Since the debut of The New York Times documentary “Framing Britney Spears” last month, there has been renewed interest in the singer’s court-ordered conservatorship and calls for her father, Jamie Spears, to step aside as co-conservator. Through his attorney Vivian Lee Thoreen, Jamie Spears said he, too, wishes the conservatorship could come to an end.
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EL PASO, Texas – Dr. Waseem Shami, a cardiologist with Las Palmas Medical Center, appeared on ABC-7 at Four to provide perspective on a recent study that reveals that the negative effects of being overweight are not canceled out by being physically active. In other words, you can’t be fat and fit. “According to new
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After initially reporting him missing, an Ohio mother has been charged with killing her 6-year-old son and disposing of his body in the Ohio River, police said. Brittany Gosney, 29, has been charged with murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in the death of her son James Hutchinson. Her boyfriend, 42-year-old James
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UPDATE, March 5: Federal authorities on Friday confirmed the arrest of an east El Paso man whose home was searched by government agents and examined by a police bomb squad earlier in the week. U.S. Homeland Security investigators said Jason Wesley Matthews, 45, was taken into custody on child pornography charges. A detention hearing in federal
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(CNN) — Ahora hay tres vacunas contra el covid-19 autorizadas para uso de emergencia por la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA), fabricadas por Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna y Johnson & Johnson. Las tres se distribuirán por todo Estados Unidos. Muchas personas se preguntan qué vacuna de covid-19 deberían recibir: ¿hay una
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Here’s some background information about the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, which killed six people and injured more than 1,000. Six suspects were convicted of directly participating in the bombing. The seventh suspect, Abdul Rahman Yasin, is still at large. Facts The explosion created a hole 200 feet by 100 feet, several stories deep. It
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden was set to announce on Tuesday afternoon that drugmaker Merck will help manufacture a vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, administration officials familiar with the matter said, increasing production capacity as the third authorized shot begins going into arms. The arrangement between two competitors is unusual and underscores the
Continue Reading Here is a look at the life of Harry Belafonte, civil rights activist and award-winning singer and actor. Personal Birth date: March 1, 1927 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. Father: Harold George Bellanfanti, cook Mother: Melvine (Love) Bellanfanti, domestic worker Marriages: Pamela Frank (April 2008-present); Julie Robinson (March
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President Joe Biden is expected to huddle with Senate Democrats on Tuesday as the chamber gears up to pass the White House’s top legislative priority: a major pandemic relief plan. Biden is slated to join Senate Democrats virtually during their caucus lunch Tuesday afternoon, a meeting that comes as Democrats face pressure to stick together
Continue Reading The Biden administration is racing to find space for the growing number of families and unaccompanied children crossing the US-Mexico border alone, which may include opening more temporary facilities and providing federal funding for Covid-19 testing. “We’re apprehending more kids than we can release,” a senior Homeland Security official told CNN. “There’s a lot of
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Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — A Scranton man is now facing charges for twice setting fire to the rooming house where he lived. Henry Scheitrumpf, 69, locked up $500,000 bail. He is charged with aggravated arson, reckless endangerment and more, for allegedly setting fire to a dumpster and garbage
Continue Reading In a critical voting rights case, conservative Supreme Court justices on Tuesday suggested they were ready to uphold two provisions of an Arizona voting law that Democrats argue violate the historic Voting Rights Act. Supporters of voting rights are fearful that the court’s new 6-3 solidified conservative majority will weaken a key provision of the
Continue Reading An SUV packed with people crashed into a semitruck in Imperial County, California, on Tuesday morning, leaving 15 dead and others hospitalized, hospital officials said. There were 27 passengers in the SUV that struck a semitruck full of gravel, said Judy Cruz, the managing director of the Emergency Room Department at El Centro Regional Medical
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The pandemic drove Target to a record year of sales growth, as shoppers stocked up at its stores and bought online. Target’s 2020 sales increased 19.8% to $93.6 billion from $78.1 billion last year, the company said Tuesday. Digital sales, which include home delivery and in-store pickup, increased 145%. Target’s sales growth of more than
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The University of Texas at El Paso Department of Theatre and Dance is presenting its next virtual production, “Love Song,” written by John Kolvenbach and directed by senior student Sarah Curtis. “What’s great about this for audiences is you can be on your couch with your family, maybe get a
