Hawaiian officials are tightening restrictions after a surge in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations statewide — with majority of the cases on the island of Oahu. About 200 new cases and two new deaths were reported Thursday, Gov. David Ige said. “There is no question that the virus is surging,” he said. “This is the last
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EL PASO, Texas — The price of gold has increased substantially over the last three months as investors flock to this precious metal in times of economic uncertainty, according to UTEP economics and finance Prof. Tom Fullerton. Gold was trading at $2,068 per ounce on Thursday at 10 a.m. MT, and six hours later it
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Three University of Louisville men’s soccer players have been dismissed from the team after organizing a party amid the coronavirus pandemic, the school’s athletics department said Thursday. The party may have contributed to the spread Covid-19 among student-athletes. Three other team members were suspended. The names of the players dismissed or suspended have not been
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UPDATE: Las Cruces police on Monday announced a $2,000 Crime Stoppers reward to help solve last week’s suspicious death that they now say has been ruled a homicide by the state medical investigator. The victim was identified by police as 18-year-old Jacob Daniel Becerra, who was discovered dead after his car crashed into a light
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EL PASO, Texas — A body was recovered near the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso late Thursday night, according to fire department scanner traffic confirmed by dispatch. “They are out of the water,” a dispatcher said shortly after fire water rescue crews were sent to the area along the Border Highway near Fonseca about 10:15
Continue Reading Authorities in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia have sealed off a village after a resident there died from bubonic plague, a centuries-old disease responsible for the most deadly pandemic in human history. The death was reported to health authorities in Baotou city on Sunday and the victim was confirmed to be a bubonic plague
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexio State University’s “Pride of New Mexico,” known for being the “World’s Most Dangerous Band,” is hoping to become the world’s safest. NMSU Pride band member Katelyn Zuments developed a special mask that’s now being distributed to universities and high schools nationwide. Pride band director Steven Smyth told ABC-7
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For more than a hundred years, the fossil of the Tanystropheus has puzzled scientists. The strange reptile — resembling a real-life Loch Ness Monster or a prehistoric crocodile crossed with a giraffe — was first described in 1852 and first reconstructed in 1973. Paleontologists have long known that the species once lived in Switzerland’s Monte
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EL PASO, Texas — A new movie from director David Ayer, who also directed “Suicide Squad,” “End of Watch,” and “Fury,” features an El Pasoan alongside stars Shia LeBeouf and George Lopez. Cheyenne Hernandez plays “Gata,” one of the main villains in “The Tax Collector” which begins streaming Friday on Amazon Prime, Apple TV and
Continue Reading Daisy Coleman, whose allegation of sexual assault and ensuing harassment was chronicled in the Netflix documentary “Audrie and Daisy,” died by suicide on Tuesday, her mother confirmed on Facebook. She was 23. “She was my best friend and (an) amazing daughter,” Melinda Moeller Coleman wrote. “I think she had to make it seem like I
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Dr. Anthony Fauci said he’s “satisfied” with the enrollment in the first week of the first US Phase 3 clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine. CNN has obtained part of a Friday, July 31 email from Moderna, the company running the trial, that states 1,290 people were randomly assigned to get either the vaccine or
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — An Albuquerque Walmart becomes the second store owned by the retail giant to be forced by the state of New Mexico to close for extensive deep cleaning, as a result of confirmed coronavirus cases among its employees. Last month, state officials – with the support of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham –
Continue Reading A 29-year-old man is dead after jumping into a California river to rescue three children who were swept away in the water. Two eight-year-old girls and a 10-year-old boy were playing in the Kings River Wednesday when they were pulled under a bridge by the current, Reedley Police Department commander Mark Ediger told CNN. Manjeet
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EL PASO, Texas — In the five-months of the pandemic’s existence, Covid-19 compliance teams in El Paso claim they have faced several hurdles to enforce the guidelines set by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Abbott issued his first coronavirus guidelines in March, and since then local governments have set up their own task forces for compliance
