EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball games scheduled for this Thursday and Saturday at Louisiana Tech and Southern Miss have been postponed due to multiple positive COVID-19 cases and subsequent contact tracing in the Miner program. No immediate decision has been made about the potential rescheduling of these games. The Miners are next scheduled to return to
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s top news leader, KVIA-TV, bursts into 2022 with a brand new state-of-the-art set, elevating the television news-watching experience for Borderland viewers. The new set at ABC-7 incorporates the look and feel of the Borderland through enhanced graphics, adjustable lighting and multiple monitors that can deliver a more visual experience
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GARLAND, Texas (AP) — An attorney for a man accused of driving his son to a Dallas-area gas station store where the 14-year-old is accused of fatally shooting three teens and wounding a fourth says the father didn’t know his son had a gun. Attorney Heath Harris told The Dallas Morning News he believes evidence
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BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Long Island University has hired veteran coach Ron Cooper, who spent this season working for Alabama, to lead its football program. Cooper, a former head coach at Louisville and defensive coach at multiple SEC schools, spent this season as an analyst for Nick Saban’s program that plays Georgia on Monday in
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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has canceled a press conference he had planned to hold in Florida on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by his supporters. Trump said in a statement Tuesday evening that he would instead be discussing his grievances at
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business As Elizabeth Holmes heard in real time that a jury of eight men and four women had found her guilty on four counts of defrauding investors, the former Theranos CEO remained stoic. After the jurors were discharged, Holmes, wearing a mask and seemingly emotionless, went down the line of
Continue Reading CNN, THERANOS, SKETCHES BY VICKY BEHRINGER By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos who was convicted earlier this month on four out of 11 federal fraud and conspiracy charges, will not be sentenced until September 26, according to a new filing. The prosecution and defense had proposed September 12
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee outside linebacker Bud Dupree has been charged with misdemeanor assault in connection with a physical altercation at a Walgreen’s hours after the Titans clinched their second straight AFC South title. Metro Nashville police detectives cited Dupree on Tuesday morning after consulting with the district attorney’s office. Dupree and his attorney
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macamilarincon (CNN) –– Es una racha ganadora que no termina: la dieta mediterránea se llevó por quinto año consecutivo el primer lugar en la carrera anual de la mejor dieta, según las calificaciones que anunció este martes U.S.News & World Report. Cómo iniciar la dieta mediterránea, comida a comida Mientras, en el segundo lugar hubo
Continue Reading By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say the U.S. led-coalition in Syria struck several launch sites for short-range rockets believed to be intended for attacks on an installation used by U.S. troops in eastern Syria. The strikes against apparently were conducted by U.S. forces, but a statement issued by the
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Kalkhoven, the team co-owner of Tony Kanaan’s Indianapolis 500-winning entry in 2013, has died He was 77. The death Tuesday was announced by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kalkhoven was co-owner with Jimmy Vasser of the KV Racing Technology-SH Racing Chevrolet that Kanaan drove to an emotional victory. Kalkhoven also played a
Continue Reading FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets placed left tackle George Fant and defensive end Bryce Huff on injured reserve. Tight end Dan Brown was also placed on the practice squad IR. All three were injured in the Jets’ 28-24 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last Sunday. Fant was the starter at
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By DAVID KOENIG and TALI ARBEL Associated Press Telecom giants AT&T and Verizon have agreed to postpone the launch of a new slice of 5G wireless service after airlines and aviation groups complained that the networks can interfere with systems on board planes. President Joe Biden says the last-minute deal reached Monday will help avoid
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG and TALI ARBEL Associated Press Telecom giants AT&T and Verizon have agreed to postpone the launch of a new slice of 5G wireless service after airlines and aviation groups complained that the networks can interfere with systems on board planes. President Joe Biden says the last-minute deal reached Monday will help avoid
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By Daniel Dale and Marshall Cohen, CNN The Capitol insurrection was based on a lie about the 2020 election. And for a whole year now, the insurrection itself has been lied about. Donald Trump supporters’ violent attack on the Capitol has been the subject of a dishonesty campaign that began amid the fog of January
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo Nueva York (CNN Business) — Las personas más ricas del mundo, cuyas fortunas ya tensaban la comprensión, ganaron colectivamente 1 billón de dólares el año pasado, según el Índice de multimillonarios de Bloomberg. Solo Elon Musk, la persona más rica del mundo, ganó casi US$ 118.000 millones en solo los últimos 12 meses.
