Tens of millions of workers lost the right to paid sick and family leave at the end of December after Congress failed to extend them in the new relief package. Congress provided the pandemic-related benefit in March to give ill workers and parents whose children’s schools were suddenly closed a cushion. But lawmakers left out
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Two Republican senators now say President Donald Trump should resign as support for the drive to impeach him a second time is gaining momentum in his final days in office after the deadly riot at the Capitol by a violent mob of Trump supporters. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania on Sunday joined
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EL PASO, Texas — Two people were arrested, one on a murder charge, following a deadly weekend shooting at an apartment complex in northeast El Paso, police said Monday. The fatal shooting happened around 5 a.m. Sunday along the 5000 block of Fairbanks at the Pine Village Apartments. Police identified the victim as 32–year-old Anthony
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Watching rioters storm the US Capitol reopened old wounds for Valarie Carey. Carey’s younger sister, Miriam Carey, was fatally shot by Capitol police and US Secret Service officers more than seven years ago after leading officers on a high-speed chase near the White House. Carey said the restraint shown by Capitol police on Wednesday was
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Telsa shares outperformed all other major stocks by a wide margin last year, rising 743%. So does that mean its incredible run is behind it? Maybe not. The first week of 2021 once again saw Tesla among the S&P 500’s best performers, rising 24.7%, just 1 percentage point behind market leader L Brands. The week’s
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A gunman killed at least three people and wounded several others in a series of shootings in the Chicago area Saturday before being shot and killed by police, authorities said. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said in a news briefing the shootings started in Chicago at 1:50 p.m. (2:50 p.m. ET) Saturday when the suspect
Continue ReadingEl Paso, Texas– A cold front moved in overnight which kicked up our winds and brought in much colder air. A low-pressure system that swept over central portions of New Mexico has now trekked east to central Texas. The big focus now is the cooler air set in place for the Borderland. Our expected afternoon
Continue Reading There are plenty of reasons to bet against the US dollar right now. Add the riots at the Capitol last week to the list. What’s happening: Political instability often weighs on currencies around the world, and the violence incited by President Donald Trump is unlikely to bolster confidence in the US dollar at a moment
Continue Reading A new Democratic-controlled Senate boosts the chances Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, 82, would retire this year and offer new President Joe Biden an early opportunity to put his imprint on America’s high court. Breyer, who before becoming a judge was chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, knows better than most how last week’s
Continue Reading Telsa shares outperformed all other major stocks by a wide margin last year, rising 743%. So does that mean its incredible run is behind it? Maybe not. The first week of 2021 once again saw Tesla among the S&P 500’s best performers, rising 24.7%, just 1 percentage point behind market leader L Brands. The week’s
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The weekly tallies of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the United States have never been higher, and state officials are warning of more alarming patterns following the holiday season. The total number of Americans infected with the virus surpassed 22 million Saturday, according to Johns Hopkins University data, and more than 372,000 have died. Kentucky
Continue Reading Almost four weeks after the first American was vaccinated against the coronavirus, around 6 million people have received one of the shots — far below the US target, set last year, of 20 million by the end of 2020, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Thursday, 5.9 million people
Continue Reading A gunman killed at least three people and wounded several others in a series of shootings in the Chicago area Saturday before being shot and killed by police, authorities said. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said in a news briefing the shootings started in Chicago at 1:50 p.m. (2:50 p.m. ET) Saturday when the suspect
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After the first coronavirus case was reported in the United States in early 2020, it took about 90 days to reach 2 million cases. Bu just nine days into 2021, more than 2 million people have been infected with Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. In that same time frame, an additional 24,260
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EL PASO, Texas – Saturday night’s UTEP-Rice game at the Don Haskins Center showed us that the back-to-back game format this season will result in high emotions come weekend’s end. Rice used a 12-0 run at the the start of the 2nd half to open a lead that UTEP couldn’t quite close as the Miners
