The State Department has ordered the departure of all non-emergency US government personnel and their family members from Myanmar as deadly crackdowns by the country’s military continue. Hundreds are said to have been killed and injured in the wake of the military coup that deposed Myanmar’s civilian leadership as security forces have used lethal force
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SANTA FE, N.M (AP) — New Mexico is joining a wave of states that are legalizing recreational marijuana as its Democrat-dominated Legislature sent a package of cannabis bills Wednesday to a supportive governor. Lawmakers used a marathon two-day legislative session to push through marijuana legalization for adults over 21 and a companion bill that automatically erases many
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For the first few months of her life, Ayah Lundt was the picture of health. Born in January last year at a whopping 8.3 pounds, the bubbly baby girl with dark curls and bright brown eyes hit all her developmental milestones. By six months, she was crawling and trying new foods. Bananas and mushy broccoli
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The man arrested in the assault on a 65-year-old Asian woman in New York City was out on parole for killing his mother, police told CNN. Brandon Elliot was arrested early Wednesday. Elliot was charged with two counts of second degree assault as a hate crime and one count of first degree attempted assault as
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(CNN) — Vanessa Bryant anunció en Instagram el martes que su hija Natalia Bryant, de 18 años, fue aceptada en la Universidad del Sur de California (USC). Además, dijo que su difunto esposo Kobe Bryant habría estado orgulloso de su hija. «¡Yo entré!» grita Natalia, con una sudadera de la USC, en el clip.Vanessa escribió:
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Los resultados de ensayos clínicos de la vacuna contra el covid-19 de Pfizer/BioNTech mostraron que tiene una eficacia del 100% en adolescentes de los 12 a 15 años, según informaron las compañías este miércoles. Y además, esta población tolera bien la vacuna, añadieron las empresas. Pfizer/BioNTech planea presentar los datos ante la Administración
Continue Reading (CNN) — La superestrella del pop Britney Spears dijo que el reciente documental que explora su carrera y la batalla de alto perfil que libra con su padre por la tutela de su patrimonio la hizo llorar. «Framing Britney Spears», que se emitió en febrero, describe la vida traumática de la cantante bajo el foco
Continue Reading Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it had found a quality problem at a Baltimore plant helping manufacture its single-dose coronavirus vaccine under contract. The New York Times reported Wednesday. that workers at Emergent BioSolutions, the Baltimore plant that has been making Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, accidentally mixed up some of the ingredients, ruining
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Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, Hollywood has kept a close eye on any movie that could give some insights into the film industry’s potential renaissance or demise after the pandemic has abated. Hollywood may now finally have that film. It stars a radioactive lizard and a giant ape that fight for roughly an
Continue Reading If you think herd immunity is the finish line to this pandemic, it’s time for a reality check. Herd immunity with Covid-19 could come and go, scientists say. Or we might never reach it at all. “There’s a lot of things that have to go our way to actually get to herd immunity,” said Dr.
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso School District has seen a severe increase in the failing rate for students due to remote learning – and in order to help kids move on to the next grade, some high schools are offering night school to give kids a chance to catch up. Melissa Martinez, a
Continue Reading Over the past 10 days, two things happened that make clear that a) Trumpism isn’t going anywhere and b) it’s going to complicate Republican attempts to retake control of the Senate next November. The first is that former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R), who resigned from office in 2018 amid a series of allegations of
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Moments after George Floyd was taken away in an ambulance last May, former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was confronted by a witness who took issue with Chauvin’s kneeling on Floyd’s neck. “That’s one person’s opinion,” Chauvin responded as he got into his squad car. “We had to control this guy because he’s a sizable
Continue Reading Microsoft has scored another major government contract, this time to produce augmented reality devices for the US Army. The Army announced Wednesday that it had awarded Microsoft a contract to produce augmented reality systems based on its HoloLens 2 device called Integrated Visual Augmented Systems (IVAS). The devices are designed to help soldiers, “fight, rehearse
Continue Reading Fox News host Tucker Carlson was angered after Congressman Matt Gaetz attempted to rope him into a scandal involving allegations related to sex trafficking of a minor, a person familiar with the matter said. “It pissed him off,” the person familiar with the matter explained to CNN on Wednesday. Gaetz, who has strongly denied allegations
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EL PASO, Texas – No. 2 seed (West) UTEP volleyball (9-6, 8-4 C-USA) squares off with No. 3 seed (East) Marshall (10-4, 8-4 C-USA) in round one of the Conference USA Tournament Thursday, April 1, at 1 p.m. MT in Hattiesburg, Ms. The Miners will go for their first Conference USA Tournament victory since 2008 when UTEP defeated Memphis in the
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EL PASO, Texas — It can certainly be a sign that things are slowly getting back to normal in the Borderland. On April 24, the sport of boxing will return to the Don Haskins Center. The event is being organized by Golden Boy Promotions, that’s the promotion run by boxing icon Oscar De La Hoya.
