The 35 mph gusts today along with the cold air behind the cold front made for a rough day for anyone spending time outdoors. The winds will slowly weaken overnight but cold air will in place until around 10 am. Temps will likely drop to anywhere from 22-26 degrees. The coldest we’ve been so far
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Nota del editor: David M. Perry es periodista e historiador. Es asesor académico sénior en el departamento de Historia de la Universidad de Minnesota. Sígalo en Twitter. Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo son propias del autor. (CNN) – Les doy una pauta simple: no publiquen fotos o videos de sus hijos en internet sin
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Tonight’s presidential debate — the last one before the South Carolina primary on Saturday and Super Tuesday on, uh, next Tuesday — is very likely to get nasty given the massive stakes. But nasty for who? Michael Bloomberg is going to go after Bernie Sanders on guns. Elizabeth Warren is going to go after Bloomberg
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The US intelligence community’s top election security official, who appeared to have overstated the intelligence community’s formal assessment of Russian interference in the 2020 election, said Tuesday she will be staying in her current post. “Ambassador Grenell has not asked me to leave. In fact, he has encouraged and affirmed his support for my position
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Paul Callan es analista legal de CNN, exfiscal de homicidios en Nueva York y abogado en el estudio neoyorquino Edelman & Edelman PC, que se enfoca en casos de condena injusta y de derechos civiles. Sígalo en Twitter en @paulcallan. Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario son propias del autor. (CNN) –
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EL PASO, Texas — Traffic was snarled during the Tuesday evening rush hour along Interstate 10 at the Spaghetti Bowl as police crisis management and SWAT teams converged on the area due to a suicide attempt. Police closed all lanes of I-10 eastbound and westbound at the U.S. 54/ Juarez exit due to a woman
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A “dramatic increase” in winter ticks affecting moose in Vermont has officials proposing a moose hunt to lessen the impact of the parasites on the animals’ population. One moose was found with as many as 90,000 winter ticks on its body, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department said. Winter ticks are parasitic mites that can
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Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, IA (WQAD ) — A beloved Saint Ambrose University worker is recovering after a rough fall, but on Tuesday he got the chance to visit students and staff. Cliff Dodd is 83 years old and the mascot of the Cosgrove Hall cafeteria. It’s a job he started
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders has come under attack from Democrats and Republicans this past week over his praise for social programs implemented by the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, a sign of the increasing scrutiny the Vermont senator faces as he has ascended to become the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Over parts of five decades,
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Bob Iger gradually built the Walt Disney Co. into the juggernaut that it is today -— one acquisition and expansion at a time — fueling the question of whether the CEO is irreplaceable. In one stunning, unexpected stroke, the company and media industry is about to find out. Disney shocked the media business on Tuesday
Continue Reading (CNN) – La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos estableció este martes que los padres de un joven mexicano que murió en la frontera luego de que un agente de la Patrulla Fronteriza le disparara –desde territorio estadounidense– no pueden intentar demandar por daños al funcionario en tribunales de EE.UU. El fallo representa una victoria para el
Continue Reading At least 21 civilians, including nine children and three teachers, were killed when 10 schools and a hospital were hit by “airstrikes and ground attacks” in Idlib province in northwestern Syria on Tuesday, said the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations said in a statement. Children and women are among more than 80 civilians
Continue Reading The National Transportation Safety Board called for Tesla, regulators and others to improve the safety of automated driving technologies. The recommendations follow an investigation into the fatal crash of a distracted Tesla driver who was using the company’s Autopilot system two years ago. Walter Huang had a game active on his smartphone when his Tesla
Continue Reading (CNN) – La Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte de Estados Unidos (TSA, por sus siglas en inglés) les ha prohibido a sus empleados utilizar TikTok para contenidos de la agencia en redes sociales, a medida que el país cuestiona si la aplicación china representa una amenaza para la seguridad nacional. El anuncio se produce
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CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Bernie Sanders was the Democratic Party’s front-runner headed into Tuesday night’s Democratic debate — and his rivals, unlike during the last time out in Las Vegas, appeared dead set on blunting his momentum. This was the final time that the primary field appeared together onstage before “Super Tuesday” on March 3, when
