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…
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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…
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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…
Continue Reading Deleted texts helped convince jurors man killed trans woman because of gender ID, foreperson says
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A member of the jury that convicted a South Carolina man of a hate crime…
Continue Reading West Virginia medical professionals condemn bill that prohibits care to at-risk transgender youth
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hundreds of medical professionals in West Virginia have signed onto a letter…
Continue Reading Duke’s Scheyer wants the ACC to implement measures to prevent court-storming after Filipowski injury
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Duke coach Jon Scheyer wants the Atlantic Coast Conference to implement measures to prevent court-storming after…
Continue Reading United Daughters of the Confederacy would lose Virginia tax breaks, if Youngkin signs off
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Legislation that would end tax benefits for the United Daughters of the Confederacy is on its…
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West Virginia Senate passes bill that would remove marital exemption for sexual abuse
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Married people in West Virginia could be charged with certain acts of sexual abuse…
Continue Reading Mother of missing Wisconsin boy, man her son was staying with charged with child neglect
TWO RIVERS, Wis. (AP) — The mother of a 3-year-old Wisconsin boy who vanished nearly a week ago and a man her son was staying with have been…
Continue Reading Republicans say Georgia student’s killing shows Biden’s migration policies have failed
By JEFF AMY and SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Students at two Georgia colleges are grappling with the killing of a nursing…
Continue Reading US cruise ship finally allowed to dock in Mauritius after tests show no cholera aboard
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A U.S.-owned cruise ship with more than 3,000 passengers and crew onboard was…
Continue Reading 7 people in the Cayman Islands are seriously injured by gunfire at a soccer game, police say
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police say at least seven people have been shot at a crowded soccer match in the…
Continue Reading Delaware’s early voting and permanent absentee laws are unconstitutional, a judge says
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has ruled that laws allowing early voting and permanent absentee status…
Continue Reading Explosive device detonated outside Alabama attorney general’s office
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says an explosive device was detonated outside his office over the weekend.…
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Kellogg’s CEO: Let them eat Corn Flakes for dinner
CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — “Let them eat Corn Flakes” appears to be Kellogg’s CEO Gary Pilnick’s advice to…
Continue Reading Boeing’s safety culture falls short despite the company’s efforts to fix it, according to experts
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Government and aviation-industry experts say Boeing has made some strides toward improving its safety culture, but…
Continue Reading Who was to blame for secrecy surrounding Austin’s hospitalization? A Pentagon report says no one
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal review about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization…
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