The Democratic establishment is dealing with the rise of Bernie Sanders in a variety of ways. On Monday, multiple strategists expressed concern that Sanders as a nominee would all but guarantee defeat for Democrats against President Donald Trump, as well as in tough congressional races. But as CNN’s Michael Warren, Lauren Fox and Fredreka Schouten
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The White House has requested $1.25 billion in emergency funding to address the novel coronavirus, part of an effort to direct as much as $2.5 billion in total funds to bolster its response to the growing global crisis, according to a letter obtained by CNN. “To this point, no agency has been inhibited in response
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For the second time in as many weeks, a professor at the University of Oklahoma has been accused of using the N-word. A history professor issued a “trigger warning” before reading a “historical document that used the ‘N-word’ repeatedly,” the university’s interim president, Joseph Harroz, Jr. wrote in an apology. “It is common sense to
Continue Reading Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday paid tribute to former acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, and would not respond to questions from reporters about whether he supports Richard Grenell, whom President Donald Trump has appointed to serve as the new acting DNI despite not having experience in intelligence. In a speech on
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(CNN) — United Airlines tuvo que cambiar el avión Boeing 777 por un vuelo del sábado de Newark a Hawai, lo que resultó en una reducción de los asientos de clase ejecutiva. Estos no son los pasajeros que una aerolínea quiere molestar. Por lo tanto, la aerolínea ofreció millas a los pasajeros dispuestos a sentarse
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SOCORRO, Texas — A second teenager was arrested Monday in the month-old slaying of a Socorro High School football player, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said. A 15-year-old boy was taken into custody about 4:30 p.m. by deputies on a murder charge stemming from the late January drive-by shooting death of 15-year-old Socorro High
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Dave Ayres, a 42-year-old goaltender, was victorious in his National Hockey League debut for the Carolina Hurricanes in Toronto on Saturday evening. Carolina summoned the emergency backup goalie in the second period of a 3-1 game against the Toronto Maple Leafs after both Hurricanes goaltenders James Reimer and Petr Mrazek went down to injuries. Ayres
Continue Reading A Minnesota teenager who was sentenced to life in prison under then-County Attorney Amy Klobuchar claims that she “gave the police free rein and said, ‘Just bring me back a conviction,’ ” without studying the evidence. The case in question is that of Myon Burrell, who was sentenced to life for the killing of 11-year-old
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Enfrentamientos entre manifestantes y carabineros se registraron en Viña del Mar, Chile, este domingo, mismo día en que comenzó el Festival Internacional de Viña del Mar, uno de los eventos más importantes de América Latina. Según las autoridades, entre 500 y 800 manifestantes intentaron impedir que el festival se lleve a cabo.
Continue Reading State lawmakers in Virginia have passed a bill that would strike a day honoring Confederate generals from its list of state holidays, replacing it with one marking Election Day, instead. The Virginia House on Monday approved the measure to remove Lee-Jackson Day, a holiday celebrating Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson as “defenders
Continue Reading (CNN) — El nuevo coronavirus puede haberse originado en Wuhan, China, pero desde entonces se ha extendido a más de 30 países en todo el mundo. A pesar de los esfuerzos significativos para contener el virus, el número de casos fuera de Asia se disparó durante la semana pasada, e Italia está experimentando el brote
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EL PASO, Texas — The City of El Paso’s Environmental Services Department is moving forward with “Blue Every Two,” a new initiative where recyclables will be picked up every other week instead of every week. The program, which is expected to launch in late March, has brought push-back from some residents who have expressed frustration
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un ciudadano italiano dio positivo de coronavirus en una primera prueba realizada este lunes en el Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria, en Tenerife, España, así lo confirmó la Dirección General de Salud Pública de ese país. “El protocolo establece la obligatoriedad de realizar unas segundas pruebas en el Centro Nacional de
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A pair of cheetah cubs have been born from in vitro fertilization to a surrogate cheetah mother for the first time, and experts are hailing it a “huge scientific breakthrough.” The cubs were born February 19 at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio to their surrogate mother Izzy, a 3-year-old cheetah, according to Smithsonian’s National Zoo.
