The suspended Champions League match between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir began with a powerful show of solidarity, less than 24 hours after it was marred by an alleged racist incident involving a match official. Before the game, both sets of players, as well as the new match officials, knelt together around the center circle
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The suspended Champions League match between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir began with a powerful show of solidarity, less than 24 hours after it was marred by an alleged racist incident involving a match official. Before the game, both sets of players, as well as the new match officials, knelt together around the center circle
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After going quiet in the months before the election, federal authorities are now actively investigating the business dealings of Hunter Biden, a person with knowledge of the probe said. His father, President-elect Joe Biden, is not implicated. Now that the election is over, the investigation is entering a new phase. Federal prosecutors in Delaware, working
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(CNN) — El Sol acaba de soltar el equivalente a un eructo solar masivo, enviando materia coronal altamente cargada a través del sistema solar. Una exhibición espectacular de la aurora boreal sería posible el miércoles por la noche tan al sur como Pensilvania y Oregon, con posibles interrupciones en las comunicaciones. Parte de la energía del
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When Rosalia Martinez heard that a Reno, Nevada, hospital was turning their parking garage into a Covid-19 wing, she couldn’t help but laugh at the idea. But now she and her husband of 35 years, Luis, are both patients at Renown Regional Medical Center. “It’s scary, you know, you don’t expect to go to work
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los estadounidenses podrían tener el primer rayo de esperanza real de que se pondrá fin a la pandemia que ha cambiado sus vidas el jueves, cuando un panel asesor clave realice una votación que podría allanar el camino para que la Administración de Medicamentos y Alimentos de EE.UU. (FDA) dé luz verde a
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Una caravana de unos 500 hondureños emprendió este miércoles un viaje rumbo a Estados Unidos, informó a CNN la defensora de los Derechos Humanos de los migrantes, itsmania Platero. Estados Unidos extiende TPS a Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haití y otros países El grupo de hondureños emprendió el viaje desde la Gran
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque, firmó este jueves una ley que declara de interés general la estrategia de vacunación del pueblo colombiano contra el covid-19 y cualquier otra pandemia. Duque dijo que esta ley permite actualizar y modernizar la legislación del país en casos de temas sanitarios como el covid-19 y
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A green light for a Covid-19 vaccine could come any day now in the US, but leading health experts warn the nation is only at the start of a winter that’s projected to be one of the most difficult in the nation’s history. “We are in a totally unprecedented health crisis in this country. The
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EL PASO, Texas — No one was injured Wednesday night as El Paso firefighters put out a blaze on the city’s east side. It happened at a building in the 8200 block of Montana Avenue. It appeared that building houses the El Paso Driving School. Fire crews tweeted that they were able to quickly contain
Continue Reading (CNN) –– El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, se ha movido rápidamente para construir su nuevo gobierno, al anunciar a sus seleccionados para puestos en el gabinete, como los líderes de defensa y salud. Varios de los escogidos por Biden harían historia si el Senado de Estados Unidos los confirmara. Por ejemplo, la
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– Este miércoles concluyó la etapa de grupos de la Liga de Campeones 2020-21 y ya están los 16 clasificados a los octavos de final de clubes más prestigioso del mundo. Los ocho equipos que alcanzaron los octavos de final como primeros de sus respectivos grupos son: Bayern Munich Real Madrid Manchester City
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AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas state official who has been critical of measures ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott in efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic says he has tested positive for the virus. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller was among an estimated 200 people who rallied outside Abbott’s home in October to protest his pandemic
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EL PASO, Texas — The freezers are in place to hold Covid-19 vaccines at University Medical Center. Now, they just need their share of the vaccine, which is scheduled to arrive by Dec. 16. Our ABC-7 cameras were permitted to get a close up look at one of the freezers. (Take a look in the video
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EL PASO, Texas – Andress High School’s football team finished the 2020 regular season a perfect 5-0, but their season will come to an end prematurely after they had to forfeit their Bi-District playoff game with Canutillo due to Covid-19 exposure. The toughest pill for Andress to swallow is that their exposure came from an
