AUSTIN, Texas — President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn were renominated Tuesday evening by Texas Republicans as primary polls across the state closed. Most polls closed at 7 p.m. CST, with El Paso and other areas in the Mountain Time Zone closing an hour later. Texas’ Democratic primary was being closely watched nationwide
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New York City’s once-ubiquitous street pay phones may soon be a thing of the past. A spokesperson for New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson’s office told CNN about 30 pay phones are expected to be removed by the end of March, with Johnson himself saying they would start in Hell’s Kitchen. “The antiquated and
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If you live in one of the 14 states voting on Super Tuesday, you’ve probably seen a lot of commercials for Michael Bloomberg lately. That’s because the former New York mayor’s presidential campaign has poured more than $234 million into TV, radio and digital advertising in the first Super Tuesday states — more than 10
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(CNN) – Investigaciones muestran que hablar con un cónyuge o pareja sobre dinero aumenta la satisfacción en la relación. Pero muchas personas aún no lo hacen. Usualmente, las parejas no abordan este tema porque les da vergüenza o temor, señaló Tara Unverzagt, organizadora financiera certificada de South Bay Financial Partners en Torrance, California. El dinero
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All Spike Lee wants is to use the employee entrance at Madison Square Garden. Really, it’s all he knows. A long time New York Knicks superfan, filmmaker Lee has been using it for 28 years, he explained this morning on ESPN. But suddenly, at last night’s game, they wouldn’t let him — security told him
Continue Reading The US Navy’s 6th Fleet is instituting a 14-day self-quarantine between port visits by US Navy ships in Europe over concerns of the coronavirus, according to two US Navy officials, a move intended to bring the fleet inline with instructions from the US Pacific Fleet. Ships will stay at sea for at least 14 days
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — El brote de coronavirus ha dado lugar a restricciones de viaje en todo el mundo y se alienta a un número creciente de personas a trabajar desde casa. Las acciones de las principales aerolíneas y el propietario de Priceline, Booking Holdings, se encuentran entre las compañías que se han visto
Continue Reading(CNN) — Joe Biden will win the Alabama Democratic Primary, according to a projection from the CNN Decision Desk.
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It has been more than a month since the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern. Since the outbreak began, there have been more than 90,000 cases of the virus worldwide and more than 3,100 deaths from it. As officials work to stop the virus’s spread, it is
Continue Reading The first presumptive case of the novel coronavirus in North Carolina is linked to a Seattle-area nursing home facility where five residents were sick and later died, authorities in the Tar Heel state said Tuesday. The new patient is from Wake County, home to Raleigh and 1.1 million people. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said
Continue Reading Bumblebees are in trouble. The odds of spotting the hardworking pollinators in Europe and America down by more than 30% since the last century. Pesticides, along with the climate crises and declining habitat, have been blamed for their declining numbers. And in a new study published Tuesday, scientists examined exactly how bumblebees are affected by
Continue Reading(CNN) — Joe Biden will win the North Carolina Democratic Primary, according to a projection from the CNN Decision Desk.
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A day after she was fired from her job as head of the Recording Academy, Deborah Dugan has made new allegations about the Grammy nominations process. Tuesday’s allegations are a part of a supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint provided to CNN on in which Dugan further claims discrimination by the Recording Academy. In
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Department of Homeland Security officials Tuesday encouraged voters to head to the polls and cast their votes, despite an ongoing Russian misinformation and disinformation campaign to influence voters and sow discord. “This system is as secure as it’s ever been,” said Chris Krebs, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
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Here’s a look back at how Super Tuesday unfolded. Bloomberg tells ABC News he’s dropping out Mike Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday morning and endorsed Joe Biden, closing out an audacious run that saw the former New York mayor spend hundreds of millions of his own money to fund his late entry bid.
