EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Sun Bowl Association and the International Museum of Art have teamed up for the 75th Annual Sun Bowl art exhibit. It’s taking place Thursday from 5 to 8 pm located at 1211 Montana Avenue. The Sun Bowl said this exhibit is all about showcasing what makes our region so unique. There
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Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawyers for a man charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students have asked a judge to take the death penalty off the table. Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys made a number of arguments against the death penalty, claiming that international, federal and state law all
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By Ashley R. Williams, Jack Forrest, Jillian Sykes and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” and “picking cotton” reminiscent of the country’s painful and bigoted past – have been received by children, college students and working professionals from
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Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — “The Handmaid’s Tale” (El cuento de la criada) de Margaret Atwood, una novela ambientada en una sociedad totalitaria, ha alcanzado la cima de la lista de libros más vendidos de Amazon tras la reelección de Donald Trump. Según cifras de Amazon del jueves por la mañana, las ventas del libro
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –It was a party at the University of Texas at El Paso Thursday morning, a Birthday party that is. Several students and staff gathered to celebrate UTEP’s mascot, Paydirt Pete’s, 50th on campus. The university offered free pulled chicken nachos at the Student Union building. They also offered other activities like Pin
Continue Reading Associated Press ROME (AP) — The New Orleans Saints may be one of the worst teams in the NFL this season, but at least they can count on continued prayers from Pope Francis. The pope – or at least someone in the Vatican communications office – has been inadvertently rooting for the Saints since Nov.
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies. The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
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By Beverly Kidd Click here for updates on this story VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (WTKR) — Virginia Beach residents Bill and Cole Dailey have a scrapbook of adventures chronicling their quest to visit every national park in the United States. “Back in 2019, me and my dad did a cross-country train trip. During that train trip…
Continue Reading Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN Español) — Donald Trump logró en esta elección lo que ningún candidato presidencial republicano había conseguido desde 1988 en la Florida: ganar el condado de Miami-Dade, que incluye la ciudad de Miami, una de las ciudades más importantes para la comunidad latina en Estados Unidos y que hasta hace poco era considerado un
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un ataque aéreo israelí contra un edificio de varios pisos en el norte de Gaza mató al menos a 27 personas, dijeron funcionarios de rescate, mientras las fuerzas israelíes emitían nuevas órdenes de evacuación en el área donde se ejecuta una gran ofensiva. La casa de la familia Mbahouh
Continue Reading AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — NASCAR Truck Series championship contender Ty Majeski was fined $12,500 by the stock car series this week after missing media obligations to vote in his home state of Wisconsin on Election Day. Majeski is one of four drivers who can win the truck title at Phoenix Raceway on Friday night. Majeski
Continue Reading Associated Press A costly campaign by abortion-rights advocates for state Supreme Court seats yielded mixed results in Tuesday’s election, with Republicans expanding their majority on Ohio’s court while candidates backed by progressive groups won in Montana and Michigan. One of the most expensive and closely watched Supreme Court races in North Carolina, where a Democratic
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Associated Press A costly campaign by abortion-rights advocates for state Supreme Court seats yielded mixed results in Tuesday’s election, with Republicans expanding their majority on Ohio’s court while candidates backed by progressive groups won in Montana and Michigan. One of the most expensive and closely watched Supreme Court races in North Carolina, where a Democratic
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — A man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of two workers at Chicago’s popular Navy Pier tourist attraction. The Chicago Tribune reports that the arrest was made Thursday after police released surveillance camera images of the man. He is suspected of gaining access to an office space near a loading dock
Continue Reading Andrea Gomez (CNN) — Los residentes de un pequeño pueblo de Carolina del Sur se encuentran en medio de un juego de Jumanji en la vida real después de que 43 monos escaparan el miércoles de un centro de investigación. Los primates macacos rhesus siguen sueltos después de escapar del Centro de Investigación de Primates
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CNN By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his campaign manager, Susie Wiles, will be named his White House chief of staff. “Susie Wiles just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history, and was an integral part of both my 2016 and 2020 successful campaigns,”
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MESA, Arizona (KNXV) — Mesa officials say five people have died after a plane crash near Falcon Field on Tuesday afternoon in Mesa. Police say the crash happened near Greenfield and McKellips roads. Aerial footage showed the plane of fire and at least one damaged
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Republican former state lawmaker in northwest Florida is poised to become the latest in a string of conservative politicians taking the helm of public colleges and universities in the state. The board of Northwest Florida State College in Niceville announced this week that Mel Ponder is
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SMYRNA, Delaware (WPVI) — Authorities in Smyrna, Delaware, have arrested three people in connection with the alleged abuse of nonverbal children with autism at an elementary school. The investigation began in February 2024 when the Smyrna School District reported possible professional misconduct at Smyrna Elementary
Continue Reading By Nick Iadonisi Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — This Philadelphia elementary school is celebrating a very special teacher. Kathleen O’Hanlon has been teaching in the city for 50 years. “I think being a teacher is almost something that you’re born with, that you always want to be a teacher
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will become the first sitting president to visit the Amazon rainforest later this month when he travels to Brazil as part of a six-day trip to Latin America. Biden will start his trip in Lima, Peru, where he will meet attend the annual Asia-Pacific Economic
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City couple has been indicted in the death of their 4-year-old son. Prosecutors say Jah’Meik Modlin was starved along with his siblings in a Harlem apartment where his parents kept their fridge stocked with fresh food for themselves. Nytavia Ragsdale and Laron Modlin face a range of charges
Continue Reading Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Voters in Portland, Oregon, have elected political outsider Keith Wilson as their next mayor. Wilson, a Portland native and CEO of a trucking company, ran on an ambitious pledge to end unsheltered homelessness within a year of taking office. He says he will accomplish this in part by increasing
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has named Susie Wiles, the defacto manager of his victorious campaign, as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to hold the influential role. Wiles is widely credited within and outside Trump’s inner circle for running what was, by far, his most disciplined and well-executed
Continue Reading Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city, the top prosecutor in the state’s largest county and a Jackson City Council member have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges. The case has already forced the resignation of another city council member. Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Hinds County District Attorney Jody
Continue Reading Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he is re-establishing a special Cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations to address his administration’s concerns about another Donald Trump presidency. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who is also the country’s finance minister, will chair the committee, which also will include other top officials
Continue Reading CNN By Sophie Tanno, Sebastian Shukla and Olesya Dmitracova, CNN (CNN) — Germany’s governing coalition has collapsed after disagreements over the country’s weak economy led Chancellor Olaf Scholz to sack his finance minister. Christian Lindner’s dismissal prompted him to withdraw his Free Democrats Party (FDP) from a coalition with Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), leaving
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — About 1,100 workers at the Stellantis Jeep factory in Toledo, Ohio, are facing layoffs early next year as the company takes further steps to cut high inventory at dealers. The Toledo South plant makes the Jeep Gladiator midsize pickup truck. Stellantis says it will go from two daily shifts to one as
Continue Reading Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Three people have been charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction who died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires last month, Argentine prosecutors said Thursday. Prosecutor Andrés Madrea charged the three suspects, whose
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By Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to remove oral phenylephrine – a common ingredient in many popular over-the-counter decongestants – from the market, citing evidence that it doesn’t work. Phenylephrine, found in products like Sudafed PE, Vicks DayQuil and Mucinex Sinus-Max, has been widely used as
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