Hello all! I’m filling in for Dave today. It is still hot outside right now, and we aren’t going to be getting much cooler any time soon. The week ahead has upper 90s and triple digits in the forecast and little to no rain! There is also an air advisory due to higher levels of
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En muchas partes del mundo, la gente intenta volver a la vida de antes de la pandemia, al menos en lo que respecta al trabajo y la escuela. Para muchos, eso significa una lucha matutina para despertarse, desayunar, preparar los almuerzos, lograr que los niños y ellos mismos salgan por la
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VINTON, Texas — A motorcyclist was seriously injured after his bike collided with a truck along a stretch of Doniphan Drive in Vinton late Wednesday afternoon, forcing the closure of the roadway. The incident happened on Doniphan between Brooks and Chicken Farm roads, near the area where a train and truck collision the day before
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Wednesday reported 34 new COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the fourth consecutive day. The latest numbers released by tribal health officials pushed the total number of coronavirus cases to 31,486 since the pandemic began more than a year ago. The known death toll remains
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By Paul LeBlanc and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resistance to leaving office after a damning investigation from the New York attorney general’s office has prompted renewed calls for his impeachment across the state. The investigation conducted by New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office found that Cuomo, a Democrat, engaged
Continue Reading New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio reacts to the results of the New York attorney general’s investigation into repeated sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi and Devan Cole, CNN New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s remaining political support among top Democrats crumbled on Tuesday in the wake of a report that found he sexually harassed multiple women. Cuomo has insisted he did nothing wrong and made no indication in a video response that he will step down. But
Continue Reading New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo denies the states attorney general’s report that the investigation into allegations against Cuomo found that the governor sexually harassed multiple women.
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — En medio de un verano mortal por las inundaciones en diferentes partes del mundo, un grupo de científicos encontró que la cantidad de personas en riesgo de inundaciones extremas ha aumentado significativamente en las últimas dos décadas. En Alemania, las inundaciones graves se cobraron la vida de al menos 173 personas.
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By Virginia Langmaid, CNN Coronavirus testing in the United States is down from where is has been at previous points in the pandemic. However, health officials are working to get those numbers up again. In a discussion on Tuesday hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to seek authorization to make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for all active duty troops as soon as this week, following President Joe Biden’s directive that the military examine how and when it could make that happen. Austin’s “inclination is towards making the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory” for
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP soccer team held its first practice in preparation for the 2021 season at University Field Wednesday morning. The Miners went through individual workouts before several 10-minute period of 11 vs. 11 action. It was the first of several full-squad training sessions for the Orange and Blue, who will tune up for
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Southern New Mexico Republican Congresswoman Yvette Herrell has signed her name to a bill that could end some federal funding to New Mexico State University. The We Will Not Comply Act, introduced by controversial Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, says no federal dollars can go to any school — from
Continue Reading SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Known as a journalist who asked tough questions, former Associated Press correspondent Ed Moreno has died. He was 67. His family said he had a brain tumor and died July 27 at his home in Santa Fe. Moreno began his journalism career in the 1970s. He worked for the Santa
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The Biden administration is developing a plan to mandate vaccinations for almost all foreign visitors to the US, a White House official confirmed to CNN on Wednesday, though some exceptions are expected. Officials are still in the early phases of developing the plan and an announcement is not
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ENCINO, Texas — Eleven people were dead and roughly 20 others injured when an overloaded van carrying migrants crashed and flipped over in the Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. DPS Sgt. Nathan Brandley told ABC affiliate KRGV that the Ford van crashed into a metal utility
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Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A rural New Mexico school board has been suspended by the state Public Education Department for not going along with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s mask mandate for children when classes resume for the fall semester. The department announced the suspension of the five-member Floyd school
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Expiration of the nation’s eviction moratorium has left millions of families staggering. CNN’s Nick Watt reports how one mother and her family are bracing for eviction.
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Business This weekend, after the almost year-long ban on evictions expired, Ronald Leonard was terrified of being thrown out of his Daytona Beach, Florida, rental home. But then, on Tuesday evening, he heard the eviction moratorium had been extended again. “I’m the happiest guy in the world,” said Leonard. Like millions
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By Rosa Flores, CNN School boards across the state of Florida were rattled by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order that threatened to pull funding from schools that implement mask mandates. Broward County Public Schools reversed its decision to require face coverings, Duval County Public Schools is requiring parents be able to “opt out” of having
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La velocista bielorrusa Kristina Timanovskaya iba a competir el lunes en los 200 metros femeninos de los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio, con la esperanza de que su duro trabajo la catapultara al podio. En cambio, se convirtió en el centro de atención mundial por su actuación fuera de la pista. Según
Continue Reading By Nick Valencia, Devon M. Sayers and Rachel Clarke, CNN Schools are back in Barrow County, Georgia, with bulging bookbags, new shoes — and masks optional. In a rain-spattered car pool lane, both parents and students seemed more excited and anxious about the usual first day things — different teachers, new kids and curricula —
Continue Reading On the first day of school at the Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy some students and staff are wearing masks and some not, and no one seems worried. Nick Valencia reports.
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to the U.S. to be vaccinated for the coronavirus, a White House official says. The requirement would come as part of the administration’s phased approach to easing travel restrictions for foreign citizens to the country. No timeline has
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By Sarah Dean and Lauren Kent, CNN The UK government will update its “green” travel list on Thursday to add Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Latvia, Romania, and Norway to the list. Travelers returning from green-listed countries do not need to quarantine unless their required PCR test result is positive. The travel list changes announced will
Continue Reading US-UK couples who have been separated for over a year due to Covid-19 travel restrictions have joined an online movement, Love Is Not Tourism, to petition governments to speed up the visa application process and allow them to reunite.
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe and Devan Cole, CNN At least four district attorneys offices in New York have requested additional investigative information from the state’s probe into sexual harassment allegations against Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying they need the materials to determine whether incidents that occurred in their jurisdictions amount to criminal actions. The investigation’s report,
Continue Reading Dr. Leana Wen discusses the CDC’s updated guidance that recommends fully-vaccinated people wear masks indoors in areas with “substantial” and “high” transmission of Covid-19, saying that it is mostly the right policy, but criticizing its communication.
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its guidance to once again recommend that even vaccinated people start masking indoors in areas of the country with high and substantial coronavirus spread. Key to their decision was a study that shows that fully vaccinated people can still transmit the
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