It’s no secret that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sees his country as the pre-eminent Muslim power in the Middle East. He regards his vision of political Islam as competing with that of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. He frequently accuses the United States of trying to belittle his country, and ruminates about
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More than 45 civil rights groups, including the NAACP and the Human Rights Campaign, came together to urge Facebook to protect civil rights and address discrimination on its platform. The call to action came Monday in a letter from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, an umbrella organization of civil rights groups. The
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(CNN) — Un conductor de Georgia salió vivo después de chocar con la parte trasera de un camión de troncos, y su automóvil fue embestido por troncos que rompieron el parabrisas delantero y penetraron hasta la ventana posterior. Afortunadamente, el conductor solo sufrió heridas leves, dijo el jefe de bomberos del condado de Whitfield, Edward
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House Democrats stopped a Republican-led effort to force a floor vote Monday on a resolution to censure Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, one of the Democrats leading the impeachment investigation, “for certain misleading conduct” in his characterization of a phone call between President Donald Trump and the Ukrainian President. The House voted 218-185 along party lines
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Monday that his attempt to recommend a potential job candidate to Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign “shouldn’t be taken as an endorsement.” Speaking to reporters, Zuckerberg acknowledged that he had contacted the South Bend, Indiana, mayor’s Democratic presidential campaign earlier this year after “a number of colleagues” had asked him or
Continue Reading Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home’s smart assistant were vulnerable to a security issue that could have allowed hackers to eavesdrop on people without their knowledge or entice users to hand over sensitive information, researchers say. Security Research Labs, a hacking research firm, said it discovered the flaw earlier this year and reported it to Amazon
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Ana Gabriel announced Monday that she’s coming to El Paso as part of her North American concert tour. The El Paso concert will take place at the El Paso County Coliseum on April 3, 2020. Pre-sale tickets for the concert will be available starting Oct. 24 at 8 a.m. Mountain time. General public tickets will
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Four people were killed Sunday when Bangladesh police fired on a crowd after clashes erupted over a Facebook post that angered Muslims. Thousands of people took to the streets in the town of Borhanuddin, in Bangladesh’s southern Bhola district, to protest the post that allegedly criticized the Prophet Muhammad. “We had to fire, we had
Continue Reading The White House’s personnel director has told President Donald Trump that neither immigration hardliner Ken Cuccinelli nor Customs and Border Protection chief Mark Morgan are eligible to succeed Kevin McAleenan as acting Homeland Security secretary, a senior administration official confirmed to CNN. The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel concluded that neither of the two
Continue Reading In the wake of a recent “Keep America Great” rally in Minneapolis, President Donald Trump tweeted this: “We are going to fight with all of our heart and soul and we are going to win the great state of Minnesota in 2020.” But probably not actually, at least according to a new poll conducted for
Continue Reading Sen. Amy Klobuchar has no time to mince words. “I have a lot of really good proposals out there — and I show how I’m going to pay for them,” the Minnesota Democrat told a crowded room of voters here over the weekend, taking another not-so-subtle dig at one of her leading 2020 rivals. “I
Continue Reading On its debut 20 years ago this month, Kimberly Peirce’s movie “Boys Don’t Cry” cast a rare spotlight on the experiences of a transgender man for a wide audience. The film continues to do this, if controversially, but the anniversary also pulls into focus the uneven legacy of protections for transgender Americans in the two
Continue Reading The public got its first look at actress Felicity Huffman’s life in prison as photos and a video taken Saturday showed her walking in a green prison uniform. The “Desperate Housewives” star was spotted in a dark green jumpsuit in the low-security federal prison in Dublin, California, five days into her two-week prison sentence for
Continue Reading When a girl’s high school varsity soccer team in Vermont played a game wearing matching shirts emblazoned with a bold message hidden under their jerseys, they fully expected to be heard. But just how far their message would reach was a surprise to them all. With three minutes left in the match on Friday, Burlington
Continue Reading The US Army on Monday identified the three soldiers killed during a training accident in Georgia early Sunday morning that injured three others. The three deceased soldiers are Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Jenkins, 41, of Gainesville, Florida, Cpl. Thomas Walker, 22, of Ohio, and Pfc. Antonio Garcia, 21, of Arizona. All three were part of
