Click here for updates on this story AURORA, Colorado (KCNC) — An Aurora police officer, Daniel Bertelson, sent a department-wide email this month as he announced his retirement, offering some barbs and harsh assessments of the current climate for law enforcement. “I am leaving Colorado for palm trees and less communism,” wrote Bertelson, who spent
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President Joe Biden’s ambitious plan to send families with kids thousands more dollars starting in July could slash child poverty in half — but only if the federal government can successfully deliver the money to all eligible households. While the vast majority of eligible families will receive the monthly payments automatically, very low-income households who
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UPDATE: El Paso police late Friday released additional details about an early morning stabbing outside a Circle K gas station on the city’s east side. “During a heated altercation, 30–year-old Nestor Alfonso Chavez stabbed 23–year-old Drew Timothy Psihos as the couple was driving on Montwood,” detectives said in a statement. Psihos was hospitalized with serious
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Nueva York (CNN Business) — El mercado de las criptomonedas se estabilizó el jueves y el bitcoin (ARSC) volvió a subir por encima de los US$ 40.000 dólares. Aun así, la moneda digital más grande del mundo ha perdido más del 30% en capitalización de mercado desde su pico a mediados de abril. El mercado
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced two new coronavirus-related deaths and 42 new cases Friday. The latest deaths involve a man in his 60s and a woman in her 70s. El Paso County’s pandemic death toll now stands at 2,601. There are 22 additional suspected Covid-19 deaths currently
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In one week, there were nine cases of Covid-19 in fully vaccinated members of the New York Yankees organization: one player, three coaches and five team staff. The revelation has led to questions about vaccine efficacy and fears of super-strength variant strains. But experts say these cases show the vaccine is working, and testing remains
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May’s “flower” supermoon will grace the sky this Wednesday. This supermoon will be the closest moon to Earth in 2021, according to EarthSky. There are two to four supermoons each year. These lunar events are often a brilliant sight to see because they are brighter and larger than a normal full moon. The definition of
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China’s plan to build its way out of the pandemic is pushing its carbon emissions to record highs, new research has found. The country’s CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and cement production grew 14.5% in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the previous year, according to a Thursday report from the Centre for Research
Continue Reading (CNN) — El creciente bloqueo republicano contra la creación de una comisión bipartidista para investigar la insurrección del Capitolio de Estados Unidos el 6 de enero ha cristalizado la fijación del partido con las elecciones de mitad de período de 2022. Incluso en un asunto grave de seguridad nacional, el Partido Republicano ha llegado a
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Canada’s Corey Conners tamed a windswept Ocean course on Thursday, carding the round of the day to lead by two shots after the opening of the PGA Championship, with former winners Brooks Koepka and Keegan Bradley giving chase. Trying to join Masters champion Mike Weir as the only Canadians to win one of golf’s four
Continue Reading (CNN) — La niña de 11 años que evitó un presunto intento de secuestro contra ella esta semana atribuyó al programa de televisión «Law and Order: Special Victims Unit» una idea rápida que tuvo y que ayudó a las autoridades a identificar al sospechoso. En una entrevista con «Today Show» de NBC, la niña, identificada
Continue Reading After Ronald Greene’s fatal 2019 encounter with the Louisiana State Police, family members said police told them he died in an auto accident. A preliminary investigative report later said that Greene actually died after resisting and struggling with law enforcement after the chase ended in a crash. Now, more than two years later, body camera
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The end is finally near for Internet Explorer, one of Microsoft’s most-reviled products that refused to die. Microsoft announced this week that it will end support for Internet Explorer 11 on June 15, 2022. That final nail in the coffin came after years of flirting with IE’s demise. For example, in August 2020, Microsoft turned
Continue Reading Tencent is pulling in more money and plans on investing more in games and videos, even as Beijing expands its scrutiny of the tech sector. The Chinese gaming and social media giant said Thursday that revenue jumped 25% to 135.3 billion yuan (about $21 billion) for the quarter ended March compared to the same period
