The studio behind “Rust” says the film will resume production this spring. Most of the original crew and creative team will return to finish the film after the cinematographer was killed in a shooting on the New Mexico set. The team is adding additional crew members who will be specifically responsible for safety. Matthew Hutchins,
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The winner of the historic $2 billion Powerball lottery has been revealed. The California lottery says Edwin Castro is the single ticket holder in Altadena, California who won November’s jackpot. The $2.04 billion prize Castro won is the largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history, it carries a cash value of $997.6 million. Castro declined to appear
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EL PASO, Texas— The Early College Academy in the Clint Independent School District was recognized as the top high school in the El Paso area. It also earned the Gold Ribbon from Children at Risk, a Texas research and advocacy non-profit organization. The organization analyzed public schools for the 2021-22 school year. In the high
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PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pennsylvania– Punxsutawney Phil has spoken, Six more weeks of winter await us. The beloved groundhog took his position for the 137th time in Gobblers Knob this morning. Members of Phil’s “inner circle” summoned the sleepy marmot from his tree stump on Groundhog Day to deliver the anxiously awaited prognostication. Thousands gather every year for
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Nine republican-led states wants a Texas court to block a federal rule protecting some immigrant children. Tuesday the states asked a federal judge to block DACA, which stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The Obama-era program protects nearly 600,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, a group often described as “Dreamers.” The
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The International Monetary Fund says global growth will drop from 3.4% last year to 2.9% in 2023. That’s up from a forecast of 2.7% in October. IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said recession risks had subsided and central banks are making progress in controlling inflation, but more work was needed to curb prices and new disruptions
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An apparent shortage of pharmacists is forcing CVS and Walmart to reduce the hours of its pharmacies, as they close earlier in thousands of locations. Beginning in March, Walmart, which has pharmacies in most of its 4,600 U.S. locations, will close them two hours earlier, at 7 pm. CVS will shift or cut hours at about 6,000
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The Centers for Disease control and Prevention (CDC) is making it easier to find a free Covid-19 testing site located near you. The agency launched the Covid-19 testing locator website this week. It is part of the CDC Increasing Community Access to Testing program. On their website, you can search for nearby location sites by
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Southwest Airlines is testing software fixes developed after its Christmas travel meltdown. The airline is choosing to upgrade its current crew scheduling software rather than replacing the entire system. The company decided to keep the underlying software system because it “generally worked as designed” even during the meltdown, CEO Bob Jordan said. The software’s shortcoming,
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EL PASO, Texas– Last year, Billie Eilish started her amazing ‘Happier Than Ever, The World Tour’. If you weren’t lucky enough to see the singer live, fans now have a chance to see her gig at The O2 Arena in cinemas, for one day only. According to the official website, the film includes: ‘A full-length concert performance
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Another amazing image captured from the James Webb Space Telescope. The James Webb Space Telescope peered inside a wispy molecular cloud located 630 light-years away and spied ices made of different elements. Molecular clouds are interstellar groupings of gas and dust where hydrogen and carbon monoxide molecules can form. Dense clumps within these clouds can
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SANTA FE, New Mexico– A decision on whether any charges will be filed in the 2021 fatal shooting on the New Mexico set of Alec Baldwin’s film “Rust” will be revealed today. Santa Fe First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies and special prosecutor Andrea Reeb will announce their decision at 9 a.m. in a written
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The crisis situation at the U.S. Border could lead to an ultra-rare impeachment of a Cabinet secretary. Articles of impeachment have already been introduced in the House against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The House Judiciary Committee, which would have jurisdiction over an impeachment resolution, is prepared to move ahead with formal proceedings if there
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Actor Jeremy Renner is home from the hospital after his snowplow accident. The Marvel star was injured on New Year’s Day while clearing snow from the driveway at his Nevada home. A 911 call log says Renner was “completely crushed under a large snowcat vehicle” and that he has “extreme difficulty breathing.” It goes on to
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Demand for a diabetes drug is on the rise and apparently hard to find. The diabetes drug Semaglutide, originally marketed under the name Ozempic, has been used to manage type 2 diabetes. Last year, the drug was approved by the FDA to be used for weight loss, under the name Wegovy. Now, the drug manufacturer
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SANTA FE, New Mexico– Authorities in New Mexico will announce by the end of the month whether any charges will be filed in the fatal shooting on the set of the movie “Rust.” Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot in October 2021 during a rehearsal for a scene for the movie, which was being filmed
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Friday the 13th might end up being someone’s lucky day. The Mega Millions Jackpot has reached an estimated $1.35 billion, the second-largest in the lottery’s history for the drawing set tonight. The last jackpot was won at $502 million on October 14, when there were two winning tickets from California and Florida, the Mega Millions said.
