(CNN) — Puede que Pablo Escobar, el narcotraficante más conocido de Colombia, haya muerto en 1993, pero su influencia sigue sintiéndose en el país, a veces de formas inesperadas. Los hipopótamos llevados a Colombia como parte del zoológico privado de Escobar a su finca, Hacienda Nápoles, se han criado con tanto éxito que existe una
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The White House announced early Wednesday that President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to rapper Lil Wayne and a commutation to rapper Kodak Black, two of the raft of pardons and commutations on his final day in office. “President Trump granted a full pardon to Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., also known as ‘Lil Wayne,’”
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump issued a raft of 11th-hour pardons and commutations early Wednesday that included his one-time political strategist, a former top fundraiser and two well-known rappers but not himself or his family. The latest batch of names, released by the White House on Trump’s final night as president, granted 73 pardons and commuted
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a late flurry of clemency action benefiting nearly 150 people, including rap stars and former members of Congress. The pardons and commutations for 143 people, including Bannon, were announced after midnight Wednesday in the final hours of Trump’s White
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The NMSU Aggies are coming home. Tuesday, the New Mexico Governor’s Office announced they are easing restrictions when it comes to college athletics. College teams in New Mexico can now practice in the state, but they still can’t host any games. Since November, the NMSU men’s basketball team has been
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An American Sign Language interpreter who helped keep the deaf community informed during Covid-19 press briefings in Hawaii has died from the virus. Patty Sakal, 62, passed away on Friday morning at Alvarado Hospital Medical Center in La Mesa, California during a trip to visit family, her sister Lorna Mouton Riff told CNN. Her health
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Jack Ma just made his first public appearance in months as his tech empire continues to grapple with challenges from Chinese regulators. The billionaire co-founder of Alibaba resurfaced Wednesday in a video published online by Tianmu News, a subsidiary of the Zhejiang government’s official newspaper. Zhejiang province is home to Hangzhou, the city where Alibaba
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Winds will be strong until late Tuesday night then weaken. The rain is what we are waiting on. Expect it to move in from the south late tonight and tomorrow. We should get a break from the rain by Wednesday night then another wave will move in for Thursday before this system exits Friday. Temps
Continue Reading THE VIRUS OUTBREAK: — Expert panel says both China and the WHO should have acted faster to prevent the pandemic — Surging infections give Spain’s new emergency hospital in Madrid a second chance to prove its worth — Germany’s Merkel meets with state leaders to ponder tougher virus restrictions — High numbers of new infections are making the virus genetically diverse
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials have started anticipating the move to the next phase of Covid-19 vaccinations, making it available to more groups of people. During an El Paso City Council meeting Tuesday, Department of Public Health Director Angela Mora said she expects phase 2 distribution could start in late February or early
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President Donald Trump has decided to pardon his former chief strategist Steve Bannon, in a last-minute decision made only hours before he is scheduled to depart the White House for a final time. Officials cautioned CNN that Trump’s decision was not final until he signed the paperwork. Trump told people that after much deliberation, he
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DES MOINES, Iowa — The Mega Millions jackpot is edging closer to the $1 billion mark after no winner was drawn Tuesday night. The jackpot is now estimated at $970 million for Friday’s drawing. It had stood at an estimated $865 million for Tuesday’s drawing. If hit Friday, it would be the third-largest jackpot in
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump pardoned his former chief strategist Steve Bannon in a last-minute decision made only hours before he was scheduled to depart the White House for the final time. Bannon’s name was on contained a list of 73 pardons and 70 commutations believed to the last batch of the Trump presidency. “Mr. Bannon has been
Continue Reading(CNN) — President Donald Trump has decided to pardon his former chief strategist Steve Bannon, in a last-minute decision made only hours before he is scheduled to depart the White House for a final time. Officials cautioned CNN that Trump’s decision was not final until he signed the paperwork. Trump told people that after much
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, no asistirá el miércoles para ver cómo su sucesor, Joe Biden, toma posesión del cargo, pero su ausencia tendrá poco impacto en lo que puede ser uno de los momentos más importantes de la toma de posesión, la entrega del llamado «balón nuclear». El «balón nuclear», que
