A federal appeals court on Monday questioned whether a new restrictive Trump administration asylum policy takes into account the dangers that migrants face in Mexico and Guatemala en route to the US. The policy installed this summer bars most migrants traveling through countries such as Mexico from being able to claim asylum in the United
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Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO) — he recent round of snow is bringing attention to a city ordinance in Wisconsin. It’s illegal to throw snowballs in some parts of Wausau. Snowballs are lumped in with missiles, rocks, arrows, none of which are you allowed to throw. The ordinance decrees that
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Federal prosecutors in New York are “likely” to file additional charges in the case against associates of Rudy Giuliani who have been indicted for campaign finance violations, prosecutors said in court Monday, even as one defendant, Lev Parnas, is seeking to cooperate with a related congressional inquiry. A new indictment “is something we are continuing
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EL PASO, Texas — Court documents reveal a possible motive for why two El Paso brothers were firing guns from a car traveling down U.S. 54 in an incident captured on a viral video. (You can watch it in the video player at the top of this article.) The documents obtained by ABC-7 indicate that
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It’s an interesting time for the Christmas tree industry right now: There are fewer Christmas trees being grown than 10 to 15 years ago, yet more people are buying them. And, they’re paying a heftier price to boot. According to the National Christmas Tree Association, two major tree-producing states, North Carolina and Oregon, have fewer
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Women are at risk of giving birth early due to warmer temperatures brought on by the climate crisis, a new study finds. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that on days when temperatures soar past 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32.2 degrees Celsius), birth rates increase 5%. Births rates are also elevated
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(CNN Español) – Una historia sobre la guerra en tiempos del general Francisco Franco y un drama con los recuerdos en el ocaso de la vida de un director de cine español son las dos cintas que conquistaron a los jurados y que recibieron la mayor cantidad de nominaciones a la trigésima cuarta edición de los
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — – Three weeks after UTEP knocked off New Mexico State in the Don Haskins Center, the I-10 rivals will lace ‘em up again, this time at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces. The Miners (5-0) and the Aggies (4-4) will meet for the 219th time on Tuesday at 7
Continue Reading ACUALIZACIÓN: Lionel Messi gana su sexto Balón de Oro (CNN Español) — Lionel Messi es el favorito entre 30 nominados a llevarse el Balón de Oro en 2019. Sería la sexta vez que el argentino se lleva el premio, que se entregará este lunes en el Théâtre du Châtelet de París. Messi ganó su primer Balón
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Police are still looking for a shooter who injured 10 people in New Orleans, and investigators believe the suspect is an out-of-towner who was engaged in an earlier altercation, Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said Monday. One person was detained near the shooting on the edge of the city’s historic French Quarter but was later released,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El argentino Lionel Messi es el dios del Olimpo del fútbol: ganó su sexto Balón de Oro, superó a Cristiano Ronaldo y sigue dominando el fútbol mundial masculino. Es el que más lo ha ganado en la historia. En la categoría femenina, la estadounidense Megan Rapinoe es la ganadora del Balón de
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Lionel Messi lo ha hecho de nuevo. Ha escrito un nuevo capítulo a su leyenda en el fútbol, en esta ocasión al romper una marca que ningún otro futbolista en la historia había logrado, al sumar su sexto Balón de Oro a su palmarés. Con todos los pronósticos a su favor, el
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The cat with the little tongue that stole the hearts of the internet has died at age 8. Lil Bub came into the world in June 2011 and died on Sunday peacefully in her sleep. The news was announced to BUB’s 2.3 million followers on her official Instagram page. “Dearest BUB, I will never forget
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The American manufacturing sector keeps shrinking. The trade war is heating up again. That’s not a good recipe for investor confidence: The US stock market was in the red on Monday. The Institute for Supply Management reported activity at America’s factories contracted for a fourth-straight month in November. The purchasing managers’ index was only 48.1,
Continue Reading A man who was slammed by a Chicago police officer during a Thanksgiving day arrest was charged Sunday with aggravated battery of a police officer. The incident, which was captured on a widely circulated video, led to the officer being assigned to desk duty pending a use of force investigation by the Chicago Office of
