Another 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week
For the fifth week in a row, millions of American workers applied for unemployment benefits, seeking financial relief as businesses remained closed…
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Another 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week
For the fifth week in a row, millions of American workers applied for unemployment benefits, seeking financial relief as businesses remained closed…
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Small business money to clear Congress on Thursday but question of who gets aid looms over program
The US House of Representatives will vote to send an additional $310 billion to the Small Business Administration’s emergency lending program,…
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Small business money to clear Congress on Thursday but question of who gets aid looms over program
The US House of Representatives will vote to send an additional $310 billion to the Small Business Administration’s emergency lending program,…
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Sweetgreen: We’re returning our $10 million stimulus loan
Sweetgreen is returning a $10 million loan it received from the US government to help it weather the coronavirus pandemic’. The trendy salad…
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Sweetgreen: We’re returning our $10 million stimulus loan
Sweetgreen is returning a $10 million loan it received from the US government to help it weather the coronavirus pandemic’. The trendy salad…
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Why facing our feelings is essential for tackling our climate crisis
Editor’s note: Renée Lertzman Ph.D. is a climate psychologist, researcher and strategist, focusing on individual and collective action on our…
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Why facing our feelings is essential for tackling our climate crisis
Editor’s note: Renée Lertzman Ph.D. is a climate psychologist, researcher and strategist, focusing on individual and collective action on our…
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A seemingly healthy woman’s sudden death is now the first known US coronavirus-related fatality
A 57-year-old Northern California woman whose February 6 death has become the first known coronavirus-related fatality in the US had been in…
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El Paso doctor weighs in on possible treatments for coronavirus
EL PASO, Texas — A National Institutes of Health panel has advised doctors against treating coronavirus patients with a drug combination the…
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Stores struggle to get shoppers to wear masks
A handful of states and cities have mandated that shoppers wear coverings in grocery stores and other public places as they try to contain the spread…
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As states grapple with reopening their economies, Trump says part of Georgia’s plan is ‘just too soon’
President Donald Trump says he strongly disagrees with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan to reopen part of that state’s economy, especially…
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Wuhan is on a slow path back to normality after 76-day coronavirus lockdown
The first city in the world to go into lockdown due to the coronavirus is slowly returning to something that might be described as normal, after…
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Top doctor insists El Pasoans ‘stay home’ as new virus death and 58 more cases occur
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s Public Health Department on Wednesday reported another coronavirus death, bringing the official fatality count to 10. The…
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Texas governor says ‘massive’ amount of business to reopen soon
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas will reopen “massive” amounts of businesses soon, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday evening, teasing an imminent…
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New Mexico governor to expand stay home order until May 15 as cases rise in state, Las Cruces
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico will extend an emergency public health order through May 15 as it convenes mayors and businesses leaders to…
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El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank worker diagnosed with virus
EL PASO, Texas — A temporary worker at the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank has been diagnosed with coronavirus, officials confirmed Wednesday.…
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Motorist seriously hurt as semi-truck runs over pickup in east El Paso County crash
EL PASO, Texas — A semi-truck apparently ran over the top of a pickup truck during a crash along the Gateway West on-ramp to Interstate 10 on…
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Essential workers can get drive-thru tested for virus in Las Cruces on Thursday
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Essential workers in Las Cruces have yet another opportunity to get screened for the coronavirus during a drive-up…
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Holloman AFB in Alamogordo to get new F-16 training unit
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico – Some good news for the Borderland economy. The secretary of the U.S. Air Force has designated Holloman Air…
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Watch: Car line stretches over a mile to El Paso food bank amid virus outbreak
EL PASO, Texas — As Texas and other states process a record-high surge in jobless claims, food banks have seen demand spike amid the coronavirus…
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El Paso city workers fear layoffs due to possible $100 million budget shortfall
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso city employees are concerned the coronavirus pandemic could cost them their jobs as the city could soon be facing as much…
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2 cats in NY become 1st U.S. pets to test positive for virus
NEW YORK, NY — Two pet cats in New York state have tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first confirmed cases in companion animals in…
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Trump ‘disagrees strongly’ with Georgia’s plan to reopen, downplays 2nd wave of virus as just ’embers’
WASHINGTON, DC — Even as he pushed for governors to reopen their states, President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized the Republican…
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Georgia Tech transfer, Kristian Sjolund, commits to UTEP
The UTEP Miners were in need of some size, and now it appears they have it. Kristian Sjolund, a transfer from Georgia Tech out of the Atlantic Coast…
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Wind kicks up later Thursday
Mostly clear the rest of tonight. More sunshine tomorrow but the winds will get a bit stronger during the evening and later night. Peak wind gusts…
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She was diagnosed with coronavirus and had to deliver her baby 14 weeks early while in a coma
Johana Mendoza Chancay hasn’t been in the same room with her baby since she delivered in a medically induced coma. Chancay shared the story of…
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She was diagnosed with coronavirus and had to deliver her baby 14 weeks early while in a coma
Johana Mendoza Chancay hasn’t been in the same room with her baby since she delivered in a medically induced coma. Chancay shared the story of…
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Tyson will close its biggest pork plant after workers call out sick with coronavirus
Tyson Foods is closing its largest pork plant as a growing number of workers become ill from coronavirus infections. The plant, located in Waterloo,…
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Stocks on Wall Street rebound as oil prices stabilize
NEW YORK, NY — Stock rose on Wednesday, and the S&P 500 recovered a chunk of this week’s sharp losses as a bit of oxygen pumped through…
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