Continue Reading The US is reporting some of the lowest Covid-19 metrics in nearly a year and officials say we’re finally turning the corner. But vaccination rates have slowed nationwide and are uneven across American communities. For parts of the US, it will be an uphill battle to get more shots into arms. But experts say that
Continue Reading Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, has lambasted the BBC for contributing “significantly to her fear, paranoia and isolation” felt by his late mother, Princess Diana, in the years before her death, in a rare emotionally charged statement by a royal against the public broadcaster. The Duke’s comments come after the BBC offered an unconditional
Continue Reading An Ohio mother is facing an abuse and neglect complaint for allegedly fabricating her daughter’s terminal illness to “obtain funding for trips, housing, and other expenses of the last several years,” according to a complaint filed with the Stark County Family Court. GoFundMe told CNN that the fundraiser, set up by Lindsey Abbuhl to raise
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EL PASO, Texas – Only three El Paso area teams are left in the hunt for a state title in baseball, Clint, Riverside and Tornillo. Thursday, two of those teams took the field to begin their best of three series in the regional quarterfinals. In Class 4A it was the Clint Lions taking on the
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The battle to expand Medicaid in Missouri has now shifted to the courtroom. A lawsuit was filed Thursday to force GOP Gov. Mike Parson to expand Medicaid on July 1, as voters approved in a ballot measure last year. The move comes a week after Parson said he will not broaden the public health insurance
Continue Reading An Alaska man was able to bind up his wounds and call 911 after being mauled by a brown bear that bit him multiple times on the head. Allen Minish, 61, was conducting a land survey near Gulkana when “he unknowingly walked up on an adult brown bear,” according to a dispatch from Alaska State
Continue Reading An Ohio mother is facing an abuse and neglect complaint for allegedly fabricating her daughter’s terminal illness to “obtain funding for trips, housing, and other expenses of the last several years,” according to a complaint filed with the Stark County Family Court. GoFundMe told CNN that the fundraiser, set up by Lindsey Abbuhl to raise
Continue Reading (CNN) — Después de que la Cámara de Representantes aprobara un proyecto de ley para establecer una comisión que investigue los acontecimientos en torno al 6 de enero, los republicanos del Senado parecen dispuestos a obstaculizar la comisión, ya que pocos republicanos señalan votarían para respaldar a los demócratas.Los demócratas necesitarían que 10 legisladores republicanos
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC has signed former Reno 1868 FC starting goalkeeper Benjamin Beaury for the 2021 USL Championship season, the club announced today. The signing is pending league and federation approval. “Bringing Ben on board makes a lot of sense in the current situation,” explained Head Coach and Technical Director, Mark
Continue Reading CNN anchor Chris Cuomo advised his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on how to respond to sexual harassment allegations — a breach of traditional journalistic ethics that the news network described as “inappropriate.” The Washington Post, which broke the news Thursday afternoon, reported that Cuomo encouraged his brother against resigning during strategy sessions with
Continue Reading Labor Secretary Martin Walsh has denied he was aware of domestic violence allegations against the Boston Police commissioner when he appointed him to that position. Walsh tapped Dennis White for the job shortly after being nominated for labor secretary early this year. White was put on administrative leave just days after his appointment when past
Continue Reading New evidence in the death of Ronald Greene provides more questions than answers surrounding his death in 2019 after a pursuit by Louisiana State Police (LSP). Video obtained by and published by the Associated Press Wednesday now offers a different view of what police say happened to Greene before he died. The video comes about
Continue Reading New York and Maryland both announced lotteries on Thursday for people who get vaccinated against Covid-19, joining Ohio, which last week announced drawings to give away millions of dollars in a bid to boost flagging vaccination rates in the state. New Yorkers who get vaccinated next week from Monday to Friday will be given a
Continue Reading (CNN) — Salma Hayek ha decidido hablar sobre su dura batalla contra el covid-19. En una entrevista reciente con Variety, la actriz mexicana dijo que contrajo el virus al principio de la pandemia y casi termina en el hospital. «Mi médico me suplicó que fuera al hospital porque estaba muy mal», dijo Hayek a la
Continue Reading President Joe Biden — having weathered the first major foreign crisis of his presidency that tested the bounds of his decades-long friendship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — touted Thursday a ceasefire deal that appears to end the bloody 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas. In hastily arranged remarks from the White House delivered
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