EL PASO, Texas — El Paso water parks are gearing up for a summer splash. Destination El Paso has opened the hiring for hundreds of positions – some part time, including lifeguards for those ages 16 and older, park managers and assistant managers, along with supervisors. Although it is taking applications online, Destination El Paso
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The House of Representatives passed legislation in rare bipartisan fashion Wednesday to award the Congressional Gold Medal to officers of the US Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department for their work protecting the Capitol on January 6. The legislation provides for a third gold medal to be given to the Smithsonian to be displayed
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A restaurant was spray-painted with the message “Kung flu” in Texas. A travel agency employee in California was nearly blinded. An 84-year-old man from Thailand died after being shoved to the ground during his morning walk. Many Asian Americans across the United States have been verbally harassed, spat on and injured for months in a
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Click here for updates on this story COLLINSVILLE, Illinois (KMOV) — A local 11-year-old is making history with IKEA! Nick was one of over 66,000 children from around the world to submit a drawing for IKEA’s Soft Toy Drawing Competition. Out of all the entries, IKEA selected five unique drawings, including Nick’s, to be made
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas and Montana are suing the Biden administration for revoking the Keystone XL pipeline permit. According to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the lawsuit alleges that President Joe Biden doesn’t have the unilateral authority to change the permitting, saying the power resides with Congress. “Since his first day in office, President Biden
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WASHINGTON, DC — A man was arrested Wednesday for gun and ammunition offenses near the official vice president’s residence on the grounds of the Naval Observatory in Washington, police said. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, 31-year-old Paul Murray, of San Antonio, Texas, was detained by Secret Service and arrested. A rifle and ammunition were
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George Washington is said to have told Thomas Jefferson that they should create the Senate to “cool” House legislation — like a saucer cools hot tea. But using that notion of cooling what the House passes to outright kill a bill by filibuster is not in the US Constitution, and likely not what Washington had
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With obesity a factor in Covid-19 vaccine eligibility, many Americans are scrambling to find out their body mass index, or BMI. But experts say the meaning behind those numbers — and how to lower them — isn’t always so clear-cut. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists obesity as an underlying medical condition,
Continue Reading The Internal Revenue Service plans to delay this year’s tax filing deadline by roughly a month, to mid-May. Democratic Reps. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey and Richard Neal of Massachusetts, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said that the new deadline would be May 17. The IRS late Wednesday put out a
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(CNN) — Murió el presidente de Tanzania, John Magufuli, anunció su gobierno en su página oficial de Facebook el miércoles. El presidente de 61 años, que generalmente hacía apariciones públicas semanales en los servicios religiosos dominicales, no había sido visto desde el 27 de febrero, lo que alimentaba las especulaciones de que estaba enfermo y
Continue Reading State and federal investigators are scrambling to learn more about Robert Aaron Long, the suspect in a string of deadly shootings at three Atlanta-area Asian spas, and his alleged motive. Not much information has surfaced about the 21-year-old from Woodstock, about a half-hour drive north of Atlanta. He is presently detained without bond in Cherokee
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — BeLoved Asheville launched a new project called BeLoved Camp Clean on March 13, which provides access to cleanup supplies, trash and recycling cans, and pickup to residents in the City of Asheville who camp because they do not have a home. BeLoved organizers
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The founder of the WallStreetBets is heading to Hollywood. Jaime Rogozinski, the investor who started the subreddit that shook up Wall Street, has signed with United Talent Agency, the company confirmed to CNN Business on Wednesday. The news was first reported by Bloomberg. The agency reps some of biggest stars in Hollywood including Kevin Hart,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Al menos ocho personas fueron encontradas muertas en tres spa diferentes en el área de Atlanta el martes. La Policía dice que la evidencia de video los ha llevado a creer que el mismo sospechoso, Robert Aaron Long, es responsable de los tres tiroteos. Esto es lo que sabemos hasta ahora ¿Dónde tuvieron
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Mari Rodríguez Ichaso ha sido colaboradora de la revista Vanidades durante varias décadas. Es especialista en moda, viajes, gastronomía, arte, arquitectura y entretenimiento. Productora de cine y columnista de estilo de CNN en Español. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son exclusivamente suyas. Lee más artículos de opinión en cnne.com/opinion. (CNN Español)
