EL PASO, Texas – The Casa Auto Group honors the memory of founder Wally Lowenfield who passed away in 2012. Family members presented the YMCA of El Paso with a generous gift in his name. Lowenfield was well-known in the care dealership industry, but was well-known for his commitment to the welfare of the city’s
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer New revelations of efforts by conservative activist Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to reverse the 2020 election results cast harsh light on the justices’ opaque process for dealing with conflicts of interest and their lack of a formal code of
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CNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer New revelations of efforts by conservative activist Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to reverse the 2020 election results cast harsh light on the justices’ opaque process for dealing with conflicts of interest and their lack of a formal code
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Instacart’s valuation doubled twice to $39 billion in the first year of the public health crisis, fueled by a pandemic boon to its on-demand grocery delivery business. Now it’s falling back to earth. On Thursday, the decade-old, privately-held startup informed its 3,000 corporate employees that it is revising its
Continue Reading CNN By Kevin Liptak and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden told American troops on a deterrence mission near the border with Ukraine that the consequences of the raging conflict 50 miles away could extend around the world. “What’s at stake (is) not just what we’re doing here in Ukraine to help the Ukrainian people
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By Jay Croft and Rebekah Riess, CNN Minneapolis Public Schools reached a tentative deal with teachers Friday, ending a strike that officially started on March 8 and canceled school for 30,000 students, said Superintendent Ed Graff. “It has been very challenging, very difficult. But at the end of the day, we were all able to
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN Contrary to worries among some doctors and the public, drinking coffee may actually protect your heart instead of causing or worsening heart problems. Drinking two to three cups of coffee daily has been associated with a 10% to 15% lower risk of getting heart disease, heart failure or a heart rhythm
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By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) — With a dazzling 14-touch run. Gio Reyna showed the promise of the U.S. national team’s future and the frustration of its present. Just back from a hamstring injury that sidelined him for more than half a season, the young American midfielder sprinted half the length
Continue Reading DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Pablo Larrazábal had an eagle and three birdies on the back nine to erase a bad start at the Qatar Masters and allow him to take a one-shot lead into the weekend. The 122nd-ranked Spaniard shot 1-under 71 at Doha Golf Club for a 36-hole total of 9-under 135. His 40
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Alarming levels of dangerous chemicals known as PFAS were discovered in food packaging at a number of well-known fast-food and fast-casual restaurants and grocery store chains, a new report found. The highest levels of indicators for PFAS were found in food packaging from Nathan’s Famous, Cava, Arby’s, Burger King, Chick-fil-A, Stop
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By Marianne Garvey Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, will host an upcoming Spotify podcast, called “Archetypes.” Her conversations will “investigate the labels that try to hold women back,” according to a press release for the show. Meghan will center the podcast to “uncover the origin of these stereotypes and have uncensored conversations with women who know
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Hours after Formula One drivers voiced concerns about a race already dogged by human rights issues, Saudi Arabia’s war with Yemen landed on F1’s doorstep when Houthi rebels attacked an oil depot near the glittering Saudi track where they were racing. Yemen’s Houthi
Continue Reading ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — New Georgia coach Mike White has hired Akeem Miskdeen (pronounced mis-cuh-deen), who was on White’s staff at Florida, as an assistant coach. Miskdeen was an assistant coach at Florida Atlantic for three seasons before joining White at Florida. He has coached for 13 years, including time as an assistant at Kent
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The federal government plans to auction off the rights to produce power from wind energy in two areas offshore of North Carolina and South Carolina. The Department of the Interior says the leases are part of President Joe Biden’s goal of increasing clean energy generation. The sites being put up
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The federal government plans to auction off the rights to produce power from wind energy in two areas offshore of North Carolina and South Carolina. The Department of the Interior says the leases are part of President Joe Biden’s goal of increasing clean energy generation. The sites being put up
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An associate of Rudy Giuliani has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge alleging that he defrauded investors in a company supposedly created to prevent people from being defrauded. Lev Parnas entered the plea Friday during a remotely-held electronic proceeding in Manhattan federal court. Parnas told a
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN European officials have reached agreement on a sweeping set of competition rules for Big Tech that could mark a global turning point for technology regulation. The proposed framework, known as the Digital Markets Act, could label large companies such as Facebook-parent Meta or Google as “gatekeepers,” and subject them to new
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, CNN The alleged plotters who wanted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 also had a goal to disrupt a possible Joe Biden presidency, one of the men told a federal court this week. “We wanted to cause as much of a disruption as possible to prevent Joe Biden from
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Formula One appeared on schedule to race Sunday at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after nearly four hours of meetings to discuss attacks on the kingdom by Yemen’s Houthis rebels. The 20 drivers met several times in talks that stretched well past 2
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La Audiencia Nacional de España acordó suspender la extradición a Estados Unidos de Hugo “el Pollo” Carvajal, exdirector de Inteligencia Militar de Venezuela, de acuerdo con documentos obtenidos por CNN. La decisión ocurre luego de que esa corte recibiera una comunicación del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos (TEDH), donde
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A federal jury in San Antonio has awarded more than $10 million to the family a man who was fatally shot by two deputies in 2015 while he had his arms raised. Video showed that Gilbert Flores had his arms up and held a knife when he was killed by the
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN “The Bachelor” — maybe you’ve heard of it? — is part-pageant, part-extended first date in which love reigns supreme and a contestant’s fate is determined by a man (or woman, in “The Bachelorette”) with a rose. You don’t need to have seen every episode to know the drill: Hot young singles
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN According to Sally Field, her grand love affair with Burt Reynolds wasn’t so grand after all. In a recently published interview with Variety, Field talked about her relationship with Reynolds, who she met on the set of their 1977 film “Smokey and the Bandit” and dated off and on for
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– El gobierno de Biden publicará pronto una regulación federal que reforma el sistema de asilo de Estados Unidos para resolver las solicitudes más rápido y ayudar a aliviar la acumulación de casos pendientes en las cortes de inmigración. La nueva regla otorga a los funcionarios de asilo más autoridad al permitirles escuchar
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN The White House has hammered out a new agreement with the EU that could again allow businesses to transfer data and personal information across the Atlantic, a highly-anticipated move that could provide assurance to thousands of companies after Europe’s top court struck down the deal’s predecessor in 2020. In joint remarks
Continue Reading CNN By Brian Fung, CNN The White House has hammered out a new agreement with the EU that could again allow businesses to transfer data and personal information across the Atlantic, a highly-anticipated move that could provide assurance to thousands of companies after Europe’s top court struck down the deal’s predecessor in 2020. In joint
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was discharged from a Washington, DC, hospital Friday morning a week after he was admitted for what a court spokesperson described as an infection. Thomas, 73, entered Sibley Memorial Hospital last Friday after experiencing flu-like symptoms. The court’s public information officer did
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By Jack Bantock, CNN History was made on Wednesday when the Kentucky Wild Health Genomes drafted Alexis Hopkins, the first woman ever drafted by an American professional baseball team for an on-field role, according to the Atlantic League and MLB.com. A catcher nicknamed “Scrappy” for her on field work-rate, as per a Northwest Florida Daily
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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Officials are assessing the area of Bandelier National Monument in northern New Mexico where an Illinois woman was killed when struck by a falling rock while climbing a ladder to reach a canyon alcove. Monument officials said 54-year-old Brenda Holzer of Yorkville was fatally injured Wednesday while climbing the second
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Consumer sentiment slumped again in March, hitting its lowest level since August 2011, the University of Michigan reported Friday. High inflation, volatile oil prices, geopolitical unrest and now rising interest rates, have left consumers with a bitter taste about the state of the US economy. The March index was revised
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