It’s a sad day for Slurpee lovers everywhere. The convenience retailer has celebrated July 11 (7/11) every summer since 2002 as 7-Eleven Day, with free Slurpees for all who visited one of the stores. But it’s been canceled this year. And, yes, you can blame it on the pandemic. Instead, 7-Eleven said it would celebrate
Continue Reading Ramon Abbas flaunted a lavish lifestyle of private jets, designer clothes and luxury cars. To his 2.5 million Instagram followers, he went by Ray Hushpuppi, a man who boarded helicopters from his Dubai waterfront apartment and walked around with shopping bags from Gucci, Versace and Fendi. On social media, where he posted a video of
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After Memorial Day, as the United States began to reopen, coronavirus cases began to rise. The number of hospitalizations had risen in at least a dozen states some two weeks after the holiday weekend. For the Fourth of July weekend, a new analysis of cell phone data suggests even more people hit the road among
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Authorities are using sonar equipment and a specially-trained dog to search for “Glee” actress Naya Rivera in murky waters, saying the recovery operation could take days. Rivera, 33, vanished Wednesday from Lake Piru in Southern California’s Ventura County. She went to the lake that afternoon and rented a pontoon boat with her 4-year-old son, according
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s County’s top doctor declared Sunday morning that the coronavirus is “spreading like wildfire” as he announced record-setting daily numbers of new cases, hospitalizations and patients listed in intensive care. Those skyrocketing numbers blamed on “community spread” included 411 new cases, the first time El Paso has topped the 400
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El Paso, Texas- High pressure continues to dominate the Borderland. We are now going into our 10th consecutive day of triple digit temperatures. Heat Advisory and Excessive Heat Warnings remain in place for today. El Paso forecast calls for a high of 108, possibly tying the old record of 108 set in 1979. Las Cruces
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An altercation at a Michigan apartment complex ended with five people shot Sunday morning, Lansing Police Chief Daryl Green said. Officers responded to a call of shots fired outside the complex in the 4900 block of Dunckle Road around 3 a.m., police said. The shooting victims included three women, ages 19, 21, 26, and two
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Tulane University in New Orleans may be among the most famous “party schools” in the country, but students gathering in groups of more than 15 during the pandemic now risk getting suspended or expelled. “Do not host parties or gatherings with more than 15 people, including the host. If you do, you will face suspension
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The “Nigerian Nightmare” might not have given his opponent a terribly bad dream but he still eased to victory in the main event on the debut of UFC’s “Fight Island.” Kamaru Usman improved to 17-1 with a unanimous decision over late replacement Jorge Masvidal to retain his welterweight crown in UFC 251. The 33-year-old —
Continue Reading Mary Daniel visited her husband Steve every day at his Florida memory care center until they stopped allowing visitors in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. The virus kept them apart for 114 days. Daniel said the isolation took a toll on her 66-year-old husband, who has Alzheimer’s. So when the facility offered her a
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Locomotive FC (1-0-1, 4 points) returned to Southwest University Park to host Rio Grande Valley FC, securing a critical three points in a 1-0 victory on Saturday. Midfielder Dylan Mares tallied the loan goal to open his Locomotive scorecard. “I was amazed by how good the guys were, to be honest considering
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EL PASO, Texas — Adapting to a new way of doing things for federal agencies around the country has become to the new norm. Here in the Borderland it is no different. The pandemic has affected has those who work handling mail for the United States Postal Service. Michael Cardenas, a USPS clerk at the
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — It may be hard to believe but the Borderland has a beer festival going on over weekend. Now it is second year of existence, Festival Desertica is going digital for it’s fans in Juarez, El Paso and New Mexico and will look much different than it did in 2019 when the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — On Friday, September 13th, Isaac Brealey-Rood’s spirit might have shined brighter than the full moon above the Field of Dreams. “I was stunned,” said his mother, Carissa Bonacci in September. “I teared up. He was so happy. He was out on the field with the other kids.” In September, she
Continue Reading Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has been hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus, according to his official Twitter account. LIVE UPDATES FROM AROUND THE WORLD The 77-year-old actor tweeted on Saturday, “I have tested CoviD positive .. shifted to Hospital .. hospital informing authorities .. family and staff undergone tests, results awaited ..All that have been
