The Texas House on Tuesday passed legislation that would allow election judges to carry a handgun in most polling places on Election Day and during the early voting period. HB 530, which passed on a vote of 94 to 51, would specifically allow an election judge with a gun license to have a handgun at
Continue ReadingVice President Kamala Harris cast her first tie-breaking vote related to a Biden administration nominee on the Senate floor Wednesday evening, voting to advance the nomination of Colin Kahl to be the Pentagon’s undersecretary for policy. The Senate deadlocked 50-50 on a straight party-line procedural vote to discharge Kahl’s nomination from the Armed Services Committee,
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Less than a quarter of the world’s big public companies are doing their part to address the climate crisis, according to new research highlighting the shortcomings of corporate climate pledges. In an analysis published on Thursday, sustainable finance firm Arabesque assigned companies in 14 of the world’s largest stock indexes a “temperature score” based on
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U.S. Border Patrol Yuma Sector encountered a 12-year-old boy and his sisters, ages 8 and 6, Wednesday afternoon whom had just crossed the border from Mexico hours earlier.
Continue ReadingThe lead Senate GOP negotiator over new policing legislation is floating a compromise on a major sticking point that has derailed past efforts to curb excessive force by law enforcement: civil lawsuit protections currently afforded to police officers. The issue of so-called qualified immunity has been a flashpoint in talks over legislation aimed at imposing
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Commentators weigh in on the guilty verdict against ex-Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd last May. Issac Bailey: I’m relieved, but still in pain I don’t begrudge others who burst into celebration at the sound of “guilty” guilty” “guilty” in the case of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who slowly
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Remember when we all thought we had to wash our vegetables to remove possible contamination from the novel coronavirus? A year ago, this was a hot topic of discussion; when asked by friends (and I frequently was asked by friends) how to both eat and live safely, I referred them to this well-done video that
Continue ReadingSenate Republicans on Wednesday declined to change their conference rules that ban their use of earmarks, an issue that divides the GOP conference and will be a test for how the party will operate over the next several months with Democrats in control of the US Senate. Not a single senator offered an amendment to
Continue ReadingSenior Biden administration officials this week will answer questions on how President Joe Biden plans to remake US climate policy in a globally broadcast CNN town hall, the network announced Monday. “CNN Town Hall: The Climate Crisis” will air Friday at 10 p.m. ET. It coincides with this week’s celebration of Earth Day and will
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(CNN) — De no haber sido por la reacción rápida de Darnella Frazier, es posible que Derek Chauvin todavía fuera agente de policía de Minneapolis. En cambio, Chauvin se encuentra tras las rejas, condenado por tres cargos de homicidio después de arrodillarse sobre el cuello de George Floyd durante más de 9 minutos. Ahora, la
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Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that a police reform bill is in the works, one of several police reform efforts underway nationwide in the wake of Tuesday’s conviction of a former Minneapolis Police officer in the murder of George Floyd. The bill is expected to be introduced “within the next few days,” DeWine
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Every year from January to mid-April, we experience a “meteor drought,” without a single shower for months. That all ends April 22 this year with the first show of the season: the annual Lyrid meteor shower. “These dazzling meteors are fast and bright, with a striking golden trail of dust streaking behind them,” CNN meteorologist
Continue ReadingOne day after two four-star military commanders told Congress they did not have problems with extremists in their ranks, the top adviser on the issue to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took a different view and stated plainly that he believes the opposite. “It would be remiss if we didn’t admit that there is a problem
Continue Reading It’s been a good time to go public for high profile unicorns lately. Coinbase, Roblox and Airbnb are just a few of the major private companies to make their Wall Street debuts in recent months. But transitioning from a startup to a publicly traded firm with more investors and increased scrutiny from Wall Street analysts
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Netflix is synonymous with streaming, but its competitors have a distinct advantage that threatens the streaming leader’s position at the top. Disney has Disney+, but it also has theme parks, plush Baby Yoda dolls, blockbuster Marvel movies and ESPN. Comcast, Amazon, ViacomCBS, CNN’s parent company WarnerMedia and Apple all have their own streaming services, too,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El expresidente del Consejo de Administración de Altos Hornos de México Alonso Ancira salió este lunes del reclusorio norte de Ciudad de México. La noticia la dio el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador en su conferencia de prensa diaria. El mandatario agregó que Ancira salió de prisión tras llegar a un acuerdo
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Investors have rendered their verdict on the European Super League: it’s dead. Stock market gains made by breakaway clubs Juventus and Manchester United have been erased after all six English clubs that had committed to the controversial project decided to pull out late on Tuesday, followed by three more teams on Wednesday. Shares in Juventus
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Mexicali, B.C. (T3).- El edificio de la Comisión Federal de Electricidad en Mexicali se mantuvo cerrada luego de los reclamos de altos costos de energía eléctrica que impone a los usuarios. El líder del Frente Cívico Mexicalense Sergio Tamai Quintero en protesta junto con sus seguidores atacaron al edificio a huevazos y tomatazos podridos, así
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The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Vanita Gupta to be associate attorney general in a narrow 51-49 vote after Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined with Democrats in support of President Joe Biden’s Justice Department nominee. Vice President Kamala Harris was on hand for a procedural vote Wednesday morning in case she was needed for a possible 50-50
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A sense of justice’s triumph echoed across the country shortly after a jury in Minneapolis convicted Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death. To some, however, that feeling was tempered by the simple fact that Floyd should have been alive today. The conviction of the former Minneapolis police officer quickly emerged as a complicated moment in
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