SUGARLAND, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas had the tying run in scoring position with two outs in the top of the ninth inning Sunday but lost to the Sugar Land Skeeters 3-2. The Skeeters have won three of the first five games of the series. El Paso starter Caleb Boushley pitched 7.2 innings Sunday, setting a new
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By Paul Vercammen and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Five nurses who’ve seen the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic up close were treated to a reprieve this weekend when they received free makeovers at a salon in West Hollywood, California. “I’m so grateful to the community because nurses rarely take care of themselves,” UCLA Santa Monica Medical
Continue Reading By Rachel Trent, CNN TikTok is full of users with big mouths, but one star on the social media platform just proved hers is quite literally the largest. Guinness World Records confirmed that Samantha Ramsdell, from Connecticut, is the record holder for the world’s largest mouth gape for a female. Her mouth gape measures 6.56
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Securities and Exchange Commission has told its staff to ask for more disclosures from Chinese companies seeking to go public in the United States before it will approve any plans for them to sell shares. The announcement Friday, first reported by Reuters, shows regulators are taking a
Continue Reading By Jenn Selva and Hollie Silverman, CNN Four people died after a helicopter crashed in California Sunday, authorities said. The aircraft crashed before 1:15 p.m. PST north of Sacramento, according to a news release from the Colusa County Sheriff Department. CCSD deputies and fire personnel discovered all victims deceased on the scene, although their cause
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN The July 4 holiday is always a huge celebration in the small town of Provincetown, Massachusetts, with a long lineup of parties and festivities that usually bring in thousands of visitors from across the country to the top edge of Cape Cod. “That’s what we kind of say is the official
Continue Reading As the Delta variant surges around the country, Corporate America is taking a stand on vaccinations. Johnny Taylor, president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, explains the conditions employees will face if they aren’t vaccinated against Covid-19.
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Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — Esta semana los estrenos musicales están liderados por la cantante argentina María Becerra quien presenta “Mi debilidad”. Además, contamos con el nuevo sencillo del exitoso cantautor venezolano Danny Ocean. En Zona Pop CNN recopilamos algunos de los estrenos más notables. Mira la lista, junto a sus videos musicales, de los
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN Español) — En los últimos minutos del tiempo extra en la final, Estados Unidos sorprendió a México con un gol que terminó dándole la Copa Oro de la Concacaf. Inmediatamente después del silbatazo final, en las redes comenzaron a fluir los memes sobre la nueva derrota de México ante los estadounidenses. Estos son
Continue Reading By Jenn Selva and Hollie Silverman, CNN A California mother died after being shot in front of her 6-year-old daughter last week, in what authorities said could be a case of mistaken identity. Jacqueline Flores, 25, was parked with her daughter in the backseat of her vehicle in Fresno on July 27 when she was
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By Jack Guy, CNN Olympians taking part in Tokyo 2020 are competing for a chance to write a page in the history books — and hopefully bring home a medal. If you do win a medal — be it gold, silver or bronze — they’re pretty much priceless. Former British heptathlete Kelly Sotherton, who won
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LAS VEGAS, New Mexico — Miles Robinson headed home an extra-time winner as the United States beat Mexico in the 2021 Gold Cup final on Sunday night at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Matt Turner made a stellar save just after 10 minutes — his 20th of the tournament — from a goalbound Rogelio Funes
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CNN’s Brian Stelter says the media’s coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic needs added nuance to accurately reflect the different realities facing unvaccinated and vaccinated populations.
Continue Reading By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Let’s start with the good news: Vaccination rates in the US are ticking back up. Sunday marked the fifth straight day of the CDC recording more than 700,000 shots in
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Payten McCall, de 24 años y su familia, tenían miedo de vacunarse, pero ahora ella pide a la gente que no cometa ese error después de perder a su hermano mayor y a su padre a causa del covid-19. Su padre, Mark McCall, de 60 años, murió la madrugada del viernes en
Continue Reading By Anagha Subhash Nair, CNN When Jill Trail first met Pihu, a frail 6-week old puppy, in India she knew she needed her care. Living on the streets, Pihu had suffered spinal injuries and infections so bad that both hind legs had to be amputated. There was one problem: Trail lived in the United States.
Continue Reading By David Williams, CNN Payten McCall, 24, and her family were afraid to get vaccinated, but now she’s urging people not to make that mistake after losing her oldest brother and her dad to Covid-19. Her dad, Mark McCall, 60, died early Friday morning in the Covid ward of a Jacksonville, Florida, hospital where her
Continue Reading Health officials stress the importance of Covid-19 vaccinations as the Delta variant surges across the U.S.
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Deanna Hackney, CNN Seven new large fires were reported Sunday, bringing the total number of wildfires raging in the United States to 91, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). More than 1.8 million acres have burned since these fires began, the NIFC said. More than 22,300 wildland firefighters and
Continue Reading Worsening drought conditions are fueling devastating wildfires across the West with little relief in sight. Darryl Forges reports
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — After much delay, senators have unveiled their $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act clocks in at more than 2,700 pages. It includes new expenditures on roads, bridges, water pipes broadband and other projects, plus cyber security. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer opened a rare Sunday night
Continue Reading By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson and Ben Westcott, CNN Newlyweds Mehray Mezensof and Mirzat Taher were two days from leaving Xinjiang to start a new life in Australia when Chinese police knocked on their door in April 2017, seized Taher’s passport and threw him into detention. During the next four years, Taher was imprisoned in
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Tens of thousands of people in New Mexico who are behind on their gas and electric bills could lose power as soon as mid-August. The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission prevented utilities from disconnecting service over unpaid bills during much of the pandemic. The moratorium for investor-owned and large gas
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tells CNN’s Jake Tapper the House should reconvene to help extend the recently-expired nationwide eviction moratorium.
Continue Reading By Devan Cole and Kevin Liptak, CNN Congressional Democrats are increasing pressure on their party’s leadership to act on the now-expired federal eviction moratorium as the White House shifts its focus to unspent housing assistance after the order ended and left millions of renters in limbo. The eviction issue has exposed a major and rare
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El Paso, Texas– As we lead up to the second anniversary of the tragic El Paso Walmart shooting, we are reminded of the kind acts El Pasoans continue to do that prove we are still El Paso strong. Ruby Montana, her brother Matthew and their friend Justin Hamil are the team behind the Bridge Pup
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda Nota del editor: Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo son únicamente de los escritores. CNN presenta el trabajo de The Conversation, una colaboración entre periodistas y académicos para proporcionar análisis y comentarios de noticias. El contenido es producido únicamente por The Conversation. (The Conversation) — No hay nada como meterse en la
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN As soon as the gun sounds at the start of his first Olympic 5,000-meter race, Jamal Mohammed knows his nerves will disappear. “It’s always like that,” Mohammed told CNN Sport. “You can’t really stay nervous after the gun goes; you just focus on running and following others.” In the lead up
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas – The Texas Legislature recently passed Senate Bill 1697, which gives parents the ability to withhold their child from advancing to the next grade in school. The new law contains both permanent and temporary components. Parents with children in 4th through 12th grades have the option to prevent their child from advancing,
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN Cars and houses submerged in water, commuters wading through buses knee-high in floods, and homeowners counting the cost of destroyed properties. Welcome to Lagos during rainy season. Residents of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, are used to the yearly floods that engulf the coastal city during the months of March to
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