Month: June 2018

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Authorities have released the name of a U.S. Navy pilot who died in the crash of an A-29 jet north of Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Navy officials say Navy Lt. Christopher Carey Short of Canandaigua, New York was killed in Friday’s crash over the Red Rio Bombing Range.

Trump administration officials say the U.S. government knows the location of all children in its custody after separating them from their families at the border and is working to reunite them. A fact sheet on “zero-tolerance prosecution and family reunification” released Saturday night by the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies involved in the

El Paso firefighters were busy Sunday morning battling a recycling fire in East El Paso. Fire units arrived at S-A recycling located in the 6800 block of Market and found recycling materials burning and on fire inside the plant. Firefighters acted quickly and got water lines attached to the aerial fire hoses and began spraying

Rainbow flags and parade floats are the order of the day in New York City and in cities around the world in celebration of gay pride. Tennis legend Billie Jean King will be one of the grand marshals of New York City’s gay pride march, along with transgender advocate Tyler Ford and civil rights organization

The United States imported more seafood last year than at any point in its history, and the nation’s trade deficit in the sector is growing, federal data show. The U.S. imported more than 6 billion pounds of seafood valued at more than $21.5 billion in 2017, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was booted from a Virginia restaurant because she works for President Donald Trump, setting off a fierce debate about whether politics should play a role in how administration officals are treated in public. Sanders was the latest to experience a brusque reception in such a setting. Sanders tweeted

A 9-year-old English bulldog was named the winner of the 2018 World’s Ugliest Dog contest in the San Francisco Bay Area. Zsa Zsa won the title Saturday night at the Sonoma-Marin Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds in Petaluma. The dog’s owner Megan Brainard of Anoka, Minnesota, will receive $1,500 for Zsa Zsa’s win. Brainard found Zsa Zsa on

Han Solo’s Blaster from the “Return of the Jedi” has sold for $550,000 at a Las Vegas auction. Julien’s Auctions says Ripley’s Believe It or Not bought the item Saturday. The sci-fi weapon was the top-selling item at the Hollywood Legends auction. The blaster was part of a collection from the U.S. art director on

Some retailers are installing blue lights in their bathrooms to discourage people from injecting themselves with drugs by making it more difficult to see their veins. Turkey Hill Minit Markets in Pennsylvania is using the lights in as many as 20 of its stores in hard-hit neighborhoods. The chain is taking part in a research

The city attorney in Aztec is resigning after making a questionable comment during the presentation of a Pride Month proclamation. Larry Thrower submitted his 30-day resignation notice earlier this month. He says he disagrees with other city officials on how to approach Pride Month. The Farmington Daily Times reports that a live video stream picked

The Justice Department says it has given House Republicans new classified information related to the Russia investigation after lawmakers had threatened to hold officials in contempt of Congress or even impeach them. A spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan said Saturday that the department has partially complied with subpoenas from the House Intelligence and Judiciary

Representatives Beto O’Rourke, Joaquin Castro and Sen. Tom Udall are inside the immigrant detention center at the Marcelino Serna Port of Entry in Tornillo, visiting to observe and report on the status of the unaccompanied migrant minors being held. The congressional visit comes almost one week after a protest led by O’Rourke on Father’s Day,

Vandals have spray-painted political slogans on the walls of two historic San Antonio missions, including “I don’t care. Do you?” That was the meme displayed on the back of first lady Melania Trump’s jacket as she boarded a plane Thursday for a flight to South Texas to visit immigrant children. The graffiti was sprayed late

he U.S. Border Patrol says its agents have seized more than $1 million in heroin at an immigration Tcheckpoint in New Mexico. The agency says authorities conducting an inspection at the checkpoint on New Mexico Highway 70 found the drugs in a black Honda on Thursday that was being transported across the border on a

State lawmakers are considering rethinking New Mexico’s complex liquor licensing system in hopes that more local alcohol vendors can help revitalize downtowns in smaller cities like a brewery did for Truth or Consequences. The Albuquerque Journal reports members of a legislative committee agreed this summer to review the licensing system and other ideas to help