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Click here for updates on this story Fort Worth, TX (KTVT) — The City of Fort Worth said Wednesday it will use $18.6 million of funding provided by the CARES Act to acquire and convert existing motels, hotels, extended stays or apartment complexes to provide about 200 new units of permanent supportive housing spread across
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mardela Springs, MD (WJZ) — Three radar-indicated tornadoes were reported in the Lower Eastern Shore Tuesday morning as Tropical Storm Isaias made its way through Maryland, the National Weather Service said. Joy Mitchell will never forget the most harrowing 10 minutes of her life. She was sound asleep
Continue Reading Alyssa Milano says she has tested positive for coronavirus antibodies after having tested negative for Covid-19. The actress and activist is now taking aim at what she says is a flawed testing system. On Wednesday Milano posted a photo of herself using a breathing apparatus on her verified Instagram account and wrote in the caption,
Continue Reading A 7-year-old African American boy has died of Covid-19 in Georgia, the youngest victim of the virus in the state, according to data compiled by the state health department. The boy was from Chatham County on Georgia’s coast, and had no underlying health conditions. “Every COVID-19 death we report is tragic, but to lose someone
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has tested negative for Covid-19 after testing positive earlier in the day before he was to meet with President Donald Trump. The Republican governor’s office said he took the test Thursday as part of standard protocol before meeting Trump at an airport in Cleveland. He had planned to
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump has ordered an unspecified ban on “transactions” with the Chinese owners of the consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the legal authority to actually ban the apps from the U.S. The twin executive orders – one for each app – take effect in
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Researchers behind an influential model are projecting that the US death toll from coronavirus could reach nearly 300,000 by December 1 — but that can be changed if Americans consistently wear masks. According to Johns Hopkins University, 159,990 people have died in the United States since the pandemic began. “The US forecast totals 295,011 deaths
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lake Geneva, WI (WDJT) — A handful of out-of-state families are enrolling their children in schools across the Wisconsin border, so their kids can attend in-person classes. Reek School is seeing a number of out-of-state families enroll for in-person classes, but in order for kids to go to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Dupo, IL (KMOV) — A blue tarp is all that’s covering Kirsten Tilley’s home after she said a car slammed into it Monday night. “It sounded like an explosion, it rattled my whole house,” she said. News 4 learned the car was driven by an off-duty Dupo firefighter.
Continue Reading The FBI is now involved in the case of a missing Georgia woman whose toddler was found barefoot, wandering alone in a Florida city almost two weeks ago. The bureau is “providing assistance to local enforcement,” spokesman James Marshall told CNN in a statement. Leila Cavett, 21, of Dawsonville, was last seen July 25 in
Continue Reading Four employees at two Mississippi food processing plants have been indicted on federal immigration-related charges on the eve of the one-year anniversary of what prosecutors called the largest single-state immigration crackdown in history. The raids made headlines around the nation as many children, on the first day of school, were separated from parents who were
Continue Reading Rayshard Brooks‘ widow echoed a prosecutor’s call Wednesday for a judge to revoke Garrett Rolfe’s bond after the ex-Atlanta police officer who killed her husband went to Florida on vacation. “I was baffled when I heard about this. It was very hurtful. It let me know that Officer Rolfe did not care about what the
Continue Reading Our country is hurting. People are losing their jobs, parents are struggling to keep a roof over their kids’ heads and Americans are getting sick and dying in record numbers. The pain and suffering is often too much to bear. As this crisis continues, we must remember all of the frontline workers who are continuing
Continue Reading We’re getting another glimpse at the upcoming “Wonder Woman 1984.” The latest clip shows actress Kristen Wiig as she transforms from archaeologist Barbara Ann Minerva into the villain, Cheetah. “I don’t want to be like anyone. I want to be an apex predator,” she’s seen saying in the clip. The Warner Bros. film is the
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EL PASO, Texas — The lawyer for a witness of the recent deadly crash of a vehicle fleeing the Border Patrol agents confirmed Thursday that the El Paso District Attorney’s Office was attempting to stop the imminent deportation of her client – but she didn’t know if that effort would be successful. Wilmur Gomez, 25, of
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Temps will heat up again to near 100 Friday with a slight chance for storms again – but only at 10%. The weekend not looking too bad with temps in the upper 90’s and that 10-20% of storms.
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