U.S. marks 20 years since 9/11, in shadow of Afghan war’s end
NEW YORK, NY — Americans solemnly marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday, remembering the dead, invoking the heroes and taking stock of…
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Leader and founder of Peruvian Shining Path rebel group dies in prison
By Abel Alvarado and Claudia Rebaza, CNN Abimael Guzman, the founder of the Peruvian rebel group Shining Path, known as ‘Sendero…
Continue Reading How a NASA astronaut fulfilled this 9/11 victim’s space dream
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Today is one for remembrance and holding your loved ones a little tighter. There’s no way around it. September 11…
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WATCH: El Paso firefighters hold 9/11 memorial ceremony
EL PASO, Texas —Twenty years ago Saturday, the U.S. suffered the single deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in history. Among the dead…
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Divided over talks with Spain, Catalonia’s separatists rally
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Catalans have rallied for independence from the rest of Spain in…
Continue Reading Evangelical Lutheran church installs 1st transgender bishop
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed its first openly transgender bishop in a service held in San…
Continue Reading Serbs protest against lithium mining, other eco problems
By DARKO VOJINOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Several thousand people in Serbia have attended a protest demanding a ban on planned…
Continue Reading Israeli police recapture four of six escaped Palestinian prisoners
By Amir Tal, Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman and Andrew Carey, CNN Israeli police say four of the six men who escaped from a prison in Northern Israel…
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Volunteers clean headstones at Fort Bliss cemetery to coincide with 9/11 anniversary
FORT BLISS, Texas — The headstones at the 80-year-old Fort Bliss cemetery were given a cleaning to coincide with the Sept. 11 anniversary. ‘Carry…
Continue Reading Merkel calls migrant push at EU’s border ‘unacceptable’
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she finds it unacceptable that refugees are being used…
Continue Reading NYPD intelligence strategies employed after 9/11 are now used to fight everyday crime
As the world marks 20 years since 9/11, Christiane Amanpour looks back at that fateful day, the lessons from the ‘War on Terror’ and her reporting in…
Continue Reading NYPD intelligence strategies employed after 9/11 are now used to fight everyday crime
By Mark Morales, CNN In the aftermath of 9/11, New York City law enforcement officials developed a strategy designed to gain intelligence and develop…
Continue Reading Minuto a minuto: 20 años del 11 de septiembre de 2001
Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights…
Continue Reading Polish medical workers march for better pay, conditions
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Large numbers of doctors, nurses and other medical workers are marching in Warsaw to demand higher wages and an improvement…
Continue Reading White House, Democrats tangle over Biden bid to raise taxes
By JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t focus on the bottom line. That’s President Joe Biden’s…
Continue Reading Crowded stadiums, pandemic create combustible mix this fall
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Health experts say this fall’s crowded college and professional football stadiums could create ripe conditions for…
Continue Reading A man on trial in North Carolina who was shot during a courtroom scuffle has died, officials say
By Alta Spells and Rebekah Riess, CNN A man who was shot by a police officer after allegedly trying to take a bailiff’s weapon inside a North…
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From COVID to Ida: Louisiana’s marginalized ‘see no way out’
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press CHALMETTE, La. (AP) — Some of the hardest-hit victims left in deadly Hurricane Ida’s wake are Louisiana…
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Speeding sports car driver unhurt after crash, jump over west El Paso brick wall
EL PASO, Texas — A motorist believed to be speeding was fortunate to walk away unscathed after his sports car crashed into and then powered over a…
Continue Reading The Latest: Taliban flag flies at Afghan presidential palace
By The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban official said that the group raised their flag over the Afghan presidential palace in a…
Continue Reading 9 tropes about Muslims that are a product of Islamophobia
By Mirna Alsharif, CNN There are nearly 2 billion Muslims in the world, and the religious group continues to grow rapidly. Yet Islam continues to be…
Continue Reading Cuba, Israel and Phu Quoc announce reopening plans
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Fall is almost here, we’re approaching our seventh season of living with a pandemic, and yes, it still sucks.…
Continue Reading Merkel calls migrant push at EU’s border ‘unacceptable’
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she finds it unacceptable that refugees are being used…
Continue Reading College football fans and traditions are back, even with Covid-19 still here
By Eric Levenson, CNN At Virginia Tech last Friday, the packed crowd bounced to “Enter Sandman.” At the University of Wisconsin the next…
Continue Reading College football fans and traditions are back, even with Covid-19 still here
Usree Bhattacharya, a professor at the University of Georgia who has a child with a rare medical disorder, pleads with the university’s board and…
Continue Reading Florida auto repair shop owner wins $1 million lottery on his first day of business
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN A Florida man’s dreams came true when he opened his own auto repair shop. But life got even sweeter when he won a $1…
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Boise State rolls to 54-13 win over UTEP
BOISE, Idaho — Boise State rolled to a 54-13 win over UTEP on Friday night as the Broncos’ Hank Bachmeier threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns,…
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Borderland Blitz week 3 scores & highlights
EL PASO, Texas – The final scores from week 3 of the high school football season are listed below. Canutillo 34 Chapin 13 Riverside 52 Ysleta 27…
Continue Reading For World Trade Center cook, surviving 9/11 led to activism
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sekou Siby was a cook and dishwasher at the World Trade Center’s Windows on the…
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Power restored for 2,300 in Socorro, San Elizario who lost service after car hit pole
SOCORRO, Texas — Over 2,300 El Paso Electric customers were without power in the Socorro and San Elizario areas at one point Friday night due to…
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