LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service will present a series of cooking classes designed to teach adults with diabetes how to cook healthy meals. The four-class series, Kitchen Creations, will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 4, Feb. 11, Feb. 18 and Feb. 25. at Mayfield High
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EL PASO, Texas — Over 300 children are currently in the El Paso child welfare system. These children have been removed from their homes due to evidence of abuse and neglect, and placed in foster care, sometimes far away from their friends and loved ones. They need a CASA – a Court Appointed Special Advocate
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I love the Super Bowl. Yes, football has its problems, but what’s more indulgent, more American, than vegetating on the couch for four hours, gorging on queso and analyzing beer commercials with a bunch of your favorite people? There truly is something for everyone. To all of you Kansas City Chiefs fans and San Francisco
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State University says its study abroad office will not be sending students to China amid a new virus that has sickened thousands and killed hundreds. University spokeswoman Minerva Baumann told The Associated Press this week that the school would follow the U.S. State Department’s “Do Not Travel” warning about
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EL PASO, Texas — Free breakfast! Chick-fil-A is offering a free breakfast entrée in February – and it’s yours to claim any day until 10 a.m. at its locations around El Paso and Las Cruces. (Remember, Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays.) The popular restaurant will be offering something new each week of the month: Feb. 3 – 8:
Continue Reading The number of confirmed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus is nearing 12,000, as the epidemic continues to spread worldwide, sparking travel bans and outbreaks of ugly anti-Chinese xenophobia. According to Chinese health authorities, the number of confirmed cases grew by 2,102 on Friday, bringing the total to 11,791 nationwide. An additional 45 people died in
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EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said they seized thousands of pounds of marijuana valued at over $2 million in a pair of huge drug busts this week at the El Paso port of entry. The first drug load seizure came at Bridge of the Americas where hundreds of “bundles (of
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EL PASO, Texas — Police put out a public call for help Friday to find who’s responsible for tossing a badly injured kitten into the garbage dumpster of a local yogurt shop earlier in the month. The badly injured black kitten was found tied up in a trash bag in the garbage dumpster near Menchie’s
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden churned through his campaign donations during the last three months of 2019, leaving the former vice president with a little less than $9 million to spend ahead of the first nominating contests of the 2020 race, new filings late Friday show. That puts him in a potentially precarious financial position.
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EL PASO, Texas — New details and video emerged Friday about what led up to the arrest of controversial El Paso businessman William “Billy” Abraham on drunk driving charges on Wednesday afternoon. According to a police complaint affidavit obtained by ABC-7, police responded to reports of a “drunk disturbance” at the El Paso Times building
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The US Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug to treat peanut allergies in children on Friday, following an advisory committee vote of approval in September. The drug, Palforzia, can be used for children between 4 and 17 years old. It’s designed to minimize the incidence and severity of a child’s allergic reaction to
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(CNN Español) — Una jornada de graves accidentes de tránsito dejó 11 muertos en República Dominicana la mañana de este viernes, según las autoridades. En uno de los siniestros fallecieron seis jóvenes, entre ellos una menor de edad, cuando el vehículo en el que se desplazaban cayó desde un puente en la provincia de Monte
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Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will stand up for principles like free expression and encryption, even if it means facing a backlash. “This is the new approach, and I think it’s going to piss off a lot of people. But frankly, the old approach was pissing off a lot of people too, so let’s try something
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The Senate on Friday voted to block any witnesses from being called in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, a move that marked the beginning of the end of the third Senate trial for a president in US history. Senate leaders struck an agreement to hold the final vote to acquit Trump on the two articles
Continue Reading Lakers star LeBron James is showing off a new tattoo on Instagram, one that honors Kobe Bryant, whose nickname was the Black Mamba. “My brother #Mamba4Life #RIPKobe #RIPGiGi,” James wrote, paying tribute to Bryant and his daughter Gianna, who died with seven other people earlier this week in a helicopter crash. James made the tattoo
