NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday the league should have listened to players earlier about racism concerns in response to NFL players calling on the league to condemn racism and support its black players. Goodell posted a video to the NFL’s social media on Friday in response to the video “Stronger Together,” which features multiple
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Two attorneys were taken back into custody Friday for charges in connection with a Molotov cocktail attack on a police patrol car during protests in Brooklyn last weekend in the wake of George Floyd’s death. A federal appeals court ruled they should not remain in home detention while prosecutors appeal their bail decision. The lawyers,
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El Paso, TX – The COVID-19 virus has claimed the life of former El Pasoan and retired Army Brigadier General Byron E. Quimbey, perhaps better known locally as “Bud.” Quimbey served in World War II, the Korean Conflict, and in Vietnam. During his military service, Quimbey earned two Silver Stars, a Bronze star, and four
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP is getting the ball rolling for students athletes to return to campus. UTEP athletes will be allowed to return for voluntary workouts in phases beginning on June 15. The news was confirmed this week by UTEP Director of Athletics Jim Senter. “It is important for us to bring student-athletes back
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EL PASO, Texas — Trying to maneuver through life during a pandemic while healthy is hard enough. Ahead of National Cancer Survivor Day on June 7, ABC-7 is highlighting one young El Paso girl in particular who is celebrating a victory over cancer during this tough time. “I couldn’t believe it,” said Hailee Ozaeta, 11,
Continue Reading The Los Angeles Galaxy “mutually agreed to part ways” with midfielder Aleksandar Katai on Friday after the MLS club learned that Katai’s wife shared “racist and violent” social media posts. Tea Katai posted twice on her Instagram, the first post calling for protesters to be killed, and the second showing a suspected looter holding a
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EL PASO, Texas — The mayor unveiled plans Friday evening to begin reopening parks next week with libraries, museums and the El Paso Zoo to follow later in June and into July as the city eases up on coronavirus pandemic restrictions. “We have determined that now is the time to start phasing and reopening some
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WASHINGTON, DC — Joe Biden formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Friday, setting him up for a bruising challenge to President Donald Trump that will play out against the unprecedented backdrop of a pandemic, economic collapse and civil unrest. “It was an honor to compete alongside one of the most talented groups of candidates the
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three promoted a Facebook post suggesting George Floyd’s death was staged. Another shared a Martin Luther King Jr. quote over a picture of a banana. A fifth nudged followers to consider that liberal billionaire George Soros pays black people to riot to keep “race wars” flaring. All of them are local
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Police officers in Minneapolis would be banned from using chokeholds under a measure approved Friday by the city. The restraining order represents the first policing change in the city since George Floyd’s death last week. “We cannot let George Floyd’s death be in vain,” said Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero, a day after hundreds of
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Film and television productions in California will soon be able to send their people back to work, several months after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered operations across the country and internationally. The new guidance from the California Department of Public Health states that TV, film and music productions in the state can resume on June 12,
Continue Reading Washington, DC is painting a message in giant, yellow letters down a busy DC street ahead of a planned protest this weekend: BLACK LIVES MATTER. The massive banner-like project spans two blocks of 16th Street, a central axis that leads southward straight to the White House. Each of the 16 bold yellow letters spans the
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It’s been an extraordinary week in America, as anger, pain and heartbreak have swept across the country over the killing of yet another black man at the hands of police. The protests, unrest, outrage and fear have been impossible to ignore, and they come amid a pandemic that had already turned life upside down for
Continue Reading The trail of blood outside the warehouse door was the only immediate sign that a murder had taken place. But CCTV footage seized by police, and seen by CNN, revealed a brutal afternoon of carnage. At midday on Sunday, May 24, three Zambian attackers with iron bars entered the grounds of a Chinese-owned textile warehouse
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Temps climbed anywhere from 102-111 across the area today. The hottest of they year so far. Officially, at the El Paso airport, we hit 107 (actually tied record on this date set in 2014). This is the hottest temp since 2018 when we hit 108. Temps will slowly decline over the weekend but still be
