By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Saint-Denis, France (CNN) — Tara Davis-Woodhall overcame more than most people could ever fathom just to make the Olympics. Her podium moment on Friday showed the weight of what it took to be able to compete, let alone win. Davis-Woodhall flew through the air on Thursday night to take home the
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GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A swimmer who crossed Lake Michigan in 1998 has apparently ended his effort to repeat the feat. An online tracking device shows Jim Dreyer appeared to turn around and return to shore by boat Thursday, two days after he began swimming from Michigan to Wisconsin. The 60-year-old Dreyer was attempting
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By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The BBC has told former presenter Huw Edwards to hand back the more than £200,000 ($254,767) he received in salary payments following his arrest last November on suspicion of possessing “indecent images of children” — crimes he pleaded guilty to last week. “Mr. Edwards pleaded guilty to an appalling
Continue Reading AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — The head of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says she is “100% comfortable” with Noah Lyles’ decision to run in the 200 meters after testing positive for COVID-19 two days before the event. Lyles didn’t publicly reveal he’d tested positive for the virus until after he won bronze
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by El Paso Matters Staff, El Paso MattersAugust 9, 2024 This is your weekly news roundup, which takes a quick look at some developments in government, politics, education, environment and other topics across El Paso. El Paso Electric to Seek Rate Increase This Year El Paso Electric in the coming months will ask the state’s
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La oposición venezolana asegura que ganó las elecciones presidenciales del pasado 28 de julio. Incluso, la líder opositora María Corina Machado ha dicho que el candidato Edmundo González Urrutia es el presidente electo del país. Esta declaración se sostiene en las actas de votación publicadas por el Comando con Venezuela
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces is retiring. The hospital confirms to ABC-7 that CEO John Harris is retiring after working for a decade at the hospital. Memorial Medical Center says it is now looking for a new CEO. Dennis Knox will serve as interim CEO in
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Dramáticos videos difundidos en las redes sociales este viernes mostraron un pequeño avión estrellándose en una zona residencial a las afueras de Sao Paulo. La aeronave se estrelló contra varias casas, según informó CNN Brasil, citando a la Defensa Civil. Sesenta y dos personas murieron en el accidente, dijo el presidente de
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AP Health Writer U.S. health officials have approved the first nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions, offering an alternative to injectable products like EpiPen. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it approved the spray as an emergency treatment for adults and older children experiencing life-threatening allergic reactions. The new spray will be marketed
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — This week, the Mexican peso dropped in value. At some Borderland currency exchanges, the price to get dollars was almost 20 Mexican pesos per U.S. dollar. According to UTEP Professor of Economics and Finance Dr. Tom Fullerton, the basic reason was that stock markets, currency markets, and bond markets for many
Continue Reading By AnneClaire Stapleton, Tara John, Duarte Mendonça, Paul P. Murphy, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Vinhedo, Brazil (CNN) — A passenger plane carrying 62 people crashed outside São Paulo on Friday afternoon, killing everyone on board. Dramatic footage circulating on social media showed the plane’s fall and its destroyed fuselage in flames on the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An immigrant advocacy center in El Paso raised concerns about Gov. Greg Abbott’s Executive Order GA 46 relating to the collection of information by Texas public hospitals. “Texans should not have to shoulder the burden of financially supporting medical care for illegal immigrants,” Abbott said in a statement. “Texas will hold
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By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration approved the first nasal spray epinephrine drug for severe allergic reactions known as anaphylaxis, providing a needle-free alternative to EpiPens and similar medicines. The drug, called Neffy, is cleared for adults and children who weigh more than 66 pounds, the agency said Friday.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — La Clinica de Familia is hosting a health fair August 10, 2024. Rachel Gonzales-Hanson, the interim COO of the National Association of Community Health Centers, will be in attendance. Borderland leaders and elected officials will also be there. The fair is happening at 575 South Alameda Boulevard from 9 am
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By Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story YOLO COUNTY, California (KOVR) — A judge in Yolo County court Thursday afternoon refused once again to set bail for Henry “Harry” Stanley, now nearly a month after he was jailed on suspicion of killing his wife, Megan Duncanson. Megan’s death was recently ruled “suicide
