Month: March 2019

Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday turned over his long-awaited final report on the contentious Russia investigation that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump’s presidency, entangled Trump’s family and resulted in criminal charges against some of the president’s closest associates. The comprehensive report, still confidential, marks the end of Mueller’s probe but sets

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office identified the deputy shot Friday morning in San Elizario as Deputy Herrera. The deputy’s first name was not included in a news release. A sheriff’s office commander identified the alleged shooter as 27-year-old Facundo Chavez. A woman taken into custody with Chavez has been released, the commander said. The

UPDATE: The lawyer for a flight attendant detained by U.S. immigration authorities on her way back from an international work assignment says her client has said she is being released. Attorney Belinda Arroyo says 28-year-old Selene Saavedra Roman called her husband Friday from a Texas immigration detention facility and said she would be getting out.

Crime Stoppers of El Paso is asking for help identifying a man recorded by surveillance cameras as he allegedly used a cloned debit card to withdraw money from an ATM in East El Paso. The alleged theft happened shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. The suspect walked into the Walgreens located at

The Democratic Socialists of America has endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in his second run for president. The New York-based group says its National Political Committee voted Thursday to endorse Sanders and move forward with ” an independent campaign ” to elect him and ” advance a class-struggle agenda. ” The 56,000-member organization calls Sanders

Joe Biden says he has ” the most progressive record ” of any Democrat running, or mulling a run, in 2020. But many progressive activists disagree. As the former vice president inches closer to a third White House run, several moments in his long career loom as immediate political liabilities. From his vote for the

By the time California’s presidential primary election arrived in 2016, Bernie Sanders was a beaten man. This time around, everything has changed. The senator from Vermont was an insurgent outsider three years ago in a head-to-head race against Hillary Clinton, the former first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state whose grip on the Democratic

The U.S. Department of Defense issued a list of military construction project funds that may be diverted, under President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, for construction of a border wall. The list, released Monday, includes $187.5 million in funds for projects at military installations in New Mexico at White Sands Missile Range, Holloman Air Force

Taking sides. That’s what some city employees are accusing the city of doing after an e-mail was sent out this morning. The e-mail asked employees to help migrants. ABC 7 learned about this internal email after an anonymous call came into the newsroom this afternoon, claiming that some city employees are upset after the city

The New Mexico State men’s basketball team fell 78-77 against Auburn in the first round of the NCAA Tournament after a dramatic finish. With just over one second on the clock and his team down 78-76, NMSU guard Terrell Brown was fouled on a three-pointer. He went to the line with a chance to potentially

Vice President Mike Pence’s visit Thursday to Atlanta included a stop at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s field office and a conversation about the “broader mission of border security.” He also blasted Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over her decision last year to bar the city jail from holding federal immigration detainees and thanked the men

A white former police officer said Thursday he thought a weapon was pointed at him when he shot and killed an unarmed black teenager outside Pittsburgh last summer. Former East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld took the stand at his homicide trial and insisted he was in fear for his life when he gunned down

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson declared a state of emergency Thursday following flooding that left several people stranded and continues to cause damage and strain levees in several Midwest states. Parson’s action will allow state agencies to work directly with local officials responding to flooding. Parson, along with the state’s Emergency Management Agency director and other

The Kansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday asked state officials to investigate after a black man was detained by police while moving into his home, then allegedly harassed for weeks and blocked by the police chief from filing a racial bias complaint with the department. Karle Robinson, a 61-year-old Marine veteran,

Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand is pitching her ideas to improve the asylum process for immigrants while touring a law clinic at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas that helps unaccompanied immigrant children. The senator from New York kicked off her first presidential campaign trip to Nevada on Thursday by taking notes as she collected

While Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan isn’t completely ruling out a potential primary challenge to President Donald Trump, he says that currently ” it doesn’t make any sense at all. ” Hogan spoke to reporters Thursday with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Hogan friend who is in Maryland for a book promotion. Christie says

Several groups of UTEP students on Thursday delived a petition with more 9,300 signatures to University of Texas System Board of Regents Vice Chairman, Paul Foster. The petition asks Foster and the UT Board of Regents to withdraw U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson from consideration for UTEP’s presidency. The groups, including the UTEP Queer

Police identified the woman killed in a head-on collision Wednesday in El Paso’s Upper Valley as 68-year-old Evangeline Slavik. Police said Slavik was driving a 2008 BMW north on the 3900 block of Doniphan when she veered onto oncoming traffic “while undergoing some type of medical distress.” Slavik’s BMW collided head-on with a 1994 Chevrolet

A jury has handed down a 50 year prison sentence for the man convicted of shooting and killing a former El Paso radio personality in 2016. On Wednesday, the same jury found Leonel Hernandez guilty for the murder of Rick Madrigal. Thursday, jurors heard closing arguments from the defense and the prosecution. Defense attorney William

A traffic stop in southeast El Paso County led to the arrest of two men and seizure of meth and marijuana, the sheriff’s office said. Antonio Perez, 38, and Raul Enrique Garcia, 56, were booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility on a charges of Manufacture and Delivery of a Controlled Substance and Possession

If you haven’t visited Juarez in a while you now have the chance to join tours led by El Paso’s first Lady.Adair Margo, along with the City of Cuidad Juarez are leading tours in Juarez to help promote El Paso’s sister city and boost tourism. Margo took the first group of this tour series across

A mother cradled a crying toddler as she waited in line with 20 other women to shower. Dozens of fathers quietly held their children’s hands in an enclosure made of chain-link fencing. While these families were held at an overcrowded Border Patrol processing center, a fresh wave of migrants crossed the nearby river separating the

The FBI is asking the public for help locating Marysol Peña , wanted for her alleged involvement in a drug trafficking organization that operated in New Mexico as well as other states. Peña , 28, faces federal charges of conspiracy, distribution of 50 grams and more of methamphetamine, aiding and abetting, distribution of 40 grams

Detectives with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the theft of a UPS package outside a residence in Canutillo , Texas. The theft occurred on Thursday, March 14, 2019, officials said. Video surveillance footage shows a white passenger vehicle stopping at the residence several minutes after UPS delivered the package. A minor believed

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added an El Paso member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang to its Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list. DPS is now offering a $7,500 reward for information that leads to the arrest of 34-year-old Rodrigo Flores, wanted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and assault

Final Score: NMSU 77, Auburn 78 Second half: 00:00 – Queen misses a three from the corner, and Auburn holds on for a 78-77 win. 00:01 – Brown hits one of three to make it 78-77 Auburn. He misses the third and the ball goes out of bounds off Auburn. NMSU gets it back with

David Lunsford is an avid gun owner with a firing range on his Texas spread. With bump stocks about to be banned by the U.S. government, he grudgingly decided to sell off his and let someone else figure out what to do with them. ” If I get caught with one, I’m a felon, and

A mother cradled a crying toddler as she waited in line with 20 other women to shower. Dozens of fathers quietly held their children’s hands in an enclosure made of chain-link fencing. While these families were held at an overcrowded Border Patrol processing center, a fresh wave of migrants crossed the nearby river separating the

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday requiring U.S. colleges to certify that they protect free speech on their campuses or risk losing federal research funding, White House officials said. Trump initially proposed the idea during a March 2 speech to conservative activists, highlighting the case of Hayden Williams, an activist who

DAV and RecruitMilitary will host the Fort Bliss Veterans Job Fair today at the Centennial Club, 11199 Sergeant E Churchill Street on East Fort Bliss – Biggs from 11am to 3pm for veterans, transitioning military personnel, National Guard members, Reservists and military spouses. This event features 35+ employers and coincides with RecruitMilitary’s new partnership with