LAS VEGAS, Nevada — A 58-year-old moped rider was struck and killed this week in a suspected drunk driving crash a few blocks west of the Las Vegas Strip and the El Paso driver of the sports car who hit him at a high rate of speed was taken into custody. Police told ABC affiliate KTNV
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Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday that it’s time for his party to move forward on infrastructure legislation without Republican agreement, asserting that members of his party “cannot just sort of twiddle our thumbs at the negotiating table while the time fritters away.” After several weeks of talks, including multiple meetings in the Oval
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A Los Angeles County contractor was charged with felony grand theft after more than 500 blank vaccine cards were stolen from a vaccination center at the Pomona Fairplex, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office announced Wednesday. Officers responded to the vaccine site on April 27 and found an employee had stolen blank cards and
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(CNN)– Cuando el presidente Joe Biden dijo a los funcionarios esta primavera que quería reunirse pronto con su homólogo ruso para celebrar una cumbre, su equipo se puso manos a la obra de inmediato para hacerla realidad, aunque algunos se preguntaron qué era lo que realmente esperaba conseguir.Las dos últimas administraciones, incluida la de Biden
Continue Reading Former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn confirmed before a congressional panel last week that former President Donald Trump urged him to oust special counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated his 2016 campaign’s ties to Russia, according to a transcript released Wednesday. The closed-door interview on June 4 was the culmination of a two-year court fight
Continue Reading The United States, in coordination with allies, will impose new sanctions on Belarus “soon,” US Ambassador to Belarus Julie Fisher said Tuesday. The US envoy to Minsk — who has been denied a visa to take up her post there — said the Biden administration is working with partners like Canada, the European Union and
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EL PASO, Texas — The Riverside High School girls basketball team is giving back to those in our community one sports ball at a time. “It just kind of shows that there’s a lot of good people out there,” said Stephen Solis, head basketball coach for the girls Riverside basketball team. When Solis and his
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A special prosecutor and independent investigator filed charges against three Columbus, Ohio, police officers Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct during the George Floyd protests last summer, according to the city’s Department of Public Safety. “We are continuing the investigations into possible misconduct by other officers,” special prosecutor Kathleen Garber said in
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The meat supplier JBS USA paid an $11 million ransom in response to a cyberattack that led to the shutdown of its entire US beef processing operation last week, the company said in a statement Wednesday evening. The ransom was paid after most of the company’s facilities had come back online, JBS said. “This was
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The second-degree murder trial for a former Las Cruces police officer charged with in the choking death of a suspect will be delayed from July until January of next year, court records show. The case against Christopher Smelser stems from the chokehold death of Antonio Valenzuela after he fled from
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Google anunció la construcción de Firmina, un cable submarino que conectará a Estados Unidos y Argentina –con extensiones adicionales en Brasil y Uruguay– para brindar un mejor acceso a los productos de Google como son las búsquedas en web y a Gmail, YouTube y Cloud. Firmina, que está compuesto por 12 pares
Continue Reading The Biden Justice Department on Wednesday afternoon updated its court filing in a case where it is defending the right of religious schools to discriminate against LGBTQ students after a backlash from critics and a statement from plaintiffs in the case saying they felt “betrayed.” Attorneys from the Justice Department amended their filing to stress
Continue Reading Nearly two weeks after a gunman fatally shot nine coworkers at a San Jose light rail yard, the mayor of Northern California’s most populous city is proposing first-of-its-kind gun safety restrictions that would require gun owners in the city to obtain insurance and pay an annual fee to cover the cost of gun violence. While
Continue Reading (CNN) — Al menos una docena de drones los vigilan las 24 horas del día. Dondequiera que vayan, son escoltados por la policía. Y cuando comen o duermen, millones de personas los observan por internet. Durante más de una semana, China ha estado aferrada a una nueva sensación en internet: una manada de 15 enormes
Continue Reading New York State lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that allows for civil lawsuits against gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for how they market and sell firearms. If signed into law by the governor, New York would be the first state to clear an avenue for civil litigation against gun industry stakeholders in this way. The
