Month: May 2018

R. Kelly sexually abused and demeaned a woman, locked her in rooms and vehicles for punishment and infected her with herpes, according to a lawsuit that furthers a string of misconduct accusations against the platinum-selling singer. Faith Rodgers said in the suit filed Monday in New York that the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer

A lawyer whose rant against Spanish speakers in a New York City eatery went viral posted an apology online on Tuesday, saying that how he expressed himself was “unacceptable.” “To the people I insulted, I apologize,” Aaron Schlossberg said in a post to his Twitter and LinkedIn accounts. “Seeing myself online opened my eyes –

Strong storms brought rain, hail and high winds to the Borderland on Monday. The severe weather caused power outages, flooding and downed trees mostly in west El Paso. The storm water knocked down a rock wall in Daniel Pena’s backyard. “I can’t explain it. It was just like a roaring boom sound,” Pena said. The

El Pasoans spent the morning cleaning up and digging out from a brief, but powerful storm that hit the city Monday night around rush hour. Rain, hail and strong winds rolled into El Paso about 5 p.m. and lasted for a couple of hours. The storm hit all portions of the city, including the West

A suspect has been indicted over gunfire last month at a Home Depot that left one Dallas police officer dead and another wounded. Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson on Tuesday announced Armando Luis Juarez has been indicted on capital murder and attempted capital murder charges. A worker at the home improvement store was also

It is Election Day in the Borderland and several runoff races are on the ballot. Early voting numbers are once again disappointing and show low voter turnout in El Paso County. There are 442,826 registered voters in the county, but only 11,188 Democrats voted early in the Democratic primary runoff election. In the Republican primary

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office will be stepping up their enforcement of the state’s seat belt laws at the end of May. Authorities said in a news release it will happen from May 21 to June 3. When the “Click It or Ticket” campaign launched in 2002, only 76 percent of Texans used their

ABC-7 confirmed that charges have been dropped against the man accused of causing the death of an El Paso County constable. Court records show that on Monday, Judge Sam Medrano approved the motion filed Friday to dismiss the charge of aggravated assault against a public servant that was filed against Devon Huerta Person. The court

El Paso police officials said one person is dead after being hit by a car in Northeast El Paso. It happened before 9:30 p.m. Monday near Dyer Street and Hercules. Special Traffic Investigators were on the scene investigating witnesses. This article will become updated as more information becomes available.

Multiple power outages were reported across the city Monday night and Tuesday morning, according to El Paso Electric. More than 510 customers are with out power, the bulk of them, 457, were reported in central El Paso. El Paso Electric spokesman George de La Torre said a crash knocked over a power pole causing the

The El Paso Chihuahuas only needed two swings of the bat to beat the Tacoma Rainiers Monday night by a final of 4-2. The Chihuahuas got a two-run homer courtesy of Shane Peterson in the top of the fourth to jump out to a 2-0 lead. With the game tied at two in the eighth,

All lanes were shut down at I-10 East at Campbell Monday evening after two vehicles on board a transporter truck fell off onto the freeway. The lanes were opened shortly after 10 p.m. Monday El Paso Police confirm the accident was weather related due to the severe thunderstorms that hit the area. The driver reportedly

Students at Silva Health Magnet High School are taking a closer look at some of the mental health issues that are impacting teenagers. “We really need to talk about mental health, especially in the high school level. We need to be able to get these kids to talk with us and we need to be

Sunday, while commenting on the recent mass shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick referenced the connection between video games and violence. “The video games issue, we have got to address in this country,” Patrick said. “Based on all the research we have done, 97%, according to psychologists and psychiatrists of teenagers view

At least 200 demonstrators have blocked a major commercial bridge between Mexico and Texas to protest the disappearance of dozens of people in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. The bridge is used exclusively for cargo traffic traversing the border between Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas and Laredo, Texas. The protest began around 9:30 a.m. Monday

A new asylum hearing has been ordered for an award-winning Mexican journalist detained in an El Paso immigration facility. No date has been set for Emilio Gutierrez Soto’s new hearing ordered by the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals. An immigration judge in July denied his asylum request and ordered him deported, but the appeals board

