By Jessie Yeung and Kathleen Magramo, CNN At least five people died and 130 others were injured after a powerful earthquake struck the northern Philippines on Wednesday, according to authorities in the Southeast Asian country. The 7.0-magnitude quake hit northern Luzon, the country’s most populous island, at 8:43 a.m. local time (8:43 p.m. ET), according
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EL PASO, Texas — The city installed street lights on a stretch of Pellicano in east El Paso to beautify and illuminate the roads, but ABC-7 has learned the lights have not been turned on in more than a year. The light poles, along with landscaping and irrigation, were added to the medians of Pellicano
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s minister for gender equality and children’s issues called the country’s record low births and plunging population a national crisis and blamed “indifference and ignorance” in the male-dominated Japanese parliament. In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, Seiko Noda said the steadily dwindling
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a new investment in Las Cruces: a film school. “It makes me incredibly proud to support the leadership here, to announce this film school here, to build on the work that Ross Marks and others have created here, and just thank you for making New Mexico a premier
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will speak Thursday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a White House official tells CNN, as tensions between the two countries rise amid reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is considering a visit to Taiwan. The expected call comes as national security officials are quietly working to convince Pelosi
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Temple coach James “Skip” Wilson has died at 92. Wilson led the Owls to a pair of College World Series appearances and 1,034 wins in 46 seasons as the program’s head coach. Temple said Wilson’s daughter told the school he died Tuesday from complications from a stroke. Wilson guided the Owls
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz returned to Fenway Park for the first time as a newly minted Hall of Famer. The Red Sox honored their longtime slugger before the game against the Cleveland Guardians. Three giant World Series banners were unfurled on the field. Three championship trophies sat on
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By Clara Grudberg, CNN 2022 marks a record high for women running in gubernatorial and Senate races, but the total number of women running for the House of Representatives fell slightly from previous cycles, according to an analysis by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. While Republican female candidates broke records
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Rob Frehse, CNN Two Black girls have been charged with hate crimes after the New York City Police Department says they assaulted a White woman and made “anti-White” statements, according to a Tuesday news release from the NYPD. The incident took place on July 9 around 6:50 p.m. on a southbound
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Mets star pitchers Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom are both set to start, albeit not in the same ballpark. Scherzer faces the Yankees on Wednesday night in the wrapup of this two-game Subway Series at Citi Field. The Yanks got off to a fast start Tuesday night when Aaron Judge hit
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. is back in the batter’s box, and the San Diego Padres’ $340 million star could face live pitching later this week. Tatis took batting practice with teammates before Tuesday’s game against the Detroit Tigers, his first rounds with the club since breaking his left wrist in spring training. The
Continue Reading By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Drugmaker Teva has announced an agreement to settle lawsuits over the allegations that it helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic. The deal calls for the Israel-based company to pay more than $4.3 billion to state and local governments and Native American tribes over 13 years. The total includes settlements the
Continue Reading By Jason Morris and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The State Bar of Georgia is investigating two Republican lawyers who signed on to the “fake electors” scheme to subvert the Electoral College in the 2020 presidential election. The lawyers, Brad Carver and Daryl Moody, were specifically referred to the State Disciplinary Board for investigation by the Office
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CANAL RESCUE! Phenomenal job by #Ysleta Station agents for their quick actions in rescuing 2 migrants, from Ecuador & Brazil, who entered the U.S. illegally & jumped into the canal. The migrants were swept away by the current but agents responded & were able to pull them out! pic.twitter.com/JCdN9ce2Uc— Gloria I. Chavez (@USBPChiefEPT) July 26,
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LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — The body of a man reported missing after flash floods hit the wildfire burn scar in northern New Mexico last week has been recovered, authorities said Tuesday. San Miguel County Sheriff’s officials said the body was located in the Tecolote Creek channel. They said three people were swept away from
Continue Reading MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Luis Suárez says he wants to return to his soccer roots in Uruguay. The 35-year-old striker announced Tuesday that he is looking to rejoin Nacional de Montevideo, the club where he began a glittering career in 2005. In a video posted on social media, Suárez said that he reached a preliminary
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP football’s Praise Amaewhule is one of 85 defensive standouts in Division I FBS to be selected to the 2022 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List as announced by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) on Tuesday. Amaewhule was named to the 2021 All-Conference USA first team. The redshirt junior, who started
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer A federal judge says a national horse racing authority cannot enforce its rules in Louisiana and West Virginia while a lawsuit challenging the organization is in court. Western District of Louisiana Judge Terry Doughty in granting a preliminary injunction said the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority likely went beyond
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — For the Baltimore Ravens, the start of training camp this year brings a certain amount of heartache. Being back at the facility is another reminder of the tragedy that shook the organization last month. Shortly after the end of minicamp, Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson
Continue Reading By Rachel Fadem, CNN The “murder hornet” is no more. At least, its name is gone. The Entomological Society of America and the Entomological Society of Canada have adopted a new name for the murder hornet, also known as the Asian giant hornet, saying “the usage of ‘Asian’ in the name of a pest insect
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific will spend more than $1 billion to upgrade 600 of its old diesel locomotives over the next three years and make them more efficient. The move will accelerate the pace of upgrades UP already planned to make and help the railroad cut roughly
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson, CNN The Dallas Police Department released edited surveillance and body camera video of a woman who fired a gun at Dallas Love Field Airport Monday and was taken down by a police officer. Portia Odufuwa, 37, has been charged with aggravated assault against a public servant, and other federal charges are possible,
Continue Reading New surveillance video shows the moment a woman opened fire at the Dallas Love Field Airport before being shot by a police officer. Police say she fired multiple rounds toward the ceiling and tried to make an announcement. The woman is in stable condition as police now work to determine a motive.
Continue Reading By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Willson Contreras drew a standing ovation in perhaps his last home game at Wrigley Field, then keyed an early burst as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 for their season-high sixth straight win. Contreras, one of three members left from the 2016 World Series title
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California federal judge has rejected a legal push to require Uber to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles, finding that such a mandate would be too onerous on the ride-hailing company. The judge on Monday rejected a lawsuit that would have required Uber to offer wheelchair-accessible vehicles in New Orleans and Jackson, Mississippi.
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By Jen Christensen, CNN In June, the World Health Organization recommended that scientists continue to research all possible origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, including a lab leak. Two newly published studies take totally different approaches but arrive at the same conclusion: The Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, was most likely the epicenter for the
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN In June, the World Health Organization recommended that scientists continue to research all possible origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, including a lab leak. Two newly published studies take totally different approaches but arrive at the same conclusion: The Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, was most likely the epicenter for the
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police detectives are at a home in far east El Paso. Police were called out to a home on Williams Caples Street just after 9 a.m. in what started as a search for a missing person. Crimes against persons detectives were called out to the scene soon after police
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ian Darke will call play-by-play for Fox at this year’s World Cup after working the 2010 and 2014 tournaments for ESPN. Darke becomes the third play-by-play commentator announced by Fox for this year’s tournament, to be played in Qatar from Nov. 21 to Dec. 18, after John Strong and Jacqui Oatley.
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Visa says its fiscal third quarter profits rose 32% from a year earlier, helped by yet another double-digit rise in the amount of money processed on its credit and debit card network. The payment processing company said Tuesday it earned a profit of $3.41 billion,
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