For defenseman Dave Christian, the final ten minutes of the Olympic hockey game “were the longest ever.” “When the horn went off at the end we felt a sort of relief,” Christian said. A bunch of college players had just given the United States a monumental moment of pride and patriotism having beaten the Soviet
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(CNN Español) – Miles de personas participaron este viernes en el quinto día consecutivo de protestas por la suspensión de las elecciones municipales en República Dominicana, incluyendo cacerolazos en el área metropolitana de Santo Domingo. La población de distintas áreas de la capital, como Naco, Piantini, Evaristo Morales, El Millón y Paraíso, se sumaron a
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When high school wrestlers from El Paso take to the mat in Houston, everyone will know which city they represent. Local printing company, Uplifted Printing, donated up to 100 ‘El Paso Strong’ t-shirts to all the wrestlers who qualified for the UIL state competition. The owners of Uplifted Printing are Justin Arenas and Brecca Armendariz.
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EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Census Bureau is leading efforts to make sure El Paso’s immigrant populations is properly counted in 2020 after worries a now-defunct citizenship question would scare people away from the survey. The 2020 census is starting in March and is used to determine how much federal funds El Paso gets
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EL PASO, Texas — The former El Paso U.S. Marshal said Friday that a Drug Enforcement Administration plan to fight a meth uptick in key U.S. cities like El Paso is needed. “I think that is what it takes is law enforcement being proactive and going after the cartels, going after the drugs that are coming
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is looking for a breakaway win in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses. Everybody else in the Democratic presidential race is trying to keep it close. Just a week from the South Carolina primary and 10 days from Super Tuesday, when 14 states will vote, candidates are running out of time and opportunities to
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Policía Nacional de España desarticuló una organización criminal que habría explotado sexualmente a más de 200 mujeres en locales de prostitución en la región de Murcia, al sudeste del país. Según un comunicado publicado este viernes, en la operación fueron rescatadas 19 mujeres, mientras un total de 20 sospechosos en Murcia
Continue Reading Two people were arrested and charged in connection with an AMBER alert for 15-month-old Evelyn Boswell, who was last seen two months ago. William McCloud and Angela Boswell were found traveling in a gray 2007 BMW that Tennessee authorities were on the lookout for earlier Friday. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) said during the
Continue Reading The Washington Post reported late Friday that intelligence officials told Sen. Bernie Sanders, the front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary, that Russians are actively trying to help him in an effort to split the party. They’re also meddling generally on behalf of President Donald Trump, although we knew that already. Officials notified Sanders about a
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EL PASO, Texas — A man was struck by a pickup truck and killed Friday night at a northeast El Paso intersection. Police on Saturday identified the victim as 32-year old Steven Lee Matthews. Matthews was crossing the street when he was hit in the 7600 block of Diana at Vulcan around 8 p.m. Friday,
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UPDATE 2/26/20: El Paso police released the mugshot of murder suspect Zachary Carter. A police affidavit also shows his arrest came after he asked a detention officer to call him an Uber ride. ORIGINAL REPORT 2/22/20: EL PASO, Texas — A 19-year-old El Paso man was shot in the chest and killed Friday night in
Continue Reading President Donald Trump became enraged with senior advisers this week when 14 Americans who tested positive for the coronavirus were brought back to the US from Japan after he had been told they would remain quarantined overseas, administration officials told The Washington Post. The President was first told that Americans who were aboard the Diamond
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — A 30-day legislative session in New Mexico that just concluded has produced bills that bolster restrictions on firearms, underwrite college tuition, shore up a pension fund for government workers and expand state oversight of vaping and e-cigarette sales. But a bid to legalize recreational marijuana sales fell flat. Final decisions
Continue Reading Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Friday declared himself a “political prisoner” in a contentious interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper over the substantial evidence prosecutors used to convict him on a host of public corruption charges. Blagojevich’s sentence was commuted earlier this week by President Donald Trump after the Democrat and former “Celebrity Apprentice” contestant
