Month: March 2017

Police in Florida are investigating sexual battery allegations made by a woman against former NFL star Michael Irvin. Fort Lauderdale police confirmed Wednesday that the Hall of Fame receiver’s name was listed on a sexual battery incident report. The report says the alleged encounter involving Irvin took place at a Fort Lauderdale hotel on March

NEW YORK (AP) – Friday is National Crayon Day and Crayola says it will mark the occasion by retiring one of its colors. Crayola says the announcement revealing which color is getting retired will be live-streamed on Facebook on Friday morning. Crayola hasn’t yet revealed which crayon they will be saying goodbye to, but the

Two dogs named Baguira and Chihuahuitas were fundamental to guarantee the safety of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman during his stay at a Juarez prison, according to the Mexican television network Televisa. It reports that in the last two months of his stay, the two dogs would try the food that was served to the drug

Magician, illusionist and stunt artist David Blaine will come to El Paso on his first-ever North American tour. Blaine is scheduled to perform at the Plaza Theatre in El Paso on Friday, July 21, at 8 p.m. The 40-city tour kicks off in May and it includes shows throughout North America. Organizers said the tour

A passing upper disturbance will bring windy conditions and cooler temperatures, with a few rain showers Wednesday. Westerly winds will cause warmer dry weather Thursday and Friday. However, a deep low pressure system with a cold front will generate windy conditions again on Friday followed by cooler weather with a few rain and mountain snow

I-10 East Sunland Park ramp closed I-10 West road closed at Transmountain and Vinton. I-10 East two right lanes from Executive to Schuster Complete road closure of I-10 west at Copia overpass Ramp K (US 54 south to I-10 West) closed. Overnight El Paso Street Car closures (six weeks): 9 pm-5 am I-10 East and

UTEP freshman guard Chris Barnes announced via Twitter Monday that he will be transferring to another program. Barnes did not reveal what schools he has in mind as a transfer destination. Barnes posted the following note on Twitter Monday night: “I would like to thank all of the UTEP coach staff for giving me an

The New Mexico State softball team beat UTEP twice Tuesday evening to improve to 12-16 overall. NMSU won game one by a final of 8-4, then went on to crush the Miners 13-4 in the second game, which was shortened to five innings. The Miners are now a mere 8-23 on the season after the

Tuesday evening White House documents were submitted to Congress. The Trump administration is proposing $18 billion in budget cuts for a down payment on the southern border wall. The proposal would eliminate $1.2 billion in the National Health Institutes research grants. The goals National Health Institute are: -To foster discoveries that will protect and improve

This week a Maryland student’s mass shooting plot at her high school was stopped after her father tipped off police. It is part of a disturbing trend. An ABC news investigation found in the last 17 years there have been at least 79 thwarted school massacre plots. Just a few years ago Socorro ISD didn’t

A group of around 40 students filed into classrooms at Southwest University for their new nursing program. Jesus Casas, 44, was among the students. He said he’s a grandfather and an emergency medical technician. “It’s nice to kind of refocus myself and go for the career goals that I’ve wanted since 1990,” said Casas. After

The Texas Senate cleared a pair of bills Tuesday aimed at plugging “loopholes” in public records law that have left taxpayers in the dark about key details of some government contracts. Senate Bills 407 and 408 both breezed through the chamber and will head to the House. Filed by Sen. Kirk Watson, they push back

The Texas Senate cleared a pair of bills Tuesday aimed at plugging “loopholes” in public records law that have left taxpayers in the dark about key details of some government contracts. Senate Bills 407 and 408 both breezed through the chamber and will head to the House. Filed by Sen. Kirk Watson, they push back

Officials within Dona Ana County are stepping up efforts to prevent opioid related deaths. Numbers from the state show Dona Ana county ranks 4th out of 33 counties in New Mexico for the highest number of opiod related deaths. ABC-7 has learned the county received a federal grant, administered by the state, to address the

A handful of students at Andress High School attempted to protest the dress code on campus Tuesday morning. Students told ABC-7 they were asked not to hold a protest by Andress administrators and then told to go meet with the principal. “Basically we’re trying to start a protest against the dress code because we feel

Clients of the Rey Estrada Insurance Company tell ABC-7 it closed its doors and shut off its phones without warning. ABC-7 is looking into multiple complaints against the East El Paso company. Robert Sandoval, a long-time client, has a copy of a check from his bank showing that the $478 he paid to Rey Estrada

Police identified the teenager killed when the gun she was handling discharged a round. 16-year Gabriela Pitones was fatally wounded inside a home on the 400 block of Hardy. It happened at about 3:30 am Wednesday March 22, 2017. While the shooting death remains under investigation, police said last week a “preliminary investigation revealed the

President Donald Trump is proposing immediate budget cuts of $18 billion from programs like medical research, infrastructure and community grants so U.S. taxpayers, not Mexico, can cover the down payment on the border wall. The White House documents were submitted to Congress amid negotiations over a catchall spending bill that would avert a partial government

Gov. Susana Martinez says New Mexico is facing a crisis and soon will not be able to sign checks or pay contracts and that employee furloughs are possible. “New Mexico is on the path to a full-blown government shutdown — all because the Senate wasted 60 days debating pointless things like holiday songs about tamales

A mother says she and her special needs son were “treated like dogs” after her request for alternate screening at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport led an officer to closely pat down the boy. Jennifer Williamson videotaped Sunday’s search of her son, Aaron, who appears to cooperate. The Facebook video was viewed nearly 6 million times

Budget woes in Texas caused by a prolonged oil slump would be patched with cuts to higher education, kicking the can down the road on growing Medicaid and rebuffing priorities of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott under an austere spending bill passed unanimously Tuesday by the state Senate. Texas’ finances are not as bleak as other

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a Texas death row inmate who claims he should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled. The justices, by a 5-3 vote, reversed a Texas appeals court ruling that said inmate Bobby James Moore was not intellectually disabled. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in her majority opinion

A man who authorities had sought for decades in the death of a woman in Austin pleaded guilty Tuesday to murder and described himself as a “coward” for running so long. Robert Van Wisse, 52, entered his plea as part of an agreement reached earlier with prosecutors. He’ll be imprisoned for 30 years. Van Wisse

The Texas House has voted to require oil and gas firms to step up efforts to refrain from employing people in the country illegally. Tuesday’s 97-46 vote mandates that energy companies use E-verify, a program which lets employers check employees’ legal status. The rule was included in a larger bill regulating the Railroad Commission, which

The Texas House has voted to require oil and gas firms to step up efforts to refrain from employing people in the country illegally. Tuesday’s 97-46 vote mandates that energy companies use E-verify, a program which lets employers check employees’ legal status. The rule was included in a larger bill regulating the Railroad Commission, which

The American Civil Liberties Union plans to move a regional center on border rights to El Paso, Texas, from Las Cruces, New Mexico. The ACLU says it will move the regional office 46 miles south to El Paso in September to expand its presence and influence in the region and that it’ll keep a small

New Mexico State University is working to curb binge drinking among undergraduate students with a series of public service announcements. Beginning Tuesday, the television ads titled, Aggies Winning Choices, will run in New Mexico and southwestern Texas. The efforts are funded by the NCAA Choices grant to promote awareness, education and encourage smart decision-making to

A Las Cruces family is mourning the loss of a 3-year-old boy after a house fire early Sunday morning. The young boy who died on the city’s East Mesa is identified as Blayne Caballero. The young boy’s parents, 23-year-old Mark Caballero and his fiancee Helen Huckabay, 21, safely escaped the burning home with their 7-month-old