NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has granted clemency to 10 people in his last days in office. Cuomo has issued pardons and clemencies on several occasions in recent years, with many of the pardons going to immigrants facing deportation, where a pardon could be beneficial to their attempts to be allowed to remain
Continue ReadingCNN, FOX NEWS By Julia Hollingsworth and Chandler Thornton, CNN New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a nationwide lockdown after the country confirmed one coronavirus case — the first locally transmitted Covid-19 case in the community since February. Ardern told a press conference Tuesday authorities were assuming it was the contagious Delta variant,
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UPDATE: SISD’s board voted unanimously Tuesday night to follow the El Paso Health Authority’s mask mandate for schools, which was set to take effect on Wednesday. The vote came after Health Authority Dr. Hector Ocaranza made a presentation to the board about the current Covid-19 spread situation in the community. SISD became the second El
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Matthew Wolff has picked up a $1 million bonus even before the PGA Tour postseason begins. He won the Aon Risk-Reward Challenge. He feels even better about the progress he’s making with his emotions. Wolff says it was important for him to step away
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IRVING, Texas (AP) — Big 12 teams will have to forfeit games and be given a loss if unable to play a conference game this fall because of COVID-19. Or any other reasons. The Big 12 says a no contest will be declared only if both teams are unable to compete. There are no plans
Continue Reading IRVING, Texas (AP) — Big 12 teams will have to forfeit games and be given a loss if unable to play a conference game this fall because of COVID-19. Or any other reasons. The Big 12 says a no contest will be declared only if both teams are unable to compete. There are no plans
Continue Reading ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have released Don Muhlbach, ending his 17-season career with the franchise. Detroit made the move to create a roster spot to sign former XFL quarterback Jordan Ta’amu. The 40-year-old Muhlbach played in 260 games, trailing only former kicker Jason Hanson on the team’s career list. The former
Continue Reading ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Nearly 30 years after an infant girl’s stabbed body was found floating on a South Carolina river, authorities have announced the arrest of the child’s mother in connection with the death. News outlets report 48-year-old Stacy Michelle Costner Rabon, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, faces a charge of homicide by
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kansas City Southern will delay this week’s planned shareholder vote on Canadian National’s $33.6 billion offer to buy the railroad because regulators haven’t ruled on a key part of the acquisition plan. The vote scheduled for Thursday was put on hold while investors wait to
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Pete Buttigieg, secretario de Transporte de Estados Unidos, y su esposo Chasten se han convertido en padres primerizos, anunció el martes el político. “Durante algún tiempo, Chasten y yo hemos querido hacer crecer nuestra familia. ¡Estamos encantados de compartir que nos hemos convertido en padres!”, escribió Pete Buttigieg en un tuit.
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The embattled chair of the Minnesota Republican Party says she won’t resign amid the uproar over the indictment of a major GOP donor on sex-trafficking charges. Jennifer Carnahan said on KNSI and WCCO Radio that the people calling for her ouster are the same ones who opposed
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(Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas scored seven runs in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday afternoon, but lost to the Reno Aces 10-7. The seven-run rally tied El Paso’s season high for most runs in an inning. Chihuahuas catcher Luis Campusano went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, his
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Kingdom is calling for an immediate and sustained pause in clashes and unrest that have followed the military takeover in Myanmar in order to allow vaccinations against a third wave of COVID-19 that is ravaging the country. Britain’s deputy U.N. ambassador told reporters
Continue Reading EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have sent Isaac Yiadom to the Green Bay Packers for Josh Jackson in an exchange of fourth-year cornerbacks. Yiadom spent one season with the Giants after being acquired in a trade with Denver for a 2021 seventh-round draft choice. The Packers had high hopes for Jackson
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP soccer team will open its 2021 season when it plays at Big 12 foe Texas Tech at 6 p.m. MT/7 p.m. CT Thursday (Aug. 19). The game will be streamed on ESPN+ “We’re excited to play Texas Tech,” UTEP head coach Kathryn Balogun said. “They’re going to come out in a
