Banks are in trouble, but this solution would make Elizabeth Warren’s head explode
Mass unemployment. Mounting bankruptcies. And fears of negative interest rates. It’s a nightmarish time for America’s banks. The mood is…
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Police arrest man involved in 2011 cold case rape
Click here for updates on this story Asheville, NC (WLOS) — Officials have made an arrest in a rape case dating back…
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Top Trump campaign aide pushed anti-gay positions, said legalizing same-sex marriage would lead to bestiality and pedophilia
A top adviser and lawyer for President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has a history of pushing anti-gay positions, including linking the…
Continue Reading Driver who struck, killed 10-year-old girl in crosswalk gets 2 years probation
Click here for updates on this story Papillion, NE (WOWT) — The driver who struck two children in a crosswalk in…
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Veterans who sacrificed for their country battle coronavirus threat
More than 40 years after serving his country in the Vietnam War, John Rowan and many of his fellow veterans are facing a new terrifying reality at…
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Hawaii discourages tourists from coming to the state through at least the end of June
If you were planning on an early summer vacation in Hawaii this year, the state’s governor hopes you think twice. Hawaii Gov. David Ige said in…
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Walmart shooting threats connected: FBI says 2 Borderland residents arrested were friends
EL PASO, Texas — A Horizon City man and a Socorro woman each charged over the past week with making separate online threats to shoot up local…
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NYC subway workers had plenty to do before a TikTok prankster dumped milk and cereal in a train
A TikTok prankster is facing a backlash after staging a messy stunt that splashed milk and cereal all over a crowded New York subway car. The…
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White House announces new additions to coronavirus task force
Five individuals have been added to the White House coronavirus task force, the Office of the Vice President announced Friday, a little over a week…
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LeBron James and Travis Scott team up to design a T-shirt for the class of 2020
They won’t have typical graduation ceremonies but the high school class of 2020 now has a T-shirt, thanks to LeBron James and Travis Scott. The…
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NFL teams to begin reopening their facilities next week
NEW YORK, New York — NFL teams can begin reopening their facilities on Tuesday if state and local governments will allow it. In a memo sent to the…
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Community Champion: El Paso high school senior headed to Stanford on full ride scholarship
EL PASO, Texas — No dream is unattainable, if you’re willing to put in the work to achieve it. Jesus Olivares, a senior at Da Vinci School for…
Continue Reading Magnitude-6.5 earthquake is largest in Nevada in past 66 years
An earthquake with a revised magnitude of 6.5 hit a remote area of Nevada on Friday morning, about 225 miles northwest of Las Vegas and near the…
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Pandemic jerk: A new kind of bad behavior
Enforcing social distancing isn’t easy, even when you’re simply trying to serve people ice cream. That’s what Cape Cod’s Mark…
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Rick Bright plans to start new coronavirus treatments position, but his exact role is in dispute
Rick Bright will start his new job in a role inside the federal government’s coronavirus response next week, his attorneys said Thursday. While…
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Las Cruces Public Schools hoping to avoid staff, program cuts
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces Public School district had teachers, parents and staff participate in a conversation Friday afternoon about…
Continue Reading ‘Snowpiercer’ takes off on a post-apocalyptic train, and runs offs the rails
Seemingly a difficult concept in the best of times, “Snowpiercer” becomes more problematic in the midst of a pandemic, focusing as it…
Continue Reading 2 people, 14 dogs dead following crash in Idaho
Click here for updates on this story Shelley (EastIdahoNews.com) — Two people and 14 dogs were killed after a Friday…
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The Future of Surveillance: Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s podcast for May 15
Mobile apps, QR codes, facial recognition. Everyone is looking to technology for help in this pandemic, but some experts worry that this could…
Continue Reading ‘Scoob!’ isn’t much fun, and neither are those meddling kids
First, a confession: There are those of us who have never really been fans of Scooby-Doo, or for that matter, those meddling kids. Still, the…
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Attorneys for Gregory McMichael say Ahmaud Arbery killing ‘not another act of violent racism’
Attorneys for Gregory McMichael, one of the men charged in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, said Friday that “a very different…
Continue Reading How to watch Dr. Bernice A. King and Ilyasah Shabazz, daughters of MLK and Malcolm X, in conversation
Seeing Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. in conversation might not be possible anymore. But you can see their daughters, in their first ever…
Continue Reading KC Zoo to reopen with safety measures in place
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — After being closed for almost two months because of the…
Continue Reading Caretaker charged in connection to 2017 death of elderly woman
Click here for updates on this story MILFORD, CT (WFSB) — Milford Police have arrested a caregiver after an elderly…
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The number of new coronavirus cases is going down in 28 states as reopening efforts continue
The number of new coronavirus cases reported each day is going down in more than half of US states, according to an analysis of data from Johns…
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Officials raise concerns about CDC counting systems
The public health system by which Covid-19 deaths are reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is “antiquated” and…
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New Mexico governor warns virus cases still ‘too high’; 11 new Doña Ana County infections
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Cases of coronavirus are still “too high” in New Mexico, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said during a Friday afternoon news…
Continue Reading Bodies of 2 half sisters found under a bridge in Georgia
A high school senior and her half-sister were found dead under a bridge along a highway in Georgia on Wednesday morning. The two women, Vanita…
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Where are the Borderland’s largest known virus outbreaks? Detention and psychiatric centers
EL PASO, Texas — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says a coronavirus outbreak at El Paso’s Rogelio Sanchez State Jail has now grown to…
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Sunny and Warm weekend
Lots of sun and warm temperatures for the weekend – temps in the mid 90’s. Winds will not be much of an issue. Rain chance will arrive early next…
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