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EL PASO, Texas– Walmart invites borderland residents to start down the path of getting and staying – healthy at the first Walmart Wellness Day. It will be this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Customers can receive free glucose, cholesterol, BMI and blood pressure screenings. As well as affordable immunizations for COVID-19, flu, Tetanus, Hepatitis,
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EL PASO, Texas– The Federal Aviation Administration has just announced it has suffered an outage of its system that alerts pilots and crew to advisories and information for flights. This can affect operations nationwide. The FAA says they are working to fix the problem. US President Joe Biden has ordered a Department of Transportation (DOT)
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LORDSBURG, New Mexico– U.S. Customs and Border Protection say a Border Patrol Agent was shot in the chest multiple times while on duty Thursday. The agent, assigned to the Lordsburg, New Mexico was shot by an occupant of a suspected smuggling vehicle on New Mexico Highway 146. The agent was able to return fire as the suspect’s car
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Twitter is being sued by a landlord in California for breach of contract. According to a copy of the complaint filed last week in California Superior Court in San Francisco, Twitter missed a rent payment of $136,260 for its California office. That triggered a notice from the landlord on Dec. 16, giving Twitter five more
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EL PASO, Texas– Two Venezuelans were arrested after driving the wrong way ina stolen vehicle. According to El Paso Police, on Thursday December 29, while patrolling the area of Father Rahm near Sacred Heart Church a vehicle was driving the wrong way. The driver, 21-year-old Yorve Berroteran, and the passenger, 22-year-old Jeandid Isaac Melendez were pulled over.
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Thousands of Californians are starting the first week of 2023 without power and others are under evacuation orders, after a deadly storm hammered the state with historic rain, heavy snow and life-threatening flooding that shut down major highways. A deadly west coast storm system is now moving toward the east, with several other states bracing
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President Joe Biden capped a year of what he called “historic progress” by signing the Omnibus Funding Bill Thursday. The massive 1.7 trillion dollar legislation invests in medical research, disaster recovery, veteran’s health care and provides military assistance to Ukraine. Biden tweeted a picture signing the bill into law, adding, “looking forward to more in
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Texas says it has bused more than 16,000 migrants to northern cities this year. Governor Greg Abbott’s office released a year-end review of his program Thursday. Officials say the state started busing migrants to so-called sanctuary cities on April 13th. At first Washington D.C. was the only destination, but New York, Chicago and Philadelphia were eventually
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The House Committee investigating the January 6th capitol insurrection is withdrawing its subpoena of former President Donald Trump. Chairman Bennie Thompson wrote a letter to Trump’s attorney Wednesday explaining why. He said the committee can no longer pursue the information covered by the subpoena because the investigation is ending. Trump was subpoenaed in October for
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Banking giant JPMorgan Chase is under fire, accused of benefiting from sex trafficking by billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. It comes after an attorney in the U.S. Virgin Islands filed suit Tuesday saying the bank failed to report suspicious activity. According to the lawsuit human trafficking was the principal business of the accounts Epstein maintained at JPMorgan.
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Public health experts fear a surge in respiratory viruses following holiday gatherings and New Year’s Eve celebrations. They’re concerned about three viruses in particular: the Flu, Covid-19, and Respiratory Syncytial virus, or RSV. Holiday gatherings provide extra opportunities for these illnesses to spread, and cases did surge after Thanksgiving. Another factor is the wave of
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Southwest Airline’s CEO is apologizing for the travel mess and the Transportation Department vows to hold the airline accountable. More than 90% of Wednesday’s US flight cancellations were Southwest flights, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. Southwest canceled more than 2,500 flights. The next highest: SkyWest, with 77. Southwest Airline’s CEO Bob Jordan says more delays are likely
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EL PASO, Texas– The Texas National Guard installed more than 2 miles of fencing since the first feet of border fencing went up in the city last week. That’s according to a Texas National Guard Spokesperson, who said Monday that more fencing is expected to be installed. As of Monday, approximately 22,000 migrants were sleeping in
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