UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A migrant is suspected to be the pedestrian that was struck and killed on I-10 westbound, Monday night. “On Monday, Oct. 16, at approximately 10:20 p.m., a suspected migrant was hit by a semi-truck when the migrant attempted to across Interstate 10 in West El Paso. This occurred after
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By LORNE COOK, SYLVAIN PLAZY and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Authorities in the Belgian capital shot and killed a Tunisian national on Tuesday hours after they say he gunned down three Swedish soccer fans, killing two of them, and posted a video online in which he claimed credit for the attack and
Continue Reading By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is hosting its third international forum centered around President Xi Jinping’s signature policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, which over the past 10 years has built infrastructure across continents, burdening some smaller countries with debt. The forum which begins Tuesday brings a flurry of diplomacy to
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese search engine and artificial intelligence firm Baidu has launched the latest version of its artificial intelligence model Ernie 4.0. Baidu claims it rivals models such as GPT-4 in the U.S. Baidu CEO Robin Li demonstrated Ernie 4.0 at the company’s annual Baidu World
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine as well as Russian backing for China’s bid to expand its economic and diplomatic influence abroad. The two countries have forged an informal
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Stalled spending on electrical grids worldwide is slowing the rollout of renewable energy and could put efforts to limit climate change at risk if millions of miles of power lines are not added or refurbished in the next few years, the International Energy Agency said.
Continue Reading By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB, RAVI NESSMAN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a
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Stacker compiled data on registered hunters in Texas from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Signaling more turmoil ahead, Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on a first ballot Tuesday, as a surprising 20 holdouts denied the hard-charging ally of Donald Trump the GOP majority needed to seize the gavel. Additional voting was postponed as
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is scheduled to be questioned under oath as part of lawsuits from two former FBI employees who provoked the former president’s outrage after sending each other pejorative text messages about him. The deposition is scheduled to take place Tuesday in New York. Peter Strzok, who
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump returned Tuesday to the civil fraud trial that imperils his real estate empire, watching and deploring the case as an employee and an outside appraiser testified that his company essentially put a thumb on the scale when sizing up his
Continue Reading By RICHARD LARDNER, TRENTON DANIEL and AARON KESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s political fundraising machine is raking in donations at a prodigious pace, but he’s spending tens of millions of dollars he’s bringing in to pay attorneys to deal with the escalating costs of the various criminal cases he is contending with
Continue Reading By RICHARD LARDNER, TRENTON DANIEL and AARON KESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s political fundraising machine is raking in donations at a prodigious pace, but he’s spending tens of millions of dollars he’s bringing in to pay attorneys to deal with the escalating costs of the various criminal cases he is contending with
Continue Reading By JACKIE MADER of The Hechinger Report Laura Jackson became seriously concerned about her daughter and math when the girl was in third grade. While many of her classmates flew through multiplication tests, Jackson’s daughter relied on her fingers to count, had difficulty reading clocks and burst into tears when asked at home to practice
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — From its first months in office, the Biden administration made a distinctive decision on its Middle East policy: It would deprioritize a half-century of high-profile efforts by past U.S. presidents, particularly Democratic ones, to broker a broad and lasting peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Since
Continue Reading By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A grisly montage of video and photographs of Hamas’s massacre of hundreds of civilians across southern Israel last week highlights the savagery of the attack and the ease with which the militant group appeared to operate inside Israel. The footage that the Israeli military showed
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric wants to bury many of its power lines in areas threatened by wildfires. But California regulators are balking at their plan in part because of its impact on rates. PG&E customers already pay some of the highest rates in the country. It
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Defeated New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he will continue to lead his liberal Labour Party — for now, at least — despite a big election loss on Saturday. He told reporters Tuesday that he still has a “bit of fight” left in him.
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors said Tuesday a Denver-area police officer who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before he was injected with ketamine by paramedics bears responsibility for the Black man’s 2019 death, following a split verdict by jurors last week in a separate trial
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Temperatures will be close to setting records the next couple of days. Temps will climb to the upper 80’s and low 90’s through Wednesday. A weak cold front will arrive Thursday picking up the winds a bit and cooling us down just a couple of degrees.
Continue Reading TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — An expert in forensic pathology has testified in the ongoing trial of three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged with the death of Manuel Ellis that Ellis likely would have lived if not for the officers’ actions. The Seattle Times reports Dr. Roger Mitchell, former chief medical examiner for Washington, D.C., made
Continue Reading By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — One person is dead and two more have been injured by gunshots near a pro-democracy protest in Guatemala. The victims had been near a protest in Malacatan, a township in the western border state of San Marcos. It is not clear whether they were involved
Continue Reading By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Belt and Road Initiative looks to become smaller and greener after a decade of big projects that boosted trade but left big debts and raised environmental concerns. The shift comes as leaders from across the developing world descend on Beijing this week for a government-organized forum
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The city of El Paso has seen a decrease in migrant numbers lately. This comes after weeks of a continuous migrant influx on the border. El Paso is seeing migrant numbers decrease due to policy changes at the federal level. “Policy has changed. and so whenever we see any kind of
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UPDATE: Fire department officials said all six patients were transported, with one patient refusal. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Six people were injured, one seriously in a “multi casualty incident” Monday, according to the El Paso Fire Department. The department said in a post on X that a crash happened at Transmountain Road and North
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron have accused each other of taking extreme positions on abortion policy. They wrangled over abortion during a televised debate Monday night in northern Kentucky. Their remarks came against the backdrop of Kentucky’s current law, which bans all
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says it would be a good idea for the nation’s highest court to adopt a formal code of conduct. But she says there’s already unanimity among the nine justices that they should hold themselves to the highest ethical standards possible.
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Three members of a California family have pleaded guilty to conspiracy for their role in a ring that shipped $600 million worth of stolen catalytic converters from California to New Jersey. Federal prosecutors say brothers Tou Sue Vang and Andrew Vang and their mother Monica Moua of Sacramento were part of
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina on Monday praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for showing what he called “restraint” after Hamas attacked Israel over a week ago. The Republican presidential candidate said Netanyahu “waited” and showed “patience” and “humanity” in response to
Continue Reading By ALFREDO PEÑA CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico A Mexican official has confirmed a shocking video that emerged over the weekend of cartel gunmen forcing the drivers of about a dozen tanker trucks to dump all their gasoline into a field. The official, who was not authorized to be quoted by name, said the incident occurred last
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