‘Somber day’: El Paso reaches 80 virus deaths; 30 additional cases
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported two new coronavirus deaths, and 30 new cases Monday morning. The death toll…
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Family of Omaha man killed in protest seeks peace
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) — The family of an Omaha man who was shot and killed Saturday…
Continue Reading Man accused of providing napalm recipe in wake of George Floyd protests
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Two people, including at least one St. Louis man, have been…
Continue Reading This brewery is turning into a park to help people socially distance
On a typical weekend before the pandemic hit, about 2,000 people would flock to Jester King Brewery located on a scenic ranch on the outskirts of…
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El Paso County Court, Municipal Court to resume some in-person hearings
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The process of reopening El Paso continues as El Paso County Court and El Paso Municipal Court prepare to resume select…
Continue Reading How CNN reported about online shopping before Amazon was a thing: Did you know there were so many kinds of jeans?
“America now browses with browsers, window shopping with Windows,” CNN reported in 1998 about retail giants like Macy’s, JCPenney…
Continue Reading CNN turns 40 today. Here’s what it was like on Day One
“Now here’s the news.” That’s how Lois Hart kicked off CNN’s first news broadcast, which took place 40 years ago on…
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A drive-by wake. A masked funeral. A memorial on Zoom. This is how families are facing death in the pandemic
The chapel’s capacity is 85 people. On Friday, it held only a handful of Guadalupe Ortiz-Sandoval’s closest relatives. They gathered with…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 1: George Floyd, Antifa, coronavirus, WHO, G7 summit
It’s bound to be another rough week in America. Here are some ways to help and support marginalized communities during these tumultuous, often…
Continue Reading Minneapolis police chief says all four officers involved in George Floyd’s death bear responsibility
In an emotional response to George Floyd’s family Sunday night, the Minneapolis police chief says in his mind, all four officers involved in…
Continue Reading While tensions between police and protesters boiled over in some cities, other officers joined the movement
Protests have swept the United States the last six days in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minnesota. Floyd, who was…
Continue Reading India accuses two Pakistan embassy officials of spying and orders them to leave the country
Two Pakistani embassy staff accused of spying have been expelled from India, Indian officials said on Sunday. “Two officials of the High…
Continue Reading For the first time in 30 years, Hong Kong will not hold a mass vigil commemorating the Tiananmen square massacre
An annual vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre will not take place in Hong Kong this year, after police refused organizers…
Continue Reading In Huntington Beach, a George Floyd protest was deemed an unlawful assembly. A stay-at-home protest one month ago was not
It was the tale of two protests. In Huntington Beach, California, on Sunday, hundreds demonstrated over the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old…
Continue Reading ‘Insecure’ star Kendrick Sampson says he was shot with rubber bullets 7 times during George Floyd protest
Actor Kendrick Sampson said he was shot seven times with rubber bullets by police in Los Angeles on Saturday during a protest over the death of…
Continue Reading India’s rural health care workers push for more coronavirus pay
Jyoti Pawar, 40, starts her day early when the sun is still low in Walhe, a village in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. She’s racing to…
Continue Reading “From once he said ALS, I have no clue of what he said after that”: Beloved coach faces his toughest opponent yet as players rally around him
Click here for updates on this story Etters, PA (WPMT) — Rob Gildea’s basement is a trophy case of memories.…
Continue Reading Cities extend curfews for another night in an attempt to avoid violent protests over George Floyd’s death
Demonstrators filled the streets across the US on Sunday to once again protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man…
Continue Reading Activists demand transparency during investigation into video of officer shoving woman to ground
Click here for updates on this story Memphis, TN (WREG) — WREG is learning more about a video that appears to show a…
Continue Reading ‘Black people:’ Restaurant owners apologize for phrase used to describe customer
Click here for updates on this story Collierville, TN (WREG) — A Collierville restaurant is under scrutiny after a…
Continue Reading Woman and daughter’s deaths ruled homicide
Click here for updates on this story Lansford, PA (WNEP) — Police in Lansford found three people dead in a home Tuesday…
Continue Reading Stanley Ho’s escape to Macao in World War II laid the foundation for his fortune. But it wasn’t without controversy
When Stanley Ho Hung-sun, the man who made Macao a global gambling mecca, died at age 98 this week he was reportedly worth $14.9 billion. But before…
Continue Reading These black men’s experiences were caught on camera, spurring anger and action
One died after he was pinned down by a police officer. One was fatally shot while jogging. The third avoided any physical confrontation. The…
Continue Reading A sheriff put down his baton to listen to protesters. They chanted ‘walk with us,’ so he did
A Michigan sheriff joined protesters in Flint Township on Saturday, putting down his weapon and saying, “I want to make this a parade, not a…
Continue Reading Officers fired after students tased, pulled from car Saturday night
Click here for updates on this story Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — Two Atlanta police officers who tased and pulled two Atlanta…
Continue Reading New York police officers kneel with protesters
In the midst of protests and destruction around the nation, a moving scene unfolded Sunday in New York when some of the city’s police officers…
Continue Reading Race tracks give fans ‘a chance to get back to living our lives’
Click here for updates on this story Pine Hall, NC (News & Record) — Racing was still an hour away, and the…
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Texas sees nearly 2,000 more virus cases; also 24 new deaths, but none in El Paso
AUSTIN, Texas — The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Texas rose by nearly 2,000 Sunday and there were another 24 deaths tied to the disease…
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