UPDATE: A man shot and wounded by Las Cruces police during a weekend domestic disturbance was released from the hospital on Monday and now faces three felony charges, authorities said. Daniel Villa, 27, was booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center on one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a peace
Continue ReadingATLANTA, Georgia — President Donald Trump’s campaign has requested a recount of votes in the Georgia presidential race, a day after state officials certified results showing Democrat Joe Biden won the state. Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified the state’s election results on Friday. Those results showed Biden beat Trump by 12,670 votes out
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The number of US coronavirus cases surpassed 12 million Saturday — an increase of more than 1 million cases in less than a week. At least 12,085,389 cases have been confirmed, according to Johns Hopkins University data, and 255,823 Americans have died. It’s another horrific milestone in a month full of devastating Covid-19 records in
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The US Food and Drug Administration on Saturday issued an emergency use authorization for Regeneron’s antibody cocktail to treat Covid-19 in high-risk patients with mild to moderate disease. President Donald Trump received the therapy, called REGEN-COV2, when he was hospitalized for coronavirus. The treatment has to be infused into the bloodstream and is meant to
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Joe Biden is making a mistake. The President-elect is right in believing that Trump’s efforts to overturn the people’s will in the election will fail. In the end, the courts will turn away the crumbling case that Trump’s lawyers are trying to build to prevent Biden from assuming his rightful position. But Biden is incorrect
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A federal judge dealt a death blow to the Trump campaign’s effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win of the presidency on Saturday, by dismissing a closely watched lawsuit that sought to invalidate millions of Pennsylvania votes. “It is not in the power of this Court to violate the Constitution,” Judge Matthew Brann of the
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The chief executive of the agency that oversees Voice of America and his team must stop investigating and interfering with the journalists employed there, a federal judge ruled Friday. In a 76-page ruling, US District Judge Beryl Howell found that Michael Pack, CEO of the US Agency for Global Media, and his team violated the
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Saturday said it will allow for the emergency use of Regeneron’s Covid-19 antibody treatment, the New York Times and Washington Post reported. It was one of the drugs given to President Donald Trump after he was admitted to the hospital with the coronavirus in early
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A Nevada district judge on Friday denied a request brought by a conservative activist to halt the certification next week of the state’s election results that show President-elect Joe Biden leading in Nevada by more than 33,000 votes. The case was filed by conservative activist Sharron Angle and her organization, the Election Integrity Project, against
Continue Reading President Donald Trump participated in his final Group of 20 summit on Saturday by tweeting throughout the opening session and skipping a special side-conference focused on the coronavirus pandemic. It was a fitting end to Trump’s career in global multilateralism, which he has expressed his displeasure for since his first group summit — a G7
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President Donald Trump participated in his final Group of 20 summit on Saturday by tweeting throughout the opening session and skipping a special side-conference focused on the coronavirus pandemic. It was a fitting end to Trump’s career in global multilateralism, which he has expressed his displeasure for since his first group summit — a G7
Continue Reading As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to move into the White House, his hometown honored him Friday just steps from his childhood home. “This morning I had the opportunity to join U.S. Senator Bob Casey and Marywood University to unveil a Joe Biden Way street sign to honor our President-Elect,” Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti said on
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(CNN) — Con el Día de Acción de Gracias a solo unos días, los casos de coronavirus continúan incrementándose en muchas partes de EE.UU. Los expertos en salud han instado a los estadounidenses a modificar sus planes de vacaciones este año, alentando a las personas a celebrar en sus propios hogares u organizar reuniones socialmente
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President Donald Trump is conducting an all-out assault on our democracy. There is no other way to look at this. The President lost the election and his legal team has failed to produce evidence of voter fraud. So now President Trump is attempting to convince state legislatures to overthrow the results. Voters made their decision,
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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has joined a federal lawsuit against an executive order issued by Gov. Andy Beshear to close schools to limit the spread of Covid-19. Beshear, a Democrat, issued an executive order earlier this week halting in-person learning at K-12 public and private schools across the state beginning Monday, among other restrictions.
