The University of Notre Dame was forced to postpone its football game against Wake Forest on Saturday after multiple student-athletes tested positive for Covid-19. Seven out of 94 football players on the Fighting Irish tested positive, Notre Dame said in a news release Tuesday. Those individuals are in isolation and contact tracing is underway. In
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EL PASO, Texas – The man accused of destroying a $25,000 statue of Jesus in Saint Patrick Cathedral was denied a personal recognizance bond during a court hearing on Tuesday. 30-year-old Isaiah Cantrell was arrested for allegedly destroying the statue last week and charged with criminal mischief. It was the latest in a long line
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The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned the public Tuesday that foreign actors might spread disinformation about the results of the 2020 election and encouraged voters to be patient with delayed results. “The increased use of mail-in ballots due to COVID-19 protocols could leave officials with incomplete results on election night,” the
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Welcome to fall that arrived early this morning. Nearly record high temps today but we will have several days this week to potentially see one or two for the record books. Temps will be in the 90’s the next 6 days at least. Rainfall still looks difficult with Wednesday being a day for a few
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FORT BLISS, Texas – Fort Bliss and the 1st Armored Division now have a new commander general. Brig. Gen. Sean Bernabe, who was the deputy commander general for U.S. Army Europe, took over as the top officer at Fort Bliss on Wednesday during a change of command ceremony. “I tell you what, I cannot tell
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso families touched by childhood cancer used prominent public art to spread a message of awareness. The lighted turbines on Interstate 10 and Airway are lit gold the rest of September, which is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. It is in honor of the hundreds of local families who struggle to
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“Supergirl” is nearing her final adventure. The CW and Warner Bros. Television on Tuesday announced that the superhero drama starring Melissa Benoist is coming to an end after its upcoming sixth season. The show is set to start production on its final season “later this month,” the CW said. “Supergirl” debuted in 2015 on CBS,
Continue Reading Even as the nation surpasses 200,000 Covid-19 deaths, there are still people who think the coronavirus is a hoax. Survivors of the disease and members of victims’ families beg to differ and are sharing their very real experiences with the deadly disease. Ann and Marvin Robinson, a married couple in Casper, Wyoming, got the virus
Continue Reading Tommy DeVito, a founding member of The Four Seasons, the band portrayed in the hit musical “Jersey Boys,” has died of Covid-19 complications at 92. DeVito died in Las Vegas on Monday, according to his friend Alfredo Nittoli, who first posted the news on Facebook. Two other founding members, Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio, also
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Independent School District’s El Paso High Tigers cancelled their volleyball game against the Ysleta Independent School District’s Eastwood Troopers on Tuesday due to fans being allowed in the stands. EPISD said it has implemented a policy due to the pandemic that prohibits fans from going to their athletic
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A new Chinese air force propaganda video appears to use Hollywood movie clips in its depiction of an attack on a target resembling a United States Air Force base. The 2-minute, 15-second video, titled “The God of War H-6K Goes on the Attack!” was released over the weekend by China’s People Liberation Army Air Force
Continue Reading A Kentucky doctor who urged people to wear masks early on in the coronavirus pandemic died after battling the disease for four months. Dr. Rebecca Shadowen was 62 years old when she died on September 11 at the Medical Center at Bowling Green in Kentucky where she was on staff. She was a specialist in
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Kanye West’s presidential campaign has shelled out nearly $1.5 million to a secretive consulting firm in Arizona — a brand new one, explicitly devoted to independent campaigns but run by a man with a long history of controversial work for Republicans. Though the firm shows up in campaign finance reports with an address in downtown
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls have hired Billy Donovan as their coach. The 55-year-old Donovan spent the last five seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder. He replaces Jim Boylen, who was fired after the Bulls finished 22-43 and were one of the eight teams that didn’t qualify for the NBA’s restart at Walt Disney
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Vanessa Bryant is suing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Sheriff Alex Villanueva for a photo leak of the helicopter crash that killed her husband, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, their daughter Gianna, and seven others in January. The civil claim, filed Thursday in LA Superior Court, seeks undisclosed damages to remedy civil rights violations,
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Click here for updates on this story LITTLESTOWN, Pa. (WPMT) — A volunteer firefighter is credited with saving a life after he drove past a burning home, grabbed a ladder, and rescued a child from the second floor. Elijah Hale is a member of the Irishtown Fire Company, Alpha Fire Company #1 of Littlestown, and
Continue Reading Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, joined forces with political activist Gloria Steinem in efforts to get people to vote in November’s presidential election. Steinem shared details of her work with Meghan during a virtual chat with Access Hollywood’s Zuri Hall on Sunday. “Meg is herself, smart, authentic, funny, political. She came home to vote,” Steinem said.
