The Food and Drug Administration has added more hand sanitizers to its growing list of products that contain wood alcohol, which is toxic if absorbed through the skin. More than two dozen various hand sanitizers sold by the Mexico-based company 4E Global — many carrying the Blumen label — contain high levels of methanol, or
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced one new coronavirus death and 350 new cases Thursday morning. It’s the second day in a row that El Paso County has reported more than 300 cases. The county set a record Wednesday with 393 cases. The health department identified the victim
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Millions of American jobs have come back since the great lockdown in March and April, but millions of workers still need government benefits to make ends meet. Another 1.3 million people filed first-time claims for unemployment aid on a seasonally-adjusted basis last week, according to the Department of Labor. That’s down 99,000 claims from the
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Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL) — The 27th annual Hartford Marathon this fall will not be held downtown in front of tens of thousands of spectators due to concerns over coronavirus, but race organizers are planning a virtual event to help raise money for nonprofits. Organizers of the
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Let’s get together and feel all right. According to a UNICEF press release, members of Bob Marley’s family will reimagine the late singer’s iconic anthem “One Love” to support UNICEF’s work “to reimagine a fairer, more just world for children whose lives have been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic.” “Over forty years ago, my father
Continue Reading “The Wonder Years” is returning with a twist. Famed director Lee Daniels will executive produce and Fred Savage, the star of the original series, will direct a reboot of the hit program — this time built around a Black family, ABC announced Wednesday. The half-hour comedy will focus on how a Black middle-class family in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Darius Settles had a lot – a young son, a wife, a promising small business designing custom suits. What he didn’t have was health insurance. Having just turned 30, Settles is the youngest person to die from COVID-19 in Nashville, dying just five days
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) — New Haven has told people to stay out of the water after leaders learned more than 2 million gallons of raw sewage leaked into a river that empties into Long Island Sound. A pipe in Hamden collapsed early Monday morning and sent sewage
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FOLEY, AL (WALA) — A Foley parish shocked. Their priest admitted to the hospital, faced with a tough road ahead against COVID-19. Father Paul Zoghby of St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church, came down with the virus around July 1. Tuesday, his church posted to Facebook that he
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FOLEY, AL (WGCL) — A Foley parish shocked. Their priest admitted to the hospital, faced with a tough road ahead against COVID-19. Father Paul Zoghby of St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church, came down with the virus around July 1. Tuesday, his church posted to Facebook that he
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The city of Tulsa is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases, a little over 2 weeks after President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in an indoor arena there. Dr. Bruce Dart, Executive Director of the Tulsa Health Department, said in a press conference on Wednesday there are high numbers being reported this week, with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — After shutting down movie production nearly four months ago, Georgia is ready to get back up and running, Unions and guilds that represent film and TV workers have released guidelines to consider to reduce the risk of exposure to COVID-19 while filming during the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOOSIC, PA (WNEP) — They are more than just numbers. A brand new website has popped up as a tribute to those who have died of COVID-19. It is called Mourning America, and it is a place where family and friends can post pictures and obituaries of people
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The ABC-7 First Alert continues for excessive heat. Temperatures will run 10 to 15 degrees above average through the weekend. The dry hot conditions will continue through early next week. Several locations will exceed 105 degrees therefore a heat advisory will remain in effect through Saturday morning. Know the signs of heat related illnesses: https://www.weather.gov/safety/heat-illness
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From English cities to the Spanish seaside and Australian housing estates, local lockdowns are cropping up all over the world as countries ease restrictions only to encounter new coronavirus outbreaks. After months of closures, governments are eager to reopen schools and businesses to allow people to get on with their lives. But fresh clusters of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — The Waynesboro Borough Zoning-Enforcement Office condemned the house where the shooting occurred due to unsanitary conditions. A 13 year-old will be charged as an adult in the shooting death of his 9 year-old brother in Waynesboro. According to the police release, on July
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — On Wednesday the Portland City Council adopted an ordinance that puts a cap on third-party food delivery service fees. The council put the temporary emergency limitations in place to help Portland restaurants who are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. FOX 12 spoke with Vinh
Continue Reading ATASCOSA COUNTY, Texas — They called him the “radar” of Atascosa County. As the emergency management coordinator of the Texas county, David Prasifka was always on the lookout for how he could help his community. So when the coronavirus pandemic started to creep in, he hit the ground running, searching near and far to procure
Continue Reading There is an increasing chance that annual global temperatures could exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels over the next five years, new climate predictions from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) say. Under the 2015 Paris climate accord, countries committed to reduce their carbon output and halt global warming below 2 degrees
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Saginaw County (WNEM) — People are upset after a prom took place at a Mid-Michigan banquet center Tuesday night. “It’s not right,” said Steve Dobis, owner of Forest Edge and Hellenic Banquet Center. That’s how Dobis felt after witnessing the prom event on social media Tuesday night. He
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San Antonio Spurs star Patty Mills has pledged to donate his entire NBA salary for the remainder of the season to organizations tackling racial inequality. The 2019-20 season, which has been postponed since March, is scheduled to get underway on July 31 when 22 of the 30 NBA teams will congregate in Orlando, Florida, to
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With at least three officers on his legs and back — and yet another applying a knee to his head and neck — the Black man in his 40s cries out “I can’t breathe” multiple times. “Please Allah,” he says. “Allah? He’s not going to help you now,” one of the officers struggling to cuff
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Liverpool may have already won its first league title in 30 years but its incredible season just keeps rolling on. Jurgen Klopp’s side broke yet another record on Wednesday after beating Brighton 3-1, courtesy of a brace from Mohamed Salah, and a sweeping strike from captain Jordan Henderson. It has now won 30 of its
Continue Reading A 94-year-old Holocaust survivor has invited NFL star DeSean Jackson to visit Auschwitz, where an estimated 1.1 million people were killed. The invitation comes after the Philadelphia Eagles’ wide receiver shared a series of anti-Semitic Instagram posts, including a quote falsely attributed to Adolf Hitler. Jackson apologized this week after sharing a passage that Snopes.com
Continue Reading A growing list of universities are reporting new coronavirus cases among students in their athletic programs. Now, there’s a growing list of universities canceling their competitive sports for the upcoming semester. As universities continue to plan for how best to educate and house students during a pandemic, some have already decided it’s not worth the
Continue Reading Indigenous Americans and Polynesians crossed thousands of miles of open ocean and made contact with each other as early as 1200 A.D., centuries before the arrival of Europeans, a new study has found. Archeologists have long believed the two regions made early contact, pointing to the early, widespread cultivation of a South American plant in
Continue Reading Virginia has eliminated its backlog of rape kits, processing thousands of tests in a five-year project, Attorney General Mark Herring said. “Virginia’s backlog of untested rape kits has been completely eliminated and it’s never coming back,” Herring said Wednesday at a press conference in Richmond, Virginia. While DNA is helping to solve more and more
Continue Reading Thailand’s Cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft bill that will legally recognize same-sex civil partnerships and give greater rights to same-sex couples, a potential first for any nation in Southeast Asia if passed into law. If ratified by parliament, it would make Thailand only the second place in Asia to allow for the registration of
Continue Reading The US is now months-deep into the coronavirus pandemic, yet in many ways parts of the country now look like they’re back to square one. Hospitals in several states are sounding the alarm as they reach maximum capacity. Bars were shut back down in Texas and parts of California, and Florida prohibited customers from drinking
Continue Reading Australia has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Thursday, as the country moves to offer a path to citizenship for those Hong Kongers who wish to leave the city. Speaking at a press briefing in Canberra, Morrison said that China’s new national security legislation for Hong Kong constitutes a
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