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UPDATE, Jan. 22: One of two pedestrians struck and critically hurt on Las Cruces streets last weekend has now died, police said Friday. The victim, 67-year-old Arturo Guillen, died at University Medical Center in El Paso from his injuries. Investigators said Guillen was crossing Amador Avenue near an intersection when he was struck by a
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I can finally feel myself beginning to unclench my jaw, drop my shoulders, and exhale. The past four years have felt like a lifetime. That 2016 satirical newspaper front page imagining how bad a Donald Trump presidency would be? It radically underestimated things. The Boston Globe predicted mass deportations, riots in the streets, markets sinking
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WASHINGTON, DC — As President Donald Trump is leaving office, just 1 in 10 Americans say the coronavirus pandemic in the United States is mostly under control, despite the departing president’s assertions that record case levels are exaggerations, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. As of Tuesday, the virus had infected more than 24 million
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A group of House conservatives is pushing to challenge Liz Cheney‘s role as conference chairwoman, trying to force a special meeting to discuss her future as the No. 3 House Republican. In a draft of the petition, which was obtained by CNN, conservatives are calling on Cheney for a special meeting “to discuss a resolution
Continue Reading Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the State Department, said Tuesday that he plans to swiftly appoint an LGBTI envoy, allow embassies to fly the pride flag and formally repudiate the findings of the controversial “Commission on Unalienable Rights.” Taken together, Blinken’s comments during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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UPDATE, Jan. 20: A shipping snafu over the MLK holiday that left UTEP without an expected shipment of nearly 1,000 coronavirus vaccine doses has been resolved, officials said Wednesday, indicating the vaccinations were on their way and would be delivered soon. “Some good news. We now have shipping confirmation for our first delivery of 975
Continue ReadingAs President Donald Trump prepares to leave Washington, D.C. for a post-presidential life in Florida, he has indicated that he wants an elaborate sendoff. A color guard, a military band and a red carpet are among the pomp and circumstance under consideration, an administration official told CNN. Another idea that’s being floated: a 21-gun salute.
Continue Reading Netflix — which was founded in 1997 as a rental company that sent you DVDs in the mail — crossed a major milestone on Tuesday, further solidifying itself as one of the most influential companies in Hollywood. The streaming service said it now has more than 200 million subscribers globally, after adding 8.5 million subscribers
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico has now confirmed nearly 165,000 Covid-19 infections since the pandemic began while deaths are approaching the 3,000 mark. That includes a Doña Ana County woman in her 30s and another in her 70s who were among the 20 additional deaths reported Tuesday. The number of people hospitalized in New
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for defense secretary, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, pledged on Tuesday that he will “uphold the principle of civilian control of the military” if confirmed to the post. The vow comes as Austin must overcome objections from some lawmakers about allowing a recently retired general to assume the top civilian post at
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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Homework; for many of us adults, it’s been eons since we had school assignments. Now 13-year-old twins in southwest suburbs want to give Illinois lawmakers a big project. CBS 2 Morning Insider Lauren Victory explains. It’s below freezing in mid-January, but two St. Dominic Catholic
Continue Reading The Justice Department has notified Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina that it has closed the insider trading investigation into him. “Tonight, the Department of Justice informed me that it has concluded its review of my personal financial transactions conducted early last year,” Burr said in a statement. “The case is now closed. I’m
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A local organization is serving awareness about racial and social injustices — through something sweet. In 2014, Rose McGee was coping with grief and anger over the death of Michael Brown. She turned to what she knew: baking. “She brought the pies down to share
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The quarantine controversy over tennis’ Australian Open has raised questions about whether large-scale international sporting events can take place in the middle of a pandemic and could offer a preview of the difficulties facing this summer’s Tokyo Olympics. Players arriving in the Australian state of Victoria have been placed into a 14-day quarantine ahead of
Continue Reading (CNN) — El covid-19 ha obligado a muchos estadounidenses a quedarse en casa y quedarse quietos. Sin embargo, a pesar de que menos personas condujeron durante los primeros seis meses de la pandemia, crecieron los hábitos de conducción más arriesgados, lo que provocó un aumento preocupante de los accidentes fatales, muestran datos preliminares. La Administración
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