Today we’ll get a look at the September jobs report. Experts say the job market should look strong, even with a dip in job creation compared to last year. But trade anxieties and fears of future economic instability could make for some worrying trends. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed
Continue Reading When 64-year-old Kamyar Samimi died in ICE custody, the agency issued a routine press release saying the preliminary cause of his death was cardiac arrest. It boasted about the nearly $200 million it had been spending annually on health care services for detainees, saying that “comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment detainees arrive
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The latest contestant unmasked on “The Masked Singer” turned out to be a knockout. Season 2 of Fox’s hit show “The Masked Singer” is in its second week and on Wednesday, there was another big celebrity reveal. The premise is that a group of celebs and influencers appear as costumed, masked performers who compete against
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Brace yourselves, America: Many of your favorite foods may contain bits and pieces of creatures that you probably didn’t know were there. How about some rodent dung in your coffee? Maggots in your pizza sauce? Mold in the jelly on your toast? Oh, and so sorry, chocolate lovers. That dark, delicious bar you devoured might
Continue Reading Brace yourselves, America: Many of your favorite foods may contain bits and pieces of creatures that you probably didn’t know were there. How about some rodent dung in your coffee? Maggots in your pizza sauce? Mold in the jelly on your toast? Oh, and so sorry, chocolate lovers. That dark, delicious bar you devoured might
Continue Reading Ohio University has suspended all Interfraternity Council fraternities on its Athens campus after “troubling allegations” of hazing, university officials said in a release Thursday. Seven IFC chapters were accused of hazing new members, the school said, and will be investigated for possible violations of the university’s student code. Last spring, a fraternity was expelled from
Continue Reading A Florida woman is facing attempted murder charges after police say she told her four children to unbuckle their seat belts and then purposefully drove a minivan into a tree yesterday. Calicia Williams and the children, who are between 7 and 13 years old, were all injured in the crash, Ocala police said in a
Continue Reading There’s no understating the extent of America’s opioid crisis. In 2017, the same year it became a public health emergency, an estimated 1.7 million people in the US had substance abuse disorders related to prescription opioids. And this year, the National Safety Council found that the odds of dying from an accidental opioid overdose are
Continue Reading The woman who jumped into a lion’s den at the Bronx Zoo has been identified, and police want your help in tracking her down. The New York Police Department said the culprit is Myah Autry. She shared videos of herself climbing over the wooden fence Saturday, then waving and dancing once inside as the big
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The body is the canvas as Hiroshi “Bak-san” Moriyama’s wife Rika patiently daubs gold and green paint onto her husband’s torso recreating the Australian rugby shirt on his front and back. The touch of the brush becomes more intricate and delicate as she recreates in impeccable detail the Australian team’s national crest and sponsor’s logo.
Continue Reading We’ve all been there, Taylor Swift. The post-surgery haze is real, except rarely do average people have their vulnerable moment shared with millions of people. Yet, thanks to her mom Andrea Swift, we’ve all been gifted a video of the superstar singer nearly reaching an emotional breaking point over a banana after having laser eye
Continue Reading A little over a third of Japanese career women with mental health issues say their suffering was caused by some form of harassment at work, according to a government survey published Tuesday. Japan remains a male-dominated society and discrimination against women in the workplace is rife. The country is ranked 110 out of 149 countries
Continue Reading A vehicle from Paul Walker’s iconic personal collection could be yours next year. A group of 21 collectible vehicles will be auctioned at Barrett-Jackson’s 49th Annual Scottsdale Auction from January 11 to January 19, 2020. Highlights of the Paul Walker collection include seven BMW M3s, a 1989 Nissan Skyline “race car” and a 2009 Nissan
Continue Reading It was a moment every new parent dreads: The baby is crying in the middle of a restaurant. Every time Tabatha Corbitt would sit down, her 3-month-old son, Zerak, would start screaming. She was at a local Mexican restaurant in Munfordville, Kentucky, with her family on Sunday. No matter what she did, her baby kept
Continue Reading Allison Jean said she respected the jury’s decision to sentence the former Dallas police officer who killed her son, Botham, to 10 years in prison But his life was “more valuable than 10 years,” she said Thursday. Jurors this week found Amber Guyger, 31, guilty of murder for fatally shooting Botham Jean, 26, in his
