SpaceX-NASA mission: Four astronauts arrive at International Space Station
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center with four astronauts on board Sunday night safely docked…
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Roger Ferguson, a top Black Wall Street exec who manages $1 trillion, steps down
Roger Ferguson, one of the most powerful Black executives on Wall Street and in corporate America, is retiring as the CEO of TIAA. The 69-year-old…
Continue Reading Retail sales grew less than expected in October, as economists worry about a ‘difficult winter’
US retail sales grew at a slower pace than economists had predicted last month — prompting worries about a “difficult winter” with…
Continue Reading For Thanksgiving Day, Zoom will lift its 40-minute time limit for free meetings
The holidays are upon us and one tech company is already in the giving spirit. Zoom announced it will lift its timed meeting limit on Thanksgiving so…
Continue Reading The global economic bailout is running at $19.5 trillion. It will go higher
Governments and central banks have promised to shell out $19.5 trillion since the coronavirus erupted to “put a floor under the world…
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Twitter, Facebook CEOs testify in U.S. Senate hearing on 2020 election disinformation
WASHINGTON, DC — The CEO of Twitter says the social media site flagged some 300,000 tweets as part of efforts to combat disinformation in the…
Continue Reading Amazon is now a drug store. It will ship prescriptions to Prime members
Amazon is making its biggest leap into the multi-billion-dollar health care industry with the launch of Amazon Pharmacy, a new digital drugstore. The…
Continue Reading Twitter is evolving beyond tweets
Twitter wants to be more than just 280-character blocks of text. On Tuesday, the social network announced disappearing tweets and previewed a few…
Continue Reading Elon Musk is now an A-lister on Wall Street
Tesla has no shortage of doubters. But on Monday, the company got a stamp of approval from Wall Street that sends a clear message: It’s time…
Continue Reading Huawei is shrinking its smartphone business in a fight to save the brand
Huawei has been battered by a long US campaign against the company. Now it is hunkering down for survival by selling off its budget smartphone…
Continue Reading China signs huge Asia Pacific trade deal with 14 countries
China has just joined forces with more than a dozen countries across the Asia Pacific region to sign a huge free trade deal nearly a decade in the…
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Jeep unveils high-horsepower V8 Wrangler
The new Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 has a 470-horsepower 6.4-liter V8 engine and can go from zero to 60 miles an hour in 4.5 seconds. That makes it the…
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SpaceX capsule docks at Int’l Space Station for 1st time
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — SpaceX’s newly launched capsule with four astronauts has arrived at the International Space Station. The Dragon capsule…
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Walmart again limits number of customers in stores nationwide, City of El Paso implies credit for it
EL PASO, Texas – Walmart has resumed monitoring and counting the number of customers entering its stores in El Paso and across the nation as…
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Walmart using drones to deliver Covid-19 test kits to El Paso homes
EL PASO, Texas – El Paso is getting a pilot program where Walmart and several partners are teaming up to use drones to deliver Covid-19 test kits…
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Southern New Mexico sees 7 more virus deaths, Doña Ana tops 10,000 cases as statewide lockdown starts
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico on Monday started its two-week lockdown to run past Thanksgiving as Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham…
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Former Bella Cora bakers from El Paso featured in Netflix series ‘Sugar Rush Christmas’
EL PASO, Texas– Since the pandemic you’ve probably been binging your favorite Netflix shows. Well, if you plan on binge watching the new season of…
Continue Reading Jeff Bezos announces nearly $800 million in grants to 16 groups fighting climate change
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced Monday that he will give $791 million in grants as part of his Bezos Earth Fund to 16 organizations that are…
Continue Reading Tesla set to join the S&P 500 Index in December
Tesla will join the S&P 500 Index, effective December 21, according to a Monday announcement from S&P Global. Tesla, which is now valued at…
Continue Reading Astronauts really just took Baby Yoda with them up to space
Baby Yoda became an honorary astronaut over the weekend. A plush toy version of the creature — which stole people’s hearts in…
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Astronauts really just took Baby Yoda with them up to space
Baby Yoda became an honorary astronaut over the weekend. A plush toy version of the creature — which stole people’s hearts in…
Continue Reading Airbnb files to go public as the pandemic rages on
Even as the pandemic that wrecked its business flares up again, Airbnb is poised to make its public market debut this year. The company filed its…
Continue Reading Oreo is finally releasing gluten-free cookies
If you’re gluten-intolerant, traditional Oreos have been on the no-no list. But that’s about to change. Oreo is releasing gluten-free…
Continue Reading Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway makes big bets on drug stocks
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is making a big bet on the health care sector at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic continues to be a major…
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Virgin Galactic delays key New Mexico test flight after pandemic causes shutdown
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico — Virgin Galactic said that it no longer plans to conduct a key test flight of its spacecraft this week…
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Dow and S&P 500 hit new record highs after Moderna says vaccine is 94.5% effective
US stocks rallied on Monday after Moderna said its experimental Covid-19 vaccine is highly effective. The Dow and the S&P 500 both notched new…
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Dow and S&P 500 hit new record highs after Moderna says vaccine is 94.5% effective
US stocks rallied on Monday after Moderna said its experimental Covid-19 vaccine is highly effective. The Dow and the S&P 500 both notched new…
Continue Reading Small toy stores are worried they won’t stay in business after this year
The winter holidays are typically the busiest, and most successful, time of the year for Erin Blanton, the owner of Pufferbellies toy store in…
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El Paso County Commissioners consider economic relief fund for small businesses
EL PASO, Texas — Thousands of businesses have closed and thousands of people have lost their job during the pandemic. Recently, County judge Ricardo…
Continue Reading Meet Rebekah Mercer, the deep-pocketed co-founder of Parler, a controversial conservative social network
Rebekah Mercer, a prominent conservative donor, revealed Saturday that she is helping to bankroll Parler, the rapidly growing but controversial…
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