Serena Williams enjoyed her best start at this year’s US Open on Thursday but it was a familiar foe, Victoria Azarenka, who finished the stronger to halt her friend and fellow mom’s quest for a record 24th grand slam title. Blown away in the first set by Williams’ serves and powerful, accurate drives, Azarenka rallied
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[Breaking news update at 11:00 p.m. ET] Authorities found seven bodies in Northern California on Thursday as firefighters battled multiple ravaging wildfires, raising the total number of victims in the state to 10. At least five others have been killed in Washington state and Oregon this week amid a series of out of control wildfires.
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With certain revenue streams dried up, football clubs, like many other sports franchises around the world, have been forced to take a financial hit amid the coronavirus pandemic. As seasons resume across Europe, matchday revenues remain on hold as fans are kept away from stadiums, and in the Premier League, Deloitte estimates that rebates on
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It’s been over seven months since Super Bowl LIV, and the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs picked up right where they left off with a 34-20 win over the Houston Texans. However, this was far from a typical start to an NFL season. The last time the NFL played, life in the US was still
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ENID, Oklahoma — An Oklahoma man accused of sexually abusing a baby has been arrested by the U.S. Marshals in Texas, ABC affiliate KOCO reported Thursday. Brice Gage Watkins, 22, is accused of sexually assaulting a 6-month-old baby, recording the assault and then distributing it on social media, according to Enid police. Watkins is facing
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just about the only thing that looked familiar about the NFL’s long-awaited return Thursday night was the sight of Patrick Mahomes effortlessly leading the Kansas City Chiefs up and down the field. The Super Bowl MVP thew for 211 yards and three touchdowns, Clyde Edwards-Helaire ran through the rain for 138
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With 13 indictments this week, a Cuyahoga County task force looking into previously untested rape kits passed 800 indictments since it was formed in 2013. “We changed I think by doing this, we changed the culture, or helped advance the culture at least in Ohio, and across the country. And said look, we’re not going
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EL PASO, Texas – It will be tough for UTEP to slow down Tom Herman this Saturday. The 4th-year Texas head coach has led the Longhorns to three straight bowl wins. Herman is a college football giant. He’s the highest paid coach in the Big-12 and his just under 7-million-dollar salary outweighs that of the
Continue Reading The 2020 NFL season kicked off Thursday evening with the Kansas City Chiefs playing the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium. With a few fans in the audience, the game honored two national anthems — both the “Star-Spangled Banner” and “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” commonly known as the Black national anthem. Here’s everything that happened
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Independent School District said it’s still waiting to hear from 7,500 parents regarding how or if they’d like their children to head back to the classroom. The district has decided to extend their reopening survey deadline to Friday. EPISD made the decision earlier this month to extend virtual
Continue Reading A business professor at the University of Southern California became the center of an international academic controversy last weekend, after the school administration received a letter accusing him of using Chinese words that sounded like an English racial slur. The letter was not signed by any individuals, but instead by “Black MBA candidates c/o
Continue Reading GRIDLEY, California — Authorities now say at least 10 people have died in a massive Northern California wildfire and 16 people remain missing. Butte County sheriff’s investigators found seven bodies on Thursday, a day after three other victims were discovered. Among those unaccounted for are grandparents who told their son they were going to try
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) – The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers have agreed their troops should disengage from a tense border standoff, maintain proper distance and ease tensions in the Ladakh region where the two sides had their deadliest clash in decades in June. India’s S. Jaishankar and China’s Wang Yi met in the Russian capital
Continue Reading At least three teachers have died from complications of Covid-19 in recent weeks, according to CNN reporting and local media reports. Demetria Bannister, a 28-year-old elementary school teacher in Columbia, South Carolina, was diagnosed with the virus last Friday and died Monday from Covid-19 complications, a week into the start of the school year there,
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At least three teachers have died from complications of Covid-19 in recent weeks, according to CNN reporting and local media reports. Demetria Bannister, a 28-year-old elementary school teacher in Columbia, South Carolina, was diagnosed with the virus last Friday and died Monday from Covid-19 complications, a week into the start of the school year there,
