CORPUS CHRISTIE, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team (4-1) earned the 64-53 victory over defending Southland Conference champion and 2024 NCAA tournament participant Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The win was Head Coach Keitha Adams’ 300th victory in charge of the UTEP program. The Miners shot 38.7 percent (24-62) from the floor, 34.8 percent (8-23) from
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Boopie Miller’s basket with 2.1 seconds left gave SMU a 79-77 win over California Baptist on Tuesday at the Acrisure Holiday Invitational after the Mustangs blew a 16-point second-half lead. The Lancers (4-3) rallied behind Kendal Coleman, who scored 25 of his career-high 32 points in the second half when they tied the game seven
Continue Reading Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The drubbing Democrats took in Pennsylvania has prompted vows to rebound. But there are also lingering doubts about whether it might be leaving the ranks of swing states for a right-leaning existence more like Ohio’s. Democrats in Pennsylvania lost its 19 presidential electoral votes, a U.S. Senate seat, three
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Victor Wembanyama scored 34 points, rookie Stephon Castle matched a season high with 23 and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Utah Jazz 128-115 in an NBA Cup game on Tuesday night. The 7-foot-3 Wembanyama made six 3-pointers and shot 13 of 23 from the field. Julian Champagnie scored 15
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Associated Press MIDDLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — Weeks before Thanksgiving, some of the cranberries that will be on dinner plates Thursday were floating on the Rocky Meadow bog in southeastern Massachusetts. The cranberries have turned this pond pinkish crimson. Several workers, up to their waist in water, gently corral the berries toward a pump that vacuums
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For half a century, New York City residents have taken out their trash by flinging plastic bags stuffed with stinking garbage straight onto the sidewalk. When the bags inevitably leak or break open, they spill litter into the street, providing smorgasbords for rats. In the winter, the trash mounds
Continue Reading Associated Press NORTHEAST HARBOR, Maine (AP) — When Donald Trump was elected president earlier this month, Caroline Pryor’s mind turned immediately to the man who lives down the road — Leonard Leo. Few people in America have done more to advance conservative causes than Leo. Years ago, the then-unknown conservative lawyer began executing a plan
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GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Isaiah Hawthorne scored 27 points as Northern Colorado beat Northern New Mexico 92-50 on Tuesday. Hawthorne shot 8 of 13 from the field, including 4 for 7 from 3-point range, and went 7 for 8 from the line for the Bears (6-2). Brock Wisne scored 11 points and added five rebounds.
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By Rosa de Acosta, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump took to social media on Monday to promise massive hikes in tariffs on goods coming from Mexico, Canada and China starting on the first day of his second term. He had already vowed on the campaign trail to impose new tariffs on all
Continue Reading CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Kam Parker’s 15 points helped Texas A&M-CC defeat Texas Lutheran 94-45 on Tuesday night. Parker shot 5 for 6, including 4 for 5 from beyond the arc for the Islanders (4-3). Stephen Faramade scored 11 points while shooting 4 of 6 from the field and 3 for 4 from the
Continue Reading Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Sears scored 24 points and No. 9 Alabama beat No. 6 Houston 85-80 in overtime on Tuesday night in the opener of the Players Era Festival. After squandering an eight-point lead with 8:53 left in the game, and allowing Houston to force overtime, Alabama outscored the Cougars 7-2
Continue Reading CNN By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — While there’s a lot we don’t know about President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff plans, at least one thing is pretty certain: Tariffs will go up. If history is any indication, that means price increases will likely follow. Already, Trump announced he will slap a new 25% across-the-board
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — Police in northern Thailand say they’re searching for a man who is believed to have shot and killed two men and a woman early Wednesday. Nong Bua Lamphu provincial police said the shooting took place in the town of Sri Boonrueang. The suspect is believed to have been involved in a financial
Continue Reading HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — David Terrell Jr.’s 18 points helped UTEP defeat Long Beach State 70-44 on Tuesday night in the Ball Dawgs Classic. Terrell shot 7 of 9 from the field and 3 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Miners (4-2). Corey Camper Jr. scored 12 points while going 5 of 10
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump firmó un decreto que elimina los programas de diversidad, equidad e inclusión (conocidos como DEI por sus iniciales) del Gobierno federal. Estos programas han sido objeto de debate en los últimos años y el eliminarlos fue una importante propuesta de campaña de Trump.
