TIARET, Algeria (AP) — An outpouring of fans greeted Algerian boxer Imane upon arrival back in her hometown on Friday and at a parade in Tiaret, the nearby regional capital. She and track star Djamel Sedjati were honored by local leaders and then paraded through the streets atop a city bus as hundreds of residents
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– A recent audit performed by ESSER lll states “there is a lag in the implementation of the planetarium” the audit went on to say the El Paso ISD only used 12% ($70,000) of the project’s $560,000 budget. Audit documents say some of the causes for the lag are due to miscommunication
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Attorney General’s Office on Friday sent a letter to Canutillo Independent School District’s director of communications demanding he comply with the state’s Public Information Act. This, after failure to respond to open records requests –and even the attorney general’s own investigators, according to the letter. “Due to the district’s pattern
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By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Perdue Foods is recalling more than 167,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets and tenders because of the possible presence of metal in the products. The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said Friday that the recalled items were produced on March 23 and shipped to retail locations across
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Estados Unidos ha observado de cerca cómo las fuerzas de Ucrania se adentraban más en territorio ruso, impulsadas en parte por armas y equipos proporcionados por Estados Unidos, lo que ha suscitado dudas sobre si Kyiv ha respetado las restricciones de la administración Biden sobre el uso de armamento estadounidense. Ucrania
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CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Sudzha, Russia (CNN) — Bodies decomposing in the street. Bullet-marked civilian cars lining the road. Half of Lenin’s face blown away from the statue on the square. Streets littered with shrapnel. Locals huddling in a bomb shelter. The smell of death, in buildings torn open. It is a scene achingly familiar to Ukraine,
Continue Reading By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Sudzha, Russia (CNN) — Bodies decomposing in the street. Bullet-marked civilian cars lining the road. Half of Lenin’s face blown away from the statue on the square. Streets littered with shrapnel. Locals huddling in a bomb shelter. The smell of death, in buildings torn open. It is a scene achingly familiar to Ukraine, yet
Continue Reading Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen in northern Nigeria have ambushed vehicles conveying some university students and abducted 20 of them. Police in the Benue state in north central Nigeria said on Friday that the gunmen ambushed the students on Thursday evening. It is the latest case of kidnap along Nigerian roads where dozens
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AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Minnesota Twins starter Joe Ryan got a second opinion that confirmed the team’s initial diagnosis of a significantly strained muscle in his throwing shoulder that will keep the right-hander sidelined for an extended period. Twins trainer Nick Paparesta said Friday that Ryan visited with Dr. Neal ElAttrache in
Continue Reading Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon that slammed the Tokyo area with heavy rains and brought mudslide warnings in northern Japan is heading eastward in the Pacific Ocean away from the coast. There were no reports Saturday of major damage. Tokyo and nearby areas were back to normal under sunny skies. Bullet trains
Continue Reading By Tara John, Niamh Kennedy and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz raised eyebrows on Friday when he said Israel would expect international partners such as the United Kingdom and France to join Israel in responding to a potential strike from Iran, “not only in defense, but also in attacking significant targets
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — En su batalla por volver a la Casa Blanca, el expresidente Donald Trump ha repetido comentarios inexactos o directamente falsos sobre la inmigración en Estados Unidos. Este es un repaso de algunos de sus mensajes que no se condicen con la realidad, según los reportes previos que ha hecho
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Mexico is defending cross-border anti-drug cooperation after Mexican prosecutors complained the Americans aren’t giving them enough information. Mexico’s government was embarrassed by the surrender of two Mexican drug lords who arrived in Texas aboard a mysterious flight in July. Officials say they weren’t even aware of the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plummeted 33% in July to the lowest level since September 2020, a result of asylum being temporarily suspended, authorities said Friday. The Border Patrol made 56,408 arrests last month, down from 83,536 arrests in June, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, its parent
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Tomar una pausa de tan sólo cinco segundos la próxima vez que discutas con tu pareja podría ayudar a apaciguar la situación, según una nueva investigación. El estudio, realizado por investigadores de la Universidad de St. Andrews, en Escocia, encuestó a 81 parejas y fue publicado en la revista académica Nature.
