Turkey’s Erdogan orders the conversion of Hagia Sophia back into a mosque
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered the conversion of the city’s historic Hagia Sophia back into a mosque after a court annulled…
Continue Reading Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winning actress in ‘Gone With the Wind,’ dies at 104 in Paris
PARIS, France — Olivia de Havilland, the doe-eyed actress beloved to millions as the sainted Melanie Wilkes of “Gone With the Wind,” but also a…
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‘We’re on our way to no-kill here’: El Paso Animal Services working to reduce euthanizations
EL PASO, Texas — Texas is ranked number two in the nation for shelter pet deaths, but the state is making progress. That’s according to Best Friends…
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NE police checking on people, pets during hot weather
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — The La Vista Police Department has been out in full force…
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Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma bridge in emotional ceremony
SELMA, Alabama — More than five decades after he was slammed in the head by a white state trooper’s billy club while he lead a march on behalf of…
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Statewide Amber Alert issued for 3-year-old girl reportedly abducted in Texas
LONGVIEW, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a 3-year-old in east Texas who is believed to be in grave danger. ABC affiliate KTRK…
Continue Reading City residents protest against recent racist flyers distributed among neighborhoods
Click here for updates on this story LE CLAIRE, IA (WQAD) — On Saturday, July 25, dozens of protestors gathered at City…
Continue Reading Mitchell County, NC, man needs a kidney donor
Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, NC (WLOS ) — A local couple is asking for your help to give the gift of…
Continue Reading CT leaders gather to support victim of racially-charged attack
Click here for updates on this story STONINGTON, CT (WFSB ) — Connecticut politicians and community activists against…
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El Paso tops 13,000 virus cases as deaths rise by 3 amid growing ICU hospitalizations
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s coronavirus cases topped 13,000 on Sunday as the number of deaths grew by three more following the county’s deadliest…
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Watch LIVE: Hanna weakens to tropical storm day after coming ashore in Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Hanna weakened to a tropical storm as it continued to move inland Sunday though it was still bringing…
Continue Reading Severe storms topple tree onto Atlanta home
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL ) — Afternoon storms left downed trees across Atlanta Saturday…
Continue Reading Octavia Spencer calls on Hollywood to increase casting of people with disabilities
Octavia Spencer is urging Hollywood to make casting people with disabilities a priority. The actress is part of a new PSA that calls for increased…
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He always dreamed of stepping foot on the moon. He made it there after his death
Today, we know Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as the first men to land on the moon, 51 years ago. But, if not for a turn of events, history may have…
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A new DNA study offers insight into the horrific story of the trans-Atlantic slave trade
Much of what we know about the horrors of slavery in the Americas comes from historical records. But new research shows that evidence of the slave…
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Halep, concerned about rising coronavirus cases and travel, pulls out of tennis’ return event
The first official tennis tournament to be staged during the coronavirus pandemic lost its top attraction when Simona Halep pulled out Sunday in a…
Continue ReadingStormTRACK Weather: Another round of showers and storms, mainly to the west
El Paso, Texas- We’ve still got plenty of monsoon moisture in place across the Borderland for today. This will mean another day with afternoon and…
Continue Reading British tourists disappointed by UK U-turn on travel corridor with Spain
British tourists have been left disappointed by a UK government decision that requires all people returning from Spain to self-isolate for 14 days.…
Continue Reading At least 45 arrested after protesters throw explosives and rocks at police in Seattle, authorities say
Seattle protesters threw large rocks, bottles, fireworks and other explosives at officers Saturday, police said. Others set fire to a portable…
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AP poll: With 100 days to Election Day, more say U.S. on wrong track than at any point in Donald Trump’s presidency
WASHINGTON, DC – With the November election 100 days away, more Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction than at any point in…
Continue Reading A 9-year-old who died of coronavirus had no known underlying health issues, family says
A 9-year-old girl with no known underlying health conditions is the youngest person to die from coronavirus complications in Florida, officials said.…
Continue Reading Virginia teens got in ‘good trouble,’ as they pushed to rename their high school for John Lewis
Students at Robert E. Lee High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, got in really “good trouble” after pushing to rename their high school…
Continue Reading The movies will return someday, and here are the ones we’re really stoked about
Even films about impending apocalypses and world crises cannot get us through the very real world crisis we’re living through, at least not…
Continue Reading Naya Rivera’s ex-husband, Ryan Dorsey, shares his grief and says they were together a day before she vanished
Ryan Dorsey, the ex-husband of 33-year-old Naya Rivera, posted a heartbreaking tribute to the actress on Instagram after investigators announced her…
Continue Reading A Nollywood film about two women in love faces an uphill battle in a country where homophobia is rampant
Two women lay in bed in a tight embrace, one is stroking the other’s hair and whispers that she is in love with her. These intimate scenes…
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Legendary TV host Regis Philbin dead at age 88
NEW YORK, NY — Regis Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and…
Continue Reading Filmmaker and elite marathon runner, Alexi Pappas wants to make sure ‘the complete person is happening’
An Olympic 10,000-meter runner turned marathoner by day, actor, director, screenwriter and author in all other spare hours she can salvage, Alexi…
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‘Crip Camp’: Where disability rights stand 30 years after these kids fought for recognition and changed the world
Today it would be unthinkable to nickname a summer getaway for children with disabilities “Crip Camp.” Yet that was the nickname given to…
Continue Reading Museums and historians are navigating how to write the history of Covid-19 when the end isn’t in sight
When the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in the United States, the California Historical Society received call after call asking for its archive on the…
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Mighty Mujer Triathlon cannot be stopped despite pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — Triathlons held prior to March of this year generally required athletes to be within close proximity of each other. But now in the…
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