Blinken heads to Israel, Jordan as Gaza war and criticism of it intensifies
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel and Jordan this week as Israel’s…
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Lockdown lifted at Austin High School in Central El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Independent School District officials placed Austin High School on lockdown for about ten minutes Wednesday. The…
Continue Reading Republican US Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado won’t seek reelection, citing party’s ‘insidious narratives’
By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, a conservative Republican who represents much of Colorado’s rural…
Continue Reading A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed after visitors allegedly try to hold a young bear
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina has been closed temporarily after the National Park Service received…
Continue Reading Usher uses first Super Bowl performance as ‘cheat sheet’ for 2024 show and urges diabetes screening
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — While Usher gears up for his 2024 Super Bowl halftime performance, the singer…
Continue Reading Princeton student who stormed Capitol is sentenced to 2 months behind bars
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey man who was a Princeton University student when he stormed the U.S. Capitol…
Continue Reading Connecticut judge orders new mayoral primary after surveillance videos show possible ballot stuffing
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press A state judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a new Democratic mayoral primary for Connecticut’s largest…
Continue Reading Rep. George Santos survives effort to expel him from the House. But he still faces an ethics report
By KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. George Santos easily survived a vote Wednesday to expel him from the…
Continue Reading Movie Review: A serene debut from Raven Jackson in ‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Nature provides much of the soundtrack to “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt,” the debut feature from writer-director…
Continue Reading The US has strongly backed Israel’s war against Hamas. The allies don’t seem to know what comes next
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was asked who would govern the Gaza Strip…
Continue Reading Hearing to determine if Trump can be barred from office reaches far back in history for answers
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The effort to ban former President Donald Trump from the ballot under the Constitution’s…
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Fire breaks out at Lower Valley apartment complex
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A fire broke out at the Jaycom Apartments late Tuesday night. An ABC-7 crew was at the scene as fire crews worked to put out…
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Ozone hole is about average size, despite undersea volcano eruption that was expected to worsen it
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer With last year’s undersea volcano injecting massive amounts of water high into the atmosphere, scientists were…
Continue Reading House rejects effort to censure Rashida Tlaib over the Palestinian-American’s rhetoric about Israel
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House late Wednesday rejected an effort to censure Democratic Rashida Tlaib of Michigan,…
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Mexican officials prevented 34,000 migrants from traveling on trains, officials say
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Tuesday, Mexico’s National Institute of Migration reported that from September 18 to October 30, officials prevented…
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Guide to Veterans Day events, deals in El Paso County
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County announced its free Veterans Day events this week. “As the Veterans Capital of the U.S.A., the El Paso County…
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School leaders say Texas’ campus safety funding doesn’t cover new state mandates
By Caroline Wilburn, The Texas Tribune Nov. 1, 2023 “School leaders say Texas’ campus safety funding doesn’t cover new state mandates” was first…
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Sweeping ban on COVID-19 vaccine mandates by private employers heads to governor
By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune Oct. 31, 2023 “Sweeping ban on COVID-19 vaccine mandates by private employers heads to governor” was first…
Continue Reading ACLU and families of trans teens ask Supreme Court to block Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys representing Tennessee transgender children, teens and their families have…
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Texas senator warns of malicious text allegedly threatening Border Patrol agents and their families
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVIA) — Texas Senator Ted Cruz sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorkas this week,…
Continue Reading High school football rivals in Maine come together in emotional game after mass shooting
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Lewiston, Maine, has taken another step in its recovery from the state’s deadliest mass…
Continue Reading US Virgin Islands declares state of emergency after lead and copper found in tap water in St. Croix
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has declared a state of emergency after officials revealed last week that tap…
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5-year-old boy attacked by dog Halloween night in Northeast El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Emergency crews responded to reports of a dog attack in Northeast El Paso Halloween night. First responders identify the…
Continue Reading Cyprus plans to send humanitarian aid directly to Gaza by ship, where UN personnel would receive it
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus offered more detail Wednesday on its initiative to create a sea corridor for…
Continue Reading Cooking spray burn victim awarded $7.1 million in damages after can ‘exploded into a fireball’
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — A jury in Illinois has ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million…
Continue Reading Summer Science Program spent $2 million last year serving 204 students. Then, they got a $200M gift.
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press A small nonprofit, Summer Science Program, has puzzled for much of the last year over what do to with a surprise…
Continue Reading Wind industry deals with blowback from Orsted scrapping 2 wind power projects in New Jersey
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Wind energy developer Orsted is writing off $4 billion, due largely to the cancellation…
Continue Reading Republicans confront Tuberville over military holds in extraordinary showdown on Senate floor
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LOLITA BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators have angrily challenged Sen. Tommy Tuberville on…
Continue Reading Mexico to give interest subsidies, but no loans, to Acapulco hotels destroyed by Hurricane Otis
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government says it will pay half of interest rates on bank loans to rebuild the 377 hotels destroyed or heavily…
Continue Reading State is paying fired Tennessee vaccine chief $150K in lawsuit settlement
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The state of Tennessee has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by its…
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