Month: April 2024
Person of interest being sought after by Las Cruces Police in deadly shooting
LAS CRUCES, NM (KVIA) — A $1,000 dollar reward is being offered by Crime Stoppers of Las Cruces-Doña Ana County for information in identifying a…
Continue Reading Scandals blight Denmark’s buildup of its armed forces as it eyes possible threats from Russia
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A series of scandals has blighted Denmark’s Armed Forces at a time when the country,…
Continue ReadingDeadly Nor’easter cuts off power to hundreds of thousands across the Northeast as many roads remain impassable
CNN By Dalia Faheid, Artemis Moshtaghian, Gene Norman and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — At least four people are dead and hundreds of thousands are…
Continue Reading Japan’s Kishida, ahead of US trip, seeks stronger military ties with Washington and other partners
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he wants to strengthen military and weapons development…
Continue Reading Senior doctors in England agree on a pay deal with the government to end a yearlong dispute
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Senior doctors in England have accepted a pay offer from the British government that ends a yearlong…
Continue Reading German investigators seize fake US bills with a face value of over $103 million
BERLIN (AP) — German investigators say they have seized counterfeit U.S. dollar bills with a face value of over $103 million, which apparently came…
Continue Reading Norway wants a ‘historic increase’ in defense spending of $56 billion over the next 12 years
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian center-left governnment wants “a historic increase” in defense spending with 600 billion kroner ($56…
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City of Las Cruces announcing water restrictions
LAS CRUCES, NM (KVIA) — The city of Las Cruces has announced water restrictions for spring and summer seasons. The city said the restrictions began…
Continue Reading Russian officials again try to link the Moscow concert attack with Ukraine despite Kyiv’s denials
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities have again tried to link the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Winds pick up tonight intensify for your Saturday
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — We are under an ABC-7 First Alert for stronger winds, patchy blowing dust, and cooler temperatures set to arrive Saturday…
Continue Reading Cleanup begins as spring nor’easter moves on. But hundreds of thousands still lack power
By NICK PERRY and LISA RATHKE Associated Press GILFORD, N.H. (AP) — Snow showers lingered Friday as the cleanup began following a major spring…
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El Paso community unites for Child Abuse Prevention, DFPS hosts “Go Blue Day” today
EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) spotlights preventing, recognizing, and reporting child abuse and…
Continue Reading A senior UK lawmaker fell victim to a sexting scam. His colleagues are being urged to go to police
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers who may have been targeted in a sexting scam were urged Friday to go to police, after…
Continue Reading Survivors of Taiwan’s historic quake recall harrowing moments of tremors, being trapped under rocks
By JOHNSON LAI and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan residents endured harrowing experiences when the ground shook with…
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5 things to know for April 5: Baltimore bridge, Gaza, Nor’easter, Trump, Money heist
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — American cities in the path of Monday’s solar eclipse are ramping up preparations for an influx of…
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Road closures in El Paso County, Las Cruces Friday, April 5
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Here is a list of road closures scheduled for Friday, April 5 for El Paso County and the City of Las Cruces. For updates in…
Continue Reading India’s opposition makes its election case, calling Modi an autocrat and promising aid to the poor
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition party vowed to boost social spending and reverse what it views as a…
Continue Reading A pro-Western career diplomat faces an ally of the populist premier in Slovakia’s presidential vote
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A pro-Western career diplomat and a close ally of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico are facing each…
Continue Reading Israel dismisses 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Friday that it dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others for…
Continue Reading Airplane passenger fined in Sydney for urinating in a cup
SYDNEY (AP) — A passenger has been fined for urinating in a cup during a delay in deplaning after landing at Sydney Airport. Officials say the…
Continue Reading Muslim athletes push boundaries to keep on training despite fasting during Ramadan
By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Most people are getting ready for bed when the MMA sessions start at Diesel Gym in East London’s…
Continue Reading Blinken says Israeli offers to increase flow of aid to Gaza are welcome but may not be sufficient
By MATTHEW LEE Associated Press LEUVEN, Belgium (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the measures the Israeli government…
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Caitlin Clark will head to the WNBA at a critical moment for the league
CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Tiger Woods did it for pro golf. Serena and Venus Williams did it for women’s tennis.…
Continue Reading Menace to society: Criminal gangs in Europe are infiltrating the legal world, Europol says
Criminal networks in the European Union are penetrating legal businesses across the 27-nation bloc and rely heavily on corruption to develop their…
Continue Reading Iran vows to ‘punish Zionist regime’ over deadly strike on Iranian consulate attributed to Israel
By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard warned Friday that “our brave men…
Continue Reading UN human rights body calls for halt to weapons shipments to Israel as concerns about Gaza war mount
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights body called on countries to stop selling or shipping weapons to Israel…
Continue Reading Biden tours collapsed Baltimore bridge as clearing proceeds and declares ‘your nation has your back’
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press DUNDALK, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at efforts to clear away the “mangled…
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How reality dating TV shows have changed since the 1960s
OLBG hit rewind on reality dating TV shows to discover just how much they’ve changed over the last six decades, using news reports and…
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25 hardest colleges to get into in America
Stacker used the most recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics to rank the 25 hardest colleges to get into across the…
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