Month: January 2018

After allegations of sexual misconduct circulated on social media about James Franco, the actor told late-night host Stephen Colbert that the “the things I heard on Twitter are not accurate.” The allegations against Franco were prompted in part by Franco’s best actor in a comedy or musical win Sunday at the Golden Globes for his

President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at a federal judge who’s temporarily blocked him from ending protections for nearly 800,000 young immigrants. The Senate’s top Democrat said that despite the ruling, lawmakers and the White House must drive toward a bipartisan deal that would permanently shield them from deportation. The remarks by Trump and Senate

El Paso police officials have identified the man who was hit and killed by a car on Jan. 9 in West El Paso. Police were called to the 600 block of S. Mesa Hills Dr. around 6:30 p.m. According to police, Richard Appelgren, 80, was driving north on Mesa Hills when he hit something, possibly

The El Paso Fire Department will soon debut two brand new fire pumpers at two local fire stations. As part of the department’s vehicle replacement plan, officials evaluate which vehicles or apparatus need to be replaced. For the past year, the two pumpers were custom built and welded together in Appleton, Wisconsin at Pierce Manufacturing.

Toyota and Honda are recalling more than 1 million additional vehicles in the U.S. to replace defective and potentially deadly Takata air bag inflators. The new recalls come after Takata revealed that another 3.3 million inflators are defective. The latest recalls are part of the largest series of automotive recalls in U.S. history, with 19

A woman who is facing charges connected to the beating death of a man more than a year ago is now charged with assault in an unrelated case. Erlinda Lujan is one of nine people who’s been charged in the murder of Anthony Trejo. His mutilated body was found in the desert in Oct. 2016.

I-10 West closed at Executive I-10 East Sunland Park onramp closed I-10 West Schuster onramp closed I-10 West closed at Yarbrough Mesa closed at the I-10 overpass US-54 closed at Hondo Pass to Transmountain Mesa right lane closure from Osborne to South Desert

According to a new survey by Zagat restaurant guide, Americans are going out to eat for lunch and dinner 4.9 times each week. And out of all the cities surveyed, diners in Houston are going out to eat the most at a whopping 5.7 times a week. People in Dallas, Fort Worth, Miami, and Los

The El Paso Fire Department said crews were on the scene of a large fire at an apartment complex located on the 3700 block of Keltner Avenue. A spokesperson with the El Paso Fire Department said the fire happened around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Fire officials said no one was injured but several residents were displaced

Sunland Park residents and council members cheered as Julia Brown was chosen to be the city manager. Brown is no stranger to politics. She was hired as county manager by the Dona Ana County Board of Commissioners in 2013. In February 2014 she played a major role in shifting $1.4 million from the Sheriff’s Office

A federal judge on Tuesday night temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s decision to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation. U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted a request by California and other plaintiffs to prevent President Donald Trump from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program while their lawsuits play out in court.

UTEP guard Keith Frazier has returned to the team after a ten-day leave of absence to address an undisclosed personal matter. Frazier missed the team’s last three games, but is now expected to take the floor in UTEP’s next game Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Don Haskins Center against Florida Atlantic. He was leading

Max Grossman, the historian who sued the City of El Paso to stop the construction of the Multipurpose Performing Arts Center in the area known as “Duranguito” has offered the City an opportunity to mediation. The City has accepted. “We are willing to participate in mediation if it will save taxpayer funds related to legal

The City of El Paso is working to turn its animal shelter into a no-kill facility. The goal is to increase the live release rate to 90 percent by 2020. Officials believe they may hit that number sooner than expected. The live release rate indicates how many animals leave the shelter alive. In December, El

It can take dozens of emergency workers to rescue hikers stuck or lost in the Franklin Mountains and other recreational areas, especially at night. The El Paso Fire Department now has some high-tech help in the form of drones. Cities across the nation have found benefits from using the high-flying cameras. Fire Chief Mario D’Agostino