Prosecutors say 20 people have been indicted and arrested in a West Texas-based drug trafficking and smuggling ring. A federal grand jury in Lubbock indicted the suspects on a charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana. The defendants are also accused of drug distribution and possession, plus

The El Paso Police Department is asking for the public’s help after a woman was brutally attacked and robbed by a man at a West El Paso parking lot. It happened at about 1 a.m. on Friday, May 25, 2018 in the parking lot of a shopping center at 2900 North Mesa. Police said the

As the immigration debate continues, federal courthouses around the country are hearing cases about illegal entry and that in turn is doubling the workload for federal public defenders. The zero tolerance policy has drastically changed the way public defenders are handling their cases here on the border. Assistant federal public defender, Alex Almanzan, says ever

Passengers and crew on an Alaska Airlines flight came together earlier this week to help a fellow traveler, who is both deaf and blind, traveling alone from Boston to Portland. Lynette Scribner was waiting to board her flight to Portland, at Boston’s Logan Airport, when she noticed Tim Cook sitting with a woman; waiting to

A crying Honduran girl depicted in a widely-seen photograph that became a symbol for many of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies was not actually separated from her mother, U.S. government officials said on Friday. Time magazine used an image of the girl, by Getty Images photographer John Moore, on its cover this week, next to

Several groups have been visiting the Tornillo port of entry since the controversy surrounding the treatment of family immigrants at the border started making national headlines. Friday, students studying border issues were invited by three U.S. senators to visit the migrant facility at the port of entry. The lawmakers intended to go inside the facility,

Mexico’s mantra for this World Cup is “No Excuses,” and that includes no complaining about the menu. The team brought two tons of food to Russia, along with everything necessary to make their players’ favorites, including traditional tacos, cheesy quesadillas and, of course, their hot salsas. When Colombian manager Juan Carlos Osorio took over the

A New Jersey woman has admitted her role in a monthlong crime spree across two states, including an attempted bank robbery in Pennsylvania where she and another woman dressed as nuns. Melisa Aquino Arias also pleaded guilty Friday to robbing a bank in Garfield, New Jersey, while wearing a head covering and conspiring to steal

Delta Air Lines says it’s no longer allowing passengers to fly with “pit bull type” dogs as service or support animals, a policy that’s being met with criticism by groups that train service dogs and the people who use them. The Atlanta-based airline describes its ban as an “enhancement” to its policy on animals in

Officials at Holloman Air Force Base say an aircraft has crashed but the condition of the pilot is unknown. Arlan Ponder, a spokesman for the 49th Wing, issued a release saying the crash occurred just before noon Friday at Red Rio Bombing Range. The range is about 65 miles (105 kilometers) north of the base.

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Police said the suspect in a SWAT standoff in South Central El Paso is in custody. At about 10:30 a.m. Friday, police responded to a family violence call on the 5800 block of Kurita. SWAT was called to the scene when the suspect allegedly barricaded himself inside a residence. At about 10:40 a.m., police said

Police say a driver failed to yield the right of way and fatally struck a 71-year-old woman attempting to cross the street with her grandson on a crosswalk. The wreck happened at 7:50 p.m. on June 19, 2018 on the 7900 block of Visccount. Police said Shelebey Kinney was operating a 2015 Chevrolet Cruze west

Police arrested two men accused of carjacking a couple sitting in a car. Edward Mercado, 23, and Ruben Galindo, 24, are charged with Aggravated Robbery. At 2:30 a.m. on June 16, 2018, police officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of Diego Rivera on a carjacking. One of the suspects was allegedly wielding a knife

The 2018 Texas Democratic Convention has started in Fort Worth amid tensions in the state over the Trump Administration’s stance on immigration. Democrats remain optimistic leading into a general election in November that the party can actually pull off a major win against the Republicans. Texas hasn’t elected a Democrat to statewide office since 1994.