Researchers and mental health professionals are gaining deeper insight into how identity shapes emotional well-being, stress, and support needs. Throughout the 21st century, mental health awareness has risen, encouraging public conversation on issues once taboo to talk about. Societal awareness helped de-stigmatize going to therapy, taking medication, and talking openly about mental health issues,
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Walking into Windsor Park Elementary in Corpus Christi, Texas, it’s hard to miss the mass of bright, colorful paper balloons taped on the wall, displaying photos of dozens of children who have read at least 1 million words this school year. “It’s something that the students are very, very proud of,” librarian Annelise Rodriguez,
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Omaira Garcia didn’t realize life on her small ranch in Abilene, Texas, was about to change forever until clouds of dust — kicked up by a mysterious project next door — began to engulf her home. The Air Force veteran said she found out about OpenAI’s plans to build its flagship Stargate data center
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For most businesses, energy is a line item that gets paid without much scrutiny. The bill arrives, it gets processed, and attention moves on to more pressing operational concerns. That approach is increasingly costly. Average commercial electricity rates rose 4.8% year over year as of early 2026, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration,
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Your mortgage loan is secured, the keys are in hand, and you’ve closed on that dream home you’re excited to move into. After clearing all these obstacles, the path ahead looks free and clear. But not so fast, eager new homeowner. Are you prepared for the hidden price of ownership that many first-time buyers
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Imagine this—you’re cruising down the highway on a hot summer afternoon, trailer in tow, when you glance at the dashboard and see the temperature gauge climbing outside its normal range. Maybe you notice a warning light or steam billowing from beneath the hood, urging you to pull over soon before serious damage occurs. Either
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Recreational boating has become one of the country’s most reliable leisure markets, and most owners will tell you the appeal is not hard to understand. Being on open water feels like freedom, and whatever pressure follows people through the rest of life tends to stay on shore. But the financial side of ownership is
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More than two thousand years ago, Chinese players kicked a leather ball across training grounds in a game called Cuju to develop balance, endurance, and precision with their feet. The game evolved gradually until the 1860s when England transformed dozens of local clubs into an organized body with standardized “laws of the game.” Along
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For health care professionals at all levels, from medical students to attending physicians, student loan debt is as pervasive as the common cold. Unfortunately, it takes a lot longer to go away. Severe student loan debt can affect borrowers’ financial health for years or even decades. This spring, SoFi surveyed 229 medical professionals across
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By Dalia Faheid, Alea Motwane, Dakota Smith, Kate Petersen, CNN (CNN) — Erin Cotton didn’t notice the smoke until her eyes started to water and her two children complained they felt itchy. “That’s when I remembered what I felt like during the Palisades Fire,” said Cotton, a Washington, DC, mother of a 5- and 1-year-old
Continue Reading By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Svitlana Vlasova, Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Nikopol, in southern Ukraine, rarely makes the headlines – overshadowed by the threats to the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant directly across the river. But this city on the front line of Russia’s full-scale invasion has been attacked almost every day since the war began,
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Por Hanna Ziady, CNN Gran Bretaña necesita desesperadamente recuperar su chispa. Su economía está teniendo dificultades, los servicios públicos están bajo presión y las mejoras en los niveles de vida se han ralentizado hasta casi detenerse en las últimas décadas. La inestabilidad política es la nueva normalidad, y el ánimo nacional es sombrío. ¿Podría una
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By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — When a Brooklyn coffee shop announced on social media it was banning Rep. Dan Goldman over his views on Israel, some of his Jewish colleagues in Congress wanted their Democratic leadership to weigh in. But even as the controversy rocketed around the internet, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries remained
Continue Reading Por Emma Tucker, CNN Dos trabajadores del Servicio Forestal de EE.UU. realizaban trabajo de campo en un bosque del norte de California la mañana del jueves cuando fueron secuestrados a punta de pistola, atados con bridas y llevados a un remolque remoto, dijeron las autoridades. Usando el teléfono de una de las víctimas para hacer
Continue Reading Por Alessandra Freitas, CNN Al principio, lo único que Miiyah Paavola podía ver era un espeso muro de humo. Desde su casa en la Namaygoosisagagun Firsi Nation, en el noroeste de Ontario, el humo parecía estar cerca. Pero la remota comunidad indígena dice que ese lunes 13 de julio, el Ministerio de Recursos Naturales de