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Having brought back the live musical event, NBC offers a scaled-back Christmas confection with “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Musical!” — a not-live (and not-very-good) stage production, starring Matthew Morrison (“Glee”) as you-know-who, or rather, he-knows-Whos. Staged at the Troubadour Theater in London, the presentation was playful, colorful and visually inventive, from the storybook backgrounds to
Continue Reading GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — El Paso native and former UTEP standout Aaron Jones’ of the Green Bay Packers was named the FedEx NFL Ground Player of the Week on Wednesday following the running back’s star performance of this past weekend. Jones’ selection was voted on by fans. It came after he rushed for 130 yards and
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EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Marshals along with El Paso police and Texas state troopers were locked in an apparent standoff Wednesday night in an east El Paso neighborhood with a wanted fugitive. The incident unfolded over several hours in the 3200 block of Nederland. Federal authorities confirmed to ABC-7 that the member of the
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A federal court has upheld its block on in-person requirements for medication abortion seekers after the Supreme Court returned the case to the lower court in October. The lawsuit concerns a rule requiring abortion seekers to visit health care providers in person to acquire one of the pills for medication abortions, which the Food and
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EL PASO, Texas — Since the start of the pandemic, tens of thousands of people have lost their job in the Borderland community. For many, that loss of income impacted their ability to pay bills and especially, rent. With an eviction moratorium expected to end in January, El Paso County Commissioner David Stout says an
Continue Reading (CNN) — La leyenda del fútbol italiano Paolo Rossi murió a la edad de 64 años, según la cadena pública nacional de Italia, RAI. Rossi es mejor conocido por llevar a la selección italiana a una victoria en la Copa del Mundo en 1982 contra Alemania Occidental después de anotar seis goles en total en
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego has endorsed the purchase of a $150,000 germ killing robot as a means to help keep government facilities safe and get employees back to work. The county may soon be acquiring an important new tool in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus. “I think we could
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A “diamond in the rough,” that’s how some are describing a Las Cruces man with no formal education who went from sleeping in a canal to becoming an appliance and electronics repairman. Luis Almendariz, 62, was homeless several years ago. He said he could have fallen into drugs and alcohol
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An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm has 86% efficacy, the United Arab Emirates Health Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. The Health Ministry said the results for the vaccine were based on interim analysis of the late-stage clinical trials which the UAE started in July, according to the statement which
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One person is dead and two were left injured after a fire at a chemical plant in Belle, West Virginia, according to Optima Belle Chemical, the tenant of the site. The explosion took place at the Optima Belle Chemical plant at around 10 p.m. Tuesday, when a 1,200-gallon metal dryer became over-pressurized during a chemical
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The US Food and Drug Administration has granted an emergency use authorization for the first non-prescription, over-the-counter Covid-19 test kit for at-home use. The LabCorp Pixel COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit allows anyone 18 and older to buy the kit and collect nasal swab samples at home, the FDA said in a news release Wednesday.
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EL PASO, Texas — Christmas tree sellers say the coronavirus pandemic is driving heavy traffic by shoppers this year and some lots are running out of trees. The real Christmas tree industry, which has been battling increased interest in artificial trees, is glad to see that more Americans appear to be flocking to fresh-cut evergreens
Continue Reading (CNN Business) –– McDonald’s eliminó un acuerdo de dos décadas con sus franquicias, el cual subsidiaba el precio de los juguetes de la Cajita Feliz (happy Meal) para los clientes. Eso podría significar que este producto sea más costoso el próximo año. A partir 2021, McDonald’s dejará de emitir una contribución de cerca de 300
Continue Reading (CNN) — El chef José Andrés, quien ha pasado gran parte de 2020 alimentando a las personas en la primera línea de la pandemia de covid-19, calificó la incapacidad del gobierno de Estados Unidos de prevenir que millones de estadounidenses pasen hambre como un «desastre natural». «Esto es un desastre natural», dijo Andrés cuando Anderson
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump personally asked Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas if he would argue a long-shot election lawsuit seeking to overturn the election results in four battleground states, should the U.S. Supreme Court agree to take it up, two sources said Wednesday. Trump inquired on Tuesday whether Cruz would argue the
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