US and UK carry out strikes against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
CNN By Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand, Alex Marquardt, MJ Lee and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US and UK militaries launched…
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Why this week’s GOP debate has at least one Iowa Republican reconsidering her pick
CNN, POOL, FOX NEWS By John King, CNN Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) — For five months, Betsy Sarcone has been adamant: Iowa Republicans who don’t want…
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Mississippi’s capital is under a boil water order after E. coli bacteria is found in city’s supply
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, MISS. (AP) — State health officials have told residents in Mississippi’s capital…
Continue Reading Tech innovations that caught our eye at CES 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) — From electric cars to transparent TVs to the latest accessibility tech and virtual assistants backed by artificial intelligence,…
Continue Reading FCC chair asks automakers about plans to stop abusers from using car electronics to stalk partners
DETROIT (AP) — The top U.S. telecommunications regulator is asking automakers how they plan to protect people from being stalked or harassed by…
Continue Reading US, British militaries launch massive retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the…
Continue Reading Haley’s frequent reference to new anti-DeSantis website falls flat with some supporters in Iowa
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley revived some of the debate-stage critiques she leveled…
Continue Reading Panamanian commission visits copper mine shut down after court invalidated concession
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s government has inspected a huge copper mine shut down after the country’s Supreme Court ruled in November that the…
Continue Reading United Airlines plane makes an emergency landing after a warning about a possible door issue
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An Airbus plane operated by United Airlines cut short a flight after crews got a door-indicator warning, according to a…
Continue Reading Investigators found stacked bodies and maggots at a neglected Colorado funeral home, FBI agent says
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned…
Continue Reading New York City built a migrant tent camp on a remote former airfield. Then winter arrived
BY PHILIP MARCELO and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s hasty pre-storm evacuation of a massive tent shelter for…
Continue Reading Massachusetts high court rules younger adults cannot be sentenced to life without parole
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The highest court in Massachusetts has raised from 18 to 21 the minimum age at which a person can…
Continue Reading Appeal by fired Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker in sex harassment case denied
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An appeal by former Michigan State head football coach Mel Tucker of findings in a sexual harassment case that led to…
Continue Reading Phoenix seeks to end Justice Department probe of its police department without court supervision
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to end its two-year civil rights investigation…
Continue Reading Takeaways from the closing arguments in the $370 million Donald Trump civil fraud trial
CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump brought the campaign trail to the courthouse during…
Continue Reading North Carolina man convicted of hate crime charges in 2 separate confrontations
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man has been convicted on federal hate crime charges after a jury found he attacked his Hispanic neighbor…
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Watch: Extreme wind tears off part of Northeast El Paso apartment roof
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Extreme wind has torn off part of the roof of the Joshua’s Court Apartment complex. The apartments are located in Northeast…
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EPISD, Fabens ISD cancel after-school activities Thursday
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Fabens ISD and El Paso ISD are canceling all after-school activities due to the extreme wind and dust blowing through the…
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‘Mean Girls’ deserves a seat at the cool kids’ table
CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “Mean Girls” earns its seat at the cool kids table, behind the strength of an insanely talented…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Fierce winds continue early Friday with brutal wind chills
The winds will stay strong through early Friday morning with gusts around 50 mph. The colder air is now in place behind the cold front, so the wind…
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Scattered power outages impacted hundreds of Borderland residents Thursday
Update: The winds have since died down and the outages have been resolved. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Electric Power Outage Map shows more…
Continue Reading Alabama can enforce a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, appeals court rules
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Alabama can begin enforcing a ban outlawing the use…
Continue Reading Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to federal tax charges
CNN, POOL, BILL ROBLES, GETTY IMAGES, MSNBC By Holmes Lybrand, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty Thursday on federal…
Continue Reading Murder trial begins months after young woman driven into wrong driveway shot in upstate New York
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — An attorney for an upstate New York man accused of fatally shooting a 20-year-old woman…
Continue Reading Who was the revered rabbi whose New York synagogue was the scene of a brawl over an illegal tunnel?
By PETER SMITH Associated Press The basement synagogue that was the scene of a brawl this week between worshippers and New York City police has a…
Continue Reading Reggie Wells, Oprah’s longtime personal makeup artist, dies at 76
BALTIMORE (AP) — Reggie Wells, who spent 30 years as Oprah Winfrey’s personal makeup artist, has died in his native Baltimore. He was 76. His…
Continue Reading Lawsuit filed against Harvard, accusing it of violating the civil rights of Jewish students
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Several Jewish students have filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing it of becoming…
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Credit card delinquencies surpass pre-pandemic levels
CNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — More Americans are buckling under the weight of mounting credit card debt. All stages of credit…
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El Paso shutting down Morehead migrant shelter
Update: Happening tomorrow, El Paso’s emergency migrant shelter will shut down after a decrease in asylum seekers. During the news conference, Mayor…
Continue Reading Fact Check: Donald Trump repeats false claims about his legal troubles after closing arguments in civil trial
CNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump went on a conspiracy theory-laden rant at a news conference Thursday after…
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