The light at the end of the tunnel may be the fireworks bursting in air on the Fourth of July. President Joe Biden on Thursday offered Americans the tantalizing hope of a return to an all but forgotten pre-pandemic normalcy within months, escalating the “war footing” on which he has placed the nation to beat
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada – The NMSU Aggies made it look easy Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament. NMSU defeated UT Rio Grande Valley by a final score of 77-61. The two teams only traded the lead in the early minutes of the game, but it wasn’t long before NMSU would take the
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(CNN Español) — Israel se transformó voluntariamente en campo de pruebas global de Pfizer a cambio de recibir millones de vacunas. Ahora también comenzó a utilizar un pasaporte verde que ha generado un amplio debate internacional. Se trata de un certificado de vacunación que permite acceder a estadios, teatros o piscinas, pero sólo a los
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — Elon Musk perdió decenas de miles de millones de dólares la semana pasada. Pero lo recuperó casi todo en un solo día, este martes, luego de un repunte del 20% en las acciones de Tesla. Musk agregó US$ 25.000 millones a su patrimonio neto ayer, elevando su fortuna total a
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In an extraordinary rebuke, the Pentagon and several senior members of the US military called out Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Thursday for a sexist segment in which he mocked women serving in the armed forces. Carlson, who is effectively the face of Fox and hosts the top show on the right-wing channel, ridiculed
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A keeper at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is recovering after being attacked by a cheetah on Thursday, according to a statement from the zoo given to affiliate WSYX and shared with CNN. Two staff members were walking the 4-year-old cheetah named Isabelle from the cheetah facility in the Heart of Africa section to a
Continue Reading Coupang, South Korea’s biggest e-commerce company, has pulled off the largest US initial public offering so far this year. Shares of the SoftBank-backed firm ended their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange at $49.25 on Thursday, a 41% jump over the $35 IPO price. The offering raised nearly $4.6 billion. The
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden anunció durante su primer discurso a la nación que ordena a los estados de EE.UU. abrir la elegibilidad de la vacunación contra el coronavirus a todos los adultos a más tardar el 1 de mayo. Un paso que, según él, podría permitir pequeñas reuniones el Día de la Independencia
Continue Reading New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced mounting political pressure on Thursday after the speaker of the state Assembly authorized the judiciary committee to begin an impeachment investigation and dozens of Democratic New York state lawmakers called for Cuomo to resign. For Cuomo, who is under fire in the wake of sexual harassment allegations and
Continue Reading President Joe Biden marked a year since the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the country with his first prime-time address — a speech in which he mixed hard numbers on vaccine distribution with appeals to unity and a deep-seated belief in the power of America to overcome any challenge. My takeaways from Biden’s speech, which ran
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The former owners of a girls’ boarding school in Missouri are facing more than 100 felony charges between them related to the abuse of 16 victims at the school, according to charging documents. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced charges against Boyd and Stephanie Householder, the former owners and operators of the Circle of Hope
Continue Reading President Joe Biden’s speech Thursday night contained a long section about “the truth,” and he said the truth is that the only way to get our lives back to normal is to “beat the virus.” If he believes that, why did so little of the Covid relief bill he signed today go toward doing just
Continue Reading A California judge sentenced a man to 212 years in federal prison for killing his two sons in an insurance scheme worth more than $260,000, according to a Thursday news release from the Justice Department. Ali F. Elmezayen, 45, drove a vehicle — with his wife and two sons inside — off a Los Angeles
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EL PASO, Texas — While many in the Borderland will receive a one-time $1,400 payment from the Covid-19 relief bill, that is just one small piece of the pie that makes up the American Rescue Plan. The bill passed by Congress and signed Thursday by President Joe Biden aims at American economic recovery. “We’ve lost
Continue Reading Sumner High School, the first Black high school west of the Mississippi River, was once a key landmark in its community. But in January, St. Louis Public Schools announced it would be closing a number of schools in the district where enrollment has fallen in an effort to save money. Sumner High School — which
