John Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, predicted during a CNN Climate Town Hall aired Friday that the Biden administration’s efforts to combat climate change while creating jobs will garner Republican support. “We have to kind of achieve the baseline of facts and science on which we normally as Americans have made decisions,” Kerry
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Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Some state lawmakers say it’s time school bullies faced real consequences. A new bill would rewrite the state’s bullying prevention policy and require school districts to adopt it. Right now, they’re encouraged to do so. Rick Padilla is among those pushing for the bill. “I
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Some state lawmakers say it’s time school bullies faced real consequences. A new bill would rewrite the state’s bullying prevention policy and require school districts to adopt it. Right now, they’re encouraged to do so. Rick Padilla is among those pushing for the bill. “I
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SANTA ANA, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A 26-year-old man was charged with multiple hate crimes after punching an elderly Asian couple as they took a walk and a verbal attack on Japanese American Olympic karate athlete, Sakura Kokumai, all at the same park in Orange. Michael Orlando Vivona,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A nice swing on the green, but if that golf ball doesn’t end up in the hole, chances are they’re getting picked up next door. They’re wayward balls of the worst kind. You expect them when you live next to a golf course, but these
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — Santa Clara County fire officials are putting out a call to action because of the triple threat of drought, wildfires and unhealthy air. “We are urging residents to take action now to prepare for wildfire,” said Luisa Rapport, Public Information Officer for Santa
Continue Reading An election audit of the 2020 ballots from Arizona’s largest county — one demanded by Republican state senators, overseen by a purveyor of election conspiracies and live streamed by a pro-Trump television network — kicked off on Friday. Earlier in the week, Maricopa County handed nearly 2.1 million ballots and nearly 400 tabulation machines over
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Nine firearms were found by officers at the home of Phillip Adams, the man police say shot and killed six people at the home of a doctor in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on April 7. Search warrants released Friday by the York County Sheriff’s Office also say “numerous notebooks were located with cryptic writing with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A Louisville woman’s life was turned upside down Monday morning when she was robbed at gunpoint for her car. “I got out and looked at my bumper and I was like, ‘It’s fine,’ or whatever, I turned around and they had a gun out,”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — “I held her. I watched her as she died. I watched her, you know. All I could do was just hold her, hold her,” the father of a slain 13-year-old girl said, still in search of answers days after her death. Maurice Jackson remembers his
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Jeff Miller is a retired police officer from West Des Moines. He’s walking hundreds of miles from Akron to the Mississippi River in honor of his sister, Linda, who died of Alzheimer’s. “I like to walk, I like to backpack, I like
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TORRANCE COUNTY, New Mexico (KOAT) — When you think of New Mexico wildlife, sharks aren’t typically where the mind wanders. But that’s exactly what one graduate found in the Manzano Mountains in 2013. Well, not an actual shark, but remnants of one. “I was just sitting in a shady spot using a pocket knife to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire (WMUR) — The owner of a Portsmouth fitness center had a day to remember, coming to the aid of an animal in need. It took some work to reach a raccoon that had gotten itself into a tough spot, and it was something you should
Continue Reading Dr. Nelson Atehortua, an assistant professor at Jackson State University’s school of public health, drove two hours to get a coveted shot of Covid-19 vaccine because demand was so high, he couldn’t find an appointment locally. But on a recent day at a mass Covid-19 vaccination site at the university in Jackson, Mississippi, getting a
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(CNN Español) — Los flujos de lava del volcán Pacaya no presentan avance pero aún se observan fumarolas del volcán, informó la Unidad de Prevención de Volcanes de la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres de Guatemala. En un boletín divulgado este viernes se actualizó la situación del Pacaya, que cumple al menos 70
Continue Reading Prosecutors filed an additional reckless murder charge against former Columbus, Ohio, police officer Adam Coy, on Friday for the shooting death of Andre Hill, according to court records. Coy was previously indicted in February on charges of murder in the commission of a felony, felonious assault and two counts of dereliction of duty related to