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IMPERIAL COUNTY, California — At least 13 people have died from a crash between a big rig and an SUV in Southern California on Tuesday, according to the California Highway Patrol. A Ford Expedition SUV entered the intersection with the big rig and subsequently the big rig, which was hauling two trailers, collided with the
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – Las variantes de coronavirus han forzado a farmacéuticas a desarrollar una nueva generación de sus vacunas ya aprobadas contra el covid-19. Moderna y Pfizer son dos de las compañías que ya trabajan en estas inyecciones. En este episodio, el doctor Elmer Huerta nos explica qué diferencia habría en estas nuevas dosis. Puedes
Continue Reading Reporters Without Borders has filed a criminal complaint in Germany accusing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other Saudi officials of committing crimes against humanity in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and the detention of 34 other journalists. The Paris-based media advocacy group said in a statement that it had filed the complaint with a
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Testifying in front of Congress for the first time since the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers Tuesday he was “appalled” about the violent attack while defending the bureau’s handling of the rising domestic terror threat in recent years. “I was appalled that you, our country’s elected
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Varios países de Latinoamérica han empezado a vacunar a sus ciudadanos contra el covid-19. Aunque aún falta mucho tiempo para vacunar masivamente a los millones de habitantes de la región, el proceso avanza, pero tiene muchos desafíos. El estado de la vacunación en Latinoamérica es muy variable. Mientras algunos países ya han
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Here is a look at the life of Bill Frist, heart and lung transplant surgeon and former Senate majority leader. Personal Birth date: February 22, 1952 Birth place: Nashville, Tennessee Birth name: William Harrison Frist Father: Thomas Frist Sr., physician Mother: Dorothy (Cate) Frist Marriages: Tracy (Roberts) Frist (2015-present); Karyn (McLaughlin) Frist (1981-December 2012, divorced)
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Amazon has quietly changed the design of its new app icon, replacing the blue ribbon on top that drew some unfavorable comparisons. Users of the Amazon Shopping app will now see a brown box that resembles a parcel with a blue strip that looks like packaging tape above the company’s signature arrow in the shape
Continue Reading Many residents of Jackson, Mississippi, have been without water since a winter storm hit the area in February. And many are still not sure when it will return. The storm, which also affected Texas and Louisiana, caused 80 water breaks throughout the city. Public Works Director Dr. Charles Williams said Monday that 50 have now
Continue Reading For those wondering what Oscar ratings might be like in this pandemic-impacted year, based on the off-a-cliff results for Sunday’s Golden Globe awards, the forecast could be to look out below. Globes ratings plummeted more than 60% from the 18.3 million viewers who watched last year, per Nielsen data, to an average audience of 6.9
Continue Reading Here’s some background information about leap year. 2024 is a leap year. The next leap day is February 29, 2024, on a Thursday. Facts Every four years in the Gregorian calendar, an extra day is added to the calendar in order to synchronize it with the solar year. Occurs in every year that is divisible
Continue Reading Congress began debate Tuesday on a sweeping ethics and elections package pushed by Democrats that seeks to dramatically overhaul the nation’s rules for voting and funding political campaigns. Although the so-called For the People Act is expected to pass the Democratic-controlled House, it faces stiff headwinds in the Senate, where Democrats hold a slim majority
Continue Reading Only one member of George Floyd’s family will be allowed to attend his high-profile murder trial in a Minneapolis courtroom because of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, a judge ruled on Monday. The same restriction applies to the family of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police officer charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death.
Continue Reading Wired, the preeminent tech magazine, has its new leader: Gideon Lichfield of MIT Technology Review is coming on as its global editorial director. Wired’s parent company Condé Nast, which also publishes Vogue, The New Yorker and other popular magazines, announced the appointment Tuesday. He starts on March 22. Lichfield is replacing Nicholas Thompson, who was
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A man pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to striking a teenage boy with his speeding car and killing him in Berino in 2019. Oscar Anchondo, now 23, struck 16-year-old Beto Romero on April 3rd, 2019 near Berino. Sheriff’s deputies said he left the scene, leaving the teenager to die. Tuesday’s court
Continue Reading (CNN) — Al menos 12 personas murieron después de una accidente de tráfico esta martes en la mañana en Imperial, California, dijo a CNN el agente de la California Highway Patrol (CHP) Arturo Platero. Un vehículo viajaba hacia el oeste en Noorish Road cerca de la ruta estatal 115 cuando se dirigió «directamente» de un
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