Letter containing white powder sent to Donald Trump Jr.’s home
By JILL COLVIN and DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Emergency crews responded Monday after a letter containing an unidentified white…
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Mohegan tribe to end management of Atlantic City’s Resorts casino at year’s end
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Mohegan tribe says it will end its management of Atlantic City’s Resorts casino at…
Continue Reading Shooting stuns indigenous whaling village on Alaska’s desolate North Slope
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A shooting that killed two adults and severely wounded two others has stunned a tiny…
Continue Reading Case possibly containing Wayne Gretzky rookie cards sells for $3.7M at auction
REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — A case of old hockey cards possibly containing the game’s Great One has fetched more than $3.7 million after it was…
Continue Reading New York Democrats reject bipartisan congressional map, will draw their own
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democrats in the New York Legislature are rejecting a congressional map drawn by the…
Continue Reading Family Dollar Stores agrees to pay $41.6M for rodent-infested warehouse in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say Family Dollar Stores has pleaded guilty to holding food, drugs, cosmetics and other items under…
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UTEP’s Jane Asinde earns CUSA Player of the Week honors
(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s Jane Asinde earned Conference USA Player of the Week honors after leading the Miners in both…
Continue Reading Australian police find bodies of couple after officer who was an ex-boyfriend admits to killing them
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian police on Tuesday found the bodies of a couple shot and killed by an…
Continue Reading Argentina’s president condemns threat by provincial governor to cut energy supplies in dispute
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The government of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has condemned a threat by the governor of the…
Continue Reading US Rep. Andy Kim sues over what he calls New Jersey’s ‘cynically manipulated’ ballot system
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Andy Kim says in a federal lawsuit that New Jersey’s primary ballot design unconstitutionally favors candidates…
Continue Reading Eagles’ Don Henley quizzed at lyrics trial about time a naked 16-year-old girl overdosed at his home
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Don Henley was asked in a New York courtroom Monday about a seamy episode from his past: his…
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ABC-7 Listens: Viewer wants sports director Adrian Ochoa to take off his green bracelet
EL PASO, Texas – It’s commonplace for television news anchors to face criticism for their on-air appearance. One ABC-7 viewer was concerned by the…
Continue Reading A New York City medical school goes tuition-free thanks to a $1 billion gift
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City medical school will be tuition-free for all students from now on thanks to a $1 billion donation from a former…
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The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is rapidly melting. Scientists now have evidence for when it started and why
CNN By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have looked back in time to reconstruct the past life of Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier”…
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Perches Funeral Home is offering free cremations
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Monday February 26, 2024 @ 10:30 a.m. Perches Funeral Home announced they are offering free funerals to parents who…
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Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s arguments on Texas and Florida’s social media laws and the First Amendment
CNN By John Fritze, Brian Fung and Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court expressed skepticism Monday about state laws in Texas and…
Continue Reading Man who fatally shot 2 teens in a California movie theater is sentenced to life without parole
A 23-year-old man convicted of fatally shooting two teenagers at a Southern California movie theater during a 2021 showing of “The Forever Purge”…
Continue Reading Man is shot and killed on a light rail train in Seattle, and suspect remains on the loose
SEATTLE (AP) — Police say a 26-year-old man has been killed in a shooting on a light rail train in Seattle. The Seattle Police Department says…
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What you need to do to prepare for Fort Bliss’s planned power outage
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Fort Bliss residents are urged to prepare ahead of next month’s “Black Start” exercise, which will shut off the base’s…
Continue Reading Manhattan DA wants gag order for Trump, seeks to play ‘Access Hollywood’ tape at hush-money trial
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s New York hush-money criminal case have asked a judge to impose…
Continue Reading US government may sue PacifiCorp, a Warren Buffett utility, for nearly $1B in wildfire costs
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer The U.S. government is threatening to sue PacifiCorp, a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, to recover…
Continue Reading Barrage of gunfire as officers stop shooter at Joel Osteen’s megachurch, newly released video shows
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The gunfire that shattered the calm at pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Houston only lasted…
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ABC-7 First Alert Continues – Strong winds with some blowing dust
The winds will crank up on Tuesday as SW/W gusts will hit 55 mph or more across town. I would expect some areas of blowing dust and sand to occur…
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Drug Enforcement Administration job listings close tonight
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Drug Enforcement Administration’s El Paso Division is searching for El Paso, Midland, and Alpine, Texas residents to…
Continue Reading Campbellsville University student died from strangulation and suspect was teammate on wrestling team, police say
WLKY, CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY, CAMPBELLSVILLE POLICE, CNN By Nic Anderson and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — The Kentucky student who was…
Continue Reading Mexico crowns new ‘Queen of the Mountains’ as community reckons with recent mountaineering deaths
By INDIA GRANT Associated Press ON THE MALINCHE VOLCANO, Mexico (AP) — On the flanks of a central Mexico volcano, the country’s female…
Continue Reading Attorneys argue over whether Mississippi legislative maps dilute Black voting power
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Federal judges are hearing arguments over whether Mississippi’s legislative…
Continue Reading Political consultant behind fake Biden robocalls says he was trying to highlight a need for AI rules
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The political consultant behind robocalls that mimicked President Joe Biden’s voice says he…
Continue Reading California utility will pay $80M to settle claims its equipment sparked devastating 2017 wildfire
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison will pay $80 million to settle claims on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service connected to a massive…
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