Virus pandemic causing trouble, worry for farmers across Borderland
EL PASO, Texas — As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to send ripples across society, El Paso farmers are growing nervous about how it will slow their…
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The coronavirus blame game: It’s not just Trump
In our polarized world, we are united by one truth: Covid-19 has no political objective, no media bias, and no social agenda. It is an equal…
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Peloton cancels live video classes for April after employee contracts coronavirus
Peloton is suspending its live video classes for the rest of April after an employee tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The fitness company…
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Start your Monday smart: OPEC, primaries, Holy Week, Passover, supermoon, Quibi, ISS
So, you’ve got some stimulus cash coming. But how much and when will it arrive? Here’s what we know. Here’s what else you need to…
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Start your Monday smart: OPEC, primaries, Holy Week, Passover, supermoon, Quibi, ISS
So, you’ve got some stimulus cash coming. But how much and when will it arrive? Here’s what we know. Here’s what else you need to…
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Las Cruces Congresswoman details small business relief efforts
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small has big plans for New Mexico’s economic recovery, which she outlined during a…
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Walmart limits the number of customers in stores to help fight the spread of coronavirus
Walmart on Saturday began limiting the number of customers who can be in its stores at once because of the coronavirus pandemic. “We have been…
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Delta CEO: ‘We still haven’t seen the bottom’
Delta Air Lines expects revenue over the next three months to be down 90%, with no end of the industry’s troubles in sight. “Even as…
Continue Reading How the cell phones of spring breakers who flouted coronavirus warnings were tracked
The Trump administration wants to use Americans’ smartphone location data to help track and combat the spread of coronavirus. Now, a pair of US…
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Food trucks enforcing El Paso’s social distance requirements to stay in business
EL PASO, Texas — With restaurants being closed except for takeout, some have wondered what regulations food trucks have to follow to remain open. In…
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El Paso call center worker gets virus, raises questions about call centers staying open during pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 has learned a worker has tested positive for the coronavirus at an east El Paso call center that handles calls for some…
Continue Reading Walmart announces store capacity limits, taking effect Saturday
EL PASO, Texas — Get ready for crowd control at Walmart stores starting Saturday. Walmart said it still wants customers, just fewer of them at a…
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El Paso small business relief fund to accept grant applications again on Monday
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso small business relief fund that was quickly overwhelmed with grant requests and shut down announced Friday night that it…
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Photojournalists are risking their lives to capture the pandemic
In a video shot from her hospital bed where she is recovering from Covid-19, Austin American-Statesman photojournalist Lola Gomez described the…
Continue Reading Photojournalists are risking their lives to capture the pandemic
In a video shot from her hospital bed where she is recovering from Covid-19, Austin American-Statesman photojournalist Lola Gomez described the…
Continue Reading Here’s what America’s oil CEOs discussed with Trump
America’s leading oil CEOs urged President Donald Trump on Friday to grant the embattled industry access to government programs aimed at…
Continue Reading Corona beer stops production
Production of Corona beer is being temporarily suspended in Mexico because of the coronavirus pandemic. Grupo Modelo, the company that makes the…
Continue Reading Why the coronavirus crisis will expand America’s racial wealth gap
The novel coronavirus has already dealt an unprecedented economic blow to a large portion of American workers, with a record 9.9 million people…
Continue Reading Here’s when Disney’s delayed movies are coming to theaters
Disney on Friday announced new release dates for films that were delayed because of coronavirus, including two of its biggest movies this year,…
Continue Reading CNN’s Brooke Baldwin tests positive for coronavirus
CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin announced on Friday that she tested positive for coronavirus after experiencing symptoms a day earlier. “I am…
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UTEP economist predicts U.S.-Mexico border communities could see jobless rate grow to 20%
EL PASO, Texas — The Center for Inter-American Border Studies at The University of Texas at El Paso hosted an online seminar Friday afternoon that…
Continue Reading Google to release your location data to help fight coronavirus pandemic
Google (GOOGL) is publicly releasing the data it’s already collecting about people’s movements during the coronavirus pandemic. The…
Continue Reading Esports are already online (obviously), but the pandemic is still creating huge challenges
Golf, basketball, hockey and other sports have all suspended their seasons. Major league baseball says it may start up in late spring. But…
Continue Reading The US economy lost 701,000 jobs in March — worst report since 2009
The American economy lost more jobs than it gained for the first time in a decade. In March, the economy shed 701,000 jobs, according to the Bureau…
Continue Reading 3M: We’ll make more N95 masks for the US but we need to keep exporting them
3M, the world’s largest maker of respirator masks, said Friday it is willing to comply with President Trump’s order to manufacture and…
Continue Reading Trump’s incredible 180 on OPEC, oil and free markets
President Donald Trump has long cast OPEC as an evil force ripping Americans off by not pumping enough oil. Now he’s pleading with Saudi Arabia…
Continue Reading No more self-serve soda and hot dog rollers: Coronavirus upends convenience stores
The coronavirus outbreak is threatening America’s vast convenience store industry as consumers fill up at the pump less frequently and…
Continue Reading Jeff Bezos is donating $100 million to American food banks
Jeff Bezos is donating $100 million to US food banks to help them feed a growing number of out-of-work Americans who are losing their jobs during the…
Continue Reading Stores are hiring like crazy. But they have part-time workers who want more hours
Large retail and grocery chains staying open during the coronavirus crisis are on hiring sprees. But some of the companies’ existing part-time…
Continue Reading Oil prices march higher as OPEC calls for emergency meeting on Monday
OPEC will meet on Monday with Russia and other oil producers in the hope of agreeing supply cuts and ending a brutal price war. The meeting, called…
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