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — As the new school year begins for Texas students, at least four school districts have had to temporarily close campuses due to COVID-19 outbreaks. The shutdowns are taking place as more school districts and communities continue this week to defy Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — As the new school year begins for Texas students, at least four school districts have had to temporarily close campuses due to COVID-19 outbreaks. The shutdowns are taking place as more school districts and communities continue this week to defy Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask
Continue ReadingBy Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Serena Williams is pairing up with Nike to try to bring more people of color into the world of fashion design. On Tuesday, the 39-year-old tennis legend joined Nike in unveiling a collection of women’s athleisure wear and accessories, created by a group of 10 up-and-coming designers known as the
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By Steve Almasy, CNN Trenton Dale, who has driven a school bus in Atlanta for 23 years, loves his job. “To see the kids grow up and graduate, I mean, that’s the most beautiful sight you will see,” he told CNN affiliate WXIA earlier this month. But Dale, like other bus drivers across the country,
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Zoo’s 13-year-old African lioness named Kalliope has died after a battle with cancer, zoo leaders announced on Tuesday afternoon. “Kalliope was beautiful, spunky, playful, mischievous, and brave,” said Amanda Leverett, the supervisor of the El Paso Zoo’s Africa section. “She will be dearly missed.” The lioness was first diagnosed
Continue Reading By David Williams, CNN A Utah animal trainer is recovering after the alligator she was feeding during a girl’s birthday party chomped down on her hand and refused to let go until after one of the adult guests jumped on its back to help her. Lindsay Bull, 31, said that she’s fed Darthgator hundreds of
Continue Reading By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A major Thai asphalt company has been implicated for money laundering in a criminal complaint against a Miami businessman accused of violating U.S. sanctions for doing maintenance work on Venezuela’s fleet of Russian fighter jets. Jorge Nobrega was arrested Sunday at Miami’s international airport. A criminal complaint
Continue Reading By Christina Carrega, CNN A licensed pharmacist was arrested in Chicago on Tuesday for allegedly selling dozens of authentic Covid-19 vaccination cards on eBay, the Justice Department said in a news release. Tangtang Zhao, 34, allegedly sold 125 Covid-19 vaccination cards from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to 11 different buyers for
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Alrededor de 1,2 millones de personas, entre ellas 540.000 niños, se han visto afectadas por el terremoto de 7,2 grados de magnitud que sacudió el suroeste de Haití el sábado por la mañana, según la Unicef. El terremoto dejó al menos 1.419 muertos y más de 6.900 heridos. Se espera que
Continue Reading ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have reinstated rookie slugger Ryan Mountcastle from the concussion injured list. Mountcastle was in lineup batting fourth and playing first base at Tampa Bay. He had been out since he took a hard tag to the head while trying to steal second against the Rays on Aug.
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County’s population in the recently released 2020 census count was 865,657, an 8% increase over the prior census in 2010 that marked the county’s slowest period of growth since the Great Depression. The official population count will impact El Pasoans for the next decade because the numbers are used for
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By Jen Christensen, CNN The calls and emails about Covid-19 boosters have already started coming in to Dr. William Schaffner’s medical center in Nashville, Tennessee. It started last week, when the the the US Food and Drug Administration and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended an additional dose for certain immunocompromised people who
Continue Reading By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy is considering whether the organization can pursue an $850 million agreement as the foundation for a reorganization plan. A three-day hearing ended Monday. The agreement involves the national Boy Scouts organization, about 250 local Boy Scout
Continue Reading By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy is considering whether the organization can pursue an $850 million agreement as the foundation for a reorganization plan. A three-day hearing ended Monday. The agreement involves the national Boy Scouts organization, about 250 local Boy Scout
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN Biden administration officials say the federal government is thinking about offering boosters to people starting about eight months after they’ve been fully vaccinated. But is it too soon to start talking about boosters for the general public? Last week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food
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