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The first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will focus on a number of topics, including the coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court and the racial reckoning in the country, the debate commission announced on Tuesday. The first presidential debate, slated for September 29 at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story New Rochelle, NY (WCBS) — Some police officers did double duty as firefighters over the weekend. According to New Rochelle police, Officer Timothy Childs spotted a house on fire on Franklin Avenue Saturday morning. Childs called it in and then started evacuating the six-unit building. He was joined
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Keansburg, N.J. (WCBS) — When the Roselle garbage truck rolls down the street, it’s time to dance. A trio of sanitation workers were caught on Kenneth Cook’s home surveillance camera on Beacon Avenue busting a move. “I was waking up. All of a sudden, I hear Cupid Shuffle,
Continue Reading One of the Louisville Metro Police officers who fired into Breonna Taylor’s home the night she was killed sent a mass email to the department early Tuesday defending his actions and slamming the city’s leadership, his attorney confirmed to CNN. In the email, Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly told his colleagues they “do not deserve to be
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Philadelphia, PA (KYW) — On the heels of what was another violent day in the city that saw a man and 16-year-old boy killed in separate shootings in Philadelphia, and a 12-year-old boy injured in a shooting earlier in the day, a community held a peace walk, praying
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Broomall, PA (KYW) — Some nursing homes are starting to open up after the coronavirus lockdown, but family visits are still a challenge. When the weather’s nice, Joe Giangiacomo’s children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews come to his window at Rosewood Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Home. It’s not a
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials said Tuesday that the state’s Covid-19 spread rate has increased slightly since early September. If the curve starts to creep up as steeply as it did in late June and early July, it could be cause for concern, said Human Services Secretary David Scrase and state
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President Donald Trump’s former top Russia adviser said Tuesday that the United States is increasingly seen as “an object of pity” and its standing on the world stage is eroding. “We are increasingly seen as an object of pity, including by our allies, because they are so shocked by what’s happening internally, how we’re eating
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO) — A St. Louis Park couple says they refuse to be silent after a disturbing display by a group of teenagers in their yard. Bridget and Sam Ginnis captured a video on their Ring doorbell camera Sunday night of three teenagers dressed in gorilla costumes.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Minneapolis, MN (WCCO) — With the help of her son and an 80-year-old airplane, a 95-year-old Kenyon woman can cross something pretty big off her bucket list. Jean Hiner’s late husband Jim was a World War II pilot. “His head was in the air most of the time
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Pittsburgh, PA (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police are searching for two men accused of shooting paintballs at the Black Lives Matter mural in downtown Pittsburgh. Police have released surveillance images of the two men. They were seen on surveillance cameras walking past the mural on the river walk near
Continue Reading NASA has big plans for 2024. The space agency said that in four years, it plans to land the first woman ever on the Moon and the first man since 1972 through its Artemis program. The program calls for $28 billion in funding through 2025 for Phase 1, NASA said in its news release. Artemis
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EL PASO, Texas – A man has been arrested after he allegedly forced his way into an east El Paso home, assaulted a man and threatened to cut off his finger with a knife because of an outstanding debt, police said Tuesday. James Badajosa, 24, was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility on
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