The Texas Tribune A progressive business group sued Texas on Thursday over a 2021 law that restricts state investments in companies that, according to the state, “boycott” the fossil fuel industry. The American Sustainable Business Coalition filed suit against Attorney General Ken Paxton and Comptroller Glenn Hegar, alleging that the law, Senate Bill 13, constitutes
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Associated Press A new report from Columbia University’s antisemitism task force describes a hostile climate for Jewish and Israeli students at the New York City institution during the last school year. The report released Friday also recommends university-wide training and better reporting measures. The report comes days before the start of a new school year,
Continue Reading Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday. A new law set to take effect then makes so-called personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail. Voters passed a first-in-the-nation decriminalization measure in 2020. Millions intended for addiction services were slow
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El equipo legal de Donald Trump está pidiendo que se retrase la sentencia y cualquier otra acción sustantiva en el caso de los pagos por silencio mientras se desarrolla un nuevo esfuerzo para trasladar el caso a un tribunal federal, según una carta obtenida por CNN. La petición al juez de la
Continue Reading Associated Press Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year. The decision makes the private liberal arts school an outlier among the nation’s diminishing number of women’s colleges. The college said the policy stems from the will of its founder who died in 1900. The school
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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police said Saturday that a man will face misdemeanor charges after he stormed into the press area at Donald Trump’s rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, before being surrounded by authorities and eventually subdued with a Taser as the former president spoke at the campaign stop. The incident Friday came moments after Trump
Continue Reading Andrea Saint Martin (CNN Español) — Osiel Cárdenas, exlíder del cártel del Golfo en México, fue liberado de prisión este viernes, confirmó la Oficina Federal de Prisiones de Estados Unidos a CNN. Cárdenas ahora está bajo la custodia del Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés), informó el Buró
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The National Institutes of Health said Friday that it is stopping its research of what’s commonly known as Havana syndrome, a mysterious illness experienced by a number of spies, soldiers and diplomats who have reported sudden debilitating symptoms of unknown origin. The NIH said it would end the work
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police chief says the suspect accused of fatally shooting one officer and wounding two others had targeted police.
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Update: Special Traffic Investigators are looking into the crash. Emergency crews are diverting all traffic away from the highway. Update: One person was seriously injured in the crash, according to first responders. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A crash is backing up traffic on I-10 East near the Kansas exit. An ABC-7 viewer sent in
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli strike on a humanitarian vehicle in Gaza has left four people dead amid confusion over the convoy’s travel plans through the war-torn Palestinian enclave, according to aid organization American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera). The victims were all local Palestinians involved with a transportation company contracted by Anera,
Continue Reading By Mauricio Torres, CNNE (CNN) — Authorities in Argentina have arrested a man on decades-old allegations of involvement in a militant Marxist group responsible for the 1978 kidnapping and death of a former Italian prime minister, according to a government statement. Leonardo Bertulazzi, identified in the statement as an Italian citizen, had been living in
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Gov. Maura Healey, D-Mass.; Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas; Teamsters President Sean O’Brien; Mitch Landrieu, co-chair of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.
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By Dave Pehling Click here for updates on this story California (KPIX) — Emergency responders pulled a surfer from the water at Ocean Beach Friday morning and transported to an area hospital in critical condition, San Francisco Fire officials said. The San Francisco Fire Department public information officer’s X account posted video of SFFD surf
Continue Reading By Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — Mikuni sushi bar in midtown Sacramento was struck by thieves who made off with all the cash in the restaurant’s safe Sunday night. It comes as Sacramento police say they have seen an uptick in burglaries at downtown businesses over the
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Berlín (CNN) — Un vuelo de deportación con destino a Afganistán que transportaba a 28 ciudadanos afganos partió de Alemania el viernes por la mañana, un día después de que el gobierno alemán se comprometiera a reforzar su normativa de asilo tras un ataque mortal con cuchillo. Un portavoz del Ministerio del Interior
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La Legislatura de California aprobó un proyecto de ley con apoyo bipartidista que prohíbe el uso del colorante rojo nº 40 y otras cinco sustancias químicas presentes en los alimentos que se sirven en las escuelas públicas. El jueves, el llamado Estado Dorado se convirtió en el primero del país en
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoan Laneah Bryan and the U.S. Women’s Flag Football National Team just won gold at the IFAF Flag Football World Championship in Lahti, Finland. USA took down Mexico 31-18 to win gold. ABC-7 has spoken with Bryan before and covered her naming to the U.S. national team in March
Continue Reading Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil has divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians had difficulty and doubts about navigating other social media in its absence. The shutdown of Elon Musk’s platform started early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on
Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska’s top election official says organizers have collected enough signatures to ask voters to repeal a new law that uses taxpayer money to fund private school tuition. Organizers of Support Our Schools announced in July that they had gathered more than 86,000 signatures of registered voters. That is well over the nearly 62,000
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Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — In a new report from Columbia University’s antisemitism task force, a student described the situation on campus following the October 7 attacks in Israel. “People that you sat in class with, you had drinks with, you had lunch and dinner with, the next day they say they hope your
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge has ruled that smoking will be allowed to continue in Atlantic City’s casinos. Friday’s decision by Superior Court Judge Patrick Bartels represents a major victory for the city’s nine casinos, most of which are winning less money from in-person gamblers than they did before
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are moving to halt proceedings in his New York hush money criminal case and postpone next month’s sentencing indefinitely while he tries to have a federal court intervene and potentially overturn his state conviction. In a letter to the trial judge made public Friday, Trump’s lawyers
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)-Labor Day weekend is a time to celebrate the unofficial end of summer with friends and family. It should be a fun and relaxing holiday, but because people choose to drink and drive, it can often be a dangerous one. Tx Dot El Paso closures: https://its.txdot.gov/its/District/ELP/lane-closures
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys say the city of Los Angeles will pay $9.5 million to settle a lawsuit by relatives of a woman killed by police during a shootout with a gunman at a Trader Joe’s store six years ago. The father and brother of 27-year-old Melyda Corado sued for wrongful death. The settlement
Continue Reading Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is vowing to force health insurance companies or the federal government to pay for IVF treatments, a proposal at odds with the actions of much of his own party. It reveals the former president’s realization that abortion and reproductive rights are major liabilities for his
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By Lauren del Valle and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s legal team is asking to delay sentencing and any other substantive actions in the hush money case while a new effort to move the case to federal court plays out, according to a letter obtained by CNN. The request to New York State Supreme
Continue Reading MOULTRIE, Ga. (AP) — A south Georgia man has died after he was bitten by a police K-9 during a pursuit last week. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of Kevin Kennedy. Investigators say the chase began when a state trooper saw Kennedy driving a four-wheeler and tried to pull him
Continue Reading Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a bill designed to strengthen the state’s oversight of nursing homes, provide anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ nursing home residents, and help protect against the spread of infectious disease outbreaks. The bill passed Thursday. It would require long-term care facilities to provide staff training on the rights
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