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UPDATE, July 6: The city of El Paso on Tuesday officially reopened some of its senior centers. The city’s ten senior centers will open once a week, either Tuesday or Thursday, from 9 a.m. to noon to allow older adults to socialize and participate in activities such as bingo and loteria. (Scroll down in this
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GameStop is getting a new chief executive and chief financial officer, the company announced as part of its earnings release Wednesday. Matt Furlong, who will replace George Sherman as CEO, and Mike Recupero, who will be CFO, are both joining the company from Amazon. Their experience at the online retail giant will likely prove useful
Continue Reading Chad Daybell pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the murder and conspiracy charges he faces in connection with the deaths of his ex-wife and the two children of his current wife, Lori Vallow. Idaho 7th Judicial District Magistrate Judge Steven W. Boyce said that a scheduling conference would take place in two weeks to determine a
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Cox Media Group’s television and radio stations across the US were hit by a cyberattack last week, with some stations still untangling from the impact, according to two sources familiar with the situation. The sources did not say if this was a ransomware attack or some other cyber intrusion, but systems used by the stations
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As some states report they have Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine doses that are expiring before they get used, the company and federal officials say they’re looking at whether expiration dates can be extended — and whether the doses could be put to use elsewhere before they expire. “We’re working very hard, both at the
Continue Reading An unrelenting surge in gun violence and murder is gripping American cities even before the habitual summer spike in crime, leaving police brass from New York to New Orleans scrambling for solutions. With states lifting Covid-19 restrictions and more people out in warmer weather, US cities are preparing for a potentially bloody summer by bulking
Continue Reading Police in Arizona are investigating after a spray-painted swastika and an anti-Semitic slur were found on the door of a Tucson synagogue. “The congregation is really disappointed. We’re really taken aback,” Rabbi Ram Bigelman of the Chabad on River synagogue told CNN on Tuesday. “We didn’t think such antisemitism existed in our community.” It is
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EL PASO, Texas — A large group of recently expelled migrants that gathered near one of the international crossings from Juarez into El Paso prompted authorities to shut it down for about an hour Wednesday afternoon. The closure of the Paso Del Norte bridge between about 1 and 2 p.m. was caused by “a security
Continue Reading Singer R. Kelly spoke briefly at a court hearing Wednesday, saying he approves of a significant change in his legal team just two months before his federal trial in Brooklyn is set to begin. Half of his legal team, attorneys Steve Greenberg and Michael Leonard, requested to withdraw from the case with a court filing
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — Firefighters and U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued two Ecuadorian migrant women Wednesday afternoon overcome by heat in a remote desert area of Sunland Park along the U.S.-Mexico border after illegally crossing. The search and rescue operation unfolded off of Strauss Road near the Santa Teresa port of entry after a
Continue Reading Boeing is seeking a one-year delay in its deadline to deliver two new 747 jets to be used as Air Force One. And that would mean added costs for taxpayers. The aircraft manufacturer signed a $3.9 billion deal for the presidential planes with the Air Force in 2018. The planes are currently due to be
Continue Reading (CNN) — Estados Unidos impuso sanciones el miércoles contra miembros de alto rango del régimen del presidente de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, incluida su hija, luego de que Ortega tomara medidas esta semana para detener a líderes de la oposición antes de las elecciones generales de noviembre. Los 4 precandidatos opositores detenidos en Nicaragua 2:20 «El
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Click here for updates on this story WIND POINT, Wisconsin (WISN) — A Wind Point couple got creative with their Pride decorations after their neighborhood association told them they had to take down their Pride flag. Memo Fachino and Lance Mier live at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Wind Point. They asked WISN
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — The man who faces a second trial for the 2016 shooting death of former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith was back in court Wednesday for a final pre-trial hearing ahead of his second trial. Judge Camille Buras said Cardell Hayes’ case is “in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — New details have been released on the attempted cockpit breach on a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Nashville last week. The flight was forced to make an emergency landing at the Albuquerque Sunport on Friday. According to the criminal complaint,
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