Continue Reading The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to renew the lapsed Violence Against Women Act, landmark legislation championed by President Joe Biden. The final tally was 244 to 172 with 29 Republicans voting with Democrats in support. The chamber passed a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the VAWA, as it is known, that was introduced in
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An Amazon warehouse employee testified before the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday about the “grueling” working conditions that led her and others to organize the milestone union election currently underway in Bessemer, Alabama. “Amazon brags it pays workers above the minimum wage. What they don’t tell you is what those jobs are really like,” said
Continue Reading Distribution of White supremacist propaganda reached the highest amount ever recorded since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking it, the group said in a report released on Wednesday. There were 5,125 documented cases of racist, anti-Semitic and anti-LGBTQ fliers, stickers, banners and posters distributed in the US — an average of 14 incidents per day and
Continue Reading US intelligence agencies believe that “narratives of fraud in the recent general election” and “the emboldening impact of the violent breach of the US Capitol” will “almost certainly” spur domestic extremists to try to engage in additional acts of violence this year, according to the unclassified summary of a new joint assessment released Wednesday. That
Continue Reading Many Senate Democrats are preparing for a key moment they believe will help make their case to gut the filibuster once and for all: when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his Republican colleagues block a major voting rights bill they say is critical to beat back restrictions imposed in GOP-led states across the country.
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Marisabel Rodríguez, exesposa del fallecido presidente de Venezuela Hugo Chávez, publicó este martes en sus redes sociales un video que mostraba cuando era vacunada con una dosis de la vacuna rusa Sputnik V al tiempo que invitaba a los venezolanos a vacunarse. Horas después borró la publicación, pero para entonces ya era
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After Sebastian Araujo’s parents spent a week on a waitlist for leftover Covid-19 vaccines, the family was relieved when the pharmacy called to let him know that two spots had opened up. On Saturday, the trio showed up for their appointments at a Rite Aid in Mission Hills, California, a suburb outside of Los Angeles,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — Gwinnett County police said they conducted more than 300 traffic stops during a two-day sweep aimed at street racing operations earlier this month, which resulted in several arrests of people wanted on felony and misdemeanor warrants. The stops conducted on March 5
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LODI, California (KFSN) — After four years of fighting, a North Valley family is finally getting justice. The parents of Tyler Turner, who died skydiving at the Lodi Parachute Center in 2016, just won a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the facility owner. Attorney for the family, Paul Van
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (KFSM) — A dramatic fire caught on camera by Fayetteville Police has them feeling thankful no one was hurt. The van caught fire on Jimmie Ave., but it wasn’t your typical vehicle fire. It was on the move, making what police are calling an ‘epic movie
Continue Reading President Joe Biden said in an interview aired Tuesday that Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo should resign if an investigation confirms the allegations of sexual harassment against him. Asked by ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos if Cuomo should step down if the investigation confirms the allegations, Biden replied, “Yes.” “I think he’ll probably end up
Continue Reading The Internal Revenue Service plans to delay this year’s tax filing deadline by roughly a month, to mid-May, according to an official familiar with the plans. The official said the decision was made in order to allow filers more time to navigate tax situations complicated by the coronavirus pandemic. There has been growing bipartisan support
Continue Reading Domestic violent extremism is the “greatest threat” to the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told lawmakers Wednesday during his first congressional hearing since taking office. The threat comes from so-called lone wolves and individuals with loose associations following ideologies of hate and extremism who are “willing and able to take those ideologies and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Students and teachers alike never thought weeks of virtual learning would turn into months. “Especially in the beginning, it was like, how do you teach band online?” said Nina Pryor, the Band Director at Howard Middle School. But more than a year since the pandemic
Continue Reading Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is calling on US President Joe Biden to ensure vaccine equity, in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Speaking from Sao Paulo, Brazil, da Silva said the US has a surplus of vaccines and suggested the excess could be donated to countries in need. “One suggestion
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