By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The former daughter-in-law of a Trump Organization officer said Monday evening that she is prepared to testify before a grand jury convened by Manhattan’s top prosecutor as part of the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s sprawling company. Jennifer Weisselberg — a former ballet dancer who was married to Barry, the
Continue Reading By Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s vow to hold up a bipartisan infrastructure deal until the Senate approves a larger Democratic bill has caused some anxiety in the ranks, with moderate Democrats uneasy over her tactic and concerned it could cause both efforts to collapse. The California Democrat’s stance has earned
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Opinion by David A. Andelman Last week, Russian forces spied the British destroyer HMS Defender on routine patrol in the Black Sea. Specifically, a part of the Black Sea that’s very sensitive to Russia: inside the territorial waters of Crimea. That’s what Putin calls Russian territory, and much of the world still thinks belongs to
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EL PASO, Texas – Monica Townsend is one of the best golfers in El Paso, and she has the medals to prove it. A lifelong El Pasoan, Townsend has been playing golf for 43 years. Wednesday, she will officially be inducted into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2020. Due to Covid-19,
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden planned to spend a peaceful weekend at Camp David — but instead, he spent two days working to salvage the bipartisan infrastructure plan he had imperiled with a stray comment to reporters as he celebrated the announcement of the deal. The 48-hour chaos exposed Biden’s
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By Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, Nima Elbagir and Barbara Arvanitidis, CNN A few scattered human bones lay on the rocky ground, along with a broken skull and several half-burned identification cards. That is all the villagers could find, six months after Ethiopian troops rounded up their loved ones and shot them at point-blank range, throwing
Continue Reading By Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, Nima Elbagir and Barbara Arvanitidis, CNN A few scattered human bones lay on the rocky ground, along with a broken skull and several half-burned identification cards. That is all the villagers could find, six months after Ethiopian troops rounded up their loved ones and shot them at point-blank range, throwing
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand, CNN During a news conference Monday calling into question the safety of the Covid-19 vaccines, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin again incorrectly used figures from an early warning system by the federal government to support his argument that vaccines may not be completely safe. Johnson argued that while most people don’t
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — An effort to recall the founder of Cowboys for Trump from his public office as a county commissioner can move forward under an order of the New Mexico state Supreme Court. In a written order Monday, the Supreme Court rebuffed an appeal from Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin and upheld a lower
Continue Reading posadasimon (CNN) — Aquí puedes echar un vistazo a las visas y documentos de viaje para personas que visitan o se mudan a Estados Unidos. MIRA: Matrícula Consular: para qué le sirve a los indocumentados, cómo se obtiene, qué países la dan y por qué es importante Una visa es un documento de viaje, puesto en
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — Los visitantes temporales que viajan a Estados Unidos son el grupo más grande de migrantes. Entre las visas de no inmigrante más comunes está la B-1 y B-2, visas que se otorgan a los viajeros que vienen a EE.UU. por negocios (B-1) o por turismo (B-2) o una combinación de
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is preparing to close some emergency shelters for unaccompanied migrant children just weeks after considering expanding one of the sites. The move comes in the wake of testimonials from kids that shed light on the subpar conditions at some of the sites and that have opened up the
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By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent While it’s a bit of a bummer to think about going back to school before it’s even the Fourth of July, in many parts of the country, if you want your child to be immunized against Covid-19 by the time classes start, you need to act fast. Many
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC has signed midfielder Sebastian Velasquez to a multi-year contract, pending league and federation approval, the club announced today. “We are very happy to welcome back Sebastian into our group,” stated Mark Lowry, Locomotive Head Coach and Technical Director. “There is no doubt Sebastian has
Continue Reading By Homero De la Fuente, CNN In a major step, the NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to support an interim policy that would allow college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL) without violating NCAA rules until federal legislation or new NCAA rules are adopted. The Division I Board of Directors
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EL PASO, Texas — A 39-year-old woman was found dead by El Paso Fire Department search and rescue crews Monday evening in the Franklin Mountains following heavy rainfall across the area. Fire officials said the woman was hiking when she slipped on wet rocks, fell down the mountain and was swept away by rushing water
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By WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Gov. Tony Evers on Monday, June 28, with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced that beginning July 1, 2021, Wisconsin parents will have a new, gender-neutral option for identifying the parents of a child. According to a news release,
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By Matias Grez, CNN Switzerland stunned reigning world champion France with victory in a nerve-shredding penalty shootout to book its place in the Euro 2020 quarterfinals. Kylian Mbappe, who endured a torrid night leading the line for France, capped a miserable evening by missing his team’s decisive fifth penalty, the only player not to score
Continue Reading By Holly Yan and Hollie Silverman, CNN [Breaking news update, published at 6:58 p.m. ET] The remains of an 11th victim have been found at the Champlain Towers South condominium building Monday, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a news conference Monday evening. According to the mayor, 150 people are still unaccounted for. [Previous
Continue Reading CNN’s John Avlon gives a reality check on former Attorney General Bill Barr distancing himself from former President Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
Continue Reading Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN Now you tell us. He suspected it was all “bullsh*t” all along, says Bill Barr, the former attorney general, clearly trying to rehabilitate his image for the history books by distancing himself from the false notion of voter fraud pushed by former President Donald Trump. The problem for Barr
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The mercury kept climbing Monday in heat-baked Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, again setting record highs. Canada and US cities in the Northwest are all reporting their hottest temperatures on record in a wave that has more heat in store. Seattle had topped its all-time record high Sunday when thermometers climbed to
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN The United Nations’ human rights chief is calling on the US to reform its criminal justice system, reimagine policing nationwide and provide reparations for descendants of enslaved Africans. In a report published on Monday, the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet urged the US to make “transformative change for
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Physical punishment does not appear to improve a child’s positive behavior or social competence over time, according to a review of 69 studies from the US, Canada, China, Colombia, Greece, Japan, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The review, published Monday in the journal Lancet, found physical punishment such as spanking
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is pulling out all the stops to build a border wall between his state and Mexico, and a new poll shows that his base is all for it. Texas Republicans are overwhelmingly supportive of Abbott’s border wall effort: 89% support it and only 8% are opposed, according to
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business When tens of millions of Americans hit the road this holiday weekend, they’re going to find the highest prices for gasoline in nearly seven years. But many will also find stations that don’t have any gas at all. The national average price for a gallon of regular stands at $3.10,
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EL PASO, Texas — A Flash Flood Warning was in effect for El Paso until 7 p.m. Monday after heavy rainfall deluged the Borderland throughout the afternoon. In west El Paso, high water due to local drainage problems flooded Paisano and Executive, stranding some motorists who were unable to pass through the rising water on
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español)— Cada año, Estados Unidos otorga miles de visas H-2 a trabajadores con o sin experiencia (no profesionales y sin un título académico) para trabajar temporalmente en el país. Esta categoría se divide en dos tipos de visas: la H-2A para trabajadores agrícolas y la H-2B para trabajadores no agrícolas. En
Continue Reading By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business Morgan Stanley is doubling its quarterly dividend from 35 cents a share to 70 cents a share, and buying back up to $12 billion of stock, the company announced Monday. The powerful Wall Street bank “has accumulated significant excess capital over the past several years” Morgan Stanley chairman and CEO
Continue Reading By Da Lin Click here for updates on this story SAUSALITO, California (KPIX) — People living in a Sausalito homeless encampment are running out of time. The city ordered them to leave by Tuesday but many said they will fight the eviction order. About 35 people live at the Dunphy Park encampment, right next to
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