Continue Reading Officials at Fort Bliss have moved to court-martial a private first class accused of the sexual assault of a fellow soldier who was found dead on New Year’s Eve. Pfc. Asia Graham, 19, was found unresponsive in her barracks on December 31, Fort Bliss said in a press release issued January 2. Special agents for
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It was meant to be the trip of a lifetime for 9-year-old Braeden Lousier-Hicks of Airdrie, Alberta, who has an extremely rare genetic disease. After the family waited five years to go on a charity-sponsored trip to Hawaii, it was postponed indefinitely due to Canada’s Covid-19 restrictions. His mother, Lia Louiser, says the heartbreak of
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Federal prosecutors have charged three men and the FBI arrested another on Saturday in connection with Wednesday’s riot at the US Capitol, including a man seen on video carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern and another wearing a bearskin headdress. The arrests Saturday, coming a day after federal charges were announced against more than a
Continue Reading Vice President Mike Pence will attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, according to a source familiar with the plans. CNN previously reported that Pence was planning to attend the inauguration, but he was waiting on an invitation. Word of Pence’s intention to watch President-elect Joe Biden take his oath of office in person spread
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HOUSTON, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball won’t come home from Houston with any numerical victories, but their performances this weekend against defending C-USA champion Rice should leave them feeling optimistic about their Conference USA. UTEP trailed by just two points at halftime Saturday, but a 4th-quarter Rice run proved too much to overcome as UTEP
Continue Reading Vice President Mike Pence has not ruled out an effort to invoke the 25th Amendment and wants to preserve the option in case President Donald Trump becomes more unstable, a source close to the vice president says. The source said there is some concern inside Pence’s team that there are risks to invoking the 25th
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(CNN Español) — La jefa de Gobierno de Ciudad de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, indicó este sábado en su cuenta de Twitter que el incendio en el puesto central de control del metro de la ciudad está 90% controlado. Sheiunbaum comunicó que al menos una persona falleció por «una caída» y que 29 trabajadores fueron trasladados
Continue Reading It was an Extremely Online riot. Some of the people who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, stalked its majestic halls, and delayed the certification of Joe Biden’s victory were pro-Trump internet personalities, and others were their fans. Rioters livestreamed their crimes, took selfies to commemorate the occasion, and chatted about their experiences later on social
Continue Reading (CNN) — Hay esperanza: las vacaciones de verano en el extranjero pueden suceder a lo grande este año. La cantidad de personas que dejan sus países comenzará a aumentar esta primavera e incrementará a mediados de año, predicen los expertos en el sector de viajes, a medida que las vacunas y las medidas de seguridad
Continue Reading Presidential inaugurations — and the swirl of festivities that surround them — usually offer prime schmoozing opportunities: Lobbyists attempt to woo incoming administration officials at VIP-only luncheons; big campaign donors score coveted tickets for the swearing-in ceremonies, and corporate executives mingle with Washington powerbrokers at private receptions. But not this year. With the coronavirus pandemic
Continue Reading Apple removed Parler, the alternative social media platform popular with conservatives, from its app store on Saturday. “[T]here is no place on our platform for threats of violence and illegal activity,” the iPhone maker said. Apple notified Parler of its decision in a message that said it had violated the company’s app store terms. “The
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EL PASO, Texas – Dona Ana County has 163 new cases of Covid-19 and one new fatality, according to New Mexico health officials on Saturday. The latest victim was a woman in her 80s who was a resident of the Welbrook Senior Living facility in Las Cruces. New Mexico reported a total of 22 deaths,
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EL PASO, Texas- A cold front is going to be moving through New Mexico and far west Texas tonight. This front will bring much colder air and winds with it. Very cold temperatures are expected behind this system tomorrow. Wind gusts are expected to reach 35 mph. Afternoon temperatures through Monday will be 10 to
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A horrifying video from Wednesday’s Capitol riots showed an officer crushed between waves of a pro-Trump mob and officers defending the building. During the confrontation, captured on video by investigative outlet Status Coup, one officer was pinned between a door and the masses of people. At least one individual attempted to rip away the officer’s
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