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Patricio Morelos es consultor de comunicación política. Politólogo por el ITESM y especialista en Gestión de Gobierno por la Universidad Camilo José Cela. Actualmente es estudiante de la Maestría en Comunicación Política y Gobernanza Estratégica en The George Washington University. Profesor universitario de las materias de Mercadotecnia Política y Ciudadanía y Democracia
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos están ordenando una cuarentena federal de 14 días para casi 200 estadounidenses que regresaron recientemente de Wuhan, China. Los 195 estadounidenses, muchos de ellos diplomáticos y sus familias, volaron de Wuhan a California el miércoles. Se han quedado en la
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – El Senado de Estados Unidos votó este viernes para impedir que testigos sean llamados al juicio político que se desarrolla contra el presidente Donald Trump, una decisión con la que comienza el final del proceso. El Senado votó 49-51 para rechazar una moción que permitía citaciones a testigos y documentos, con dos
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Click here for updates on this story BERKS COUNTY, Pa. (WPMT) — The 68-year-old owner of a Franklin County creamery has been charged with conspiracy, securities fraud, and wire fraud after the investigation of a Ponzi scheme that allegedly targeted members of the Mennonite and Amish community, bilking them out of about $60 million. Philip
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When thousands of fans pour into Staples Center on Friday night for the first Los Angeles Lakers game since Kobe Bryant, one of his daughters and seven others died in a helicopter crash, they will see several tributes to the late NBA legend. One will be two floor seats with roses on the chairs and
Continue Reading Chief Justice John Roberts made crystal clear Friday night that he has no intention of intervening in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump by casting a tie-breaking vote. Speculation had mounted during the trial whether Roberts would act, as Democrats hoped the chief could help them force the Republican majority to allow witnesses
Continue Reading The new resolution agreed to Friday in the Senate impeachment trial gives Democratic senators running for president a much needed opportunity to hit the campaign trail between stints back in Washington as jurors. For starters, they’re getting the weekend off — an unexpected boon since the trial otherwise would have convened on Saturday. “I’m on
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EL PASO, Texas — It was a frightening situation for students and parents at El Paso High School after reports of gunmen on campus, but it was also a frightening situation for teachers. For Russell Lang, a teacher at El Paso High School, the lockdown training held twice a year reassured him that local law
Continue Reading Republican Sen. Mitt Romney will not be invited to a major conservative conference following the Utah Republican’s vote Friday in support of witnesses during the Senate’s impeachment trial, the event’s chairman said. Matt Schlapp, chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference, tweeted on Friday, “BREAKING: The ‘extreme conservative’ and Junior Senator from the great state
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders spent about $50 million during the last three months of the year, burning through money faster than he raised it during the fourth quarter of 2019 — as he and his Democratic rivals readied for the first nominating contests of 2020, new filings show. The Vermont senator started January with $18.2 million remaining
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The City of Las Cruces has settled three separate lawsuits with former employees at a cost of $1.46 million to the taxpayers, according to records obtained by ABC-7. “We’re just trying to cut our losses and deal with it this way,” admitted Mayor Ken Miyagishima. “The bottom line is, the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — In 1995, Jesus Robledo had his entire life ahead of him. The five-year-old boy was never able to go to college, start his career or meet his soulmate. On June 3rd, 1995, Robledo’s life was cut short after he was struck by a drunk driver on a sidewalk in central
Continue Reading Leaders of the US Senate struck an agreement to hold the final vote on whether to acquit President Donald Trump on the two articles of impeachment on Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled a resolution for the next steps in the impeachment trial on Friday evening. Read that resolution here: cnn.com/2020/01/31/politics/senate-resolution-impeachment-articles/index.html
Continue Reading In the most dramatic moment of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, the Senate voted to move ahead without calling witnesses, ensuring what will be a smooth road to acquittal next week. But as has been the case for the full trial, the Senate controls what the public sees on television. Sketch artist Bill
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Este viernes falleció en Santiago de Chile un joven de 24 años que se encontraba grave luego de recibir un impacto de proyectil durante una protesta social, según confirmó a CNN Boris Bezana del departamento de Comunicaciones del Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos (INDH) de Chile. El hombre estaba internado en la
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