Some Chapin High School students tell ABC-7 they are concerned over a new policy that has limited their restroom time during class time. Under the new policy, a student will only be able to go to the restroom, during each class period, three times over a nine week period. For example, a student will only

A former patient of a Las Cruces neurologist told a jury that the doctor fondled him and asked if he was gay during office visits. “In a caressing, emotional manner, (he made) comments on how muscular my rear end is,” the former patient said. “I just (wanted) to get help from a man in a

Searching for a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown, President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that an immigration agreement could be reached in two phases – first by addressing young immigrants and border security with what he called a “bill of love,” then by making comprehensive changes that have long eluded Congress. Trump presided over

More than a dozen people were killed and homes were torn from their foundations Tuesday as downpours sent mud and boulders roaring down hills stripped of vegetation by a gigantic wildfire that raged in Southern California last month. Rescue crews used helicopters to lift people to safety because debris blocked roads, and firefighters slogged through

A jury has sentenced a former suburban Dallas police officer to 10 years in prison for the shooting death of a 16-year-old who had burglarized his SUV. Former Farmers Branch officer Ken Johnson received the sentence Tuesday from the same Dallas County jury that found him guilty of murder and aggravated assault last month. Evidence

At least three of the people recently killed in Juarez were from or lived in El Paso, according to El Diario de Juarez. On Thursday and Friday, 24 people were killed in parts of west and southeast Juarez. Among the dead, investigators said, are Eduardo Alvarado, 17-year-old Israel Perez Loera and Carlos Ernesto Alvarado Díaz.

Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office arrested four juveniles accused of throwing rocks at vehicles traveling on I-10 East back on Sunday, November 26, 2017. The juveniles, who are not being identified, have each been charged with 16 counts of Deadly Conduct. Deputies said the juveniles, all 14 years of age, were processed

Authorities say a North Carolina man has been charged with stealing his stepdaughter’s puppy and selling it to buy drugs. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office told local media outlets 41-year-old Christopher O’Neal Eakes was arrested Monday and charged with larceny of a dog. The 8-week-old Yorkshire terrier was reported stolen from a Dudley home on

A Louisiana teacher was removed from a school board meeting, forcibly handcuffed and jailed after questioning pay policies during a public comment period. The teacher’s union and the ACLU are investigating and two board members are complaining that the board treats women unfairly. A video posted by KATC-TV shows middle-school English teacher Deyshia Hargrave complying

Authorities say a New Jersey doctor running an illegal prescription drug ring with a motorcycle gang hired one of the members to kill his wife after she threatened to expose the scheme. Prosecutors announced murder charges against James Kauffman and a member of the Pagan Outlaw Motorcycle Gang on Tuesday in the May 2012 shooting

President Donald Trump is getting his first medical checkup since taking office, a head-to-toe exam on Friday as questions swirl about the health and fitness of the oldest person ever elected to the nation’s highest office. In advance, the 71-year-old president has pushed back vigorously against suggestions he’s mentally unfit, declaring himself “a very stable

Iowa State University’s unconstitutional crackdown on a pro-marijuana student group’s T-shirts will cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal costs, according to a partial settlement approved Tuesday. The State Appeal Board voted to pay $150,000 in damages to two leaders of the university chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana

The Supreme Court’s justices put themselves in the driver’s seat Tuesday, hearing arguments in two cases involving vehicle searches, but it was unclear what routes the justices will take to resolve the cases. One case involved Pennsylvania state troopers’ stop of a rental car driven by a man who wasn’t on the rental agreement. The

Correctional Officer Scott Jones kissed his wife goodbye on July 8, 2011, and headed off to a maximum-security prison in the remote high desert of northeastern California. He never came home. Jones’ body was found a day later, along with a note explaining why the 36-year-old took his own life: “The job made me do

Deputies arrested a Vado man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing a Penske rental truck rented by his former boss. Arnulfo Carrera-Ponce, 27, allegedly claimed that a local janitorial services company owed him $3,500 for unpaid traffic tickets he reportedly received while he was working there. According to court documents, Carrera-Ponce quit his job on