Federal investigators are looking at everyone involved in the unrest at the US Capitol on Wednesday, including the role President Donald Trump played in inciting the crowd, the acting US attorney in Washington, DC, said Thursday. Asked directly by a reporter on a press call if investigators were looking at the role Trump played at
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EL PASO, Texas – Rodney Terry has the utmost trust in Jamal Bieniemy to run the UTEP Offense. It’s why he recruited the Oklahoma transfer this past offseason. “He’s made shots at Oklahoma. I think he had a game where he made four or five threes against West Virginia.” Terry says of Bienemy, who played
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Marion Ramsey, the actress best known for her role as Officer Laverne Hooks in the film franchise “Police Academy,” died Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 73, according to a statement to CNN from manager Roger Paul. No cause of death was given. “Marion carried with her a kindness and permeating light that
Continue Reading Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has submitted her resignation, saying President Donald Trump’s role in spurring the mob that breached the US Capitol on Wednesday was “the inflection point,” making her the second Cabinet member to resign over the incident. In her resignation letter to Trump dated Thursday, which CNN obtained a copy of, DeVos called
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(CNN) –– Asesores del vicepresidente Mike Pence han recibido consultas para invocar la Enmienda 25 contra el presidente Donald Trump, y esas discusiones están en curso, según dijo este jueves una fuente cercana a Pence. La persona añadió que varios secretarios del gabinete discuten informalmente el asunto. Pero, es «muy poco probable» que Pence tome
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President Donald Trump conceded publicly for the first time Thursday that he will not serve a second term, stopping short of congratulating President-elect Joe Biden but acknowledging a transfer of power is now underway. It appeared to end, for now, Trump’s false and corrosive attempt to overthrow the election results, which culminated in a violent
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They came to Washington to protest an election they think has been stolen, and when violence began at the US Capitol, mob logic took over. CNN spoke to people who stormed the building. They said they felt like they were doing something good. “What are we supposed to do? OK?” a man who’d been maced
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Despite weeks of planning between federal and local police agencies ahead of Wednesday’s Trump rally—including tracking social media—officials said that going into Wednesday they had no intelligence indicating there was a threat the US Capitol could be overrun. It would turn out to be a catastrophic failure after an angry mob overwhelmed police and stormed
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Hyundai’s stock is on pace for its best day in at least two decades on reports that the South Korean automaker is in early talks with Apple to develop self-driving electric cars. While nothing has been finalized, several media outlets reported Friday that Hyundai has confirmed that it is talking to Apple. The news was
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A Capitol Police officer is on life support Thursday night after a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol a day before, according to Capitol Police union chair Gus Papathanasiou. CNN reported Thursday evening, citing three sources, that the officer had died. One of CNN’s sources said that Capitol Police officers were
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EL PASO, Texas– As the dust settles at the U.S. Capitol many who were in attendance are now sharing their experiences. An Otero County commissioner who is with the group “Cowboys For Trump” looked back on the day of chaos. “It was surrounded by chants of: ‘This is our house. This is our land. This
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — La victoria sorpresiva de los demócratas en Georgia debería allanar el camino para una recuperación económica de la pandemia más rápida, dice Goldman Sachs. El banco actualizó sus pronósticos de desempleo y PIB para 2021 el miércoles por la noche después de que CNN y otros medios de comunicación proyectaran que los
Continue Reading Samsung predicts its profits rose nearly 26% last quarter. That suggests demand for many of its products has kept up during the coronavirus pandemic even as it faces tough competition in the smartphone market. The South Korean conglomerate said Friday that it expects to post operating profit of about 9 trillion Korean won ($8.2 billion)
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un puñado de estados y el Distrito de Columbia están movilizando a aproximadamente 6.200 miembros de la Guardia Nacional a Washington para brindar seguridad a la ciudad luego de los disturbios mortales del miércoles en el Capitolio, dijo a CNN un funcionario de Defensa de Estados Unidos. Los guardias serán activados desde la
Continue Reading (CNN Business) –– El bitcoin superó por primera vez los 19.000 dólares en diciembre de 2017, antes de desplomarse espectacularmente a cerca de los 3.200 dólares un año después. Pero los sólidos compradores a largo plazo y de retención de bitcoins, o HODLers como se les conoce en los círculos criptomonedas, se están riendo de
