Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT ) — In early June, Benson First Friday Omaha created 2 sculptures celebrating Pride and Black Lives Matter. One was placed at 60th and Maple and the other was a block away. Friday afternoon, the group’s deputy director was surprised to see the sculptures in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — It’s not just protesters who are feeling the effects of tear gas from federal officers, according to a federal defender who says her clients in the detention center within the Justice Center are also getting tear gassed. Federal Defender Lisa Hay says early this
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LE CLAIRE, IA (WQAD) — Sales of boats are on the rise as the pandemic sinks summer plans. One local dealer is so busy it’s having a tough time keeping boats in stock. Down by the water in Le Claire, Iowa Grace Marine can`t get boats into the
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At least one man is hospitalized in Delaware after 12 people were inadvertently given incorrect Covid-19 test results, according to the Delaware Health and Social Services and state Sen. Brian Pettyjohn. “In partnership with Walgreens, 2,791 samples were collected for processing through the Delaware Public Health Lab in the first week of testing. In the
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Xavi, considered one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, has tested positive for the coronavirus but says he is “ok.” The 40-year-old Spaniard revealed the news on his Instagram account and the team he manages, Al Sadd in the Qatar Stars League (QSL), put out his statement on its website. “A few days ago,
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SELMA, Alabama — More than five decades after he was slammed in the head by a white state trooper’s billy club while he lead a march on behalf of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, the late Congressman John Lewis made one last crossing on Sunday. In an emotional ceremony
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EL PASO, Texas — A teenage girl, El Paso’s youngest victim of the coronavirus, was among three new deaths reported Saturday morning by health officials to close out the deadliest recorded week of the entire pandemic. The number of fatalities for the week reached 42, which not only set a record for El Paso but
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Manchester United, Chelsea and Leicester City would have likely — to use the expression — “bitten your hand off” to be in the position they are now in the English Premier League. On the final day of the season, the three teams know a win Sunday would guarantee them a lucrative Champions League spot —
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El Paso, Texas- Last night’s storms brought in some much needed rainfall across the Borderland. Some areas got more than they bargained for and experienced flooding. Flash flooding is possible in certain areas today as we expect more showers and thunderstorms to develop by midday and into the evening. The National Weather Service has issued
Continue Reading In the middle of CIA headquarters, there sits a sculpture that contains a secret code that has stumped top cryptologists for decades. In the late 1980s, artist Jim Sanborn was commissioned to create a sculpture to be displayed at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Knowing some of the world’s top intelligence officials would see the
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Bugatti and the London-based Little Car Company have teamed up to make 500 miniature electric Bugattis for kids — and now a few of them have just become available to buy. Originally, all 500 of the mini electric cars that the companies planned to make were sold after the car was unveiled at the 2019
Continue Reading Parents are now cooperating with health officials after a teen party in Middletown, New Jersey, led to a Covid-19 cluster in the area. More than 20 teens tested positive for the coronavirus after attending a house party on July 11, Middletown Health Department spokeswoman Tara Berson tells CNN. The partygoers ranged in age from 15
Continue Reading At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the food supply in America was in question. Images of barren grocery store shelves, cleared out meat sections and empty freezer aisles littered the internet. It was then that Gillian Frank and his wife, Kathryn Jones, both 41, discussed getting pet chickens. “Wouldn’t it be kind of a
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EL PASO, Texas — Firefighters battled an overnight house and garage blaze on El Paso’s east side. The fire broke out after 11 p.m. Friday along Rex Court, a short residential street near Cielo Vista Park. Fire crews reported flames showing upon arrival and remained on the scene dealing with the remnants of the fire
Continue Reading A prosthetic mask, counterfeit driver’s licenses, and personal information obtained on the internet. That’s how federal authorities say a Michigan man allegedly managed to steal more than $100,000 from casino patrons in Michigan and Kansas. John Colletti even went as far as disguising himself as an elderly man to evade suspicion, federal prosecutors say. Colletti,
