Vaccine distribution in states and cities across the US are slowing down because of winter storms that have left more than a third of the continental US with below-zero temperatures Monday. The severe winter weather sparked emergency declarations in at least seven states, including Alabama, Oregon, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi and Texas. Here are the
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Search and rescue teams are heading Brunswick County, North Carolina to help find missing people after a tornado ripped through the area, leaving a trail of damage early Tuesday morning. “As of about 1 am, our Regional Response Team (RRT-2) was requested by state EM to respond to Brunswick County to assist with locating missing
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(CNN) — En Texas, el gobernador pidió ayuda a la Guardia Nacional. En Kansas, el gobernador pidió a los residentes que hicieran todo lo posible para conservar energía. En Kentucky, funcionarios estatales dijeron que la gente debe ser cautelosa ya que se acerca un clima invernal más gélido. Casi 154 millones de personas en Estados
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Kudos to everyone who has been doubling down on mask wearing and social distancing. Health experts say your efforts are paying off. But with only 4% of the US population fully vaccinated, experts say Americans must continue safety precautions at full force to prevent highly contagious variants from undoing all the progress. Researchers reported Sunday
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The bitter Cardiff cold, the dawn half-light, and the radio-static pulse of callouts are the same as every shift over the past year, but as paramedic Angie Dymott and her colleague Lynda Stephens climb into their ambulance one recent morning, something small, but vital has changed. There have been very few Covid-19 emergency calls in
Continue Reading Sao Paulo (CNN) — El presidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, ha sido durante mucho tiempo un defensor de los medicamentos cloroquina e hidroxicloroquina para curar el covid-19, a pesar de múltiples estudios que muestran que no son efectivos. Ahora, los documentos muestran que su gobierno gastó fondos de emergencia en los medicamentos y continuó produciéndolos
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EL PASO, Texas — One person was injured Monday night when a pickup truck crashed into a wall in a residential neighborhood in El Paso’s Upper Valley in what was an apparent hit-and-run case. Police crime scene tape was erected to shut off the 5200 block of White Oak Drive at Post Oak, where the
Continue Reading Two people died in separate avalanches in Colorado on Sunday, the latest in a series of deadly avalanches that have already claimed the lives of 17 others across seven states this year. The fatalities mark the fifth and sixth avalanche deaths in the state in 2021, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) A
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Is it possible to make bars safe in a pandemic? One experiment in Scotland last summer went flat, according to new research published Monday in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Despite guidance from the government and efforts on the part of bar owners to implement safety measures, customers and staff alike failed
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EL PASO, Texas – The Catholic Diocese of El Paso will remain at 25 percent capacity for mass on Ash Wednesday, which is this Wednesday. The Diocese made the announcement in a statement issued Monday night. Ash Wednesday is the official start of Lent leading up to Easter, and the Diocese said it will remain
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EL PASO, Texas — Immunize El Paso says it is waiting on the state of Texas to allow it to vaccinate more area residents against Covid-19. To date the healthcare clinic has vaccinated 2,000 El Pasoans with their first and second doses. “We received our initial vaccine allocation in the beginning of January, we’ve already
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The FBI is investigating some of his followers. Others are already in custody and facing decades in prison if convicted of federal charges connected to the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. But the national leader of the extremist Oath Keepers group is carrying on as before. He might even be emboldened. “You gotta declare this regime to be
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. “We’re back,” Mark Preston said on the phone from Wisconsin Monday night. “The CNN town halls are back.” President Biden will be fielding questions from Wisconsinites at a CNN town hall Tuesday at 9 p.m.
