By Jessica Dean, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN A procedural vote to advance legislation aimed at helping millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits failed on Wednesday afternoon, in a surprise move that the Senate Veterans’ Affairs chairman warned could cost veterans’ lives. With 60 votes needed to advance, the vote was 55-42
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The start of football season is just around the corner which means programs throughout the country are now getting stuck into fall camp, including the Aggies. This season brings a lot of changes for NMSU – a completely new coaching staff led by ‘Mr. Fix It’ Jerry Kill as well
Continue Reading By John Bonifield, CNN The vast majority of cases in the growing monkeypox outbreak are among men who have sex with men, according to the World Health Organization. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus advised members of this community Wednesday to limit their exposure to the virus by reducing their number of sex partners and reconsidering
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces Public Schools, FBI, and other law enforcement are starting a “conversation” about school safety with parents tonight. The tragedy that unfolded in Uvalde prompted the school district to address safety and threat aversion at city hall. LCPS plans to discuss current training and safety protocols aimed at stopping
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CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN A new CNN poll finds 75% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters want the party to nominate someone other than President Joe Biden in the 2024 election, a sharp increase from earlier this year. The poll comes as Biden’s approval ratings remain low and most Americans are discontented with the state
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GLEN ROSE, Texas (AP) — A wildfire that has blackened 10 1/2 square miles (27 square kilometers) of North Texas, destroying 16 homes, reached 40% containment Wednesday, double what it had been the day before, officials said. The multi-agency firefighting team fighting the Chalk Mountain Fire 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Fort Worth said
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP football fans can preview the highly-anticipated 2022 season and enjoy a delicious breakfast on the field in the picturesque Sun Bowl at “Morning with the Miners” on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 7:30 am. This is the second edition of “Morning with the Miners” and the first since 2019. UTEP Coach
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Luis Suárez has confirmed that he has signed with Nacional in Montevideo, the club where Uruguay’s historic goal-scorer made his professional soccer debut 17 years ago. A day after announcing that both sides had reached a pre-agreement, the 35-year-old striker posted a message on Twitter the deal was now official. The
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani has struck out at least 10 batters in five straight starts going into this outing at home against Texas. Ohtani has joined Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan as the only pitchers in Angels history to have such a streak. Ryan set a franchise-record streak
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By George Ramsay, CNN Video produced by Amy Li As Cody Simpson stood behind the starting blocks at his first Olympic swimming trials last year, the experience felt completely new but also strangely familiar. With a big crowd watching on and fans chanting his name, it transported him back to the thick of his music
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces police say there were reports of a shooting near near Frenger Park Wednesday afternoon. The park is a few miles north of New Mexico State University. A department spokesman says a person was injured and flown to a hospital in El Paso. This happened around 4 p.m. Wednesday. ABC-7 is working
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EL PASO, Texas — Federal officials say an El Paso man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for coercion and enticement of a minor. Justin Allen Thomas, 32, was arrested on April 24, 2021. According to court documents, Thomas was speaking to a person he thought was 14 years old on a social media
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — DK Metcalf was a spectator on the first day of Seattle Seahawks training camp because of his ongoing contract extension talks. The standout wide receiver is entering the final season of his current rookie contract. But Metcalf being a spectator allowed him to watch Seattle’s
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By Michelle Watson, CNN A New Jersey family says the wrong body was in their mother’s casket, which had to be lifted out of the ground during the funeral service, according to a lawsuit that was filed Monday in Bergen County. Kummi Kim, Yoonsung Kim, Jungmi Kim Walder and Kummi’s husband, Taichul Kim, are suing
Continue Reading BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Domenico Vicini has become the oldest player to win a Davis Cup match. He turns 51 in September. Vicini and doubles partner Marco de Rossi of San Marino beat Martin Muedini and Mario Zili of Albania 6-3, 7-6 on Wednesday in Group IV play. The match was Vicini’s 99th overall in
