Hidalgo County reported its first child day among the 20 residents who died Friday from COVID-19. The child, a girl from Pharr, is named between the ages of 0 and 19 because the county refused to disclose more details with indications of state and federal privacy laws. “The death of …
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SEC football coaches get ‘controversial’ at conference call over added opponents, per reports
Watch Now: No Announcement From ACC, SEC Regarding 2020 Fall Football Season (1:23) Little feels normal about college football in the lead-up to a potential 2020 season that — at best — will feature just six of the 10 FBS conferences in action amid the the COVID-19 pandemic. But details …
Read More »Luchita Hurtado, artist who became a sensation in her 90s, dies at 99
Luchita Hurtado, an artist whose paintings and drawings emphasize the interconnectedness of all living things with a visionary intensity that was almost shamanic, but whose work was only recognized in the art world late in her life, died on Thursday night at her home in Santa Monica, California, she was …
Read More »California orders SDG & E to start rolling out blackouts amid hot wave energy consumption
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – For the first time in more than a decade, San Diego Gas & Electric has been commissioned to conduct rotating, one-hour outages in San Diego and southern Orange Counties due to high electricity consumption amid hot and humid temperatures . SDG&E says California Independent System Operator …
Read More »France declared Paris, Marseille in risk zones for coronavirus
The French government on Friday declared Paris and Marseille, as well as surrounding areas, as high-risk zones for the coronavirus, giving authorities authority to take measures to combat the pandemic, according to reports. On Thursday, France reported more than 2,500 new infections for the second consecutive day, a consistent spread …
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