An attempted mass shooting outside the San Antonio International Airport on Thursday was prevented by a parks officer working overtime, police in San Antonio, Texas, said. The shooter was driving in the wrong direction on an airport roadway when the officer — who is not being named — stopped him outside Terminal B, police said.
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Nueva York (CNN Business) — Reese’s lanza su propia línea de maquillaje, y no, no es comestible.La marca de caramelos se ha asociado con la empresa de maquillaje HipDot para crear una colección de edición limitada que incluye paletas de sombras de ojos de «chocolate con leche» y «chocolate blanco» con seis tonos cada una,
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas handgun owners would no longer need a license or training to carry their weapon in public under a bill that cleared a major vote Thursday over Democrats who railed against loosening gun laws after the 2019 mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart. Texas has more than 1.6 million licensed handgun
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President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate nine diplomats for ambassadorships on Thursday, marking his first selection of overseas envoys since taking office. He also named his picks for senior State Department official roles based at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC. His selection of a slate of predominantly career officials for the top
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Defense Department has confirmed that leaked photos and video of “unidentified aerial phenomena” taken in 2019 are indeed legitimate images of unexplained objects. Photos and videos of triangle-shaped objects blinking and moving through the clouds were taken by Navy personnel, Pentagon spokeswoman Sue Gough said in a statement to CNN.
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EL PASO, Texas — Despite vaccines rolling out, experts are warning that the variants of the coronavirus spreading through El Paso are presenting some cause for concern. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, right now there are 13 cases involving two Covid-19 variants in El Paso, Culberson and Hudspeth counties. The City
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic growth surged to 18.3% over a year ago in the first quarter of 2021 as factory and consumer activity recovered from the coronavirus pandemic. The figures were magnified by comparison with early 2020, when the economy suffered its deepest contraction in decades. The government noted growth compared with the final
Continue Reading Republican Rep. Jim Jordan and the nation’s top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci got into a heated exchange Thursday over the country’s Covid-19 mitigation measures, which ended with Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters telling Jordan to “shut your mouth.” During a House subcommittee hearing about federal government’s response to the pandemic, Jordan, an Ohio conservative,
Continue ReadingA US Army soldier stationed at Fort Jackson in South Carolina was arrested and charged with third-degree assault and battery after the airing of a video that authorities say shows him push and threaten a young Black man on a neighborhood sidewalk. Jonathan Pentland was arrested on Wednesday morning, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said
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EL PASO, Texas — There are plenty of angry residents at the Gonzalez Place public residential apartments in El Paso. Dozens of residents woke up Thursday to discover their cars were towed because they did not have a parking decal, a policy which went into effect at the start of the month. “Wake up in
Continue Reading President Joe Biden said Thursday that the newly announced sanctions against Russia are a proportionate response to cyberattacks against the US and interference in two presidential elections, but also emphasized that “now is the time to de-escalate” tensions with the country. Biden said during remarks at the White House that he told Russian President Vladimir
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Este 30 de abril, Joe Biden cumplirá 100 días como presidente de Estados Unidos. Cerca de cumplir esa icónica fecha, el centro de investigaciones Pew realizó una encuesta nacional entre 5.109 adultos para analizar los 100 primeros días de Biden en la Casa Blanca. Entre los hallazgos, la investigación identificó que Biden
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EL PASO, Texas – It didn’t take long for the transfers to start up once again at UTEP. Just one day after Joe Golding was officially named the new head coach of UTEP men’s basketball, Goldling already has another hole to fill in his roster. Verbal Commits reporting that UTEP forward Kristian Sjolund has entered
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Palacio de Buckingham reveló la lista de las 30 personas que participarán del servicio fúnebre del príncipe Felipe, duque de Edimburgo, este sábado. El príncipe Felipe, quien falleció el viernes pasado a los 99 años, será enterrado el sábado a las 3 p.m. locales (10 a.m ET) en la Capilla de San Jorge
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico- Las Cruces Public Schools is in its second week of in-person learning, and while students are spreading out to social distance inside schools, an ABC-7 viewer says some who ride school buses are not. The concerned viewer said that it is “hypocritical to pack kids in school buses only to space them
