A former NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers was convicted of rape and other charges in a California courtroom Monday. Dana Stubblefield, 49, was found guilty of luring a developmentally disabled woman to his Morgan Hill home in April 2015 with a promise of a babysitting job after contacting her through a babysitting website.
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EL PASO, Texas — After closing its doors due to the pandemic, the Humane Society of El Paso had to find new ways to continue its annual fundraising events. “Covid-19 has impacted the Humane Society of El Paso and many other non-profits in our community,” said Deb Benedict, executive director for the Humane Society of
Continue Reading KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – A Malaysian judge has convicted former Prime Minister Najib Razak of corruption crimes related to the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB investment fund. The ruling boosts the credibility of Malaysia’s current government, which took power five months ago with Najib’s Malay party a key member of the alliance. Prime Minister
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LA LUZ, New Mexico — A 52-year-old New Mexico man was killed during an ATV crash over the weekend in Otero County. Lyle Winnicki, of Cedar Crest, was driving an All-Terrain Vehicle near Laborcita Canyon Road and Sunset Drive in La Luz, which is northeast of Alamogordo. According to the initial investigation by the New
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EL PASO, Texas — No question the Covid-19 pandemic can place a hardship on couples, making dating nearly impossible and putting a strain on even long-established partners. But one Borderland entrepreneur has opened up a new business – “El Refinado” or the Refined. It is located at the Courtyard at 7500 Viscount, Suite 179 in
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EL PASO, Texas — “It’s life and death,” said Dr. Asad Omar with Las Palmas Medical Center. “Ventilators work by us putting a tube down the mouth into the main airway to be able to get oxygen into the lungs,” Omar said. “In the simpler of terms, it is giving someone life support,” he continued.
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EL PASO, Texas — Cinemark reopened its theater in far east El Paso with a lineup of “comeback classics” films listed on its’ website. Cinemark 20 and XD at 11855 Gateway West were back in business on Friday. The No. 3 movie chain in the country said the reopening came with “greatly enhanced cleanliness, sanitizing
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One man is dead and another person was detained for questioning after a shooting during a protest Saturday evening in Austin, Texas, police said. The victim has been identified as Garrett Foster, 28, according to Austin police. Officers were at the scene monitoring protesters gathered in downtown Austin in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter
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Public skepticism toward vaccines is something officials will need to overcome once a coronavirus vaccine is ready for the public, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN on Monday. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is working with Moderna on a potential vaccine, said there will need to be a campaign
Continue Reading The posts come every few minutes. Members from South Africa to Arizona report their coronavirus symptoms. Someone asks for vitamin suggestions. Another user asks for prayers for their mom. This unlikely support group began as a way for 32-year-old Andrey Khudyakov, from Paris, to keep in touch with his family members during the pandemic, some
Continue Reading A house party in New Jersey was so packed with partygoers openly flouting the state’s Covid-19 crowd guidelines this weekend that it took police officers over 5 hours to break it up. The bust occurred on Sunday at around 8:30 p.m., when police officers arrived at a house in Jackson that was being rented out
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There will be no preseason games for the National Football League this year, according to an open letter published Monday by Commissioner Roger Goodell. The mandate comes as every aspect of sporting world has been affected by coronavirus. Earlier this year, the NFL had to hold its draft virtually to avoid the spread of the
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) late Monday began providing self-reported Covid-19 data on cases and deaths for nursing and assisted-living facilities, as well as state-supported living facilities and psychiatric hospitals. Click here to access the data. This announcement comes after a recent ruling by the Texas Attorney General’s Office that rejected almost all
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration has expanded its list of potentially deadly hand sanitizer products, warning a Mexican-based company about selling products that contain methanol, a dangerous form of alcohol that can poison people through their skin. Many new companies have been selling hand sanitizer products because of the increased demand fueled by coronavirus
Continue Reading Much of the world has pinned its hopes on a vaccine as a way out of the Covid-19 pandemic that has infected more than 15 million and killed more than 630,000 people globally. The World Health Organization says there are 25 potential coronavirus vaccines in clinical trials internationally. Here in the United States, the government
