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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday faced what one lawmaker said was more of a performance evaluation than a job interview as he seeks to secure his post as the top law enforcement official for the country. The tough questions came not just from Democrats, but also ...
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Análisis de Aaron Blake, CNN Una de las frases más célebres sobre la política es la del estadista alemán Otto von Bismarck, quien afirmó que es “el arte de lo posible”. Sin embargo, cuando se trata del horario de verano, quizá resulte más apropiada una versión del economista ...
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) -- Las Cruces Public Schools announced a new online school open to all of New Mexico Wednesday. The virtual school, Aspire Online School, serves grades kindergarten through 12th grade, according to a news release. LCPS said the online school complem...
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Katie Bo Lillis, Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — In twin hearings Wednesday, two nominees integral to executing President Donald Trump’s agenda worked to convince senators that they were up to the task: Todd Blanche for attorney g...
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Isolated storms will be likely again tonight. Some gusty winds in and around some of the storms. These storms will once again be likely later Thursday as well. Storms will be more widespread late Friday and the weekend. Could see some good rains in spots. Temperatures will con...
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A cockroach made an unexpected appearance during a live weather report during a Tuesday night newscast from Nexstar's KTLA, but the reporter at the center of the moment didn't let it derail her broadcast....
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By MJ Lee, Annie Grayer, Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — The House Oversight Committee has discussed with Jeffrey Epstein survivors the possibility of the women providing affidavits about longtime Epstein assistant Lesley Groff – coming on the heels of multiple survivors telling C...
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The Ysleta Independent School District shared a list of campuses giving free breakfast and lunch meals for the upcoming school year, which starts Aug. 3. Through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), nearly 90% of...
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — WestStar Bank named Yvonne Dorado Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer as part of an internal leadership realignment within the Accounting and Tax and Treasury division. In her new role, Dorado will oversee the bank's financial accounting and...
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By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance said in a podcast episode that aired Wednesday that the backlash to a UFC fighter’s false and offensive remark about former first lady Michelle Obama was “totally disproportionate” to the comment itself. Speaking on ...
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Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), the most vulnerable Senate Democrat up for reelection this year, took Jay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, to task over the administration's focus on debunked claims that the 2020 elections were fraudulent. In a te...
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will hold a severe weather briefing and press conference Wednesday afternoon, according to his office.
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National Hot Dog Day is upon us once again.
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By Zoe Sottile, Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — With growing cases of explosive diarrhea around the country, restaurants have had to make some changes. Street Beet, a vegan restaurant in Detroit, has been stripping the first layer of lettuce heads and double washing them. Around a...
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr said Wednesday California could drop its joint lawsuit against Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery if CNN is spun off as its own media entity. “There was a story that broke a couple weeks ago that s...
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Por Sandee LaMotte, CNN Los adultos mayores cognitivamente sanos con altos niveles en sangre de un biomarcador llamado p-tau217 tuvieron una probabilidad estimada un 38 % mayor de desarrollar signos tempranos de demencia en cinco años, halló un nuevo estudio. A lo largo de 10 a...
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Wednesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $150 million settlement of bankruptcy claims against 23andMe. He said the settlement will help resolve issues from a 2023 data breach that compromised 6.9 million customers' genetic data. 23andMe...
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By Rebecca Santana and Patrick Whittle / Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wants Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to keep pulling over vehicles, signaling his opposition Wednesday to plans announced just a day earlier to suspend most traffic stop...
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - Officials with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office say work is being done to restore normal water service at the Downtown El Paso County Detention Facility after a water main break and a subsequent equipment issue disrupted service. According to the sherif...
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The El Paso County Sheriff's Office said a water main break has been causing water service issues at the El Paso County Downtown Detention Facility since Tuesday. EPCSO said the water main has since been repaired, and the facility is dealing with a pre...
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Por Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español Texas y Maine son estadísticamente dispares, al menos en cuanto a población se refiere. Mientras que uno supera los 31 millones de habitantes, el otro apenas rebasa las 1,4 millones de personas. Sin embargo, a pesar de esta enorme diferencia, ...
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SOCORRO, Texas (KVIA) -- The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed a crash in Socorro Wednesday. It happened near North Loop Drive. Our ABC-7 photographer reported seeing a vehicle crashed into a canal near Bauman Road. Border Patrol, state troopers and Socorro police we...
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By Brian Stelter, Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Communications Commission is changing its rules so that local TV station owners can get much, much bigger. The looming vote, which is likely to be challenged in court, is a long-sought victory for media moguls who are ali...
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By Dr. Lourdes Asiain As a pediatrician and physician certified in obesity medicine, I care for children, adolescents and young adults living with obesity every day. One of the most frustrating aspects of my work is knowing that highly effective treatments exist, yet many fami...
