Las Cruces, NEW MEXICO (KVIA) — Doña Ana County administrative offices will be closed on Monday, Nov. 11th in observance of Veterans Day. The county states they want to extend their deep gratitude to the veterans of all military branches who answered the call to duty and served our country honorably, as well as the families
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By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story November 5, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Houston Style Magazine is thrilled to spotlight one of the city’s most impactful and eagerly awaited events, the Houston Area Urban League’s (HAUL) 56th Annual Equal Opportunity Day Gala, set to dazzle on Saturday, December 14, 2024.
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By Nicole Goodkind and Samantha Delouya, CNN New York (CNN) — US stock futures rose early on Wednesday and bitcoin jumped as Donald Trump was headed for wins in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina, shrinking Kamala Harris’ possible paths to victory. Futures on the Dow climbed 2.84%, while the S&P 500
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El Paso, TEXAS (KVIA) — NAMI El Paso is hosting a screening of the Spyral, a mental health documentary. This private screening is taking place Thursday, November 7th, 2024 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel at 600 N. El Paso St, El Paso, TX 79901. The film is about
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Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has been elected the state’s next governor. The Democrat defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson on Tuesday. His victory maintains Democratic leadership of the chief executive’s office in a state where the GOP has been in recent control of the legislature and the
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By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — What are exit polls? They’re a set of surveys that ask voters whom they voted for, as well as additional questions about their political opinions, the factors they considered in the election and their own backgrounds more broadly. That helps us better understand who came out to vote, how
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Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.S.-led statement approved by 10 of the 15 U.N. Security Council members condemned a recent North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile launch. It also called on Pyongyang to return to negotiations and abandon its missile programs. The statement Tuesday follows a series of recent North Korean missile launches including
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer Penn State University police are investigating an altercation between retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce and a fan over a cellphone that occurred over the weekend before the game between the Nittany Lions and Ohio State. The police department’s incident log includes an entry registered Saturday in which an “officer observed a
Continue Reading By Dean Hensley Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — An Asheville man has been arrested and charged for looting a local business on Patton Avenue immediately following Tropical Storm Helene. The Asheville Police Department announced in a Nov. 5 news release that Michael William Plummer, 55, was arrested after
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AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Another November and another late surge for South Carolina and coach Shane Beamer. The Gamecocks (5-3, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) have made it a habit to finish with flash in most of Beamer’s four seasons. In Beamer’s first year of 2021, the overmatched Gamecocks beat SEC powers Florida and
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is bracing for another round of powerful winds that will cause humidity levels to drop and raise the risk of wildfires in much of the state. Forecasters have issued red flag warnings for fire danger until Thursday from the central coast through the San Francisco Bay Area and into counties
Continue Reading AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Minneapolis musician Tyka Nelson, Prince’s only full sibling, died Monday. She was 64. Her son President Nelson says she died at a hospital in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. A cause of death was not immediately available. Nelson, a singer-songwriter, released four albums across her career, starting with 1988’s “Royal Blue.”
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Shannon Elliott y Kristin Caparra viven en el mismo condado suburbano de Filadelfia. Ambas tienen una mezcla de ansiedad y emoción este día de elecciones. Ambas ven a su país en una encrucijada definitoria. Los puntos en común terminan ahí. “Me preocupa una presidencia de Trump”, dijo Elliott, madre de dos adolescentes
Continue Reading By Kirsten Mitchell Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s a challenge facing health care workers. There’s a lack of personal protective equipment for Muslim women. Now, two Minnesota respiratory therapists are breaking barriers in the health care world, by filling that need and creating disposable, hygienic hijabs. Firaoli Adam and
Continue Reading WCCO, MAWADDA.COM, CNN By Kirsten Mitchell Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s a challenge facing health care workers. There’s a lack of personal protective equipment for Muslim women. Now, two Minnesota respiratory therapists are breaking barriers in the health care world, by filling that need and creating disposable, hygienic hijabs.
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold and Kristen Holmes, CNN New York (CNN) — Journalists from multiple news organizations have been denied credentials to former President Donald Trump’s election night watch event in West Palm Beach, Florida, in retaliation for their coverage of Trump’s campaign. Reporters at Politico, Axios, Puck and Mother Jones were among those denied credentials.
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican Navy says it has seized 3.6 tons of cocaine aboard a boat off the Pacific coast. The Navy said Tuesday the boat was spotted about 153 miles (246 kilometers) off the resort of Acapulco. Navy ships arrived to intercept the boat, which was carrying 102 packages filled with bricks
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world’s oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate designs left behind by engraved cylindrical seals that were rolled across clay tablets about 6,000 years ago. Scholars consider cuneiform the first writing system, and humans used its wedge-shaped characters to inscribe
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Las Cruces, NEW MEXICO (KVIA) — Las Cruces Public Schools is hosting their first public meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 5:30 p.m in the boardroom. This will be the first public meeting of a series of town hall-style meetings. It will be led by the LCPS Finance Division and it is to demonstrate the
Continue Reading NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Protesters have thrown flares and red paint at the City Hall building in the Serbian city of Novi Sad in rage over last week’s collapse of a concrete canopy at the railway station that killed 14 people. Police have responded by firing tear gas canisters. The protesters surrounded the building
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Even on Election Day 2024, the consequences of Donald Trump supporters rioting after the 2020 election are still playing out — with a man who was at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and then participated in an anti-government group sentenced to probation on Tuesday. The case, when Fi
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El Paso, TEXAS (KVIA) — The El Paso Children’s Hospital (EPCH) Foundation is set to receive a donation from GECU Foundation for Inagural Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. It will take place on Wednesday, November 6th, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. in the lobby of El Paso Children’s Hospital located at 4815 Alameda Ave, El Paso, TX 79905.
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer An early season matchup between Oklahoma State and Utah generated national attention and was touted as a possible Big 12 championship game preview. League newcomer Utah was the conference favorite in the preseason media poll. Oklahoma State, with star running back Ollie Gordon II, was picked to finish third. After running out
Continue Reading Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has launched an international emergency appeal asking donors to provide resources for Lebanon during the Israel-Hezbollah war. IFRC also called on all parties Tuesday to protect paramedics in the conflict that has left thousands of people dead and wounded, many
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina forward Ashlyn Watkins has had the charges against her dismissed, according to online court records. Watkins was arrested and charged with assault and kidnapping on Aug. 31. She has been suspended from the women’s college basketball team since. There was no immediate update on her status with the team.
Continue Reading Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump is refusing to say how he voted on Florida’s abortion measure and he’s getting testy about it. The former president was asked twice after casting his ballot in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday about a question that the state’s voters are considering to overturn a ban
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Facebook, Instagram, Google and YouTube are clamping down on political ads in an effort to combat misinformation that could undermine trust in the results of a contentious election or stir up unrest. Meta last week began blocking advertisers from creating or running new ads about US social
Continue Reading By Nick Lentz Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WWJ) — Voters in Michigan are looking to make some money off the state’s new “I voted” stickers. This year, the state created a contest to create new designs for the stickers voters receive after turning in their ballots. Nine different stickers, designed by
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Army soldier who was injured in May while working on the American-built pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza has died. Sgt. Quandarius Stanley was a motor transport operator and was critically injured when high winds and heavy seas damaged the pier, causing four Army vessels to become beached. Two
Continue Reading Associated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Democrat Shomari Figures has won election to Alabama’s newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District. That flips a seat that had been previously held by the GOP. Figures defeated Republican Caroleene Dobson to win the open seat. Figures was the deputy chief of staff and counselor to U.S. Attorney General Merrick
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