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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two community members are in the running to be Mr. and Ms. Health & Fitness 2024. Douglas Briggs a former marine is now…
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US removes Cuba from list of countries not fully cooperating on counterterrorism efforts
Originally Published: 15 MAY 24 19:44 ET By Kylie Atwood, Patrick Oppmann and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department took Cuba off…
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Exclusive: US intelligence spotted Chinese, Iranian deepfakes in 2020 aimed at influencing US voters
Originally Published: 15 MAY 24 04:00 ET Updated: 15 MAY 24 10:46 ET By Zachary Cohen, Sean Lyngaas and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Operatives…
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Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University in Chicago
By TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Police have dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University in Chicago. The move on…
Continue Reading Pakistan’s Imran Khan appears via video link before a top court, for 1st time since his sentencing
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan has appeared before a top court via video link, his first such…
Continue Reading US applications for jobless benefits come back down after last week’s 9-month high
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain at historically low levels even as other…
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Pedestrian hit, killed by commercial vehicle in Far East El Paso identified
Update: El Paso County Sheriff’s Office officials say that the pedestrian, 54-year-old Martin Ayala, has died. The driver of the commercial vehicle…
Continue Reading GOP advances Garland contempt charges after White House exerts executive privilege over Biden audio
By FARNOUSH AMIRI, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two House committees have moved ahead with contempt…
Continue Reading Mosque attack in northern Nigeria leaves 8 people dead. Police say the motive was a family dispute
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say at least eight worshippers were killed and 16 others injured in…
Continue Reading Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to…
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What to know about the history of presidential debates
CNN By Shania Shelton, CNN Washington (CNN) — The decisions by President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday to agree to…
Continue Reading USS Ronald Reagan leaves its Japan home port after nearly 9 years
By EUGENE HOSHIKO and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — A U.S. Navy strike group’s flagship aircraft carrier has left its…
Continue Reading The larger the nonprofit, the more likely it is run by a white man, says new Candid diversity report
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — White men are most likely to lead the largest, best-funded nonprofits, while women of color tend…
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New COVID variant, possible summer surge? Experts urge El Paso community to get vaccinated
EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — A new COVID-19 variant, known as the “FLiRT” variant or KP.2, is spreading throughout the United States, and experts say this…
Continue Reading Rights group urges Thailand to stop forcing dissidents to return to countries they fled for safety
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human Rights Watch is urging the Thai government to stop forcing political dissidents who fled to…
Continue Reading Poland puts judge who defected to Belarus on wanted list, opening way to international warrant
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prosecutors say they have put a controversial judge who fled to autocratic Belarus on a wanted list, a step…
Continue Reading Facebook and Instagram face fresh EU digital scrutiny over child safety measures
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union opened fresh investigations into Facebook and Instagram over suspicions that…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Rain passing through Las Cruces, quickly entering El Paso
Our ABC-7 StormTrack Weather team has issued an ABC-7 First Alert for the strong wind gusts accompanying today’s storm system. Rain totals should…
Continue Reading The Latest | Talks ongoing over potential testimony from finance law expert
NEW YORK (AP) — With court adjourned for the day, legal arguments are ongoing about the parameters of potential testimony from a campaign finance…
Continue Reading Ukraine says it has checked Russia’s offensive in a key town, but Moscow says it will keep pushing
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Military officials in Ukraine say their units locked in street battles with the Kremlin’s…
Continue Reading Indonesia raises alert for Mount Ibu volcano to highest level following a series of eruptions
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for Mount Ibu, a volcano in North…
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‘IF’ gets by (but just barely) with a little help from its imaginary friends
CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Occasionally a movie gets misleadingly marketed for understandable reasons, and so it is with “IF,”…
Continue Reading Georgia’s leader says a divisive media bill passed by lawmakers is unacceptable and she’ll veto it
By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A controversial media bill passed this week by Georgia’s parliament is…
Continue Reading Germany’s parliament lifts immunity for prosecution of a far-right lawmaker
BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have lifted the immunity from prosecution of one of the far-right Alternative for Germany party’s top candidates…
Continue Reading Census Bureau estimates: Detroit population rises after decades of decline, South dominates growth
By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — America’s Northeast and Midwest cities are rebounding slightly from years of…
Continue Reading Takeaways from the AP’s investigation into how US prisoners are hurt or killed on the job
By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press A sweeping Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that…
Continue Reading US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?
By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when…
Continue Reading Violence rages in New Caledonia as France rushes emergency reinforcements to its Pacific territory
By BARBARA SURK and ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Violence is raging across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day. France has…
Continue Reading Over 80,000 Illinois people banned from owning guns still keep them, report shows
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — In Illinois, 114,000 people are banned from owning guns because of legal…
Continue Reading Pro-cannabis advocates in Thailand rally ahead of the government’s plan to recriminalize the plant
NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) — Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates in Thailand gathered at the health ministry on Thursday to oppose the government’s…
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