YISD suspends summer athletic workouts after another coach tests positive for virus
EL PASO, Texas — The Ysleta Independent School District has suspended its summer strength camp and conditioning program for student athletes for at…
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As US cities cut police budgets, the nation’s largest force faces financial reckoning
At a time of intense scrutiny of law enforcement since George Floyd’s death, a movement to slash police department budgets nationwide is…
Continue Reading New York is lighting up iconic landmarks to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pride
New York will light up several major landmarks across the state in the colors of the Pride flag to celebrate Pride weekend. Governor Andrew Cuomo…
Continue Reading Bar-goers upset they can’t drink at Florida bars
Click here for updates on this story PERDIDO KEY, FL (WALA ) — Not even two months after re-opening, some businesses…
Continue Reading PA city leaders frustrated with fireworks
Click here for updates on this story WILKES-BARRE, PA (WNEP ) — Government Leaders gathered in city council chambers to…
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New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral is about to celebrate its first public Mass since March
New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday will celebrate its first public Mass since March, when it stopped in-person attendance…
Continue Reading MI diner owner giving Flint kids free bikes
Click here for updates on this story FLINT, MI (WNEM ) — Children will be rolling along this summer on new bikes…
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Nearly 1,000 new El Paso virus cases for week, record hospitalizations; death toll grows to 127
EL PASO, Texas — As the week drew to a close on Saturday, El Paso had posted nearly 1,000 new coronavirus cases in that span, set a record for…
Continue Reading Security guard shot outside of the Florissant, MO, Waffle House
Click here for updates on this story FLORISSANT, MO (KMOV ) — A man was seriously injured after being shot outside of…
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ABC-7 back on air for all after high wind caused power outage
EL PASO, Texas — Repairs were completed Saturday morning and ABC-7’s signal was again available for viewers relying on an over-the-air antennae or…
Continue Reading Milton Glaser, designer of ‘I ♥ NY’ logo and Bob Dylan poster, dies at 91
Milton Glaser, co-founder of New York Magazine and famed graphic designer behind the “I ♥ NY” logo, has died, according to the…
Continue Reading 6 arrested at Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, where police say protesters fired paintballs at officers
Police arrested six people Friday night at a protest near the Robert E. Lee monument in Virginia’s capital, after some people fired paintballs…
Continue Reading Former fire chief released from hospital after recovering from COVID-19
Click here for updates on this story Honolulu, HI (KITV ) — He spent his life fighting fires for the Honolulu Fire…
Continue Reading Gwinnett County Solicitor General asks for removal of confederate monument in Lawrenceville, GA, says it’s been a target of vandals
Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, GA (Gwinnett Daily Post ) — Gwinnett County Solicitor General…
Continue Reading Vultures and method to remove them raise concern at city park
Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS ) — The reopening of a Bill Cockrell Park revealed a creepy…
Continue Reading Facebook takes down videos targeting California public health officers
Facebook has removed at least four videos posted by a group accused of targeting California public health officers over their directives to stay home…
Continue Reading City nonprofit sets records in the fight against hunger during pandemic
Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, NC (WLOS ) — Each morning, MANNA FoodBank calls a flurry of activity…
Continue Reading A bear in Italy has been sentenced to death after attacking hikers. Activists want a stay of execution
Animal rights groups in Italy are calling on authorities to lift a death sentence on a brown bear that attacked a father and son last week on a…
Continue Reading Man helps track down thief who stole his lawn equipment
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT ) — A thief who hit numerous businesses is now doing time. While…
Continue Reading How the term ‘Dixie’ came to define the South
Dixie. It was once a catchall word for the South. There are countless songs about it. Streets still carry the name, as do restaurants and grocery…
Continue Reading Parkland brothers turn their activism toward fighting the spread of Covid-19
On February 14, 2018 brothers Adam and Josh Buchwald’s lives changed forever. “I truly believed that this would be the day I died,”…
Continue Reading Police seek a California woman they say coughed on a baby in a social distancing dispute
Police are investigating video of an alleged assault that occurred at a Yogurtland in California where a woman is seen coughing in the face of a…
Continue Reading Three people died and one is permanently blind after drinking hand sanitizer in New Mexico
Three people died and one is permanently blind from methanol poisoning after drinking hand sanitizer in New Mexico, health officials said. An…
Continue Reading NYPD officer charged with strangulation after using chokehold during arrest
The New York Police Department officer seen on video putting a man into a chokehold during an arrest over the weekend is the first officer in the…
Continue Reading Officers involved in the death of Elijah McClain reassigned for safety reasons
Three Colorado police officers involved in a confrontation that left a Black man dead last year have been reassigned to “nonenforcement”…
Continue Reading National Women’s Soccer League set to become the first professional league to resume play on Saturday
The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is returning to action this weekend after the start of its season was delayed due to the pandemic.…
Continue Reading Pride has gone virtual this year. Here’s how you can celebrate
The global coronavirus pandemic is affecting how the LGBTQ+ community celebrates Pride during the month of June. The pandemic caused the cancelation…
Continue Reading The Good Stuff: An octogenarian stays connected, a diabetic pilot returns to the skies and a baby emu wobbles
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Continue Reading NJ corrections officer may lose his job over George Floyd death re-enactment
A New Jersey corrections officer who was suspended for his alleged role in mocking the death of George Floyd and re-enacting it earlier this month…
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Federal judge orders release of migrant children being held in Texas & Pennsylvania
HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge late Friday ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the…
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