Continue Reading KOVR By Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story YOLO COUNTY, California (KOVR) — A judge in Yolo County court Thursday afternoon refused once again to set bail for Henry “Harry” Stanley, now nearly a month after he was jailed on suspicion of killing his wife, Megan Duncanson. Megan’s death was recently ruled
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Han pasado más de 24 horas y muchos todavía siguen sin poder explicarse cómo el expresidente de la Generalitat de Cataluña, Carles Puigdemont, logró evitar ser detenido por las fuerzas de seguridad en Barcelona. Sin embargo, pasadas las horas, se ha ido desvelando el misterio de su evasión tras reunir
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Cristina Fernández de Kirchner publicó este viernes un mensaje en su cuenta en X, antes Twitter, en el que se refirió a la denuncia de la ex primera dama Fabiola Yáñez contra el también expresidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández. “Las fotos de la Sra. Fabiola Yáñez con hematomas en su
Continue Reading Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox’s hand-written memo at the center of her latest retrial for falsely accusing a Congolese bar owner in the 2007 murder of her British housemate contained enough elements for her to be reconvicted of slander in June, an Italian appeals court said Friday. The slander conviction is the only
Continue Reading By Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story PERRIS, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A skydiving instructor who died during a hard landing last week has been identified. The incident happened on Friday, Aug. 2 at around 2:40 p.m. after learning of an air emergency in the 2000 block of Goetz Road, said a
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By Alayna Treene, Gregory Krieg and Kate Sullivan, CNN Bozeman, Montana (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Friday in Montana, where he railed against vulnerable Sen. Jon Tester, briefly talked up the Democrat’s GOP challenger and then unleashed another dizzying series of attacks on the Democratic presidential ticket. The rally
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was preparing to fight for an Olympic title when IOC president Thomas Bach again defended her right to compete in the women’s competition at the Paris Games. Khelif is in the final of the women’s welterweight competition and Li Yu-ting of Taiwan will fight for
Continue Reading Associated Press VINHEDO, Brazil (AP) — A passenger plane crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, killing all 61 people aboard and leaving a smoldering wreck, officials and the airline said. Officials did not say if anyone was killed on the ground in the neighborhood where the plane landed in
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Police in the Nigerian capital Abuja are investigating the killing of a trans TikToker known as Abuja Area Mama after her body was found beside a highway. On TikTok, where she identified as female and openly described herself as a sex worker, Abuja Area Mama styled herself
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the chaotic aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally last month, a local police officer told a fellow officer he had warned the Secret Service days earlier that the building where the 20-year-old gunman opened fire needed to be secured. “I (expletive) told them
Continue Reading AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — Breanna Stewart and the U.S. women’s basketball team cruised to a familiar place — the Olympic gold medal game. Stewart led a balanced offense as the Americans beat Australia 85-64 on Friday in the semifinals to extend their Olympic winning streak to 60 consecutive games dating back to the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The fatal pedestrian collision involving a Parkland High School student Thursday has now been deemed as a suicide by El Paso Police. The crash happened along Loop 375 near Bomarc Street. The highway was closed down in both direction for several hours Thursday afternoon. Ysleta Independent School District officials confirmed
Continue Reading Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris Olympics organizers have issued health recommendations, but no restrictions, for dozens of athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 during the Games. That allowed athletes like Noah Lyles to compete if they wish and are able to. This comes in sharp contrast with the Tokyo Olympics, which had to be
Continue Reading MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama tennis coach was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for taking a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity. A federal judge on Thursday also ordered that 51-year-old Leroy Thomas Joyner Jr. be placed on supervised release for the rest of his life
Continue Reading By Matthew Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story AGUANGA, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Riverside County Animal Services rescued more than 100 animals, including pet cockroaches, from a ranch that was spared from the destructive Nixon Fire. The property was in the remote town of Aguanga, about 20 miles from Temecula. Authorities learned about
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