3 charts that show gambling spending in television ads skyrocketing
AskGamblers used data from Nielsen and iSpot.tv to visually highlight the trends behind the recent growth in TV ad spend by gambling companies.
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Here are some key health policies that will and will not change with the COVID-19 public health emergency's end
Stacker identified some of the major health policies that will be affected by the COVID-19 public health emergency’s end.
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7 proven strategies to identify potential breakout stocks and boost your investment portfolio
Bankrate has compiled seven ways to identify and profit from potential breakout stocks.
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Cities with the most singles 65 and over
Because Market used data from the 2021 American Community Survey five-year estimates to determine which U.S. cities have the most singles over 65.
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5 simple ways to get back on track with your mortgage payments
If home payments are causing anxiety, headaches or even hunger, Moneywise has compiled five simple things you can do to help you get back on track.
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Cities with the most expensive homes in the El Paso metro area
Stacker compiled a list of cities with the most expensive homes in the El Paso metro area using data from Zillow.
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High school baseball & softball playoffs: Thursday scores
EL PASO, Texas – The baseball and softball playoffs continued Thursday with several El Paso teams taking the field for game one of their best-of-three series. The Hanks Knights are the only team from El Paso remaining in the state playoffs. Thursday the Knights came out victorious in game one of their Class 5A regional
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“The border is not open”: DHS Secretary addresses lifting of Title 42
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVIA) — Alejandro Mayorkas is addressing the federal government’s immigration enforcement efforts. He released the following statement to coincide with the lifting of Title 42, a pandemic-era CDC health policy designed to stop the flow of COVID-19 into the country. “Starting tonight, people who arrive at the border without using a lawful pathway
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El Paso City Council votes to have outside counsel search for independent investigator to look into purchasing and gas card audit findings
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso City Council voted Thursday to have outside counsel look for an independent investigator in the wake of a city audit that found irregular use of taxpayer-funded gas and purchasing cards. The process appears to add at least two layers of separation between council, city employees, and the
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Federal judge in Florida blocks key Biden immigration policy as Title 42 expires
(KVIA) — A Florida federal judge is blocking the federal government from releasing migrants that have been processed. Politico reports the decision temporarily blocks an important part of the Biden administration’s immigration plan as Title 42 is lifted Thursday night. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pushed the opposition to the White House’s plan through the courts.
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AP reports overcrowded facilities will begin releasing migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Border Patrol stations are meant to house migrants temporarily and don’t have capacity to hold the volume of people coming. Some stations are already too crowded. As a result, agents began releasing migrants into the U.S. with instructions to appear at an immigration office within 60 days, or face deportation. Agents were
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Migrants still waiting in front of gate 42 on the border wall ahead of the expiration of Title 42
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Hundreds of migrants are still camping in front of gate 42 waiting to be processed by U.S. authorities. Compared to Thursday, a big group of migrants was still waiting in front of this gate, but gate 40 was already empty. Since Wednesday, U.S. authorities have picked up big groups of migrants
Continue Reading Migrants continue to get processed near U.S./Mexico Border as the end of Title 42 nears
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the expiration of Title 42 looms, migrants continue to turn themselves into Border Patrol agents near Gate 42 in El Paso’s lower valley. ABC-7 witnessed dozens of migrants being loaded into the Border Patrol vans. Agents said 1,500 migrants were waiting to be processed into the United States. The
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Migrants arrive at Northeast El Paso processing center
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Just hours before the lifting of Title 42, officials started to but migrants to a processing center in Northeast El Paso. The center is located on Hondo Pass. Several busses, including some with Sun Metro, took the migrants from the border to the center. Title 42 will expire 9:59 p.m.
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Power outages reported in Far East El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Electric confirms that there is a power outage in far east El Paso impacting hundreds of customers. A spokesperson tells ABC-7 that an industrial truck hit a power pole, causing the outage. He says crews are currently working to restore power to the area. The impacted area is
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An mRNA vaccine that programs the body to fight pancreatic cancer shows early promise
(CNN) — When Barbara Brigham was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September 2020, the odds were not in her favor. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal malignancies, fatal in 88% of patients. It is also one of the hardest to treat. Tumors can be surgically removed, but they come back within seven to
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How did massive prehistoric ‘thunder beasts’ get super big, super fast?
