For the dozens of school districts forced to kick off the new academic year with online learning, the remote classrooms have come with their own set of challenges. Schools across the country have reported system outages, cyberattacks and other issues that prompted some districts to postpone the first day of class. The Covid-19 pandemic drove
Continue Reading What’s the most persistent and lethal threat to the US, according to Department of Homeland Security documents? White supremacy. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1.
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What’s the most persistent and lethal threat to the US, according to Department of Homeland Security documents? White supremacy. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1.
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When Raquel Minina’s 11-year-old son Syrus came home from school in Paulding County, Georgia, last week with a sore throat, runny nodse and diarrhea, she was devastated. A hairdresser by trade, she knew a diagnosis of Covid-19 would put her out of work for a month or more, despite all the careful safety precautions she’d
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Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 100th international goal on Tuesday, becoming just the second man in history to reach the milestone. The evergreen 35-year-old reached the landmark with a stunning free kick just before half time in Portgual’s Nations League match against Sweden and went on to score his 101st goal for his country
Continue Reading Do you have a pounding headache from work and family stress at home? The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that pandemics can be stressful and cause feelings of fear and anxiety. Couple the pandemic with being cooped up at home with family while working and kids home from school, and you may
Continue Reading A convicted murderer on death row was sworn in as a Sri Lankan lawmaker Tuesday, after a court ruled that he could not be barred from the country’s 225-member Parliament. Lawmakers from the United People’s Force, the largest opposition grouping in Parliament, staged a walkout when Premlal Jayasekera was sworn in by Speaker Mahinda Yapa
Continue Reading Under two weeks after school started, Savannah Gardiner’s 8-year-old son woke her up at 4 a.m. complaining of an upset stomach, nausea and a sore throat. By the next morning, her two youngest children, ages 3 and 6, had lost their voices. “They just feel miserable,” said Gardiner, a full-time student and mother of four
Continue Reading Dozens of campers were packed shoulder to shoulder, leaving behind their belongings to be airlifted from the very place that had offered a serene escape. California’s Sierra National Forest was quickly becoming surrounded by raging fires when helicopters arrived to airlift hundreds of people over the holiday weekend. From a scenic retreat to an urgent
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping holds so many titles that he has earned himself a nickname: the “Chairman of Everything.” Since taking office in 2012, he has become head of not only the state, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and the armed forces, as is normal for the country’s leader — but also of multiple
Continue Reading Preventable deaths in children under 5 were at the lowest number on record in 2019 at just over 5 million, down from 12.5 million in 1990, according to a new United Nations/ World Bank report released Tuesday. But the coronavirus pandemic is threatening to undermine the gains in reducing deaths among children and young adolescents,
Continue Reading After leading members of Belarus’ political opposition seemed to vanish on Monday, raising fears of abduction, two activists reappeared in Kiev on Tuesday with a dramatic tale. At a lengthy press conference in the Ukrainian capital, activists Ivan Kravtsov and Anton Rodnenkov gave their version of their disappearance. It began, they said, with a trip
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EL PASO, Texas — Renting out an entire movie theater for yourself isn’t something new, but these days as theaters struggle with the difficulties of making moviegoers feel safe and comfortable during a pandemic, they’re encouraging guests to try it. “It makes us feel a lot more safe. If you can spread out, spread out.
