EL PASO, Texas — Pretty good start to the day Sunday with temperatures starting off in the upper 50s. Sunshine will hang around for the first few hours of the day before we see a few clouds roll in. We will have partly cloudy skies through the afternoon with winds slighty calmer than Saturday. Not
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Global interest in the British royal family has boomed recently, mostly due to Harry and Meghan’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey last month and the hit TV series “The Crown.” But after Prince Philip’s death on Friday, media saturation appears to have reached tipping point, in Britain at least. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) opened
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Republican Rep. Peter Meijer has a warning for his party: He fears baseless conspiracy theories like QAnon will destroy the GOP from within if Republicans don’t decisively and unequivocally condemn the false and dangerous beliefs and take action to stop their spread. “The fact that a significant plurality, if not potentially a majority, of our
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FORT WORTH, Texas — One person was killed and at least five others were injured when people in two vehicles shot at each other on a Fort Worth, Texas, freeway Friday night, officials said. The two vehicles, which police say each had several occupants, were traveling eastbound on the Southwest Loop of the 820 freeway
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Scientists are ramping up their efforts to track the nutrient-rich wastewater, contaminated by the Piney Point phosphogypsum stack, that’s dumping into Florida’s Tampa Bay, as concern remains high that it could supercharge potential toxic algae blooms, including red tide. Ultimately, it will take weeks and months for the effects of the wastewater to be fully
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UPDATE, April 12: A 16-year-old northeast El Paso girl remained hospitalized Tuesday with life-threatening injuries after being shot over the weekend by a 20-year-old man she was dating, police said. Officers indicated the shooting was initially reported by the girl’s mother as a suicide, but investigators discovered the man “was handling a handgun when the
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(CNN) — “Desafortunadamente tengo que votar y elegir a uno, pero aquí no podemos ni elegir al menos malo porque todos son malos”, suspiró el fotógrafo de 30 años Abraham Medina, quien explicó por qué sigue indeciso de cara a las elecciones presidenciales de Perú. Blanca Cagua, una enfermera de 25 años, tampoco está impresionada
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Coming soon: Watch out for the upcoming launch of Wonder Theory, the first-ever CNN space and science newsletter. Subscribe here and be among the first to receive the week’s most fascinating stories, delivered straight to your inbox every Saturday morning. Welcome to Wonder Theory, your weekly space and science digest. In a matter of days,
Continue Reading A year ago, Joe Biden, then the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, was picking a fight with Amazon over how little it paid Uncle Sam. Now Biden is president, and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is on a lonely island supporting the White House’s plan — to raise corporate taxes. Hardly any other company leaders have
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Vaccinations are ramping up across the US. More than 175 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered, according to CNN’s vaccine tracker, a rate of about 53 doses per 100 people. But some developments have dampened the excitement: This week, a few vaccination sites across the US paused operations after some patients reported
Continue ReadingNearly 40% of US Marines are declining Covid-19 vaccinations, according to data provided to CNN on Friday by the service, the first branch to disclose service-wide numbers on acceptance and declination. As of Thursday, approximately 75,500 Marines have received vaccines, including fully vaccinated and partially vaccinated service men and women. About 48,000 Marines have chosen
Continue Reading A pilot project in a California town is paying homeless residents to tidy up their living areas, and it’s changing the culture of the city. The idea stemmed from a conversation with one of the city’s police sergeants, said Sarah Bontrager, the housing and public services manager for Elk Grove, a city of 174,000 people
Continue Reading Walking up to Cup Foods, you pass the outline of a body drawn on the street. It shows where George Floyd took his last breath. Approaching it now, it’s impossible not to see again the horrified huddle of people captured on police body camera screaming at officers to get off the neck of George Floyd.
