By Whitney Wild and Joan Biskupic, CNN The Montgomery County Police says it will begin enforcing a Maryland law against disturbing the peace after more than two months of regular protests outside the homes of US Supreme Court justices. “Please note: MCPD supports the first amendment right to protest, however anyone violating the disorderly conduct
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Ryan Gosling está muy, muy emocionado por interpretar al novio de plástico favorito de todo el mundo, Ken, en la esperadísima película de “Barbie”; tan emocionado, de hecho, que acuñó un nuevo término: “Ken-ergía”. En una entrevista que pareció un sueño febril, el actor canadiense dejó caer varias alusiones a Ken
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By LARRY LAGE AP Hockey Writer Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman just kick-started the franchise’s rebuild. Yzerman made bold moves when free agency opened Wednesday, generating a jolt of excitement for the once-proud franchise that it has not had since the former team captain was hired three-plus years ago. The Hockey Hall of
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP tennis team has garnered ITA All-Academic Team status for the sixth straight year, it was announced by the organization Monday. Furthermore, seven of the eight members of the squad were named ITA Scholar Athletes. The Miners have now been recognized for their achievements in the classroom by the ITA for
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — There are no environmental reasons that would prevent a New Jersey-based company from building a multibillion-dollar facility in southern New Mexico to temporarily store tons of spent nuclear fuel from commercial power plants around the nation, U.S. regulators said Wednesday. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — There are no environmental reasons that would prevent a New Jersey-based company from building a multibillion-dollar facility in southern New Mexico to temporarily store tons of spent nuclear fuel from commercial power plants around the nation, U.S. regulators said Wednesday. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate easily approved Michael Barr to be the Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator in a bipartisan vote Wednesday. Barr, a former top Treasury official under President Barack Obama, is the last of President Joe Biden’s three nominees to the Fed’s board of governors to win
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN A Virginia judge denied seven post-trial motions Amber Heard filed in an attempt to fight the jury verdict handed down in the defamation case with her ex-husband Johnny Depp. After a weeks-long trial, a jury in June awarded $15 million in damages to Depp and only $2 million to Heard
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DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — A 34-year-old man showed up at Memorial Medical Center just after 5 a.m. Wednesday with multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office. The man was identified as Orangie Fisher. Officials say he was assaulted in the 5900 block of Las Alturas. According to investigators, the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Twitter is telling employees that it’s not planning any companywide layoffs, but there could be some restructuring and organization changes as it heads into a legal battle over the potential sale to Elon Musk. It also says in a regulatory filing that Twitter is losing workers at a slightly higher rate
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Baylor coach Dave Aranda and Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy sat just a few yards from the end zone where the Big 12 title was decided in their championship game seven months earlier, on a dazzling tackle at the pylon by the Bears. From a stage
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Baylor coach Dave Aranda and Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy sat just a few yards from the end zone where the Big 12 title was decided in their championship game seven months earlier, on a dazzling tackle at the pylon by the Bears. From a stage
Continue Reading By JAMIE STENGLE and JAKE BLEIBERG On May 24, a gunman fatally shot 19 children and two teachers in two adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Over an hour passed from the time officers followed the 18-year-old gunman into the school and when they finally entered the fourth-grade classroom where he was
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Japan’s Panasonic Corp. and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly say the company selected the state of Kansas as the location for a multibillion-dollar mega-factory to produce electric vehicle batteries for Tesla and other carmakers. The company was lured to Kansas by taxpayer-funded incentives worth
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — En 1969, el inversor en bienes raíces Don Fisher abrió una tienda en San Francisco pensada para adolescentes y universitarios que ofrecía pantalones de mezclilla Levi’s, así como discos y casettes. Fisher planeaba llamar la tienda “Pants and Discs”, pero a su esposa Doris se le ocurrió el
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican air force plane landed at an airport near Mexico City on Wednesday, bearing eight bodies of the 53 migrants who were found dead in a truck in Texas last month. They were the first to be returned of the 26 Mexicans among those who died of heat and dehydration
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UPDATE: El Paso Water said they are making progress on site, but the water outage will continue for several more hours. Progress is being made on-site. Water outage will continue for several more hours. Water tankers are still available at Ojo de Agua & Via Descanso and Franklin Hills & High Ridge. Reminder to take
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EL PASO, Texas — Customs and Border Protection seized about 34 pounds of cocaine along with a gold-plated handgun from a 26-year-old male U.S. citizen at the Bridge of the Americas Tuesday. Shortly after 2:30 p.m., the driver was sent for secondary inspection. A non-intrusive canine inspection occurred, in which 34.61 pounds of cocaine and
Continue Reading By Sara Murray, Jason Morris and Ted Barrett, CNN South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is aiming to quash a subpoena for his testimony before an Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. “I just filed a motion to quash the subpoena. We’ll see what
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Representative and Mayor Pro Tempore Peter Svarzbein was officially sworn in as the first Latino Chairman of Sister Cities International Friday at the annual Summer Leadership Meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Led by Svarzbein, El Paso and Juarez hosted the Mexico-U.S. Sister Cities Mayors’ Summit in February
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By David Shortell, CNN One day late last month, as new abortion restrictions began taking shape in US states, three Mexican women quietly crossed into the country at different points along the border, dozens of abortion-inducing pills hidden in their belongings. The medication, an FDA-approved two-drug combination, had traveled across the interior of Mexico in
Continue Reading By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The Biden administration is warning pharmacies not to discriminate against women who may seek reproductive health prescriptions, including some that might be involved in ending a pregnancy. The Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that pharmacies receiving federal money from programs such as Medicare and Medicaid cannot
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO and WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writers Recent Stanley Cup winners spent the first day of NHL free agency re-signing key players to long-term contracts. The reigning champion Colorado Avalanche brought back big defender Josh Manson and signed versatile winger Artturi Lehkonen. The team they beat in the final, the Tampa Bay Lightning,
Continue Reading By JON MELTZER, LAUREN MOWRY, VICTORIA IFATUSIN and MICHAEL PURDIE / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism State lotteries now exist in 45 states and the District of Columbia. But they didn’t just spring up by popular demand. According to a new investigation by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers Twitter has sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an attempt force him to complete his $44 billion takeover of the social media company by accusing him of “outlandish” and “bad faith” actions that have caused the platform irreparable harm and “wreaked havoc” on its stock price.
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Rodriguez was standing near his courtside seat, oblivious to a few fans who were snapping a quick photo of the baseball great as they walked by. He was watching the Minnesota Timberwolves warm up instead. Rodriguez — currently part of the Timberwolves’ ownership group,
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Rodriguez was standing near his courtside seat, oblivious to a few fans who were snapping a quick photo of the baseball great as they walked by. He was watching the Minnesota Timberwolves warm up instead. Rodriguez — currently part of the Timberwolves’ ownership group,
Continue Reading By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brady Singer won for the first time in over a month as the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2. The Royals earned their first winning homestand since July last year. Singer allowed 12 baserunners and repeatedly pitched out of trouble for his first
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Perseverance rover now has a new job: acting as a location scout on Mars. In addition to collecting the first samples from an ancient river delta on the red planet, the robotic explorer has been scouting out flat areas around Jezero Crater that could serve as a landing site for
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order on Wednesday that limits her office from extraditing people to or from Michigan if they’re facing criminal charges for obtaining, providing or assisting an abortion. The order signed by Whitmer, who has been supportive of abortion rights, aims to protect women who
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