CLICK HERE for UPDATES to this story EL PASO, Texas — Several families that have suffered deeply following the deadly car crash that followed a Border Patrol chase last week, leaving 7 people dead and another 3 seriously hurt, are now getting back the remains of their loved ones. An official close to the case
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Tuesday a budget solvency plan seeking to mend a multi-billion-dollar deficit by scaling back spending increases. But the Democrat vetoed Tuesday some cuts to public education and other areas. State government finances are reeling from the economic fallout of the coronavirus epidemic and
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EL PASO, Texas — The city of El Paso is denying claims made by employees of an assisted living facility in the Lower Valley who said their calls for help to battle an outbreak of the coronavirus are falling on deaf ears. Employees of Villas Del Sol claim 911, the city’s emergency number, is refusing
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DENVER, Colorado — Major League Baseball player Ian Desmond is opting out of the truncated 2020 season. Coronavirus concerns factored into his decision, but so did the national reckoning with racism — something Desmond says needs to happen within the league, too. The Colorado Rockies outfielder, in a lengthy and emotional Instagram post, detailed how
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Wednesday is the deadline to submit bids for McClatchy, the bankrupt newspaper firm. This is not your ordinary bankruptcy — McClatchy is a vital local news source across the USA. The company owns 30 titles
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EL PASO, Texas — Police converged in a central El Paso neighborhood Tuesday night where a 28-year-old man was shot and killed inside an apartment home. The shooting happened around 7 p.m. in the 3800 block of Fillmore Avenue at a small apartment complex. It sits off Dyer, just a few block blocks from the
Continue Reading A New York judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the publication of an unflattering tell-all book written by President Trump’s niece that Simon & Schuster is set to publish in July. The ruling, issued by Judge Hal B. Greenwald of the New York State Supreme Court, the state’s trial court, is the first legal win for
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Chinese researchers have discovered a new type of swine flu that can infect humans and has the potential to cause a future pandemic, according to a study released on Monday, though scientists have cautioned that the virus does not pose an immediate global health threat. The disease, which researchers called the G4 virus, is genetically
Continue Reading Human remains were found Tuesday during the search for a missing soldier stationed at Fort Hood in Texas, Army officials told CNN. Vanessa Guillen, 20, has been missing since April. She was last seen in the parking lot of her barracks at the post on April 22, according to the US Army Criminal Investigation Command.
Continue Reading DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich says he supports Ian Desmond’s decision to sit out the 2020 season to focus on his young family and help rejuvenate youth baseball in his hometown in Florida. Bridich says he had a pair of recent conversations with the 34-year-old outfielder who announced his decision in
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Officials in California and Florida — two states where coronavirus cases are jumping — are taking different approaches toward reopening amid spikes in infections. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told the reporters that there’s no going back to stricter measures, while California Gov. Gavin Newsom hinted that on Wednesday he’ll tighten restrictions, especially at beaches, this
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NEW YORK, NY — Count on the New York Public Library’s iconic lion sculptures to set an example of patience and fortitude. The marble statues that sit in front of the Steven A. Schwarzman Building in Manhattan’s Bryant Park are now sporting their own lion-sized face masks to encourage New Yorkers to follow safety guidelines
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The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a measure to develop an unarmed model of crisis response that would replace police officers with community-based responders for nonviolent calls. “This is the dawn of a new era of public safety in Los Angeles,” City Councilmember Herb Wesson Jr. tweeted Tuesday. Nonviolent calls for service
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Click here for updates on this story LENEXA, KS (KCTV) — People are socially distancing, wash their hands and wearing masks, in an effort to protect themselves against COVID-19, but is it possible to also clean the air they breathe? Lenexa-based Synexis says it’s found a way to “scrub the air” of all kinds of
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Betty and Curtis Tarpley were together for most of their lives — they went to the same high school in Illinois, met and fell in love in California as adults, got married, and raised two kids. On June 18, after 53 years as a married couple, the two died from coronavirus within an hour of
