The Trump administration announced plans on Friday to maintain multiple coronavirus testing sites in Texas after a bipartisan group of lawmakers and county officials rejected plans to suspend federal support. In a statement, the Department of Health and Human Services said it had granted a two-week extension to support five …
Read More »Federal judge orders release of children from ICE detention centers as coronavirus cases rise
A federal judge ordered the release of the children from ICE detention centers, saying “there is no more time for half the measures,” after 2,500 immigrants tested positive for coronavirus and an increase in infections in the United States. Judge Dolly M. Gee of the United States District Court for …
Read More »Kelly Asbury dies: Oscar-nominated director directed Shrek 2 and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Kelly Asbury dies at 60: twice Oscar-nominated director directed Shrek 2 and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron The Texas native died Friday morning at his Los Angeles home of complications from abdominal cancer. Asbury’s work directing and voicing characters in Shrek 2 helped make the sequel a massive box office …
Read More »A quick reopening, a surge in infections, and a recovery of the US at risk
ROCK HILL, SC (Reuters) – When Texas reopened bars for Memorial Day weekend last month, locked-in millennials and Gen Zers made the most of it, circumventing social distancing rules to pack clubs and pressing their credit card expenses in the next two weeks at 2019 levels. FILE PHOTO: The Handlebar …
Read More »Houston Hospital CEO Says He’s Able to Handle Texas Rise
Dr. David Callender, CEO of the Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, told CNBC on Friday that his hospitals continue to be adequately equipped despite the growing coronavirus outbreak in Texas. “Actually, we still believe that we have a great ability to meet the demand for Covid, as well as …
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