Families all over America gathered on Super Bowl Sunday to watch the Kansas City Chiefs battle the San Francisco 49ers, turning one of America’s most beloved sports events into a cheerful family affair. Then came half time. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received 1,312 complaints from viewers who had something to say about the halftime
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ORLANDO, Florida — The police body camera videos are disturbing. They show two Orlando police officers arresting 6-year-old Kaia Rolle as she pleads with officers for a “second chance.” “Help me,” Kaia says between sobs as her hands are restrained with a zip tie. “You can tell me what happened in the car, OK?” one
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The boys high school basketball playoffs continued Tuesday night. Here are the scores from the bi-district round. 6A Boys: Odessa 44 Americas 56 Final Socorro 40 Odessa Permian 75 Final Coronado 43 Frenship 47 Final Franklin 50 Amarillo Tascosa 49 Final/OT 5A Boys: Burges 19 Eastwood 34 Final Canutillo 39 Eastlake 59 Final 4A Boys:
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EL PASO, Texas — A transformer explosion was believed responsible for a power outage impacting about 1,600 homes and businesses in east El Paso late Tuesday night for about an hour. The blown transformer occurred around 10 p.m at Pellicano Road and Zaragoza Drive, according to police and fire dispatch. The outage was concentrated in
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been remarkably consistent about his democratic socialist vision to remake the country. And he doesn’t mind that it’ll cost many, many trillions. With a T. The senator from Vermont has been talking about the centerpiece of his proposals — a single-payer health care system he calls “Medicare for All”
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Will the Crisis Triage Center ever open to the public in Doña Ana County? It’s been seven years. There is still no definitive answer. “I think we have to think of a better plan to use whatever resources we have before we start spending more money to fix a problem
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police are searching for a man that went missing after visiting a friend in Mexico over the weekend. Police said 53-year-old Matias Barraza was last seen when he visited a friend in Mexico on Saturday. Barraza didn’t return from the visit and hasn’t been seen since, authorities indicated. He
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The mild New England winter appears to have spurred some early spring-cleaning for Red Sox legend David “Big Papi” Ortiz. Exceptional Estate Sales in Sudbury, Massachusetts, is advertising an estate sale at Big Papi’s house on February 29. The business is (obviously) expecting a large turnout. CNN has reached out to Ortiz’s spokesman for more
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When John Dougill first came to Japan 30 years ago, he spotted an odd phrase adorning his neighborhood butcher’s shop in Kyoto. Instead of “meat shop,” its sign read “flesh shop.” Dougill assumed shop staff weren’t aware of their English-language error. But when he flagged it to the owners, they nodded politely at him. But
Continue Reading Four teenagers have been arrested after a massive fire destroyed a nearly 100-year-old train depot in Florida. The train depot, better known as the Seaboard Air Line Station, was built in 1927 and was used as a train station until 1991. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Officials were
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Ride hailing company Grab just secured nearly $1 billion to help achieve its super app ambitions. The Singapore start up is getting an $850 million cash boost from investors that it plans to pump into digital payments and financial services. The injection comes as Grab is battling for market share against Indonesia’s GoJek. Japan’s largest
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SOCORRO, Texas — The Socorro Independent School District’s superintendent defended SISD’s standards at a news conference Wednesday, seeking to rebut claims made by several trustees that the district graduated “many students” last year who didn’t actually meet the graduation requirements. Superintendent Jose Espinoza said an internal audit of 2018-19 graduates initially flagged 276 students who
Continue Reading The Chinese government has challenged the authenticity of leaked detention center records from the Western region of Xinjiang, in its most comprehensive statement yet on the high-profile release. The leaked document contained a list of 311 Uyghur residents from Karakax county in southwestern Xinjiang, all of whom were shown to have been sent off to
Continue Reading President Donald Trump has a long history of dubiously distancing himself from allies who have turned on him or found themselves in trouble. He is now doing the same with Roger Stone, the political operative who was sentenced last Thursday to 40 months in prison for five counts of lying to Congress about issues related
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Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Tuesday that attacks from President Donald Trump and commentary from conservative media are part of a campaign of intimidation and harassment of jurors in Roger Stone’s criminal case, before she brought the jurors into the courtroom to testify about the integrity of their decision in November that Stone was guilty.
