CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Julián Castro, former Housing and Urban Development secretary and 2020 presidential candidate.PersonalBirth date: September 16, 1974Birth place: San Antonio, TexasBirth name: Julián CastroFather: Jesse Guzman, political activist and educatorMother: Maria “Rosie” del Rosario Castro, political activist and college administratorMarriage: Erica (Lira) Castro
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police just arrested 26-year-old Elizabeth Olivia Chagra- Nichols in connection with a deadly April crash. The collision, investigated by Special Traffic Investigators, happened in the early morning hours of April 14, 2024 on the 5700 block of Trowbridge. Investigators say Chagra-Nichols’ car was traveling south on Paisano when
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By Joe Brandt Click here for updates on this story NEW CASTLE, Delaware (KYW) — Someone vandalized a memorial to a fallen Delaware police officer with spray paint and anti-police language, the New Castle County Division of Police said. The memorial is to the late Lt. Joseph Szczerba, who was killed at age 44 in
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An independent report says the test failure of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in May resulted from a manufacturer defect and not corrosion. It says the May 1 rupture was caused by a manufacturer’s defect in an elbow joint. Mountain Valley owner said in a letter that the breach was the only
Continue Reading By Neal Riley Click here for updates on this story BROCKTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A pair of siblings from Massachusetts are officially “Lucky for Life.” William Fralick and his sister Pamela McClure, both from Brockton, each won $25,000 a year for life in the Lucky For Life Lottery game. Siblings play the same winning lottery
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By David Close, CNN (CNN) — Columbus Blue Jackets players Boone Jenner, Erik Gudbranson, Sean Kuraly, and Zach Werenski each somberly honored their former teammate, Johnny Gaudreau, on Wednesday at a press conference arranged by the team. “In the past few days, moving through all the emotions – anger, sadness, disbelief, and emptiness – I’ve
Continue Reading SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm has been held in contempt by a federal judge, who ordered it to withdraw from a new arbitration proceeding it filed against the Major League Baseball Players Association. U.S. District Judge Camille L. Vélez-Rivé also ordered Rimas Sports to pay the union’s legal fees
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AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference has spent years working to find more money to reduce the gaps with the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences. The league is hoping a new wrinkle to how it divvies up payments to its member schools can help and provide some stability about its
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Hunter Biden is set to go on trial Thursday for alleged tax crimes, in a case that was once seen as a potential political liability for President Joe Biden, but is now a sordid closing chapter to his presidency. Special counsel David Weiss, who has investigated Hunter Biden’s finances and
Continue Reading Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain’s king has pardoned 457 prisoners to mark his 25th anniversary as the island nation’s ruler, with one activist saying many of those freed appear to be political prisoners. The announcement Wednesday night by the state-run Bahrain News Agency marks another mass release of prisoners in the
Continue Reading Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs says the U.S. is mulling a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a current mission led by Kenya to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country. Brian Nichols spoke hours after
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a Missouri man has been charged in the 1993 rape and slaying of a young Indianapolis woman after his DNA matched evidence found at the crime scene and on the victim’s body. Fifty-two-year-old Dana Shepherd of Columbia, Missouri, was arrested Friday in Boone County, Missouri, on murder, felony murder and
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CNN By Sean Lyngaas, Evan Perez, Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced a sweeping set of actions to tackle a major Russian government-backed effort to influence the 2024 US presidential election on Wednesday, including unveiling criminal charges against two Russian nationals, sanctions on 10 individuals and entities, and the
Continue Reading JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A man serving time on a 20-year prison sentence for threatening officials in New Jersey has made it onto Alaska’s general election ballot for the state’s lone U.S. House seat this November. Eric Hafner was convicted in 2022 of threatening to kill judges, police officers and others and sentenced to serve
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By Kayla Tausche, Tami Luhby and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris proposed increasing the long-term capital gains tax rate to 28% for wealthy Americans during an economic speech in New Hampshire on Wednesday, breaking with the policy laid out by President Joe Biden in his 2025 budget by suggesting a lower rate. The current long-term capital
Continue Reading AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The questions wouldn’t stop for Jessica Pegula: Why was she 0-6 in Grand Slam quarterfinals heading into her U.S. Open matchup against No. 1 Iga Swiatek? What could Pegula do to change that? Came up during her on-court interview after winning in the previous round. And again at
Continue Reading By Carrington Peavy Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA (KOMU) — The Office of Cultural Affairs has received all types of donations, but none prepared the office for the size of gift it recently received. During the last Columbia City Council meeting, council members voted 4-3 to accept the donation of a D.H.
Continue Reading By Jon Shainman Click here for updates on this story ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Florida (WPTV) — Opening statements were heard Monday in the resentencing trial for a man who shot and killed a St. Lucie County deputy more than a decade ago. A jury will determine if Eriese Tisdale should again be sentenced to death,
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Alexandra Ferguson Kyiv, Ucrania (CNN) — En su carta de solicitud de ingreso en la universidad, Daryna Bazylevych describió a su familia como “increíblemente unida y armoniosa”. Habló del apoyo infinito de sus padres y cómo les contaban historias sobre Ucrania a ella y a sus hermanas. “Son el pilar más fuerte de mi vida
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Protecting rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels is one of the biggest priorities for the Washington Commanders, starting this weekend in his NFL debut at Tampa Bay and for the rest of the season. A rebuilt offensive line is at the forefront of that effort, a process that involved bringing
Continue Reading By Chantal Cook, Joe Roetz Click here for updates on this story CUTLER BAY, Florida (WSVN) — A pair of thieves caught on video working together to steal packages from residents of a gated community in Cutler Bay that were away for the Labor Day weekend. Homeowner Christina Furman shared surveillance video exclusively with 7News,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lee Daniels may have a hit on Netflix with his latest project “The Deliverance,” but it has not come without controversy. The director has responded to backlash over the character Alberta, played by Glenn Close. The film is inspired by the true story of a Black family who
Continue Reading By Heather Walker, Daniel Cohen Click here for updates on this story SOUTH FLORIDA (WSVN) — Six South Florida sisters could be making the record books and there are a “number” of reasons why. Heather Walker explains in tonight’s 7 Spotlight. These six sisters have a combined age of more than 500 years! They came
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A grieving Florida family is demanding answers after a man was found dead in a storage closet more than a week after he was reported missing at a North Miami nursing home and rehab center. Elin Etienne’s body was discovered in the closet at the North
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — DeadBeach Brewery just announced the release its new Miner BrewTM, the official craft beer of the UTEP Miners. The beer will launch on Friday, September 6, 2024, both at Miner Palooza and at the first UTEP football home game. The locally-brewed beer is the first-ever specialty beer made for UTEP,
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta’s Oversight Board has found that the phrase “From the River to the Sea,” used to express Palestinian support, did not break the company’s hate speech policies. Critics of the phrase, which refers to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, say that it
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Continue Reading Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Civil rights activist Sybil Haydel Morial has died at age 91. She was married to New Orleans’ first Black mayor, “Dutch” Morial. One of their sons, Marc Morial, also served as mayor. But Sybil Morial was a leader in her own right, even as she worked as a teacher
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “Reesa Teesa” is coming to television. Natasha Rothwell of “Insecure” and “The White Lotus” is set to star in a TV adaptation of “Who TF Did I Marry,” a story of heartbreak that went viral on social media earlier this year, according to a report from Variety. Tareasa
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer Gathered at a local restaurant for his weekly coaches’ show, Nick Saban took his traditional first call from Pee Wee of Grand Bay, Alabama. Fresh from a loss to Texas last season, the now-former Alabama coach faced a rare situation where he might expect a critical question on his weekly radio show.
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