Month: September 2019

The largest US Hispanic civil rights group’s national board voted unanimously Friday to urge major manufacturers and retailers to stop selling costumes based on racial stereotypes. The League of United Latin American Citizens will contact companies — including Amazon and Party City — that make or sell “so-called costumes based on race-based stereotypes which feed

A girl was on a computer planning her 12th birthday party this week when she was shot in the head by a stray bullet, according to officials in Harvey, Illinois. Kentayvia Blackful died the next day — on her birthday — her mother told CNN affiliate WGN. “This is a baby we’re talking about. She

El Paso Mayor Dee Margo doubled down Friday on his support of stricter background checks but stopped short of supporting other gun control measures like “red flag” laws and an assault weapons ban. And — unlike his fellow El Pasoan Beto O’Rourke — he said outright that he did not support any kind of mandatory

A veteran letter carrier was shot and killed this week while delivering mail in rural South Carolina, according to the US Postal Inspection Service. Irene Pressley delivered mail for the post office in Andrews, South Carolina, and had worked for the service for almost 22 years, said David McGinnis, the inspector in charge of the

A Horizon woman has been arrested on animal cruelty charges following allegations that “she had dragged her two dogs with her vehicle,” the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. Ericka Ivonne Pacheco was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility earlier this week on two counts of cruelty to a non-livestock animal. Detectives

Larry Irving was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame on Friday, becoming the first African American to be inducted into the group since its founding in 2012. Irving produced the first empirical study proving the existence of the digital divide and is credited with coining the term, one of the reasons he was selected

Snoop Dogg’s grandson, Kai Love, has died only ten days after his birth. The father, Snoop’s son Corde Broadus, made the announcement on Instagram and posted a video of his 13-month-old month daughter Elleven Love, kissing the baby in the hospital. (See bottom of this article for the post.) “Kai Love 9/15/19 – 9/25/19. My

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a resolution to overturn President Donald Trump’s national emergency border declaration. The vote was 236-174. This comes after the U.S. Senate voted earlier this week to pass the resolution of disapproval of the President’s emergency declaration at the U.S-Mexico border that he has used to justify moving

A jury found a man involved in the 2015 deaths of two former Clint Independent School District employees guilty of capital murder and two counts of tampering with evidence. Alan Fraire was found guilty on all charges Friday morning at the El Paso County Courthouse. He will be serving a life sentence with no possibility

Police are looking for whoever is responsible for stealing 9/11 remembrance plaques from a memorial in New Jersey just a few weeks after the world marked the 18th anniversary of the terror attacks. The Atlantic Highlands Police Department is investigating after three bronze plaques from the Monmouth County 9/11 Memorial on Mount Mitchill went missing

Chemical contaminants were detected in water sources serving more than 7 million Californians, according to a new report by the Environmental Working Group. The nonprofit, which describes itself as “dedicated to protecting human health and the environment,” found that water sources for 74 community water systems — serving 7.5 million people in California — have

Sinuous smoke soars above the Earth’s atmosphere while a bright star – actually a Russian Soyuz rocket – stands against the dark night sky, encircled by a ring. This is the jaw-dropping picture that NASA astronaut Christina Koch snapped Wednesday from her privileged position at the International Space Station (ISS). On board the ISS-bound spacecraft

There is a crash on I-10 East and Executive blocking the left lane. Drivers need to take Mesa or Paisano to avoid this area. No injuries reported at this time. kvia.com/traffic

There’s a new species of worm, and this one has three different sexes, can survive 500 times the dose of arsenic it would take to kill a human and keeps its young in a pouch, not unlike a kangaroo. Researchers think humans might have something to learn from the worm’s resilience. Caltech researchers discovered eight

In the hours after Jeffrey Epstein‘s death, federal prosecutors in Manhattan pledged to continue investigating his alleged sex-trafficking ring, suggesting they would pursue his co-conspirators. But in the weeks since, according to people familiar with the matter, prosecutors have struggled with the question of whether some of those alleged co-conspirators were themselves victims of Epstein

A new study about the number of birds dying off is alarming. But fear not. There are things you can do, from your own backyard, to stop global bird loss. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to

More than $6 million has been raised to benefit victims of the Aug. 3 attack at the Cielo Vista Walmart, but distributing the funds is a complex process. “One Fund El Paso” managers, in charge of handling the money, held a town hall Thursday evening to explain how it will work out. From people who