Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday rebuked Donald Trump‘s incitement of the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol while doubling down on his vote to acquit the former President of the charge. “There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility,” McConnell wrote in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal of
Continue Reading State Republican parties are taking action against GOP lawmakers who have reprimanded former President Donald Trump. Some of the senators and representatives who voted in favor of Trump’s impeachment or conviction have been or are facing censure from their state party, underscoring the hold Trump continues to have over the Republican base. Pennsylvania Sen. Pat
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EL PASO, Texas — The winter storm and bone-chilling temps may have kept many El Pasoans indoors, but for those required to work outdoors – it was not going to stop them from clocking in. “I put some boots on, double socks, gloves, put some latex gloves underneath my gloves so my hands wouldn’t get
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EL PASO, Texas — A winter storm rolled through the Borderland Sunday bringing snow and freezing temperatures into Monday. Around El Paso, pets were left outside to freeze causing Animal Services to issue 70 citations, according to a spokesperson. Animal Services had 15 animal protections officers roaming the street and responding to calls Sunday and
Continue Reading The Senate’s impeachment proceedings just put a big spotlight on the 2022 North Carolina US Senate race. GOP Sen. Richard Burr’s surprise vote to convict former President Donald Trump isn’t sitting well with the Republicans in his home state. Burr’s state party voted to censure him, but that’s less of an issue — after all,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Homeless men and women braved the bitter cold Sunday night with damp blankets, thin tents and cardboard boxes. “We are homeless, but we are still human beings just like everyone else,” said Andre Caldera. “I’m a teenager,” said Dante Rivera, who has lived on the streets for two months. “I
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s acquittal in the Senate’s impeachment trial — and the backlash now facing Republicans who voted to convict him — have exposed the deepening rift within the GOP over whether to continue to fully embrace the former President or seek to move past his divisive brand of politics. The immediate aftermath of Trump’s trial
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Junior libero Hula Crisostomo reminded the team of what they were capable of after the Miners lost in five sets yesterday. Six months ago, UTEP upset a top-15 team and reigning Sun Belt Conference Champion Texas State in four sets following a defeat the day before. “Hey, we lost to Texas State in five sets
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(CNN Español) — A los 85 años falleció en Nueva York el compositor y productor musical dominicano Johnny Pacheco, le dijo a CNN su esposa Cuqui de Pacheco. Considerado por los expertos y amantes de la música latina como uno de los padres de la salsa, Pacheco creó en los años 60 la disquera Fania
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HOUSTON, Texas — Some of the warmest places in Texas, where rolling power outages are occurring across the chilly state, are inside cars and trucks parked in the driveway of a home without electricity. Chey Louis of Irving told CNN his family in Grand Prairie had planned a small socially distanced gathering to celebrate his
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Wind gusts Tuesday will hit 40 mph for the folks on the E/NE side of town during the afternoon and evening. With temps in the 40’s, those winds will make it feel colder so bundle up later in the day. There will also be a slight chance for some rain showers as this system move
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Lavarse las manos, mantener el distanciamiento social, usar mascarillas. Los médicos y autoridades de salud lo han repetido hasta el cansancio y, hasta ahora, junto con la vacuna, son las reglas de oro para navegar esta época de pandemia que nos tocó vivir. Pero no es lo único que hemos hecho para
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NBA legend Michael Jordan is donating $10 million to open two new medical clinics in his hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina. The clinics, slated to open in 2022, will serve the uninsured or underinsured residents of New Hanover County, according to a news release from Novant Health, a regional health care system. “Everyone should have
Continue Reading (CNN) — Casi 170 millones de personas están bajo advertencias de clima invernal el lunes, con carreteras heladas, cortes de energía y temperaturas peligrosamente bajas que amenazan con atascar el tráfico y paralizar ciudades de costa a costa. En el corazón de la nación, al menos 11 personas han muerto en accidentes automovilísticos relacionados con
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SANTA FE. New Mexico — New Mexico health officials reported 200 additional Covid-19 cases on Monday and nine deaths. Three of those new deaths occurred in southern New Mexico and included a man in his 40s and a woman in her 60s from Doña Ana County along with a woman in her 70s from Luna County. The
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Consumir ciertos tipos de quesos preferidos por los hispanos podría representar un peligro para la salud, según los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC por sus siglas en inglés). Los CDC investigan un brote de listeriosis en varios estados que estaría vinculado con algunos quesos suaves como queso fresco,
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The Utah Republican Party released a statement Monday accepting the different votes of the state’s Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike Lee in last week’s impeachment trial, marking a stark contrast with how some other state and county GOP party operations have pursued censure against Republicans who voted to impeach or convict former President Donald Trump.
