A pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on a California freeway Monday after experiencing mechanical failure, according to officials. The single-engine plane was able to land on Interstate 5 in the San Clemente area without any injuries reported or vehicles hit, according to the California Highway Patrol. The Piper PA24 was carrying only
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Doña Ana County woman who lived past 100 was among five additional New Mexicans who have died from coronavirus, state health officials said Monday. The centenarian who died was a resident of the Good Samaritan Society nursing home in Las Cruces, which the state had previously listed among facilities
Continue Reading HOUNDE, Burkina Faso (AP) – The United Nations says coronavirus-linked hunger is leading to the deaths of 10,000 children a month in the first year of the global pandemic because of fears of contamination and movement restrictions. In a study published Monday, four U.N. agencies said failing to act now will have devastating long-term consequences
Continue Reading If you’ve received a mysterious package of seeds in the mail lately, don’t plant them. Several states are issuing warnings after residents across the nation have reported receiving unsolicited packages that appear to have originated in China. The packages typically have Chinese characters on the label and contain a sealed packet of unknown seeds that
Continue Reading Dr. Joseph Costa, the chief of critical care who treated the sickest Covid-19 patients at Baltimore’s Mercy Medical Center, succumbed to the virus at the age of 56 Saturday, the hospital confirmed to CNN. “Joe was more than a trusted colleague; he was also a true friend to many,” Sister Helen Amos, executive chair of
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Grab a tissue. It’s all right to cry. Really. Although it’s often seen as a sign of weakness, crying can be just what the doctor ordered for sorting through muddied emotions and wading out anew. Our disapproval of emotional expression generally and crying specifically stems from childhood, said Stephen Sideroff, author of “The Path: Mastering
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HOUSTON, Texas — The Trump administration has agreed not to expel children it detained in a Texas hotel and will instead allow them to remain in the U.S. and pursue their immigration cases. The move comes days after The Associated Press first reported on the U.S. government’s secretive practice of detaining unaccompanied children in hotels
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El Paso, TX – For the fifth straight year, the UTEP tennis team has been named an ITA All-Academic Team. Furthermore, nine members of the squad were recognized as ITA scholar athletes. They were Thássane Abrahim, Lyric Bonilla, Ailyn Castañeda, Eve Daniels, Elena Dibattista, Ana Gonzalez, Kathleen Percegona, Lina Sachica and Vanessa Valdez. “I am
Continue Reading Of all the team sports, football and social distancing don’t seem to go together. But even in the middle of a deadly pandemic, the NFL is readying to bring a sense of normalcy back to a stressed-out country. Training camps are preparing to open this week, welcoming back 32 teams, some of them in areas
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an exclusive interview on Monday, southern New Mexico’s congresswoman told ABC-7 that her constituents deserve a $600 boost in unemployment as well as a bonus when they return to work. Unemployment negotiations “It’s a compromise,” said U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (D – Las Cruces). “It identifies that we do need
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NEW YORK (AP) – President Donald Trump’s lawyers have again challenged a criminal subpoena for tax records, calling it a harassment of the president. The claim came Monday as lawyers filed a rewritten lawsuit to challenge the subpoena on grounds they believe conform with how the U.S. Supreme Court said the subpoena can be contested.
