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Month: September 2024

Latina governor of US border state will attend inauguration of Mexico’s first female president

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is heading south of the border to attend the inauguration of Mexico’s next president. In a statement Friday, she announced the outing to Mexico City for the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum as the Mexico’s first female president. The second-term Democratic governor and former congresswoman also is

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Latina governor of US border state will attend inauguration of Mexico’s first female president

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is heading south of the border to attend the inauguration of Mexico’s next president. In a statement Friday, she announced the outing to Mexico City for the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum as the Mexico’s first female president. The second-term Democratic governor and former congresswoman also is

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North Carolina appeals court blocks use of university’s digital ID for voting

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C, (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court has blocked students and employees at the state’s flagship public university from providing a school’s digital identification when voting to comply with a new photo ID mandate. The three-judge panel of the intermediate-level Court of Appeals reverses at least temporarily last month’s decision by

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Baltimore dockworkers, still impacted by Key Bridge collapse, describe emotions about looming strike

By Kelsey Kushner Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore longshoremen, still recovering from the impacts of the Key Bridge collapse, expressed their concerns about a looming strike that could be devastating to the nation’s consumer supply. Thousands of dockworkers along the East and Gulf coasts, including in Baltimore, could strike

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Claudia Sheinbaum: Her rise to power and her future as Mexico’s president

By Eduardo García and Alfredo Corchado Words by Eduardo Garcia, Alfredo Corchado Photos by Omar Ornelas Edited by Dudley Althaus, @dqalthaus Puente News Collaborative is a bilingual nonprofit newsroom, convener and funder dedicated to high quality, fact-based news and information from the U.S.-Mexico border. MEXICO CITY – When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, then-Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum

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Borderland Blitz: Week 5 Schedule & Scores

Socorro 14Eastwood 49FinalEastlake 36Montwood 32FinalBel Air 14El Dorado 49FinalAmericas 56Parkland 45FinalHanks 42Andress 49FinalChapin 45Burges 21FinalCanutillo 47El Paso 0FinalJefferson 0Del Valle 58FinalYsleta 35Austin 36FinalFabens 0Mountain View 41FinalClint 46San Elizario 25FinalAnthony 18Alpine 55FinalLas Cruces 55Organ Mountain 7FinalGoddard 0Gadsden 34FinalSanta Teresa 0Roswell 47FinalFranklin 16Coronado 13Final (Thursday)Irvin 17Bowie 13Final (Thursday)

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ANÁLISIS | ¿Mejoró México con López Obrador? Estos indicadores sugieren resultados mixtos

Mauricio Torres (CNN Español) — Está por concluir el Gobierno del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador en México. Se trata de un político que buscó el cargo en tres ocasiones —2006, 2012 y 2018 (cuando finalmente ganó)— y una de las figuras públicas más relevantes en la historia reciente del país. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp

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The final 3 anti-abortion activists have been sentenced in a Tennessee clinic blockade

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The final three anti-abortion activists convicted of a 2021 Tennessee clinic blockade have been sentenced, including the person considered to be the main organizer of the action. Chester Gallagher was sentenced on Thursday to 16 months in prison. That is by far the longest sentence among 11 people convicted

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Wisconsin Supreme Court says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will remain on swing state’s ballot

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will remain on the state’s presidential ballot, upholding a lower court’s ruling that candidates can only be removed from the ballot if they die. The unanimous decision from the liberal-controlled court marks the latest twist in Kennedy’s

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El Gobierno de Javier Milei anunció que firmará un decreto para declarar a Aerolíneas Argentinas sujeta a privatización

Mauricio Torres (CNN Español) — El portavoz de la presidencia de Argentina, Manuel Adorni, anunció este viernes que el presidente Javier Milei firmará un decreto para declarar a la empresa estatal Aerolíneas Argentinas “sujeta a privatización”, una medida que, según afirmó, está habilitada por la Ley de Reforma del Estado. “Aerolíneas Argentinas arrastra un déficit

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Ohio’s fall redistricting issue sparked a fight over one word. So what is ‘gerrymandering,’ anyway?

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — All the political wrangling over a statewide redistricting issue in Ohio has landed voters in a fix. They are hearing from the campaign behind Issue 1 that it would prevent gerrymandering. But the language they’ll see on ballots says gerrymandering would be required. It’s a war over the word

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