‘Expats,’ starring Nicole Kidman, was filmed in Hong Kong, but you can’t watch it there
HONG KONG (AP) — Nicole Kidman’s latest project is set in Hong Kong, but people who live there are blocked from seeing it, prompting…
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Why billionaire sports owners are snapping up so much real estate
CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Professional sports teams are becoming real estate empires, building luxury apartments and…
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Police investigate shooting in Northwest El Paso, one person in custody
UPDATE: A drone video shared with ABC-7 showed the moments after the shooting. It captured a man walking naked in the neighborhood. You can watch the…
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Fire damages Central El Paso apartment complex
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A fire damaged part of an apartment complex in Central El Paso Monday, but the fire has since been put out, according to the…
Continue Reading Global anti-corruption efforts are faltering, partly due to a ‘decline in justice,’ survey finds
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The latest annual Corruption Perceptions Index says efforts to fight public sector corruption are…
Continue Reading Space shuttle Endeavour hoisted for display in launch configuration at Los Angeles science museum
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA’s retired space shuttle Endeavour was carefully hoisted late Monday and attached to…
Continue Reading France’s National Assembly votes on enshrining women’s rights to abortion in French Constitution
PARIS (AP) — France’s National Assembly has approved a bill meant to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution. The…
Continue Reading Trump stays on Illinois’ ballot as the election board says it lacks power to remove him over Jan. 6
By SOPHIA TAREEN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on…
Continue Reading Biden calls Trump a ‘loser’ as he raises money on ex-president’s home turf in Florida
By AAMER MADHANI and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden called Donald Trump a “loser” as he raised…
Continue Reading China sees two ‘bowls of poison’ in Biden and Trump and ponders who is the lesser of two evils
By DIDI TANG and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — As the U.S. presidential campaign moves closer to a Donald Trump-Joe Biden rematch,…
Continue Reading The RNC will meet privately after Trump allies pull resolution to call him the ‘presumptive nominee’
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press The Republican National Committee is meeting behind closed doors in Las Vegas this week, but top party officials…
Continue Reading ‘Pandemic of snow’ in Anchorage sets a record for the earliest arrival of 100 inches of snow
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Even by Alaska standards, there is a lot of snow this winter. So much snow has fallen…
Continue Reading What happens to Olympic medals now that Russian skater Valieva has been sanctioned for doping?
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The highest court in sports sanctioned Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for doping violations at the 2022…
Continue Reading Could Ohio be the next state to use nitrogen gas in executions? A new method would end a 5-year halt
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general put his weight behind a legislative effort Tuesday…
Continue Reading 2 Democratic-leaning Michigan House districts to hold special election primaries
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two Michigan House districts will hold special election primaries to fill seats that…
Continue Reading NYPD officers will have to record race of people they question in law aimed at police transparency
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press New York City police officers will be required to record the apparent race, gender and ages…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s strikes on targets inside Russia hurt Putin’s efforts to show the war isn’t hitting home
By The Associated Press The wail of air raid sirens is commonplace in Belgorod, a Russian border city whose residents are on edge following a…
Continue Reading Brazil, facing calls for reparations, wrangles with its painful legacy of slavery
By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The executive manager for institutional relations at a Brazilian state bank took the…
Continue Reading Kishida says he’s determined to break Japan’s ruling party from its practice of money politics
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stressed he was determined to make a clear break from money…
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Texas Supreme Court hears arguments at UTEP
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The Supreme Court of Texas visited The University of Texas at El Paso on January 29 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. to hear oral…
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One man dead after Pointe East shooting
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One man is dead after a shooting at the 1900 block of Pointe East. El Paso Police received a call at 5:17 a.m. on Sunday,…
Continue Reading Hong Kong begins work on its own National Security Law, years after a similar law crushed dissent
By KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong has begun a public consultation on a local National Security Law, more than…
Continue Reading Haitian judge seeks to interview widow of slain president in leaked arrest warrant obtained by AP
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A Haitian judge investigating the 2021 assassination of President…
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‘Too good for this world’ – Family remembers Angelica Mata, a soldier lost to suicide
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Angelica Mata was more than a soldier — she was a mother, sister, friend and a poet. On January 19th, she chose to end…
Continue Reading Facing scrutiny over quality control, Boeing withdraws request for safety exemption
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing says it is withdrawing a request for a safety exemption needed to certify a new model of its…
Continue Reading At trendy Japanese cafés, customers enjoy cuddling with pigs
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — First there were cafés that allowed pets. Then came cat cafés, where lattes took second place to…
Continue Reading Documentary on ‘We Are the World’ goes deep inside recording session of starry 1985 charity single
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty-nine years ago, the biggest pop stars in the world crammed into a recording studio…
Continue Reading South Korea says North Korea fired cruise missiles in 3rd launch of such weapons this month
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says it detected North Korea firing multiple cruise missiles…
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El Paso’s Interim City Manager will not seek position permanently
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Interim El Paso City Manager Cary Westin will not seek the position permanently. Mayor Oscar Leeser and City Council will…
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Loaded gun found on Da Vinci high school bus in El Paso, superintendent says an armed security guard left it there by accident
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Several students at Da Vinci School for Science and the Arts found a loaded gun on a school bus, the Burnham Wood Charter…
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