EL PASO, Texas — An iconic south El Paso family-owned grocery store will close its doors at year’s end after over a century in business. The Silva family announced Wednesday that Silva’s Super Market will go out of business come Dec. 31. “Our customers have been very good to us and we have tried to
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Country music icon, Willie Nelson, announced he is no longer smoking due to ongoing health and breathing issues. Nelson is known for singing the virtues of smoking pot and even has his own line of marijuana products. On Friday, he spoke to CNN affiliate KSAT in San Antonio, Texas, where he performed. “I have abused
Continue Reading All is well between Jason Momoa and Chris Pratt. The “Aquaman” star hopped on Instagram to post a public apology to Pratt after he called him out for using a plastic water bottle. “I’m sorry this was received so badly today I didn’t mean for that to happen,” Momoa wrote. “I’m just very passionate about
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Peloton hears the criticism lobbed at that holiday ad. But the company says critics just misread its inspiring message. The much-maligned spot features a fit woman documenting her progress on a Peloton stationary bike, a gift from her husband. Users criticized the ad’s purported sexism and deafness to the privilege of its subjects in this
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How lucky are we to exist in the same world as cookies? National Cookie Day is here to remind us just how blessed we are, and in honor of the holiday, we’ve gone ahead and created a totally arbitrary list of some of the best mass-produced cookies in the US. The only criteria: Cookies must
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Federal prosecutors in New York who are investigating Rudy Giuliani and his associates have deepened their focus on Ukraine’s state-run oil-and-gas company, having interviewed its CEO, Andriy Kobolyev, and seeking in recent weeks to speak to a key US embassy staffer in Ukraine, according to Kobolyev’s attorney and people familiar with the matter. Prosecutors have
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As Will Ferrell puts it, when you see “Hustlers” for the first time, “you go in expecting one thing and you get something else.” That something else is why he became a producer on the film, Ferrell told CNN. The script, based on the bombshell 2015 New York Magazine article by Jessica Pressler, turned out
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Click here for updates on this story LEFLORE COUNTY, AR (KFSM) — A former Pocola High School teacher was sentenced to 40 years in prison for having sex with multiple students between 2014-2016. On Tuesday (Dec. 3), Janet Barnes pled guilty to two charges of rape and one count of sexual battery. She will serve
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(CNN Español) — El defensor del migrante de la Procuraduría de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala, Carlos Wolke, considera que se podrían vulnerar los derechos de más de 80 migrantes deportados de EE.UU. La llegada por avión de estas personas —entre las que, según el Instituto de Migración, hay 80 guatemaltecos, 2 hondureños y un salvadoreño—
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Representantes del Gobierno de México discutirán el tráfico ilegal de armas provenientes de Estados Unidos con el secretario de Justicia, William Barr, durante su visita a México esta semana. El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, detalló en una rueda de prensa el miércoles que además trataran “la introducción de dólares
Continue Reading Nearly a decade after its launch, Instagram is finally taking the basic step of asking people signing up for the service to provide their age in an attempt to better protect younger users. Starting Wednesday, the photo-sharing service will ask new users for their date of birth when an account is created. Previously, Instagram users
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Vaclav Masek Sánchez recibió su maestría en el Centro para Estudios Latinoamericanos y el Caribe (CLACS) de la Universidad de Nueva York (NYU), donde actualmente es instructor adjunto. Su investigación académica se centra en las historias políticas en Centroamérica. Síguelo en Twitter en @_vaclavmasek. (CNN Español) — Latinoamérica reafirma su posición como
Continue Reading OPEC and its allies are once again being forced to consider dramatic action to avert a crash in oil prices. The Saudi Arabia-led cartel and Russia (collectively called “OPEC+”) are widely expected to announce in Vienna on Friday an agreement to extend production cuts designed to put a floor beneath prices. But a simple rollover
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A teen from Southeast Alaska is the state’s first case of vaping-related lung injury, according to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. There have now been cases of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury reported in all 50 states. The department announced on Tuesday that the teen is hospitalized but improving.