Continue Reading Police in the southern Washington city of Vancouver said Thursday that one person was killed and two people were hurt in a shooting at an apartment building for senior citizens. An 80-year-old suspect was taken into custody without incident, police spokeswoman Kim Capp said several hours after the shooting. Police responded around 2 p.m. to
Continue Reading A former Michigan high school resource officer was sentenced to one year in jail after being convicted of sexually assaulting three female students. Former Lansing Police Department Officer Matthew Priebe, 35, pleaded no contest to five charges in connection to three victims, including criminal sexual conduct against a minor, two counts of assault, misconduct in
Continue Reading Robert Riddell was a World War II buff, and a ride on a B-17 Flying Fortress was on his bucket list. So when the Nine-O-Nine came to the airport in his town, he wanted to be aboard. With his wife recording video from the tarmac, Riddell went out on the bomber Wednesday, and was one
Continue Reading The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are warning law enforcement ahead of the opening weekend of the movie “Joker” after a number of threats were posted online calling for mass shootings at showings of the movie. In a Joint Intelligence Bulletin shared with police this week and obtained by CNN, federal authorities write that
Continue Reading It turns out that overworking your brain with either physical or mental exercise may lower your ability to delay self-gratification. And that may set you up for poor choices in your eating habits, self-care and finances. A new study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology asked elite endurance athletes to overtrain for three out
Continue Reading The owners of an outdoor haunted trail were facing a scary predicament – namely, the prospect of not being able to open their Halloween attraction this year. The owners of Forbidden Acres were facing some code violations from the El Paso County Fire Marshal’s Office. But they made some changes and were able to open
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Abused, assaulted and allegedly held against his will for five years. “The only time the door opened was when they brought in the food,” said Las Cruces resident Marco Olvera. “We weren’t allowed to go to school.” In an exclusive interview with ABC-7, Olvera said his stepfather held his mother and six siblings captive in
Continue Reading A young El Paso man is out to prove that a disability should never define a human being. Andres Hernandez, 25, has Down syndrome, but that doesn’t stop him from getting in the way of his love for swimming. Hernandez has gotten so good at the sport, that now he’s headed to Brisbane, Australia to
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A Las Cruces man has been arrested on charges of impersonating a U.S. Marshall, and is accused of firing a gun while doing so. Aaron Tyler Stroud, 38, is being held without bond in the Dona Ana County Detention Center following his arrest earlier this week on a federal count of impersonating a public official.
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The ABC-7 StormTrack weather team has issued an ABC-7 First Alert for continued chances for storms, some heavy, for Thursday evening and night. Some areas just east of El Paso, including the lower valley, already experienced some heavy rain – as much as 1-2″. Afternoon highs are expected to reach the upper 70s and low
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A walk to end rape, sexual assault, and gender violence. That’s the goal for the YWCA of El Paso’s “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event taking place this month. Men of all ages walk in high heels to help the YWCA raise awareness, but one El Paso man took his love of flight to
Continue Reading Newly released body cam video shows the moment a police officer came in contact with a teenager pretending to be a sheriff’s deputy in Albuquerque, according to police. Brenden Wysynski was arrested and charged as an adult with impersonating a peace officer on Monday September 9, a criminal complaint obtained by CNN affiliate KOAT said.
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Drivers now have another route to avoid some of the traffic snarls in west El Paso. The Border West Expressway officially opened Thursday afternoon. The 7.4 mile-long expressway represents the completion of Loop 375. It stretches from Racetrack Drive at Doniphan Road to a mile east of Park Street downtown. One unique feature of the
Continue Reading Emily Zamourka’s life has changed dramatically in the few days since a Los Angeles police officer shared video of her singing in the subway — and on Wednesday night she got to say thank you. The LAPD shared a video of Zamourka’s emotional sidewalk reunion with the officer, identified only as Frazier, on social media.
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Police confirmed Thursday that a body was indeed found in trunk of car that was discovered emitting a ”foul smell” earlier this week. The car was parked outside the El Paso Inn at 6210 Montana Avenue on the city’s eastside and was towed away by police on Tuesday night after people in the area reported
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