Staff Sgt. Edmund “Eddie” Sternot of the 101st Airborne Division rushed his machine gunners to move in front of a surprise German breakthrough in January 1945, according to the US Army. Sternot’s isolated men held their icy ground in the Belgian forest during the Battle of the Bulge, despite the fierce German attack that included
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(CNN) — Un juez en Curitiba ordenó este viernes la liberación del expresidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, que había sido arrestado en abril del año pasado. El expresidente ya está libre y podrá apelar su caso en libertad. La Corte Suprema de Brasil dictaminó este jueves por la noche que los acusados solo pueden
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The ABC-7 StormTrack weather team has issued an ABC-7 First Alert for changes in the forecast this coming work week. Warmer conditions are expected for the weekend. Afternoon highs will remain in the mid to lower 70s with partly sunny skies. A strong backdoor cold front will bring colder temperatures and gusty east winds to
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There’s a moment early in the “Sesame Street” special marking the program’s 50th anniversary where host Joseph Gordon-Levitt, prompted by a curious Abby and Elmo, tells his two fuzzy friends that he’s 38 years old, eliciting gaps from the duo. Elmo marches up to Abby’s ear and whispers, loud enough so the audience — and
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Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney asked to join a lawsuit testing House subpoena power, which, if allowed, could effectively derail him from giving testimony in the impeachment inquiry until a federal court decides the case. Read Mulvaney’s court filing here:
Continue Reading A school resource deputy in Florida has been fired after he was caught on video pulling a girl’s head back as he took her into custody, authorities said. The deputy was assisting a sheriff’s deputy in responding to a call on Thursday about a fight between teenagers in the parking lot of the Summerset at
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President Donald Trump is set to attend a major college football game between the University of Alabama and Louisiana State University on Saturday, marking his third time attending a major sporting event in two weeks. The game will be held in Tuscaloosa, Alabama — a state Trump won handily in 2016. There, the President may
Continue Reading Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a message for those attacking her as angry: Yes, she is. On Friday afternoon, the Massachusetts Democrat, in a fundraising email for her presidential campaign, addressed the innuendo stoked this week by former Vice President Joe Biden and others who have cast her as a elitist ideologue. “I am angry and
Continue Reading On Friday, Elizabeth Warren embraced the ethos of the moment: anger. “Over and over, we are told that women are not allowed to be angry. It makes us unattractive to powerful men who want us to be quiet,” the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate wrote in a campaign email. Her message also underscored the role of
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The Chinese-backed video app TikTok is popular among Gen Z for its lip-sync videos and comedy routines, but at least one newsroom has found a practical way to use it for brand promotion and to show users how the news is made. The Washington Post’s video producer Dave Jorgenson sat down with Brian Stelter for
Continue Reading First things first: The theme song of the week is the 2007 credits to The View. Poll of the week: A new New York Times/Siena College poll of likely voters across the six closest states President Donald Trump won in 2016 (Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) finds former Vice President Joe Biden
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Investing in Big Tech is a gamble. Senator Elizabeth Warren, the frontrunner Democrat for president, wants to break up Silicon Valley giants. But one tech stock might be insulated from that threat. Netflix may be the only FAANG company — Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google — that wouldn’t be subject to Warren’s plan to
Continue Reading About 500,000 people have been evacuated from Bangladesh’s coastal region, as the nation waits for Cyclone Bulbul to hit on Saturday evening — according to the country’s disaster management minister. The cyclone was more than 124 miles (200 kilometres) away from the Bangladesh coast and moving at a speed of 15-20 km/h, Enamur Rahman said
Continue Reading Kani Alavi, a young Iranian artist living in Germany, witnessed history as the Berlin Wall was falling, and crowds rushed to set foot on free soil. From his fourth-floor apartment next to Berlin’s Checkpoint Charlie, his eyes took in images that would print onto his consciousness for a lifetime. That day, East German officials had
Continue Reading While Washington is increasingly consumed with the impeachment drama, the globe has not stopped spinning and dangerous regimes have not stopped making menacing moves. The latest news comes from Iran, where the regime has just announced it is injecting uranium into centrifuges spinning in a nuclear facility deep inside a mountain in Fordow, raising questions
Continue Reading If the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump were a play, the first act would now close. That’s because, starting Wednesday, we will begin to hear witnesses in the inquiry testifying publicly. Which will be a MAJOR change from the release of transcripts from closed-door interviews that have dominated the conversation around impeachment to date.
