Television journalist Roger Mudd, who was once Walter Cronkite’s primary substitute at CBS, died Tuesday at his home in Fairfax County, Virginia, his family said. Mudd’s son Jonathan told CNN his father died of complications related to kidney failure. He was 93 years old. Mudd began his television career in the 1950s in Richmond, Virginia,
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Facing a recall effort that has threatened his political future, California Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged Tuesday night the fatigue and frustration that many Californians are feeling after a year of sacrifices. But the Democratic governor insisted in his State of the State address that California is on a path to recovery as Covid-19 cases decline,
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EL PASO, Texas — Restaurants throughout Texas will have the green light to open their doors fully on Wednesday as Gov. Greg Abbott lifts occupancy pandemic restrictions. The decision on whether to open up fully rests solely on the individual restaurant owners though, and in El Paso there has been a mixed response. Pamela Azaeta,
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The Chinese government’s alleged actions in Xinjiang have violated every single provision in the United Nations’ Genocide Convention, according to an independent report by more than 50 global experts in international law, genocide and the China region. The report, released Tuesday by the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy think tank in Washington DC, claimed
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UPDATE, March 15: Due to damage from a weekend windstorm, the El Paso County Coliseum said it was postponing the “Under the Stars” Drive-In movies scheduled for March 19, March 20, March 26, March 27, April 2, and April 3. Coliseum officials said once the screens can be repaired, they will announce the rescheduled dates for movies this spring and summer.
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EL PASO, Texas — Actor Chadwick Boseman died last August from colorectal cancer. With March being Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, here are answers to some of the questions you may have about the disease. ABC-7 spoke with Dr. Jaime Gomez, a board-certified colon and rectal surgeon with The Hospitals of Providence. We started by asking
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(CNN) –– Revelaron la lista de nominados a los prestigiosos premios BAFTA de Gran Bretaña este martes. Y este año es notablemente más diversa, justamente tras controversia de 2020 por la falta de representación. Más de la mitad de los 24 nominados en las categorías de actuación provienen de minorías étnicas. Entre ellos, Daniel Kaluuya
Continue Reading The mayor of Maui has asked some residents to evacuate and others to shelter in place due to flooding that threatened to cause a dam failure earlier Monday and has already damaged or destroyed at least half a dozen homes. The Maui Fire Department reported it received more than a dozen calls for help from
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NBA player Meyers Leonard issued an apology Tuesday after a video appeared to show him using an anti-Semitic slur while livestreaming a video game. Leonard, a forward for the Miami Heat, was playing “Call of Duty: Warzone” on Monday when he said: “F**king cowards. Don’t f**king snipe at me. You k*** b*tch.” The video was
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While Donald Trump has long championed himself as a master real estate tycoon, talk to anyone familiar with how he built his fortune and they will tell you that the key to his success wasn’t buying buildings. It was in agreeing to license his name — literally — to a variety of buildings, reality TV
Continue Reading Kia is issuing a recall for nearly 380,000 Sportage SUVs and Cadenza sedans due to a problem that could cause them to catch fire. Until the problem has been fixed, Kia and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are warning owners to keep the vehicles parked outside and away from their homes and other buildings
Continue Reading President Joe Biden’s signature will not appear on the stimulus checks expected to be sent to Americans once the Covid stimulus plan is passed, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday. Physical stimulus checks sent to American households last year included a note on the bottom left with then-President Donald Trump’s name. Individuals receiving
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Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (KFSM) — Dekota Harvey pled guilty to two counts of capital murder and one count of attempted capital murder in court on Tuesday (March 9). Harvey, 24, was arrested for the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Elizabeth Dawson at a Fayetteville apartment complex in 2019. He’s also
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GULF SHORES, Alabama (WALA) — A high risk of rip currents began along the Alabama and Northwest Florida coasts Tuesday night, with the dangerous surf conditions expected to continue through the week. Lifeguards tell FOX10 News they’ll likely put up single red flags Wednesday morning, warning people of
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The Haslam family (top left), the Hernandez family (top right), the Richard sisters (bottom left) and the Costin family (bottom right). LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Four families, four unique situations. Tens of thousands of Las Cruces students are eager to return to the classroom on April 5th. However, thousands do not feel safe attending
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Jessica Johanna Oseguera González, hija del líder de Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias «El Mencho», se declarará culpable en Estados Unidos. La negra, como se le conoce, enfrenta cinco cargos por apoyar actividades ilícitas de tráfico de estupefacientes mediante transacciones con entidades vetadas por el gobierno de Estados Unidos.