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The United States Supreme Court on Monday dealt a blow to Apple in a decade-long legal battle over whether the iPhone maker infringed on another company’s patents. The Supreme Court declined to consider Apple’s appeal to avoid paying nearly $440 million to technology licensing company VirnetX for violations of its patents. VirnetX declared a “triumph”
Continue Reading Sen. Bernie Sanders offered a partial defense of Fidel Castro’s Cuban revolution, asserting that “It’s unfair to simply say everything is bad” with the way the late despot ruled the country. “We’re very opposed to the authoritarian nature of Cuba but you know, it’s unfair to simply say everything is bad. You know?” Sanders said
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — She may be small, but she’s fierce. At less than 100 pounds, Oñate High School senior Angelita Altamirano is New Mexico’s first ever girls’ individual wrestling champion. “The fact that like, I won it, and it was the first year, it’s crazy!” Altamirano told ABC-7 in an exclusive interview. “I’m like, OMG! That’s
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – After an extremely close call, police in Las Cruces are reminding drivers to apply their parking brakes before exiting a vehicle. “God was watching out for everybody that was involved in that whole thing yesterday,” said Gina Rojas. Rojas told ABC-7 she and her boyfriend were leaving Dillard’s at the
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – El fiscal general de Colombia, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, anunció en conferencia de prensa que se ha iniciado una investigación en el país tras declaraciones de la excongresista colombiana Aída Merlano en Venezuela, en las que asegura tener información que involucra a políticos y empresarios colombianos en hechos de corrupción. Merlano, quien está
Continue Reading Democrats across Congress on Monday criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders’ partial defense of Fidel Castro’s Cuban revolution. “I think they’re outrageous,” Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said about Sanders’ comments. “I’m sure all those who died at Castro’s hands … and all those who (were) tortured,
Continue Reading A nine-day heat wave scorched Antarctica’s northern tip earlier this month. New NASA images reveal that nearly a quarter of an Antarctic island’s snow cover melted in that time — an increasingly common symptom of the climate crisis. The images show Eagle Island on the northeastern peninsula of the icy continent at the start and
Continue Reading The United States and South Korea are considering scaling back upcoming joint military exercises due to the coronavirus outbreak in the Korean Peninsula, according to US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Esper said the US commander of US forces in Korea, Gen. Robert Abrams, and South Korea’s chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen.
Continue Reading The Nevada Democratic Party has reported 100% of precincts from Saturday’s caucuses in the state. The fully reported results show Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders with a wide 26.6% margin of county delegates over former Vice President Joe Biden, who holds a decisive second place position with 20.2%. Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg trails
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – Thelma Aldana, exfiscal general de Guatemala, le dijo a CNN que el Gobierno de Estados Unidos le concedió el asilo que había solicitado. Decisión que, a su juicio, es “un claro mensaje del apoyo de Estados Unidos para quienes luchamos contra la corrupción e impunidad y un mensaje para todos los fiscales,
Continue Reading Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant’s widow and mother of 13-year-old Gigi, spoke at their memorial in Los Angeles’ Staples Center. Read the full transcript of her speech below. Thank you all so much for being here. It means so much to us. [someone shouts ‘Love you.’] Love you too. First I’d like to thank everyone for
Continue Reading Russia’s influence campaign is driven by a desire to “watch us tear ourselves apart,” a senior FBI official said Monday, comments that come after details of a classified briefing to lawmakers became public in news reports, including a claim by the intelligence community’s top election security official that Moscow is interfering with the goal of
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MESQUITE, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert was issued Monday evening for an 8-month-old Texas girl whom police said was abducted. The girl, Nyla Crockett, was last seen in Mesquite on Feb. 21, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. She was described as black with brown hair and brown eyes. Police were searching for
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Another cold front will pay us a visit Tuesday giving us more winds and a shot of colder air Tuesday and Wednesday. Winds will turn to the North and gust to 35 mph making it feel colder later in the day. Temps by Wednesday AM will drop to the mid and upper 20’s and only
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