Continue Reading Checkpoint Charlie, the former border checkpoint between East and West Berlin, is set to get a major makeover after city authorities approved a redevelopment plan following years of debate. The historic site will be remodeled to include a public square, a museum and new residential buildings, according to a tweet from the Berlin Senate’s department
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The holiday season can be difficult for military families. Traditions may be broken. Loved ones may deployed far away, and what is usually a festive season may turn bleak as many in the military give up their holidays to serve. A group of nine people, however, is brightening the holidays for thousands of military service
Continue Reading Millions visit US National Parks each year, many hoping to catch glimpses of animals including bison, mountain goats and alligators. What they don’t expect to see are the rats, domesticated cats, feral hogs and many other non-native animals that also thrive there. The number of invasive animal species in US national parks has put the
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The Trump administration unveiled a final rule Wednesday that will require more food stamp recipients to work in order to receive benefits. The new requirement limits states’ ability to waive existing work mandates and could result in 688,000 people losing assistance, according to the US Department of Agriculture. The move is one of three Trump
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (WFOR) — There is a lot to be happy about for a group of Broward County middle school students who got a lot more than expected during a trip to the museum Tuesday. Musician and producer Pharrell Williams, whose song ‘Happy’ created the ear worm
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (WFOR) — There is a lot to be happy about for a group of Broward County middle school students who got a lot more than expected during a trip to the museum Tuesday. Musician and producer Pharrell Williams, whose song ‘Happy’ created the ear worm
Continue Reading Cardi B is standing by her man. The rapper posted a now-deleted video on her official Instagram account Tuesday addressing what she and her husband, fellow artist Offset, said was a hack of his social media accounts. In the video she is with her rapper husband as he holds their infant daughter, Kulture. Cardi used
Continue Reading He had said he couldn’t imagine life without her. As life would have it, he won’t have to. A husband and wife in St. Peter, a town about an hour south of Minneapolis, Minnesota, were married for 68 years but died just one day apart, their son told CNN. Corinne Johnson, 87, died on November
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCBS/KCAL) — An LAPD officer has been placed on leave after footage captured by a body-worn camera allegedly showed him fondling a deceased woman’s breasts. Los Angeles Police Department officials placed the officer, who is assigned to downtown’s Central Division, on leave after the footage was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Pope Francis can now add himself to the list of growing Baltimore Ravens fans. Representatives from the Archdiocese of Baltimore are in Rome visiting with the Pope. As a part of their visit, Deacon Justin Gough of Lutherville gave Pope Francis a custom “Francis” Ravens
Continue Reading As deadly bushfires continue to burn across Australia, a delegation of Canadian wildfire experts has embarked on a month-long trip to aid in the country’s crisis. The group of 21 wildfire suppression experts left Vancouver on Tuesday and are not expected to return until early January, meaning they will be thousands of miles away from
Continue Reading Electric vehicles may be the future for the auto industry. And if they are, that may spell the end of many traditional auto jobs. The problem for the workers is clear: The electric motors that will power those new vehicles have far fewer moving parts than traditional internal combustion engines and the transmissions that go
Continue Reading “The Irishman” was named the best film of 2019 by The National Board of Review. Martin Scorsese and the film’s stars, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, will also receive the organization’s inaugural Icon Award. For best director, Quentin Tarantino took home the honor for “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.” Melina Matsoukas won
Continue Reading More than two dozen Baltimore corrections officers have been indicted on charges related to using excessive force toward and intimidating detainees, officials announced Tuesday. The 25 officers of the Baltimore Central Regional Tactical Unit face 236 counts, including conspiracy to promote and maintain a criminal organization by unlawful means, participation and conspiracy to participate in
Continue Reading Almost as soon as Google’s co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, announced they would step down from their executive roles at parent company Alphabet, it was being framed in the press as an end of an era. It’s certainly not hard to see why. The two launched Google out of a Menlo Park garage more
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For the first time, New York City Ballet has cast a black Marie in its annual production of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,” which premiered in 1954. This season, the leading role of the young heroine is being played by 11-year-old Charlotte Nebres. But for Charlotte, who grew up with role models like Misty Copeland, it
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