EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The University of Texas at El Paso announced a $2 million appropriation from the federal government to expand drone testing and operations Friday morning. The research expansion will go to the university’s aerial systems facilities in Fabens and Tornillo, UTEP said. It will include radar and electrical updates and new
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CNN By Adam Cancryn, Sarah Owermohle, Ben Tinker, Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Two top aides to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are leaving the US Department of Health and Human Services, according to three people familiar with the moves. HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill and General Counsel Mike Stuart are expected to soon leave HHS
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Por Adam Cancryn, Sarah Owermohle, Ben Tinker y Brenda Goodman, CNN Dos asesores principales de Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dejarán el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE.UU. (HHS, por las siglas en inglés), según tres personas familiarizadas con el asunto. Se espera que el subsecretario del HHS, Jim O’Neill, y el asesor general,
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Daily step counts and reaching at least 150 minutes a week of exercise — lots of exercise guidance focuses on hitting specific step, mile or time targets. But for many people, especially those who are least active, these goals can feel daunting and out of reach. Can you commit
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By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Wendy’s said Friday that it plans to shutter between 5% and 6% of its restaurants in the first half of the year. The closures are part of a previously announced turnaround plan, which the fast-food chain said in November would include closing hundreds of restaurants. Twenty-eight stores closed during
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Independent School district confirmed with ABC-7 its Chief of Police. Manuel Chavira, will retire. “We are grateful for his years of service and the leadership he has provided,” the school district said in a statement sent to ABC-7. “We thank him for his dedication to our students, staff,
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By Dana O’Neil, Patrick Sung Cuadrado, Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — A Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) arbitrator has denied Vladyslav Heraskevych’s appeal and the Ukrainian skeleton rider will not be reinstated to compete in the Olympics wearing what he has deemed his “memory helmet.’’ Heraskevych was kicked out of the Milan Cortina Games
Continue Reading CNN By Dana O’Neil, Patrick Sung Cuadrado, Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — A Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) arbitrator has denied Vladyslav Heraskevych’s appeal and the Ukrainian skeleton rider will not be reinstated to compete in the Olympics wearing what he has deemed his “memory helmet.’’ Heraskevych was kicked out of the Milan Cortina
Continue Reading Por Aaron Blake, CNN Una vez más, el Congreso de EE.UU. ha cerrado importantes partes del Gobierno federal. Hay pocas señales de un acuerdo entre republicanos y demócratas para financiar el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional antes de la fecha límite del viernes a medianoche. Y los líderes republicanos enviaron a sus bases a casa el
Continue Reading Por Andy Rose, CNN La administración Trump ha lanzado un nuevo ataque en su batalla de casi un año con la Universidad de Harvard por el financiamiento federal a la institución, al presentar una nueva demanda contra la universidad este viernes. El Departamento de Justicia afirma que Harvard se ha negado a proporcionar la documentación
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By Sebastian Shukla, Lauren Kent, Laura Sharman, CNN Munich, Germany (CNN) — European leaders focused on the end of the US-led international order on Friday at a combative Munich Security Conference – one of the few points of agreement between Washington and its NATO allies. German leader Friedrich Merz said the post-1945 settlement “no longer
Continue Reading By Adam Cancryn, Sarah Owermohle, Ben Tinker, Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Two top aides to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are leaving the US Department of Health and Human Services, according to three people familiar with the moves. HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill and General Counsel Mike Stuart are expected to soon leave HHS as
Continue Reading Por Lauren Kent, CNN La primera ministra danesa, Mette Frederiksen, anunció que se reunirá con el secretario de Estado estadounidense, Marco Rubio, en la Conferencia de Seguridad de Munich, Alemania, donde ambos planean hablar sobre Groenlandia. “El orden mundial que se ha construido desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial, que ha sido increíblemente beneficioso incluso para
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Tumbler Ridge is the type of town where everyone knows everyone. And as the tiny mountain community reels from one of Canada’s worst school shootings in decades, it is the type of place where “everybody’s going to be grieving,” as its mayor Darryl Krakowka said. At least eight people
