GLAVESTON, Texas — Police body camera footage obtained by ABC affiliate KTRK shows a woman being arrested at a Galveston, Texas, bank after she refused to wear a mask or leave. The arrest occurred Thursday, the day after an order by Gov. Greg Abbott rolled back some of the state’s Covid-19 restrictions, including the state’s
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If you love to play Minecraft and call yourself a landscaper, a company in the United Kingdom may have a job for you. WhatShed, which calls itself the largest independent buyers guide for garden buildings in the UK, is looking for virtual landscape gardeners to expand their “gardening passions” to the virtual world and “provide
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The ABC-7 StormTrack Weather team issued an ABC-7 First Alert for strong winds through the weekend. Westerly winds will increase 25 to 35 mph with gust at 45 mph. Sunday, expect even stronger winds. Gusts reaching 45 to 50 mph. Dry conditions and windy weather mean areas of patchy blowing dust are possible. Drive with
Continue Reading HIDALGO, Texas — On the banks of the Rio Grande near the south Texas city of Hildalgo, dozens of undocumented migrants — mostly women and young children — descended a hill on the Mexican side of the border in an orderly procession. The sun set Thursday over an all-too-familiar portrait of desperation in the the
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Astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover Jr. spent their Saturday conducting a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station. The spacewalk, which assisted with continued upgrades to the orbiting laboratory, began at 8:14 a.m. ET and ended at 3:01 p.m. ET, lasting for six hours and 47 minutes. Glover and Hopkins arrived on the space
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Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson on Thursday invoked race in explaining his sense of safety during the January 6 Capitol riot, saying that he might have been concerned for his well-being had the protesters been affiliated with Black Lives Matter instead of being a largely White pro-Trump crowd. “Even though those thousands of people that
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Some Americans are already seeing the latest round of stimulus payments hit their bank accounts, as the first batch of funds is rolled out. The payments — worth up to $1,400 per person — were included in the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package signed by President Joe Biden this week. The White House on Thursday
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Click here for updates on this story LEE’S SUMMIT, Missouri (KCTV) — Emotional reunions are on the horizon for people in senior homes who’ve been isolated from family for so long. The change comes with new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services suggesting nursing homes and long-term
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — People around the world have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and those negative impacts may have altered their cognitive abilities, risk avoidance and civic-mindedness for the worse, new research suggests. A peer-reviewed study published in Scientific Reports analyzed questionnaires from 4,890
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — A patient who has been battling COVID-19 for months finally went home Friday. The applause and cheers are well deserved for Sarah Drummond as she walks out of the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Omaha. “I woke up today with a sheer determination that I’m
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The green river wasn’t supposed to flow for St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago this year, but the city surprised its residents by carrying on the tradition unannounced. To help curb crowds again due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Chicago officials canceled the annual dying of the Chicago River event — a longstanding St. Patrick’s Day tradition.
