Month: January 2017

Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, a Democratic appointee, directed Justice Department attorneys not to defend President Donald Trump’s controversial executive refugee and immigration ban, declaring Monday that she was not convinced that the order was lawful. Her directive was likely to be temporary, given that Sen. Jeff Sessions, Trump’s pick for attorney general, will likely

The clock is ticking people who haven’t paid their property taxes yet hope to avoid paying a big penalty. Those who don’t pay by 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, will start to see the fees adding up. To make sure not you are not getting hit with extra fees, property taxes can be paid by

Former President Barack Obama praised protesters who amassed across the country in opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration orders, breaking his silence on political issues for the first time since leaving office. “The president fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion,” Obama’s spokesman, Kevin Lewis, said. In

Former President George H.W. Bush was released Monday from Houston Methodist Hospital where he received treatment for pneumonia for more than two weeks. Bush, 92, was experiencing breathing difficulties when he was admitted Jan. 14. During his treatment, which included a stay in intensive care, doctors inserted a breathing tube and connected him to a

A young girl revealed to her mental-health therapist that man who cared for her allegedly fondled her, Las Cruces police said The girl was 5 or 6 when 40-year-old Ramiro Ruiz allegedly touched her inappropriately in 2014 at his Las Cruces home. Ruiz, who lives in the 2300 block of Solar Way, was charged with

An online fund established to raise money for the rebuilding of a South Texas mosque destroyed by fire over the weekend has far exceeded its goal of $850,000. A GoFundMe page established on behalf of the Islamic Center of Victoria indicated Monday that about $870,000 has been raised in just two days. The page shows

Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Lt. Elizabeth Carter tells ABC-7 a train carrying butane tankers derailed in Culberson County at I-10, mile marker 178 Both East and West bound lanes of I-10 are closed. Authorities are establishing a perimeter 5-mile perimeter around the train accident to keeping traffic and people away. There are no

A crash on I-10 westbound and Copia brought traffic to a near stop on Monday. It was a multi vehicle crash that slowed traffic for morning commuters. Take Montana or Gateway Blvd as an Alternate route.

Start your day with Good Morning El Paso from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. We have the latest on a home fire in El Paso’s Segundo Barrio. And we’re following an attack on a mosque in Quebec and protests inside airports against Donald Trump’s travel ban. CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT ALL ON OUR LIVE

Here is a look at some of the road closures that could get in your way, be sure to plan ahead! OVERNIGHT CLOSURES: Jan 29-30 I-10 West left lane closed from Sunland Park to Mesa. I-10 East closure at Mesa, detour to Doniphan. Jan 22 – Feb 5 9pm-6am I-10 reduces to one lane at

A home caught fire in the Segundo Barrio Sunday night. It broke out just before 10:30 pm on the 1000 block of South Oregon. Firefighters say that’s when a passerby saw smoke and called 911. Emergency crews say the residents were able to evacuate in time, and no injuries were reported. The fire was out

El Paso crimes against persons is investigating a shooting that happened in a parking lot of a shopping center on 11335 Montwood drive in east El Paso. The shooting happened after midnight Sunday, police blocked off the scene for several hours. A spokesman for the El Paso police department told ABC-7 several off-duty officers were

Dozens of U.S. colleges are opposing President Donald Trump’s sweeping travel ban that has left some students and professors stranded abroad. The presidents of several universities on Sunday issued scathing attacks of Trump’s executive order halting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations. Many said it’s already disrupting research and academics for their scholars, while some suggested

We’re 29 days into 2017 and the new moon was yesterday, so that means we are officially in the new Chinese lunar year. The Chinese lunar year starts at the first new moon of the calendar year, but you don’t have to be Chinese to celebrate it, people from all over El Paso were invited

Lea County sheriff’s deputies have resumed functioning as a law enforcement entity after days of sitting idle. On Sunday afternoon, the Sheriff’s Office met with New Mexico State Police Chief Pete Kassetas and District Attorney Dianna Luce to swear in the members of the officers as New Mexico mounted patrol officers. This comes after the

Hundreds of families, who hadn’t seen each other in years, met on the US/Mexico border Saturday morning, just days after President Trump signed his executive order asking for the border wall to be built. From the US in blue and from Mexico in white, thousands of people had just three minutes to hug, kiss, and

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) – A Coast Guard crew has rescued a man and his three children after their boat began to sink about 10 miles off Galveston. The Coast Guard said in a statement that the father called 911 early Sunday morning when the boat became disabled and started taking on water. The family was

VICTORIA, Texas (AP) – A South Texas fire chief says investigators are continuing to sift through the debris of a mosque and that it remains too early to determine the cause of the fire that destroyed it. Victoria fire Chief Taner Drake says investigators returned to the mosque Sunday to continue gathering any evidence that

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has joined 15 other AGs in opposition to President Donald Trump’s travel ban barring citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations from entry into the U.S. A federal judge in New York issued an order Saturday temporarily blocking the government from deporting people with valid visas

DALLAS (AP) – Demonstrators have gathered again at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to protest President Donald Trump’s travel ban barring citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations from entry into the U.S. An estimated 200 people held signs and chanted “Let them go!” as they awaited word Sunday on what state representatives for the Council on

Texas state troopers tell ABC-7 that DPS received a report of a small plane crash around 1:30 Sunday morning . The aircraft crashed approximately 8 miles north of US highway 62/180 on Hueco Tanks Road in El Paso County. When troopers arrived at the scene they were able to determine the plane had crashed while

The crash happened around 10 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Copia Street and Hueco Avenue. El Paso police said 26-year old Alfonso Armendariz IV was speeding north on the 1200 block of Copia when he lost control of his motorcycle. Police said Armendariz was separated from his motorcycle and died at the scene. According

The New Mexico State Aggies simply do not know how to lose. Utah Valley nearly pulled the upset at home, but the Aggies overcame a seven-point halftime deficit to win their 18th game in a row, 74-69. The Wolverines held a one-point lead with just over a minute to play, but Ian Baker was able

UTEP entered the night as a 14-point underdog against Marshall and left with a dominant 23-point win. UTEP outscored the Thundering Herd by double digits in boths halves (10 in the first, 13 in the second) en route to a 91-68 victory. With the win the Miners are now 4-4 in C-USA play. Marshall had

About 280 residents living at the Chelsea Apartments, a public housing complex, are without hot water. “Tuesday night, two water boilers went down,” said Housing Authority spokesperson Javier Camacho. Replacement parts from California are needed to repair the heaters. “There’s no company in the city that makes those parts. We actually had to find a

A federal judge in New York has issued an emergency order temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly issued the order Saturday evening after lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union filed a court petition on behalf of people from seven

President Donald Trump says his halt to immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations and ban on refugees is being done in the name of national security. But it’s not clear that these measures will help prevent attacks on American soil, and they could wind up emboldening extremists who already view the U.S. as at war with

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – A 60-day quarantine is being imposed in four eastern New Mexico communities to restrict the movement of pecan trees in those communities in order to protect the pecan industry from an insect pest. The state Department of Agriculture says its quarantine bars movement of residential pecan trees within the city

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – The U.S. Energy Department expects the remaining corrective actions needed at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository to be completed early this year. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant resumed some operations at the end of December following a final inspection by a team of agency inspectors. They identified a total

VICTORIA, Texas (AP) – An early-morning fire Saturday destroyed a Texas mosque that was a target of hatred several years ago and experienced a burglary just a week ago. A clerk at a convenience store spotted smoke and flames billowing from the Islamic Center of Victoria at around 2 a.m. and called the fire department.