Month: May 2018

Los Temerarios are bringing their international tour to the Borderland. The Mexican band is scheduled to perform at the Plaza Theater on Saturday, October 13, 2018. The ticket pre-sale is already underway on Ticketmaster. CLICK HERE for more information. Ticket prices range from $49 to $119. The band, formed in 1978 by brothers Adolfo Angel

Many pension funds for public workers already owe far more in retirement benefits than they have in the bank, and the problem will only grow worse if the economy slows down, according to a report released Thursday. The study from The Pew Charitable Trusts found that the New Jersey and Kentucky funds are in such

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lupe Valdez owes $12,000-plus in overdue property taxes on seven properties, a previously unreported shortfall that could prove embarrassing as she tries to unseat Republican Greg Abbott in November. The Houston Chronicle reports that Valdez’s campaign acknowledges that she owes back property taxes, but is paying them back in installments. The full

A Southern California jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $25 million to a woman who claimed in a lawsuit that she developed cancer by using the company’s talc-based baby powder. Jurors on Thursday awarded $4 million in punitive damages after finding that Johnson & Johnson acted with “malice, oppression or fraud.”

President Donald Trump on Thursday inducted a new member into “the world’s most exclusive club of heroes” by awarding a Medal of Honor to a Navy SEAL who led a daring assault and rescue mission on a snowy Afghanistan mountaintop in 2002. Trump presented the nation’s most prestigious honor for selflessness on the battlefield to

After glitches during statewide standardized testing, Texas is excusing students affected from some passing requirements and fining the firm that administers the exams. Last month, 41,702 students were booted for about 20 minutes from the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness, or STAAR exam. Then, earlier this month, 29,307 students taking it were affected

In a forceful rebuke to President Donald Trump and other Washington Republicans, former Vice President Joe Biden told fellow Democrats in New York on Thursday that the GOP has abandoned traditional American values in the name of “phony populism” and “fake nationalism.” Speaking at the party’s New York state convention on Long Island, Biden urged

A 35-year-old Houston man linked to more than 20 rapes over several years has been convicted of seven rapes and has agreed to seven life prison sentences. A Harris County jury convicted Marquis Tate of an attack in 2015. As the trial’s punishment phase was about to begin Wednesday, prosecutors say he pleaded guilty to

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a measure that loosens key restraints for banks imposed after the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession. Savoring the legislative triumph, he called it “the next step in America’s unprecedented economic comeback.” The Republican-crafted bill passed Congress on Tuesday with the help of some Democratic votes and

The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office says it will review a drunken-driving case involving state Rep. Monica Youngblood to see whether the 41-year-old Albuquerque Republican inappropriately tried to use her legislative position to influence police. Youngblood was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of aggravated DWI at an Albuquerque checkpoint where she complied with a field

One airman said he felt paranoia. Another marveled at the vibrant colors. A third admitted, “I absolutely just loved altering my mind.” Meet service members entrusted with guarding nuclear missiles that are among the most powerful in America’s arsenal. Air Force records obtained by The Associated Press show they bought, distributed and used the hallucinogen

President Donald Trump on Thursday granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing’s first black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson’s name more than 100 years after what many see as his racially-charged conviction. “It’s my honor to do it. It’s about time,” Trump said during an Oval Office ceremony, where he was joined by boxer Lennox

A Chamberino, N.M., man was arrested after a girl said that he had sexually assaulted her on two occasions, the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Department reported. Jacob Terrones, 22, faces nine counts of criminal sexual penetration of a child who is younger than 16 years old and three counts of criminal sexual contact with a

A South Texas sheriff says the discovery of 86 immigrants in the back of a tractor-trailer represents one of the largest cases of human trafficking he’s encountered in more than 30 years. Willacy County Sheriff Larry Spence told The Monitor newspaper Wednesday that some inside the trailer punched a hole in the roof to escape

RIO BRAVO, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Border Patrol says an agent was trying to detain some people whom he suspected had entered the country illegally when they attacked him and he shot and killed one of them. EDITOR’S NOTE: In a Facebook live video, a witness named Martha Martinez accused the agents of shooting

