LAS CRUCES, New Mexico– The first Las Cruces 4/20 Hemp and Cannabis Festival takes place Wednesday, more than two weeks after recreational sales begin in New Mexico. Local vendors and live entertainment will be provided at the festival. Gates opened at 10 A.M; entertainment will begin at 2 P.M. You must be 18 and over
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By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Comparison shopping and face-to-face contact with college prospects returned to the NFL this year after the 2021 scouting combine was scuttled by the pandemic. Talent evaluators welcomed back college pro days and private workouts even as the COVID-19 broadside entered its third year. The core
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By Brian Lowry, CNN HBO has responded to former stars of the Los Angeles Lakers who have criticized the network’s series “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” which dramatizes the team’s championship run in the 1980s. After initially declining to comment, HBO issued a statement Tuesday saying: “HBO has a long history of
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has pushed back the first jury trial over how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay the families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. The Infowars host has already lost defamation cases over his comments that the shooting was a hoax. But a judge Wednesday delayed
Continue Reading By Stephanie Elam and Jason Kravarik, CNN Leonardo DiCaprio has made the climate crisis and environmental conservation his life’s work — mainly off screen, though sometimes on. In addition to leading his own environmental foundation, the film star sits on the board of several other organizations, and his advocacy has been celebrated by the United
Continue Reading Nature photography inspired the creation and preservation of Yellowstone National Park. Your snaps of nature could also help the planet. CNN’s Bill Weir shares tips on how to improve your nature photography.
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas judge delays trial over how much Alex Jones should pay Sandy Hook families as Infowars seeks bankruptcy protection.
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urielblanco (CNN) — El CEO de Pfizer, Albert Bourla, dijo que la compañía tiene el objetivo de que las vacunas contra el covid-19 para los niños menores de 5 años estén disponibles en junio, si la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) las aprueba. “Yo espero… Nuestro objetivo
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Un ataque con explosivos dejó al menos 6 soldados muertos, cinco heridos y un desaparecido en Colombia, según informó este miércoles el Ejército en un comunicado. El hecho ocurrió el martes por la noche en el municipio de Frontino, departamento de Antioquia, en el noroeste del país. En declaraciones
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By Caitlin Kaiser and Brandon Miller, CNN Critically dry weather conditions continue to fuel fires across the Southwest, bringing yet another week of fire danger. It has been an extraordinarily busy start to the fire year in the South and Southwest, with more than 19,000 wildfires reported through Tuesday, according to the National Interagency Fire
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold, CNN The 10-month-old Israeli coalition government is facing its deepest political crisis to date, after weeks of high-profile attacks across Israel, military action in the West Bank, and after Israeli police entered and arrested hundreds at one of Jerusalem’s holiest sites. From its inception, the coalition government had a razor thin margin,
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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico workplace safety regulators say they have issued the maximum possible fine against a film production company for firearms safety failures on the set where actor and producer Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer in October. New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau on
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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico workplace safety regulators say they have issued the maximum possible fine against a film production company for firearms safety failures on the set where actor and producer Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer in October. New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau on
Continue Reading SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Safety failures in accidental movie-set shooting by Alec Baldwin prompt maximum fine by state workplace regulators.
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just seven Republicans, along with most Democrats, used remote voting in the House when voting-from-somewhere-else was first allowed two years ago as the pandemic erupted. So far this year, however, over half of GOP lawmakers have used the proxy voting system at least once, along with nearly
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– La leyenda del fútbol Pelé fue hospitalizado nuevamente en Sao Paulo durante la noche de este lunes para continuar con el tratamiento de cáncer de colon que comenzó en septiembre pasado, informó el hospital Albert Einstein en un comunicado este martes. El estado de salud de Pelé es “bueno y estable”, según
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. United has fired coach Hernán Losada and given assistant Chad Ashton the job on an interim basis. The club is in last place in the MLS Eastern Conference with a 2-4-0 record. United’s most recent MLS game was a 3-2 loss to Austin on Saturday after D.C. led 2-0 with 10
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is trying to set aside his political troubles and focus on economic ties and the war in Ukraine during an official trip to India. Johnson landed in the western state of Gujarat on Thursday, kicking off a two-day visit that will see
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CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 30, the White House Correspondents’ Association announced Wednesday, continuing a tradition eschewed during the Trump administration. It will be the first time that the sitting President has attended the black-tie dinner, which usually
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 30, the White House Correspondents’ Association announced Wednesday, continuing a tradition eschewed during the Trump administration. It will be the first time that the sitting President has attended the black-tie dinner, which usually draws
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX has agreed to start paying some of its employees more in advance of raises the railroad expects to agree to as part of ongoing national contract talks. CSX said the payments of up to $600 a month are expected to start next month for
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX has agreed to start paying some of its employees more in advance of raises the railroad expects to agree to as part of ongoing national contract talks. CSX said the payments of up to $600 a month are expected to start next month for
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home prices hit an all-time high in March as buyers scrambled to close deals before mortgage rates rise even further. The median existing-home price for all housing types in March was $375,300, up 15% from the year before, according to the National Association of Realtors. That marks more than a
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CNN’s Jomana Karadsheh reports on a Ukrainian swim team comprised of disabled athletes who have been stranded in Turkey since the Russian invasion on February 24.
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los organizadores de Wimbledon anunciaron este miércoles que los jugadores rusos y bielorrusos no podrán competir en el Grand Slam de este año debido a la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania. “Dado el perfil de The Championships en el Reino Unido y en todo el mundo, es nuestra responsabilidad desempeñar
Continue Reading MONROE, Ga. (AP) — Foes trying to derail a $5 billion electric truck plant east of Atlanta are dominating a state process to gather input on environmental concerns. Georgia state officials took oversight of plans for Rivian Automotive’s proposed 7,500-job plant after opponents overwhelmed Morgan County planning officials. The first meeting of one of the
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN Two years ago, “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho called out American audiences. His charge? Americans don’t know enough about movies outside their own borders. “Once you overcome the 1-inch tall barrier of subtitles,” he said, while accepting a Golden Globe award for his film, “you will be introduced to so many
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Top-seeded Elise Mertens has retired from her opening match at the clay-court Istanbul Championship because of a leg injury. The 26-year-old Belgian was losing 7-5, 4-1 to Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson when she retired with pain in her right leg. Mertens was runner-up to Sorana Cirstea last year. Croatian player Petra Martic upset
Continue Reading By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s efforts to reshape the country’s electricity sector to favor the state-owned power company have spurred hundreds of lawsuits and sown a level of uncertainty that is costing jobs and private investment. Pireos Power installs solar panels for everything from homes
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have discovered a new kind of star explosion called a micronova. Although it may be smaller than the giant supernova explosions that claim the lives of stars, this incendiary event still packs a punch. Each micronova can burn through “around 3.5 billion Great Pyramids of Giza” of material (or 20,000,000
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