By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Being a pageant winner takes more than beauty and talent. The newly crowned Miss Kansas Alexis Smith showed that winning the title sometimes requires bravery, too. Smith stunned the judges during her final interview at the Miss Kansas competition last month when she said that her abuser was in
Continue Reading AP Film Writer The Angelina Jolie-directed war film “Without Blood,” a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leigh’s contemporary tragicomedy “Hard Truths” will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall. The festival announced its gala and special presentation lineup Monday. Also announced were the world premieres of Gia Coppola’s “The
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Animal Services announced the arrest of Erika Trevino today in an animal cruelty case. Trevino was taken into custody by the El Paso Police Department in June for an outstanding warrant related to animal cruelty to non-livestock. Officers with El Paso Animal Protection and detectives with the
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Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Autoridades dominicanas activaron varias medidas de seguridad sanitaria en la zona limítrofe con Haití, incluyendo controles sanitarios estrictos y vigilancia epidemiológica fronteriza ante la sospecha de la aparición de un brote de ántrax en el vecino país. El Ministerio de Salud indicó en un comunicado este lunes que se trata
Continue Reading By Michael Mitsanas, CNN (CNN) — General Min Aung Hlaing, leader of Myanmar’s military junta, became the country’s interim president on Monday after figurehead leader Myint Swe was placed on medical leave, state media reported. “The Interim President’s Office has sent a letter to the State Administration Council Office notifying it to delegate the responsibilities,”
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, will step down from his role by the end of 2025. Walker has led the foundation, which is one of the largest in the U.S., since 2013. A gay Black man who grew up in poverty in Texas, Walker focused the
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CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris has aced her moment. So far. The vice president has already won the backing of enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, sparked a fundraising bonanza and alchemized the mood of a party that looked headed for defeat. But while Harris can hardly have hoped
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — After potential rivals, lawmakers, governors and influential labor and advocacy groups all lined up behind Vice President Kamala Harris, a wave of endorsements from state delegations Monday evening pushed her over the threshold needed to secure the Democratic nomination. She’s been backed by well more than the 1,976 pledged
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Ethics Committee has voted unanimously to review allegations that Sen. Bob Menendez violated Senate rules. The panel is building towards potential disciplinary actions against the New Jersey Democrat after he was convicted of bribery charges this month. The ethics panel could recommend that Menendez be censured or expelled, which would
Continue Reading Aitana Ocana (CNN Español) — Desde sus inicios en 1900, Cuba ha dejado huella en la historia de los Juegos Olímpicos, destacándose por sus éxitos tempranos y por el dominio de sus atletas en diversas disciplinas. Cuba ha acumulado un total de 235 medallas olímpicas (84 de oro, 69 de plata y 82 de bronce),
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AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Rhett Lashlee isn’t naive about the enormous challenge facing Southern Methodist as his team transitions to the Atlantic Coast Conference this season. But that hasn’t dampened the third-year head coach’s confidence. “It’s a jump. We are moving up in weight class,” Lashlee said. “We are going to learn
Continue Reading Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge on Monday overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit. The ruling is likely to free Dunn from prison, but it wasn’t immediately clear when that would happen. He
Continue Reading BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for kidnapping the manager of a Michigan big-box store in a scheme to steal more than 100 guns. The Dunham’s Sports manager was handcuffed and blindfolded outside his home last November and forced to reveal how to disarm the store
Continue Reading Associated Press If you’re trying to get up to speed on Vice President Kamala Harris’ swift emergence as Democrats’ possible nominee this fall, you really need to know your memes. From “brat summer” to “coconut tree,” it’s been a timeline full of Harris-related memes for many people since President Joe Biden exited the 2024 presidential
Continue Reading By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — It’s just one day after President Joe Biden announced that he would end his reelection campaign and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee taking on former President Donald Trump in this year’s presidential race. That’s far too soon for polling to capture the dynamics of