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HOUSTON, Texas — As spring break travel picks up and states increasingly drop Covid-19 restrictions, Dr. Francis Collins, the National Institutes of Health director, is pleading with people to keep using masks regardless of prevailing rules. Collins’ comments to MSNBC on Saturday come as encouraging signs — falling case counts, rising vaccinations — converge with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Fast acting neighbors are being credited for saving several people from a burning home overnight. The fire broke out at a home on Ruane Street in Fairfield, around midnight. Neighbors called 9-1-1 and alerted the sleeping residents that their home was on fire. More
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — 65-year-old Kenneth Hartenstine described it as a ‘vicious cycle’ when he first spoke to FOX43 back in January about the trouble he was experiencing getting him and his wife a COVID-19 vaccine. By February he said he had lost count of how many places
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(CNN) — La madre de Breonna Taylor dice que el anuncio de esta semana de que ningún agente fue acusado de la muerte de su hija le «confirmó» el por qué no tiene fe en el sistema legal. Tamika Palmer escribió una carta leída el viernes durante una ardiente conferencia de prensa en la que
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BATTLE GROUND, Washington (KPTV) — Firefighters say a charcoal grill is the likely cause of a fire that engulfed a house on Friday night. Clark County Fire District 3 was called to a working structure fire in northwest Battle Ground. Crews faced difficult conditions because of limited access
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DONNA, Texas — Children detained in an overcrowded government-run tent facility at the U.S.-Mexico border say they haven’t been able to shower for days or contact their parents, according to lawyers who interviewed them this week. Lawyers from the National Center for Youth Law spoke with about a dozen children in Donna, Texas, this week,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El fiscal Germán Juárez, miembro del Equipo Especial Lava Jato en Perú, solicitó este viernes prisión preventiva por 18 meses para el expresidente Martín Vizcarra, quien es investigado por los presuntos delitos de colusión agravada, cohecho pasivo impropio y asociación ilícita para delinquir, informó a CNN una fuente cercana al caso que
Continue Reading (CNN) — Después de mínimos históricos de audiencia en los Emmy y en los Globo de Oro, los premios Oscar revelan sus nominaciones el lunes bajo el riesgo de un escenario similar. E, irónicamente, la mayor esperanza para que no sean un desastre en términos de rating podría residir en un actor que fue invitado
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DECATUR, Georgia (WGCL) — It appears to be an ordinary body shop in Decatur, but federal and state agents believe it’s the home of an excommunicated member of the Russian Mafia. Investigators said 45-year-old Eduard Bobrick of Alpharetta was using an auto body shop and a meat packing
Continue Reading Gov. Andrew Cuomo, facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted advances, is now the subject of an impeachment investigation after the speaker of the New York State Assembly authorized the judiciary committee to begin the probe this week. While Cuomo has apologized for “making anyone feel uncomfortable,” the Democrat has maintained that he “never
Continue Reading The Pentagon’s internal watchdog has finished a long-delayed investigation into Michael Flynn and has sent its findings to the Army for a final review that could possibly bring financial penalties against the military retirement benefits afforded to the retired Army three-star general. It is unclear when the Defense Department may announce its decision in the
Continue Reading (CNN) — Jennifer López y Alex Rodríguez se separaron. La pareja se separó «hace unas semanas», dijo a CNN el viernes una fuente cercana a la pareja. «No parece que vayan a volver a estar juntos», dijo la fuente, y agregó que Rodríguez ha estado socializando en las últimas semanas sin López, quien generalmente está
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Bitcoin prices continue to skyrocket. The cryptocurrency surpassed $60,000 on Saturday to hit a new high, just a few weeks after it topped $50,000. Bitcoin smashed through the $30,000 and $40,000 levels over a few days in January. Bitcoins in circulation are worth more than $1 trillion. Bitcoin prices have more than doubled so far
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EL PASO, Texas — For many in the Borderland, this weekend is the beginning of spring break. Normally a time set aside for some relaxation but with Covid-19 still prevalent — it may hold some back as gas prices rise and health officials caution against traveling. The U.S. Travel Association says only about 12 percent of Americans,
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Alexandra Ford English is about to be the first female member of the Ford family elected to the board of the automaker that the men in her family have run since 1903. Ford English is the 33-year-old daughter of William Clay Ford Jr., the company’s executive chairman. Also poised to join the board is Henry
Continue Reading (CNN) — Jennifer López y Alex Rodríguez dicen que todavía están juntos. La pareja envió un comunicado a CNN el sábado por la mañana a través de su representante y asegura que siguen en una relación y que «trabajan en algunas cosas». La declaración se produce después de que CNN, citando una fuente cercana a
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Private funeral services for late Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent Karen Trujillo were held Saturday. (You can watch the funeral mass in the video player above.) Trujillo was hit and killed by a minivan last month while walking her dogs. Community members were able to attend Saturday morning’s funeral procession
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — This Saturday night, most Canadians will be setting their clocks an hour ahead for daylight time. But one expert says the practice of changing the clocks can have negative health impacts and staying on daylight time permanently, as some provinces have proposed, could
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — New research suggests that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, had already evolved to be able to infect humans prior to the first reported case, making the initial transmission from bats to humans an easy one. The peer-reviewed research, published Friday in PLOS
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