Month: August 2019

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee upended the rules Thursday for immigration legislation that would extend family detentions as chairman Lindsey Graham muscled the measure forward over the objections of Democrats. It’s one last battle, led by a top ally of President Donald Trump, before senators break for a long August recess and the start

The district attorney has released the surveillance video showing inmates attacking two correctional officers. A multi-agency news conference held at 2 p.m. Thursday provided key updates on the attack that left two correctional officers seriously injured at the Southern New Mexico Correctional facility. A total of 7 inmates have been charged in the attack that

UPDATE: The Las Cruces police department has released a statement on the ongoing investigation of a suspicious package that closed down part of Picacho Avenue and the parking lot at District Court Thursday morning. According to police, the incident began around 1:45 a.m. Thursday, August 1st, when a Las Cruces police officer pulled over a

New Mexico horse racing regulators have declined to grant a sixth horse track and casino license after months of uncertainty. The New Mexico Racing Commission announced Thursday it would not approve another license following months of debates and millions spent by applicants. Commission chair Beverly Bourguet says the decision was in “the best interest” of

Police in the northern Mexico border state of Coahuila shot a Salvadoran migrant accused of drawing a pistol and opening fire on officers, prosecutors said Thursday. A migrant shelter in the Coahuila city of Saltillo said the Salvadoran man had been waiting with other migrants late Wednesday to hop a freight train to the U.S.

Fortnite superstar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has left Twitch and is taking his video game live streams to Microsoft’s Mixer platform, a stunning switch that could have wide-ranging consequences for the rapidly growing industry. Blevins announced his move Thursday, ending a hugely profitable partnership with Twitch, a live streaming giant owned by Amazon. “I’m incredibly grateful

A “border resistance convergence” planned for El Paso in September has drawn controversy online. The ten-day event, published on borderresistance.com, is billed as ‘training and direct action at the border’ by organizers, and is written to help address what they call “US-funded genocide and local concentration camps” in El Paso. The event is set to

HOUSTON (AP) – Prosecutors say a 71-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing another man in a dispute over a handicap parking space. William Anthony Hall was sentenced Wednesday following his conviction for the 2017 fatal shooting of 67-year-old attorney James Garza in a Houston post office parking lot.

An El Paso police official confirmed Wednesday that two investigations are underway after some police department employees were seen dumping boxes into a dumpster behind a local law firm’s building. Surveillance video recorded by a camera behind the Wyatt and Underwood law firm in central El Paso showed a man and four women carrying and

Two men and a woman are facing federal charges after officials say U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents rescued a 9-year-old boy from a human trafficker in San Antonio, KSAT reported. Officials said the boy was with 65-year-old Manuel Monsivais, of San Antonio, when he was rescued early Wednesday morning at an parking lot on

“It’s the day, my world shattered in 10 million pieces. The day half of my heart stopped beating and the other half left with my daughter,” said Pamela Foster, the mother of Ashlynne Mike. On May 2, 2016, Ashlynne was kidnapped on her way home from school, raped and then beaten to death with a

After Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren fended off repeated attacks from moderate competitors, the next 10 presidential primary contenders took the stage Wednesday evening for the second night of the second Democratic debates. Here is how the night unfolded. All times are eastern time. 10:47 p.m. The debate has ended A night of quick

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El Paso Locomotive FC took a quick trip up I-25 North in search of their first win since June 15th and it ended in a shutout at the hands of their border state rivals. Locomotive FC were blanked 3-0 on the road at New Mexico United tonight, extending their winless match streak up to 7

On a day in which many players were at the mercy of the MLB Front Office, the El Paso Chihuahuas dropped a 7-6 road contest to the Nashville Sounds. A slow start doomed the Dogs as they fell behind 5-0 in the 2nd inning, behind a grand slam home run from Sounds’ 1st Baseman Ronald