Friends and family gathered virtually to pay tribute to theater performer Nick Cordero in a memorial streamed Sunday on Broadway on Demand. The Tony-nominated actor and singer died in July at 41 after a months-long battle with Covid-19. His wife, Amanda Kloots, opened the event after a collage of photos of Cordero over the years.
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Australia and other countries in the Southern Hemisphere just finished their easiest flu seasons on record, and the United States and other nations in the Northern Hemisphere could have an easy time, too — if people get flu shots, practice social distancing and wear masks. “This could be one of the best flu seasons [we’ve
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health did not announce any new coronavirus-related deaths Monday morning. It breaks a streak of four consecutive days with multiple deaths reported. Health officials also announced 57 new and one “delayed” positive result, which is a weeks-old case received from the state. These weeks-old cases
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s a school year like no other for students this fall. The pandemic is making things particularly challenging for college freshmen. Some are leaving home for the first time and trying to make new friends virtually, as many classes resume online. “It’s not what I expected it to be,” said UTEP
Continue Reading I had no idea when I decided to take the family on an RV vacation this summer that I would have to learn a whole new vocabulary. A three-way hookup isn’t a ménage à trois but an RV campsite with water, electricity and sewage connections. Blackwater isn’t a clandestine military contractor but one of three
Continue Reading There could be a supersonic Air Force One prototype airplane as early as 2025, with the US Air Force getting busy awarding development contracts. California start-up Exosonic is working on a low-boom supersonic Mach 1.8 twinjet which caught the eye of the US Air Force’s Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate (PE). It was announced last
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Everyone could use a little sunshine in their life right now, so a Wisconsin farmer decided that’s what he was going to do, and planted more than 2 million sunflowers in his fields. Scott Thompson’s family has been farming in Kenosha County for more than 70 years, and this is the first year that flowers
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Triple-digit heat and near-record highs are in the forecast today and tomorrow. There will be a slight chance for rain mainly around the area mountains this afternoon. Big chances will arrive by late Tuesday as a strong cold front moves in from the north/northeast. The region will go from Summer to Fall from one day
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Ansu Fati became the youngest player to score for Spain during his country’s 4-0 win over Ukraine in the UEFA Nations League on Sunday. Aged just 17 years and 311 days, the Barcelona forward broke the 95-year record that was set by Juan Errazquin — who scored his first international goal aged 18 years and
Continue Reading Made up of enormous sand dunes, craggy mountains, beautiful beaches and unique wildlife, the Yemeni island of Socotra is often referred to as the “Galapagos of the Indian Ocean.” Long a coveted destination for adventurous travelers, this tiny paradise is now potentially under threat after it was recently pulled into the civil conflict that has
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Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are two diseases that many Americans are all too familiar with, but there is another dementia that plagued the late comedian Robin Williams. It might be “the most common disease you’ve never heard of,” said Dr. James Galvin, a professor of neurology and director of the Lewy Body Dementia Research Center
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“I have had more panic attacks this year than in my entire life combined.” Aritri Paul, who lives in Kolkata, West Bengal, has been experiencing terrifying episodes more frequently since India went into coronavirus lockdown in March. “My heartbeats are heavy. It becomes difficult to catch my breath. My hands shake and get sweaty,” she
Continue Reading More than 340 million children and adolescents, globally, were overweight or obese in 2016, meaning they’re at greater risk for obesity and disease later in life, and even early death. One solution to the growing burden could be found by turning attention to kids’ gut health. In combination with a calorie-controlled diet, the probiotic strain
Continue Reading The Indian military has alerted China to allegations five men were “abducted” by the People’s Liberation Army near the countries’ hotly-disputed border in the Himalayas, an Indian official said Sunday. India’s Minister of State for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju, who is also member of parliament for the north eastern border state of Arunachal Pradesh, said
