What you need to know about coronavirus on Tuesday, July 7
The number of new coronavirus cases recorded daily in the United States has doubled in the span of a week and a half. Asked about the surge in cases,…
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WNBA players will wear Breonna Taylor’s name on their uniforms to honor women lost to racial violence
This season’s WNBA players hope that before you chant their names, you’ll remember the victims of police and racial violence too. When…
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Masks are effective only if you wear them properly. Here’s the right (and wrong) way
So, about masks — they do next to nothing if you don’t wear them properly. Yep, even the cloth coverings touted as the best thing since…
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Covid-19 kept them separated from their pets for months. So they’ve chartered a plane to bring them home
In May, Kyla Robertson was trying to find a way to bring Sugar home. Ready to return to Vancouver after two years in China, Robertson and her husband…
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Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho praises ‘beautiful’ spat between Hugo Lloris and Son Heung-min
Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho says the clash between his captain Hugo Lloris and forward Son Heung-min was “beautiful,” as his side…
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tells fans he had lung screening
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told supporters gathered outside the presidential palace in Brasília Monday that he took a Covid-19 exam and that…
Continue Reading A former US soldier has pleaded not guilty to charges he was planning an attack on his own unit
A former US Army soldier pleaded not guilty to charges that he was planning a mass casualty attack on his own unit by sending sensitive information…
Continue Reading Hong Kong schools told to remove books that violate new law as police powers extended
Schools in Hong Kong have been told that they must remove books and teaching materials that could violate the sweeping national security law that was…
Continue Reading Chinese authorities confirm case of bubonic plague in Inner Mongolia
In the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, a city is on high alert. On Tuesday, they confirmed a case of a disease that has persisted centuries after…
Continue Reading About a fifth of adults in the US have moved due to Covid-19 or know someone who did, a new study shows
When the coronavirus pandemic began its rapid spread from country to country and eventually state to state, what once felt like home was no longer a…
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San Elizario community honors fallen coach Will Cazares
EL PASO, Texas — The San Elizario community was in mourning Monday following the unexpected death of high school assistant football, baseball and…
Continue Reading Halle Berry apologizes and is no longer considering a transgender role in upcoming film
After facing backlash on social media, actress Halle Berry announced on Twitter Monday she is no longer considering portraying a transgender man in…
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‘Surge is here’ in El Paso: UMC records 5 straight days of increasing virus hospitalizations
EL PASO, Texas — Officials at the University Medical Center of El Paso told ABC-7 they are witnessing a surge of serious illness after confirming…
Continue Reading 5 of the victims who died in an Idaho plane collision have been identified
Authorities have identified five of the victims killed in a deadly plane collision that happened over an Idaho lake over the holiday weekend. Eight…
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Beto O’Rourke calls on ‘pathetic’ Gov. Abbott to ‘resign’ over handling of virus pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — Former El Paso congressman and prominent Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke called on Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to resign, saying his…
Continue Reading California prisons replace their top medical officer amid a coronavirus outbreak
The top medical officer for California’s corrections system has been replaced amid a growing coronavirus outbreak among the state’s…
Continue Reading Mexico’s president has his own plane. So why is he flying commercial to meet Trump?
If you happen to be flying between Mexico City and Washington, DC, this week, you could be seatmates with a president. Mexican President Andrés…
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Spaceport America CEO placed on administrative leave amid investigation
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico — The CEO of New Mexico’s commercial spacecraft launch facility has been placed on administrative leave amid an…
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El Paso man accused of operating cockfighting ring
EL PASO, Texas — A 30-year-old El Paso man has been jailed after sheriff’s deputies found evidence he was running a cockfighting ring out of his…
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Virus hospitalizations double as Texas surpasses 200,000 cases
AUSTIN, Texas — Hospitalizations across Texas have more than doubled in the last two weeks, rising to 8,698 people in hospitals on Monday. Texas…
Continue ReadingABC-7 First Alert: Extreme heat the next 6 days
It will be very hot this week with temps flirting with some new record highs. Temps will climb anywhere from 104-110. Thunderstorms will be possible…
Continue Reading Australia to seal off 6.6 million people in virus-hit state as outbreak worsens
Australia will isolate 6.6 million people in the state of Victoria from the rest of the nation at 11.59 p.m. on Tuesday, as authorities take drastic…
Continue Reading A statue of Frederick Douglass was toppled over the Fourth of July weekend, the anniversary of his famous speech
There’s only a stump where a statue of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass once stood. The monument to Douglass, one of several in Rochester,…
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Las Cruces City Council votes to keep face mask mandate carrying fines for businesses
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces City Council on Monday evening voted 7-0 to keep in effect Mayor Ken Miyagashima’s emergency proclamation on…
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Former UTEP assistant AD named president of well-known Catholic high school in California
BELLFLOWER, California — Former UTEP assistant Athletic Director Brian Wickstrom is headed back to the Golden State. The Salesians of Don Bosco…
Continue Reading A woman who allegedly coughed on a baby no longer has her school district job
A woman who allegedly coughed on a baby during a social distancing dispute no longer has her job with a California school district. Oak Grove School…
Continue Reading Japan says Chinese ships spend record time violating its territorial waters
Chinese coast guard ships have twice intruded into Japan’s territorial waters in the past four days, forcing Japanese coast guard vessels to…
Continue Reading Team GB sprinter accuses police of ‘racial profiling’ after she and partner are stopped and searched in London
Team GB sprinter Bianca Williams has accused London’s Metropolitan Police of “racial profiling” after she and her partner were…
Continue Reading They envisioned a world without police. Inside Seattle’s CHOP zone, protesters struggled to make it real
In Wednesday’s early morning hours, Seattle police cleared the Capitol Hill Organized Protest area, a relatively quiet end to a demonstration…
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