Continue Reading Six members of a military family were found dead on Thursday at a home in San Antonio, Texas, in what appeared to be a murder-suicide. Police discovered two adults and four children dead in an SUV in the home’s garage, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said at a news conference Thursday night. The family
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces police officer is being charged with involuntary manslaughter after he used a controversial neck restraint that led to a suspect’s death back in February, prosecutors announced Friday. The charges against Officer Christopher Smelser came after the New Mexico state medical investigator hours earlier had ruled the death
Continue Reading The federal government’s “Operation Warp Speed” vaccine program, with its emphasis on quick production and testing of experimental coronavirus vaccines, is fueling fears already stirred up by vaccine skeptics, two experts said Friday. The approach itself is not unreasonable, said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and professor of pediatrics
Continue Reading Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz had no idea that his act of solidarity in El Paso, Texas, would be met with a phone call of gratitude from his boss, Pope Francis. With eyes closed, masks covering their faces, white roses in hand and handwritten signs that read “Black Lives Matter,” Seitz and 12 other priests from
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NEW YORK, NY — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday the league should have listened to players earlier about racism concerns in a video response to NFL players calling on the league to condemn racism and support its black players. Goodell took to Instagram on Friday in response to the video “Stronger Together,” which features several of
Continue Reading Australian actress Cate Blanchett has said she cut her head with a chainsaw during an accident at home during lockdown. But the Oscar-winning star only suffered a “little nick to the head” and is OK following the bizarre incident, she added. Speaking with former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Blanchett said: “I had a bit
Continue Reading A warehouse that operates as an Amazon distribution center went up in flames Friday morning after a three-alarm fire broke out, engulfing the entire building. Thick plumes of smoke could be seen coming out of the building in Redlands, California, as firefighters battled back the flames. Aerial views of the fire show entire sections of
Continue Reading The wait is over for people who love the likes of Hagrid’s Motorbike Adventure and the Krakatau Aqua Coaster. Universal Orlando Resort in Florida reopened to the public on Friday after closing in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Limited crowd capacity was the order of the day at its three parks: Universal Studios Florida
Continue Reading Amy Cooper got her dog back. The cocker spaniel belonging to the white woman who called police on Christian Cooper, a black man who was bird-watching in Central Park in May, has been returned to her. “Abandoned Angels would like to express its gratitude for the outpouring of support regarding the dog that was recently
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(Editor’s note: The exact impact of the additional testing and study announcements on El Paso have not yet been detailed.) AUSTIN, Texas — The state’s top health agency announced Friday it’s launching a study on the coronavirus’ effect on vulnerable populations in Texas, which will include data on things such as race, ethnicity, age, socioeconomic
Continue Reading YouTube Originals is celebrating the class of 2020 in style with a star-studded group of commencement speakers — headlined by former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama — and performers honoring this year’s graduates. The four-plus hour event is being called “Dear Class of 2020,” and it is meant to serve as an
Continue Reading The NBA’s return is imminent — but only with 22 teams. The NBA’s Board of Governors approved a plan on Thursday that would restart the season in Orlando utilizing a 22-team format, according to the league. On Friday, the players joined them. The Board of Player Representatives of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) approved
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Alexis Ohanian says he is trying to set an example for other leaders — by stepping down. Reddit, the social networking site he co-founded 15 years ago, gave birth, directly and indirectly, to some of the worst racism, hate and trolling on the internet. Now, two years after stepping away from his day-to-day duties at
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Chihuahua state health officials on Friday reported the state’s highest peak of infections, and said the record number was partly to blame on the “relaxation of health measures” and “people deciding to go out.” “This (pandemic) is not over, we must become aware,” stressed Dr. Arturo Valenzuela, the northern zone medical
Continue Reading Covid-19 isn’t the only health crisis threatening our nation right now. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to epidemiologist Dr. Camara Jones about the serious impact of racism on public health. Jones is senior fellow at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute and the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine. She
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