’t think it’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Flint, MI (WNEM) — People in the community are coming together to curb the violence after more than 100 shots were fired over the weekend in Flint. “There has to be some kind of structure or the house is going to fall,” said Brandan Jamison, radio personality and
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UPDATE: State investigators on Wednesday identified Ray Adrian Lara, 36, of El Paso as the nude man who died after a confrontation with UTEP police in which he was tasered. The Texas Rangers, through a spokesman, indicated the investigation into the circumstances surrounding Lara’s death continued. ORIGINAL REPORT: EL PASO, Texas – A naked man
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Nashville, TN (WSMV) — Ahead of Governor Bill Lee’s press conference on Tuesday providing an update on school reopening plans, teachers and other community members held a mock funeral procession outside the Governor’s Mansion. “If teachers die, we’re already in a teacher shortage, who’s going to be educating
Continue Reading Local politicians in Vancouver, Canada, are pushing to change its policing strategies, after its City Council passed a motion that would limit police response to mental health, substance abuse and other nonviolent issues — working instead to fund a community-led initiative. The council’s Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities approved the motion, titled “Decriminalizing
Continue Reading The Sony video camera that recorded the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles Police Department officers, a tape shown on TV stations across the nation and that sparked outrage, is going up for auction. The beating happened just after midnight March 3, 1991, when LAPD officers struck King, then 25, more than 50 times
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Gwinnett County, GA (Gwinnett Daily Post) — The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office is “deeply appreciative” of three Gwinnett County inmates who are credited with rescuing a deputy after he experienced a medical emergency. According to the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office post, the inmates saw that the deputy did
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — One day after shattering the record for new coronavirus cases in a single-day, with Doña Ana County leading the state, the number of additional daily cases statewide dropped to 301 from 467. But New Mexico health officials reported seven new deaths across the state, with two of those occurring in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Shreveport, LA (KTBS) — A Shreveport man was charged with attempted second-degree murder for shooting his wife three times in the head Monday morning at the Cedar Creek apartments in the southwest part of the city, police said in a news release. The 44-year-old woman was taken to
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Newly obtained police body camera video from earlier this month shows a tense and disturbing scene unfolding at a Las Cruces Walmart. On July 12, an employee of the Walmart on Valley Drive approached a Las Cruces police officer with concerns that a customer refused to wear a mask, according
Continue Reading The Oakland Athletics are playing to near-empty stadiums this season because of Covid-19, but fans might catch a glimpse of superfan Sal Valencia smiling in the stands. Valencia fell in love with the team when he was a boy and loved watching games with his family and friends up until his death in January 2019.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Transylvania County, NC (WLOS) — Transylvania County resident and Navy veteran Charles Holden received a colorful gift Monday morning at a small ceremony in front of the Transylvania County Courthouse. The Blue Ridge Quilts of Valor chapter of the Western North Carolina Quilters Guild presented Holden with a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Asheville, NC (WLOS) — The Asheville Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened late Monday night on Druid Drive in West Asheville. At approximately 11 p.m., Monday, July 27, 2020, officers responded to a report of gunshots being fired into a residence. Officers arrived to find that
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