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Temps will begin to heat up to near triple digits – who said we were done with triples! Looks like Wednesday – Friday could be those hotter days. Rain chances will be minimal until we make it to the weekend where we could see anywhere from 10-30%. For the latest forecast and Doppler radar: http://www.kvia.com/weather
Continue Reading Former UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo pleaded guilty Monday for his role in the college admissions scandal, the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts said. Salcedo, 47, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering, but US District Court Judge Indira Talwani deferred acceptance of the plea until Salcedo’s sentencing on November 24,
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AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that the grade promotion requirement linked to the STAAR test for students in grades 5 and 8 has been waived for the upcoming school year. Abbott said he was doing this to help students cope with and succeed during the pandemic, which has caused major disruptions to
Continue Reading A number of players and coaches on the Miami Marlins tested positive for Covid-19, pushing Major League Baseball to postpone three games and raising questions about its plans to hold a season amid a pandemic. The Marlins’ home opener against the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees game at the Philadelphia Phillies, both scheduled
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EL PASO, Texas — A man, who has been arrested in connection with several high-profile cases, including animal cruelty, has been arrested again. Jonathan Oneal, age 26, was arrested at a house party early Sunday morning in northeast El Paso, police confirmed Monday. Oneal is accused of punching a person repeatedly and stealing personal property
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Las Cruces, NM – Hopefully by 2023 Covid-19 will be in the rear view mirror, and the NMSU Aggies are looking ahead toward that football season. New Mexico State and Northwestern have agreed to battle on the gridiron. The two programs will clash on Oct. 23, 2023, at Ryan Field in Evanston, Ill. The contest
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Senate Republicans on Monday formally unveiled their roughly $1 trillion stimulus proposal, which includes a $400 cut in enhanced unemployment benefits, and will serve as an opening bid for bipartisan negotiations with Democrats while Congress scrambles to respond to the economic and public health crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas reported an increase of nearly 700 additional deaths from the Covid-19 virus due to a change in how the state collects fatality data, representing a grim surge in the state’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The new figures released Monday show the state now with 5,713 Covid-19-identified fatalities in Texas, compared with 5,038
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Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, AR (KFSM) — A violation from the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC) was issued to the organizers of the Peacemaker Festival in Fort Smith. According to Scott Hardin, a spokesperson for the ABC, ABC agents attended the festival over the weekend to do a compliance
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TIGARD, OR (KPTV) — A man with COVID-19 spit on an officer after the suspect had passed out out in the drive-thru of a McDonald’s in Tigard, according to police. Police were notified about an intoxicated man driving a car at the restaurant on the 11200 block of
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A member of the Las Cruces school board who made a key vote that ended up removing the name of a Spanish conquistador from a high school now regrets her decision. Carol Cooper of the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education said she wishes she could go back in time and
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UPDATE: The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday asked for the public’s help in locating the person or persons responsible in an animal cruelty case. Three dead horses were found in Clint near the area of 1200 Robert’s Ranch and Texas back on July 24. An ABC-7 viewer took photos of the horse carcasses
Continue Reading Vaccine label changes have made vaccines even safer than they were before, and they remain “remarkably” safe, Israeli-based researchers reported Monday. A review of 58 different changes to labels on vaccines made between 1996 and 2015 has shown very few dangers in vaccination, and changes that were made were mostly to ensure people vulnerable to
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EL PASO, Texas — An ambulance flipped on its side in a wreck on Interstate 10 in east El Paso Monday afternoon, injuring one person. That ambulance, belonging to Life Ambulance Services, rolled over just before 1 p.m. along the interstate near the Yarbrough exit. Video captured by ABC-7 viewer Mario Sosa shows the scene
Continue Reading HOUNDE, Burkina Faso (AP) — The lean season is coming for Burkina Faso’s children. And this time, the long wait for the harvest is bringing a hunger more ferocious than most have ever known. That hunger is already stalking Haboue Solange Boue, an infant who has lost half her former body weight of 5.5 pounds
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