Continue Reading Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU’s top diplomat says Hungary won’t be allowed to host a strategic EU meeting next month. That’s because of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s surprise, self-proclaimed “peace mission” trips to Moscow and Beijing aimed at brokering an end to the war in Ukraine. EU partners overwhelmingly saw that as undermining
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Con el apoyo del presidente de EE.UU. Joe Biden desatando una avalancha de respaldos de muchos demócratas prominentes en todo el país, Kamala Harris se ha convertido en la favorita para ocupar su lugar como candidata presidencial del partido. Harris recibió inmediatamente el respaldo de muchos líderes del partido demócrata y
Continue Reading A Massachusetts woman has been sentenced to three years of probation for calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a barrage of harassment over its surgical program for transgender youths. Catherine Leavy pleaded guilty last year in federal court to charges including making a false bomb threat. She was
Continue Reading By Camila DeChalus, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign team began conducting outreach to several youth grassroots organizations shortly after President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the race. Voters of Tomorrow, a youth voting grassroots organization, said it spoke with Harris’ campaign after members reached out shortly after Biden’s Sunday announcement. “Vice
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, aterriza en Washington el lunes con mucha menos fanfarria de la que hubiera esperado apenas un día antes. Su tan esperada visita – repleta de reuniones con altos funcionarios estadounidenses y un discurso ante el Congreso – ahora sin duda se verá
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By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story July 22, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Governor Roy Cooper: Kamala Harris should be the next President. I’ve known @VP going back to our days as AGs, and she has what it takes to defeat Donald Trump and lead our country thoughtfully and with
Continue Reading Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he spoke with Vice President Kamala Harris soon after she became the prohibitive favorite to lead the Democratic ticket. Beshear offered his endorsement but he won’t say what else they discussed in the call Sunday, shortly after President Joe Biden announced he won’t seek
Continue Reading Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bernice Johnson Reagon, a musician and scholar who used her rich, powerful contralto voice in the service of the American Civil Rights Movement and human rights struggles around the world, died on July 16, according to her daughter’s social media post. She was 81. Reagon was probably best known
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Chadwick Boseman’s final tweet before his death in 2020 was both personal and political. On August 11, 2020, Boseman’s then-verified Twitter account featured a photo of “The Black Panther” star embracing then-Senator Kamala Harris. It was the same day President Joe Biden announced Harris would be his running
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By Sean Lyngaas, Donie O’Sullivan and Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — Within minutes of President Joe Biden endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him on the Democratic Party’s ticket on Sunday, the internet crackled with lies, altered photos and other misleading claims about Harris. Some supporters of former President Donald Trump – the Republican nominee in the November
Continue Reading CNN By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — In the first full day of her presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris swiftly earned enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination and raised a historic $81 million. And yet, less than 24 hours after Harris formally launched her bid for the White House, some Republicans zeroed in
Continue Reading The Texas Tribune After months of classes on counseling, Veron Blue got her chance to put what she has learned all year, to work. Across from her, was fellow trainee Deborah Johnson, who, as part of a lesson, assumed the role of a hypothetical client, who had come to Blue for help dealing with depression.
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Storms dumped heavy rain across parts of Las Cruces and El Paso early this morning. Most locations picked up anywhere from .25 – 1″ of rainfall. Where you see the darker greens and yellows that is where the heaviest rainfall occurred. There is still plenty of moisture in the atmosphere so the isolated storm chances
Continue Reading Associated Press Six places in the South and West will host practice runs four years prior to the 2030 U.S. census, a nationwide head count that helps determine political power and the distribution of federal funds. Residents of western Texas; tribal lands in Arizona; Colorado Springs, Colorado; western North Carolina; Spartanburg, South Carolina; and Huntsville,
Continue Reading AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris is smashing fundraising records as the Democratic Party’s donors — big and small — open their wallets for the vice president in the immediate aftermath of President Joe Biden’s stunning decision to step aside. In total, Harris’ team raised more than $81 million in the
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