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AUSTIN, Texas — The coronavirus continues to cut its record-setting swath through Texas as state officials reported a record 10,351 new cases for the day Saturday. That brought the total cases of Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus, to just over a quarter-million dating to the start of tracking in early March. The true
Continue Reading A former gymnastics coach was arrested in Las Vegas and faces 14 counts of lewdness with a child under age 14, authorities said Terry Gray, 52, was a coach at a gym in the city from 2009 to 2015, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said in a statement. Court records show that the alleged incidents
Continue Reading At least two people are dead and two are injured in a shooting in Bellevue, Washington, Saturday night. Police responded to reports of shots fired and a possible stabbing around 7:30 p.m. When officers arrived, they found a dead man in the third-floor lobby of an apartment building and another man critically injured, according to
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UPDATE: Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare facilities in El Paso continued to divert some patients on Sunday as the hospital group dealt with an ongoing surge in coronavirus patients needing care. A spokesperson provided the following update in a statement to ABC-7 late Sunday afternoon about the unfolding situation… “Our current Covid census is placing
Continue Reading The coronavirus pandemic has already claimed over half a million lives across the world, with case numbers continuing to rise. A new report by Oxfam now warns that the hunger crisis worsened by the pandemic could potentially kill more people each day than the infection itself. An estimated 12,000 people per day could die from
Continue Reading A 15-year-old boy died in a suspected shark attack while surfing in New South Wales, Australia, police said Saturday. “Witnesses have told police a shark attacked the teenager while he was surfing at Wilsons Headland at Wooli Beach, near Grafton,” New South Wales police said in a statement. “Several board-riders came to his assistance before
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McALLEN, Texas — Two police officers in McAllen were killed while answering a domestic disturbance call Saturday afternoon, according to the police chief. The officers were shot by a suspect as they approached the door of a home, McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said during a press conference Saturday evening. “The officers never had a
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El PASO, Texas — Bob Snead, an El Paso artist, actor and decorated war veteran who told the stories of Black soldiers of the frontier, died on Saturday. He was 84, according to El Paso Matters. A memorial service is planned for El Paso in the next week to 10 days, Snead’s family said. Snead
Continue Reading If the year 2020 is good for anything, it’s the lesson that during a crisis, anyone who builds a better mousetrap will find the world beating a path to his door. A humble team at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland reminded the world of late poet Ralph Waldo Emerson’s phrase when they created a real
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EL PASO, Texas– An excessive heat warning is in place until Sunday night as afternoon highs are expected to range between 105 to 110 degrees this weekend. Moisture will return to areas west of the Rio Grande Wednesday, brining storm chances into the forecast. Temperatures will drop to below advisory levels mid week next week,
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Click here for updates on this story New Haven, CT (WFSB) — New Haven police are investigating a shooting after a woman suffered a graze wound to the head. On Friday around 11:18 p.m., officers responded to the report of a person shot in a townhouse complex on Quinnipiac Avenue. Officers found the 45-year-old resident
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — An Otero County woman was among four new coronavirus deaths in New Mexico on Saturday as the state’s death toll rose to 543. The woman in her 80s had been hospitalized with underlying conditions health officials said. It was the ninth virus death to occur in Otero County since the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Hall County, GA (WGCL) — Divers are searching for a 28-year-old man after reports that he jumped into Lake Lanier and did not resurface. Hall County Fire Services responded to the scene near Harbor’s Landing on Lake Lanier Saturday afternoon after receiving a call at 3:58pm. The Hall
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Flint, Michigan (WNEM) — A mask for everyone! That’s the mission of Mask-Up Michigan, an initiative spear-headed by State Representative Cynthia Neeley and the governor’s office. “Wear a mask if you want to live,” said Henrenee Brown from the Soul Survivors Motorcycle Club. “The only way that we
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Waterloo, IL (KMOV) — A Waterloo brewery is back open after a months-long coronavirus closure, thanks in part to its landlord’s generosity. Tammy and Chris Rahn own Stubborn German Brewing Company in downtown Waterloo and like many small business owners, are struggling with the economic impact of COVID-19.
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