Continue Reading A version of this story appears in CNN’s Impeachment Watch newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. When it looked like House impeachment investigators might proceed without him, former national security adviser John Bolton, somewhat jilted, demanded that they try harder. Here’s what happened, along with other news Friday wrapping
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HOLLYWOOD, California — The nominees for 2019 American Music Awards have been announced, and Post Malone is the most-nominated artist for 2019 with seven total nominations. Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish both follow with six each, and Lil Nas X and Taylor Swift each scored five nominations. El Paso native Khalid, along with Billy Ray
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Indiscutiblemente 2019 ha sido —y está siendo— un excelente año en Estados Unidos para los productos alimenticios de base vegetal, que buscan que los consumidores disminuyan su uso de productos de procedencia animal. Aunque el 95% de la población del país consume habitualmente productos alimenticios que provienen de animales, los consumidores vegetarianos,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La tarde de este viernes la Unidad Táctica de Operaciones, UTOP, del departamento de Cochabamba, se amotinó en su guarnición, en medio de la crisis política y social por la que atraviesa Bolivia luego de las elecciones del pasado 20 octubre cuestionadas por la oposición y la ciudadanía por un supuesto fraude,
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A 33-year-old orangutan who was granted ‘legal personhood’ in Argentina has been relocated to a new home in Wauchula, Florida. Patti Ragan, director of the Center for Great Apes where Sandra the orangutan is now living, told CNN she has been “inquisitive, calm, engaged and interested in her new surroundings” since her arrival on Tuesday.
Continue Reading From cherry pies to turkeys and mashed potatoes, two sisters are on a mission to make sure families in need have the Thanksgiving dinners they deserve. For the third year in a row, Alex Fischer, 9, and her sister Caroline, 6, are raising money to provide meals for North Carolina families that can’t afford the
Continue Reading Picture the scene. A beach heaving with bodies. Sunbeds racked up alongside the pool. High tower blocks of rooms, one packed on top of another. Tourists clustered round the buffet. All in a complex gated off from the local community. A classic example of the kind of travel that devastates the environment and gives nothing
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Here’s a list of Veterans Day 2019 parades, ceremonies and events across the Borderland. The list is organized by date and time of the events. Saturday, Nov. 9 San Elizario Veterans Day Parade & Ceremony, 9 a.m. Parade starts at Socorro and Thompson streets and heads east to the Veterans Memorial Plaza with a candle-lighting
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EL PASO, Texas — One Fund El Paso, the organization created to handle donations for victims in the wake of the Aug. 3 mass shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart, said it had received over 366 applications as of Friday night’s deadline to apply for aid. The organization told ABC-7 that of the applications it
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The season for a top University of Memphis basketball player — and potential top pick in the NBA draft — is in jeopardy. Hours before Memphis’ game against the University of Illinois at Chicago Friday, the NCAA ruled star center James Wiseman ineligible for the rest of the season because current head coach Penny Hardaway
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP returns home Saturday as the Miners host East Division foe Charlotte for the first time ever. Kickoff is set for 1:05 p.m. MT at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso. “We are playing Charlotte this week, which will be a big test for us because they are on a nice roll,”
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OXFORD, Mississippi — New Mexico State takes on its second SEC opponent of the season, colliding with Ole Miss at 2 p.m. MT Saturday inside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The Aggies and Rebels are meeting for only the second time in teams’ history; Ole Miss grabbed a win against in the Aggies when the two first met
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A man wanted in connection with the disappearance of Alabama college student Aniah Blanchard has been arrested in Florida and agreed to be extradited, authorities said Friday. Ibraheem Yazeed, 30, was captured coming into Florida by US Marshals and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, the sheriff’s office told CNN. He was booked into the Escambia
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso native Lucy Scarbrough is a noted pianist, composer, educator and music leader. She is also known for her powerful, yet sensitive performances, and her standing-room-only concerts. Now she’s being recognized with a prestigious award from the Polish government for her work promoting composer Chopin’s music. Scarbrough is the recipient
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