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has requested an interview and information from Fox News host Sean Hannity. The television personality is the first member of the media the panel has asked to speak with. The committee has requested Hannity
Continue Reading PANAMA CITY (AP) — Authorities in Panama continue to search for two Americans who went missing when the small plane they were traveling in splashed into the Pacific ocean and quickly sank. Three others aboard the private flight have been rescued. Panama’s Civil Aviation Authority said Tuesday the two missing U.S. citizens were aged 57
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is asking a federal judge to block a Biden administration order that requires National Guard members on state duty to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. State officials indicated Tuesday in a federal lawsuit that thousands of Texas National Guard members are refusing vaccinations. Texas has more than 20,000 National Guard members, the
Continue Reading LENS, France (AP) — Captain Seko Fofana equalized in the last seconds of injury time and then scored the winning penalty in a shootout as Lens beat northern rival Lille to reach the last 16 of the French Cup. Belgian midfielder Amadou Onana scored his first goals for Lille to put the visitors up 2-0
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An anthology of the late Norman Mailer’s writing that Random House allegedly had scheduled for his centennial in 2023, but backed off from, will be released by a publisher that has taken on such discarded works as Woody Allen’s memoir “Apropos of Nothing” and a
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer The second season of COVID-19 for the NFL has been just as trying as the first, maybe more. The league is working through virus issues as positive tests skyrocket compared to working around them a year ago with pauses and postponements. Teams on the playoff bubble have to
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Tennis star Sloane Stephens and soccer player Jozy Altidore have gotten married. Stephens and Altidore posted a wedding photo on their Instagram accounts. The wedding took place Saturday at the St. Regis Bal Harbour in Miami Beach, Florida, according to People magazine. The couple announced their engagement on Twitter in April
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by Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business A record-setting 10.7 million 20-foot containers passed through the Port of Los Angeles in 2021, up 13% from the previous record set in 2018. And that pace is set to continue, according to Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles. “I don’t see us falling off a
Continue Reading SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah tech entrepreneur and onetime prominent figure in state Republican politics resigned from the board of the company he founded Tuesday after sending an email screed outlining an antisemitic vaccination conspiracy theory. Fox13 reports Entrata founder and board chair David Bateman claimed the COVID-19 vaccine is part of a
Continue Reading HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut high school has apologized after its girls’ basketball team beat an overmatched opponent 92-4. Sacred Heart Academy of Hamden beat Lyman Hall-Wallingford on Monday night. The Sharks led 29-0 after one quarter, 56-0 at halftime and 80-0 after three quarters. Sacred Heart’s president says the school is deeply remorseful
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By Sara Smart, CNN One Texas grandfather-granddaughter duo share more than just a family tree now. They were able to graduate from college together, side-by-side. Melanie Salazar, 23, and her grandfather Rene Neira, now 88, both graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) December 11, 2021. Neira started school in the 1950s,
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Hackers vulneraron las redes informáticas de un sistema de salud del sureste de Florida en octubre y podrían haber accedido a la información personal y financiera confidencial de más de 1,3 millones de personas, anunció esta semana el sistema de salud. Los números de Seguro Social, el historial médico del
Continue Reading By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With the best record in the NFL heading into the last week of the regular season, the Green Bay Packers kept the top spot in the latest AP Pro32 poll. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Los Angeles Rams each moved up two spots to
Continue Reading By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former hermit in New Hampshire whose cabin in the woods burned down after nearly three decades on the property that he was ordered to leave and who received more than $200,000 in donations has been charged with trespassing there once again. There’s been an outpouring
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