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Homeland Security gives TSA workers authority to enforce Biden’s mask mandate

January 31, 2021 7:33 pm CNN Newsource

The Department of Homeland Security said Sunday that Transportation Security Administration workers now have the authority to enforce President Joe…

‘Nightmare’: 9-year-old Texas boy dies suddenly of Covid-19 complications

January 31, 2021 7:21 pm ABC News

FORT WORTH, Texas — A 9-year-old boy died of complications of Covid-19 this past week at Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth, his family told ABC…

Myanmar military says it has taken control of the country for a year after coup

January 31, 2021 7:20 pm Associated Press

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Myanmar military television says the military has taken control of the country for one year. An announcer on military-owned…

A huge piece of California’s Highway 1 near Big Sur collapsed into the ocean

January 31, 2021 7:16 pm CNN

A huge piece of California’s Highway 1 was washed out this week by a winter storm that brought heavy rain and snow. California Department of…

Republican campaign committees ask FEC to allow lawmakers to use campaign donations for bodyguards

January 31, 2021 7:05 pm CNN Newsource

Amid heightened concern about lawmaker safety, officials with the Republican congressional campaign arms have asked federal election regulators…

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained by the military, says ruling party spokesman

January 31, 2021 6:56 pm CNN

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other top government figures have been detained “by the military,” a spokesman for the governing…

Smoke, flames from Juarez recycling plant blaze seen for miles

January 31, 2021 6:50 pm Jim Parker

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A large blaze burned at a Juarez plastic recycling plant on Sunday, producing smoke and flames that could be seen for miles.…

Blake Lively says she felt ‘insecure’ about her body after the birth of her third child and struggled finding clothes that fit

January 31, 2021 6:32 pm CNN Newsource

Blake Lively wants you to know that being a celebrity does not necessarily make her immune to feeling insecure. In posts to her Instagram story on…

Texas Republicans want to keep transgender girls, women out of school sports teams

January 31, 2021 6:21 pm Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans are again trying to limit the ways transgender youth can participate in athletics. Lawmakers have filed…

Texas getting more vaccine doses than expected this week as virus cases decline but deaths rise

January 31, 2021 6:08 pm Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is scheduled to get more than 520,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine this week, more than state officials said they…

StormTrack Weather: Warming trend continues through Wednesday

January 31, 2021 5:59 pm Iris Lopez

EL PASO, Texas– Sunday brought above average temperatures Sunday afternoon. Overnight lows will dip down to the 30s with calm winds. Monday will…

Coup reportedly underway in Myanmar and State Counsellor Suu Kyi has been detained as communications appear to be cut

January 31, 2021 5:41 pm Associated Press

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Reports says a military coup is taking place in Myanmar and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained under…

Black Lives Matter movement nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

January 31, 2021 5:38 pm CNN

OSLO, Norway — The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. A member of the Norwegian Parliament made the…

Doña Ana County has only 1 of New Mexico’s 18 latest virus deaths

January 31, 2021 5:19 pm Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico on Sunday reported 530 new known Covid-19 cases and 18 deaths. The latest numbers…

La manera en la que el ‘camino hacia la ciudadanía’ de Biden cambiaría la vida de estas personas

January 31, 2021 5:12 pm CNN Newsource

(CNN) — Luis Tapia finalmente obtendría una licencia de conducir. Marilú Saldaña visitaría a su mamá en México antes de que sea demasiado…

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained, says ruling party spokesman

January 31, 2021 5:07 pm CNN Newsource

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other top government figures have been detained, a spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy told…

Dow futures drop after turbulent week on Wall Street

January 31, 2021 4:50 pm CNN Newsource

Stock futures dropped Sunday after a week that saw volatile markets due to the recent GameStop situation. Dow futures were down 252 points, or 0.8%.…

El Paso to spend millions of dollars recharging Hueco Bolson Aquifer

January 31, 2021 4:43 pm Andres Valle

El Paso, Texas — The City of El Paso has received a grant totaling more than $4.5 million, with that money specifically going to a program to invest…

GOP senators offer Covid-19 relief counterproposal to force talks with White House back to middle

January 31, 2021 4:27 pm CNN Newsource

Ten Republican senators on Sunday announced plans to unveil a roughly $600 billion Covid-19 relief package, a counterproposal to President Joe…

El Paso virus vaccine providers are sending state incomplete race, ethnicity data

January 31, 2021 4:21 pm El Paso Matters - Molly Smith

EL PASO, Texas — The race and ethnicity of almost 90% of the people inoculated in El Paso County is unknown to the Texas Department of State Health…

Month: January 2021