Here’s how to beat the hype and overcome loneliness on Valentine’s Day
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elise Plessis hasn’t been in a long-term relationship for 26 years. It’s by…
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How road conditions in Texas have deteriorated since 2000
TruckInfo.net used Bureau of Transportation Statistics data to map the 20-year change in the share of roads in “acceptable condition” in Texas.…
Continue Reading An Israeli drone strike in Lebanon kills 2 in one of the deepest hits inside the country in weeks
By BASSEM MROUE and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli drone struck a car near Lebanon’s southern port city of Sidon on…
Continue Reading Tommy Hilfiger takes over the Oyster Bar in Grand Central for a joyous New York-centric fashion show
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tommy Hilfiger threw himself a welcome home party Friday night at Grand Central’s Oyster…
Continue Reading Wayne Kramer, late guitarist of rock band MC5, also leaves legacy of bringing music to prisons
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The tributes that poured in following Wayne Kramer’s death last week came from…
Continue Reading War-scarred Sarajevo celebrates 40th anniversary of 1984 Winter Olympics and looks to the future
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — War-scarred Sarajevo is looking back to happier times from February 1984 as…
Continue Reading Schools are trying to get more students therapy. Not all parents are on board
By MICHAEL ELSEN-ROONEY of Chalkbeat NEW YORK (AP) — Derry Oliver was in fifth grade when she first talked to her mom about seeing a therapist. She…
Continue Reading Republican lawmakers are backing dozens of bills targeting diversity efforts on campus and elsewhere
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Diversity initiatives would be defunded or banned from universities…
Continue Reading How Biden and his allies are pushing back against a special counsel’s claims about his memory
By STEVE PEOPLES, ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s Democratic allies are launching an…
Continue Reading For Native American activists, the Kansas City Chiefs have it all wrong
By NOREEN NASIR Associated Press Dozens of Indigenous activists have traveled to Las Vegas to gather outside the Super Bowl and demand the Kansas…
Continue Reading Mama Antula, the Jesuit who didn’t want to marry or be a nun, will be Argentina’s first female saint
By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A Catholic laywoman who lived in 18th-century Argentina and joined the Jesuits in…
Continue Reading UN experts investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks valued at about $3 billion
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say they are investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks between…
Continue Reading Senegal’s president defends delaying elections in exclusive interview as protests erupt nationwide
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Macky Sall defended his decision to postpone elections as violent…
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Likely frontrunner for RNC chair parroted Trump’s 2020 election lies
WBTV, CNN By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and his allies are pushing to replace the chair of the…
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CBP agents checking flowers for possible dangers ahead of Valentine’s Day
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP agricultures specialists are checking flowers from Mexico before crossing into the U.S., due to some items and plants…
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Climate scientist awarded more than $1 million in a lawsuit against conservative writers who defamed his work
CNN By David Goldman and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A jury has awarded climate scientist Michael Mann more than $1 million in a defamation…
Continue Reading Nurse acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in 2019 death of a 24-year-old California jail inmate
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — A nurse at a California jail was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter Friday in the November 2019 death of an…
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Revitalization continues at The Shoppes at Solana; new aquarium bringing in large crowds
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– A spokesperson with The Shoppes at Solana told ABC-7 that renovations continue on the decades-old mall. Back in July, a new…
Continue Reading Record cocoa prices heading into Valentines Day proves to be a headache for sweets king Hershey
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Hershey is cautioning on its 2024 profit growth as the company contends with rising cocoa costs that are…
Continue Reading From doinks to SpongeBob, technology to play a huge role in the CBS presentation of the Super Bowl
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The doink cam is one of many innovations that CBS will use during Sunday’s NFL title game between Kansas City and San…
Continue Reading White House downplays Biden, national security aide’s blunt comments on Israel
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is downplaying sharp criticism from President Joe Biden and a senior national…
Continue Reading Shelter-in-place order continues as Maine city searches for at least 4 suspects in vehicle shooting
By PATRICK WHITTLE and NICK PERRY Associated Press SACO, Maine (AP) — A shelter-in-place order remains in effect for the downtown area of Saco,…
Continue Reading Texas woman is sentenced to 3 years in prison for threatening judge overseeing Trump documents case
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas woman was sentenced Friday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of threatening a Florida judge who is…
Continue Reading The Senate is pushing past far-right objections to aiding Ukraine. But next steps are uncertain
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate is plodding past far-right Republican opposition to helping…
Continue Reading Arizona gallery owner won’t be charged in racist rant against Native American dancers
Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in a Phoenix suburb will not pursue criminal charges against a gallery owner whose racist…
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Community Champions: Mark & Marcus Torres
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Every young athletes dream is to extend their athletic career to the college level. Pebble Hills Wide Receiver Marcus Torres…
Continue Reading Minnesota man awaiting trial in teen’s 1972 slaying is found dead in Illinois cell
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in Illinois say a Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl more than 50…
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Tornillo ISD suspends high school football program for next two seasons
TORNILLO, Texas – The Tornillo Coyotes won’t be taking the football field for the next two seasons. Thursday, the Tornillo Independent School…
Continue Reading Uncertainty surrounding former president Ricardo Martinelli roils Panama’s presidential race
By ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Not a 10-year prison sentence for money laundering nor going into political asylum in…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.; Gov. Brian Kemp, R-Ga. ___…
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