By Spencer Burt Click here for updates on this story TOOELE COUNTY, Utah (KSTU) — A wild horse was found dead from a gunshot on a wildlife refuge in western Utah, and a nonprofit is offering a reward for information about the shooting. The stallion was found dead on Sunday in the Onaqui Herd Management
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AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Social media site Bluesky has gained 1 million new users in the week since the U.S. election, as some X users look for an alternative platform to post their thoughts and engage with others online. Bluesky said Wednesday that its total users surged to 15 million, up from
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who served two Republican presidents as one of the country’s best known conservative lawyers and successfully argued on behalf of same-sex marriage, died Wednesday. He was 84. The law firm Gibson Dunn, where Olson practiced since 1965, announced his death on its website. No cause of
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — NIL money has added a new variable to the long-held practice of college coaches trying to flip recruits who have given verbal commitments to other schools. The NCAA rules providing college athletes the ability to earn revenue from their name, image and likeness provide new artillery for recruiting
Continue Reading Associated Press South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem built a national profile that had fellow Republicans buzzing about her future. Lawmakers describe the man set to replace her as a friendly, plain-spoken rancher and specialty welder whom they expect to focus more on issues within the state. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday picked Noem as the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas has now opened it’s doors to a new facility located in Central El Paso. The 4800 square-foot health center is the only Planned Parenthood clinic in West Texas, and will replace the existing health center on Missouri Avenue. It is now located at 1061 Chelsea
Continue Reading By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story November 13, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — General Motors (GM) is sparking a new wave of excitement in the electric vehicle (EV) market with the reintroduction of the beloved Chevrolet Bolt EV. This shift in GM’s strategy underscores the auto giant’s commitment to accessibility,
Continue Reading Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of police and dismissed a lawsuit alleging negligence in the 2020 death of a woman while she was in custody in suburban Detroit. The court says there was not enough evidence to show Harper Woods police were “grossly negligent” in how
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will hold talks Saturday with China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an international summit in Peru, a face-to-face meeting that comes as Beijing braces for Donald Trump’s return to the White House. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the meeting will take place while
Continue Reading MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers this week announced that it was a new species of sea slug. Scientists with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute using a remote vehicle first noticed what they called a “mystery mollusc” in
Continue Reading AP Science Writer Doctors say requests for permanent sterilizations and long-term birth control like IUDs have surged across the nation since Donald Trump was elected president last week. People who feel uncertain about access to birth control and abortions in the coming years are stockpiling emergency contraception and abortion pills in case they need them.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have hired former Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker as a senior adviser for baseball operations. Texas announced Schumaker’s addition to its front office on Wednesday, when the team also signed right-handed pitcher Luis Curvelo to a one-year contract calling for the $760,000 minimum while in the major leagues
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By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — In most US cities, buying a home now requires a six-figure salary. A household needed to earn $107,700 to afford a new single-family home and pay property taxes and insurance costs in the third quarter of this year, according to a new report from Oxford Economics. That’s nearly double
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Andrea Saint Martin (CNN) — Los republicanos aseguraron su monopolio de poder en el nuevo Washington de Donald Trump, manteniendo su mayoría en la Cámara de Representantes, según proyectó CNN este miércoles, después de ganar bancas en California y Arizona y marcar el comienzo de una nueva era dramática de Gobierno populista de derecha. El
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By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Basketball fans are used to seeing Caitlin Clark produce out of this world feats on an almost nightly basis, but Wednesday served as an important reminder that the phenom is human after all. Clark swapped the court for the golf course and took part in the ANNIKA Pro-Am hosted
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The name “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” is off-limits to Oakland’s airport — at least for now. On Tuesday, US Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson blocked the Port of Oakland from using the name it recently adopted for the Bay Area airport that was formerly called Metropolitan Oakland
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to enter guilty pleas in exchange for life sentences. That is despite Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to scuttle the plea agreements. The move Wednesday comes
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CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s increasingly provocative Cabinet picks have left some Republican senators aghast and Washington in shock. But they really shouldn’t. Because the outrage is the point. The president-elect reached a new level on Wednesday, announcing Florida Republican Matt Gaetz — one of his most zealous agents of
Continue Reading By Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Republicans have secured their monopoly on power in Donald Trump’s new Washington, retaining their majority in the House of Representatives, CNN projected Wednesday, ushering in a dramatic new era of right-wing populist rule. The GOP’s control of both chambers of Congress – won after Republicans were projected to hold
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says troops have faced off with insurgents in two separate raids on their hideouts in the country, killing 12 militants. Four insurgents were killed in the first raid in Kech, a district in the restive southwestern Balochistan province. The raid in Balochistan came days after a suicide bomber blew himself
Continue Reading Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Robert Larry Hobbs, an Associated Press editor who guided Florida news coverage for more than three decades, has died. He was 83. Hobbs, who went by “Larry,” was known for his unflappable calm and gentle counsel. His nephew, Greg Hobbs, said he died Tuesday night in his sleep of
Continue Reading By Allison Chinchar, Caitlin Danaher, Mia Alberti, CNN, and Pau Mosquera, CNN en Español (CNN) — Severe thunderstorms and torrential rain have again battered coastal Spain, causing thousands of people to be evacuated just two weeks after the country experienced deadly flooding in Valencia and other nearby communities. Over 4,000 people and a thousand homes
Continue Reading DUBLIN (AP) — Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor testified Wednesday that he had consensual sex with a woman suing him for sexual assault and said she fabricated her story. “Everything is a lie,” McGregor said in the High Court in Dublin. “It is a full blown lie among many lies.” The alleged victim said
Continue Reading By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story November 13, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a chilling reminder of America’s painful legacy of slavery and racism, Black Americans across the country—from students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to working professionals—are receiving racist text messages that reference “picking cotton” and
Continue Reading By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story November 13, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a powerful testament to leadership and legacy, Dr. Deavra Daughtry has stepped into the role of Chairwoman for the International Third World Leaders Association (ITWLA), an organization with a proud 37-year history. The recent Global Leadership
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — La historia de Adriano Leite Ribeiro, conocido simplemente como Adriano, es única. Podría ser, incluso, una representación de la palabra saudade. Pasó de ser un niño humilde criado en una favela brasileña a una superestrella del fútbol mundial… para después llevar a pique su carrera profesional, al punto de que él
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Update: Special Traffic Investigators are responding to the crash, which police describe as a three-vehicle collision. Update: Traffic along Gateway West and Yarbrough is being re-directed, according to a post from El Paso Police. The Lee Trevino on-ramp from Gateway West is blocked at this time. Traffic on Gateway East and Yarbrough is also being
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Tariffs on imports and exports on the border proposed by President-elect Donald Trump is causing division among transportation and business leaders in Juárez and El Paso. As ABC-7 has reported, Trump has proposed imposing a 25% tariff on any imports going into the U.S. if the Mexican federal government does
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Una extensión de clima tormentoso desorganizado en el mar Caribe fue designada como potencial ciclón tropical 19 este miércoles por la tarde por el Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés) y se espera que se convierta en tormenta tropical Sara este jueves. La Depresión Tropical
Continue Reading Associated Press BRICK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s governor declared a drought warning. Black Hawk helicopters scooped water from a lake to dump on a forest fire burning in New York state. And across the country, firefighters were making good progress Wednesday battling a major wildfire in a county northwest of Los Angeles. Meanwhile, New
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