The FBI conducted nearly 3 million background checks associated with the sale, transfer or permitting of firearms in April, making it the fourth highest month for background checks since the bureau began keeping statistics in 1998, according to new data released by the agency. Figures from April were down from the record-shattering spike of 3.7
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EL PASO, Texas — Some downtown El Paso businesses closed for the past several weeks have now opened their doors following the Texas governor’s green light to do so. But there is one part of the picture that is badly missing: Customers. Shop owners told ABC-7 on Monday that they are struggling and miss the purchasing
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EL PASO, Texas — In a unanimous decision, El Paso County Commissioners voted Monday to shorten the hours of operation at Ascarate Park. The new hours will now be from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. rather than 5:30 a.m.- 11 p.m. The vote comes directly as a result of people in the park violating social
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that the country needs to reopen, despite separate, key coronavirus models forecasting that thousands may die daily in the United States from Covid-19 and that more than 100,000 may die in total. “Of course, everybody wants to save every life they can — but the question is,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A call center plans to nearly quadruple its work force in El Paso over the next three months. The Iowa-based company named TLC Associates is expanding its workforce to support a new cable and internet service provider, according to a spokeswoman. The company currently employees about 150 employees in El
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday slammed the Trump administration’s move to restrict coronavirus task force members from testifying before Congress this month. “I was hoping they would spend more time on the crisis instead of those daily shows that the President put on,” the California Democrat said. “We will be very strictly insisting on
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Dawn has broken at last for “Twilight” fans. The beloved vampire series will return this summer with a new novel — only this time, it’s sparkly vampire Edward Cullen’s story. “Midnight Sun,” the companion novel to the “Twilight” saga, revisits the fateful meeting of Edward and the very human Bella Swan. The long-awaited story arrives
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The Chinese government intentionally concealed the severity of the coronavirus from the international community while it stockpiled imports and decreased exports, a Department of Homeland Security report found, according to two administration officials familiar with the report. “China likely cut its exports of medical supplies prior to its January WHO (World Health Organization) notification that
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — The New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday afternoon rejected a request for releases of inmates due to Covid-19 health risks in state prisons. The justices denied a petition filed by the ACLU and the New Mexico Public Defender’s Office, KOB-TV reported. The request turned down by the court had asked
Continue Reading Not even a week since reopening, the city of Miami Beach closed the popular South Pointe Park back up after thousands of visitors failed to wear face coverings and social distance to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Miami Beach Police Department announced Monday that the park was closed until further notice after they
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Not even a week since reopening, the city of Miami Beach closed the popular South Pointe Park back up after thousands of visitors failed to wear face coverings and social distance to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Miami Beach Police Department announced Monday that the park was closed until further notice after they
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Three frontline health care workers have mysteriously fallen out of hospital windows in Russia over the past two weeks, heightening public attention to the working conditions for doctors and medical professionals amid the coronavirus pandemic. Two of those health care workers are dead, and one remains hospitalized. All three incidents, which are being investigated by
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Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica received this year’s Pulitzer Prize for public service for their collaborative investigation into sexual violence in Alaska. The public service category is often considered the most prestigious of the journalism Pulitzer Prizes. The New York Times won three awards on Monday, including one for commentary that went to Nikole Hannah-Jones
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — State health leaders reported 11 new coronavirus cases in Doña Ana County on Monday as the total number of infections across New Mexico exceeded 4,000. Officials said there were 186 additional confirmed cases statewide for a total of 4,031. In Doña Ana County, their 11 new infections put the county’s
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The White House has moved to limit the number of coronavirus task force members testifying in congressional hearings after recently blocking Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key member of the task force, from testifying before a House subcommittee this week. “For the month of May, no Task Force members, or key deputies of Task Force members,
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Employees at a hospital in Santa Cruz, California, are getting bonuses, a $1 million thank-you gift from an anonymous donor for working during the coronavirus pandemic. Employees at Dominican Hospital will be able to receive a little something extra. Custodial, administrative and nursing staff are all included. Full-time workers will receive $800; part-time staff will
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has passed the 2 million mark in unemployment claims filed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Monday, when the number of new confirmed cases dipped below 1,000 for the first time in nearly a week. Texas began to reopen one of the world’s largest economies on Friday as
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Apple and Google just provided a first look at how public health apps could use the coronavirus contact tracing software they are jointly developing. The two tech companies shared a series of images and guidelines on Monday for governments and public health authorities to integrate with their contact tracing apps, including how users will be
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The New Mexico governor’s office is making clear that an active duty caregiver at a Las Cruces nursing home was diagnosed with Covid-19 and it was no mistake the care facility was added to a state health department list of those with confirmed cases, despite protests to the contrary from
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Astronomers are seeking to understand the types of exoplanets, and their atmospheric and environmental conditions, that could potentially host life outside of our solar system. But since we can’t visit exoplanets for an up-close look, data from telescopes and modeling of atmospheres, climates and environments provide the picture we can’t see. The models, hypotheses and
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A security guard at a Family Dollar store in Flint, Michigan, was shot and killed after telling a customer to wear a state-mandated face mask, police said. Calvin Munerlyn, 43, died at a local hospital after he was shot in the head Friday, said Michigan State Police Lt. David Kaiser. The shooter and a second
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An ABC-7 First Alert in place for gusty west side winds Tuesday morning. A cold front will push in from the NE in the early morning bringing the winds and cooler temps. Gusts will hit around 50 mph between 7am and Noon. Secure the trash cans and any outdoor items that could be picked up
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A nationalist tabloid controlled by the Chinese Communist Party has dismissed claims by the Trump administration that the novel coronavirus originated from a laboratory, as the war of words over the pandemic escalates between Washington and Beijing. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday in an interview with ABC that there was “enormous evidence”
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EL PASO, Texas — In the latest installment of “The Nate-ure Report,” ABC-7’s Nate Ryan comes face-to-face with the king of the jungle, the African Lion. Lions are the second largest cat in the world, behind only the tiger and are exclusive to Sub-Saharan Africa. The El Paso Zoo is home to four African Lions:
Continue Reading Cady Groves, a pop and country singer and songwriter, died over the weekend at her home in Tennessee, Camus Celli, CEO of Vel Records, told CNN. She was 30. “Her death appears to be from natural causes, pending a final coroner’s report. Foul play and self-harm have both been ruled out by the coroner,” Celli
Continue Reading Fifty years ago today, the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State University students as they protested against the Vietnam War. Four students were killed. Nine were injured. The incident on May 4, 1970, now known as the Kent State massacre, dramatically changed the nation. It prompted a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of
Continue Reading Tory Lanez has attracted a lot of attention recently for “Quarantine Radio,” an informal show he began hosting on Instagram Live to lend levity to these scary times. Now he wants to leverage the show’s viral success to help families struggling to meet their immediate needs during the coronavirus pandemic. The Grammy-nominated rapper, singer and
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Health officials said Monday that the state of Chihuahua now has 600 confirmed cases of coronavirus, of which 400 belong to the city of Juárez. In the entire state of Chihuahua, there were 98 deaths due to the virus as of Monday. Officials indicated 80 of those deaths had occurred in
Continue Reading The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is expected to peak on Tuesday, but a nearly full moon could outshine the show. May is the best spring month to view meteor activity for those in the northern hemisphere, according to the American Meteor Society. However, this meteor shower favors sky watchers in the southern hemisphere, where between
Continue Reading Set a timer for three weeks. By late May, we should know whether certain US states collected on a major gamble or committed a hideous error by reopening their economies. If a tide of sickness and death overwhelms the early openers, lockdowns may return, making Americans’ trudge back toward normal economic life even slower and
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