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Beyoncé is showing love for Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. The superstar singer on Tuesday posted to her website a message of support, writing, “Thank you Meghan for your courage and leadership. We are all strengthened and inspired by you.” Beyoncé’s message comes just days after Meghan and Prince Harry’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, in
Continue Reading Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin plans to speak with West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin after Colin Kahl, the Biden administration’s nominee for the top policy job at the Pentagon, came under fire from Republicans for tweets criticizing several Trump administration defense policy decisions. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Austin plans on calling Manchin, a
Continue Reading President Joe Biden on Tuesday continued his string of pro-union actions since entering the White House by calling for the House to pass a bill to make it easier for employees to unionize. Biden strongly encouraged the House of Representatives to pass the so-called “PRO Act,” a bill that he said would encourage unions and
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The league’s coaches have spoken and Tuesday morning it was revealed that a trio of NM State men’s basketball players are on the receiving end of some All-Western Athletic Conference (WAC) honors. Redshirt junior guard Jabari Rice earned a spot on the All-WAC Second Team, senior guard Clayon Henry carved
Continue Reading Come on, man! The first shelter dog to live in the White House, Major the German Shepherd, has entered and exited as if through a revolving door. As someone in one of the nearly 60% (depending on who you ask) US households that own a pet, I’m not happy with President Joe Biden and first
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Some celebrated when the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came out with its long-awaited guidelines for the fully vaccinated Monday. Others were hoping for more, especially about travel. With daily new cases hovering around the 60,000 mark and the threat of variants spreading, navigating the pandemic is admittedly tricky, even for the fully
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EL PASO, Texas – No. 5 Western Division-seed UTEP (12-11, 8-8) will take on no. 4 Eastern Division-seed Florida Atlantic (12-9, 7-5) at the 2021 Conference USA Men’s Basketball Championship on Wednesday, March 10. The Miners and Owls are set to tipoff at 8:30 p.m. CT/7:30 MT at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Fans
Continue Reading President Joe Biden, along with other Democrats, have voiced support for an increase in the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour. But recent attempts — including a Senate vote on Friday to include a minimum wage hike in the President’s Covid relief package — have all failed. Still, progressive lawmakers and activists
Continue Reading Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved the request of the US Capitol Police to keep nearly 2,300 National Guard troops to support security efforts around the Capitol through May 23, the Defense Department said in a statement Tuesday evening. There are approximately 5,100 Guard members currently operating around the Capitol, so this level is nearly a
Continue Reading Buckingham Palace broke its silence Tuesday evening over Harry and Meghan’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, saying in a statement on behalf of the Queen that allegations of racism made by the Sussexes were concerning and being “taken very seriously.” “The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last
Continue Reading Clearview AI, the controversial firm behind facial-recognition software used by law enforcement, is being sued in California by two immigrants’ rights groups to stop the company’s surveillance technology from proliferating in the state. The complaint, which was filed Tuesday in California Superior Court in Alameda County, alleges Clearview AI’s software is still used by state
Continue Reading Coastal communities are experiencing sea level rise four times worse than global water rise, according to a new study released Monday. Groundwater pumping, extraction of materials from the ground and sediment production are all happening near the coasts and that is causing the land to actually sink — compounding the effects of a rising sea
Continue Reading (CNN) — El plan de ayuda por covid-19 de US$ 1,9 billones de dólares que impulsa el presidente Joe Biden, y que se espera reciba la aprobación final en la Cámara este miércoles, no solo busca terminar con la pandemia. También representa el esfuerzo directo más extenso en años por enfrentar la pobreza endémica en Estados
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — Por fin tenemos una buena noticia: las perspectivas del crecimiento de la economía mundial mejoran claramente. La Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE) actualizó el martes sus previsiones de crecimiento mundial y el pronóstico tiene una mejora significativa. El organismo indicó que «las perspectivas económicas mejoraron notablemente en los
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