Month: August 2018

The Houston Chronicle reports that during a campaign stop in Seguin Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz said he reached out to President Donald Trump to help him with his re-election effort. Cruz is quoted in the Chronicle saying, “I would certainly welcome his support, and I hope to see him in Texas”. Just two years ago

The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship – at least temporarily. A memo shared with The Associated Press on Wednesday and dated July 20 spells out orders to high-ranking Army officials to stop processing discharges of men and women who enlisted in the special immigrant program, effective

The American Dream Gymnastics team are a level one through ten competitive organization. They have recreational tumblers all the way through competitive athletes. Thats why they are this weeks, Southwest Community Champions. They compete September through March. Some of their gymnast compete on the national level. Madison Salazar was a Texas State Bar Champion in

The El Paso Independent School District facilities committee met to discuss several changes that will be taking place across buildings in the district. EPISD will be moving its central offices from Boeing Drive in East El Paso, to downtown El Paso, which will affect hundreds of employees. The new central offices will be located on

The New Mexico Department of Transportation reported a road closure along the I-10 Lordsburg area Wednesday night due to low visibility. I-10 Westbound and Eastbound lanes are closed between mile marker five to mile marker 20. New Mexico State Police said they are monitoring the roadway at this time. The Department of Transportation asks motorists

Right as the school year begins, dozens of Las Cruces teachers and faculty members learned what steps to take if an active shooter were to enter their school, hallway or classroom. “It’s important to be as realistic as possible to really put that pressure on the teachers,” said School Resource Officer Aaron Lazarin. “Realistically, they’re

A father and son skied to a remote bear den on an Alaska island, shot a mother bear in front of her two cubs and then one of them turned his rifle on the shrieking newborns, killing them, authorities said Wednesday. The men didn’t know that the black bears were part of an observation program

One of the teenagers seen being arrested in a viral video showing a police officer pulling a gun on a group of kids appeared before a judge at the County Criminal Courthouse Wednesday morning. 17-year-old Julian Saucedo, scheduled to see the judge at 8:30 in the morning, showed up nearly three hours late. Saucedo and

The Department of Health and Human Services is not saying whether it plans to extend a contract for the immigrant facility near the port of entry in Tornillo. The contract ends on August 13, 2018. On Thursday, a group of teenagers were seen playing soccer outside the facility. In the past, HHS has told ABC-7

An Idaho man is recovering after being pinned underneath his truck for at least two days after it rolled into a ravine. Joe Rightmire’s sister, Tasha Goforth, found the 21-year-old pinned under the pickup near Idaho Falls on Monday night after he had been missing for several days. Idaho Falls Fire Department spokeswoman Kerry Harmon

A northern Illinois teacher is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, who also was a teacher. Authorities say Michael Kazecki beat his 38-year-old wife, Rebecca Kazecki, to death after she tried to intervene when he was hitting their 11-year-old son Tuesday. Rebecca Kazecki died at a hospital from a skull fracture

A Bronx dad fled to Thailand after carrying his dead 7-month-old baby around New York City in a backpack and tossing his body into a river near the Brooklyn Bridge and other tourist spots, police said Wednesday. Thai authorities stopped James Currie, 37, when he landed in Bangkok and blocked him from entering the country,

“Superman” actress Margot Kidder’s death has been ruled a suicide, and her daughter said Wednesday it’s a relief to finally have the truth out. Kidder, who played Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve’s Superman in her most famous role, was found by a friend in her Montana home on May 13. At the time, Kidder’s manager,

The father of a missing Georgia boy was training children at a New Mexico compound to commit school shootings, prosecutors said in court documents obtained Wednesday. The documents say Siraj Ibn Wahhaj was conducting weapons training with assault rifles at the compound near the Colorado border where 11 hungry children were found in filthy conditions.

