Month: January 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — The world won’t end if a dysfunctional Washington can’t find a way to pass a funding bill before this weekend. That’s the truth about a government “shutdown”: The government doesn’t shut down. It’s a crummy way to run a government, sure, but Social Security checks will still go out. Troops will remain

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office reports a drop in crime of 26 percent compared to 2016. The statistics come from the end-of-year Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). “We have to recognize UCR is not perfect because it only counts crimes that are reported to us,” El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles said. “What you try

Mireya Sanchez-Maes, a sophomore at Mayfield High School, was one of 41 students chosen nationwide for the 2018 National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Award for Aspirations in Computing. Sanchez-Maes will receive a cash prize along with an all expenses paid trip to the Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, North Carolina from March 9th to

Sun Metro fired the driver of the bus that flipped on its side and slid downhill after as it was being “re-cycled.” The wreck happened on the 4600 block of Stanton on December 26, 2017 at about 2:41 p.m. Sun Metro told ABC-7 the bus operator, 29-year-old Eric Villafuente, was having problems with his bus

Three students were recognized Monday morning at the annual NAACP MLK Breakfast held at Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces. The students were winners of the NAACP’s 2018 Essay and Poetry Contest. Senior Andrew Angel from Centennial High School won a $200 gift card and a plaque for first place in the essay and poetry contest.

Police need help in identifying the two men suspected of breaking into Walgreens stores in Las Cruces, Anthony, Texas and Deming early Wednesday morning. Las Cruces police were dispatched to an alarm at the Walgreens store at 3490 Northrise Dr. at around 2 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17. When police arrived at the scene, no suspects

California’s attorney general said Wednesday he is concerned about open-ended immigration sweeps at a time he and other state officials say the Trump administration should be concentrating on deporting dangerous felons. Attorney General Xavier Becerra said while it is the federal government’s responsibility to protect the nation’s borders, the goal should be public safety, not

El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies identified the man who died in a shooting involving a Border Patrol agent in Socorro as 33-year-old Juan Daniel Jacques. Sunday, U.S Border Patrol Spokesman Joe Romero confirmed with ABC-7 that the agent was involved in the deadly shooting, stating, “early Sunday morning, an El Paso Sector Border Patrol Agent

233 students who attend Central Elementary School in Las Cruces will be relocated to other schools Thursday and Friday after mold was found at the 68-year-old building, a district news release states. Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Greg Ewing ordered the entire school be cleaned immediately to ensure the health and safety of all

Three men have been charged with capital murder after investigators accused them of following a suburban Houston couple to their home in an upscale gated community, forcing them into their house at gunpoint, killing them, then ransacking their house. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says Aakiel Ricardo Kendrick, Khari Ty Kendrick and Erick Alfredo Peralta

Michael Wolff’s best-selling book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” will be adapted into a TV series, the Hollywood Reporter reports. The entertainment news outlet reports the company “Endeavor Content” bought the film and TV rights in a multi-million dollar deal. The company will now start looking for TV networks to sign onto

Investigators say a man facing eviction from a Dallas-area home for delinquent rent was found dead a day after being sought in the slaying of his landlady. Police in Irving on Wednesday announced investigators believe 50-year-old Mark Leonard Kincer killed the homeowner, traveled 350 miles to Monahans and then took his own life. An Irving

Police arrested a couple accused in the armed robbery of the 7-11 store on the 6500 block of Escondido in West El Paso. The robbery was reported January 16, 2018 at about 4:11 am, police said. Theodore Habib Ayoub, 21, allegedly entered the store with a shotgun and demanded money and cigarettes from the store

Lawmakers grilled executives Facebook, Google’s YouTube and Twitter on Wednesday about what the companies are doing to prevent terrorists from using their platforms to spread propaganda and recruit new followers. The Senate’s commerce, science and transportation committee hearing comes amid growing government scrutiny over misuse of social media platforms and questions about what the companies

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered U.S. immigration authorities to reconsider the case of a Mexican mother of four U.S.-born children who was deported last year while claiming she was threatened by a Mexican drug cartel. A three-judge panel of the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Maribel Trujillo