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Tennessee authorities are looking for a 15-month-old who was last seen two months ago and the reward for her safe return has reached $33,000. An Amber Alert was issued for Evelyn Mae Boswell who was reported missing this week. But according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), she was last seen on December 26.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders said Friday that his campaign was briefed about Russian efforts to help his presidential campaign, intensifying concerns about the Kremlin’s role in the US presidential race. It remains unclear how Russia is attempting to help Sanders, according to The Washington Post, which first reported the effort. The revelation comes a day after
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – La convocatoria del colectivo de mujeres del estado de Veracruz Brujas del Mar va ganando fuerza. Ellas han propuesto que el 9 de marzo ninguna mujer asista al trabajo, a los comercios, que realicen un paro de labores domésticas, que las niñas no acudan a las escuelas y que no salgan a
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – La Cancillería de Ecuador informó este viernes que los estudiantes ecuatorianos que permanecen en Ucrania, tras haber sido evacuados el pasado 19 de febrero de Wuhan, China, están siendo monitoreados por las autoridades consulares y diplomáticas. La Cancillería agregó que la cooperación humanitaria “es un acto unilateral de los estados, basada en los
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US officials have now confirmed 35 cases of novel coronavirus in the country, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. These include 21 cases among repatriated individuals, as well as 14 US cases. “We are keeping track of cases resulting from repatriation efforts separately because we don’t believe those numbers accurately represent
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump has told his staff that he will look to block the release of John Bolton’s upcoming book over claims that their discussions were classified, adding that his former national security adviser is a “traitor,” two people familiar with the conversations told The Washington Post. The President has specifically insisted
Continue Reading For decades, America’s first ladies have made India an essential global visit, a sort of rite of passage for the job, either alone or in a supporting role with the president. And next week, first lady Melania Trump is set to travel to India, alongside her husband, President Donald Trump, for a brief, two-day visit
Continue Reading Newly released surveillance and police body camera video of the December 2019 shooting at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey, shows a law enforcement response within minutes, as well as an officer exchanging shots from a school across the street. The video was released by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office following an
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg will begin airing a new television ad in South Carolina on Friday night that attacks Sen. Bernie Sanders by name over his “Medicare for All” health care plan. The ad, which will run for a week ahead of the South Carolina primary later this month, is the first time Buttigieg has put money
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El partido opositor Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) propuso este viernes crear una “comisión especial” que investigue la “militarización” de la Asamblea Legislativa, ocurrida el nueve de febrero cuando el presidente Nayib Bukele llegó al edificio del congreso bajo un fuerte dispositivo militar y policial. Por esa acción, que
Continue Reading They were responding to a report of a single bee sting. But their problem was about to get a whole lot worse. A group of firefighters and police that were responding to a bee sting were attacked Thursday afternoon by a swarm of nearly 40,000 Africanized bees. Three of the first responders were rushed to
Continue Reading Jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s trial sent the court 10 notes over four days of deliberations — including one note suggesting they may be deadlocked on the two most serious charges. Judge James Burke asked jurors Friday to try to render verdicts on all counts, something that requires a unanimous vote on each. They deliberated another
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Both the National Football League and Major League Baseball are considering changing their playoff formats, according to reports by ESPN and the New York Post. How fans feel about the possible changes is up to them — some might want to watch more games, while others might be traditionalists and resistant to change. But for
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – El exsecretario de Inteligencia de Ecuador Pablo Romero Quezada fue extraditado de España a Quito este viernes, tras ser detenido el martes por solicitud de la Audiencia Nacional. Romero era requerido por las autoridades judiciales de su país, acusado del secuestro del activista opositor Fernando Balda, ocurrido en 2012 en Colombia. En
Continue Reading Evelyn Yang, whose appearance on CNN last month to share her story of alleged sex assault at the hands of a former Columbia University gynecologist spurred a cascade of new accusers against the same doctor, applauded the announcement by the Manhattan district attorney’s office that it plans to investigate the new claims, but said the
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