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The deadly novel coronavirus outbreak has turned a spotlight on the science of disease, raising the question: What exactly is a pandemic? An outbreak is the occurrence of disease cases in excess of what’s normally expected, according to the World Health Organization. An epidemic is more than a normal number cases of an illness, specific
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Carrollton (WGCL) — Three women were caught on camera stealing from the Carrollton Nursing and Rehabilitation center. “Three women entered the facility and asked to use the bathroom, which they allowed them to do,” explained Carroll County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Ashley Hulsey. When the women were inside, one
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EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 has learned the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is planning on bringing in new handheld radios to improve communications that were hampered during last year’s Walmart mass shooting. Sheriff’s commander Ryan Urrutia told ABC-7 that the communications lapse was brief because those who had updated radios were able to help
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Flint (WNEM) — “Apparently, she wanted her tacos or her chalupas or whatever and they didn’t want to give it to her because of her bad attitude,” Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said. A 33-year-old woman was arrested after police say she shot into a drive-thru window after
Continue Reading Attorney General William Barr urged Republican senators Tuesday to quickly reauthorize a set of expiring surveillance tools, breaking from House GOP lawmakers and some White House officials who are pushing for a more expansive overhaul to be enacted right away. Congress faces a March 15 deadline to extend the expiring provisions, and there are internal
Continue Reading Virgin Galactic, the ambitious space tourism startup founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, posted a net loss of $73 million for the fourth quarter. For the year, the US-based company reported a loss of $211 million on revenue of just $3.8 million. It was widely expected that the company would still be burning through cash
Continue Reading Allegations of sexual and/or physical abuse leveled against nine former employees at the American School for the Deaf in West Hartford, Connecticut, have been found “credible,” according to an independent investigation conducted at the school’s request. In an investigative report released last week, the 203-year-old institution published findings that the staff members engaged in “multiple
Continue Reading If you’re not trying to get pinched this St. Patrick’s Day, one of McDonald’s limited-time green Shamrock Shakes might come in handy. And now, you can even get an 18-karat gold cup to go with it. Well, one person can. McDonald’s is auctioning off a high-polish 18-karat gold cup that’s adorned with real diamonds and
Continue Reading Londres (CNN Business) — La firma estadounidense de biotecnología Moderna envió una vacuna experimental contra el coronavirus a investigadores del gobierno de EE.UU. sólo seis semanas después de que comenzara a trabajar en la inmunización. Moderna dijo en un comunicado el lunes que el primer lote de su nueva vacuna contra el coronavirus, llamada mRNA-1273,
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EL PASO, Texas — With just days left before Texas votes in the primary election, Michael Bloomberg’s longtime partner Diana Taylor made a campaign stop in El Paso. Taylor visited the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger food bank earlier this week before speaking to a group of local businesswomen in an invite-only lunch at the El
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An investigator looking into allegations of sexual misconduct against opera star Plácido Domingo has found that the Spanish tenor did make inappropriate sexual advances in the workplace, a US musicians’ union said Tuesday. Domingo, meanwhile, has released a statement apologizing “for the hurt that I caused” the women who accused him. The American Guild of
Continue Reading Harvey Weinstein was convicted on two counts in his New York City trial Monday after seven weeks of proceedings. A jury deliberated over 26 hours before reaching its verdict. The disgraced movie mogul was convicted of committing a criminal sexual act in the first degree against Miriam Haley and rape in the third degree against
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A 92-year-old veteran finally got the medals he deserved decades after serving in World War II. Thomas Simpson, who served in the Navy, said he was determined to get them after one of his grandsons asked him a question. “He came up to me and said, ‘Pop Pop, what did you do during the war?’
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DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — After eight years of clean audits, a 2019 independent audit found that the former assessor for Doña Ana County was overpaid more than $13,000 over the course of three years. “You have a small blemish on your record,” said Farley Vener, who works for Hinkle + Landers, an accounting
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Bayern Munich fans mounted a renewed protest over Champions League ticket prices as the Bundesliga club romped to a 3-0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday. Bayern’s supporters unfurled a banner during the last-16 first-leg tie in London that read: “Away end CFC £55 FCB 59+1€,” a reference to Chelsea and Spanish club
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