The City of Las Cruces has adopted a new system to evaluate how satisfied citizens are with their municipal government. “We’re asking the community what it is that they want to experience from us,” said Stuart Ed, the city’s manager. “What is it that they need from us in order to create that quality of

Search dogs led authorities to the grisly discovery of four clandestine graves containing at least 33 bodies in a sugarcane field in Mexico’s Pacific coast state of Nayarit and officials said Wednesday the killings were likely linked to the drug trade. The graves were found in the township of Xalisco, which has long been the

Award-winning and Latin superstar Pepe Aguilar, one of the most popular and endearing singers of ranchera, mariachi and regional Mexican music, will return to the El Paso County Coliseum with a musical showcase, featuring special guests and performances. The “Pepe Aguilar y Familia presentan Jaripeo Sin Fronteras” spectacular will take place at 8 p.m. Aug.

Tuesday night, the Socorro Independent School District Board voted to terminate Pebble Hills High School teacher Gerardo Saucedo. Police charged Saucedo with Improper Relationship between Educator and Student after officers on patrol allegedly caught Saucedo together with a student, in the backseat of a 2012 Dodge Charger. A criminal complaint obtained by ABC-7 states police

City officials could find no records that the fire department conducted required annual inspections at a California home that doubled as a private school where authorities say 13 malnourished siblings were kept captive in filthy conditions by their parents. In response to a public records request by The Associated Press, Perris Assistant City Clerk Judy

Elvis Presley not only ate in Waco during his years at Fort Hood, but he slept here, too, and the house where he did is now open for others to do the same. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports the children of Eddie Fadal, a Waco DJ and businessman who befriended Presley when the rock ‘n’ roll

Amid uncertainty over protections for young immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, a scholarship group that recently collected its biggest donation yet from Amazon chief Jeff Bezos said it is exploring ways to help students if they are deported. The Dream.US foundation, which received $33 million from Bezos on Friday, said it hopes it will

Former “Jersey Shore” reality TV star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino wrote to a judge that he will plead guilty this week to federal tax charges, apparently ending a more than three-year legal odyssey. In the letter filed to the court on Wednesday, Sorrentino’s attorneys said he and his brother, Marc, plan to plead guilty on

Police in Rhode Island say two people unbolted an $80,000 camera used to catch speeding drivers, strapped it to the bed of a truck and drove away three days after it was installed. WPRI-TV reports a representative from Conduent Solutions told Providence police Monday that one of their cameras was missing. The camera takes photos

A thin layer of snow and ice across the South closed runways, highways, schools and government offices and sent cars sliding off roads Wednesday, while a blast of cold air broke records as far south as the Gulf Coast. At least five deaths were blamed on the weather. Icicles hung from a statue of jazz

A domestic battery charge against an actress on the former hit show “Glee” has been dismissed in West Virginia. WCHS-TV reports that the case against 30-year-old Naya Rivera ended after her husband decided not to seek prosecution. An order was filed Friday in Kanawha County Magistrate Court. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said Rivera was

President Donald Trump’s use of the terms “fake news” and “enemy of the people” is “shameful” and reminiscent of words infamously used by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin to describe his enemies, Republican Sen. Jeff Flake said Wednesday. In a speech on the Senate floor, Flake, of Arizona, called Trump’s repeated attacks on the media “repulsive”

TxDOT officials said the department’s free towing program is expected to resume Thursday. The program will also be expanded, officials said. TxDOT launched the initiative back in October. Tow trucks were on stand-by on I-10 from Cotton to Thorn during peak rush hours: 6-9 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. The contract ended on Jan. 12. Officials

President Donald Trump relentlessly congratulates himself for the healthy state of the U.S. economy, with its steady growth, low unemployment, busier factories and confident consumers. But in the year since Trump’s inauguration, most analysts tend to agree on this: The economy remains essentially the same sturdy one he inherited from Barack Obama. Growth has picked

A judge has awarded $1 million to a Detroit man who spent 25 years in prison before proving that his mother’s gun wasn’t the murder weapon. Desmond Ricks is benefiting from a Michigan law that compensates people who are wrongly convicted. Tests last year showed that bullets recovered from the victim didn’t match the gun