One thing is clear through three games of the power-packed Western Conference finals between a Golden State team that has won two of the past three championships and a Houston team that had a league-best 65 wins. If either team is off its game, a blowout could ensue. The Rockets found themselves on the wrong

At least 200 demonstrators blocked a major commercial bridge between Mexico and Texas to protest the disappearance of dozens of people in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, snarling traffic in both directions for most of Monday. The protest began around 9:30 a.m. at the bridge, which is used exclusively by cargo trucks traveling between

The City of Las Cruces could soon consider switching to a “ranked-choice” voting system. “Ranked-choice allows people to rank their candidates,” said Doña Ana County Clerk Scott Krahling. With a traditional ballot (left), voters can only choose one candidate for each position. This creates the possibility for a run-off election if two candidates tie. In

Netflix says it has signed Barack and Michelle Obama Barack and Michelle Obama are getting into the television business with Monday’s announcement that they had signed a multi-year deal with Netflix. The former president and first lady have formed their own production company, Higher Ground Productions, for the material. In announcing a deal that had

Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors Smith sued USA Swimming on Monday, alleging the sport’s national governing body knew her former coach sexually abused her as a minor and failed to protect her while shielding him. Kukors Smith alleges Sean Hutchison, who began coaching her at a swim club near Seattle, groomed her for sexual abuse when

Pope Francis is voicing alarm at the “hemorrhaging” of nuns and priests in Italy and Europe, saying God only knows how many seminaries, monasteries, convents and churches will close because fewer people are being called to lives of religious service. Francis told Italy’s bishops on Monday he was concerned about the “crisis of vocations” in

President Donald Trump dined Monday evening with Republican governors supportive of his immigration policies to discuss plans for border security and deporting people in the U.S. illegally. Trump says the nation’s immigration laws are the worst of anywhere in the world, particularly so-called catch-and-release policies, under which federal immigration officers release those detained for being

Aaron Donald is skipping another set of offseason workouts while his contract negotiations with the Los Angeles Rams drag on into their second year. The All-Pro defensive tackle’s teammates would like to see this standoff resolved before it has any chance to impact their promising season. “Hey man, pay the man,” cornerback Marcus Peters said.

A northeast Texas grand jury has indicted the mother of a weeks-old baby whose body was found at a gas station. The Hunt County grand jury indicted Stephanie Leanne Flynn on a count of abuse of a corpse without legal consent in the death of 7-week-old Alexiana Stevenson. The Herald-Banner newspaper reports the Friday indictment

A group of African migrants set sail last month on a 1,900-mile (3,000-kilometer) journey across the Atlantic to Brazil, but quickly ran into trouble and were adrift for weeks before fishermen towed them ashore, Brazilian authorities said Monday. Two Brazilians aboard the catamaran have been arrested on suspicion they were smuggling the group, Federal Police

El Paso police are investigating a pedestrian accident that occurred near Downtown Sunday morning. Police say 38-year-old Leandro Casella was traveling west on Montana Ave. and made a right turn onto Mesa Street without yielding and struck a pedestrian crossing the intersection. The pedestrian, 58-year-old Hector Avila, was transported University Medical Center in critical condition.

Paraguay opened its new embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, following in the footsteps of the United States and Guatemala. President Horacio Cartes dedicated the embassy, making Paraguay the third country to transfer its diplomatic mission in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Romania, the Czech Republic and Honduras have said they are also considering doing

The NFL says sexual assault allegations against Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia from 1996 are not subject to its personal conduct policy. The league says Monday it has completed its review of the team’s interviewing process. Patricia has said he was falsely accused of allegations that resurfaced earlier this month in a Detroit News report

Congo began an Ebola vaccination campaign Monday in a northwest provincial capital in a major effort to stem an outbreak that already has spread from rural towns into a city of more than 1 million people. The vaccination drive started a day after the health ministry announced that a nurse had died from Ebola in