Continue Reading More than 1,000 people gathered at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on Saturday to celebrate Burning Man culture, according to the mayor, who shut down the beach’s parking lot in response. “This was absolutely reckless and selfish,” Mayor London Breed tweeted Sunday morning. “You are not celebrating. You are putting people’s lives at risk. You are
Continue Reading A 41-year-old woman died after hiking in extreme heat in the Santa Monica Mountains on Saturday with temperatures above 110 degrees. The woman was hiking with a friend and began to feel sick, so the pair turned around and headed back toward the car, according to preliminary reports from the LA County Sheriff’s Department. Her
Continue Reading The US Open was supposed to be a slam dunk for Novak Djokovic but instead of moving closer to Roger Federer in the Grand Slam record books, the world No. 1 was defaulted Sunday when he struck a line judge with a ball. The Serb had just been broken to trail 6-5 in the first
Continue Reading South Korea is reeling from more bad weather as Typhoon Haishen moves along the Korean Peninsula after battering southwestern Japan, leaving four people missing. Earlier on Monday, Typhoon Haishen had winds of 160 kilometers per hour (99 miles per hour), making it equivalent to a low-end Category 2 hurricane in the Atlantic. It’s the second
Continue Reading The killer whale who swam with her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent act of grieving is a mother again. Tahlequah, known to researchers as J35, gave birth to a calf last week, according to a news release from the Whale Research Center. The two orcas were spotted swimming with their pod in
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EL PASO, Texas — As some school districts consider bringing students back to campus for the new hybrid learning schedule, many families have been struggling with at-home learning for nearly a month. At-home learning can be hard for everyone involved, including the parents. Many are also working from home juggling work, school, lunch and so
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso International Airport is hosting local eateries for “Food Trucks on the Fly” during weekends in September, and not surprisingly it’s drawing a crowd for the Labor Day weekend. “What an honor to be here at the airport,” said Charlie Navar, the owner of Craze Frozen Yogurt Shop. “I
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EL PASO, Texas – Police were investigating a report of shots fired in east El Paso on Sunday night, a dispatcher confirmed. When an ABC-7 photographer arrived on scene, she noticed streets blocked off in the area of Vista De Oro and Vista del Sol drives, east of Yarbrough Drive. No injuries were reported as
Continue Reading Labor Day celebrates America’s labor movement and the blood, sweat and toil of its workers. Never mind the last-minute barbecues, bargains and beach days. Monday marks the unofficial end of summer. It’s more New Year’s Day than New Year’s Day, really. The day after Labor Day is a time to reset. To return to life’s
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EL PASO, Texas — A different kind of St. Anthony’s Bazaar as Covid-19 pandemic continues. St. Anthony’s Seminary is turning their annual Labor Day weekend celebration into a drive-thru event. On Sunday, hundreds of cars pulled up to the seminary to purchase orders of their famous gorditas and aguas frescas for the bazaar’s 57th year.
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Every year on Labor Day, Americans celebrate the US labor movement, as well as the countless hard workers who built this country and keep it running strong. As of July 2020, there were more than 159 million people in the U.S. civilian labor force — and, in honor of the federal holiday, many of them
Continue Reading China has launched and recovered a reusable spacecraft, an important step in the country’s space program, state media reported Sunday. The unmanned craft spent two days in orbit after being launched on Friday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and landed Sunday at its “scheduled landing site,” the Xinhua news agency reported.
Continue Reading Nearly 300 protesters were arrested in Hong Kong on Sunday, according to the city’s police force, during one of the largest pro-democracy demonstrations since China imposed a national security law in June. Hong Kongers were originally scheduled to go to the polls on Sunday, but in July the city’s leader postponed legislative elections for a
Continue Reading Lou Brock, one of the best hitters and base stealers in baseball history, died Sunday at the age of 81. A Brock family representative confirmed his death to the St. Louis Cardinals. Known as a “stolen base specialist” according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Brock played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball, with
Continue Reading The US Navy is searching for a sailor who went missing in the North Arabian Sea on Sunday, according to the US 5th Fleet. The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton are conducting the search-and-rescue operation, the Navy said in a statement. The sailor, whose name is being withheld, has been listed
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