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HOUSTON, Texas — Four Houston police officers have been fired for fatally shooting an apparently emotionally disturbed man who was on the ground, wounded and incapacitated, before a final volley of 21 shots, officials said. Police Chief Art Acevedo showed graphic bodycam video, later released publicly, and announced the department’s findings into the April 21
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People who let down their guard and got too close to others over Labor Day weekend should get tested for Covid-19, White House coronavirus task coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said. Much of the coronavirus spread by people who don’t have symptoms is happening between and within families and in settings such as neighborhood parties, Birx
Continue Reading CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques will leave the Anglo-Australian mining giant over the destruction of Australian Indigenous sacred sites to access iron ore. The two rock shelters in Juukan George in Western Australia state had been inhabited for 46,000 years. The company said: “Significant stakeholders have expressed concerns about executive
Continue Reading Adults who tested positive for Covid-19 were approximately twice as likely to have reported dining at a restaurant in the 14 days before becoming ill than those who tested negative, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “In addition to dining at a restaurant, case-patients were more likely
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — A considerable influx of potentially life-saving personal protection equipment was recently sent to schools in the El Paso region by The Texas Education Agency and the Texas Division of Emergency Management in the run up to students returning to the classroom. The El Paso Independent School District said Wednesday that itt
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DALLAS, Texas — Forbes estimates the Dallas Cowboys are the NFL’s most valuable franchise at $5.7 billion, the 14th consecutive year they’ve held that distinction. According to the magazine, Jerry Jones’ team is also the most valuable franchise in the world. After the Cowboys, the six-time Super Bowl champion New England Patriots are second in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In an effort to deliver the most comprehensive coronavirus coverage, ABC-7 has started a weekly feature where we ask Dr. Jose Burgos, the director of internal medicine at University Medical Center, the same seven questions each week to track how the pandemic is changing. Here’s the Q&A for Thursday, September
Continue Reading On Wednesday morning, with the skies dimmed by the smoke from nearby wildfires, Paradise, California, resident Mary Ludwig got out of bed and started filling laundry baskets with personal belongings. Ludwig grabbed some clothes, a handful of keepsakes and took a few framed pictures off the walls, including one of her parents’ engagement, her kids’
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EL PASO, Texas — A man described as one of El Paso’s most wanted has been arrested on child pornography charges, sheriff’s deputies said Thursday. The arrest of Giovanni Cruz, 21, took place a day prior at a home in west El Paso. Cruz remained held in the El Paso County Detention Facility on 15
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Temps will drop to the upper 40’s and low 50’s Friday morning under mainly clear skies. Expect more sunshine tomorrow with highs climbing to the upper 70’s and low 80’s with an easterly wind. The weekend looks pretty good with sun and temps in the mid 80’s. For the latest forecast and Doppler radar: www.kvia.com/weather
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces police on Thursday arrested a 57-year-old man suspected of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. Carlos Prudencio Colorbio, 57, was being held without bond in the Dona Ana County Detention Center on a charge of felony criminal sexual contact. Investigators said the arrest came after the girl reported the
Continue Reading NEW YORK, NY — A panel of three federal judges on Thursday blocked an order from President Donald Trump to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count that’s used to allocate seats in Congress. The court ruled Thursday that the President’s July order violates federal laws that set out how congressional seats are apportioned, and granted
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This week, President Donald Trump again stated his hope that the United States would have a Covid-19 vaccine by year’s end. He even suggested that maybe, just maybe, vaccinations might start by late October. Stranger things have happened. Russia already has approved and distributed its vaccine, called Sputnik V. China approved the CanSino vaccine for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. ANTHONY, Idaho (East Idaho News) — Lori Vallow Daybell pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Thursday and her case will now go to a jury trial scheduled to begin in April. Daybell appeared via Zoom before District Judge Dane H. Watkins Jr. who summarized the two
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story POCATELLO, Idaho (East Idaho News) — Police say a man threatened a Pocatello family with a sword after spotting a sign on their property that read, “Vote BLM.” On Friday, Bryan E. Huff, 31, climbed over the backyard fence of a home on the 700 block of West
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