A funeral home gave a free service to a veteran with no family. More than 1,000 people came
After a funeral home invited the public to a veteran’s service because he had no family, more than 1,000 people showed up to mourn him. The…
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Man who received international support after losing wife in Walmart shooting is charged with DWI
The man who received support from all over the world after losing his wife in the Walmart mass shooting was charged with DWI Tuesday morning. El Paso…
Continue Reading A 9-year-old accidentally won a 10K race after missing a turn
Kade Lovell never dreamed he would win the St. Francis Franny Flyer 10K run — heck, the 9-year-old didn’t even know he was running it…
Continue Reading A high school football team with no band invited a high school band with no football team to play at their game
A Michigan high school marching band had no football team to play for, but not too far away, a football team needed a band. Luckily, they found each…
Continue Reading A woman is hospitalized after being rammed by bison in Utah State Park. The friend she was hiking with had been gored in June
Park officials at Antelope Island State Park in Syracuse, Utah, have had two reports of bison attacks this year, which happened in separate incidents…
Continue Reading A record number of people won a South Carolina lottery game by picking the same numbers: 2-2-2-2
We now know that a lot of people in South Carolina have the same strategy for the Pick 4 lottery game — and it just won them a lot of money.…
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Years of deadly crashes prompts more traffic safety efforts by El Paso police
The El Paso Police Department is working with the city’s Streets Department to reduce the number of deadly traffic crashes after about 250…
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Ohio governor calls for statewide ban on sale of flavored vape products
Another state has announced plans to work toward banning the sale of certain e-cigarette products. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday called for a…
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Active-shooter training sessions being held at Ysleta schools
The Ysleta Independent School District is hosting active-shooter training sessions in an effort to help the community be better prepared for…
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Real Madrid stumbles as Club Brugge holds on for draw
If Real Madrid is to win a 14th European Cup title then Zinedine Zidane’s team is going about it the hard way. Humiliated by Paris…
Continue Reading Noah Lyles steps up to be Usain Bolt’s heir apparent with 200m gold
Athletics has been crying out for the next Usain Bolt and Noah Lyles, the sprinter with the silver hair, proved he might just be the heir apparent to…
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Cancer threatens El Paso teen’s life, family’s stability
Zamyra Lugo-Principe was 18 years old when she began experiencing a terrible stomachache. Doctors thought it was a virus. She thought it was…
Continue Reading A convicted murderer who escaped jail twice has been caught
A convicted murderer serving a life sentence without parole has been caught after his second escape from an Arkansas prison. Calvin Adams, 49,…
Continue Reading An Iowa city received a federal request to remove its rainbow crosswalks. It declined
When the city of Ames, Iowa, installed rainbow-colored crosswalks at a downtown intersection, it wanted to signal that it was welcoming and inclusive…
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Driver safety in construction zones depends on contracted companies, says TxDOT
Who is accountable for your safety as you drive through construction zones along I-10? The question is prompted after ABC-7 learned that no criminal…
Continue Reading A four-man FBI team rescued 150 as Hurricane Harvey flooded Houston
The rain pounded the streets and neighborhoods of Houston for more than four days following the landfall of Category 4 Hurricane Harvey in late…
Continue Reading The first week of Botham Jean’s murder trial is over. Here are the key moments
The first week is over in the trial of an off-duty officer charged with killing a man in his own apartment in Dallas, and more details have emerged…
Continue Reading Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former US president, is 95 today
Jimmy Carter, the son of a peanut farmer who served as America’s 39th president, turns 95 today. He is the oldest living former US president, a…
Continue Reading Some teachers in Florida can carry guns inside classrooms now
As of October 1, some Florida teachers can carry firearms on campus. The measure is part of a controversial bill that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed in…
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Texas man shoots & kills intruder, goes back to bed – now he’s been charged with murder
A Dallas resident who fatally shot a backyard intruder and then went back to bed has been charged with murder, according to police. The homeowner,…
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Former Texas police officer found guilty of murdering neighbor in his own apartment
A white former Dallas police officer who said she fatally shot her unarmed, black neighbor after mistaking his apartment for her own was found guilty…
Continue Reading 58 crosses are back on the Las Vegas Strip on the anniversary of America’s deadliest modern shooting
Exactly two years ago, the country’s spate of deadly mass shootings took an unimaginable turn. A gunman fired 1,057 rounds into a crowd of…
Continue Reading Las Vegas massacre anniversary sparks debate on gun control
In the two years since the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the federal government and states have tightened some gun regulations. But…
Continue Reading It’s finally here. October is National Pizza Month
The time has come to wrap yourself in the warm, gooey embrace of cheese, settle into a heavenly array of toppings, and chomp down on some comforting…
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Arizona man accused of killing son in attempted exorcism
Federal authorities in Arizona say a 6-year-old boy is dead after his father forced him to swallow hot water from a bathtub faucet as part of an…
Continue Reading A family pulled over while driving home from Disney World. They got carjacked
A drive home from the happiest place on Earth turned into a nightmare for one family. Jaime Sagona was driving her brother, her mother and her infant…
Continue Reading Florida’s ban on sanctuary cities begins today. It requires police officers to help ICE
Florida’s ban on sanctuary cities just went into effect. What will that mean in a state that demographers estimate is home to nearly 800,000…
Continue Reading ‘They feel they can win’: George Gregan on Japan’s World Cup hopes
If Japan was to lift the Rugby World Cup on November 2 it would constitute one of the greatest shocks in sporting history. The home nation is in the…
Continue Reading Man severely burned after fall into thermal water at Old Faithful
A 48-year-old man suffered severe burns after falling into a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming late Sunday night, the National Park…
Continue Reading ‘It was perfection’: Dani Alves says Barcelona under Guardiola was greatest team ever
At the end of “Take the Ball, Pass the Ball,” the documentary about Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering Barcelona team of 2008-2012, the…
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