Ysleta school district teacher wins Texas Teacher of the Year award
EL PASO, Texas — Big congratulations are in order for one of Ysleta Independent School District’s teachers. Michelle Sandoval was named the 2020…
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Joe Biden releases labor plan in middle-class pitch
Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a plan Friday that aims to protect workers’ rights and to strengthen unions and collective…
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Pompeo endorses work of Ukraine diplomat dismissed by Trump as ‘never Trumper’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo seemed to voice subdued approval of the work of the top US diplomat in Ukraine whose testimony undermined the…
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Tame Impala announce new album ‘The Slow Rush,’ its first in five years
Oh, please let it happen. Tame Impala announced plans to release its first studio album in nearly five years. The album, titled “The Slow…
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‘I tried being a father’: Man charged in emaciated son’s death arraigned
Click here for updates on this story Mercer (KDKA) — The father charged in the death of his teenage son, whose body was…
Continue Reading Search for owner of baby picture after storm blew memories away
Click here for updates on this story North Dallas (KTVT) — Storm damage cleanup continues across North Texas after…
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Fired NYPD officer accused of choking Eric Garner files lawsuit against NYC
Former New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo is suing New York City, the NYPD and its commissioner James O’Neill over his…
Continue Reading Man who said he saw Yogi Bear in Yellowstone gets 15 years for 8 pounds of meth in spare tire
Click here for updates on this story Billings (Billings Gazette) — A California man was sentenced to prison Thursday…
Continue Reading Witch hunts and lynching: How Trump appropriates victimhood
Shall we skip right to the obvious? Virtually the only moments when President Donald Trump refers to the pain and persecution of a marginalized group…
Continue Reading Emilia Clarke cried when she met Beyoncé
Emilia Clarke “was too many drinks in” and broke down crying when she met Beyoncé at an Oscars afterparty, she says. Speaking to Graham…
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Youth baseball coach from Clint to be honored as ‘Coach of the Year’at World Series
CLINT, Texas – It will be a moment of a lifetime for a youth baseball coach from Clint. Veronica Larquier will be headed to game four of the World…
Continue Reading The President has failed us. We must look out for one another instead
One year ago, on October 27, 11 people were murdered while praying in the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue. It was the deadliest attack on the…
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El Paso sheriff’s inmate van crashes, forces closure of northbound Loop 375 at Montwood
EL PASO, Texas — Traffic was snarled for the Friday afternoon commute when a crash involving an El Paso County Sheriff’s Office van used to…
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‘Joker’ becomes the highest-grossing R-rated film ever
“Joker,” the gritty comic book film about the origins of the crazed Batman villain, has become the highest-grossing R-rated film of all…
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The long General Motors strike is finally over, as workers approve labor deal
The long General Motors strike is finally over, as members of the United Auto Workers union voted in favor of a four-year labor deal to end the…
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day will include vaping devices
For the first time, vaping devices and cartridges will be accepted during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. Since the program…
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Top Philadelphia police commander accused of sexually assaulting officers he mentored
Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Carl Holmes has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting three female officers to whom he presented…
Continue Reading Retailers are pulling Johnson’s baby powder from store shelves
Several retailers have pulled Johnson’s baby powder from shelves after Johnson & Johnson announced earlier this month it was recalling…
Continue Reading Republican campaigns unload donations from Giuliani’s indicted associates
Republican lawmakers and political action committees that took money from Rudy Giuliani’s two associates who are now at the center of the…
Continue Reading Bolton lawyers in talks about possible impeachment deposition
Lawyers for former national security adviser John Bolton have had talks with the three House committees leading the impeachment inquiry about a…
Continue Reading Judge says impeachment inquiry is legal and justifies disclosing grand jury material
A federal judge on Friday gave a legal endorsement to the House Democrats’ impeachment probe into President Donald Trump and ordered the…
Continue Reading Cummings’ widow says attacks on Baltimore ‘hurt’ the late congressman
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, the widow of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, said on Friday that the congressman was “hurt” in the last months…
Continue Reading Graham announces resolution condemning House impeachment inquiry process has 50 co-sponsors
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump’s on Capitol Hill, announced Friday that a resolution he introduced…
Continue Reading President Trump will stop at nothing to win a second term
The Justice Department is reportedly conducting a criminal investigation into its own probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election — a…
Continue Reading US budget deficit balloons to nearly $1 trillion for fiscal 2019
The US budget deficit ballooned to nearly $1 trillion for the 2019 fiscal year, according to data released by the Treasury Department on Friday, the…
Continue Reading Crispy, spicy and hugely popular: Why chicken sandwiches are taking over America
Months after this summer’s brief but brutal fried chicken sandwich battle, rivals are diligently plotting to win the longer war. Popeyes, which…
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Felicity Huffman released from prison after serving 11 days for college admissions scam
Actress Felicity Huffman was released Friday from a federal prison in Dublin, California, after serving 11 days of a two-week sentence for her role…
Continue Reading What, exactly, is Tulsi Gabbard doing?
Two very interesting things happened Thursday night: 1) Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat, announced she would not seek reelection, choosing…
Continue Reading The 2019 holiday movies get an early start
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Yes, we know it’s not even Halloween yet, but the holiday movies have arrived. Starting Friday…
Continue Reading 3 arrested in Philadelphia shootings of 2 children
Three men have been arrested in two separate shootings in Philadelphia last weekend that left a 2-year-old girl dead and an 11-month-old child…
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