ARLINGTON, Texas — Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez added the WBO super-middleweight belt to his burgeoning collection, defeating Billy Joe Saunders in front of a record-breaking 73,126 crowd inside Texas’ AT&T Stadium. The attendance figure set an all-time record for an indoor US boxing event — breaking the previous record set in 1978 when Muhammad Ali beat
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Two women and a 4-year-old girl, believed to be innocent bystanders, were wounded in a shooting at New York’s Times Square on Saturday, according to New York police. Shots rang out at about 4:55 p.m. near 45th Street and 7th Avenue, and police officers already in the area responded, New York Police Department Commissioner Dermot
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Even as Congress raced to rescue the nation from the coronavirus pandemic last spring, Republican lawmakers were raising red flags about expanding unemployment benefits — particularly providing the jobless with a weekly federal supplement worth hundreds of dollars. Now, as the country seeks to emerge from the outbreak that has left millions of Americans out
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As a child, musician Devon Gilfillian remembers his father, a professional wedding singer, harmonizing with Marvin Gaye’s iconic “What’s Going On” album in their living room. While the groove of the music was palpable, the lyrics were lost on a young Gilfillian. The haunting questions of the song resurfaced to Gilfillian, now 31, following the
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(CNN) — La familia Obama anunció este sábado que su amado perro Bo murió. «Ha sido una tarde difícil para nuestra familia. Nos despedimos de nuestro mejor amigo, nuestro perro, Bo, después de una batalla contra el cáncer», dijo la ex primera dama Michelle Obama en un comunicado publicado en Instagram este sábado. La familia Obama
Continue Reading (CNN) — Al menos 30 personas murieron y otras 52 resultaron heridas en una explosión cerca de una escuela secundaria de mujeres en la capital Afganistán, Kabul, dijeron funcionarios afganos este sábado. El Ministerio de Interior (MOI) informó que la explosión ocurrió cerca de la escuela Sayeed-ul-Shuhada en el área de Dasht-e-Barchi, este sábado por
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No charges will be brought against two Walnut Creek, California, police officers who fatally shot a 23-year-old Black man in June 2019. The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office announced Friday it had concluded there was insufficient evidence to prosecute the two officers who shot Miles Hall, whose family has said he was in the midst
Continue Reading Several weeks after world health officials declared the coronavirus a pandemic, 40-year-old Sheri McCaskill decided to apply to a master’s program in public health. The decision, McCaskill said, stemmed partly from the sudden heightened awareness about the importance of public health as the virus spread in the US. “I started to see a lot more
Continue Reading It appears that Aubrey Plaza has married her longtime boyfriend, director Jeff Baena. Plaza, 36, known for playing April Ludgate on the NBC comedy series “Parks and Recreation,” referred to Baena, 43, as her husband for the first time on Instagram on Friday. Her revelation came while announcing her role in Baena’s new movie “Spin
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – It was no secret that defending 5A champion Las Cruces High was underseeded in this year’s state tournament. And they nearly proved it tenfold in Saturday’s title game, but a 4th quarter run from Cleveland put that notion as well as potential repeat to bed. Tre Foster’s bucket with eight seconds
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EL PASO, Texas – Saturday marked the last day of bi-district rounds for El Paso-area baseball teams in search of advancing in the UIL state Tournament. For teams that won their games or series, they move on to the Area Round (Regional Quarterfinal) next week. 6A Americas 9 – Frenship 7 (Americas advances to area
Continue Reading A rare lobster almost ended up as someone’s dinner at a Red Lobster restaurant in Virginia before employees recognized its uniqueness and rescued it. The male calico lobster, named Freckles by the Red Lobster team in Manassas, arrived at the restaurant on April 25 as part of its Maine lobster delivery. When team members recognized
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EL PASO, Texas – The crowd at Southwest University Park was capped at 70% for Saturday night’s season-opener vs. New Mexico United. But from the constant sound and energy, it felt a lot like 100%. Playing in front of more than half capacity for the first time in two years, Locomotive FC started slow but
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The seven-day average of Covid-19 vaccines administered in the United States has dipped below 2 million per day for the first time since early March — a sign of the continued decline in demand for coronavirus immunizations. According to data published Saturday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the seven-day average of
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EL PASO, Texas — A stabbing late Saturday night in northeast El Paso left a victim critically wounded, police said. It happened in the 11210 block of Sean Haggerty Drive. Police summoned Crimes Against Persons investigators to the scene just before 11 p.m. The victim was rushed to a local hospital with what authorities said
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Locomotive may have only come away with a 1-1 draw against New Mexico United on Saturday night, but the real victory was having fans in the stands at 70% capacity for the first time in two years at Southwest University Park. There were first-timers, die-hards and some even
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EL PASO, Texas – The city of El Paso hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the brand new Valle Bajo Community Center and Library this weekend. The new facility was funded through the 2021 Qualify of Life Bond program. The city allocated $33 million to create three new community centers, including this one. The library
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan authorities say a bomb exploded near a girls’ school in a majority Shiite district of west Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 50 people, many of them young pupils between 11 and 15 years old, witth another 100 injured. The Taliban has condemned the attack and denied any responsibility. Ambulances
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BEIJING, China — An out-of-control Chinese rocket plunged out of orbit Saturday night and re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, according to China’s space agency. The Long March 5B carrier rocket had an estimated landing area of 72.47°E longitude and 2.65°N latitude, just west of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, China’s National Space Agency said in a post on
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s space agency says a core segment of its biggest rocket re-entered Earth’s atmosphere above the Maldives and most of it has burned up early Sunday.