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Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — A 7-year-old girl has been declared brain dead after a drive-by shooting that also sent a baby and two adults to the hospital. “We are hurt so bad, you know. We are just so hurt,” said Cynthia Banks, a family member of those wounded. “We
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El Paso, Texas — El Paso city officials and health leaders held a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon to provide an update on the latest local developments. Mayor Dee Margo announced that all city parks were now open to the public, including playgrounds and fitness equipment. In addition, the mayor said operation of the three state-run
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PARK RIDGE, N.J. (WCBS) — A front-line worker who spent 108 days in the hospital and rehab facilities after catching COVID-19 is finally back home. Neighbors lined a Park Ridge road to welcome home a woman who fought a long fight. Sue Lemba says she was exposed to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — In the wake of a profane and racist graffiti attack on San Francisco’s KZV Armenian School, the local Armenian community came together Friday afternoon to pray and show their strength. The tagging was discovered Friday morning, much of it using curse words. “That very
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Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner have welcomed their first child. “Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas are delighted to announce the birth of their baby,” a representative for Turner said in a statement provided to CNN. No further details were provided. The couple married last year in two ceremonies — a casual affair in Las Vegas
Continue Reading With 432,747 confirmed coronavirus cases, Florida is now at the center of the US Covid-19 outbreak, prompting a union for one of the state’s largest healthcare systems to seek a mask order. Florida is second only to California in confirmed cases, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. So to help curb the spread
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Protests flared up across the country this weekend, two months after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis catalyzed a nationwide reckoning over race and policing. From Portland to Seattle to Louisville, Kentucky, protesters took to the streets, as the nation honored the life of civil rights hero John Lewis. Some protests were largely
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The flu vaccine significantly lowered the risk of heart attacks, strokes and some other cardiovascular conditions for people at high risk, researchers reported Monday. Yet these high-risk adults are less likely to get the vaccine than others, the researchers told an American Heart Association meeting. Adults over 50 who got flu vaccines during a hospitalization
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BERRIEN SPRINGS, Mich. (WBND) — Christian and Mila met in Orlando, Florida through mutual friends at an event a few years ago. When Mila walked into the room, Christian said that he knew immediately that she was the one. “I remember time just stopping, it was the hair
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story URBANDALE, Iowa (WHO) — A 9-year-old girl and her friends have raised more than $130,000 selling friendship bracelets. They are using the money to help businesses and families in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd. She was here in Iowa on Saturday with her family selling even
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Dr. Anthony Fauci threw an abysmal first pitch to kick off the historic 2020 Major League Baseball season. But fans of the renowned disease expert clearly don’t mind. A Topps baseball card with a masked Fauci mid-pitch just became the bestselling card in the history of ToppsNow, the company’s collection of limited-edition cards. ToppsNow cards
Continue Reading Cities, colleges and even the US Capitol are seeing growing battles over statues or building names after the killing of George Floyd. The University of Mississippi is facing a fight over its very identity. Like other universities, the state’s flagship campus in Oxford is not generally addressed by its full name. For more than a
Continue Reading Just weeks before schools must open across Florida, the numbers of new cases and hospitalizations due to Covid-19 have surged. On July 16, the state had a total of 23,170 children ages 17 and under who had tested positive since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the Florida Department of Health. By July 24,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KDVR/KWGN) — Teachers in Colorado staged virtual protests and events as the ‘Refuse to Return’ movement pushes for schools to remain closed for in person learning until Colorado has no new COVID-19 cases for 14 days. Teachers said it is dangerous to re-open schools right now and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DRIGGS, Idaho (East Idaho News) — When nature calls, most people aren’t really concerned about what’s on a bathroom’s walls. That’s a problem for Helen Seay, a local artist and the self-styled “Latrine Queen.” Seay believes a trip to the bathroom should be an artistic experience, and she’s
Continue Reading From the start, the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed America’s social and economic inequality in stark relief, by disproportionately infecting and killing people of color, the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions. Now, as the country sweats through the thick of what is likely to be another sweltering summer, another invisible threat looms. This weekend, as
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WMUR) — A Newmarket boy is on the road to recovery after getting a new kidney. Ian Donaldson, 11, is back home in Newmarket after receiving a transplant earlier this month. “I feel amazing,” he said. Ian has come a long way since WMUR reported on him
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WASHINGTON, DC — Lawmakers and the American public are paying their respects to the civil rights icon and late congressman, Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, on Monday as his body lies in state at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Lewis is the first Black lawmaker to lie in state at the US Capitol Rotunda, according to congressional
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) — The oldest member of Shaarie Torah, a Portland synagogue, turned 100 years old on Sunday. Because of the pandemic, friends and neighbors got creative in celebrating Frida Gass Cohen and organized a surprise drive-by birthday parade for her. Cohen told FOX 12 the synagogue
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