By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Politicians, tribal leaders and the head of a local humanitarian group in Arizona’s Yuma County called on a politically diverse delegation of senators from around the U.S. to pass immigration reform amid an increase in migrant arrivals that can overwhelm local resources. Arizona Sen. Krysten Sinema, an
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — A grand jury will determine whether a customer at a Houston restaurant will face charges after fatally shooting a man who pointed a gun that appeared real at customers and took their cash last week, a shooting that several legal experts said appears justified. Following the shooting late on Jan. 5, police
Continue Reading NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has hired Emmett Jones as wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator, the school announced Tuesday. Jones held the same positions at Texas Tech this past season. The Red Raiders beat Oklahoma 51-48 in overtime on Nov. 26 after rolling up 599 yards of offense, including 436 yards passing. Texas
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN A rocket operated by a California-based start-up failed near the coast of Alaska Tuesday, marking yet another mishap for companies hoping to offer their services to launch scores of small satellites into orbit. The privately held ABL Space Systems attempted to launch its RS1 rocket at 1:27 p.m. local time (5:27
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CNN By MJ Lee, Phil Mattingly, Kaitlan Collins and Jeff Zeleny, CNN President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he did not know that government records from his time as vice president, which included some classified documents, had been taken to his private office after he had left public service. “I was surprised to learn there
Continue Reading BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — At least 20 horses in Louisiana have died after ingesting bacteria found in some alfalfa hay cubes from a manufacturer in Colorado, state agriculture officials said. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry began notifying livestock owners and others about potential problems with some bags of “Top Of The Rockies
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA mission has spotted an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a small star about 100 light-years away. The planet, named TOI 700 e, is likely rocky and 95% the size of our world. The celestial body is the fourth planet to be detected orbiting the small, cool M dwarf star TOI 700.
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(CNN) — M&M’S is making a statement with its latest candy pack, which features an all-female set of characters — including Purple, its newest addition. It put the company once again knee-deep into culture wars controversy. Candy maker Mars announced that the limited edition all-female pack will include only Purple, Brown and Green — the candy’s trio of female
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SAN ELIZARIO, Texas (KVIA) — San Elizario’s Mayor has been arrested for insurance fraud, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. Isela Reyes, 41, was arrested Tuesday by detectives assigned to the FBI West Texas Border Corruption Task Force. According to officials, the offense happened before Reyes was mayor of San Elizario. But since
Continue Reading By Sabrina Souza and Eric Levenson, CNN A New York City man who fatally struck a 61-year-old Chinese woman with a rock in an unprovoked attack in November 2021 was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison. Elisaul Perez, 33, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in Queens County Criminal Court last month for
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Changes are on the way for Wednesday after another warm day Tuesday. A cold front will arrive in the morning which will cool temps about 5-8 degrees and kick the winds up a bit for the E/NE sides of town. Wind gusts around 35 mph at the peak. The winds will weaken after 5 pm.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN Two supermassive black holes have been spotted feasting on cosmic materials as two galaxies in distant space merge — and are the closest to colliding black holes astronomers have ever observed. Astronomers spotted the pair while using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array of telescopes, or ALMA, in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert,
Continue Reading By Nicki Brown, CNN A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the enforcement of portions of a New Jersey gun law that restricted concealed carry in certain places. “The Court finds that the challenged provisions have chilled Plaintiffs’ reasonable exercise of their Second Amendment right,” District Judge Renee Marie Bumb wrote in
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By Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN As House Republicans officially take over Congress and clamor to investigate the Biden administration, a new line of attack fell squarely into their laps: classified documents recovered from one of President Joe Biden’s private offices when he served as vice president. House Oversight Chairman James Comer,
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN A lawyer for Donald Trump on Tuesday was grilled about the former president’s recent inflammatory statements against a rape accuser during a court hearing in which Trump is trying to fend off a defamation lawsuit brought by the accuser for his earlier White House-era smears against her. Trump attorney Alina Habba