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN Manchester, England (CNN) — Britain badly needs its mojo back. Its economy is struggling, public services are strained and improvements in living standards have slowed to a crawl in recent decades. Political instability is the new normal, and the national mood is bleak. Could a healthy dose of hope from Andy
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Felix Lipov // Shutterstock Approximately 323 million people visited American national parks in 2025, a 2.7% year-over-year decrease and the first annual decline since 2020. President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 signed the act creating the National Park Service to leave natural and historic phenomenons “unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.” Since then, our
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Two US Forest Service workers were doing field work in a northern California forest on Thursday morning when they were abducted at gunpoint, zip-tied and led to a remote trailer, authorities said. Using one of the victims’ phones to make a call, a suspect said he had “taken two
Continue Reading By Alessandra Freitas, CNN (CNN) — At first, all Miiyah Paavola could see was a thick wall of smoke. From her home in Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, northwestern Ontario, the smoke appeared close. But the remote Indigenous community says that on that Monday, July 13, they were told by the Ministry of Natural Resources there was
Continue Reading By Kasha Patel, Chiara Negrello, CNN Scardovari, Italy (CNN) — As the sun was rising, two fisherwomen dragged their boat through the Scardovari lagoon in northeastern Italy. Oscarina Soncin stood in one of the largest clam-harvesting sites in Europe — the frigid water lapping against her knees as she scraped the seafloor with a metal
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A battle over the future of the Bridge of the Americas (BOTA) reached a boiling point this week as local business leaders united in sharp opposition to a massive federal modernization plan. The El Paso Chamber convened a meeting drawing nearly 70 community members, business owners, and binational stakeholders from
Continue Reading Por Kasha Patel, CNN Se espera que los incendios forestales lleven aire insalubre a más de 120 millones de personas este fin de semana, pero el humo y sus partículas tóxicas no siempre son claramente visibles. En algunos lugares, el horizonte queda cubierto por evidentes tonos anaranjados anormales y un tenue olor a quemado. En
Continue Reading Por Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español El Gobierno de Venezuela accedió a US$ 346 millones de sus propios recursos que tenía congelados en el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) para poder atender la emergencia causada por los fuertes sismos que golpearon al país el 24 de junio, informó este viernes la presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez. Los
Continue Reading Por Erick E. Beltran, CNN en Español El Mundial 2026 no solo se vivió en las canchas. También impulsó un consumo récord de música en Spotify, donde los aficionados crearon más listas de reproducción relacionadas con el fútbol que en cualquier otra edición del torneo y llevaron las escuchas de canciones vinculadas al campeonato a
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Max Zepeda is ecstatic to be a part of the ABC-7 team as a multimedia journalist. He joined ABC-7 in June 2026. Before arriving in El Paso, Max lived in Phoenix, Arizona, where he studied sports journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He graduated Summa Cum
Continue Reading Por Anabella González, CNN en Español El número de víctimas por el doble terremoto que sacudió Venezuela el 24 de junio ascendió este viernes a 5.069 personas, según las cifras oficiales difundidas por el Gobierno de la presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez. Se trata de 139 personas más en comparación con el último registro dado a
Continue Reading Por Harmeet Kaur, CNN La semana pasada, el presidente Donald Trump declaró que el “alto el fuego” con Irán había “TERMINADO”, mientras las fuerzas de Estados Unidos llevaban a cabo noches consecutivas de ataques contra Irán. Trump anunció originalmente el alto el fuego a principios de abril, apenas unas horas después de amenazar con que
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Many millions of Americans and Canadians are breathing bad air right now due to smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires and additional wildfires in northern Minnesota. If you’re in an affected area, it’s important to check air quality before you go anywhere this weekend, and keep certain items on
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RUIDOSO, New Mexico (KVIA) — A year after deadly floods swept through the Sierra Blanca mountains, the Ruidoso community and surrounding areas are still working to recover – and reshape the landscape in response. As flash flood threats are expected to continue in the wake of the previous wildfires for years to come, new building
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two undocumented migrants were arrested Monday after a stash house disruption in El Paso, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas. A criminal complaint alleged U.S. Border Patrol agents at the Ysleta Border Patrol Station saw Jorge Lucero-Banda (from Mexico) and Diogenes Silva-Orozco (from Nicaragua),
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