Mayor was on vacation in Mexico while urging residents to stay home
"I want you to know that I regret that travel," Mayor Steve Adler said in a video statement. "I wouldn't travel now."
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"I want you to know that I regret that travel," Mayor Steve Adler said in a video statement. "I wouldn't travel now."
State wildlife workers found tracks to back up their initial suspicion that it was indeed a mountain lion.
With millions of Americans are out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic, many are seeking help from food banks and Feeding America is projecting that millions of kids are expected to go hungry this year. Mireya Villarreal reports.
Moderna is asking the FDA to grant emergency use authorization for its coronavirus vaccine, as hospitalizations hit record highs across the U.S. Dr. Ogechika Alozie joins CBSN from El Paso, Texas, to give his take on the vaccine news and the current state of the pandemic.
The following is a transcript of an interview with El Paso, Texas, Mayor Dee Margo that aired Sunday, November 29, 2020, on "Face the Nation."
For the first time since the Great Depression, a majority of young adults are now living with their parents. Nearly 3 million U.S. adults moved back in with their parents or grandparents in March and April. “CBS This Morning” spoke to four of these adults about what it's been like to move back in with their parents. Laura Hopkins left a teaching job in Mexico to move back in with her parents in California. Eric Rivera left New York City after getting laid off to live with his parents in New Jersey. Will Francis moved out of his apartment in Los Angeles and back into his childhood home in Alabama. Chrissy Walker left New York City to work from her parents' home in Texas.
Feeding America projects 1 in 6 people, including 1 in 4 children, are experiencing food insecurity in 2020.
So many have died that the county is now posting job openings for morgue attendants.
AirMed International, an air ambulance airline, says 50% of its flights this past month have been coronavirus-related as the city of El Paso, Texas struggles with surging cases. Omar Villafranca reports.
Curtis Polk Jr. got a temporary office next to an old sign saying "negroes."
Thousands of people lined up in their cars in Dallas on Saturday to receive food from the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday next week. CBS Dallas' Ken Molestina reports.
Zekee Rayford, his father and their lawyers sat down with CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal to discuss a home security video showing him being tased and tackled by police outside his front door. They say they want the officers suspended without pay.
The shooter is still at large, a law enforcement source said, and the source said Escobar called 911 to report the shooting.
The North Texas Food Bank distributed 600,000 pounds of food, including 7,280 turkeys, during the event.
On Saturday, the city of El Paso said reported 1,512 new COVID-19 cases and 15 additional deaths.
Hospitalizations and ICU admissions in the state have seen a sharp increase since the beginning of November, as the nationwide number of daily cases has jumped more than 87%.
The number of new infections recorded each day in the U.S. has doubled in just three weeks, and Americans are now dying each day at levels not seen since the worst months of the pandemic.
Texas has seen over 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, and one city that has been hit particularly hard is El Paso. Dr. Ogechika Alozie, an infectious disease specialist in El Paso, joins CBSN to discuss how the state is coping with the pandemic.
CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian is in El Paso, Texas, where nearly one in ten residents have been infected by the coronavirus. It's one of the nation's hotspots, as the virus continues to ravage the nation.
Texas has become the first state to reach 1 million confirmed COVID-19 infections, and hospitals in the state are struggling to handle the surge in cases. El Paso has even set up mobile morgues as the death toll rises. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian joins CBSN from El Paso with details.
CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian is in El Paso, Texas, where coronavirus cases are 10 times higher than they were in September, forcing hospitals to set up tents in parking lots and the city to more than double its number of mobile morgue units.
His counterpart in Pennsylvania was quick to mock Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick's call for "whistleblowers and tipsters" nationwide to report suspected fraud.
El Paso is lining up mobile morgues, while Dallas County officials are warning that their area is "entering the most dangerous phase we have seen to date."
A look at turnout from the 2020 election shows eligible Black and Latino voters were powerful forces in battleground states. President Trump made inroads with both voting blocs, but a majority supported President-elect Joe Biden. CBS News contributor Maria Elena Salinas and Antjuan Seawright, a CBS News political contributor and a Democratic strategist, join CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss their impact on the presidential race.
El Paso, Texas is struggling with ICUs amid a surge in coronavirus cases, while Utah's governor is now issuing a mandatory mask order. David Begnaud reports.