Continue Reading The car-size Perseverance rover launching to Mars on July 30 is the heaviest and largest rover NASA has ever sent to the red planet. The plan for the Perseverance rover mission has unfolded over the last 10 years. It’s the next step in understanding the history of Mars and if ancient life once lived on
Continue Reading The car-size Perseverance rover launching to Mars on July 30 is the heaviest and largest rover NASA has ever sent to the red planet. The plan for the Perseverance rover mission has unfolded over the last 10 years. It’s the next step in understanding the history of Mars and if ancient life once lived on
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EL PASO, Texas– Dr. Fahad Omar, a Borderland-area pulmonologist, is praising efforts across the pond as roughly one million United Kingdowm residents have quit smoking in the four months since the coronavirus pandemic first began. Nearly a half-million others have taken steps to reduce their smoking, and eventually hopefully quit. “We’ve been struggling with this
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The number of people sickened by a parasite linked to bagged salad mixes has gone up to 641 cases in 11 states, federal health officials said. Of those infected in the multistate outbreak of Cyclospora, 37 were hospitalized, the Food and Drug Administration said. There were no deaths reported. Cyclospora is a microscopic parasite that
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The pandemic has forced businesses to close and left many El Pasoans without a job. It’s causing demand to skyrocket at the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank. Jimmy Cativo, a mobile pantry coordinator for the food bank, says he’s felt that rise in the last few months and is
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EL PASO, Texas — As space at El Paso hospitals gets tighter, ABC-7 has learned patients infected with coronavirus are being sent to two local nursing homes: Mountain View Health and Rehabilitation and St. Giles Nursing and Rehabilitation. Those facilities have set up special Covid units while at the same time, dealing with outbreaks of
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EL PASO, Texas– Concerned ABC-7 viewers have called in complaints about far east El Paso parks being full of people on recent evenings. On the City of El Paso’s website it states the following: “…all City Parks are open, including skate parks and outdoor basketball/tennis courts.Due to ongoing health concerns regarding Covid-19, playgrounds and fitness equipment
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EL PASO, Texas — For the third straight time since the restart of the USL season, the El Paso Locomotive FC took to the pitch without any fans at Southwest University Park. However, there was one difference this time around, the Locomotive FC would walk away from their match against New Mexico United without any
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UPDATE: Relatives on Sunday identified 20-year-old Rashon Peterson as the victim of Friday night’s deadly crash in far east El Paso. The family said Peterson was a passenger in a car that was struck by a semi-truck. Peterson was a Hanks High School graduate. A GoFundMe account was set up to help the family with
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RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — Doctors at a Texas hospital along the U.S.-Mexico border may decide to send coronavirus patients “home to die by their loved ones” due to limited resources, officials say. Government and health officials in Starr County announced this week they are creating committees to review patients’ cases at the Starr County
Continue Reading Super Bowl champion Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, the first practicing medical doctor to play in the NFL, has decided to opt out of playing in the upcoming season due to the coronavirus pandemic. “This is one of the most difficult decisions I have had to make in my life but I must follow my convictions and do
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EL PASO, Texas — Rain-slicked roadways following up to an inch and a half of rain on Friday evening resulted in multiple crashes that snarled traffic across the Borderland. A couple of notable wrecks occurred on Interstate 10 eastbound through El Paso. At I-10 east and McCrae, multiple lanes were closed due to a crash;
Continue Reading A total of eighteen people face federal charges for their alleged roles during protests this week at the US Courthouse in Portland, according to the office of the US Attorney for the District of Oregon. “The Hatfield Federal Courthouse has been a nightly target of vandalism during evening protests and riots, sustaining extensive damage,” the
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The United States on Friday got two reality checks on the coronavirus pandemic as the number of cases around the world set another high. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, reminded Americans that even if a vaccine candidate gets through the testing process and is successful by
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