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN Very large things often have small beginnings. That certainly was true for brontotheres, the enormous, rhino-like herbivorous mammals that lumbered across North America and Asia during the Eocene Epoch. Brontotheres started out as dog-size animals, but then most species evolved to become nearly as large as elephants, and they did so
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Community Champions: Desirae Spearman & Hanks softball team
EL PASO, Texas – The Hanks softball team is looking to keep their momentum going in the state playoffs of the Class 5A tournament. Thursday, the Hanks Knights will take the field in a best-of-three series against Abilene Wylie in the regional quarterfinals of the tournament. The Knights are the only El Paso team remaining
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ABC-7 StormTrack Weather – Nice tomorrow with storm chances for the weekend and next week
Temps will warm to around 90 Friday with storms off to our far eastern counties by the afternoon. Chance for storms in the area Saturday through most of next week as temps stay in the 80’s with a bit more humidity.
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Former Loretto Academy swim coach charged with sexually assaulting a child
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Anthony Police have charged a man with sexual assault of a child. Court documents state a 23-year-old woman came forward to accuse Wright Stanton IV of sexually assaulting her when she was 15. The court documents state the woman told investigators she was working as a lifeguard in 2015 at
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Border Security Expo happening in El Paso hours before lifting of Title 42
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso is hosting the Border Security Expo, just hours before the expected lifting of Title 42. The expo is happening at the convention center downtown. It started Wednesday and ends Thursday. Title 42, a health order which the CDC put in place at the beginning of the pandemic to
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What is Title 8 immigration law?
(ABC) — With the end of the last major Trump-era Title 42 border restrictions Thursday, the Biden administration will revert to processing all migrants as was done before the pandemic. Authorities will now rely more heavily on immigration law as defined under Title 8 of the U.S. Code. The law outlines processes for deportation and carries strict
Continue Reading Mysterious rumblings were recorded in Earth’s stratosphere
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Giant solar balloons were sent 70,000 feet up in the air to record sounds of Earth’s stratosphere — and the microphones picked up some unexpected sounds. The stratosphere is the second layer of Earth’s atmosphere, and its lower level contains the ozone layer that absorbs and scatters the sun’s ultraviolet radiation,
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Migrants risk life and limb to jump Mexico trains in rush to US border
(ABC) — Thousands of migrants in Mexico have been clambering onto dangerous freight trains in hopes of reaching the United States before a tough migration policy ends this week. Up to several hundred people have boarded trains daily, with many setting off atop train cars pulling out from a brief stopping point at a garbage dump in
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Rio Grande will soon be full. Will put migrants in danger?
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In just a few short days, water will be released from Elephant Butte Reservoir into the Rio Grande. As water makes its way towards El Paso, there is concern over whether it will be a danger to the thousands migrants who have made their way to the Borderland. For most
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Secretary Mayorkas, White House provide briefing hours before lifting of Title 42
(CNN) — With hours left before Title 42 expires Thursday night, the US has sent thousands of reinforcements to the southern border, anticipating the Trump-era border restriction policy’s demise could spur an even heavier migrant influx than the country has already seen in recent weeks. More than 1,400 Department of Homeland Security personnel and another 1,500 Department
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El Paso City Council discusses “excessive” use of city representatives’ taxpayer-funded gas cards
In a special meeting scheduled for Thursday morning, members of the El Paso City Council will be discussing a newly released audit that revealed two city representatives may have used their taxpayer-funded gas cards to fuel two or more vehicles. The meeting comes on the heels of the city’s Financial Audit and Oversight Committee (FOAC) meeting held on May 4 when Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo Calderon went over the audit
Continue Reading Wildfires raging in parts of Russia have left at least 21 people dead
By Radina Gigova and Laura Paddison, CNN Wildfires raging in Russia’s Ural Mountains killed at least 21 people and hospitalized several others, state news agency TASS reported on Thursday, quoting officials. The deaths and injuries were reported in the Kurgan region, on the border between the Urals and Siberia. It is one of 12 regions
Continue Reading What is carbon capture? Some say it will help save the world, for others it’s a dangerous distraction
By Laura Paddison, CNN The window to prevent catastrophic climate change is closing. Concentrations of planet-warming carbon pollution in the air are at their highest level in more than 2 million years — and the world has yet to even hit peak fossil fuel emissions. The crisis is so urgent that scientists and governments are
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Voting technology company Smartmatic subpoenas Trump campaign
(CNN) — The voting technology company Smartmatic has subpoenaed Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign for a wide array of documents as part of its $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News over its airing of election lies. The subpoena, which was issued in April and made public in a court filing on Tuesday, requires the
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