The El Paso Children’s Hospital’s oncology department is trying to help young patients deal with their illnesses with a new therapeutic arts program. The program is also a way for the young patients to add more excitement to their daily hospital routine. “I like it that we get to do different things every day,” said

A man already in jail on sexual assault charges was rebooked into the El Paso County Detention Facility charged on child porn charges. Police said Ricky Edmondson, 29, is now facing three counts of Possession of Child Pornography. He was re-booked Wednesday morning on bonds totaling $225,000. After Edmondson’s initial arrest, detectives with the Internet

He’s a surfer, backpacker and historic preservationist. To his opponent’s, however, Max Grossman is single-handedly standing in the way of thousands of voters who authorized the City of El Paso to build a multi-purpose arena and it’s costing taxpayers hundreds of thousand dollars in legal fees. Everyone agrees Grossman has been relentless in his efforts

Thousands of newly-purchased vehicles take to the streets of El Paso everyday with temporary paper license plates, but officials said many of those plates are not real. “There is definitely a problem in El Paso, the reproduction of permits and E-tags, especially along the border we have a huge problem,” said Sergio Garcia, director of

Muslim leaders at the Islamic Center of El Paso shared the important message of Ramadan, their holy month. From dusk to dawn, spanning around 30 days, Muslims fast to regain closeness to Allah, the word for God in Arabic. “We are trying, in this month, to learn to balance between the needs of the soul

A family told ABC-7 their elderly aunt was defrauded of nearly $100,000. Family members say it was an El Paso caretaker who took advantage of the woman’s failing health. Now the caretaker is under investigation. Lillian Childress, who the family calls Aunt Lil, is 98 years old. “She has been the matriarch of our family

There is new information on what was happening behind the scenes when the El Paso city attorney suddenly announced plans to retire. ABC-7 obtained text messages, through the Public Information Act, between Mayor Dee Margo and two city representatives on April 26, the day the announcement was made. ABC-7 spoke with representatives Michiel Noe and

Hunter Renfroe hit two solo home runs, but it was not enough for the Chihuahuas Wednesday afternoon as they fell to Tacoma by a final of 5-4. Renfroe, who has been rehabbing recently with the Chihuahuas, went 3-4 with those two solo blasts and an RBI single. However, Tacoma got the win to improve to

UTEP golfer Charles Corner is heading to the NCAA Championships this week. Corner was the top individual player who did not play for a qualifying team at last week’s regional tournament in Stockton, California. That enabled him to become the first UTEP golfer to qualify for nationals in 14 years. Corner put together three solid

UTEP golfer Charles Corner is heading to the NCAA Championships this week. Corner was the top individual player who did not play for a qualifying team at last week’s regional tournament in Stockton, California. That enabled him to become the first UTEP golfer to qualify for nationals in 14 years. Corner put together three solid

A Santa Clara County judge has ruled that San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster will not have to stand trial on domestic violence charges after the accuser recanted her allegations at a preliminary hearing. Judge Nona Klippen said Wednesday that prosecutors didn’t meet the burden of probable cause on charges of felony domestic violence and

A Santa Clara County judge has ruled that San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster will not have to stand trial on domestic violence charges after the accuser recanted her allegations at a preliminary hearing. Judge Nona Klippen said Wednesday that prosecutors didn’t meet the burden of probable cause on charges of felony domestic violence and

A UTEP professor says Richard Samaniego beat his opponent in the El Paso County Judge race by taking a page out of his opponent’s own playbook. “I was a little bit surprised, because I think this is a race where name recognition, and the fact that John Cook was the mayor of El Paso, I

Texas county commissioners say the state of Texas owes its 254 counties about $2.6 billion for the cost of providing indigent defendants a proper trial defense. The San Angelo Standard-Times reported the figure was highlighted by Tom Green County Precinct Commissioner Ralph Hoelscher, who mentioned it at a Commissioners Court meeting Tuesday and told commission

Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra put a gun to the head of an Uber driver when the driver declined to change the trip’s destination, police said the driver told them Wednesday. Dykstra was arrested early Wednesday outside Linden police headquarters after the driver stopped and ran out of the car. Police said they found cocaine,