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Five years after the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag triggered controversy, the group behind the awards has made inclusion a requirement to be considered to win them. In what represents the most direct link between the movie industry’s top prize and efforts to promote diversity and address systemic issues, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced
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Pfizer and BioNTech are confident they can have a vaccine against the novel coronavirus ready for regulatory approval by the middle of October or early November, BioNTech CEO and co-founder Ugur Sahin told CNN Tuesday. “It has an excellent profile and I consider this vaccine … near perfect, and which has a near perfect profile,”
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso student athletes are back in action. The University Interscholastic League set Tuesday as the date to resume athletic practices. As practices resumed, there were guidelines in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Students and coaches all do a self screening at home. Before entering practice, all temperatures
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EL PASO, Texas – High school sports teams returned to in-person practices on Tuesday. In this age of COVID-19, safety is the number one priority. All summer long high school student-athletes remained uncertain whether there would even be a season. Another step forward was taken on Tuesday when schools opened up to allow students to
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas health officials on Tuesday said there had been more than 13,500 total deaths from the coronavirus, as the governor extended the state’s disaster declaration in response to the pandemic. But the data showed daily reported deaths in Texas are on the decline after setting record highs in August. When Texas Gov. Greg
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EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 spoke with UTEP head football coach Dana Dimel for a look ahead to Saturday’s match up against the University of Texas. The Miners enter the game with a 1-0 record after defeating Stephen F. Austin this past Saturday at the Sun Bowl. UTEP knows they’ll face a much tougher opponent
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EL PASO, Texas — For the first time in seven months, students have begun returning to school campuses at both the Socorro Independent School District and El Paso Catholic Schools while embracing their new normal as the shadow of Covid-19 continues to hang over their classrooms. SISD students told ABC-7 they felt excited about returning
Continue Reading With a black suit jacket shrugged off her left shoulder, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer didn’t flinch while getting a flu vaccination on live television last week. “Literally the easiest thing I will do today,” said Gov. Whitmer, who called the press conference to underscore preparations for this coming flu season. “Preventing the flu will help
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BLUFF SPRINGS, New Mexico — A dumpster in the Lincoln National Forest was overflowing with trash bags during the holiday weekend. “We really need the public’s help to understand that trash does not belong in the forest,” said Laura Rabon, a forest spokeswoman. Rabon told ABC-7 that normally, crews empty the dumpster every other week.
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LINCOLN COUNTY, New Mexico – A motorcyclist was killed in a head-on crash along U.S. 380 over the Labor Day weekend near Hondo, which is about 30 miles east of Ruidoso. State Police investigators say an SUV driven by Charity Autumn Swanner of Nogal was traveling east on U.S. 380 when the vehicle left the
Continue Reading A Black man jogging in the predominantly white neighborhood of Deltona, Florida, last month found himself handcuffed and detained when police said he matched the description of a suspect in a nearby burglary. Joseph Griffin, 28, who was cleared, told CNN on Tuesday night that he has since been invited by the sheriff to help
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Las Cruces police have arrested a man suspected of breaking into a sporting goods store and a vehicle parked nearby on Monday night. Armando Almaraz, 25, is charged with two counts of breaking and entering, two counts of criminal damage to property, one count of auto burglary and one count
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AUSTIN, Texas – Western Governors University is working to close the digital divide by helping to pay for high-speed internet access and technology for students who need it. According to the U.S. Census, 25 percent of El Paso households do not have access to broadband Internet, and nearly 16 percent of El Paso households do
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Showers and storms developed well out ahead of our approaching cold front late tonight and overnight. The front will drastically cool us down to the upper 60’s and low 70’s for Wednesday with some lingering showers off and on throughout the day. Expect some strong east winds as the front arrives and behind it with
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ELEPHANT BUTTE, New Mexico – The Covid-19 pandemic continues to hit Elephant Butte Lake hard. New Mexico has banned overnight camping at the state park, and restricted access to state residents only. This cut in half the number of people visiting the lake, which is an easy two-hour drive from El Paso. Typically, 45,000 to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Covid-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to sporting events worldwide. No league, sport or team has been immune to the impacts of the virus. However, Bernie Olivas, the director of the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl is an optimist. “We can’t give it up. We cannot give it up,”
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UPDATE #3: Gadsden ISD announced late Friday the additional closure of La Union Elementary after an employee reported contact with an individual who is not an employee but had tested positive for the coronavirus La Union is the second school to be temporarily closed by Gadsden ISD after it closed Anthony Elementary late Wednesday when an employee there had
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