Deputies in North Carolina have arrested a suspect who they say robbed a 9-year-old lemonade vendor of $17 at gunpoint, an incident which led to more than $200 in donations and a riding lawn mower. Tony Underwood of the Union County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday detectives obtained security camera footage which showed a person who

Ford Motor Co. marked production of the 10 millionth Mustang with celebrations Wednesday at the automaker’s headquarters and at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant where the iconic sports car is made. A parade of Mustangs from 1964 to the present day rolled into the parking lot at the Dearborn headquarters before making the 30-minute drive

Police arrested and charged five suspects in connection to a July 15, 2018 assault at 5 Points Bistro. Five alleged members of the Heathens Horde Motorcycle Club allegedly got into a fight with members of the Valley Boys Motorcycle Club at the restaurant, located at 3019 Montana. Police said 45-year-old Charles Edward Anderson Jr., 43-year-ol

A 16-year-old girl is being investigated in the death of a 7-year-old boy who was reported missing in Denver on Monday, authorities said. Police found the body of Jordan Vong hidden in his family’s home Tuesday and took the teenage girl into custody for investigation of first-degree murder. Joe Montoya, division chief of investigations, said

As wildfires ravage the U.S. West, Republican Mitt Romney has called for more logging and a high-tech early detection system, though the plan was met with some skepticism. Romney, a U.S. Senate candidate in Utah, said in an essay that more logging would thin out forests and clear out dead timber so fires have less

New York City moved Wednesday to regulate the explosive growth of Uber and other app-based ride services with a temporary cap on new licenses for ride-hailing services. The City Council approved a package of bills that included a one-year moratorium on new licenses for for-hire vehicles while the city studies the rapidly changing industry. The

A look at the escalating diplomatic dispute between Canada and Saudi Arabia: HOW IT STARTED The dispute is centered on a Canadian government tweet that called on Saudi Arabia to release detained women’s rights activists. “Very alarmed to learn that Samar Badawi, Raif Badawi’s sister, has been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia,” the Aug. 3 tweet

El Paso Police said Wednesday thieves and scammers are targeting businesses by calling employees and demanding money under threat of drug cartel violence. Police said that over the past month, several businesses across the city have been targeted by the “on-going scheme.” The callers, all males, call the establishments and demand money from the safe

A man who said he wanted to end his ailing wife’s suffering shot her wife to death in her bed at a suburban New York hospital Wednesday and then killed himself, police said. Richard DeLucia, 71, left a note at the couple’s condo indicating he was distraught about how his wife, Ann, 70, was suffering

The suspect in the August 2017 murder of a man inside the Mesa Inn Motel in West El Paso is awaiting extradition to El Paso following his arrest in Mexico City. Keith Antonio Boynes, 46, of Marietta, Georgia, was detained on August 7, 2018 by Mexican authorities. Boynes was being sought by the El Paso

Terry Crews said it’s “the summer of freedom” for him and others who have gone public with accounts of alleged molestation. “We can now tell our truth” and not see our lives upended, the former NFL player and actor said Wednesday. He called it “just the beginning of change.” The entertainment industry and beyond will

A soon-to-be Texas A&M University graduate has taken her senior portraits with a nearly 14-foot alligator in a swamp where both spent the summer. Makenzie Noland of Abilene posed with the huge gator – named Big Tex – and posted photos of on her Facebook page to mark her coming graduation Friday in College Station.

Mexico’s electoral court has certified the July 1 victory of President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The leftist candidate won in his third try for the presidency with a resounding 53 percent of the vote. The formality carried out Wednesday allows Lopez Obrador to officially begin the transition to the presidency. He will take office Dec.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi described her meeting with immigration activists and “Dreamers” Wednesday morning in El Paso as “American patriotism at its best.” The House minority leader cited former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, saying immigration allows the U.S. to stay competitive and remain the world leader. “It was a morning of great patriotism. The

A woman seen speeding through a stop sign at 60 mph (97 kph) told officers they shouldn’t arrest her because she’s a “very clean, thoroughbred, white girl,” police said. Her eyes glassy and bloodshot, Lauren Elizabeth Cutshaw was slurring her words and a Breathalyzer showed her blood-alcohol level at 0.18 percent, according to police in

Spike Lee heard the whispers. Just a few years ago, some were suggesting that Lee was no longer the essential filmmaker he had once been. There had been critical and box-office disappointments. He was hunting for funding on Kickstarter. His remake of the Korean classic “Oldboy” was re-edited against his wishes. As Lee readies his