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(CNN Español) – El epicentro de las recientes manifestaciones en República Dominicana se convertirá en el escenario de lo que sus organizadores esperan sea un gran concierto por la democracia este jueves 27 de febrero, día de la independencia del país. El concierto, que ha sido bautizado “Trabucazo 2020”, se presentará en la Plaza de
Continue Reading (CNN Business) – Cuando viajas al exterior, pagar por lo que quieres comprar puede resultar estresante… y costoso. No solo tienes que lidiar con las tasas de cambio, sino que también debes preocuparte por las tarifas que cobran los cajeros automáticos y las tarjetas de crédito, además de si la transacción es segura. LEE: El
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UPDATE 3/7: El Paso police said Saturday they were notified by the Medical Examiner’s Office that the man involved in this crash died on March 3, one week after being ejected in the rollover of his pick-up on Feb. 25. Police have now identified the victim as 48-year old Johnnie April O’Hara of Chaparral, New
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – El presidente de Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, declaró este martes la alerta máxima para prepararse ante lo que considera la inevitable llegada del coronavirus al país. El mandatario destacó que no hay ningún caso confirmado de coronavirus, pero consideró importante estar preparados. “Aquí no se trata de ser exagerados, se trata de estar
Continue Reading “Even though we live in different places, we live under the same sky,” read the stanza on the sides of boxes filled with face masks and thermometers sent to China from the Japan Youth Development Association (JYDA). Over 1,300 years ago, a grandson of the Japanese emperor sent that ancient poem to a high-ranking Chinese
Continue Reading In South Carolina, Michael Bloomberg is something of a phantom: He won’t be on the ballot in the state’s Democratic primary on Saturday, but you can still feel his presence. And the dueling attachments black voters here have to the billionaire reveal a lot about what the country tends to miss when it comes to
Continue Reading Bob Chapek now has the keys to the whole Disney empire -— not just the Magic Kingdom. The company named Chapek, previously the head of its Parks division, as its new CEO on Tuesday, replacing Bob Iger. Iger will stay on at Disney through the end of this contract on December 31, 2021, taking on
Continue Reading One of the jurors in the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault and rape case told “Inside Edition” that one of the trial’s key witnesses was convincing to most of the people on the panel, even though the movie mogul wasn’t convicted on the most serious charges. In acquitting him on some charges, jurors in the New
Continue Reading Leading Democratic presidential candidates will take the debate stage Tuesday night in South Carolina, days before the state’s primary. The 10th Democratic National Committee-sanctioned debate will be hosted by CBS News and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute in Charleston. What time is the debate? The debate will start at 8 p.m. ET. How can I
Continue Reading Mike Bloomberg’s campaign slogan is that he “will get it done.” Bloomberg is running on his record of accomplishments as mayor of New York City from 2002 through 2013, including economic revitalization, environmental measures and public safety improvements. But he is also a big proponent of public health, particularly getting people to smoke less and
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Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, PA (WNEP ) — A man from Scranton is standing trial for a charge that has never been prosecuted before under the state’s Stolen Valor Law, and late Tuesday afternoon, a judge found him guilty. Christopher Crawford was accused of two different crimes. The judge found him
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EL PASO, Texas — The driver who allegedly struck and seriously wounded an El Paso firefighter — and then drove off — earlier this month has been arrested, police announced Tuesday night. The SUV involved in the incident was also found, El Paso police said, indicating that “a tip from a citizen who ‘heard something'”
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Ultramarathoners and other endurance runners take note: You can’t rely on electrolyte sports drinks and supplements to keep essential salt levels in balance and prevent illness during and after these grueling races, according to a new study. Researchers from Stanford University evaluated 266 athletes who took part in RacingThePlanet — an extreme sporting event that
Continue Reading In New York City’s Central Park, no duck gets left behind. The city parks department is looking for a duck with a plastic ring wrapped around its beak and neck. Five park rangers are searching all bodies of water in Central Park and the pond in nearby Morningside Park, said parks department spokeswoman Megan Moriarty.
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