EL PASO, Texas — More than 1.8 million people made their way through a Transportation Security Agency checkpoint at airports across the nation this past Sunday, which marked a new pandemic-era record. While these numbers are not as high as the near three million TSA saw on busier days in 2019, it does point to
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EL PASO, Texas — Imagine choosing to put an end to the pursuit of a lifelong dream when it’s closest to becoming a reality. That’s exactly what former UTEP football player Stephen Forester did. “It was a lot easier than I think it seems,” Forester said. Like most Division I college football players, his dream
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(CNN) — Los científicos han rastreado la ubicación de múltiples ráfagas rápidas de radio hasta sus orígenes con la ayuda del telescopio espacial Hubble, y no es lo que esperaban. La causa de estas misteriosas ráfagas de radio de milisegundos de duración en el espacio ha permanecido oculta para los científicos desde que se descubrió
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — The former leader of the state Workforce Solutions Department that oversees unemployment benefits said his resignation in April was linked to threatening messages and incidents at the agency and elsewhere, in a string of Twitter posts Thursday. Former Cabinet Secretary Bill McCamley announced the reasoning behind his decision to resign
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Confederación Sudamericana de Futbol (Conmebol) dijo en un comunicado que por «razones relacionadas al calendario internacional de competiciones y la logística» de la Copa América, es «imposible» aplazar el torneo, tal como lo pidió este jueves el gobierno de Colombia. La competencia está programada a comenzar el 11 de junio próximo
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Federal prosecutors seized 18 electronic devices belonging to Rudy Giuliani and more than one of his employees when they raided his home and office last month, according to a new court filing. The letter, dated April 29, had been previously filed publicly with many redactions. The new filing, with fewer redactions, sheds a little more
Continue Reading The Trump administration secretly sought and obtained the 2017 phone and email records of a CNN correspondent, the latest instance where federal prosecutors have taken aggressive steps targeting journalists in leak investigations. The Justice Department informed CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr, in a May 13 letter, that prosecutors had obtained her phone and email records
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Marlene Torres recuerda que veía la muerte como algo ajeno. “La gente enterraba a sus difuntos y nunca pensé que me iba a pasar a mí. En menos de un año perdí a mi mamá y a mi papá”, asegura. Dice que su vida cambió para siempre. A sus 29 años, Torres
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Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire, after more than a week of conflict left hundreds dead, most of them Palestinians. The truce signals an end to the immediate bloodshed, but will likely leave both sides further apart than ever. Over 11 days, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Millones de personas en todo el mundo están amenazadas por el aumento del nivel del mar que, junto con otros factores, podría llevarse a su paso a ciudades enteras a lo largo de este siglo. De América del Norte a Asia, las alarmas están encendidas. ¿Qué pasa en América Latina? Te mostramos aquí algunas de
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Joel Ramsey remembers the moment he decided to change his life. It came when he’d been incarcerated for the fourth time. “I was in a cell by myself and I just had a self-talk. And I’m like, ‘Damn, I’m here again.’ … I just made a decision that this was the last time.” he said.