Continue Reading Before Clarissa Rankin goes out on a job, a few things need to be in order. First up, a morning meditation. (“Dealing in transportation, you have to be calm to be a great driver,” she says.) Then, she heads to the yard to hitch up Sparkle, her 2019 Freightliner Cascadia. Sparkle’s a big girl: With
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Camilo Egaña es el conductor de Camilo. Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo son exclusivas del autor. (CNN Español) — Un espejo puede resultar tan peligroso como una pistola cargada. O tan reconfortante como un abrazo. Un abrazo de tu hijo o de tu nieto. Verse reflejado en la pupila de los
Continue Reading As a master writer for Hallmark, Melvina Young is well-practiced in keeping a finger on the pulse of her community; making note of the emotions they may need to express, and later translating them into a card. “Our job really hinges on the power of empathy, that ability to get into someone else’s experience that
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Pitcher Joe Musgrove tossed the first no-hitter in Padres franchise history on Friday night, as San Diego defeated the Texas Rangers 3-0 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. The Padres, who started playing in 1969, were the only team in Major League Baseball to have never thrown a no-hitter. Musgrove struck out 10 and
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EL PASO, Texas — Football returned to the Sun Bowl Friday night as the UTEP Miners held their Spring Game. The format featured UTEP’s orange team (first string starters) taking on the white team (second and third strings). Team orange was led by quarterback Gavin Hardison and the run game was anchored by Quardraiz Wadley
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Carlos Alberto Montaner es escritor, periodista y colaborador de CNN. Sus columnas se publican en decenas de diarios de España, Estados Unidos y América Latina. Montaner es, además, vicepresidente de la Internacional Liberal. Las opiniones aquí expresadas son exclusivamente suyas. (CNN Español) — Si no sucede un fenómeno imponderable, Donald Trump intentará
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cerca de 80 millones de personas en el sur enfrentan el riesgo de condiciones meteorológicas extremas del viernes al sábado, con la amenaza de tornados, vientos destructivos y granizo. El área bajo amenaza de condiciones extremas se extiende desde el sureste de Texas a través del noroeste de Florida en la costa del
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DEMING, New Mexico — State public safety officials released disturbing patrol car dashcam video Friday evening showing a violent February encounter during a traffic stop that claimed the life of a New Mexico State Police officer. The tragic incident was part of a multi-agency anti-narcotics operation. The video shows how the traffic stop was conducted
Continue Reading Gray whales are visible just twice a year in California as they migrate from the southern tip of the West Coast up toward Alaska and back again. They delight residents as they appear briefly in coastal waters before returning to the open ocean. This spring, though, they’ve been washing up dead. The carcasses of four
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The Food and Drug Administration will evaluate “as quickly as possible” Pfizer’s request to expand the emergency use authorization of the drug maker’s Covid-19 vaccine to include people ages 12-15 in the United States, FDA Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock said. Pfizer on Friday asked the FDA for the amendment. “While the FDA cannot predict how
Continue Reading A Pentagon police officer was charged with two counts of second-degree murder Friday in the shooting deaths of two men in Maryland this week, authorities said. Officer David Hall Dixon was off-duty at the time of the shooting. He was taken into custody Friday morning without incident, Takoma Park police said. Dixon faces two counts
Continue Reading The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity chapter at Ohio’s Bowling Green State University has been permanently expelled from campus for hazing violations in the wake of a student’s death, university spokesperson Alex Solis announced Friday. “This expulsion is because of hazing, which is absolutely intolerable,” Solis said in the campus-wide statement. “The University’s investigation found the
Continue Reading The brain of a former NFL player who police said shot and killed five people before taking his own life will be studied by researchers at Boston University, officials said Friday. York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson said on Wednesday that Phillip Adams, 32, shot two air conditioning technicians — killing one — outside the home
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The death of hip-hop artist Earl “DMX” Simmons at the age of 50 represents not just an occasion for mourning, but one of celebration and commemoration for the iconic rapper who culled soaring artistry from personal trauma and grief. A Generation X impresario who burst onto the scene during the Clinton administration, DMX offered a
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LUBBOCK, Texas – Eastlake’s dream of winning a state soccer title were dashed Friday afternoon in Lubbock, TX. The Falcons were just one more win away from punching their ticket to the final four of the Class 6A playoffs. However, in the regional final game against Allen High School, the Falcons came out on the
Continue Reading The House Ethics Committee said Friday it was opening an investigation into the allegations surrounding embattled Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican facing a federal investigation into whether he violated sex trafficking laws. The top Democrat and Republican on the Ethics Committee said they were examining Gaetz for a host of potential offenses, including both
Continue Reading (CNN) — Felipe de Gran Bretaña, duque de Edimburgo, esposo de la reina Isabel II, murió a los 99 años. «Es con profundo pesar que Su Majestad la reina anuncia la muerte de su amado esposo, Su Alteza Real el príncipe Felipe, duque de Edimburgo», dice un comunicado del Palacio de Buckingham. Minuto a minuto:
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