(CNN) — Texas registra más frío de lo que ha vivido en décadas y es uno de al menos 25 estados bajo una advertencia de clima invernal durante el histórico brote de frío de esta semana. Pero mientras los texanos luchan por mantener el calor, han comenzado cortes de energía en todo el estado debido
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West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has privately informed President Joe Biden that he won’t join any Democratic efforts to force through provisions in his economic rescue package if they are ruled in violation of strict Senate budget restrictions, the latest warning sign for Biden’s push for a hike to the federal minimum wage. Manchin’s declaration
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UPDATE, Feb. 17: Police on Wednesday identified a 40-year-old man as the shooting victim at an east El Paso apartment complex. Investigators also said they found drugs, money and guns in the apartment belonging to shooting victim Ronald Saunders on Tuesday night. “Officers arrived and found the victim of a gunshot wound responsive and coherent,”
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday described the “sense of history” he feels residing at the White House and all the ways living in the historic building is an adjustment, including being waited on by White House staff. “I get up in the morning and look at Jill and say: ‘Where the hell are we?’ ”
Continue Reading On Tuesday night, President Joe Biden joined CNN’s Anderson Cooper for a town hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The conversation spanned everything from immigration to White supremacist violence to student loan debt to Covid-19, and Biden struck a markedly different tone than his predecessor. He was polite and empathetic. He was thoughtful, if at times a
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Going back more than a hundred years, New York has held the dubious distinction of being a corruption leader among US states and has struggled to ensure integrity in state government. In recent years, high-profile bribery cases have ensnared the leaders of both legislative bodies and Governor Andrew Cuomo’s former right-hand man. Now, a different
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes estuvieron ocupados la semana pasada promoviendo una amplia gama de disposiciones de alivio del coronavirus, todo parte del paquete de estímulo de US$ 1,9 billones del presidente Joe Biden. La semana que viene, la Comisión de Presupuesto de la Cámara de Representantes elaborará un proyecto de
Continue Reading President Joe Biden made it clear during Tuesday night’s CNN town hall that he disagrees with other members of his party who want to cancel $50,000 of student debt per borrower. “I will not make that happen,” Biden said after a member of the audience said his proposal to cancel $10,000 per borrower doesn’t go
Continue Reading President Joe Biden reaffirmed his support for raising the federal minimum wage — gradually — to $15 an hour at CNN’s town hall on Tuesday. While he acknowledged that increasing the wage could squeeze some employers, he pointed to economists and studies that say the impact would be minor. Plus, the President argued, it would
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council debated an ordinance Tuesday night dealing with the regulation of historical landmarks that has caused confusion and frustration among property owners downtown. The confusion stems from one sentence in the law. The sentence says that no change to historical properties can happen without local government approval if
Continue Reading President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Congress to institute “commonsense gun law reforms,” including widespread firearm sales background checks and a ban on assault weapons — highlighting an “epidemic of gun violence” in the US on the third anniversary of the deadly Parkland school shooting. “Today, I am calling on Congress to enact commonsense
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– Una masiva fábrica de cerveza de 5.000 años: ese es el más reciente descubrimiento de los arqueólogos en la antigua ciudad de Abydos, en Egipto, según anunció el Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades del país y reportó la agencia de noticias Reuters. De acuerdo a la publicación, la cervecería estaba ubicada en
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Commissioners discussed homelessness in the area for nearly three hours at their meeting Tuesday, ultimately deciding to meet with county officials, city partners and the El Paso Coalition for the Homeless again. The special meeting, requested by Commissioner Carl Robinson to address the issue, came after he said
Continue Reading President Joe Biden took part in his first town hall since entering the White House last month, answering questions from CNN’s Anderson Cooper (and audience members) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I watched, took notes and have some thoughts about what mattered most — and why. My takeaways are below. 1. A hard deadline on vaccinations: Less
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Two new coronavirus mass vaccination sites opened in California on Tuesday, where cities continue to struggle with securing vaccine supply. The sites are the first to open as part of a wider effort by the federal government to establish 100 vaccination sites nationwide in 100 days. In a joint effort with the Federal Emergency Management
