By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — On a summer day in 1996, Marc Klaas sat in a San Jose courtroom and clutched the hands of his family as a clerk read aloud the guilty verdict that would eventually place his 12-year-old daughter Polly’s killer on death row. When the man who had fatally strangled Po...
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Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa is familiar with issues that face K-12 school districts as a former president of the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees. She spent part of her campaign talking about her support for teachers and schools. Less known are her plans as...
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Prices increased slightly from September to October, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed Tuesday. The consumer price index (CPI) increased 0.4 percent from September to October. But the BLS was unable to provide data on where overall prices stood relative to...
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If you've been feeling under the weather but can't tell what it is, there might be a culprit — fall allergies. The wind and rain this season moves soil along with dust and allergens, and UMC El Paso says it's triggering people's allergies which of course can be irritating. That c...
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By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A court in England is expected to issue a ruling today on a law prohibiting gay sexual acts in Trinidad and Tobago that dates back over 100 years to the British colonial era in the twin-island Caribbean nation. The London-based Judicial Committee of t...
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A beautiful forecast is in store for your Tuesday. Expect calm winds, clear skies and comfortable conditions. This morning we woke to temps in the 40s-50s. By mid afternoon expect temps to reach 70 in El Paso and 67 in Las Cruces. Today will be dry with r...
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Sunlen Serfaty, Annie Grayer Los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes están exigiendo que el Departamento del Interior conserve los documentos relacionados con los proyectos de construcción del presidente Donald Trump en Washington. El pedido llega después de que denunciante...
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Por Annie Grayer y Fredreka Schouten, CNN Andrew Couch había depositado su boleta en el mismo centro de votación en las dos últimas elecciones. Pero cuando llegó a su colegio electoral el día de las elecciones, le dijeron que estaba registrado en un condado diferente en el que no...
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By Katie Dolan and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Voters in California have rejected a measure to impose a one-time 5% wealth tax on residents with a net worth of over $1 billion. Proposition 40 became one of the highest-profile and expensive fights over ballot measures this election ...
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By Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — It started as a dull ache in my right wrist. Maybe I’d been working out too hard at the gym. So, I stopped lifting weights with my right arm. Then the pain happened again. Had I carried too many heavy bags? Or tripped and fallen on my wrist? No,...
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Por Billy Stockwell y Issy Ronald, CNN Este martes se celebra en Abu Dhabi una nueva ronda de conversaciones de paz entre Estados Unidos, Ucrania y Rusia, en momentos en que la administración Trump renueva su iniciativa para poner fin al conflicto de casi cinco años incluso despu...
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KHOU By Associated Press Houston (AP) — The FBI is investigating a suspected homicide aboard a cruise ship that returned to port after departing from Texas, and a suspect is in custody, the agency said Monday. The FBI did not say whether any charges had been filed. The name of th...
