LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — There are more freshman enrolled at the University of New Mexico than the previous two years and enrollment for first-time students at New Mexico State University is holding steady, but officials acknowledged this week that they’re concerned about overall enrollment declines amid the pandemic. At NMSU, branch campuses in Alamogordo, Carlsbad and
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(CNN Español) — Las últimas horas de Trump en la Casa Blanca estuvieron marcadas por una serie de indultos y conmutaciones a más de 140 personas. Entre los beneficiados hay un antiguo estratega político de Trump y raperos famosos. La toma de posesión de Joe Biden y Kamala Harris fue una ceremonia atípica empezando por
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A Salvadoran immigrant who spent more than three years in sanctuary on the grounds of a North Carolina church headed home on Friday. José Chicas, 55, says the Biden administration’s new policies are giving him a chance to leave sanctuary — and hope for the future. Chicas took shelter in June 2017 inside the School
Continue Reading (CNN) — Conor McGregor está de regreso, otra vez. El ‘Notorious’ de UFC regresa este sábado al octágono después de un tercer retiro donde enfrentará a Dustin Poirier en el UFC 257. Será una revancha de 2014 donde McGregor tardó menos de dos minutos en noquear al estadounidense. Después de haber pasado más de un
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CARLSBAD, New Mexico — President Joe Biden’s 60-day moratorium on new oil and natural gas leases and drilling permits is prompting widespread concerns in New Mexico, where spending on education and other public programs hinges on the industry’s success. Top Republicans in the state as well as local leaders in communities that border the Permian Basin
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported five new Covid-19 deaths and 481 additional cases on Saturday morning, for a cumulative total of 109,589 cases and 1,641 deaths. The latest deaths included a man and woman in their 50s, a man in his 60s, a man in his 70s, and a man in
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Click here for updates on this story PALMERTON, PA (WNEP) — Friday night’s drawing of the Mega Millions was at $1 billion; the second-highest jackpot in Mega Millions history. Statistics from the Pennsylvania Lottery show that Carbon County is the leader in lottery wins over any other county in Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania. At the
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Getting Americans masked up is a top priority for the Biden administration. Biden, who calls wearing masks “a patriotic act,” signed an executive order Wednesday — his very first as President — to ask Americans to wear masks of their choice for the first 100 days of the new administration. The executive order also requires
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DETROIT, Michigan — One winning ticket was sold for the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot to someone who bought it in Michigan, making it the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. The winning numbers for Friday night’s drawing were 4, 26, 42, 50 and 60, with a Mega Ball of 24. The winning ticket was purchased at
Continue ReadingEl Paso, Texas- A west to southwest wind will keep us dry and mild this Saturday. Our first of two systems we are watching will move in tomorrow which will crank up our winds. Today’s highs will be in the mid 60s for El Paso and Lower 60s for Las Cruces. Sustained wind speeds from
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Despite announcing a thorough intelligence review of Russian misconduct, President Joe Biden’s administration faces mounting pressure to respond to one of the worst data breaches ever to hit the US government. The computer intrusion campaign that has been linked to Russia has hit multiple federal agencies and the private sector, raising concerns about the security
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The Senate will in the coming weeks begin an impeachment trial to decide whether to convict former President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection at the Capitol, but Democrats will have time before it gets underway to confirm more Cabinet nominees to help the Biden administration get up and running. The House will send the
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LOS ANGELES, California — Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was 87. King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Ora Media, the studio and network he co-founded, tweeted. No cause of death was given, but
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Brianna Davis was listening to a documentary of famous people reading the Declaration of Independence with her class when news broke of the riots at the US Capitol. “We were listening to the words that built America” as she began getting alerts and seeing images of chaos in Washington DC, she told CNN. The history
Continue Reading (CNN) — ¿¿Viste el tuit de Joe Biden?? Sí, el presidente de Estados Unidos estaba levantado y tuiteando a las 7:45 de la mañana del viernes. ¡Y hombre, qué tuit! Era un videoclip de 30 segundos del discurso de Biden en la toma de posesión el miércoles, en el que el presidente número 46 dijo
