EL PASO, Texas — A New Mexico motorcyclist was killed Sunday afternoon after colliding with a car at an east El Paso intersection. Police on Monday identified 20-year-old Ilian Sastres of Chaparral as the victim of the deadly crash that happened at Montana Avenue and Lee Trevino Drive around 4 p.m. Sunday. Investigators concluded in
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With only 99 days until the Iowa caucuses, the 2020 election is already in full swing. Every Sunday, I outline the 5 BIG storylines you need to know to understand the upcoming week on the campaign trail. And they’re ranked — so the No. 1 story is the most important of the coming week. 5.
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President Donald Trump declared Sunday morning that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was dead after a US military raid in northwest Syria over the weekend. “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead,” Trump said at the White House, calling the ISIS leader’s removal “the top national security priority of my administration.” The President said a US special
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Houston Astros owner Jim Crane apologized to Sports Illustrated journalist Stephanie Apstein after the team trashed a story she wrote criticizing former Astros Assistant General Manager Brandon Taubman, Apstein said. “We were wrong and I am sorry that we initially questioned your professionalism,” Crane said in a letter to Apstein that the journalist shared on
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Lewis Hamilton’s sixth Formula One title was kept on ice despite a hard-fought victory at the Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday. The Mercedes driver needed to finish 14 points clear of teammate Valtteri Bottas to take the overall championship, but the Finn’s third-place finish means Hamilton will have to wait until next weekend’s United States
Continue Reading After announcing the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Donald Trump on Sunday took questions from journalists — and made a major false claim about his past statements on Osama bin Laden. Trump claimed he had been prescient about the danger posed by bin Laden, having called for the death of the al
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(CNN) — Si pensabas que la superluna de lobo de sangre daba miedo, no has visto de lo que es capaz el Sol. El domingo, la NASA compartió una foto en Facebook y Twitter del sol que se parecía mucho a una calabaza de Halloween, de las que tienen una luz en su interior. La
Continue Reading Former Rep. John Conyers, a longtime Michigan Democrat who represented parts of Detroit for more than 50 years before his resignation in 2017, died Sunday at age 90, his son, John Conyers III, told CNN. A founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, Conyers was known as pushing a series of liberal causes, especially from
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Click here for updates on this story BOSSIER CITY, LA (KTBS) — The pain of waiting on a train. We’ve all been there. And KTBS has told you how a Louisiana law that fines railroads that block intersections for more than 20 minutes is useless. That’s because federal law protects the train operator. But some
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NC (WLOS) — A local mother pleads her case in the nation’s capitol, decades after dangerous chemicals were found at the site of an abandoned manufacturing plant. CTS shut down its metal-plating operation on Mills Gap Road in Buncombe County 32 years ago. Since then, toxic
Continue Reading Mourners packed the pews of a Birmingham, Alabama, church Sunday for the funeral of Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney, the girl who was kidnapped from an outdoor birthday party before her body was dumped in a landfill. Purple and pink flowers and balloons adorned Kamille’s tiny casket at the 3-year-old’s “homegoing service” at New Beginning Christian Ministry.