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Reality TV star Jen Shah of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” was unable to participate in her own court arraignment on Wednesday due to technical issues caused by more than 250 people calling in to the virtual hearing. Shah and her assistant, Stuart Smith, were arrested and charged on Tuesday in connection with
Continue Reading After a Zoom call with a student and his mother, a California teacher who thought the call had ended was recorded saying her student has learned to lie and make excuses, calling the parents “pieces of sh*t” and saying “this is what Black people do,” according to the mother’s attorneys. Now, the mother from the
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Top US national security officials have spoken with their Ukrainian counterparts, and America’s top general held a call Wednesday with his Russian opposite number amid concern over Russian military activity in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, including what the US deemed a violation of a ceasefire by Moscow that led to the deaths of four Ukrainian
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There will be a disturbance that could kick off a few showers, maybe an isolated storm Friday afternoon and evening. Any rain we could see will be a bonus since April is typically our driest month of the year. The holiday weekend will be hot. Temps for Easter Sunday will be near 90.
Continue Reading The Covid-19 pandemic had a significant and negative impact on pregnant women and their infants, according to a global review of studies. The review, published Wednesday in the journal the Lancet, found that stillbirths and maternal deaths increased by nearly a third, according to pooled data from 40 studies that covered 17 countries. There was
Continue Reading Over a decade ago, Brown University released a report with findings on its ties to slavery, and now undergraduate students have voted in support of reparations for descendants of enslaved people. The vote comes at the recommendation of Undergraduate Council of Students (UCS) President Jason Carroll, who is himself a descendant on both sides. Carroll
Continue Reading The Justice Department has charged a Capitol rioter who allegedly tased DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who later spoke out about how he pleaded with the pro-Trump mob to spare his life. In court documents unsealed Wednesday, federal prosecutors said Daniel Rodriguez used an “electroshock weapon” and a flagpole to assault an officer named
Continue Reading The trial of Derek Chauvin on second-degree murder charges in the killing of George Floyd has cast a bright spotlight, one that forces Americans to re-confront the police violence that helped trigger a transformative social movement. It also demands we pay attention to the deeper connections between this act of violence — that so many
Continue Reading The man arrested in the assault on a 65-year-old Asian woman in New York City was out on parole for killing his mother, police told CNN. Brandon Elliot was arrested early Wednesday. Elliot will be arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on two counts of second-degree assault as a hate crime and one count of first-degree
Continue Reading (CNN) — El arzobispo de Canterbury, Justin Welby, confirmó que el duque y la duquesa de Sussex no estaban casados legalmente antes de su boda televisada, aclarando los comentarios que realizó la duquesa en la impactante entrevista de la pareja con Oprah Winfrey. La entrevista contenía muchas revelaciones, incluida la noticia de que Meghan y
Continue Reading The Justice Department has charged a Capitol rioter who allegedly tased DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who later spoke out about how he pleaded with the pro-Trump mob to spare his life. In court documents unsealed Wednesday, federal prosecutors said Daniel Rodriguez used an “electroshock weapon” and a flagpole to assault an officer named
Continue Reading The 19-year-old cashier who suspected George Floyd had handed him a counterfeit bill said Wednesday he still feels guilt for Floyd’s death under the knee of a former Minneapolis police officer. Christopher Martin took the stand on the third day of the criminal trial of Derek Chauvin, echoing other witnesses who expressed helplessness and regret
Continue Reading (CNN) – La superestrella de la NBA Kevin Durant ha sido acusado de usar insultos homofóbicos y misóginos en mensajes privados con Michael Rapaport después de que el actor y comediante estadounidense los compartiera en las redes sociales.Rapaport publicó capturas de pantalla de los mensajes directos en Twitter e Instagram en las que Durant parecía
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