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A Republican donor who gave $2.5 million for a voter fraud investigation by a conservative nonprofit has come to regret his decision and doubt the conspiracy theories that fueled the effort, The Washington Post reported Monday. Court records and interviews conducted by the Post show donor Fred Eshelman has worked to get his millions back
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cuando se trata de gestos románticos intensos, Machine Gun Kelly puede haber estado buscando inspiración en Billy Bob Thornton y Angelina Jolie. El rapero, cantante y compositor de 30 años, nacido con el nombre de Colson Baker, reveló que lleva algo de la sangre de su novia Megan Fox alrededor del cuello. View this
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Menos de un mes después de asumir el cargo, el presidente de EE.UU. Joe Biden participará en un foro ciudadano de CNN en Milwaukee, Wisconsin. El mandatario responderá preguntas de los estadounidenses, mientras la nación lucha por contener la pandemia de coronavirus y reactivar una economía en problemas. El programa, llamado «CNN Presidential
Continue Reading Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is at the center of an escalating controversy over deaths in nursing homes, how they were counted and how they handled requests for that data. Cuomo was lauded early in the outbreak for his forthright news conferences and passionate pleas for more medical equipment from the federal government. He
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Vaccine distribution in states and cities across the US are slowing down because of winter storms that have left more than a third of the continental US with below-zero temperatures Monday. The severe winter weather sparked emergency declarations in at least seven states, including Alabama, Oregon, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi and Texas. Here are the
Continue Reading Immediately following his impeachment acquittal, former President Donald Trump issued a statement saying his movement “has only just begun.” He is right about one thing: Something has only just begun, but it’s not another chapter of the conspiracies and lies to which Trump clings. The movement that just got kicked into high gear is an
Continue Reading The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating whether employees were involved in sharing or creating an offensive Valentine’s Day-themed image making light of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last year. The post in question was described to CNN by an LAPD official as using an image of Floyd with the
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EL PASO, Texas – The New Mexico State volleyball team dropped set one but dominated the next three for a 20-25, 25-20, 25-13, 25-20, WAC win over Grand Canyon at Memorial Gym in El Paso. This was the 25th-straight WAC win for the Aggies. “We were a little shell shocked early on,” said head coach Mike
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UPDATE, March 5: CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A 40-year-old man suspected of running over a Las Cruces police officer last month has been killed in a shootout with Mexican law enforcement in Juárez, officials said Friday. Mark James Esquibel died in an exchange of gunfire with authorities on Thursday; that gun battle also killed a
Continue Reading Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday rebuked Donald Trump‘s incitement of the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol while doubling down on his vote to acquit the former President of the charge. “There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility,” McConnell wrote in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal of
Continue Reading State Republican parties are taking action against GOP lawmakers who have reprimanded former President Donald Trump. Some of the senators and representatives who voted in favor of Trump’s impeachment or conviction have been or are facing censure from their state party, underscoring the hold Trump continues to have over the Republican base. Pennsylvania Sen. Pat
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EL PASO, Texas — The winter storm and bone-chilling temps may have kept many El Pasoans indoors, but for those required to work outdoors – it was not going to stop them from clocking in. “I put some boots on, double socks, gloves, put some latex gloves underneath my gloves so my hands wouldn’t get
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EL PASO, Texas — A winter storm rolled through the Borderland Sunday bringing snow and freezing temperatures into Monday. Around El Paso, pets were left outside to freeze causing Animal Services to issue 70 citations, according to a spokesperson. Animal Services had 15 animal protections officers roaming the street and responding to calls Sunday and
Continue Reading The Senate’s impeachment proceedings just put a big spotlight on the 2022 North Carolina US Senate race. GOP Sen. Richard Burr’s surprise vote to convict former President Donald Trump isn’t sitting well with the Republicans in his home state. Burr’s state party voted to censure him, but that’s less of an issue — after all,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Homeless men and women braved the bitter cold Sunday night with damp blankets, thin tents and cardboard boxes. “We are homeless, but we are still human beings just like everyone else,” said Andre Caldera. “I’m a teenager,” said Dante Rivera, who has lived on the streets for two months. “I
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s acquittal in the Senate’s impeachment trial — and the backlash now facing Republicans who voted to convict him — have exposed the deepening rift within the GOP over whether to continue to fully embrace the former President or seek to move past his divisive brand of politics. The immediate aftermath of Trump’s trial
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Junior libero Hula Crisostomo reminded the team of what they were capable of after the Miners lost in five sets yesterday. Six months ago, UTEP upset a top-15 team and reigning Sun Belt Conference Champion Texas State in four sets following a defeat the day before. “Hey, we lost to Texas State in five sets
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