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Rudolfo Anaya, a writer who helped launch the 1970s Chicano Literature Movement with his novel “Bless Me, Ultima,” a book celebrated by Latinos, has died at 82. Anaya’s niece, Belinda Henry, said the celebrated author died Sunday at his Albuquerque home after suffering from a long illness. Literary critics say Anaya’s
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EL PASO, Texas — While a massive Saharan dust storm continues, it seems El Paso has dodged most of the dust. “This year is literally the biggest Saharan dust storm on record by everything the research community is looking at,” UTEP professor of geological sciences Dr. Thomas Gill said with enthusiasm. ABC-7 Chief Meterologist ‘Doppler’
Continue Reading Carl Reiner, the writer, actor, director and producer whose many decades’ worth of credits — including “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “The 2000 Year Old Man” — showcased a ready wit and a generous spirit, has died, his son, director Rob Reiner, announced in a tweet. He was 98. “Last night my dad passed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Louisiana (WGNO) — The Army Corps of Engineers opens the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway when the Mississippi River is running high. The spillway is designed to protect New Orleans and levees down river. Caught up in the rush of the water are thousands of fish including federally endangered fish
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MESILLA, New Mexico — El Paso leaders may plan to ban fireworks on the holiday weekend, but New Mexico vendors are welcoming Texans to cross state lines. “I welcome any business,” said Jimmy Nevarez, who has been in the fireworks business almost his whole life. His pop-up tent, which sells fireworks on Avenida de Mesilla,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story York County, PA (WPMT) — A York County man has been charged with felony counts of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children after police say he held a two-year-old boy’s hand under hot water until the skin peeled off the boy’s fingers. Shane Douglas McKinsey, 31,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Noxen, PA (WNEP) — A popular fundraiser in Wyoming County has been canceled for 2020. The Noxen Rattlesnake Roundup will not be held this year because of the coronavirus. Each year, people try for prizes by heading out in to the woods and bringing back snakes. The event
Continue Reading Florida prosecutors pushed a state appeals court on Tuesday to overturn last year’s decision suppressing video of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft inside a massage parlor. The appeal stems from the criminal case against Kraft, 78, who was charged with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution in February 2019. The powerful NFL owner was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Davenport, IA (WQAD) — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against a Davenport property manager for reportedly sexually harassing a female tenant and retaliating against her. The lawsuit alleges that Juan Goitia, from Davenport, sexually harassed one of his female tenants, from when she moved into
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Lori Vallow, the Idaho woman charged in connection with the disappearance of her children, is now accused of two counts of conspiring to destroy, alter or conceal evidence of their buried bodies. Vallow’s children, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua “J.J.” Vallow, disappeared last September. Their remains were found June 9 at the home of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Davenport, IA (WQAD) — Rick Sullivan is being held without bond after assaulting two police officers with a knife. Investigators say officers responded to a home off Cresthill Drive for a domestic situation at about 10:53 a.m. According to the Sullivan’s mother, he threatened her with a butter
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State University and the school’s foundation are investigating a cyber-attack on the foundation’s computers. University officials said that unusual network activity was first noticed last week. There’s no evidence of any data theft, but officials said the investigation is ongoing. The NMSU Foundation — which includes the Office
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mobile, AL (WALA) — The City of Mobile installed its first use of solar-powered LED streetlights in Midtown as part a pilot program to test their feasibility. Two new LED streetlights were installed on Upham Place in Mobile. The residents had requested streetlights over a year ago for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Asheville, NC (WLOS) — The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation is celebrating National Picnic Month with a twist on the summer tradition — a Picnic for the Parkway event. The foundation is encouraging people to connect at one of the recently reopened picnic areas. But because of COVID-19, participants
Continue Reading For some, the sight of a snake slithering on the ground is scary enough, so how about one launching itself through the air? Chrysopelea paradisi — the paradise tree snake — does just that, propelling through the air from trees in South and Southeast Asia. Little was known about how such snakes “fly” before a
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