Continue Reading Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — When Denisha Mitchell was asked why she filled out paperwork to serve as an Arizona elector for the independent presidential candidate Cornel West, her first response was “What?!” Her second: What’s an elector? “I was shocked and surprised by it all. I didn’t even know what an elector was,” Mitchell
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By Oren Liebermann and Paul Murphy, CNN (CNN) — The US has watched closely as Ukrainian forces pushed deeper into Russian territory, powered in part by US-provided arms and equipment that have raised questions about whether Kyiv has abided by the Biden administration’s restrictions on the use of American weaponry. Ukraine has used US weaponry and
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Three-time Cy Young Award winner and active strikeout leader Max Scherzer, who has started only once for the Texas Rangers since turning 40 last month, threw a 25-pitch bullpen session Friday and said his injuries this season haven’t made him reconsider whether he wants to keep pitching. “I’ve
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This Monday, El Paso County commissioners authorized a University Medical Center (UMC) bond and five propositions for the County Quality of Life bond, all of which will appear on the November Ballot. The UMC bond totals $396.6 million and would expand the number of hospital bed and operating room capacity. The
Continue Reading Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bipartisan package of 10 bills that aims to crack down on smash-and-grab robberies and property crimes, making it easier to go after repeat shoplifters and auto thieves and increase penalties for those running professional reselling schemes. The move comes as Democratic
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — Un juez federal bloqueó temporalmente este viernes el lanzamiento de Venu Sports, la empresa conjunta de streaming deportivo de Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney y Fox Corporation, asestando un duro golpe a la iniciativa. La decisión se produce después de que Fubo, un servicio de streaming deportivo rival más pequeño,
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.; Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y, and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky.; Anne Milgram, administrator of
Continue Reading Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for The-Dream, a Grammy-winning songwriter and producer, are seeking the dismissal of a woman’s lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault and other abuse. The producer, whose legal name is Terius Gesteelde-Diamant, has denied allegations of sexual assault, rape and other abuse made in a June lawsuit by
Continue Reading Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Massachusetts pharmacist charged with murder in the deaths of 11 Michigan residents from a 2012 U.S. meningitis outbreak has agreed to plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter, according to an email sent to families and obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The deal with Glenn Chin calls for a
Continue Reading SUDZHA, Russia (AP) — A trail of destruction lies in the path that Ukrainian forces carved on their risky incursion into Russia, blasting through the border and eventually into the town of Sudzha, where Associated Press journalists traveled Friday on a Ukrainian government-organized trip. Artillery fire has blown chunks out of a statue of Soviet
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department on Friday released details on two separate incidents where Ft. Bliss residents were arrested for allegedly abandoning their dogs. Police say on July 13, Charles Edward McVey abandoned his dog in a parking lot at the 3000 block of N. Zaragoza and did not attempt
Continue Reading AP Economics Writer Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed a ban on “price gouging” by food suppliers and grocery stores, as part of a broader agenda aimed at lowering the cost of housing, medicine, and food. The proposal, introduced Friday, is an attempt to tackle a clear vulnerability of Harris’ head-on: Under the Biden-Harris administration,
Continue Reading Associated Press A tiny Florida college is once again at the center of the state’s culture wars after a dumpster left the campus library filled with hundreds of books. The New College of Florida says its library was performing a routine culling of its collection, mostly of old and damaged volumes. But students and activists
Continue Reading By Steve Contorno, Jeff Zeleny, Edward-Isaac Dovere and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — The first presidential debate of 2024 upended the race for the White House, effectively terminated the reelection aspirations of President Joe Biden and perhaps forever altered the direction of the country. With so much potentially at risk at next month’s debate – which will be the first
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP football’s Maurice Westmoreland was one of 90 defensive linemen and linebackers selected to the Lombardi Award Watch List on Thursday. Westmoreland led the Miners with 7.5 sacks and finished second in Conference USA in 2023. The senior led the league with 64 sack yards, and ranked fourth in
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