The high-tech tools police can use to surveil protesters
The Marshall Project reports that when Americans take to the streets to make their voices heard, they’re inevitably dragging their digital trails…
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With Texas' paper-based voter registration system, applications get lost in the shuffle
Votebeat reports that Texas’ lawmakers have resisted efforts to expand online voter registration options while some people who filled out forms find…
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In a deep-red state, this lieutenant's blueprint for removing guns from abusers is spreading
The Trace spotlights Lieutenant Valerie Martinez-Jordan, who has trained over 2,000 officers in a Louisiana program that prevents abusers from…
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Companies step up security in wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
By Nathaniel Meyersohn and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Companies are closing headquarters, scrubbing their websites of top…
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Polls close in Ghana’s general election in the shadow of the worst economic crisis in a generation
Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Voting has officially closed in most polling centres throughout Ghana, bringing to an end the presidential and…
Continue Reading An archbishop’s knock formally restores Notre Dame to life as winds howl and heads of state look on
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Howling winds couldn’t stop Notre Dame Cathedral ’s heart from beating again. With three resounding knocks on its…
Continue Reading Google demanda a la Oficina de Protección Financiera del Consumidor
Por Samantha Delouya, CNN Google demandó este viernes a la Oficina de Protección Financiera del Consumidor (CFPB, por sus siglas en inglés),…
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NCAA Volleyball Tournament: UTEP falls to #8 Oklahoma in five sets
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania – The UTEP Miners pressed hard, but couldn’t overcome the 8th ranked Oklahoma Sooners in a five set showdown. Sooners took…
Continue Reading Michigan high school choir belts out holiday tunes from a towering Christmas tree
Associated Press MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan high school choir performs its annual holiday concert not near a Christmas tree, but rather in…
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Bryson for Heisman? Army coach thinks QB Daily deserves to be considered
AP Sports Writer WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Bryson Daily was the American Athletic Conference’s offensive player of the year, then the MVP of…
Continue Reading Pope creates 21 cardinals, many of them reformers in their own right, to carry out his reform plans
Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday installed 21 new cardinals, many of whom are key figures in his reform agenda: A Dominican…
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How Texas is spending federal infrastructure dollars
Truck Parking Club used White House data to analyze how Texas is spending federal infrastructure dollars to invest in its communities.…
Continue Reading Golden Knights ride power play to 3-2 win over Stars in Mark Stone’s return from injury
AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas scored two power-play goals in captain Mark Stone’s return from injury, and the Golden Knights got…
Continue Reading Una adolescente estadounidense envió una carta al azar y comenzó una amistad improbable
Por Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Leonor Drago creció en un pequeño pueblo del Alentejo portugués en la década de 1970 y, cuando veía los aviones…
Continue Reading Days after gunman killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, police push to ID him and FBI offers reward
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer likely left New York City on a bus soon after the…
Continue Reading UnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooting opens a door for many to vent frustrations over insurance
AP Health Writers For years, patients in the U.S. health care system have grown frustrated with a bureaucracy they don’t understand. Doctors are…
Continue Reading Election Day has long passed. In some states, legislatures are working to undermine the results
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in some parts of the country are discovering that having their say at the ballot box is not necessarily…
Continue Reading Stolen ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ are auctioned for $28 million
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” and stolen from a…
Continue Reading 2 Pearl Harbor survivors, ages 104 and 102, return to Hawaii to honor those killed in 1941 attack
Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Ira “Ike” Schab, a 104-year-old Pearl Harbor attack survivor, was so determined to stand and…
Continue Reading Trump is welcomed by Macron to Paris with presidential pomp and joined by Zelenskyy for their talks
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full dose of presidential pomp as…
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Ghanaians go to the polls with the backdrop of the worst economic crisis in a generation
Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Voters in the west African nation of Ghana willl cast their ballots in a general election poised to be a…
Continue Reading The DNC chair candidates discuss Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and winning Latino voters
Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Four people are running to be the next Democratic National Committee chair, looking to take on the task…
Continue Reading Alone against a renewed insurgency, Assad may face the end of his rule without his strongest allies
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The last time Syrian President Bashar Assad was in serious trouble was 10 years ago. That was at the height of the…
Continue Reading What the Syrian rebellion could mean for the balance of power in the Middle East
By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Global stakeholders now have to reckon with the geopolitical impact of a rebel offensive led by an Islamist group…
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UTEP Volleyball fans gather to watch team’s first NCAA tournament appearance
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — More than one hundred UTEP Volleyball fans gathered at DeadBeach Brewery to cheer for the Lady Miners in their first-ever…
Continue Reading Kimani Hamilton scores 19, High Point defeats North Texas 76-71
HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) — Kimani Hamilton had 19 points in High Point’s 76-71 victory over North Texas on Friday night. Hamilton also…
Continue Reading Tony Toney, Yaxel Lendeborg help UAB defeat Prairie View A&M 95-66
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Tony Toney had 15 points and Yaxel Lendeborg posted a double-double to help UAB defeat Prairie View A&M 95-66 on Friday…
Continue Reading Hospital founded by Spanish conqueror persists 500 years later in Mexico’s capital
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Hospital de Jesus in Mexico City’s bustling historic center covers most of a city block. Its faded…
Continue Reading DeRozan, Sabonis help Kings rout Spurs 140-113, with Wembanyama sidelined by injury
Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points, Domantas Sabonis had 22 points and 16 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings rolled…
Continue Reading Bureau of Prisons agrees to court monitor, public acknowledgement of staff-on-inmate sexual abuse
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A legal settlement in the wake of rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse will force the federal Bureau of Prisons…
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