Two people found dead near their destroyed home were packed and ready to evacuate the North Complex Fire in Northern California last week but changed their minds based on erroneous information, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said Tuesday. Six days ago, Philip Ruble, 68, was found inside of burned-up Toyota pickup at the home and
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan called for rapists and child molesters to be chemically castrated when asked in an interview about a rape that garnered national attention in Pakistan. Khan said in an interview with Hard Talk Pakistan on 92 News that he had discussed possible punishments for the alleged perpetrator with ministers in his
Continue Reading Materials that could be used to make explosives were found in a Queens home after a fire was reported in part of the house Tuesday, authorities said. The property’s landlord found items that raised concern after the fire in the downstairs portion of the residence was extinguished, deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism for the
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EL PASO, Texas — For a third time in recent months, Mayor Dee Margo again broke a tie vote on Tuesday at El Paso City Council to withhold Covid-19 cluster data. This means the city will not publicly identify government facilities that have large numbers of cases of Covid-19. The city has cited state privacy
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) – Yoshihide Suga has been formally elected Japan’s prime minister in a parliamentary vote. Suga was long the right-hand man to his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, who was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. Abe resigned earlier in the day and has pledged his support to the new government. Suga is to launch his own Cabinet
Continue Reading In 2010, leaders from 196 countries gathered in Japan and agreed on a list of goals designed to save the Earth. The Aichi Biodiversity Targets laid out a 10-year plan to conserve the world’s biodiversity, promote sustainability, and protect ecosystems. The targets were ambitious, but crucial. One, for instance, aimed to prevent the extinction of
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The $12 million settlement with Breonna Taylor’s family is a historic move for Louisville, Kentucky, but across America it’s the latest financial repercussion in a police misconduct case. More than six months after Taylor was killed inside her apartment as police officers executed a “no-knock” search warrant, the city is poised to pay its highest-ever
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UPDATE: A 28-year-old pedestrian struck by a car in a hit-and-run has died from his injuries, Las Cruces police said Wednesday, adding that the driver of the vehicle has now been identified and will face charges. Investigators said Fernando Padilla’s dog had wandered out into traffic on Lohman Avenue and he was trying to retrieve
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The assistant secretary of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, accused the media of being dishonest about the coronavirus pandemic and reiterated talking points about Covid-19 that President Donald Trump has pushed for months, including complaints that schools should reopen for in-person learning and that very few children are affected
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NEW DELHI (AP) – India’s coronavirus confirmed cases have crossed 5 million and are still soaring, testing the feeble health care system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns and villages. The Health Ministry reported 90,123 new cases in the past 24 hours, raising the nation’s confirmed total to 5,020,359. It also said on Wednesday
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NEW YORK, NY — Toilet paper is back on store shelves. But you may not recognize some of the brands. Demand for toilet paper has been so high during the pandemic that in order to keep their shelves stocked, retailers are buying up foreign toilet paper brands, mostly from Mexico. Major chains, across the country,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso family is still grieving the loss of a son and a brother to Covid-19 but also urging the community to take action. Sal Pacheco, 40, died in his home on July 9 just days after contracting the virus. His mother, Josie, found him in his bedroom unresponsive. “Mijo! Wake
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EL PASO, Texas — Medical centers around El Paso are busy reaching out to local survivors of the COVID-19 pandemic as they look to strengthen their supply of convalescent plasma for the ongoing fight against the virus. They will soon be getting a donation from Bonnie Soria Najera, who survived her own encounter with Covid-19
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EL PASO, Texas – An Americas High School student has self-reported testing positive for the coronavirus and is now self-quarantining at home, according to the Socorro Independent School District on Tuesday evening. The student was last on campus last Thursday and is now doing well at home, according to the district. “As a precautionary measure
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Children and teens from minority groups are disproportionately hit by coronavirus, just as older adults are, according to the findings of a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Children from ethnic and racial minorities, those with underlying health conditions and those between the ages of 18 and 20 are more