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has fired another shot in its nearly year-long battle with Harvard University over federal funding to the institution, filing a new lawsuit Friday against the Ivy League school. The Department of Justice claims Harvard has refused to provide documentation the government has requested in an investigation
Continue Reading CNN, KOLD, NBC, FBI, @FBIDIRECTORKASH, PIMA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT By Danya Gainor, Chelsea Bailey, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — The search for missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, has stretched into a third, anguished week, with mounting pressure on investigators and a family grappling with uncertainty. Guthrie was last seen
Continue Reading By Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Competitions at the Winter Olympics are defined by extremes: extreme air, extreme speed and extreme temperatures. On sliding tracks, athletes in luge, bobsled and skeleton break highway speed limits. In the halfpipe and big air competitions, snowboarders hit huge jumps, completing dizzying numbers of spins while airborne. They
Continue Reading By Jacopo Prisco, Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — As he took his final steps before leaving the moon, Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan had some poignant closing words: “We leave as we came, and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.” It was December 14, 1972, and Cernan knew
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — A Sydney council has banned beachgoers from boarding a community bus while shirtless or wearing bikinis, reigniting a decades-old debate over public decency in Australia. “Please dress appropriately. Clothing must be worn over swimwear,” reads a sign for the Hop, Skip and Jump bus, which is funded by Northern
Continue Reading Por Alicia Wallace, CNN Un informe económico en EE.UU. publicado el viernes 13 pareció ofrecer una buena noticia: la inflación anual se desaceleró significativamente. Sin embargo, los detalles del último Índice de Precios al Consumidor presentaron un panorama más desalentador: algunas presiones inflacionarias no solo persisten, sino que se están acelerando. Los precios al consumidor
Continue Reading Por Anna Chernova, CNN en Español Rusia prometió brindar “asistencia” a Cuba en una declaración realizada por el Ministerio de Exteriores este viernes, sin especificar en qué consistirá exactamente. “Sin duda, estamos en solidaridad con Cuba y la ayudaremos, incluida la asistencia material. Esto ya se está haciendo”, dijo el viceministro de Exteriores, Sergey Ryabkov,
Continue Reading Por Haley Britzky, CNN El Departamento de Defensa ha estado buscando activamente armas láser y sistemas de defensa, una iniciativa que cobró gran atención esta semana cuando el uso de un sistema láser antidrones provocó el cierre temporal del espacio aéreo sobre El Paso, Texas. El interés en los sistemas de alta energía se ha
Continue Reading Por Kevin Liptak y Jim Sciutto, CNN El Pentágono enviará a Medio Oriente un segundo grupo de portaaviones, el USS Gerald Ford, lo que suma presión a Irán, incluso cuando el presidente Donald Trump ha declarado que las conversaciones con Teherán continúan. “Si no llegamos a un acuerdo, lo necesitaremos”, declaró Trump al ser preguntado
Continue Reading Por Lianne Kolirin, CNN El Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI) ha sido criticado por vender merchandising de los Juegos Olímpicos de Berlín de 1936, que Adolf Hitler utilizó para mostrar su ideología nazi. El sitio web de los Juegos Olímpicos —actualmente bajo los focos por los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de Milán-Cortina— presenta una camiseta para
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — A Friday the 13th economic report appeared to deliver some fortunate news: Annual inflation slowed significantly. However, certain details of the latest Consumer Price Index presented a more sobering picture: Some price pressures aren’t just persisting, they’re accelerating. The January CPI report capped off a week of new data
Continue Reading By Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) — Steven Wright knew he had a problem long before the first snowflake fell. Wright, who runs the Jay Peak ski resort in northern Vermont, realized something was wrong last summer while talking to Canadian season pass holders who had decided they wouldn’t be coming to the US — or
Continue Reading Por Dakin Andone, CNN Videos e imágenes que muestran a un individuo armado y enmascarado afuera de la casa de Nancy Guthrie en Tucson, Arizona, han renovado la búsqueda de la mujer de 84 años y podrían ofrecer a los investigadores pistas importantes sobre su identidad. Las imágenes publicadas por el FBI el martes representan
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — We are under an ABC-7 First Alert as a storm system pushing into the region will leave us with on and off rain chance. Temperatures will start in the low 50s. Overall temps will be a little cooler than yesterday as we see about a 10 degree temperature dip. Temps
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the temporary shutdown of airspace over El Paso, Texas. The interest in high-energy systems has only accelerated as military
Continue Reading By Whitney Wild, Andi Babineau, CNN St. Paul, Minnesota (CNN) — Don Lemon pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from his presence at a protest at a St. Paul, Minnesota, church last month. He appeared in court flanked by his attorneys, wearing a dark suit with a red tie and his signature black-framed
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