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Last year brought many lows and few highs, but a marijuana dispensary in Michigan is hoping to change that. To help stem the coronavius pandemic, Greenhouse of Walled Lake is offering free pre-rolled joints to anyone who gets the Covid-19 vaccine. “We’re all stressed out, but the vaccine is hopefully what’s going to finally end
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Uruguay Luis Lacalle Pou anunció este viernes que el país cerró un acuerdo con Pfizer y Sinovac para la compra de vacunas contra el covid-19. «Al mismo tiempo estamos negociando la compra de más vacunas con otros proveedores», escribió el mandatario en su cuenta de Twitter. El mandatario no
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Chile, Sebastián Piñera, anunció este viernes que el país comenzará la vacunación masiva contra el covid-19 a partir de finales de este mes. Piñera explicó en cadena nacional que el jueves 28 de enero llegarán al país «casi dos millones de dosis de vacunas Sinovac y el domingo 31
Continue Reading Actor Gregory Sierra, best known for his roles in “Sanford and Son” and “Barney Miller,” died on January 4 from cancer, his widow Helene Tabor confirmed to CNN Friday. He was 83. “He was quite wonderful, and my heart is broken into 400 million pieces,” Tabor said. The cancer persisted “for quite a while and
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported its biggest one-day increase in Covid-19 vaccinations Friday as more states said they are struggling with vaccine supply. The CDC said Friday that nearly 1.6 million more doses of the vaccines have been administered, bringing the total of doses given to more than 19 million. And
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Stress levels may be high these days, but did you know that what we choose to eat can help to reduce stress, ultimately allowing us to take charge of our mental health? “Instead of thinking of food as ‘stress eating’ or ‘guilty pleasures,’ we can think of using food to shape the lens in how
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A New York zoo has welcomed a baby red kangaroo with a rare condition that left park employees shocked. Cosmo, the newest joey at Animal Adventure Park, was born with leucism, an incredibly rare condition that causes the partial loss of pigmentation in an animal’s skin and fur. Unlike albinism, leucism does not cause a
Continue Reading States may be scrambling for vaccines now, but the United States could see additional Covid-19 vaccines by the end of March, if not sooner. Millions of vaccine doses could be added to the pipeline in the coming months, perhaps easing the squeeze that Americans have felt as vaccines slowly start rolling out. Janssen, the vaccine
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EL PASO, Texas – It was a win the UTEP Miners desperately needed in order to get their season back on track. Friday night at the Don Haskins Center, UTEP defeated the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs by a final score of 82-74. The victory over the Bulldogs snapped UTEP’s three game losing streak. The Miners were
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President Joe Biden spent his first week in office trying to convince the nation to see themselves not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans united in defeating the pandemic. Then on Friday night, the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump got a formal date on the calendar, complicating every bipartisan goal on the
Continue Reading A Georgia man was arrested and charged with scamming almost $1 million from a grocery store and using it to buy clothes, guns and cars, police said. Tre Brown, 19, was arrested January 14 after he allegedly created false returns at the Kroger store where he worked in Duluth, Georgia, according to a news release
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Un inmigrante salvadoreño pasó más de tres años refugiado en un santuario dentro de los terrenos de una iglesia en Carolina del Norte. Este viernes, finalmente empezó su regreso a casa. José Chicas, de 55 años, dice que las nuevas políticas del gobierno de Biden le dan ahora la oportunidad de dejar el
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The Mega Millions jackpot — drawn Friday night — is no longer in the millions. The jackpot is estimated to be worth a staggering $1 billion. That’s just $500 million shy of the highest Mega Millions jackpot ever — $1.537 billion, all won by one ticket holder in South Carolina. The winning numbers were 4,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– República Dominicana se mantuvo como destino de turismo médico durante la pandemia de covid-19, con un número creciente de personas que han visitado el país para someterse a cirugías plásticas. Según reportan médicos consultados por CNN, en el segundo semestre de 2020 se triplicó la cantidad de esos procedimientos quirúrgicos. En lugar
Continue Reading His predecessor tweeted insults and made menacing threats against America’s allies but US President Joe Biden proved just as formidable for Canada with a stroke of pen. In his first few hours in office Wednesday, Biden made Canada the first foreign casualty of his campaign promises and revoked the construction permit for the Keystone XL
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