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Texans with PTSD or cancer can now use medical marijuana under new law

September 1, 2021 12:01 PM Dylan McKim

EL PASO, Texas — Starting Wednesday, more Texans will now be eligible for low-THC after a new law taking effect extends the state’s medicinal…

Borderland school districts in dire need of substitute teachers

September 1, 2021 11:03 AM Wil Herren

EL PASO, Texas — As students return to school after the pandemic, Borderland school districts find themselves low on substitute teachers. In a…

How Texas’ 6-week abortion ban will make accessing the procedure nearly impossible for some

September 1, 2021 4:02 PM CNN Newsource

Tierney Sneed, CNN Access to abortion was curtailed significantly in Texas on Wednesday, with the state’s extreme and novel ban on abortions at…

Japan opens Digital Agency to boost government technology

September 1, 2021 7:42 PM Associated Press

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is aiming to give a technological upgrade to government services and recordkeeping with the…

FDA calls meeting of its advisers to discuss Covid vaccine boosters

September 1, 2021 7:24 PM CNN Newsource

By Maggie Fox, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has called a meeting of its vaccine advisers for September 17 to discuss…

Trails where California family died closed to the public

September 1, 2021 6:54 PM Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal officials closed a portion of trails at a national forest in Northern California where a family and their dog…

Raiders GM Mike Mayock: ‘We need to be a playoff team’

September 1, 2021 6:33 PM Associated Press

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer There is no more time for excuses from the Las Vegas Raiders. After failing to post a winning record in three…

Podcast host Joe Rogan announces positive Covid-19 test

September 2, 2021 3:09 AM CNN

Joe Rogan announced he has tested positive for Covid-19 and that he took numerous medications to combat the virus, including the livestock drug…

El 70% de la población española ha recibido la vacunación completa contra el covid-19, según el Ministerio de Sanidad

September 1, 2021 6:09 PM CNN Newsource

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — España alcanzó este miércoles el objetivo del 70% de la población vacunada completamente m…

Fact check: republicanos difunden una falsa afirmación sobre la ejecución de un hombre por los talibanes desde un helicóptero

September 1, 2021 6:01 PM CNN Newsource

Alexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — Numerosos republicanos, entre ellos el senador Ted Cruz y el representante Dan Crenshaw de Texas,…

FTC orders company to quit surveillance app business

September 1, 2021 6:00 PM Associated Press

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission has for the first time banned a company making so-called stalkerware…

Imágenes satelitales muestran el antes y el después del destructivo paso del huracán Ida en Louisiana

September 1, 2021 5:57 PM CNN Newsource

Germán Padinger (CNN) — Hasta que un huracán como Ida finalmente pasa, es difícil saber qué tipo de daños se han producido. Solo varios…

ONG de Nicaragua llama a cuarentena voluntaria ante incremento de contagios de covid-19

September 1, 2021 5:50 PM CNN Newsource

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La organización no gubernamental Observatorio Ciudadano Covid-19 de Nicaragua llamó este…

California seeks gender neutral displays in large stores

September 1, 2021 5:45 PM Associated Press

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could soon force large department stores to display some child products in…

New Mexico health officials keep eye on hospitalizations

September 1, 2021 5:33 PM Associated Press

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico state health officials are keeping a wary watch over demands for hospital care as sustained delta variant…

Photos show black slick in water near Gulf oil rig after Ida

September 1, 2021 5:31 PM Associated Press

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and GERALD HERBERT Associated Press PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — Aerial survey imagery released by the National Oceanic and…

Aprueban ley para jubilar a jueces y fiscales a los 60 años en El Salvador

September 1, 2021 5:22 PM CNN Newsource

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador aprobó este martes la reforma a la Ley de la Carrera…

Man shot with slain off-duty New Orleans cop in Texas dies

September 1, 2021 5:17 PM Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say the friend of an off-duty New Orleans police officer who was fatally shot during a holdup on the patio of a…

Auto maker Stellantis will fill gap by buying a finance arm

September 1, 2021 5:08 PM Associated Press

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Stellantis, the car company that includes Chrysler and Fiat, is getting into the auto-finance business. Stellantis said…

Consejo Electoral de Nicaragua publica lista preliminar de candidatos a la elección de noviembre

September 1, 2021 4:48 PM CNN Newsource

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Consejo Supremo Electoral de Nicaragua publicó este miércoles en La Gaceta, diario oficial,…

New Mexico officials warn of severe weather, flooding

September 1, 2021 4:38 PM Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Emergency management officials have issued a severe weather warning as forecasters report widespread rain across western…

Reddit takes action against groups spreading Covid misinformation

September 1, 2021 4:34 PM CNN Newsource

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business After days of controversy over its decision not to crack down on misinformation about Covid-19, Reddit is somewhat…

Police: Florida man killed Texas Instagram influencer

September 1, 2021 4:32 PM Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say an Instagram influencer from Texas has been found dead in her apartment and the Florida man investigators believe…

QAnon event in Las Vegas loses Caesars Entertainment site

September 1, 2021 4:30 PM Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino giant Caesars Entertainment says a conference scheduled next month in Las Vegas by a group espousing the fringe QAnon…

Los remanentes de Ida no terminaron: reportan tornados en Maryland y Nueva Jersey, y podría seguir Nueva York

September 1, 2021 4:09 PM CNN Newsource

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los remanentes de Ida están empapando partes del norte de Atlántico medio y amenazan a la región con peligrosas…

Without Watson and Watt, little hope for Texans to improve

September 1, 2021 4:00 PM Associated Press

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Last season was a terrible one for the Houston Texans as they started 0-4 to cost coach Bill…

Husband of ‘Real Housewives’ star NeNe Leakes dies at 66

September 1, 2021 3:58 PM Associated Press

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gregg Leakes, the husband of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star NeNe…

1 dead in North Carolina’s 2nd school shooting this week

September 1, 2021 12:46 PM ABC News, Associated Press, CNN

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina — A high schooler has died after being shot Wednesday at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,…

Texas Senate ok’s spending $2B on border security over Blanco’s objection

September 1, 2021 3:41 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Wednesday sent legislation to Gov. Greg Abbott committing nearly $2 billion in additional funds for border…

Tornillo man arrested as driver in deadly hit & run case

August 30, 2021 11:22 AM Jim Parker

UPDATE, Sept. 1: TORNILLO, Texas – El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday they had arrested and jailed a man on $10,000 bond in a deadly…