The healthcare workers watching from afar as rich countries begin vaccine rollout
Dr. Alfonso Velandia starts each hospital shift by counting his troops in the battle against coronavirus. The 46-year-old emergency specialist…
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Fatal shooting of police officer in New Mexico leads to a 40-mile chase and shootout
The fatal shooting of a New Mexico State Police officer Thursday led to a high-speed chase that ended in a shootout with the suspect. State Police…
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Well-known infectious disease expert resigns as Del Sol’s chief medical officer
EL PASO, Texas — It’s official, Dr. Ogechika Alozie is leaving El Paso’s Del Sol Medical Center. Alozie, a well-respected infectious disease…
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Southern New Mexico has 3 of state’s 17 latest Covid deaths
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials reported 565 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and 17 more deaths Thursday, raising the state’s totals…
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‘I hope it’s not Super Bowl-Spreader Sunday’: Weekly Check-in with TTUHSC’s Dr. Michelson
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Every week, ABC-7 anchor Mauricio Casillas will speak to Dr. Edward Michelson. Dr. Michelson is the chairman of the…
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UTEP soccer comes up short at Arizona State, 3-1, in the season opener
TEMPE, Arizona – The UTEP soccer team took the pitch for its first regular-season match in over a year. In the first match of the unique season, the…
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Biden’s foreign policy is a revolutionary change from the Trump era
In the first two weeks of the Joe Biden presidency, through the medium of Thursday’s powerful speech, sweeping executive orders, a raft of…
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‘There is real teeth to this’; Legal experts way in on Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. “This is the…
Continue Reading Kuaishou stock pops 160% in Hong Kong IPO
Kuaishou’s stock more than doubled in value Friday as the TikTok-like video app scored the world’s biggest IPO since the coronavirus…
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Prosecutors charge 3 men for alleged actions against law enforcement during Capitol riot
Federal prosecutors have charged three men, in three states, for their alleged actions against law enforcement officers during the Capitol riot and…
Continue Reading San Quentin prison fined more than $400,000 after deadly Covid-19 outbreak
San Quentin State Prison, where a deadly coronavirus outbreak was reported last summer, has been fined more than $400,000 by the California…
Continue Reading Fact check: Breaking down Capitol accusations made against and made by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York has been mocked and criticized by some Republicans and conservatives over a vivid story she told…
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Some states begin easing restrictions as Covid-19 hospitalizations and cases decrease
There is some encouraging news in the fight against Covid-19 as more vaccines are being distributed and several states announced they will ease…
Continue Reading Winter weather leads to 40-car pile-up in Iowa, people stranded by ice floes in Wisconsin
Thursday brought havoc to the roads in Iowa and left dozens of people stranded by ice floes in Wisconsin, with a powerful winter storm showing no…
Continue Reading The fight over Marjorie Taylor Greene poses a threat to the entire country
The civil war raging inside the GOP may look like a problem for the Republican Party, but it is much more. It is a flashing red light for the entire…
Continue Reading Wisconsin teachers put on administrative leave after asking students how they would ‘punish’ slaves
Teachers at a Wisconsin middle school have been placed on administrative leave after an unapproved lesson about slavery upset families. Sixth graders…
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Donald Trump ya no forma parte del sindicato de actores SAG-AFTRA: renunció (antes de que lo sacaran)
(CNN) — No querÃa que lo despidieran, asà que renunció. El expresidente Donald Trump presentó el jueves su renuncia al SAG-AFTRA, sindicato que…
Continue Reading More than 1,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses were spoiled, Florida health officials say
An audit by Florida’s Palm Beach County Health Care District revealed that 1,160 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine were spoiled…
Continue Reading White House to leave any intelligence requests from Trump to intel community
The Biden White House says the intelligence community will review any incoming requests for intelligence briefings from former President Donald…
Continue Reading Amanda Gorman’s journey to the inauguration and Super Bowl came with the help of a unique group of mentors
In 2014, Amanda Gorman was a budding young poet in Los Angeles. As the then 16-year-old practiced reciting her poem “We Dragonflies” on…
Continue Reading Marjorie Taylor Greene has been stripped of her committee assignments. What’s next?
The Democrat-led House of Representatives voted on Thursday to remove Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, but that…
Continue Reading Marjorie Taylor Greene’s history of dangerous conspiracy theories and comments
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing intense backlash for indicating support for political violence and pushing wild conspiracy theories and…
Continue Reading Chief of staff: White House hopes to revive Trump plan to mail masks to Americans
The Biden administration is hoping to resurrect a proposal from the Trump administration to mail face masks to every American in an attempt to stop…
Continue Reading House votes to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee assignments
The House voted Thursday evening to remove Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, a decisive step that comes in the…
Continue Reading Wisconsin teachers put on administrative leave after racially insensitive lesson on slavery
Teachers at a Wisconsin middle school have been placed on administrative leave after an unapproved lesson about slavery upset families. Sixth graders…
Continue Reading Trump quickly rejects impeachment managers’ request for testimony at impeachment trial
The House impeachment managers on Thursday requested Donald Trump testify at his upcoming Senate impeachment trial, in a dramatic move to try to get…
Continue Reading Prosecutors push to add third-degree murder charges against officers in George Floyd case
Prosecutors in Minnesota filed a motion Thursday asking a district court judge to reinstate a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis…
Continue Reading ¿Cómo y dónde ver el Super Bowl? Esta es la guÃa que debes tener para el gran juego
(CNN Español)– El Centro para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades en Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), recomendó a las…
Continue Reading Rochester mother of 9-year-old who was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed notifies city she intends to sue
The mother of a 9-year-old girl who was pepper-sprayed and handcuffed by Rochester police officers last month has notified the city and police…
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