Continue Reading (CNN)– La retirada militar de Estados Unidos de Afganistán ya está en curso y el equipo se encuentra en proceso de ser empacado y enviado, según informaron tres funcionarios de defensa a CNN. El Pentágono también aprobó el despliegue de cientos de fuerzas marítimas, aéreas y terrestres en la región para garantizar la seguridad de
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Max Pratt likes to help his mom and dad by bringing in the packages delivered to their Oak Park, Illinois, home. It’s kind of his thing. But the 4-year-old bit off more than he could chew last week when their UPS driver dropped off a new hammock on the family’s front porch. His mom, Traci
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration lifted their recommended pause on use of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine Friday and said the label will be updated to warn of blood clot risks. Vaccinations could resume as soon as Saturday, the FDA said. The agencies acted quickly after a
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The US has more than 9 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine ready to be administered now that federal health agencies have signed off on resuming use of the one-shot vaccine, CNN has learned. President Joe Biden’s coronavirus adviser Jeff Zients told CNN earlier Friday that more than 9 million doses had already
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CALEXICO, California — It’s happened yet again, for at least the third time in recent weeks. U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of three adults and two children after human smugglers lowered them by rope down a 30-foot section of the border wall, KVIA sister-station KYMA reported Friday. The incident occurred approximately three miles
Continue Reading Sen. Ron Johnson on Thursday downplayed the urgency of vaccinating all Americans against Covid-19, putting the controversial Wisconsin Republican at odds with public health guidance aimed at easing the ongoing pandemic. “The science tells us that vaccines are 95% effective. So if you have a vaccine, quite honestly, what do you care if your neighbor
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The state of Chihuahua is implementing a ‘Stay at Home’ order for the weekend in light of the rising infections of Covid-19. The order goes into effect statewide, including for Ciudad Juarez, at midnight Friday and ends Monday at 6 a.m. State Health Secretary Eduardo Fernández Herrera said this order includes the
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — As the entire Defense Department becomes eligible for coronavirus vaccines, the military is seeing a surplus of doses in some places, while the rate at which available doses are used steadily declines. Meanwhile, the acceptance rate for the Covid-19 vaccine has “plateaued” at some bases and dropped precipitously in others. At the
Continue Reading Nueva Delhi (CNN) — Hace apenas seis semanas, el Ministro de Salud de la India declaró que el país estaba «en la fase final» de la pandemia del covid-19. Este viernes, India reportó, por segundo día consecutivo, el mayor número de casos nuevos en un solo día desde que comenzó la pandemia. La segunda oleada
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP softball (8-20, 3-9 C-USA) battles Louisiana Tech (15-23, 4-4 C-USA), the team one spot above the Miners in the Conference USA standings at fourth place, in a pair of double-headers in Ruston, La.. The four games will play a pivotal role in determining the West Division’s final seed of the
Continue Reading The police department in Ohio’s largest city is under national scrutiny after an officer fatally shot 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant — the second deadly shooting by a city police officer in the last four months. But unlike other high-profile incidents across the country, officials in Columbus released clips of both shootings within a day and, in
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Cada 23 de abril se celebra el Día Internacional del Libro, pero ¿por qué fue elegido este día en especial? La Unesco lo explica en su página web: el 23 de abril es «un día simbólico» para la literatura mundial «ya que ese día en 1616 fallecieron Cervantes, Shakespeare e Inca Garcilaso
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EL PASO, Texas — A Fort Bliss soldier who police said was high on LSD when he attacked his two sons has pleaded guilty to two charges of injuring a child and received an 8-year prison sentence, according to court records reviewed by ABC-7 on Friday. Zakary Frampton, who was 26-years-old at the time, was
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Winds cranked up Friday to 45 mph for the NE side of El Paso Friday. The winds will not be much of an issue for Saturday. Lots of sunshine expected with temps in the low to mid 80’s. Sunday looks good. Winds pick up a bit later in the day with gusts around 30 mph.
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