Continue Reading Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alperen Sengun had 22 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, Fred VanVleet added 27 points and 11 assists, and the Houston Rockets pulled out a 117-111 overtime win against the Minnesota Timberwolves in an NBA Cup game on Tuesday night. Dillon Brooks added 22 points for Houston, which improved to
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — The Maldives, with its sprawling white sand beaches and dazzling coral reefs, is one of the world’s most expensive holiday destinations. Now, though, this Indian Ocean archipelago nation has just increased the price it costs to leave. From December 1, exit fees for those flying out of the country
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — A police officer who shocked a 95-year-old nursing home resident with a Taser was found guilty of manslaughter in an Australian court. A jury found Kristian James Samuel White guilty Wednesday after 20 hours of deliberation. Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother who had dementia, was refusing to put down the steak knife she
Continue Reading Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is turning to two officials with experience navigating not only Washington but the key issues of income taxes and tariffs as he fills out his economic team. Trump on Tuesday announced he has chosen international trade attorney Jamieson Greer to be his U.S. trade
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El embajador de Estados Unidos en México, Ken Salazar, afirmó este martes que en su país Joe Biden es el único presidente con autoridad de tomar decisiones hasta el próximo 20 de enero, luego de que la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum envió una carta al presidente electo Donald Trump. El representante
Continue Reading CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Walmart, the largest private employer in the United States, will curb some diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. It’s the latest company to backtrack on diversity initiatives in the face of right-wing pressure, and its decisions will reverberate across corporate America. The company said Monday it
Continue Reading By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — North Korea is expanding a weapons plant that manufactures missiles used by Russia against Ukraine, according to new research from a US-based think tank. The facility produces both KN-23 missiles (Hwasong-11A) and KN-24 missiles (Hwasong-11B), according to researchers at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Janet Balderrama, 25, was critically wounded in a crash caused by a drunk driver, according to El Paso police. She died on July 15, 2013, leaving behind two children. The woman accused of intoxication manslaughter, Desiree Skaf, 21, eventually accepted a plea deal to serve 7 years in a state prison.
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El presidente electo Donald Trump anunció a Jamieson Greer como su elección para servir como el próximo representante comercial de Estados Unidos. Greer no es ajeno al papel, al haber sido jefe de personal del representante comercial durante el primer mandato de Trump, Robert Lighthizer. En ese momento, el Gobierno implementó
Continue Reading Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health. Bhattacharya is a physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates. He promoted the idea of herd immunity during the pandemic, arguing that people at low risk
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — For years, U.S. authorities and fishermen have complained about illegal fishing for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, and now it’s clear who is behind the lucrative trade: a Mexican drug cartel. The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Tuesday against members of the Gulf drug cartel, based in the border
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging that he is receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic conditions while in custody at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex. The notice of claim, which is the first step in filing a lawsuit against the city, accuses the
Continue Reading Belén Liotti Nueva York (CNN) –– La mayoría de los influencers de las redes sociales no verifican la información antes de compartirla con sus audiencias, según un estudio publicado este martes por el brazo científico y cultural de la ONU, lo que subraya las preocupaciones de que algunas de las mayores figuras digitales puedan difundir
Continue Reading Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Turkish security forces reportedly arrested the three Uzbek suspects in the killing of a rabbi in the United Arab Emirates as they left an airport in Istanbul. That’s according to Turkish media reports on Wednesday. The arrests in Turkey of the three Uzbeks suspected of killing Israeli-Moldovan
Continue Reading AP National Writer The Southeastern Conference’s losses were almost everyone else’s gain in the College Football Playoff rankings, with SMU nudging its way into the top 12 and Indiana staying in the mix at No. 10 despite a lopsided loss of its own. The 12-team bracket released Tuesday placed undefeated Oregon on top for the
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