Continue Reading A bipartisan group of governors expressed concern Monday at the Biden administration’s vaccine rollout, writing in a letter to the White House that better coordination is needed between the federal government and states on distributing doses to prevent confusion and duplicative efforts. The executive committee of the National Governors Association, comprised of Democrats and Republicans,
Continue Reading (CNN) — ¿Pueden la vitamina C y el zinc ayudarte a combatir el covid-19? No, ni siquiera en dosis altas, según el primer ensayo clínico aleatorizado para probar estos dos suplementos bajo supervisión médica. A pesar del uso popular de la vitamina C y el zinc para combatir o disminuir la severidad de los resfriados virales
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EL PASO, Texas — Millions of Texans are dealing with rolling power outages after a massive winter storm made it’s way though the entire state, but that’s not the case here in El Paso. El Paso is not apart of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), a major grid operator that controls about 90%
Continue Reading A civilian contractor was killed and a US service member was injured along with five other contractors when rocket fire landed on coalition forces near Erbil International Airport in Iraq, said Col. Wayne Marotto, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve. “Initial reports that Indirect Fire landed on Coalition Forces in Erbil tonight. There was 1
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– Detenciones arbitrarias, fabricación de cargos falsos, hacinamiento en las cárceles, abuso de detenidos y la amenaza silenciosa de contraer el covid-19 en prisión constituyen algunas de las tácticas que, según Amnistía Internacional, las autoridades ejecutan en Nicaragua para acallar la denuncia pública. La ONG describió la situación este lunes al presentar, en
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Legislators advanced a proposal Monday to legalize recreational marijuana across New Mexico and lift the state’s tight restrictions on production for its medical marijuana program. After more than six hours of testimony and deliberations, a legislative committee on health issues endorsed one Democrat-backed House bill and sidelined a second in efforts to
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EL PASO, Texas – Juan Camacho Jr. will soon get a chance to live out his dream, and he won’t have to travel very far to do it. Camacho Jr. recently signed to play Division 1 football at UTEP. It was always one of Camacho’s goals to suite up for the Miners, and his love
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Don Francisco vuelve a la televisión internacional con una producción 100% virtual en CNN y un invitado de lujo: José Luis Rodríguez, «El Puma». En la entrevista exclusiva, el artista venezolano cuenta cómo fue el proceso para volver a cantar tras la delicada cirugía de trasplante de pulmones a la que se
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El Paso, Texas — “It’s back to the starting line!” A phrase that El Paso runners were eager and excited to hear this past weekend despite challenges posed by mother nature and the coronavirus outbreak. Runners lined up at Ascarate Park to compete in the El Paso Marathon and Half-Marathon, but things looked a lot
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– Leopoldo Jacinto Luque, exdelantero de la selección argentina de fútbol murió este lunes, según le dijo a CNN una fuente de la Clínica de Cuyo, en la provincia argentina de Mendoza. Luque estaba internado en ese centro médico desde hacía casi un mes tras contagiarse de covid-19, le había dicho a CNN
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El PASO, Texas – UTEP head football coach Dana Dimel announced the addition of Theron Aych to the staff as the new inside wide receivers coach for the Miners on Monday afternoon. Aych returns to El Paso for a second stint after serving as the wide receivers coach at UTEP during the 2016 season. The 20-year coaching
Continue Reading New police radio dispatches and security footage from the January 6 US Capitol riot paint an even sharper picture of how the insurrectionists at times showed little fear of the police as they launched a large and coordinated attack. CNN reviewed more than 800 videos and audio files, including radio dispatches and security footage, that
Continue Reading (CNN) — Casi 170 millones de personas están bajo advertencias de clima invernal el lunes, con carreteras heladas, cortes de energía y temperaturas peligrosamente bajas que amenazan con atascar el tráfico y paralizar ciudades de costa a costa. En el corazón de la nación, al menos 11 personas han muerto en accidentes automovilísticos relacionados con
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