Continue Reading Voting hours were extended in Nashville, Tennessee, following a devastating tornado that hit the city before dawn Tuesday. A county judge on Tuesday ruled that all polling locations in Davidson County, which includes Nashville, will stay open an extra hour beyond the scheduled closing at 7 p.m. local time. The judge also ordered extended voting
Continue Reading(CNN) — Joe Biden will win the Virginia Democratic Primary and Bernie Sanders will win the Vermont Democratic Primary, according to projections from the CNN Decision Desk.
Continue Reading Members of Congress threw a surprise party for Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia on Tuesday, celebrating the civil rights icon’s 80th birthday. Katherine Clark, Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, was just one of many lawmakers to capture the surprise on social media. The Massachusetts Democrat tweeted a video of the assembled lawmakers
Continue Reading It’s a refrain President Donald Trump repeats whenever he encounters a cough, a sneeze or a sniffle. “I can’t get sick. I can’t get sick,” the President insists when he wants to justify dismissing from the room an underling who might infect him with a bug, according to people who have heard him say it.
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EL PASO, Texas — A giant sinkhole, big enough to swallow a car, opened up in a section of east El Paso known for flooding on Tuesday afternoon. The sinkhole occurred at Sam Snead and Orville Moody Lane, about a block off of Lee Trevino. Police shut off the area to traffic after the sinkhole
Continue Reading (CNN) – La Corte Suprema falló este martes contra un inmigrante indocumentado en Kansas y sostuvo que un estado podría condenarlo por robo de identidad sin interferir con la ley federal de inmigración. La decisión, que quedó 5-4 con los cinco conservadores del tribunal como mayoría, alentará a los estados que quieran desempeñar un papel
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PHOENIX, Arizona — Former New Mexico State Aggie Pascal Siakam is the most successful collegiate athlete from the Borderland in modern sports with the NBA’s Toronto Raptors. The Aggie legend makes his way back to the Southwest on a road trip against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. Siakam is a true success story, regardless
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El homicidio de Brenda Micaela Gordillo encendió nuevamente las alarmas en Argentina. Amigos, familiares y conocidos de la víctima, que fue asfixiada y calcinada, pidieron justicia por el atroz crimen, que enluta al país y que de nuevo hizo levantar los carteles de mujeres que gritaban “Ni una menos, vivas nos queremos“.
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Mark Zandi es economista en jefe de Moody’s Analytics. Fue asesor de la campaña presidencial de John McCain en 2008 y apoyó a Hillary Clinton en las elecciones de 2016. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna pertenecen exclusivamente al autor. (CNN Business) – El coronavirus es una amenaza existencial para la expansión
Continue Reading Joe Biden’s resounding victory in South Carolina on Saturday set off a chain reaction that has reset the former vice president’s once-struggling campaign and forced his moderate rivals to make a tough choice: when and how they should exit the race. That in turn set off a mad dash to Dallas on Monday night, where
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Click here for updates on this story MISSOULA (KPAX TV) — Missoula County commissioners recently introduced a resolution to place a 2-cent gas tax on the June 2 primary election ballot. As of Monday, the commissioners have the support of the Missoula City Council, thanks to an 8-to-2 vote on the matter. Council members heard
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HELENA (KPAX TV) — A task force has been set up as state officials continue to monitor the coronavirus outbreak. Gov. Steve Bullock, along with state public health and emergency response officials, have announced the activation of the Governor’s Coronavirus Task Force. There are no current diagnosed cases
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MISSOULA (KPAX TV) — A trial is underway for a man who has been charged in connection with a Missoula double homicide that occurred on October 18, 2018. Both sides in the case gave opening statements on Tuesday in a Missoula courtroom. Prosecutors say Preston Rossbach stabbed three
Continue Reading Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Tuesday she does not believe Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would be the strongest Democratic nominee to face President Donald Trump in the general election. “I don’t think he’d be our strongest nominee, no,” Clinton told ABC News in an interview aired Tuesday. “That’s what this primary process is
Continue Reading A House Democrat grilled Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Tuesday over Mnuchin’s refusal to release President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee. During a Ways and Means Committee hearing, Rep. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey laid into Mnuchin for not handing over the tax documents to the committee, accusing the Treasury
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