EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The holidays can be stressful for anyone. Whether it’s dealing with crowded stores, having to attend holiday parties, missing loved ones, or financial worries, they can all contribute to feeling down. As part of ABC-7’s “Be Mindful” initiative, Sunday night on ABC-7 Xtra, Mark Ross is joined by a panel
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Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — From answering questions from Cabinet ministers, academics and students on climate change, substance abuse and the law to children’s inquiries about her “birth” and links to God and being described as a talkative feminist, Sophia, the world-famous robot won hearts at an innovation fair in Zimbabwe this week. Boasting
Continue Reading AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to make a $1 million personal donation to President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives who are working to improve their relationships the incoming administration. A spokesperson for OpenAI confirmed the move on Friday. The announcement
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AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to make a $1 million personal donation to President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives who are working to improve their relationships with the incoming administration. A spokesperson for OpenAI confirmed the move on Friday. The
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Por Tami Luhby, CNN En su primera respuesta pública a la protesta de los consumidores tras el ataque fatal de uno de sus principales ejecutivos, el director ejecutivo de UnitedHealth Group, Andrew Witty, dijo el viernes que el sistema de salud de Estados Unidos “no funciona tan bien como debería” y que las decisiones sobre
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Associated Press Have you ever watched a holiday rom-com on Hallmark Channel or Lifetime — or any of the other many networks and streaming services that now air them — and thought, “I could write that”? It’s harder than you may think — but just as fun. Regular writers in the genre say there’s not
Continue Reading Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors in Texas announced Friday that they will seek the death penalty against two Venezuelan men who are accused of killing a 12-year-old Houston girl after they had entered the U.S. illegally. The death of Jocelyn Nungaray was among several cases this year that became flashpoints in the debate over
Continue Reading Por Annie Grayer, CNN La representante Nancy Pelosi fue ingresada en un hospital este viernes tras “sufrir una lesión durante un compromiso oficial” en Luxemburgo, pero sigue trabajando, según informó un portavoz. Pelosi fue al hospital como consecuencia de una caída en las escaleras, dijeron tres fuentes a CNN. La oficina de Pelosi declinó comentar
Continue Reading Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge has ordered that a prominent real estate broker be held without bond on sexual assault and trafficking charges. The judge says Tal Alexander is a flight risk as she rejected his family’s pledge of $115 million in real estate holdings to secure his release. Magistrate Judge Lisette
Continue Reading The griping Vatican-based movie thriller “Conclave” about picking a new pope and Stephanie Hsu starring in the dark comedy series “Laid” as a woman whose former lovers keep unexpectedly dying are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases. There’s a Little Big Town Christmas special on NBC, the video game Squid Game: Unleashed offers
Continue Reading Por Matt Egan y Paula Newton, CNN Canadá podría tomar represalias contra la amenaza de aranceles del presidente electo de EE.UU., Donald Trump, al cortar los flujos de energía hacia Estados Unidos, advirtió un alto funcionario canadiense. “Llegaremos al extremo de cortar la energía que va hacia Michigan, hacia el estado de Nueva York y
Continue Reading Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded intelligence and security services appear to have melted away. Activists say some of them have managed to flee the country while others went to hide in their hometowns. For more than five decades,
Continue Reading AP Business Writer DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk says the Securities and Exchange Commission wants him to pay a penalty or face charges involving what he disclosed — or failed to disclose — about his purchases of Twitter stock before he bought the social media platform in 2022. In a letter, Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dallas put one shot after another on goal in the third period of a game at Vegas last week — exactly what the Golden Knights expected and wanted. The Stars finished with 18 shots on goals in the third, but only one got through because the Golden Knights
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By Marissa Wenzke, Matthew Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — Los Angeles police arrested the ex-wife of a Woodland Hills doctor after the physician was ambushed and killed outside of his practice. Dr. Hamid Mirshojae was leaving his office along Topanga Canyon Boulevard and walking to his car on
Continue Reading By Akansha Singh, CNN (CNN) — Momodou Taal applied to come to the United States from Great Britain to study at Cornell University in upstate New York. His chosen course was a Ph.D. in Africana studies — the study of Black people in Africa, the African diaspora and around the globe — and he was awarded
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WABC, CNN By Melanie Hicken, Blake Ellis and Pamela Brown, CNN (CNN) — The former leader of the US Coast Guard who withheld from Congress the explosive findings of an investigation that documented years of sexual assaults at the agency’s prestigious academy said he did so because he worried lawmakers wouldn’t protect the privacy of
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been hospitalized after she “sustained an injury” during an official engagement in Luxembourg, according to a spokesman. Pelosi, 84, was in Europe with a bipartisan congressional delegation to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Her spokesman,
Continue Reading Por Lianne Kolirin, Rosanne Roobeek y Mick Krever, CNN El certamen Miss Países Bajos ha sido cancelado, después de que la organización dijera que era hora de un cambio. En consecuencia el concurso ya no se llevará a cabo, y en su lugar, quienes lo organizaban han introducido una nueva iniciativa destinada a “inspirar” a
Continue Reading By Doug Williams Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Each year, thousands of parents across New York City work with schools to put special education plans in place for kids with disabilities. But this year, many of those plans were never implemented. Parents are now being told they can change
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — A crucial dam is at risk as fighting continues in several areas of northern Syria between Kurdish groups and Turkish-backed factions. While much of central and southern Syria appears calm after opposition forces overthrew the Assad regime, a patchwork of territorial rivalries in the north has
Continue Reading CNN By Tim Lister and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — A crucial dam is at risk as fighting continues in several areas of northern Syria between Kurdish groups and Turkish-backed factions. While much of central and southern Syria appears calm after opposition forces overthrew the Assad regime, a patchwork of territorial rivalries in the north
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, Meg Tirrell, Jason Carroll, John Miller, Brynn Gingras and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week, was not a customer of the private health insurer, but police say he had identified the company as one of
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Nancy Pelosi underwent a “successful” hip replacement surgery Saturday and is “well on the mend,” according to a spokesperson, one day after being hospitalized from an injury sustained during an official engagement in Luxembourg. Pelosi was admitted to a hospital in Luxembourg as the result
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Personal Birth date: December 25, 1971 Birth place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Birth name: Justin Pierre James Trudeau Father: Pierre Elliot Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada (1968-1979 and 1980-1984) Mother: Margaret (Sinclair) Trudeau Marriage: Sophie Grégoire (May
Continue Reading By Jennifer McLogan Click here for updates on this story HUNTINGTON, New York (WCBS) — A Long Island retiree who no longer drives has been receiving thousands of dollars in parking tickets from all over the country because she says her license plates matched the Star Trek Starship Enterprise numbers. However, it appears CBS News
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — Call it “farm-to-cafeteria,” rather than farm-to-table. Local students at some Idea Schools are learning to grow their own food, start to finish, and then actually eat it, in their cafeteria meals. “When you’re nurturing something from when it’s a seedling ’til they harvest it and put it on their plate,
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The woman who in 2006 falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her — making national headlines that stirred tensions about race, class and the privilege of college athletes — has admitted publicly for the first time that she made up the story. Crystal Mangum, who is
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The league caught a major break last season when the Lakers made the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament semifinals and then won the title. Las Vegas is a Lakers town and the city is a four-hour drive from Los Angeles, so T-Mobile Arena was sold out for what was
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The day after a masked gunman killed the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in New York City, police in San Francisco gave the FBI a potentially valuable tip about the identity of the suspect. He looked like a man who had been reported missing to them the previous month, Luigi Mangione.
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