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By Ellis Kim, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — The US House on Tuesday voted in strong bipartisan fashion to enact year-round Daylight Saving Time across the country. But the measure’s fate in the Senate remains far from certain. Senate Republican leaders have not said whether they ...
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- As much of South Texas has bared the brunt of torrential rainfall this week, a tornado also touched down in Northwest San Antonio Wednesday morning. Some El Pasoans in San Antonio told ABC-7 about experiencing the disaster first hand. Alexa Aguilar,...
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – A Segundo Barrio mural honoring Hispanic heritage has been painted over. The mural -- which stood on the side of a clothing store at 701 S El Paso St. -- disappeared three years after its creation. El Paso native Kelsey Kilcrease painted the mural. She ...
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ATLANTA (AP) — How does England coach Thomas Tuchel handle the pressure of a run to the semifinals of the World Cup? Simple. A bike, a parking lot and an ice cream. Tuchel said ahead of England’s World Cup semifinal against Lionel Messi's Argentina that he relaxes by reconnecting...
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 35-year-old woman was killed after being struck by a train in Las Cruces, according to the Las Cruces Police Department. Just before midnight on Tuesday, July 14, officers were dispatched to a railroad near Brown Road where a southbound BNSF train struck...
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By Kristen Holmes, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s closest aide, and FBI Director Kash Patel helped personally orchestrate a sprawling investigation last week at the White House aimed at determining who in the ...
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Por Gonzalo Jiménez, CNN en Español El cine mexicano se está quedando sin estrellas de la llamada “época del oro” de la década de 1950. Una de sus figuras más famosas, la actriz Elsa Aguirre, falleció este miércoles a los 95 años, según informó en X la Asociación Nacional de In...
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Jay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, faced sharp questions from Democratic senators Wednesday about Trump’s attempts to revive investigations into the 2020 election. Clayton’s confirmation is essential to reauthorizing the U.S.’s foreign s...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced a new effort to annually screen service members’ testosterone levels and offer testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), framing it as a way to keep troops on the “leading edge of lethality.” The screening, added as part of war ...
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by Priscilla Totiyapungprasert El Paso health officials have confirmed one case of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness caused by a parasite, this year. The report comes during a multi-state outbreak that has prompted the Federal Drug Administration to investigate contaminate...
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The right lane on Interstate 10 West near Vinton is shut down after a crash, according to a notification from the Texas Department of Transportation. TxDOT cameras at I-10 and Vinton show traffic backup in the area. Officials reported that clearing time is...
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By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Executives involved in the pending Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery deal expect that a judge will hit pause on the takeover plan in the coming days. Officially, it’s anyone’s guess what the court will do in response to a request by 12 state attor...
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The right lane on I-10 West at Travel Information Center closed after a crash, according to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Wednesday. According to TxDOT's map, the crash was confirmed at 10:08 a.m. (Courtesy: TxDOT) (Courtesy:...
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Former President Joe Biden will publish a memoir, “Promise Me, America,” which he says will touch upon everything from the economy to his decision to drop his bid for reelection....
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — How do you define glamour? Like the ever-elusive concept of personal style, glamour is often intangible, innate, even aura-based. It’s in the details: the socialite Lee Radziwill’s slouchy shawls and capes worn with a rock-hard blow-dry and enormous j...
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Por Ivana Kottasová, CNN El control de Rusia sobre su puerta de salida al mar Negro se está debilitando después de que una serie de ataques ucranianos obligara a Moscú a suspender el tráfico a través de la vía fluvial clave esta semana, limitando así la capacidad del Kremlin pa...
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Two US nonprofits have sued the Trump administration over sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court (ICC) — penalties that they say “violate Americans’ constitutional right to engage in Palestine-related” human rights advocacy. Democra...
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By Annie Grayer, Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Former Obama White House counsel Kathy Ruemmler said she regrets interacting with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and believes now it was a mistake, according to opening remarks she delivered to House comm...
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Por Danya Gainor y Annette Choi, CNN Tras el asesinato de Renee Good y Alex Pretti a manos de agentes federales de inmigración en enero, el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) emitió rápidamente comunicados defendiendo el uso de la fuerza letal, alegando que las víctimas i...
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A teenager killed in a California crash nearly five decades ago has finally been identified through forensic genetic genealogy, officials announced.
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A blood test may predict if apparently healthy older adults are likely to develop Alzheimer’s symptoms in the next five or 10 years, researchers reported....
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By Maria Santana, Anabella Gonzalez and Fernando Ramos, CNN (CNN) — A simple memorial of flowers and candles has gone up near the spot on a Maine street where Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero’s partner fell to her knees and his 3-year-old daughter cried after he was fatally shot b...
