Month: July 2019

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Collins had the spotlight to himself this time — Armstrong has been gone for seven years and Aldrin canceled. Collins said he wished his two moon-walking colleagues could have

In an extraordinary detention hearing, Jeffrey Epstein on Monday came face-to-face with two alleged victims. Annie Farmer said she was 16 when Epstein had her sent to New Mexico where he was “inappropriate” with her. Courtney Wild told the judge she was 14 when Epstein sexually abused her in Palm Beach, Florida. Both women spoke

Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they won’t bring criminal charges against a white New York City police officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man whose dying words — “I can’t breathe” — became a rallying cry as the nation confronted a long history of police brutality. The decision to end

Goodwill Industries of El Paso has issued a statement distancing the non-profit business from the recent arrest of their CEO’s husband on federal fraud, forgery and perjury charges. “It is our understanding that this investigation is a personal issue and not related to Goodwill,” the statement read. “We want to assure the public that Goodwill

For more than a century, the Johnson family has owned thousands of acres west of Columbus in New Mexico. “There’s no easy way to pick up and move a ranch,” Russell Johnson told ABC-7. “We have too much heritage and legacy here to just pick up and move it.” With a belt buckle that read

Beto O’Rourke raised just $3.6 million for his presidential campaign in the second quarter, a dramatic drop in fundraising that underscores his campaign’s struggle to gain traction. The former Texas congressman entered the race with a glowing cover story in Vanity Fair and speculation that he would be a top contender. But the total his

A jury Monday evening convicted a former El Paso Catholic priest in a child sexual assault case that dates back to the 1990’s, when he was still an active priest. Jurors in the trial of Miguel Luna, 68, deliberated for about five hours before returning a guilty verdict on all 12 counts he faced. Luna,

A San Antonio woman is using billboards in El Paso to find a childhood friend from over 70 years ago. Rebecca “Becky” Rodriquez, 82, met Enedina at the St. Maragret’s Orphanage in El Paso in 1921-1945. “We were just like two peas in a pod, we were so close. Always played together, slept next to

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday that 62 current and eight former Border Patrol employees are under internal investigation following revelations of a secret Facebook group that mocked lawmakers and migrants. Most are under investigation for posts that surfaced in a secret group called “I’m 10-15,” That group is where messages questioned the

Construction is underway of a new soft-sided facility to house migrants in Tornillo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official confirmed to ABC-7 on Friday. The framing is already up for the structure, which will have a 2,500 bed capacity and provide relief for overcrowded Border Patrol stations. The facility will hold single adults only

Police arrested a 26-year-old man on drunk driving charges after officers said they watched him speed down a busy east El Paso street behind the wheel of a Mustang before crashing into a building. Jose Arturo Horta was being held Monday in the El Paso County Detention Facility under a $1,000 bond. His arrest came

UTEP has heard the pleas from students and fans, and the university is making some changes to its tailgating rules. Monday, Director of UTEP Athletics Jim Senter announced UTEP’s 2019 football game day fan and tailgating policies. Tailgating patrons will no longer be required to enter the stadium at the end of the first quarter.

A car slammed into a home in west El Paso late Monday morning, but exactly how it got there is a mystery for now. The Mustang could be seen lodged into the house at 6205 Camino Alegre. The teenage owner of the vehicle told police he left the car parked outside his home up the

A car slammed into a home in west El Paso late Monday morning, but exactly how it got there is a mystery for now. The Mustang could be seen lodged into the house at 6205 Camino Alegre. The teenage owner of the vehicle told police he left the car parked outside his home up the

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota accused President Trump of “launching a blatantly racist attack on four duly elected members” of the U.S. House of Representatives, pointing out that they are all women of color. “This is the agenda of white nationalists. Whether it is happening in chat rooms, or it is happening on national

El Paso police said two young boys wandering the streets in the Lower Valley of El Paso early Monday morning. The two boys were discovered near the Howdy’s Gas Station at the intersection of Alameda and Pasodale about 6:30 a.m. A man who noticed the boys told ABC-7 they were 5 and 6 years old;

A wild feline and four cubs were spotted drinking from the pool of a Las Cruces woman. Nancy Bierner Heavner posted a video of what she believed to be an adult bobcat sipping her pool water in June. Over the weekend, she uploaded another video, this time it was of four cubs also trying to

President Trump said Monday that planned immigration raids began over the weekend and resulted in the capture of “a lot” undocumented immigrants, despite few signs that the operation actually materialized. “People came into our country illegally,” Trump said at the White House. “Many were felons. Many were convicted of crimes. Many, many were taken out

President Trump doubled down Monday on his criticism of four Democratic congresswomen of color as the U.S. House was preparing to vote on a censure resolution that would cast him as racist and xenophobic. Unbowed by searing criticism, Trump emphatically defended tweets labeled “racist” targeting the four women lawmakers and proclaimed they “hate our country.”

An 18-year old woman was shot in the head and killed Saturday evening in central El Paso and police were searching for her killer. The shooting happened around 5:10 p.m. in the 2500 block of Piedras Street between Frankfort and Memphis Avenues. Much of the area was blocked off by red police crime scene tape.

Immigration authorities had begun conducting raids, a senior administration official told CNN on Sunday, in an operation expected to target about 2,000 undocumented immigrants ordered by courts to be removed from the country. Federal agents attempted raids in at least two sections of New York City, the Wall Street Journal reported, but in many other

Vandals targeted two murals by the same artist in Las Cruces, splattering both with what appears to be paint. Both were created by Sebastian ‘Vela’ Velasquez, who is based in Santa Fe. The murals honor missing and murdered indigenous women. “I united communities with my artwork,” Velasquez said. “We have a very diverse culture in

Yasmany Tomas currently makes more money than Christian Yelich, Javier Baez, and George Springer. All four of the aforementioned players were All-Star Starters, except for one difference. Yelich, Baez, and Springer play in the MLB. Tomas plays in Triple-A for the Reno Aces. At this past week’s Triple-A All-Star Festivities in El Paso, Tomas won

Mason Fierro is being hailed as a hero after catching a two-month-old baby girl and toddler from an apartment window during a fire in Albuquerque. The construction worker told KOAT-TV he and others were putting a roof on the building next door when the flames began. A man was screaming from a window on the

Weakened but still potent, Tropical Storm Barry inundated the Gulf Coast as it continued its slow advance Sunday, bringing fresh fears of flash flooding to Mississippi’s capital city even as it appeared unlikely to deluge New Orleans. In Mississippi, up to 3 inches of rain had already fallen in the Jackson area before dawn Sunday

President Donald Trump on Sunday defended conditions at the Texas border detention facilities visited by his vice president, painting a rosier picture than Mike Pence encountered. Trump tweeted that the children’s rooms Pence saw Friday were “well run and clean” while facilities for single men were “clean but crowded.” Pence said Friday the detention facility

Novak Djokovic became the first man in 71 years to win Wimbledon after facing match points in the final, coming back to beat Roger Federer in an unprecedented fifth-set tiebreaker Sunday. By barely emerging to win 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-12 (3) after nearly five tight, tense and terrific hours, Djokovic claimed his

Police were looking for a 61-year-old El Paso man they described as being “endangered” after he went missing over the weekend. Roland Sanchez hasn’t been seen since leaving 11112 Starboard Lane on Saturday morning, police said. He was wearing a grey T-shirt, black pants, and white Addidas shoes. No further description was given and police

It’s just flat-out gross. People go into grocery stores, open a container of ice cream at random, lick the top, put it back in the freezer and then just walk away. Oh, and then they put a video of the entire grotesque display on social media for all to see. The #IceCreamChallenge, as it’s now