EL PASO, Texas– The U.S.-Mexico border may still be closed for all non-essential travel with Mexico, but with the reopening date quickly approaching it’s no longer just business leaders anxious to welcome the Mexican consumer. “The city of El Paso is ready, to again reduce those wait times help provide additional traffic control continue working
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IRVINE, California — Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to the hospital earlier this week for an infection, according to a spokesperson, but is recovering. “On Tuesday, President Clinton was admitted to University of California Irvine Medical Center to receive treatment for a non-Covid-related infection,” Angel Ureña, spokesperson for Clinton, said in a statement on Thursday evening.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The bodies of a woman and a young girl have been found after a flash flood from the remnants of Hurricane Pamela swept their vehicles from a low bridge in San Antonio. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said the 5-year-old girl was in a vehicle with two boys being taken to
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By LOU KESTEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for Bill Clinton says the former president is being treated in a Southern California hospital for a non-COVID-related infection. Spokesman Angel Ureña says Clinton was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center on Tuesday evening. Ureña says Clinton “is on the mend, in
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — US appeals court lets Texas continue ban on most abortions, denying Justice Department request to immediately halt law.
Continue Reading By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A commission tasked with studying potential changes to the Supreme Court is releasing a first look at its review. The draft report released Thursday night is cautious in discussing proposals for expanding the court but also speaks approvingly of term limits for justices. The 36-member bipartisan commission,
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CNN, KABC By Jamie Gangel, CNN Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center’s intensive care unit for a urinary tract infection that spread to his bloodstream, his doctors told CNN on Thursday. “He was admitted to the ICU for close monitoring and administered IV antibiotics and fluids. He
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By The Associated Press For the second time in four seasons, the Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros are set to play for the American League pennant. The best-of-seven AL Championship Series opens in Houston on Friday night with left-hander Framber Valdez on the mound for the Astros against scuffling ace Chris Sale. Boston beat
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By Eric Cheung, Will Ripley and Ben Westcott, CNN China has stepped up pressure on Taiwan in recent weeks, flying dozens of warplanes near the self-ruled island in a show of strength that has put the entire region on edge. But at a park in the Taiwanese capital on Thursday, the topic of conversation was
Continue Reading By Dan Berman and Tierney Sneed, CNN The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that it will allow Texas’ controversial new law that bars abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy to stay in force while it considers an appeal of a judge’s order blocking it. The vote of the panel was 2-1.
Continue Reading CNN By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who had been fired hours before his retirement as then-President Donald Trump’s political furor toward him grew, has settled a lawsuit with the Justice Department, allowing him to officially retire and to recoup hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal
Continue Reading DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) — About half the main road through Denali National Park and Preserve will be remain closed next year as officials work to address a long-running landslide issue. That’s according to a statement from the park Thursday. In August, the road west of mile 43 was closed to nonessential
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Four people are in critical condition after they were pulled from an airplane that went down Thursday afternoon near a private airstrip in Sacramento County. The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District says the plane landed in the front yard of a home and caused a small vegetation fire that was quickly extinguished.
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Colombia is calling for greater efforts to integrate former combatants who are struggling with access to land and housing and finding sustainable incomes and security. Carlos Ruiz Massieu told the U.N. Security Council Thursday that in discussions with former combatants
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Miami city commissioners have unanimously voted to fire Police Chief Art Acevedo after a short and stormy tenure in which he clashed with city officials and members of his own police force. The five commissioners took the step following a trial-like hearing Thursday in which he was criticized for offending fellow Cuban-Americans
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Miami city commissioners have unanimously voted to fire Police Chief Art Acevedo after a short and stormy tenure in which he clashed with city officials and members of his own police force. The five commissioners took the step following a trial-like hearing Thursday in which he was criticized for offending fellow Cuban-Americans
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tampa Bay Buccaneers Richard Sherman is out for the game after leaving against the Philadelphia Eagles with a hamstring injury. The Buccaneers were already without linebacker Lavonte David (ankle) and safety Antoine Winfield (concussion). Sherman walked off the field without his helmet during an Eagles scoring drive in the first quarter.
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Players were expecting low scores at The Summit Club and Robert Streb led the way. Streb was 7-under par after just six holes and wound up with a career-low 61. That was only good for a one-shot lead in the CJ Cup at Summit. Keith
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — A former world-ranked South African swimmer has told an Australian television network that he was abused by a coach who has been implicated in several other sexual assault cases involving swimmers. Anthony Rocchi was a 1,500-meter swimmer and was training with the hope that he might make the South African team for
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Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — Tal vez nunca hayas perdido todas tus pertenencias en cuestión de minutos por una inundación ni hayas visto cómo la casa para la que ahorraste durante toda tu vida arde en medio de un incendio voraz. Tal vez tengas la suerte de vivir en una ciudad con buena calidad del
Continue ReadingSOUTHLAKE, Texas — A top administrator with the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake advised teachers last week that if they have a book about the Holocaust in their classroom, they should also offer students access to a book from an “opposing” perspective, according to an audio recording obtained by NBC News. Gina Peddy, the
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business A federal grand jury has indicted a former key executive of Boeing for fraud, alleging he deceived the Federal Aviation Administration while it was first certifying the 737 Max jet that would go on to have two fatal crashes caused by design flaws. The charges are the first criminal charges
Continue Reading By TERRY SPENCER and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A court hearing is set Friday in Florida for Nikolas Cruz, the man police said has confessed to the 2018 massacre of 17 people at a high school. The hearing in Broward County Circuit Court was scheduled abruptly Thursday and does not
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus and Shawn Deng, CNN China has just revealed its first-ever group of national parks, all of which focus on preservation of specific animals native to the country — including, yes, pandas. Altogether, the protected land area from the parks covers a total of 230,000 square kilometers (88,800 square miles), from far northern
Continue Reading China’s Shenzhou-13 spacecraft is set to depart for the country’s second manned space mission to help build its new space station, a competitor to the International Space Station. CNN’s David Culver reports from China’s satellite launch site in Jiuquan city.
Continue Reading CNN By Jeremy Herb and Sara Murray, CNN Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano went out of his way to help advance former President Donald Trump‘s election lies: He spearheaded a “hearing” at a hotel in Gettysburg a few weeks after the 2020 election, where Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani made false claims about election
Continue Reading Kiarinna Parisi (CNN Español) — El secretario general de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), Luis Almagro, anunció este jueves que solicitará a la alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Michelle Bachelet, que se realice la exhumación y autopsia de los restos del general retirado venezolano Raúl Isaías Baduel. Según
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City prosecutors announced they will bring criminal charges against “several people and companies” for construction and design defects that caused a subway line collapse in May that killed 26 people. The city attorney general said studies found that construction defects like poor welds caused the collapse. Ernestina Godoy said Thursday
Continue Reading By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill raising the nation’s debt limit until early December, delaying the prospect of an unprecedented federal default that would cause economic disaster. The House passed the $480 billion increase in the country’s borrowing ceiling on Tuesday after the Senate
Continue Reading By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill raising the nation’s debt limit until early December, delaying the prospect of an unprecedented federal default that would cause economic disaster. The House passed the $480 billion increase in the country’s borrowing ceiling on Tuesday after the Senate
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