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SAN DIEGO, California — U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-California) — who is accused of illegally dipping into campaign funds to pay for vacations, video games and more — will plead guilty in federal court on Tuesday, CNN confirmed on Monday. “I’m going to change my plea to guilty,” Hunter said in an interview with CNN
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LITTLETON, CO (KCNC) — The Southwest Plaza CycleBar canceled all their classes for Sunday and Monday morning, donating their space to help set a world record and raise money. “Our goal is to raise $100,000 for PeopleForBikes, so that they can go out and make cycling safer, put
Continue Reading Steve Bullock wasn’t going to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020. So when the Montana governor dropped out of the presidential race Monday morning, it barely made a ripple. But here’s the thing: The big news in Bullock’s announcement Monday wasn’t that he was dropping out of the presidential race. It was that
Continue Reading Elon Musk is going to court for tweeting “pedo guy.” The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX will testify this week in a defamation suit brought against him by Vernon Unsworth, a British man who helped with the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooding Thai cave in July 2018. Unsworth is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, AZ (KGUN) — Monday is a big day for Mayor Elect Regina Romero and fellow Councilmembers. Romero was sworn in along with Councilmembers Lane Santa Cruz, Paul Cunningham, and Nikki Lee. The ceremony was at the Tucson Convention Center Monday morning. Former Tucson City Councilmember Regina Romero
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The controversy surrounding Gabrielle Union’s departure from “America’s Got Talent” continues. NBC said in a statement to CNN on Monday they are working with Union to “hear more about her concerns.” “We remain committed to ensuring a respectful workplace for all employees and take very seriously any questions about workplace culture,” the statement read. “We
Continue Reading Time’s Up is supporting Gabrielle Union in the wake of her controversial exit from “America’s Got Talent.” Tina Tchen, president and chief executive officer of Time’s Up Now, released a statement Monday stating, “Gabrielle Union’s experience at ‘America’s Got Talent’ is exemplary of the double bind that black women face at work.” “Not only did
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YouTube has prevented President Donald Trump from running a number of ads on its platform this election season, its CEO acknowledged on Sunday. But the exact reasons for the decisions are unclear, once again raising questions about the policies of YouTube and its parent company Google. In a report on Sunday, CBS’s “60 Minutes” said
Continue Reading A shooter injured 10 people early Sunday on Canal Street, on the edge of New Orleans’ French Quarter, and a person has been detained though not charged, police said. The victims are being treated at local hospitals. Two of the victims are in critical condition, the New Orleans Police Department said. The critical patients suffered
Continue Reading (CNN) — Es una cumbre que podría hacer o deshacer los compromisos climáticos del mundo. Alrededor de 25.000 personas de 200 países llegan a Madrid esta semana para asistir a la conferencia sobre cambio climático COP25. Incluyen a docenas de jefes de estado y de gobierno, líderes empresariales, científicos y, por supuesto, activistas, incluida la
Continue Reading A Utah state highway trooper narrowly avoided death this week, for the second time in six months. Trooper Riley Rugg was helping a driver Monday evening when an oncoming vehicle smashed into his patrol car, sending the police vehicle toward him. Rugg just avoided the crash — jumping behind a highway barrier to protect himself.
Continue Reading Roughly two years after her anti-Donald Trump text messages were released to Congress and she became a public target of the President’s ire, Lisa Page said it’s time to break her silence. The embattled former FBI lawyer resurfaced her Twitter account Sunday night, tweeting, “I’m done being quiet,” along with a link to a new
Continue Reading La cumbre sobre el cambio climático que no se hizo en Chile empieza en Madrid. Gobierno de Iván Duque enfrentará nuevas protestas. Encienden el árbol de Navidad cerca a la Casa Blanca. AMLO recibe a los LeBarón. Consumo en el Cyber Monday llegaría a cifra récord. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EAST LANSING, MI (WXMI) — A 12-year project at Michigan State University has set out to learn just how invasive species affect the Great Lakes and its trout population. It took multiple graduate students years to see how sea lamprey, also known as Vampire Fish, affect the ecosystem.
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EL PASO, Texas — A 71-year-old El Paso woman whose car was struck by another vehicle on the day before Thanksgiving has died of injuries from that crash, police said Monday. Lilian Arrington is the city’s 62nd traffic death of 2019, authorities indicated. Investigators said Arrington’s car was turning at the intersection of Sunnyside and
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