Coronavirus results in Borderland nursing homes restricting visitors
EL PASO, Texas — Borderland nursing homes and assisted living centers were taking steps Thursday to try and insulate their elderly residents from…
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El Paso student athletes recalled from out of town tournaments
EL PASO, Texas — Student athletes from Montwood High School had to return to El Paso from out of town tournaments after the Socorro Independent…
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NCAA cancels March Madness basketball tournaments amid virus fears; NMSU disappointed
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The NCAA has canceled its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments because of the spread of coronavirus, putting an abrupt…
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Locomotive FC games on hold as USL and MLS shut down for 30 days due to the coronavirus
EL PASO, Texas — Both the United Soccer League and Major League Soccer announced Thursday they were shutting down for 30 days because of the…
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Major League and Minor League Baseball delay season starts — including Chihuahuas
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak and suspended the…
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In Earth’s early history, a day was 23.5 hours and a year lasted 372 days
When dinosaurs walked the Earth, days on our planet were a little bit shorter than the full 24 hours we know today. Earth turned more quickly,…
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Ser mujer trabajadora vale la pena
Nota del editor: Ana Mateu Meléndez es secretaria de Política Pública de la Gobernación de Puerto Rico desde diciembre de 2019. Las opiniones…
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Rage Against the Machine postpones kickoff of reunion tour in El Paso & Las Cruces
EL PASO, Texas — A planned reunion tour after two decades by Rage Against the Machine is being postponed, the latest event to be delayed over fears…
Continue Reading How this South Korean company created coronavirus test kits in three weeks
Before there were any cases of novel coronavirus confirmed in South Korea, one of the country’s biotech firms had begun preparing to make…
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Charles Barkley under self-quarantine as he awaits coronavirus test results
Charles Barkley reveals he fell ill and has been self-quarantined, has taken a coronavirus test but has not yet gotten the results…
Continue Reading Casos confirmados de coronavirus en Panamá casi se duplicaron en un solo día
(CNN Español) – El gobierno de Panamá anunció este jueves 13 casos nuevos de coronavirus en el país, por lo que el número total de personas…
Continue Reading Cruise lines Princess and Viking halt all cruises as coronavirus spreads
Princess Cruises will halt global operations of its 18 cruise ships for two months, after two of its ships carried passengers who were diagnosed with…
Continue Reading Walt Disney World closes, paralyzing the company’s tourism empire
Disney’s tourism business has come to a halt because of the coronavirus. Disney is closing Walt Disney World, its flagship theme park resort in…
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Police car crash shuts down busy east El Paso intersection
EL PASO, Texas — A two-car crash involving a police car shut down a busy east El Paso intersection for several hours Thursday evening as traffic…
Continue Reading Pentagon ‘wishes to reconsider’ $10 billion contract given to Microsoft over Amazon
The US Department of Defense on Thursday said it wishes to re-evaluate its decision to award the Pentagon’s multibillion-dollar cloud contract…
Continue Reading La NBA suspende el resto de la temporada de baloncesto
(CNN Español) — La NBA anunció que la temporada se suspenderá después de que un jugador de los Jazz de Utah dio positivo por COVID-19. “El…
Continue Reading Guatemala prohíbe el ingreso de personas de El Salvador como medida contra el coronavirus
(CNN Español) – El gobierno de Guatemala anunció este jueves que queda restringido el ingreso de salvadoreños por vía aérea, marítima o…
Continue Reading ACNUR reporta más de 100.000 personas obligadas a huir de Nicaragua desde 2018
(CNN Español) – Más de 100.000 personas se vieron forzadas a abandonar Nicaragua y buscar asilo en otros países por la persecución o violación…
Continue Reading What life is like inside the coronavirus containment zone in New Rochelle, New York
Besides a few landscapers bagging up the remnants of pruned trees, hardly anyone was outside in this part of New Rochelle, New York, on a balmy…
Continue Reading Jorge Ramos estuvo posiblemente expuesto al coronavirus y no participará en debate demócrata
(CNN Español) – El presentador de Univision Jorge Ramos estuvo posiblemente expuesto al coronavirus. Según un tuit publicado por la cadena, el…
Continue Reading Incautan más de US $5,4 millones en droga en El Salvador
(CNN Español) — Once paquetes con 219 kilogramos de cocaína fueron incautados en aguas internacionales por las autoridades de El Salvador,…
Continue Reading 1st coronavirus death in Kansas marks 40th U.S. death since outbreak began
KANSAS CITY, Kansas — Kansas state officials are reporting their first novel coronavirus death, a man in his 70s who lived in a nursing home in the…
Continue Reading Private event industry hit hard in midst of ban on large gatherings in Oregon
Click here for updates on this story HILLSBORO, Ore. (KPTV) — The new rules on social gatherings in Oregon during the…
Continue Reading Kansas sees first coronavirus death, governor declares state of emergency
Click here for updates on this story TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV/KSMO) — On Thursday, Kansas had its first COVID-19 related…
Continue Reading Man faces 10 dog fighting and drug dealing charges
Click here for updates on this story WJRT (WJRT) — A Flint man is facing 10 charges related to running an alleged dog…
Continue Reading How Fox News misled viewers about the coronavirus
As the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country over the last several weeks, television viewers — especially those supportive of President Donald…
Continue Reading Farmington biotech teams with Yale to pursue COVID-19 vaccine
Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON. Conn. (Hartford Business Journal) — Farmington-based CaroGen and…
Continue Reading Meet the woman fighting coronavirus misinformation online
A global network of researchers and journalists spanning 40 countries has issued more than 800 fact checks related to the coronavirus in just seven…
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U.S. launches airstrikes against Iran-backed militia group that hit Iraq base
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. launched airstrikes Thursday in Iraq, targeting the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed responsible for the…
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