EL PASO, Texas — Tuesday, March 1st is Texas primary election day. This year’s primary election will determine which candidates from the Democrat and Republican parties will move forward to November’s election. However, since there is no presidential race at stake, primary races like this year’s usually have lower voter turnout than a general election.
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CNN By Maeve Reston and Nicole Chavez, CNN Photographs by Tamir Kalifa for CNN As shoppers browsed the market stalls at the Pulga Los Portales in the Rio Grande Valley, Armando Acosta and Albino Zuniga caught up over breakfast before opening their lotería stand, where customers often stop to play the traditional Mexican bingo-style game.
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By Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The jury selection for the first January 6 trial has revealed how shaken Washington residents were watching Trump supporters attack the US Capitol last year — and how that is making it impossible for some to serve on Capitol riot defendants’ juries now. “I live in
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By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — NaLyssa Smith scored 28 points and grabbed 20 rebounds as No. 5 Baylor clinched at least a share of its 12th consecutive Big 12 regular-season title with an 87-62 win over No. 8 Iowa State. Smith was the catalyst as the Bears (24-5, 14-3 Big 12)
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By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — NaLyssa Smith scored 28 points and grabbed 20 rebounds as No. 5 Baylor clinched at least a share of its 12th consecutive Big 12 regular-season title with an 87-62 win over No. 8 Iowa State. Smith was the catalyst as the Bears (24-5, 14-3 Big 12)
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy, CNN Abbott Nutrition is recalling some lots of Similac PM 60/40 powdered infant formula due to another report of a dangerous bacterial infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration are investigating reports and complaints of infant illness related to formula from Abbott’s facility in
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By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN From TikTok videos of tanks in Belgorod to Telegram clips of strikes near Kyiv, social media footage has played a key role in the news coverage of Ukraine, revealing new attacks and military movements. But making sure the videos and images are real, accurate and correctly labeled is
Continue Reading By Eric Cheung, Gladys Tsai and Will Ripley, CNN As a young man, Fred Chin spent years imprisoned on a craggy island off Taiwan. Before he was sentenced, guards punched him, forced him to drink his own blood, and hung him upside down while they poured salty water into his mouth, he said. Malaysian-born Chin
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney, Hollywood’s largest and most influential movie studio, is pausing the release of its theatrical films in Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine last week. “Given the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the tragic humanitarian crisis, we are pausing the release of theatrical films in Russia, including the upcoming
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EL PASO, Texas – After 10 years of debate, lawsuits and little progress, city leaders are reevaluating how to move forward on the Multipurpose Cultural and Performing Arts center voters approved in 2012. According to El Paso Matters, the city could abandon plans to build an arena in Downtown El Paso – and instead choose
Continue Reading By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN From TikTok videos of tanks in Belgorod to Telegram clips of strikes near Kyiv, social media footage has played a key role in the news coverage of Ukraine, revealing new attacks and military movements. But making sure the videos and images are real, accurate and correctly labeled is
Continue Reading Social media footage has played a key role in news coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, revealing new attacks and military movements. But making sure the videos and images are real and accurate is important. Here’s how our investigative team does it.
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer South Carolina, Stanford, Louisville and North Carolina State remained the top seeds if the women’s NCAA Tournament began now. The NCAA selection committee did its final reveal of the teams in line for the top 16 seeds on Monday, although the Baylor-Iowa State game played that night wasn’t factored
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Liam Reilly, CNN The Asian woman who was attacked last year in Queens by a man with a rock died Monday, her family announced on a GoFundMe page dedicated to her. In November, GuiYing Ma, 61, was sweeping the sidewalk of an empty property in Jackson Heights when a man allegedly
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Few dinosaurs exude the same mystique as Tyrannosaurus rex, but the tyrant lizard king that once roamed across North America might have been misunderstood. A new analysis of the bones and teeth of 37 T. rex specimens suggests that the dinosaur might need to be regrouped into three separate species —
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Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Volodymyr Zelensky es el atípico presidente de Ucrania que decidió no sólo quedarse junto a su pueblo en medio de una “gran guerra” sino que los anima a seguir en las trincheras para luchar contra la lluvia de misiles que llegan desde el frente ruso. Lo hace de manera muy particular,
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Nash didn’t coach the Brooklyn Nets against Toronto on Monday night because of the NBA’s health and safety protocols. Assistant coach Jacque Vaughn stepped in for Nash, who was ruled out shortly before the start of the game. Nash held his usual pregame press conference, saying he hadn’t spoken to
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Casey Thompson has opened Nebraska’s spring practice as its No. 1 quarterback. Thompson transferred to Nebraska after starting 10 games and passing for 24 touchdowns for Texas last season. New offensive coordinator Mark Whipple says Thompson is the clear choice at quarterback but that
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business RT, the Russia-backed media outlet infamous for promoting Vladimir Putin’s talking points, has seen its influence significantly diminish in recent days as cable carriers and social media companies have taken swift measures to block its reach. The actions taken by television providers and technology companies against RT have dealt one
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By AMY TAXIN Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A Houston-based oil company has sued two container ship operators and an organization that oversees marine traffic, saying they failed to prevent last fall’s underwater pipeline leak off the Southern California coast. Amplify Energy Corp., which owns the pipeline that ruptured, filed the complaint Monday.
Continue Reading By AMY TAXIN Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A Houston-based oil company has sued two container ship operators and an organization that oversees marine traffic, saying they failed to prevent last fall’s underwater pipeline leak off the Southern California coast. Amplify Energy Corp., which owns the pipeline that ruptured, filed the complaint Monday.
Continue Reading By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge in New Orleans has rejected a lawsuit filed by Gulf of Mexico charter fishing boat operators opposed to federal regulations that include a requirement that they affix tracking equipment to their vessels. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan ruled Monday in favor of the
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn coach Steve Nash doesn’t expect Ben Simmons to practice this week, making it unlikely the former 76ers star will be ready to play when the Nets visit Philadelphia on March 10. The Nets are hopeful Kevin Durant will return from his left knee sprain later this week, but it appears
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate Republicans on Monday blocked a House-passed bill aimed at preserving access to abortion nationwide. The Senate blocked the measure on a nearly party-line vote, with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia voting with Republicans in opposition. The vote was 46-48. The bill, dubbed the
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Maegan Vazquez and Jeremy Diamond, CNN When President Joe Biden began mulling the themes he wanted to strike during his State of the Union address, the President knew he would likely need to include Russia’s buildup of troops near Ukraine. But in those early drafting sessions late last year, he did not
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo has no doubt his Stuttgart team is on the right path despite its struggles in the Bundesliga. Stuttgart hasn’t won any of its last nine league games and it sits second from bottom in a direct relegation place with 10 rounds remaining.
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El 13 de marzo se celebran las elecciones legislativas de Colombia, en las que los colombianos elegirán a los representantes del nuevo Congreso de la República, y algunos podrán participar en las consultas presidenciales para elegir su candidato. El 13 de marzo están llamados a votar casi 39 millones
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says Kyle Vogt will take over as CEO of its Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary, which he helped found in 2013. A GM representative confirmed what Vogt posted on Twitter, that he had “once again” accepted the job as CEO of Cruise. He replaces Dan Ammann. The Detroit automaker announced in
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees have hired Hensley Meulens as assistant hitting coach after the crosstown Mets poached Eric Chávez from the same position last month. Meulens played for the Yankees from 1989-93 at the start of a seven-year major league career, then won three World Series titles over 10 seasons as
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