Exclusive: Intel agencies scour reams of genetic data from Wuhan lab in Covid origins hunt
Every day this week, a different state, county, city, or school district announced a decision on masks…
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StormTRACK Weather: Limited storms Thursday, temps heat up this weekend
Good Morning, I hope you are enjoying your Thursday so far. If you’re a fan of the triple-digit heat you’re in for a treat. The forecast will be…
Continue ReadingTHE GREAT DEBATE: MASK MANDATES (4 AM ET)
Every day this week, a different state, county, city, or school district announced a decision on masks…
Continue ReadingSome states banning mask mandates in schools also have fewest teens vaccinated
By Jacqueline Howard and Deidre McPhillips, CNN As kids head back to school this month, vaccination rates among adolescents tend to be lower in…
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EPISD offering new early college program for high school students
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Independent School District welcomed back more than 50,000 students this week. The district is starting the school…
Continue ReadingCNN gets exclusive look inside Simone Biles’ ‘secret gym’ in Tokyo
Simone Biles has publicly thanked the gym an hour outside of Tokyo where she was able to step away from the public eye and train privately to get…
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Unemployed single mom: The economy is not booming for everybody
CNN’s Vanessa Yurkevich speaks with a Louisiana woman struggling to find a job that pays enough to support her…
Continue ReadingArkansas judge temporarily blocks state law banning mask mandates in schools
In a press conference on his YouTube channel, Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) said he regretted banning mask…
Continue ReadingSimone Biles: CNN exclusively goes inside US superstar’s ‘secret gym’ in Tokyo
Simone Biles has publicly thanked the gym an hour outside of Tokyo where she was able to step away from the public eye and train privately to get…
Continue ReadingNintendo Switch sales slump as pandemic hot streak fizzles out
A trio of new video games feature cats, mouse robots and living spaghetti in their game play. Yes, really. Rick Damigella…
Continue Reading‘Justice for India’s daughter’: Protests erupt over alleged rape and murder of 9-year-old
Protests are continuing over the alleged gang rape, murder and forced cremation of a 9-year-old girl in New Delhi, India. CNN’s Vedika Sud…
Continue ReadingDallas firefighter allegedly faked his family’s Covid-19 diagnoses and took paid leave to go to a resort
Dallas Police said William Jordan Carter, 38, is charged with felony…
Continue Reading Bill Gates opens up to Anderson Cooper about his divorce
CNN’s Anderson Cooper talks to Bill Gates about his divorce from former wife Melinda French Gates after 27 years, and asks Gates about his friendship…
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Locomotive FC shutout San Antonio FC, 2-0
(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – Locomotive FC (10-1-4, 34 points) picked up three points at Southwest University Park with a 2-0…
Continue ReadingThis Arkansas hospital is so short on nurses in this newest Covid-19 surge, it’s offering a $25,000 signing bonus
CNN’s Martin Savidge speaks with Arkansas health care workers and administrators about the strain they’re under as the state faces rising…
Continue ReadingRepublicans vying to replace Newsom in California recall attack his handling of Covid-19 in debate
John Cox, Kevin Faulconer, Kevin Kiley and Doug Ose – made early moves to distinguish themselves from their rivals while heaping criticism on…
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Packers star Aaron Jones plans to open El Paso sports bar
EL PASO, Texas — Green Bay Packers star running back Aaron Jones is planning to open a sports bar in El Paso. The El Paso native and former UTEP…
Continue ReadingArkansas GOP governor says he regrets ban on mask mandates as Covid-19 cases surge
In a press conference on his YouTube channel, Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) said he regretted banning mask…
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Delta variant wave wiping out Texas’ pandemic progress
AUSTIN, Texas — The rates of new Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are showing steeper increases than past surges, state health officials…
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Herrell co-sponsors bill that could strip universities of federal funds if they mandate vaccines
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Southern New Mexico Republican Congresswoman Yvette Herrell has signed her name to a bill that could end some federal…
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11 migrants dead, 20 hurt as van flips over in Rio Grande Valley
ENCINO, Texas — Eleven people were dead and roughly 20 others injured when an overloaded van carrying migrants crashed and flipped over in the Rio…
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High sales tax revenue during pandemic surprises El Paso leaders
(Editor’s note: This story was produced with the support of the Puente News Collaborative, a bi-national partnership of news organizations…
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El Paso mayor, county judge urge Abbott to allow schools to mandate masks
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser and County Judge Ricardo Samaniego sent a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday, imploring him…
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Former UTEP nat’l champ Emmanuel Korir wins Olympic gold in 800 meter race
TOKYO, Japan — Former UTEP sprinter and college national champion Emmanuel Korir took home the gold medal in the 800 meters race Wednesday morning…
Continue ReadingBoston Mayor compared vaccine policy to slavery-era freedom papers and birtherism
After New York City announced people will need proof of Covid-19 vaccination to enter some indoor facilities, acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey likened…
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El Paso to host U.S., Mexico tourism industry convention
EL PASO, Texas — Mayor Oscar Leeser and County Judge Ricardo Samaniego held a joint press conference at City Hall on Wednesday morning to announce…
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Motorcyclist hurt seriously in crash with truck on Doniphan Drive in Vinton
VINTON, Texas — A motorcyclist was seriously injured after his bike collided with a truck along a stretch of Doniphan Drive in Vinton late Wednesday…
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ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather: Hot conditions and no rain ahead!
Hello all! I’m filling in for Dave today. It is still hot outside right now, and we aren’t going to be getting much cooler any time soon. The week…
Continue ReadingBelarusian dissidents fear the regime will put them into detention camps. It may have already built one
CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports on a recently renovated possible prison camp in Belarus for dissenters against President Alexander…
Continue ReadingStudents and parents welcome school — with or without masks — in Georgia
On the first day of school at the Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy some students and staff are wearing masks and some not, and no one seems worried.…
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