Continue Reading President Donald Trump can certainly take a victory lap for the operation that killed the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Prior to his death, Baghdadi had declared ISIS a “caliphate,” as his terrorist army stormed across Syria and Iraq, seizing territory the size of Portugal and ruling over some 8 million subjects. At Trump’s
Continue Reading (CNN) — Donald Trump confirmó el domingo que el líder de ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, fue asesinado en una redada realizada por el Ejército estadounidense en el noroeste de Siria el sábado. Al-Baghdadi detonó un chaleco suicida durante la redada, dijo Trump. La redada fue realizada por comandos de operaciones especiales, dijo Trump. “Al-Baghdadi murió
Continue Reading Following President Donald Trump’s announcement on Sunday that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a US military raid in northwest Syria, a number of Democrats hoping to unseat him welcomed the news and congratulated US troops, but were mum on Trump’s involvement in the risky operation. In a statement, former Vice President Joe Biden
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Continue Reading President Donald Trump admitted on Sunday the White House did not inform some key Democrats about the daring raid that resulted in the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The move to not make notable leaders aware goes against the usual tradition for such high-profile operations. The bipartisan praise for the US mission was
Continue Reading (CNN) — Una azafata de Southwest Airlines dice que dos pilotos veían una transmisión de video en vivo desde una cámara oculta en el baño de un avión comercial a un iPad en la cabina, dice una demanda. El presunto incidente ocurrió el 27 de febrero de 2017, mientras Renee Steinaker estaba trabajando en el
Continue Reading While the announcement on Sunday of the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been praised among a bipartisan group of elected US leaders, current and former law enforcement officials say the possible threat to the US homeland by ISIS sympathizers persists. Two senior US law enforcement officials tell CNN that agencies and police
Continue Reading If you thought the super blood wolf moon was scary, you haven’t seen what the sun is capable of. NASA on Sunday shared a photo on Facebook and Twitter of the sun looking a lot like a giant flaming jack-o’-lantern. The space agency captured the spooky image on October 8, 2014. The face is the
Continue Reading Liverpool came from behind to maintain its unbeaten Premier League record with a 2-1 victory over Tottenham at Anfield. Spurs took the lead after just 48 seconds when Harry Kane headed in from Son Heung-Min’s shot that had come back off the post, but Liverpool hit back in the second half through captain Jordan Henderson
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The late British singer Amy Winehouse released her last studio album, “Back to Black,” on this day in 2006. Today, fans are honoring her memory on Twitter and celebrating the album that propelled her to international fame. That soulful album won her five Grammy awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album and Best New Artist, while
Continue Reading It was billed as a behind-the-scenes look at their recent royal tour in southern Africa. Instead the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s documentary confirmed what many had suspected for quite some time: a rift within the royal family. The documentary, which aired last Sunday night in the UK, saw Harry and Meghan reveal how they
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El PASO, Texas — Three people were injured, including a small child, in a rollover vehicle crash in east El Paso Sunday afternoon. The child was ejected and suffered life-threatening injuries, police said, in the incident that happened at the intersection of Montana Avenue and Killarney just after noon. Police closed off the eastbound lanes of Montana at Killarney following
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente Donald Trump admitió el domingo que la Casa Blanca no informó a algunos demócratas clave sobre la audaz incursión que resultó en la muerte del líder del ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. La decisión de no dar a conocer a líderes notables va en contra de la tradición habitual de operaciones de
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Drivers looking for a way around a busy intersection are using one business owner’s parking lot as a short cut, and she’s tired of it. “Stop doing it! It’s against the law,” Robin Stromatt said. Stromatt owns Cakepop Heaven. The business sits on the
Continue Reading President Donald Trump dialed it up last week. He referred to his potential impeachment by the House as a “lynching.” He called never-Trump Republicans “human scum.” He compared himself to George Washington and branded the emoluments clause of the Constitution “phony.” Critics said Trump was wrong on each of these claims. Quin Hillyer, a GOP
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Jasmina Alston (WGCL) — Atlanta police are investigating after dozens of cars were broken into at a North Highland Avenue parking deck. CBS46 spoke with several residents who found their windows smashed Saturday afternoon. “Every car has been hit,” Mohid Singh said. Singh’s car was one of 33
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — Two men were arrested for stealing beer in North Plains, Hillsboro Saturday morning. Washington County deputies responded to a reported theft of beer at the Chevron station at 10025 NW Glencoe Road in the city of North Plains at 4:37 a.m. Deputies said
Continue Reading Three veterans who served with Ambassador Bill Taylor, a key witness in the House impeachment inquiry who has come under attack by the President, defended him as a “man of honor,” “public servant” and “role model” in interviews with CNN. Retired Col. Bob Seitz, retired Maj. Gen. Robert St. Onge and retired Lt. Gen. Karl
Continue Reading A New York Police Department officer was in critical condition in a medically induced coma after an altercation with a suspect Friday night at a nail salon in Brooklyn, police said. Another officer also was injured after employees of Goldmine Nails asked police to remove a man who had urinated inside the store and the
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