Continue Reading President Donald Trump spoke at length during a Cabinet meeting on Monday about his decision to withdraw US troops from northern Syria — arguing that the US never agreed to protect Syrian Kurds forever, suggesting the US may secure an oil deal for the Kurds to bolster their finances and saying he’s “the one that
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Researchers found evidence of what might cause acute flaccid myelitis, known as AFM, a rare polio-like illness that affects children. According to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine, a virus seems to be the culprit. Since the first cases were documented in 2012, scientists have debated how children get AFM, which can
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Egyptian authorities on Saturday revealed the contents of 30 ancient wooden coffins discovered in Luxor and yes, they include mummies. Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, told reporters the discovery was Egypt’s largest in more than a century. It is the first cache of coffins to be discovered by an Egyptian
Continue Reading A Massachusetts judge ruled on Monday that the state’s four-month ban on the sale of all e-cigarettes and vaping products can remain in effect — but only for about a week. The ruling, made by Suffolk Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins, came after the Vapor Technology Association and vape store owners called for the ban
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Click here for updates on this story Anoka, MN (WCCO) — From black cats to jack-o’-lanterns, to ghost and goblins, the city of Anoka is all about Halloween. In fact, this is their 99th year of celebrating All Hallow’s Eve. In this week’s Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen shows us the real reason why the city
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Miami, FL (WFOR) — Two suspects are facing serious charges after wildlife officials say they were poaching thousands of Florida’s native turtles from the wild and selling them illegally. Authorities say the final destination of the turtles were international markets and add that this was the largest seizure
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Oahu, HI (KITV) — At least 27 people were arrested in Kalaeloa as tensions rose over a proposed wind farm on Oahu’s North Shore Sunday night through Monday morning. 13 people were arrested in Kahuku. All were arrested for disobedience to a police officer. Demonstrators, who call themselves
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Kate Beckinsale thinks she looks exactly like Ryan Reynolds. And now that we’ve all seen it, you kind of can’t unsee it. The British actress stopped by “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” and mentioned her resemblance with the “Deadpool” star. “I look exactly like Ryan Reynolds,” Beckinsale told Fallon. “Like, in a shocking way.
Continue Reading Azteca El Paso is the local Azteca America Network affiliate for the El Paso-Las Cruces DMA. Azteca El Paso is your home for Mexican Soccer and Liga Azteca. Azteca El Paso can be found locally over the air and on local television providers including Time Warner, Comcast, DirecTV and Dish Network Below is a list of where you can
Continue Reading Cirque du Soleil returns to El Paso in March 2020 with the show ‘OVO’. The show first came to El Paso in 2017, and organizers said it’s back by popular demand. The production will take place at the University of Texas at El Paso’s Don Haskins Center from March 12 to March 15, 2020, for
Continue Reading ABC-7 is your source for local weather and continues its commitment by providing the regions only 24- hour 7 days a week weather channel. SOURCECHANNELHDOn Air7.37.3Comcast Xfinity389389
Continue Reading A team of Harvard bioengineers took a major step in taking cultured meat from lab to table. Researchers successfully grew cow and rabbit meat from an edible gelatin base for the first time, creating a substance that successfully mimicked the texture of natural meat, according to a new study published in the npj Science of
Continue Reading Moms-to-be who undergo physical or mental stress during their pregnancies are less likely to have a boy and may also have a higher risk of preterm birth, according to a study published Monday. “The womb is an influential first home,” said lead author Catherine Monk, director of women’s mental health in OB/GYN at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University
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The El Paso-Las Cruces CW is the local CW Network affiliate for the El Paso-Las Cruces DMA. The CW Network can be found locally over the air and on all local television providers including Spectrum, Comcast, DirecTV, Dish Network and AT&T U-verse. Below is a list of where you can find the CW: SourceChannelHDOn Air7.27.2Spectrum131212Comcast388DirecTV8Dish Network17AT&T U-verse191019
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Fargo, ND (WDAY) — Gov. Doug Burgum on Monday, Oct. 21, signed an executive order declaring a statewide flood emergency as he and other officials held meetings in communities affected by high water. At a gathering in Fargo Monday morning, Burgum and state Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring talked
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