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Jerry Jones always had a plan to increase attendance for his Dallas Cowboys games. That is the first problem here. That the NFL has gone along with it is the second and more troubling problem. If there is anything we have learned in Texas during this COVID-19 marathon of frustration, it’s that setting a timetable for the resumption of anything has been a practice in arrogance. In March, it was maybe we get right in a couple months. In April, that became well, hopefully things settle down by… Source link

Chilling video has emerged of prisoners removing the bodies of patients who have died from Covid-19 as hospitals in Texas become overwhelmed by the rising fatalities. The footage, shared on Twitter by American epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding, shows inmates wheeling out the bodies into truck containers which are acting a mobile morgues. Dr Feigl-Ding explained the truck containers were “overflow morgues” and there were 10 of them parked in the area after the hospital added six more earlier… Source link

South Texas College recently started offering a new program that combines a bachelor’s degree in information technology with a Google IT certificate. “Not only are they working on their bachelor’s degree and their courses, but they’re also getting a professional certificate as well,” said Nicholas Hinojosa, a computer science instructor at STC. The 16-week Google certificate program will help new graduates find jobs and start applying their skills. Watch the video for the full… Source link

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas joined the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of monopolizing the search engine market and controlling how online ads are bought and sold, according to the suit filed Tuesday morning. Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement that the multibillion-dollar company engaged in anti-competitive and… Source link

While President Trump on Tuesday touted improvements in the coronavirus pandemic in the hard-hit Sun Belt states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that nine of the nation’s top 10 growing hot spots are in Florida and Texas, according to an internal government document obtained by Yahoo News.  The CDC document, a daily update on the coronavirus, identifies counties that are “areas of concern,” because cases are “high and still growing.” Five of the top 10… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Hanna, 2020’s first Atlantic hurricane, made landfall on Padre Island Saturday evening, bringing “life-threatening” storm surges, flooding rains and tree-toppling winds to south Texas. The storm came ashore with 90-mile-per-hour (145 kmph) winds, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory at 6 p.m. EDT. Hanna is moving west-south-west at about 8 miles per hour. A Category 1 storm, the lowest on the five-step Saffir Simpson scale, much of Hanna’s damage is likely… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Texas reported its fifth consecutive day of virus cases over 10,000, while Arizona reported record deaths. New cases in Florida dropped for a second day, as did deaths. Overall, new U.S. cases rose 1.4%, below the daily average of 2% over the past week. Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed tougher enforcement against bars and restaurants in part of New York City. Canada denied the Blue Jays permission to play in Toronto, the AP reported. The Trump administration is balking at $25 billion… Source link

In the face of a continuing surge of coronavirus cases in California, home to three NFL teams, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday ordered the closing of bars and indoor dining statewide, plus fitness centers and malls in 30 select counties. “We’re continuing to see hospitalizations rise and we continue to see an increase in the rate of positivity in the state,” Newsom said. “We are moving back into a ‘modification mode’ of our original stay at home order.” In Texas, home to two NFL… Source link