Month: March 2019

Gun-maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, a divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Gun control advocates touted the ruling as providing a possible roadmap for victims of other mass shootings to circumvent a long-criticized federal

The father of a man accused of killing four people at a Waffle House in Tennessee last year has been charged with unlawful delivery of a firearm in Illinois, a prosecutor announced Thursday. State’s Attorney Stewart J. Umholtz said Jeffrey Reinking was charged in Tazewell County Circuit Court. Reinking’s son, Travis Reinking, has been held

Residents of a New Mexico Hispanic village near the site of the world’s first atomic bomb test plan to return to Washington, D.C., to press Congress about compensation. The Tularosa Basin Downwinders are holding a second annual benefit on Sunday in Albuquerque to raise money so members can speak before a Congressional committee about the

Federal authorities say a Bronx man bit off part of an immigration officer’s finger during a recent arrest. Court papers released Thursday show Cristopher Santos Felix was charged with assaulting a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. A criminal complaint says officers went to Santos Felix’s home March 3 believing he had stayed in the

The Sanders Institute, a think tank founded by the Democratic presidential contender’s wife and stepson, is shutting down, at least for now, hoping to quash criticism that the nonprofit has blurred the lines between family, fundraising and campaigning. The Vermont-based institute has stopped accepting donations and plans to suspend all operations by the end of

The Mexican government is launching a plan to give Mexicans living in the United States a voice on national policy. The Institute for Mexicans Abroad is planning to hold open-ended public consultation sessions from mid-March to mid-April in 13 U.S. cities. The forums will start on Sunday in San Francisco and end in Chicago on

The Republican-run Senate firmly rejected President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southwest border on Thursday, setting up a veto fight and dealing him a conspicuous rebuke as he tested how boldly he could ignore Congress in pursuit of his highest-profile goal. The Senate voted 59-41 to cancel Trump’s February proclamation of

It has been nearly four months since El Paso’s trolley car system came online and the City’s public transportation department is exploring how to increase ridership. The system was brought online during the city’s Winter Fest celebrations and was handling about 40,000 rides a month during that time. However, there has been a considerable downturn

Democrat Beto O’Rourke is starting to win endorsements from former House colleagues as he begins his presidential campaign. Endorsing O’Rourke hours after he entered the race and headed to Iowa for the first time was Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy, whose swing district includes downtown Orlando. O’Rourke also picked up the endorsement of Rep. Kathleen Rice,

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams were meeting privately Thursday in Washington, bringing together two starkly different faces of their party as they both weigh their political futures. Biden, 76, who served as President Barack Obama’s closest adviser, is on the cusp of deciding whether he’ll make his third run for

Four Texas sheriff’s deputies won’t face charges for opening fire on a suspected car thief, killing her and a 6-year-old who they didn’t know was nearby, a grand jury decided this week. A Bexar County grand jury declined to indict the deputies more than a year after they shot at Amanda Jones, 30, on the

South Carolina gave Bernie Sanders the cold shoulder in 2016. Four years and several visits later, Sanders hopes the state is ready to warm to him. The Vermont senator has spent months working to deepen his ties with the black community in South Carolina, where minority voters make up the majority of the Democratic primary

Former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke has announced he is running for president in 2020. “I’m running to serve you as the next president of the United States,” O’Rourke said in a video sitting next to his wife Amy. “This is a defining moment of truth for this country.” In Iowa Thursday, O’Rourke said, “I

There is a crash on Gateway South and Transmountain . The intersection in the area is blocked off at the moment. Drivers need to take US-54 to avoid this crash. No injuries reported.

