New cleaning contract ok’d for El Paso airport as it struggles with staff shortages
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council approved a new contract with a large increase for cleaning services at the airport to help with staff…
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Avenatti likely to testify at trial over Stormy Daniels deal
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Michael Avenatti say there is a strong likelihood that the once high-flying…
Continue Reading 100 California homes evacuated after fuel tanker overturns
FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — About 100 homes have been evacuated in the San Francisco Bay Area after a fuel tanker overturned and leaked gasoline. Photos…
Continue Reading South African minister objects to sale of Mandela’s cell key
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African Cabinet minister is urging the cancellation of an upcoming U.S. auction of a…
Continue Reading Russia doubled purchases of gas from Turkmenistan in 2021
By ALEXANDER VERSHININ Associated Press ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Russia has doubled the purchases of natural gas from Turkmenistan this year…
Continue Reading Rudolfo Anaya weaved bilingual holiday tale for children
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An author known as the father of Chicano literature has left behind a bilingual children’s…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What next as high court wades into COVID mandate?
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 7 on whether the Biden administration can…
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The workers who feed America are exhausted. Now they face Omicron
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Editor’s note: A previous version of this report said Fight for $15 advocate Deatric Edie was currently a…
Continue Reading EU to assess Cyprus’ opening up of power generation sector
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ move to open up its power generation market and boost the share of renewable sources in its energy mix will face…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What COVID-19 therapies are available in US?
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Two antiviral pills are the latest additions to the handful of therapies to treat COVID-19 in…
Continue Reading US to lift omicron-linked travel ban on southern Africa
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries that it imposed to…
Continue Reading Turkey freezes assets of 770 people for alleged terror links
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has frozen the assets of 770 Turkish nationals and a Chicago-based foundation it accuses of having links to terror groups. A…
Continue Reading Russian court slaps Google, Meta with massive fines
By ULIANA PAVLOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has fined Google nearly $100 million and Facebook’s parent company Meta $27…
Continue Reading Airlines cancel flights due to COVID staffing shortages
By DAVID McHUGH and TALI ARBEL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights as the omicron variant jumbled schedules…
Continue Reading Thailand’s Central retail group, Signa to buy Selfridges
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Central Group and Signa of Austria have confirmed plans to buy luxury British department store chain Selfridges.…
Continue Reading Protesters storm Guadeloupe legislature over vaccine rules
PARIS (AP) — Protesters angry over virus and vaccine rules have occupied Guadeloupe’s regional legislature because of stalled negotiations over…
Continue Reading Japan Cabinet OKs record defense budget amid Taiwan concerns
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet has approved a record 5.4 trillion yen ($47 billion) defense budget for fiscal…
Continue Reading China denounces US law on Xinjiang imports
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government has denounced a U.S. law that restricts imports from Xinjiang as a violation of international law and…
Continue Reading Omicron is latest blow to pandemic-weary front-line workers
By PHILIP MARCELO, ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The surge in coronavirus cases driven by the new…
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How long it takes 50 common items to decompose
Stacker looks at how long it takes for the things people throw away to decompose. From a few days to millions of years, find out the decomposition…
Continue Reading COVID-19 spike worsens Africa’s severe poverty, hunger woes
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — As 2021 comes to a close, many people in richer parts of the globe are fretting over the…
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Highest-paying jobs in El Paso for high school graduates
Stacker ranked the 50 highest-paying jobs for high school graduates in El Paso using annual compensation data from the…
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Stocks mixed across global markets in quiet holiday trading
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks were mixed in quiet trading on Friday, with many markets closed or ending early in…
Continue Reading Stocks mixed across global markets in quiet holiday trading
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks were mixed in quiet trading on Friday, with many markets closed or ending early in…
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Relief fund set up for Tony’s Burrito House employees after devastating east El Paso fire
EL PASO, Texas — Days after a devastating fire at Tony’s Burrito House, a relative of the family that owns the business is now organizing a…
Continue Reading Thousands of flights canceled on Christmas weekend
By Pete Muntean, CNN Business Major US airlines canceled hundreds more flights Sunday, the third day in a row of mass cancellations and delays over…
Continue Reading Jury in Elizabeth Holmes trial concludes first week of deliberations without a verdict
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes’ fate in her criminal fraud trial will not be decided before Christmas as the jury…
Continue Reading LA police kill teen girl while firing shots at male suspect
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have fatally shot a 14-year-old girl who was inside a clothing store…
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El Paso OnlyFans creators say they find money and discrimination in their work
by Brandy Ruiz, El Paso Matters EL PASO, Texas — Jackie, a mother from El Paso, created an account two years ago on OnlyFans, a subscription-based…
Continue Reading Biden signs bills on forced labor in China, ALS research
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law to block imports from China’s…
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