36 members of the Texas National Guard were mobilized to El Paso County, Texas to assist funeral homes and mortuaries in the area. El Paso Mayor Dee Margo says the area has seen a rapid increase in cases and hospitalizations, leading to a spike in deaths.

A California man says he is glad to finally be able to claim the remains of his wife, more than 35 years after she was among more than 900 who died in a suicide-murder in Jonestown, Guyana.