LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The U.S. Courthouse in Las Cruces is being shut down for the rest of the week after a coronavirus outbreak at the facility. Federal officials said in a statement Tuesday evening that a contractor had tested positive for the virus resulting in a “number of court security personnel who have
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When football season kicks off this fall, NFL players will be wearing helmet decals featuring the names of victims of systemic racism and police violence, a league source said. Each week, teams will have a choice to honor one specific name or several names, a source told CNN. All 32 NFL teams will feature the
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Twitter is cracking down on accounts linked to QAnon, a group known for spreading conspiracy theories and disinformation online. “We’ve been clear that we will take strong enforcement action on behavior that has the potential to lead to offline harm,” Twitter’s safety team said late Tuesday in a tweet. “In line with this approach, this
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While the race for a Covid-19 vaccine continues, scientists are learning more about the early vaccines used to fight smallpox, the only human infectious disease to be successfully eradicated. A new study published in Genome Biology on Sunday, carried out by scientists and historians from McMaster University, the Mütter Museum and the University of Sydney,
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The number of people who have had Covid-19 is much greater than the official case count, according to data and a new analysis released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. Depending on the region and the time period, the number of people infected was anywhere between 2 and 24 times
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Heavy rain and pea-size hail hit parts of the Upper Valley this afternoon and evening. Canutillo had heavy rain from a severe thunderstorm along with strong winds and small hail. Doppler radar estimates indicate upwards of near 1″ in spots that caused some street flooding off Doniphan. Temps also cooled down today. The El Paso
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Officials found the name and photo of New York state’s chief judge in a car associated with Roy Den Hollander, the man suspected of opening fire on Sunday at another judge’s home, according to Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the state’s Unified Court System. Federal officials contacted New York state Chief Judge Janet M. DiFiore
Continue Reading When the pandemic forced artist and video game developer Steve Derrick to work from home, he found himself with extra time on his hands that he said he did not want to spend watching Netflix or Hulu. When he stumbled on a magazine photo of a nurse who had just spent a long shift treating
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council voted 5-4 Tuesday, with Mayor Dee Margo breaking ties, to continue withholding information on the specific locations of Covid-19 clusters and to reject a plan for additional city virus testing sites. That means identities of businesses, nursing homes and other locations where significant outbreaks of the virus
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CHESAPEAKE, Virginia — Dollar Tree and Family Dollar have reversed course and will no longer require customers to wear masks while shopping at all of their stores. The discount retailers will instead “request” it. The change comes nearly two weeks after the retailers implemented policies stating shoppers, vendors and employees must wear masks. Both of
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If acute flaccid myelitis or AFM follows its usual pattern, 2020 should be a year that sees a spike in US cases — but the country hasn’t seen one yet, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s also unclear what impact Covid-19 will have on the rare polio-like condition, which affects
Continue Reading Getting old is inevitable, but scientists at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) may be one step closer to being able to delay the aging process. A team of scientists studied aging in yeast — chosen because its cells are easily manipulated — to try to understand if different cells age at the same
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials announced 10 new coronavirus deaths and 307 additional cases on Tuesday, as infection was confirmed to have spread to the State Veterans’ Home. None of the ten deaths reported Tuesday occurred in southern New Mexico, where the death count between Doña Ana and Otero counties stands
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Click here for updates on this story YAMHILL COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — A former employee is facing charges for stealing approximately $4.4 million from a plant nursery in rural McMinnville, according to the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrested Jeanna Lee Buxton, 61, of La Pine, after months of investigation. Oregon Pride Nursery filed a
Continue Reading NFL safety Reshad Jones is contemplating retirement after a planned neck surgery was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking with the Palm Beach Post’s Joe Schad on Monday, the 32-year-old safety said he’s not planning to play this season and he’s unsure if he’ll play again. Jones needs neck surgery, which was put on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — The mayor has announced that restaurants and businesses that serve alcohol will have to shut down at 10 p.m. This public health order will go into effect on Friday. Mayor John Cooper said it is in the best interest of bar owners to have
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — St. Louis prosecutors on Monday filed charges against Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the Central West End couple seen pointing guns at protesters in late June. Patricia and Mark McCloskey are each facing one count of Unlawful Use of a Weapon – Flourishing, sources
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Spanish Fort, AL (WALA) — A group of strangers bound by their courage, dropping everything to save a man who, Spanish Fort police say, was in mental distress when he jumped off of the Tensaw River Bridge into Mobile Bay in a suicide attempt on July 5th. “What
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump held his first press briefing focused on the coronavirus crisis in nearly three months on Tuesday afternoon — but without any experts from the White House task force. “Today, I want to provide an update on our response to the China Virus, and what my administration is doing to get the outbreak in the Sunbelt
Continue Reading As restaurants, malls and amusement parks around the country reopen, masks have become a necessary part of today’s new normal. But covering your nose and mouth in this summer heat isn’t easy, especially when it means you can’t take a drink of water — or anything else. That’s led one company to launch the Redee
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Denver, CO (KCNC) — Repairs to the Colorado State Capitol began Monday after weeks of protests and demonstrations. Broken windows, graffiti and vandalism are among the damage to the building, the surrounding buildings in the complex, as well as to the surrounding parks and monuments. The plan to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago, IL ( WBBM) — We get a lot of emails – some nice, some not, and some asking for help – and we get back to all of those. But over the weekend, CBS 2’s Brad Edwards got an email he couldn’t quite let go of. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago, IL ( WBBM) — “I can’t believe we survived” – those are the words of a terrified Uber driver who was caught in the middle of hundreds of teens getting pushed through the downtown area by Chicago Police. As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reported, the driver had
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Foxboro, MA ( WBZ) — Those who frequent Foxboro’s Dunkin Donuts on Route 140 likely know Reggie St. Germain. The real regulars have probably had coffee on him. He pays for the order in front or behind him every day. “I enjoy doing it because it makes me
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Pasoans Fighting Hunger food bank is implementing a new distribution model in their facilities at 9541 Plaza Circle location. This new model allows individuals to go through intake and get a ticket to receive food. Cars enter the distribution area and park, then clients stand in a short line
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso and the Borderland experienced a record-setting heat wave earlier this month, with afternoon highs routinely hitting around 110 degrees. So it is no surprise, El Paso Electric customers also set a new peak demand for electricity, using 2,173 megawatts from 4 to 5 p.m. on July 13. That is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Boston, MA ( WBZ) — Amid the summer heat and the coronavirus pandemic, the Animal Rescue League is reminding pet owners that animals do not belong in cars. Leaving a dog in a hot car is illegal, punishable by a fine. Coronavirus safety regulations have lengthened the trip
Continue Reading A farmer in eastern India has found a yellow turtle which experts say is the product of albinism. Basudev Mahapatra spotted the turtle while he was working in his fields in the village of Sujanpur, in Odisha’s Balasore district, and decided to bring it home, forest official Susanta Nanda told CNN on Tuesday. Mahapatra found
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — An off-duty St. Louis Metropolitan Police officer exchanged gunfire with teens who tried to carjack him Monday night, police say. The 45-year-old officer with 22 years of police service was working his second job at the Kutis Funeral Home at 2906 Gravois around
Continue Reading A Georgia woman’s family can’t throw her the blowout 105th birthday party they’ve been looking forward to, so they’re asking people around the world to send birthday cards to help celebrate. Helen Mangham was born on August 2, 1915. Woodrow Wilson was president and America had not yet entered World War I. In 2020, she
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