Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — State election directors from across the country voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Postal Service official Tuesday that the system won’t be able to handle an expected crush of mail-in ballots in the November election. Steven Carter, manager of election and government programs for the postal service, attempted to
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Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — State election directors from across the country voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Postal Service official Tuesday that the system won’t be able to handle an expected crush of mail-in ballots in the November election. Steven Carter, manager of election and government programs for the postal service, attempted to
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Belén Liotti (CNN) — Este verano están pasando muchas cosas a la vez en París. Los Juegos Olímpicos llegan a la capital francesa y ya se conoce dónde se desarrollarán las 32 disciplinas. Muchos de los recintos ya existían antes de los Juegos. La única instalación deportiva permanente construida para los Juegos Olímpicos es el
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El área de Biscuit Basin del Parque Nacional Yellowstone en Wyoming está cerrada luego de una explosión hidrotermal el martes por la mañana, dijeron funcionarios del parque en un comunicado de prensa y una publicación en X. Biscuit Basin, su estacionamiento y paso peatonal, aproximadamente 3,2 kilómetros (2 millas) al
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By Kristen Holmes, Kate Sullivan and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The Trump campaign on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission arguing money raised for President Joe Biden’s reelection bid cannot be transferred to Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. The complaint was filed by the Trump campaign’s general counsel David Warrington
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Las Cruces Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding information in a possible hit-and-run crash that left a bicyclist critically injured early Tuesday morning. According to police, a passerby found a 59 year-old man lying in the roadway with a bicycle nearby shortly before 5
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Un comisario de las fuerzas de seguridad locales reveló este martes durante una audiencia de Seguridad Nacional en la Cámara de Representantes nuevos detalles sorprendentes sobre las fallas de seguridad que llevaron al intento de asesinato de Donald Trump, lo que plantea más preguntas para el asediado Servicio Secreto de Estados
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LONDON (AP) — John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90. A statement on Mayall’s Instagram page announced his death Tuesday, saying the musician died Monday at his home in California. “Health issues that
Continue Reading Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Attorneys have argued over whether a North Dakota judge should dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban before trial. An attorney for the state said the plaintiffs’ case rests on hypotheticals. The plaintiffs’ attorney said key issues remain to be resolved at trial. The court trial is scheduled
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police have arrested a 19 year-old El Paso man for murder in connection to a shooting Saturday morning at the Gonzalez Apartments at 4101 Rich Beem Blvd. that left one man dead. El Paso County jail records show that Damian Alexander De La Riva was booked Monday on
Continue Reading Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls said Tuesday that his Donald Trump-inspired celebration of a hit Sunday was not intended as an endorsement of the Republican presidential candidate and added he was unlikely to do it again. Walls pumped his fist and shouted “Fight! Fight! Fight!” after hitting a double
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El domingo fue el día más caluroso registrado en la historia, según datos preliminares de una agencia de seguimiento del clima que monitorea las temperaturas desde mediados del siglo XX. Es el segundo año consecutivo en que las temperaturas globales promedio alcanzan récords climáticos impactantes y no será el
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A sentencing change by a Louisiana judge assures that the man who fatally shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith will get credit for the time he served on home incarceration. New Orleans news outlets report that Cardell Hayes was formally re-sentenced Tuesday to 22 years and two months in
Continue Reading By Sahar Akbarzai and Juliana Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — At least nine people are dead and four are missing after a fishing vessel sank in the South Atlantic about 200 miles off the coast of the Falkland Islands, Spanish authorities said Wednesday. The fishing vessel, FV Argos Georgia, had 27 people onboard when it took
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By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of disarray, the Democratic Party finally faced a welcome problem: Too many celebrities were calling. Following an uncharacteristic dry spell of celebrity support for President Joe Biden that had persisted for months as he sought a second term, Hollywood has been reignited in full force and is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso has put out a list of events being planed leading up to the fifth anniversary of the August 3rd shooting that killed 23 people and left dozens more injured, and sent shockwaves through the community. The list includes tributes the city is hosting along with
Continue Reading Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s Supreme Court is allowing the signatures of inactive voters to count on petitions seeking to qualify constitutional initiatives for the November ballot, including one to protect abortion rights. A state judge ruled last week that the Secretary of State’s Office wrongly changed election rules to reject inactive voter
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — What do you do when you travel in a chauffeur-driven Bentley but want to be known as the green king? King Charles III plans to resolve this quandary by converting two state Bentleys to run on biofuel. Buckingham Palace said Wednesday that this will give the monarch time to go
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — As a border crisis unfolded only months into Joe Biden’s presidency, he looked to his vice president to help solve an intractable issue: migration. It seemed like a no-win political assignment. Vice President Kamala Harris and her staff quickly sought to make one thing clear: She wasn’t charged with
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — San Diego Padres catcher Kyle Higashioka received a replica of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to his grandfather’s World War II unit Monday during a ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Army. The late G. Shigeru Higashioka was part of the 100th Infantry Battalion of the 442nd
Continue Reading Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters in the West are scrambling as wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington. A stretch of Interstate 84 connecting Oregon and Idaho in the area of one of the fires was closed indefinitely Tuesday. I-84 between Ontario and Baker City closed as flames from the Durkee fire
Continue Reading TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — The trial in a countersuit brought by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones against a woman who says she’s his daughter and her mother abruptly ended Tuesday afternoon as Jones agreed to drop the countersuit if the women dismissed pending lawsuits against him, including one where the billionaire was ordered to take
Continue Reading TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — The trial in a countersuit brought by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones against a woman who says she’s his daughter and her mother abruptly ended Tuesday afternoon as Jones agreed to drop the countersuit if the women dismissed pending lawsuits against him, including one where the billionaire was ordered to take
Continue Reading MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The three University of Alabama System campuses have shuttered diversity, equity and inclusion offices_ and shifted staff and functions to new programs. The moves were taken to comply with a new Republican-backed state law that seeks to ban so-called DEI programs on public college campuses in Alabama. The University of Alabama
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By Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — A Tennessee man only learned he was the winner of a $1 million jackpot when detectives called to tell him his winning ticket had been stolen, according to authorities. The lottery winner, who did not want to be publicly identified, bought two winning tickets at a Shell gas station
Continue Reading RYE, N.H. (AP) — Two fishermen are safe after a whale crashed onto their boat, capsizing it off the New Hampshire shore. The U.S. Coast Guard says the incident occurred Tuesday near Odiorne Point State Park. The Coast Guard posted to X that they had received a mayday call stating that a 23-foot center console
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By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story July 23, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Monty and Ramirez LLP proudly announce that Jacob Monty, a distinguished Houston immigration and employment lawyer, has been appointed to the James Beard Foundation® Board of Trustees. This prestigious honor highlights Monty’s commitment to the culinary arts
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — California’s Fernando Mendoza and Stanford’s Ashton Daniels are quarterbacks for rival football programs in the Golden State, part of the long history of a rivalry known as simply as the “Big Game.” Last summer, they were united in their dismay at watching the Pac-12 disintegrate as a power
Continue Reading By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story July 23, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a gesture of profound respect and recognition, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has been bestowed with the highest honor of lying in state at Houston City Hall. This solemn tribute is a testament to her significant contributions
Continue Reading By Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story July 23, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a spectacular display of grassroots support, ActBlue, the nonprofit Democratic fundraising platform, has achieved an astonishing milestone raising $231 million in the first 24 hours after President Joe Biden’s announcement of his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential
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