Continue Reading By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press The principal of the Texas school where the nation’s deadliest classroom shooting in a decade happened on Wednesday disputed some key findings of a legislative report on the attack, including that doors were left unlocked and there was lax enforcement of rules. In a statement issued by her attorney, Mandy
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Juliette Binoche is tackling a new role that even she’s surprised she ended up playing. The French actress, an Oscar-winner for “The English Patient” and star of “Chocolat,” plays a gritty, weathered truck driver named Sally in her new movie, “Paradise Highway.” When she is unknowingly tasked with trafficking a young girl
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police say a husband killed his wife before turning the gun on himself Tuesday morning after a fight. Police have identified the husband as 32-year-old Ian Constable and his wife as 32-year-old Elena Patricia Constable. Police were called out to a home on the 7100 block of Red Man
Continue Reading By Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has been engaging with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and he could sit for a closed-door deposition with the panel as soon as this week, multiple sources familiar with the committee’s schedule tell CNN. Pompeo’s potential appearance
Continue Reading By RICH ROVITO Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rowdy Tellez hit a pair of three-run homers, Corbin Burnes won his fifth straight decision and Milwaukee Brewers beat the Minnesota Twins 10-4 to sweep a two-game series between Central Division leaders. Tellez homered off a wild Chris Archer for a 3-0 lead in the first. He
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom says the team hasn’t discussed selling off All-Stars Xander Bogaerts or Rafael Devers at the trade deadline. He added: “we’re not planning to.” Bloom told reporters before the game against Cleveland that he still thinks the Red Sox can
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The chance of storms will be around 20% both Wednesday night and again throughout the day Thursday. Lots of moisture in the air and any storms that develop will be efficient rain producers. The opportunity of storms will persist through the weekend at around 20%.
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Mark Morales, CNN The man accused of killing a young mother as she pushed their baby in a stroller was indicted for murder Wednesday, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Isaac Argro, 23, appeared in the New York Supreme Court on Monday and was charged with second-degree murder and two
Continue Reading By KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alec Bohm hit a go-ahead single in a five-run fifth inning and added an RBI double in the sixth, helping the Philadelphia Phillies beat Atlanta 7-2 to take two of three from the Braves. Kyle Gibson allowed two runs and four hits in six innings, and the
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EL PASO, Texas — Police say the body of a 51-year-old woman was found Tuesday with injuries that suggest she was murdered. Police say the victim was Marisela Veliz. Police discovered the body after a missing person report and welfare check request. Police responded to the 2100 block of William Caples Street around 1:51 p.m.
Continue Reading By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Elias Díaz hit a two-run single off Kendall Graveman in the ninth inning, and the Colorado Rockies overcame the loss of starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela to beat the Chicago White Sox 6-5 on Wednesday. Senzatela, making his second start since returning from a shoulder injury, led 3-2
Continue Reading HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The owner of an underwater oil pipeline that spilled some 25,000 gallons of crude into the ocean off Southern California last year will pay nearly $1 million in cleanup costs. The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to accept a proposed claim settlement with Amplify Energy Corp. over
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The owner of an underwater oil pipeline that spilled some 25,000 gallons of crude into the ocean off Southern California last year will pay nearly $1 million in cleanup costs. The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to accept a proposed claim settlement with Amplify Energy Corp. over
Continue Reading By Daniela Gonzalez-Roman, Karol Suarez and Jose Armijo, CNN After Peru’s Ministry of Culture announced that tickets the country’s most iconic and in-demand site, Machu Picchu, were sold out until mid-August, the government on Thursday extended the number of people who can visit there. It has expanded the number of visitors to 5,044 per day,
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse and Christina Maxouris, CNN It’s been nearly a month since an Indiana doctor helped a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim undergo an abortion and was thrust into the national spotlight. In the weeks since, the US vice president called to thank the doctor for raising awareness around the issue while Indiana’s Republican attorney
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