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WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that currently show Democrat Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes, a federal judge ruled Saturday, dealing President Donald Trump’s campaign another blow in its effort to invalidate the election. U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann in Pennsylvania turned down the request for an
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The family of Loujain al-Hathloul, a jailed Saudi women’s rights defender believed by her relatives and advocacy organizations to be on hunger strike, has called on the G20 to demand that Saudi Arabia release the prominent activist. G20 leaders are meeting this weekend at a virtual summit hosted by Riyadh, which currently heads the club
Continue Reading For months, health experts have warned that all it takes is one infected person to create an outbreak. Evidence of such coronavirus spreads has already been seen in many parts of the country this year — including at funerals, weddings and even small to medium-sized get togethers with friends. The US Centers for Disease Control
Continue Reading (CNN) — Se han registrado al menos 12.019.960 casos de coronavirus en Estados Unidos, según datos compilados por la Universidad Johns Hopkins. El país sumó cerca de 2 millones de nuevos casos de coronavirus en los últimos 12 días. La Universidad Johns Hopkins registró el primer caso de coronavirus en Estados Unidos el 21 de
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Click here for updates on this story GA (WGCL ) — Thirteen-year-old Maggie Haynes loves her animals. She shows off her goats and pig, and explains she can’t go near her chickens right now. “I can’t do a lot, if they jump on me that would hurt me,” she says. Being able to take care
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EL PASO, Texas — A 36-member Texas National Guard team arrived in El Paso on Saturday to assist the county morgue with the growing number of dead bodies as a result of Covid-19. The team was mobilized “after completing an assessment of the situation on the ground in El Paso County this week,” Texas Department
Continue Reading Certification is usually a formality, but President Donald Trump is trying to block or delay the process in key states as part of a long-shot effort to overturn the election that he lost to President-elect Joe Biden. Monday is the day when the Michigan State Board of Canvassers is scheduled to meet to certify the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A record nine coronavirus deaths were reported Saturday in Doña Ana County, with the youngest victim being a man in his 20s. Those deaths contributed to a total of ten fatalities in southern Mexico and 25 statewide, health officials said. The latest deceased included: A man in his 20s from Doña
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV/KSMO) — A Kansas City Fire Department Fire Captain has died in the line of duty from the coronavirus. The Greater Kansas City Firefighters announced the news Saturday morning on their Facebook page. “It is with profound sadness that I write to inform you of
Continue Reading A Tennessee police department is mourning the loss of a K-9 officer that died after suffering gunshot wounds when a man opened fire on a patrol car. The La Vergne Police Department announced the death of Sjaak (pronounced Jacques) on its Facebook page on Wednesday. The Belgian Malinois has been with the department since 2014.
Continue Reading On Friday morning, just hours before his office helped certify that Joe Biden won the state’s 16 electoral votes, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was insistent he still supported Donald Trump and wished the President were heading to a second term. “I wish he would have won, and especially in Georgia,” said Raffensperger in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS ) — If you knew you were going to go somewhere, but would never return, would you still go? For five French priests in the late 1800’s that answer was a clear, “Yes.” And 200 years later, the Vatican is taking note of their sacrifice.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Three current judges and one retired judge have been nominated for appointment to fill a vacancy on the New Mexico Supreme Court. A state nominating commission this week met remotely to evaluate seven candidates for the vacancy being created by the Dec. 1 retirement of Justice Judith K. Nakamura. The four nominees include
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Dona Ana County will swear in the first Black district attorney in New Mexico on January 1st. Gerald Byers, 62, said he will work to deliver justice for the community. “People expect it and people deserve it,” he said. “My intention for my office is to focus on the mission of serving the
Continue Reading (CNN) — El ejército nigeriano admitió el sábado que los soldados recibieron munición letal y de fogueo cuando fueron desplegados a las protestas en el peaje de Lekki el 20 de octubre. La admisión parece confirmar un hallazgo clave de una investigación de CNN sobre el tiroteo. «A los soldados les dieron munición real y
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