Continue Reading A woman raises a toast in a photo that appears to show four friends enjoying dinner together. The reality couldn’t be more different. The woman in the white ruffled shirt is Zumrat Dawut, an ethnic Uyghur from Urumqi, who fled China in 2019 to escape the alleged repression of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. Her four
Continue Reading Four-year-old Noah Ruiz loves two things: Popsicles and SpongeBob. And when he discovered both objects of his passion had been combined into one fruity and delicious icy treat, he did the only sensible thing: he ordered them. To be exact, he ordered 918 of them. From his mom’s Amazon Prime account. Without telling her. Noah’s
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un gran cohete chino fuera de control está listo para volver a entrar en la atmósfera de la Tierra este fin de semana y causa preocupación antes de que sus escombros impacten en algún lugar del planeta. Se espera que el cohete Long March 5B, que mide alrededor de 30 metros de alto
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A cyberattack forced the temporary shut down of one of the US’ largest pipelines Friday, highlighting already heightened concerns over the vulnerabilities in the nation’s critical infrastructure. The operator, Colonial Pipeline, said Saturday that the incident involves ransomware. The attack comes amid rising concerns over the cybersecurity vulnerabilities in America’s critical infrastructure following recent incidents,
Continue Reading The Obamas announced Saturday that their beloved family dog Bo has died. “This afternoon was a difficult one for our family. We said goodbye to our best friend —our dog, Bo — after a battle with cancer,” former first lady Michelle Obama said in a statement posted to Instagram Saturday. The Obama family got Bo
Continue Reading “Saturday Night Live” has made some odd host picks over its history. The long-running NBC variety show’s Studio 8H stage has been graced by the likes of Ralph Nader, Steve Forbes, Rudy Giuliani, George Steinbrenner and, famously, Donald Trump. That off-kilter tradition continues Saturday when Elon Musk, the eccentric tech billionaire, will host the show.
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IndyCar Series driver Robert Wickens has experienced a lot in the past three years: a paralyzing crash in 2018, regaining strength to have his first dance at his wedding in 2019, and returning to the racetrack — virtually — in 2020. Now, in 2021, he has just driven a real race car for the first
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The State Department on Saturday announced the winners of the 2022 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, also known as “The Green Card Lottery.” The program benefits upwards of 55,000 people per year, allowing winners to apply for visas from countries with lower levels of immigration to the US. This year’s program has taken on new meaning
Continue Reading Three people are dead and another was injured in a shooting and fire at a townhome Saturday morning just outside Baltimore, officials said. Police and fire crews responded to calls of “an active fire, as well as an active shooter” around 6:40 a.m. in Woodlawn, Baltimore County Police spokesperson Joy Stewart said. “Our officers responded
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UPDATE, May 13: A judge on Thursday granted release on $35,000 secured bond to a Las Cruces man facing 62 felony charges involving child crimes. Third District Court Judge Richard Jaquez rejected a request by prosecutors to keep Johnny Pacheco, 48, jailed until trial. Pacheco is accused of sexually assaulting a teen girl over a several
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