Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON COUNTY, CO (KDVR) — Four-legged volunteers from Canine Partners of The Rockies showed up at Morningstar Senior Living facility Wednesday morning and spread a little joy with a “Doggie Parade.” Many residents at senior facilities aren’t able to get out of the building or even their rooms,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — For months restaurants have been forced to limit capacity in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and Governor Kay Ivey’s new safer at home order will continue that through August. Since the capacity restrictions started months ago, it has put a strain
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The Perseverance rover and its Ingenuity helicopter are finally on the journey to Mars. The spacecraft carrying the rover and helicopter successfully launched to Mars Thursday morning aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Thursday morning. The team in the control center at NASA’s Jet
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Garth Brooks is stepping aside. The country music star says that after winning the highly coveted CMA entertainer of the year award seven times, it should be someone else’s turn to shine. Brooks explained his decision during a virtual press conference on Wednesday. “It’s time for somebody else to hold the award and know what
Continue Reading Post Malone can talk. The rapper/singer sat down to chat for almost four hours for “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast. Malone and Rogan covered a great deal of ground from weather control conspiracy theories to UFOs. Malone said he believes he spotted a UFO when he was a teen. “I was probably 16,” he said.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The coronavirus death toll stands at 259, after the El Paso Department of Public Health announced seven new deaths Thursday morning. The latest victims were identified as… Man in his 50s Woman in her 60s, without underlying health conditions Man in his 70s 2 men in their 80s Woman in her 80s Man in his 90s
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The ABC-7 StormTrack Weather team issued an ABC-7 First Alert as El Paso likely sets a new record at the El Paso Airport. Afternoon high temps climb anywhere from 103 to108 degrees. This would make it the 33rd day of triples so far this year. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Atlanta officials announced help is on the way for small businesses in the city. According to a press release, the city created the Resurgence Grant Fund, a new program to help Atlanta small businesses recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Resurgence
Continue Reading The cast of “Scandal” held a virtual reunion for charity on Wednesday night. Kerry Washington’s Olivia Pope, the White House and B613 were on the same side for once as the cast reminisced about their time on the show. Tony Goldwyn (President Fitzgerald Grant), Bellamy Young (President Mellie Grant), Jeff Perry (Cyrus Beene), Emmy Award
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A new study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center is looking at the possible long-term effects of COVID-19 to your brain after hospitalization. Doctors are trying to find out if those hospitalized develop cognitive impairment, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder. News4 spoke with Mike Carlton
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Connecticut, USA (WFSB) — A push at the federal level would remove police from schools, and a senator from Connecticut joined the charge. Sen. Chris Murphy, along with three other lawmakers, introduced a bill that would pave the way to remove school resource officers and replace them
Continue Reading Feeding incendiary documents to news outlets. Infiltrating activist groups. Sowing division and confusion. It might sound like a recap of Russia’s efforts to meddle in the 2016 US election, but some of these same tactics were laid bare in a CNN television report on Soviet disinformation efforts back in 1983. The report detailed how Russia
Continue Reading Fans won’t be allowed in the NBA bubble to cheer their favorite teams on. It is a bubble, after all. But knowing what a difference their support can make (home court advantage, anyone?) the NBA is proposing a few solutions: a tap-to-cheer app and video technology that will teleport their faces court-side from the comfort
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Protesters gathered in downtown Portland Wednesday evening, hours after Gov. Kate Brown announced a plan for some federal officers to start leaving the city. A group of demonstrators were in front of the Justice Center, listening to speakers, chanting, and singing. An image saying
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YORK COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — A 96-year-old woman from York County was discharged from the hospital Tuesday after beating COVID-19. Holly Sarti said her grandmother, Lillian Anspach, is the only 96-year-old she knows that can use an iPhone and a computer. “I mean, it’s really cool,” Sarti said.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Getting kids ready to go back to school can be emotional, but this year it might feel harder than normal. Several parents ABC-7 spoke with describe a feeling of overwhelming guilt, as they work to balance jobs outside the home with supervising children and assisting them with distance learning. “You
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump is for the first time floating a “delay” to the Nov. 3 presidential election, as he makes unsubstantiated allegations that increased mail-in voting will result in fraud. The dates of presidential elections — the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in every fourth year — are enshrined in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story IOWA CITY, Iowa (WQAD) — Timothy Louis McGhee Jr. was pronounced dead, likely due to complications related to COVID-19 and multiple preexisting medical conditions, Monday night at the University of Iowa Hospital. McGhee was 48-years-old at the time of his death. The Johnson County Medical Examiner has conducted
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — As restaurants re-open, owners work to keep their employees safe. But if an employee does get infected with COVID-19, they’re not required to let customers know, and many are wondering why. Paul Bartolotta, chef and owner of Bartolotta Restaurant Group, says they work hard to
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. economy contracted by 32.9% between April and June, its worst drop on record, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Thursday. Business ground to a halt during the pandemic lockdown in the spring of this year, and America plunged into its first recession in 11 years, putting an end to the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KFSM) — Some teachers are choosing to leave the profession as schools prepare to head back to school amid the COVID-19 outbreak. With just four weeks to go until school starts, Carrie South quit her job as a high school English teacher at a private
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Months after the coronavirus pandemic shut down American sports, the games are returning. For now, at least. Baseball and women’s basketball have begun, hockey and basketball will return this week and football’s season is just over a month away. Their restarts have broad similarities. All of the professional leagues decided to sharply restrict or outright
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Multiple Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates have been barred from standing in upcoming legislative elections, amid reports the government may postpone the polls until next year over the coronavirus. Twelve pro-democracy candidates were formally disqualified Thursday, including prominent Hong Kong activist and former leader of the 2014 Umbrella Movement Joshua Wong. Others affected include a number
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A 6-year-old girl in East St. Louis is helping fellow students learn to read. Zoe Howlett, with the help of her mom, founded a virtual book club to encourage kids to read for 20 minutes a day. Since Memorial Day Weekend, Zoe has been
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BELLEVUE, Neb. (WOWT) — The Purple Orchid Flower shop in Bellevue is busy this week — the shop’s owner, Rachael Sjn, has a bunch of orders to get to. “Just a pile of stuff I’ve got to get done today. So, overwhelming support,” Sjn said. Her laughing and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, La. (KTBS) — A group of pastors from different denominations and backgrounds are uniting to improve race relations in Shreveport. And they appear have momentum with more pastors asking to join. Charles Johnson, pastor of CJ Ministries and organizer of Community 365, said plans have been made
Continue Reading This spring, the US economy was put into an unprecedented deep freeze — and economists, investors and policymakers are about to learn the extent of the damage done. What’s happening: The US Bureau of Economic Analysis is due to release its first estimate of GDP for the April-to-June quarter on Thursday. Economists polled by Refinitiv
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Okla. (Tulsa World) — If someone can paint “Black Lives Matter” on a city street, why not “Back the Blue”? That’s what Bob Jack and a few of his Republican friends would like to know. Jack, chairman of the Tulsa County Republican Party, recently sent a letter
Continue Reading As NBA players are preparing to restart a season shut down by coronavirus, Sacramento Kings forward Harrison Barnes had a powerful message for Americans after his own experience with the virus. “Everyone thinks that it will happen to somebody else or, ‘If i get it, hopefully I’ll be asymptomatic,’ but we had three people in
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AUSTIN, Texas — Coronavirus cases in Texas have risen to more than 418,00, putting the state at a higher case count than New York. Once the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic, New York now ranks fourth in total case count behind California, Florida and Texas, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Medical teams on
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