Continue Reading Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said Thursday that if he were a member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet he would support using the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove the President from office following a deadly riot at the US Capitol. “Yes, I would,” Kelly told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The
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EL PASO, Texas – The man arrested in connection with a drunken driving crash in 2019 that killed a Fabens High School teacher and injured two other people is going to jail. Jonathan Andrew Alvarez pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 23 years for intoxication manslaughter on Dec. 22, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office
Continue Reading (CNN) — Al presidente Donald Trump solo le quedan dos semanas en el cargo, pero después de que fomentara un asalto de agitadores en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos, algunos republicanos están considerando destituirlo en estos últimos estertores de su administración. Un juicio político contra Trump podría ser el remedio apropiado y destituirlo de esa
Continue Reading Inquiries about invoking the 25th Amendment have been coming into Vice President Mike Pence’s advisers and those discussions have been under way, a source close to the vice president said Thursday, with several Cabinet secretaries informally discussing the matter. But it is “highly unlikely” that Pence would pursue that path at this point, the source
Continue Reading US Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund is resigning amid criticism over an apparent lack of preparedness to deal with Wednesday’s violent mob on Capitol Hill. Sund’s resignation is effective January 16, according to a Capitol Police official. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday called for the resignation of the Sund and said the House Sergeant
Continue Reading President Donald Trump has been asking aides and lawyers, including White House counsel Pat Cipollone, about his self-pardon power, multiple sources told CNN. Some of those conversations have happened in recent weeks, one of the sources says. It is unclear if it has come up since Wednesday’s mayhem at the Capitol building fomented by the
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EL PASO, Texas – Allyson Little’s love for cross country came much later in her high school career. The Franklin senior played soccer for the Cougars, but this past season she decided to give cross country a try. Her hard work and accomplishments in the sport led to Little signing a scholarship with the University
Continue Reading A judge in Baghdad’s investigative court has issued an arrest warrant for outgoing US President Donald Trump, over the killing of an Iraqi paramilitary leader during the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani last year. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis — the Iraqi deputy head of the Iran-backed Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces — was killed along with
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente electo Joe Biden ha decidido postular al juez Merrick Garland como secretario de Justicia, dijeron a CNN personas familiarizadas con el asunto, una decisión largamente esperada que avanzó este miércoles cuando se hizo evidente que los demócratas estaban a punto de ganar el control del Senado. Se espera que el anuncio
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EL PASO, Texas- El Pasoans are clearly frustrated about how to find out about the Covid-19 vaccines and then line up an appointment to get one. Three members of the ABC-7 crew tried calling 43 different numbers to providers that the city gave to us. Out of all those numbers, none of those clinics or
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball program has reached a major milestone this season. Its 100th season of men’s basketball. As Conference USA play continues over the next two months, UTEP will celebrate all of the great players, coaches and moments of the storied program. The Miners won the historic 1966 national championship,
Continue Reading A Texas company that makes pricy, brightly colored mahjong tiles is apologizing after critics called its redesign of the popular Chinese game culturally insensitive. The Mahjong Line started selling its limited-edition versions of the game — with names like “The Minimal Line,” “The Botanical Line” and “The Cheeky Line” — in November for between $325
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The United States reported 3,865 Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, the highest number of deaths reported in a single day since the pandemic began. The nation’s death toll as of Thursday stands at more than 364,600, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, while the number of people who have been infected has topped more than
Continue Reading One woman was fatally shot by police and three people died of apparent medical emergencies Wednesday when a mob of President Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol. The four people died during a stunning attack at the heart of American democracy as members of the mob vandalized the building and assaulted police officers. At least
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