Continue Reading Justin Amash, a former Republican congressman, argued that propping up GOP Rep. Liz Cheney as “some sort of hero” for breaking with her party about former President Donald Trump “is a bit misguided,” criticizing her for not speaking up sooner. “We had four years where she could have stood up and said, ‘There’s a problem
Continue Reading The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is investigating as a hate crime an altercation Tuesday night near Hollywood where witness reports said Jewish people dining at a restaurant were targeted by a group of pro-Palestinian men driving past in vehicles. Officers responded to an altercation outside a sushi restaurant around 9:50 p.m. on Tuesday, where
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El gobierno de Colombia solicitará postergar la Copa América de Fútbol, torneo programado comenzar el 11 de junio próximo en este país y Argentina. En una declaración emitida este jueves, el ministro del Deporte de Colombia, Ernesto Lucena, dijo que tras reunirse con el presidente Iván Duque y otros funcionarios se decidió
Continue Reading (CNN) — Encuentra aquí un vistazo a la historia de los huracanes en Estados Unidos, incluyendo aquellos que causaron más muertos y provocaron más daños. Huracanes más relevantes en la historia reciente de Estados Unidos Huracán Michael Fecha: 7 al 11 de octubre de 2018 Este huracán de categoría 5 tocó tierra en Florida cerca
Continue Reading (CNN) — Lo que comenzó como una propuesta de reforma tributaria para ayudar a aliviar la tensión de la pandemia en la economía y equilibrar las finanzas del gobierno terminó con la gente tomando las calles para expresar su descontento.Las protestas a gran escala en Colombia se encuentran ahora en su tercera semana, y los
Continue Reading In the weeks after Texas state Rep. Kyle Biedermann stood near the steps of the US Capitol where rioters soon brawled with police, he returned to the Lone Star State to introduce a bill paving the way for Texas to secede. “We have our own grid, we have our own gold depository, we have so
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EL PASO, Texas — A pandemic face mask requirement for students, faculty and visitors to the UTEP campus was lifted Thursday by university President Heather Wilson. Face coverings for both indoor and outdoor settings at UTEP will no longer be mandated effective immediate, Wilson indicated, and campus signs about masking requirements were in the process
Continue Reading Nearly 70 big cats have been seized from an Oklahoma animal park owned by Jeff Lowe and his wife, Lauren, who were featured in the Netflix documentary, “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” a news release from the Department of Justice said Thursday. A total of 68 protected lions, tigers, lion-tiger hybrids and a jaguar
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Mainly clear tonight and overnight with some high clouds. Skies will be partly cloudy Friday with a slight chance for rain at 10%. I expect at least a 10% of rain through the weekend with temps in the low to mid 90’s and partly cloudy skies.
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RIGBY, Idaho — An Idaho teacher who disarmed a sixth grader after she opened fire at school earlier this month is breaking her silence for the first time. Krista Gneiting, a math teacher at Rigby Middle School in the small town of Rigby, about 15 miles northeast of Idaho Falls, was preparing her students for
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un médico de Florida coleccionó durante más de cuatro décadas tarjetas de béisbol y objetos deportivos, algunos de los cuales se remontan a la década de 1880. Ahora, su colección, valorada en US$ 20 millones, sale a subasta. El Dr. Thomas Newman, neurólogo, falleció en enero a causa de complicaciones derivadas del covid-19,
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The CEO of Colonial Pipeline is set to testify to lawmakers next month after a cyberattack caused a six-day shutdown of the pipeline that delivers nearly half of all the diesel and gasoline consumed on the East Coast of the United States. Joseph Blount, who has run the Colonial Pipeline company for nearly four years,
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — When Bridget Wiedenmeyer learned Texas was banning mask mandates in public schools, she immediately worried about her 11-year-old daughter — who has a chronic lung condition but is too young to be vaccinated against Covid-19. “There’s a large contingent of people who are like, ‘Well, only this teeny tiny percent of kids
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Click here for updates on this story O’AHU, Hawaii (KITV) — During the pandemic, Toni Floerke, a nurse at Project Vision Hawaii, has been putting shots in the arms of hundreds of homeless on O’ahu. Many of them are hard-to-reach and reluctant to receive a dose of a vaccine. It’s forced nonprofit groups to go
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EL PASO, Texas – After serving on the Miner coaching staff for nine seasons from 2004-12, UTEP head football coach Dana Dimel announced the return of Aaron Price to the staff as the new special teams coordinator for the Miners on Thursday. Price, the son of former UTEP head coach Mike Price, returns to El Paso
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LONG ISLAND, New York (WABC) — Police on Long Island are looking for the persons who vandalized a mosque, burning a sacred flag and spray painting pro-Trump graffiti on the marble base. It happened around 2 a.m. Monday at the Islamic Center of Suffolk County on 3rd Street
Continue Reading President Joe Biden on Thursday touted the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas during a hastily arranged White House speech in response to the quick-moving developments in the Middle East. “We’ve held intensive high-level discussions, hour-by-hour, literally, (with) Egypt, the Palestinian Authority and other Middle Eastern countries with the aim of avoiding the sort of prolonged
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hailing the impending cease-fire in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, saying he sees a “genuine opportunity” toward the larger goal of building a lasting peace in the Middle East. Biden is crediting the Egyptian government with playing a crucial role in brokering the cease-fire and says he
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It was a rubbish tee shot, wasn’t it? Sebastián Muñoz hit the rarest form of hole-in-one on Thursday at the 2021 PGA Championship, and one that he appeared to be unwilling to retrieve his ball from. On the 18th hole at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course, the Colombian golfer hit his drive off to the left
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