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Mayfield High School in Las Cruces will be one of five schools recognized nationally as a Unified Champion School. ESPN and Special Olympics worked together to recognize five schools from across the country that go above and beyond to create climates of inclusion. Liz Branch, a speech pathologist who oversees
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Sen. Ted Cruz is no longer wearing a face mask as he walks the halls of the Capitol complex or goes to the Senate floor for debates and votes. “At this point I’ve been vaccinated. Everybody working in the Senate has been vaccinated,” the Texas Republican told CNN, even though many staff
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Soaring Covid-19 cases in Michigan — where one of the nation’s worst outbreaks is underway — are pushing hospitals to critical capacity levels, and residents need to help stop the virus’s spread, the state’s largest health care system said Thursday. Beaumont Health’s eight hospitals in two Detroit-area counties are 90%-95% full, and the number of
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El Consejo de Estado de Cuba aprobó este jueves el nombramiento de Álvaro López Miera como nuevo ministro de las Fuerzas Amadas de Cuba. Según informó Granma, el medio estatal de la isla, la propuesta de promover a López Miera, quien antes se desempeñaba como viceministro primero jefe del Estado Mayor General,
Continue Reading (CNN) — La población de rinocerontes de un cuerno de Nepal ha aumentado a su número más alto en más de 20 años, en parte debido a una pausa en el turismo debido a la pandemia de covid-19 que permitió que los hábitats de los animales se regeneraran, dijeron conservacionistas. La población de rinocerontes en
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President Joe Biden plans to use his meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday to send a signal to China that the countries are united in their opposition to recent aggression against Taiwan as the US seeks to refocus its foreign policy in East Asia. In what will be Biden’s first in-person meeting with
Continue Reading Billions of Tyrannosaurus rex roamed North America during their fascinating reign as top predators, according to a team of researchers that went about the daunting task of making the calculation. Paleontologists from the University of California, Berkeley, set out to put a number on how many T. rex lived during the Cretaceous period — about
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Tony-winning actress Karen Olivo has announced she is leaving the Broadway production of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” due to a lack of response by the theater community over allegations producer Scott Rudin verbally and physically abused numerous staff members at his production company over the years. Olivo made the announcement on Instagram Wednesday, “For all
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– En Colombia, cinco de las ciudades más importantes impusieron restricciones de nuevo, ante el incremento en el número de casos de covid-19, detectados en las últimas horas. Las autoridades informaron que Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla y Santa Marta implementarán cuarentena general para los próximos días. Esto con el objetivo de reducir la
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The winds peaked at around 40 mph today across the area. We were fortunate enough to stay away from seeing blowing dust and sand. The winds will continue to gradually weaken tonight. Our next weather maker will arrive Saturday morning as a cold front arrives from the NE. This front will usher in cooler temps.
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El pleno del Supremo Tribunal Federal de Brasil decidió por mayoría este jueves la anulación de la condena por corrupción y lavado de dinero contra el expresidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Los casos deberán comenzar de nuevo. El fallo ratifica la decisión que había tomado el 8 de marzo el juez
Continue Reading [Breaking news update at 3:50 p.m. ET] Authorities in Chicago have released body camera video that shows a 13-year-old being shot by police officers on March 29. CNN teams have viewed the footage, which appears to show less than one second pass between the time Adam Toledo draws a handgun and an officer fires a
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and her gubernatorial campaign have settled with a former staffer who accused the Democrat of sexually mistreating him during a meeting, paying out at least $62,500 as part of the agreement. A spokesman for Lujan Grisham said they “strenuously deny that there is any
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Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The sudden deaths of a Mobile woman and her infant son in a four-vehicle pileup has left their neighbors stunned. Mobile police said Thursday that a sedan driven by 28-year-old Deidreana Jasper got sandwiched between a UPS truck and a pickup truck. The crash
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WIND LAKE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — One lucky woman from Wind Lake, Wisconsin thought she won $25,000 on a Super Mega Star Crossword game, when she actually had a top prize-winning ticket worth $500,000! The Wisconsin Lottery says Bobbi Mangan picked up the ticket at GP 4 Petroleum LLC,
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