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EL PASO, Texas – Following UTEP’s loss against the Texas Longhorns, the Miners now turn their attention to Abilene Christian. It will mark the second time this season that the Miners will face an FCS opponent out of the Southland Conference. UTEP will enter the game with a record of 1-1, while the Wildcats enter
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Exactly seven weeks before Election Day and two weeks before the first presidential debate, President Donald Trump was facing uncommitted voters in a 90-minute town hall special hosted by ABC News from the battleground state of Pennsylvania. Asked Tuesday night by an uncommitted voter at “The President and the People,” why he would “downplay a pandemic that is
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UPDATE: El Paso police on Wednesday identified the victims and provided more details about a deadly car crash the prior night in the 7000 block of Dyer Street. Authorities said the driver of the car, 26–year-old Jesse Angel Lopez, was killed in that crash. His two passengers, 25–year-old Herman Queindell Roberts and 24 –year-old Eric
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Twitter and Facebook have shut down accounts on their platforms reportedly linked to a misleading social media campaign run by Turning Point Action, an offshoot of popular conservative youth activist organization Turning Point USA. The steps from the social media giants come after The Washington Post reported that Turning Point Action had paid teenagers to
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Twitter and Facebook have shut down accounts on their platforms reportedly linked to a misleading social media campaign run by Turning Point Action, an offshoot of popular conservative youth activist organization Turning Point USA. The steps from the social media giants come after The Washington Post reported that Turning Point Action had paid teenagers to
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President Donald Trump said in March that he didn’t consider the coronavirus pandemic a once-in-a-lifetime leadership challenge, even as the country was going through historic shutdowns to fight the spread, according to a new interview shared by veteran journalist Bob Woodward. “Was there a moment in all of this, last two months, where you said
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WNBA players repeated their calls for the officers who killed Breonna Taylor to be arrested after hearing news of the historic settlement between the family and the city of Louisville, Kentucky. The league, which began its playoffs on Tuesday, dedicated the 2020 season to Taylor and the Say Her Name movement, which raises awareness for
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WNBA players repeated their calls for the officers who killed Breonna Taylor to be arrested after hearing news of the historic settlement between the family and the city of Louisville, Kentucky. The league, which began its playoffs on Tuesday, dedicated the 2020 season to Taylor and the Say Her Name movement, which raises awareness for
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President Donald Trump dismissed questions from Pennsylvania voters about his handling of coronavirus, insisting he did act strongly to fight the pandemic and again denied he downplayed the situation despite saying so on tape. “Well I didn’t downplay it. I actually, in many ways, I up-played it in terms of action,” he claimed, responding to
Continue Reading If you choose not to have your child vaccinated, your pediatrician may refuse to treat your family. More than half of pediatricians’ offices in the United States included in a new study published in the medical journal JAMA reported having a dismissal policy for families who refuse to vaccinate their children. Some physicians say this
Continue Reading Your preschooler’s privacy is likely being violated by the child-centered games or educational apps he or she is playing — perhaps on your very own smartphone or tablet — in direct violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. That’s the shocking finding of a new study analyzing how developers collect and share personal digital
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia has instituted a unique punishment for people who violate the country’s mask mandate — and that’s digging graves for Covid-19 victims. According to CNN Indonesia, at least eight people in a southern island of the country were required to dig graves after failing to wear face masks on Tuesday. Dozens of
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EL PASO, Texas — The City of El Paso has announced a new partnership with the YWCA El Paso del Norte Region to provide free childcare for families financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Under the terms of the agreement, the YWCA will utilize federal CARES Act grant funding provided to the city to offer childcare
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An effort by the Trump and Biden campaigns to deploy challengers to ballot-counting operations in battleground states threatens to slow states’ ability to count votes, raising concerns that the delays will allow President Donald Trump to double down on his claims that any prolonged counting indicates fraud. Ballot-counting watchers are a key component of both
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