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cerca del 89% de los niños en Estados Unidos vive en un condado considerado como zona roja con niveles altos de transmisión de covid-19 bajo las nuevas pautas de apertura de escuelas compartidas por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) el viernes, de
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President Joe Biden would only commit to a return to normal by next Christmas during a CNN town hall on Tuesday, saying he did not want to boost Americans’ hopes when he could not be certain of a still-early vaccine rollout. The prediction of nearly another year in pandemic-dampened conditions was admittedly not optimistic. But
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU. Joe Biden respondió preguntas de los estadounidenses mientras la nación apunta a contener la pandemia de coronavirus, reabrir las escuelas y reactivar la economía. Biden afirmó que las vacunas contra el covid-19 estarán ampliamente disponibles para el público en general a fines de julio durante el primer foro de
Continue Reading President Joe Biden on Tuesday reflected on the “sense of history” he feels as a new resident of the White House and suggested he has spoken with his predecessors, but cited one notable exception. Asked whether he has called any former presidents, Biden told CNN’s Anderson Cooper during a town hall in Milwaukee: “Yes, I
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COLORADO CITY, Texas — The mayor of this Texas town of about 4,000 people stepped down Tuesday in the wake of a controversial social media post in which he said residents without electricity and water due to a winter storm are “lazy” and “weak,” adding that local government and utility services owed them “nothing,” ABC
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration, in concert with Hill Democrats, is preparing to unveil legislation this week that seeks to provide a pathway to citizenship to the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. For decades, lawmakers have tried to reform the US immigration system and fallen short. The latest effort will
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — Adidas dice que se va a deshacer de la marca estadounidense de fitness Reebok como parte de una revisión estratégica. La empresa alemana de ropa deportiva dijo en un comunicado el martes que ha decidido comenzar un proceso formal «destinado a vender Reebok», tras una revisión del negocio que anunció a fines
Continue Reading The confirmation hearing for Interior Secretary nominee Rep. Deb Haaland is scheduled for next Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. ET, a spokesperson for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmed to CNN on Tuesday. Haaland, who represents New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, was reelected to her second term in November. If confirmed by the Senate,
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU. Joe Biden responde preguntas de los estadounidenses mientras la nación apunta a contener la pandemia de coronavirus, reabrir las escuelas y reactivar la economía. Biden afirmó que las vacunas contra el covid-19 estarán ampliamente disponibles para el público en general a fines de julio durante el primer foro de
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico – A U.S. Border Patrol agent who rescued two migrants who were stranded in the snow near the Santa Teresa airport earlier this week said Wednesday that he was “amazed” they survived. The couple called 911 saying they were dying and needed help. “It’s really cold. Our feet and — my
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President Joe Biden would only commit to a return to normal by next Christmas during a CNN town hall on Tuesday, saying he did not want to boost Americans’ hopes when he could not be certain of a still-early vaccine rollout. The prediction of nearly another year in pandemic-dampened conditions was admittedly not optimistic. But
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden said teachers should move ahead in the line to receive shots in order to reopen schools, attempting to clarify an administration stance that he acknowledged had become muddled over the last week. Speaking at a CNN town hall from Milwaukee during his first trip outside Washington since taking office, Biden said he
Continue Reading The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it had approved a possible $197 million sale of missiles to Egypt, just days after the Egyptian government is said to have detained family members of a US-based Egyptian American human rights activist. The State Department said in a news release that the proposed sale of the missiles and
Continue Reading President Joe Biden is working to “recalibrate” the American relationship with Saudi Arabia, White House press secretary Jenn Psaki said Tuesday, and plans to communicate with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud instead of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “We’ve made clear from the beginning that we’re going to recalibrate our relationship with Saudi Arabia,”
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico – An Otero County man was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing two young girls. Romeo Camacho, 62, was found guilty of criminal sexual penetration of a minor under 13 and two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor under 13 during a one-day trial earlier this
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