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Pentagon orders Fort Bliss, other posts not to report virus cases as 1st service member dies & military infections reach 1,000
WASHINGTON, DC — The Pentagon has ordered military bases and commanders, including El Paso’s Fort Bliss, to stop publicly announcing coronavirus…
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Portugal gives migrants and asylum-seekers full citizenship rights during coronavirus outbreak
Portugal has temporarily given all migrants and asylum seekers full citizenship rights, granting them full access to the country’s healthcare…
Continue Reading A man allegedly teaching his dog to drive was arrested after leading troopers on a high speed chase
A man was arrested Sunday after leading troopers on a high-speed chase with his dog sitting in the driver’s seat, a spokeswoman for the…
Continue Reading Police arrest Florida pastor for holding church services despite stay-at-home order
Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne said he wouldn’t close the doors of his Tampa, Florida, megachurch until the End Times begin. The police…
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Police arrest Florida pastor for holding church services despite stay-at-home order
Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne said he wouldn’t close the doors of his Tampa, Florida, megachurch until the End Times begin. The police…
Continue Reading This principal didn’t let a school closure stop her from announcing this year’s valedictorian and salutatorian
Even though her school is closed because of the coronavirus outbreak, a Michigan principal still found a way to deliver some good news to two…
Continue Reading Las Vegas homeless people are sleeping in a parking lot — six feet apart
In Las Vegas, the Catholic Charities’ homeless shelter has long served as a facility for people in need of accommodations. But after one…
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President Trump defends extending virus guidelines as spread continues
WASHINGTON, DC — Siding with public health experts’ dire projections, President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to extend restrictive…
Continue Reading The moral calculus of sanctions amid coronavirus crisis
Never let a crisis go to waste. It’s a cynical maxim in politics, but one the Trump administration appears to be following now as it maintains…
Continue Reading New York’s Central Park and harbor are now home to makeshift hospitals
New York transformed a grassy meadow in Central Park into a makeshift hospital and welcomed a Navy hospital ship as officials scrambled to bolster a…
Continue Reading Stuck at home craving Girl Scout cookies? Now you can order them online
For those of us being responsible and self-distancing at home, there’s a lot to miss about the world: restaurants, movie theaters … and…
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Macy’s to layoff most of its 130,000 workers as stores in El Paso & across nation stay shut during virus crisis
NEW YORK, NY — Retail giant Macy’s announced Monday that its stores, including the one at El Paso’s Cielo Vista shopping mall, will remain dark and…
Continue Reading These immigrant doctors want to help the US fight coronavirus, but they’re stuck on the sidelines
Zahraa Al-Turaihi and Hussein Al-Sudani served as doctors in emergency rooms in Iraq during the war against ISIS. Now they’re immigrants who…
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Teacher makes rap music video to inspire students amid stay-at-home order
Click here for updates on this story MOUNT AIRY, NC (WGHP) — His kids call him “Mr. J.” He’s a fourth…
Continue Reading Hungarian parliament votes to let Viktor Orban rule by decree in wake of coronavirus pandemic
Hungary’s parliament has voted to allow Prime Minister Viktor Orban to rule by decree indefinitely, in order to combat the coronavirus…
Continue Reading New York dog rescues report an unprecedented surge in applications as coronavirus keeps humans isolated
For New Yorkers who have made a cliche out of lamenting that they don’t have time to take care of a dog, recent isolation guidelines have had…
Continue Reading Country music star Joe Diffie dies of complications from coronavirus
Joe Diffie, a country music singer known for his lighthearted odes to country life that reached mainstream success in the 1990s, died Sunday from…
Continue Reading Animal Crossing is letting people live out their wildest fantasy: Normalcy
The world seems like it’s ending. It’s enough to make you want to flee to an island populated entirely by friendly animals, tend to a…
Continue Reading With coronavirus closing schools, here’s how you can help food insecure children
On any given day, the National School Lunch Program provides low-cost or free lunches to 29.7 million children. But the coronavirus pandemic is…
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With coronavirus closing schools, here’s how you can help food insecure children
On any given day, the National School Lunch Program provides low-cost or free lunches to 29.7 million children. But the coronavirus pandemic is…
Continue Reading Meteorites reveal that Martian water came from different sources
One of the biggest mysteries in piecing together the story of Mars’ past is a key question: Where did the water come from? Researchers may have…
Continue Reading A cruise ship headed to Florida has reported more sick people on board after 4 die and 2 test positive for Covid-19
A cruise ship scheduled to arrive in Florida this week has reported at least 189 people are suffering flu-like symptoms on board. Holland…
Continue Reading This student created a network of ‘shopping angels’ to help the elderly get groceries during the coronavirus pandemic
Amid the desperate crowds and sparse shelves at supermarkets across the country, there is grace in the aisles. Jayde Powell is a “shopping…
Continue Reading The doctor in the viral photo with his son behind glass has lost his home to a tornado
A resident physician, who touched the lives of thousands when a photo of him and his son separated by glass went viral, has lost his family home to a…
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The doctor in the viral photo with his son behind glass has lost his home to a tornado
A resident physician, who touched the lives of thousands when a photo of him and his son separated by glass went viral, has lost his family home to a…
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New dates for Olympic Games confirmed for 2021
The postponed Tokyo Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 8 in 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed. An agreement was…
Continue Reading CBS journalist Maria Mercader dies at 54 of coronavirus
CBS News producer and talent executive Maria Mercader died of Covid-19 in New York Sunday, CBS said. She was 54. Mercader worked at CBS for three…
Continue Reading Phoenix police commander killed, two officers shot responding to domestic violence call
A Phoenix police commander was killed and two officers injured while responding to a domestic violence call Sunday night, the Phoenix Police…
Continue Reading Plastic-eating bacteria could be small step toward tackling world’s pollution crisis
Plastic products made with polyurethane, a synthetic chemical compound, typically end up buried in a landfill. Now scientists discovered a strain of…
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