Continue Reading By Shania Shelton, CNN Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who gained national recognition as White House press secretary in the Trump administration, was sworn in Tuesday as Arkansas’ 47th governor. She becomes the state’s first female governor and assumes a seat her father, Mike Huckabee, once held. “I did not seek this office to be the first
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN On the fifth anniversary of her father’s arrest, the daughter of a man wrongfully detained in Iran is calling on the governments of the United States and United Kingdom to do whatever they can to bring him home. Tara Tahbaz described her father, Morad Tahbaz, as “one of the most amazing
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN In September 2020, fans and friends of Susan Meachen received devastating news. The romance writer’s Facebook account posted a message saying she had died. A later post claimed she had taken her own life and suggested her actions were the results of online bullying by others in her thriving, close-knit online
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CNN By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN Allen Weisselberg, former President Donald Trump’s long-time chief financial officer, was sentenced by a New York judge to five months in jail for his role in a decade-long tax fraud scheme after testifying as the state’s witness against the Trump Organization. Following the court hearing, Weisselberg,
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UPDATE (1:28 p.m.) According to an El Paso fire spokesman, crews are responding to two gas line ruptures caused by the same construction company in different parts of town. One rupture is at 6666 Gateway East in east El Paso at the Holiday Inn Express. The second is at 4408 Loma De Brisas in northeast
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Amanda Watts, CNN Ana Walshe, a Massachusetts mother of three, has not been seen since at least the New Year, and prosecutors have accused her husband of dismembering her and disposing of her remains. The husband, Brian Walshe, 47, told police he last saw her on January 1 when she left
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN Nearly 300 never-before-heard recordings by inventor and scientist Alexander Graham Bell will be restored and made accessible later this year, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History announced Tuesday. The recovery work of hundreds of experimental recordings created by Bell and his colleagues between 1881 and 1892 at Volta Laboratory in
Continue Reading FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — In-N-Out Burger announced Tuesday that it plans to open a corporate office in Tennessee and restaurants in and around Nashville by 2026, marking the company’s first expansion east of Texas. Gov. Bill Lee joined In-N-Out Burger owner and President Lynsi Snyder along with other government and company officials in announcing plans
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN Allen Weisselberg, former President Donald Trump’s long-time chief financial officer, was sentenced by a New York judge to five months in jail for his role in a decade-long tax fraud scheme after testifying as the state’s witness against the Trump Organization. Following the court hearing, Weisselberg, 75,
Continue Reading By Clare Foran and Jessica Dean, CNN Rep. George Santos, the recently elected GOP congressman from New York who has admitted to lying about parts of his resume, defended himself and his record on Tuesday as two House Democrats filed an ethics complaint against him. New York Democratic Reps. Ritchie Torres and Daniel Goldman announced
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Commercial flights are set to resume at the Las Cruces international airport after an 18 year absence, and it’s just one of many big expansion plans in the area. Advanced air will take off from Las Cruces January 12, with direct service to Albuequerque. The flight is about $80
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UPDATE: Representative Dade Phelan was elected House Speaker. EL PASO, Texas — The 88th Texas State Legislature began at 12 p.m. CST Tuesday and will end May 29. This article details what to look out for. The Texas Tribune highlighted six aspects to keep an eye out for as the legislative session starts Tuesday: How
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A far-right internet personality who goes by the pseudonym “Baked Alaska” was sentenced on Tuesday to two months in prison for unlawfully protesting inside the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, insurrection. Anthime Gionet, who livestreamed his breach of the Capitol in a nearly 30-minute video to more than 16,000
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) will meet with the Las Cruces Fire Department to discuss and celebrate new spending projects meant to help improve mental and behavioral health care services in the Las Cruces area. According to Lujan’s office, over one million dollars in investments have been secured. They’re
Continue Reading CNN By Katelyn Polantz and Sara Murray, CNN Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has subpoenaed Donald Trump’s former attorney Rudy Giuliani, asking him to turn over records to a federal grand jury as part of an investigation into the former president’s fundraising following the 2020 election, according to a person familiar with the subpoena. The
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