A New Mexico city has declared itself a Second Amendment Sanctuary city in a move to protest legislative actions they feel may infringe on residents’ right to bear arms. The Alamogordo Daily News reports the Alamogordo City Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously in favor of the symbolic declaration that is a resolution and not a

Students have been evacuated from Rosa Guerrero Elementary School due to smoke, according to El Paso Independent School District. Gustavo Reveles, an EPISD spokesman, says smoke filled part of the school Thursday morning and students are being moved to Franklin High School. There were no reported injuries at the school. It remains unclear where the

Del Valle soccer star Love’ Tovar is on her way to Southern University after signing her national letter of intent in a special ceremony at the school Wednesday. Tovar did not reveal ahead of time where she planned to sign. Instead, she revealed her decision moments before she put pen to paper by taking off

A local volleyball club is proving that old mantra that hard work and dedication pay off. Texas Performance Volleyball (TXP) clinched their spot in a USA Volleyball national tournament later this year with a solid performance at regionals in Ruidoso over the weekend. The team competed in the 18-year-old division of the SURVA Regional Championships

It was a good start to conference tournament action for both the NMSU and UTEP women’s basketball teams. The Miners won a thrilling 64-56 game in double overtime against favored Marshall in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament in Frisco, Texas. UTEP’s Ariona Gill came up huge for the Miners in the first

El Paso Electric customers have seen a small handful of power outages during windstorms this week, and trees can be a major hazard according to the electric company. El Paso Electric told ABC-7 tree branches in electric lines can contribute to these outages, and they’re working to trim branches that can be a risk. Crews

Remaining coy on whether he will run for president in 2020, former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke told a Vanity Fair reporter, “You can probably tell that I want to run … I do. I think I’d be good at it.” ABC-7’s Saul Saenz reached out to Chris Evans, a campaign spokesperson for O’Rourke. Evans

New Mexico State University is paying $26,000 for a charter flight from Las Cruces to Las Vegas for its men’s basketball team. The team is scheduled to play in Las Vegas Thursday in its opening game of the Western Athletic Conference basketball tournament. The team was supposed to leave Las Cruces at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

From New Mexico’s southern border to its largest city, municipal, state and religious organizations are pulling together to coordinate services for the increasing number of asylum-seeking migrants being housed in shelters before heading to other destinations around the U.S. to await formal hearings. The state health department on Wednesday announced the arrival of a mobile

Local immigration attorney Cynthia Lopez appeared on ABC-7 at Four Wednesday to discuss the process when immigrants show up at the U.S./Mexico border and ask for asylum. She also discussed the difference between asylum and illegal immigration, and what she would do if given the opportunity to suggest how to fix the country’s immigration system.

Police arrested a pair of suspects accused of mugging a man outside a Far East El Paso strip club, then striking the victim with a vehicle as they fled the scene. Police charged Francisco Malik Moreno, 22, and Joel Perez, 21, with Robbery. Offiers responded to a robbery call at Jaguars Gentlemen’s Club at 3:58

The Mexican government said Wednesday it is launching a formal search for 19 migrants who were pulled from a bus last week by armed men in the northern border state of Tamaulipas. Tamaulipas state police, the army, federal police and prosecutors will participate in the search, according to the National Search Commission for Missing Persons.

Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller says “hundreds” of migrants from Central America and Brazil are expected to arrive in the city in the coming weeks and volunteers are preparing for visitors. And Keller said Wednesday if the city runs out of temporary housing, he’ll open up his own home. Keller told reporters federal immigration officials have

The U.S. is issuing an emergency order Wednesday grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft “effective immediately,” in the wake of the crash of an Ethiopian Airliner that killed 157 people, President Donald Trump said. Many nations had already barred the Boeing 737 Max 8 from its airspace, but until Trump’s announcement,

U.S. health regulators are moving ahead with a plan designed to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of teenagers by restricting sales of most flavored products in convenience stores, gas stations, pharmacies and other retail locations. The new guidelines, first proposed in November, are the latest government effort to reverse what health officials call an

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is warning the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA agents or other law enforcement personnel. The scammers allegedly threaten arrest and prosecution for violations of federal drug laws or involvement in drug-trafficking activities. The callers identify themselves as DEA personnel and instruct victims to