Continue Reading (CNN) — En una cafetería en el centro de Jerusalén, un grupo de mujeres conversa mientras come en una mesa que se encuentra en el interior del local, con las mascarillas a un lado. En la peluquería que está unas tiendas más allá hay dos clientas con papeles de aluminio que les adornan las cabezas
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s Temple Mount Sinai is launching a 2021 international speaker series titled “Higher Meanings: Exploring Connections Between Religion and Mathematics.” This online series of six talks targets adults and older teens seeking more nuanced appreciation for the two domains and how they may overlap. Each presentation explores connections between religion
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden anunció durante su primer discurso a la nación que ordena a los estados de EE.UU. abrir la elegibilidad de la vacunación contra el coronavirus a todos los adultos a más tardar el 1 de mayo. Un paso que, según él, podría permitir pequeñas reuniones el Día de la Independencia
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Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Springfield Middle School parent was suspended after yelling those slurs the coach and using them on Facebook. Latoya Groves said her son is being discriminated against that the baseball coach at this middle school doesn’t let him play because he is black. It
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A city of Asheville employee is being recognized for saving a man’s life. Asheville police said Anthony ‘Buzz’ Brown stopped a man from taking his own life. Brown said it happened off Sand Hill Road last Wednesday. “The thing that upset me the
Continue Reading Nueva York / Hong Kong (CNN Business) — Warren Buffett acaba de unirse al club de mega ricos más exclusivo del mundo. El patrimonio del legendario inversor estadounidense era de US$ 100.000 millones este jueves, según el Índice de multimillonarios de Bloomberg. Eso lo pone en compañía de solo otros cinco hombres por encima de
Continue Reading Addressing a pandemic-worn nation a year after coronavirus brought life to a halt, President Joe Biden on Thursday offered a plan to lift the country from crisis using a pair of upcoming dates: May 1, by which he will order states to allow all adults to receive vaccines; and July 4, when he said Americans
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — A homeowner has been dealing with an unusual nuisance for a long time. It’s not only made his backyard less enjoyable, but also hazardous. After numerous phone calls with no response, he contacted 6 On Your Side for help. When the time comes to
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FRISCO, Texas – Katia Gallegos flirted with a triple-double and DejaNae Roebuck led all scorers as No. 2 UTEP (17-7) defeated No. 3-seed Florida Atlantic (11-11) by a score of 74-67 to advance to the semifinals at the 2021 Conference USA Basketball Championships on Thursday at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The Miners
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El Ministerio Público de Panamá informó este jueves sobre la detención de cinco personas presuntamente involucradas en el intento de secuestro de un familiar de un «funcionario de alta jerarquía». Una fuente con conocimiento del caso confirmó a CNN que la víctima en este hecho fue Moisés Cortizo, hermano del presidente de
Continue Reading New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo was under renewed political pressure on Thursday after the speaker of the state Assembly authorized the judiciary committee to begin an impeachment investigation and dozens of Democratic New York state lawmakers called for Cuomo to resign. State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie made the decision after meeting with the Assembly
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden anunció en su primer discurso a la nación que pide a los estados de EE.UU. que abran la elegibilidad para la vacuna contra el coronavirus a todos los adultos a más tardar el 1 de mayo, un paso que, según él, podría permitir pequeñas reuniones del Día de la
Continue Reading President Joe Biden used his first evening address to the nation Thursday to announce he is directing US states to open coronavirus vaccine eligibility to all adults no later than May 1, a step he will say could allow for small Independence Day gatherings on July 4. Biden told Americans that after a year of
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is condemning the violence Asian Americans have endured since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, saying “it is wrong, it is un-American and it must stop.” Biden is lamenting an uptick of reports of “vicious” attacks and harassment against Asian Americans that’s been reported since the start of the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) —President Joe Biden is delivering a somber but optimistic message on the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking from a lectern in a flag-draped backdrop in the East Room of the White House, Biden is reflecting on the worst public health crisis in more than a century. It has killed nearly 530,000
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