A man accused of killing eight police officers in India was shot dead Friday while allegedly trying to flee custody after his arrest, authorities said. Vikas Dubey had been on the run for almost a week after he and his associates allegedly killed the officers in a shootout at his house in Kanpur, in the
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – A doctor from Methodist Hospital in San Antonio said a young man died after attending a Covid-19 party, according to ABC affiliate KSAT. “One of the things that was heart wrenching that he said to his nurse was, you know, I think I made a mistake. And this young man went to
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso Electric official said Saturday the utility understands the frustration of customers after two days of outages amid the worst heat stretch in over a quarter century that left thousands without power during a time of pandemic. Unfortunately for both customers and work crews, El Paso Electric’s Community Engagement
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Three people have tested positive for coronavirus on Friday after taking a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Albany, New York. Flight 4815 left on July 6, a release from the Rensselaer County Health Department said. The passengers were not symptomatic on the flight, but began showing symptoms on July 7. “We have been
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New data suggests that working-class and minority neighborhoods hit hardest by coronavirus in the borough of Queens in New York are now overwhelmingly testing positive for antibodies. But that data doesn’t mean those who have antibodies are immune. The data, first reported by The New York Times Thursday, shows that more than 68% of people
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — As the state of New Mexico works to correct a massive and historic budget shortfall, New Mexico State University’s president said the institution is preparing for the worst. “Everything is on the table, including possible layoffs furloughs or or salary cuts,” said President John Floros in a virtual news conference
Continue Reading Another record-setting day of Covid-19 cases across the US came with a spotlight on Florida, which publicly released its number of coronavirus patients currently in the hospital after weeks of pressure to do so. A total of 6,991 people are hospitalized because of the virus, the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration said Friday. Friday
Continue Reading Officials in Schenectady, New York, said city police are now banned from placing a knee on a person’s head or neck as a control hold, days after an officer used the maneuver to bring a suspect into custody. Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy, Public Safety Commissioner Michael Eidens and Police Chief Eric Clifford announced that and
Continue Reading Coronavirus damages not only the lungs, but the kidneys, liver, heart, brain and nervous system, skin and gastrointestinal tract, doctors said Friday in a review of reports about Covid-19 patients. The team at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City — one of the hospitals flooded with patients in the spring —
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Another hot day today. We hit 109 at the El Paso Airport making this our 8th day in a row of having triples. Street and sidewalk temperatures hit a high reading of 145 degrees this afternoon via our road temperature tracker. More sunshine and heat tomorrow and Sunday. Expect temps to hit 111 tomorrow (record
Continue Reading Three Los Angeles police officers face charges for allegedly falsely identifying people as gang members or associates, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. Officers Braxton Shaw, Michael Coblentz and Nicolas Martinez each face one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, and multiple counts of filing false police reports and preparing false documentary
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FORT HOOD, Texas — The US Army is assembling a panel of four civilian consultants to review the “command climate and culture” at Fort Hood in Texas, in the wake of the killing of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy announced Friday. McCarthy announced the investigation following a meeting Friday with US Rep. Sylvia
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso soared to a high temperature of 109 degrees for a second-straight day Friday amid the first Excessive Heat Warning in a quarter of a century, with forecasters predicting it would likely be even hotter for Saturday. The 109-degree late afternoon temp at El Paso International Airport was well shy
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Click here for updates on this story Los Angeles, CA (KTLA) — For the first time, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office defied a “security hold” in releasing the autopsy report for Andres Guardado Friday, confirming the teenager was shot five times in the back by a sheriff’s deputy last month. Despite the hold placed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mission Viejo, CA (KTLA) — A couple pulled over into a Kaiser Permanente clinic parking lot in Mission Viejo last week when they realized they weren’t going to make it to the hospital in time to deliver their baby. Mike and Melissa — who asked not to share
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A union representing teachers in Los Angeles, the second-largest school district in the country, says schools should remain closed. United Teachers Los Angeles, which represents teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), announced its stance Thursday, recommending that the district keep campuses closed during rising coronavirus infections and deaths. “It is time to
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man has been arrested on child indecency charges involving a young girl, police said Friday. Detectives said they arrested 58-year-old David Villalobos after a 15-month investigation into allegations he had engaged in sexual contact with the girl for close to two years. The alleged sexual abuse began when
Continue Reading The Los Angeles County coroner’s office on Friday confirmed that Andres Guardado, the teenager whose death on June 18 sparked outcry across Los Angeles, was shot five times in the back. The office came to the same conclusion as an independent autopsy that lawyers for the Guardado family unveiled earlier this week. The manner of
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UPDATE: El Paso police on Saturday released a mugshot of dog groomer Leobardo Nava II, charged with animal cruelty in a puppy’s death. He was being held in the downtown jail on $3,300 bond. Leobardo Nava II’s mugshot Police on Saturday also released a report on the incident which offered some new details in the
Continue Reading Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith “never ever thought that we would make it back.” But the couple came together for a special Friday edition of her “Red Table Talk” show on Facebook to share their side of the controversy surrounding her relationship with singer August Alsina. According to the superstar couple they “were going
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EL PASO, Texas — A multi-car crash involving a Border Patrol vehicle triggered the shutdown of a portion of Loop 375 for the commute home late Friday afternoon. The crash happened on Loop 375 east near the Zaragoza exit, an area that has been the scene of deadly collisions in the past. Fire officials said
Continue Reading Crews in New Orleans are expected to begin Monday the recovery of the bodies of two workers who died nine months ago when the Hard Rock Hotel collapsed during construction. The structure on the edge of the French Quarter partially collapsed on October 12, 2019, killing three and injuring dozens. One body was recovered. Recovery
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — An Otero County Prison inmate’s death was one six new coronavirus deaths reported in New Mexico on Friday, state health officials said. The death of the 70-year-old man who had been hospitalized was the eighth occurring in Otero County since the start of the pandemic; the majority of the county’s
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP women’s basketball team got a first look at their conference schedule on Friday. It’s a return to a more traditional format as the season will be an 18-game 2021 Conference USA schedule. The Miners will have home-and-home match-ups with LA Tech, North Texas, Rice, Southern Miss and UTSA. UTEP
Continue Reading The singer Lady A is pushing back against a suit from the band Lady A. The country trio formerly known as Lady Antebellum, filed suit on Wednesday against Anita White, a singer/songwriter who also performs as Lady A. White recently told HLN she had been willing to work with the band but is unwilling to
Continue Reading More research emerged this week in potential support of using the tuberculosis vaccine Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) as a tool in the fight against coronavirus. Researchers found that countries where many people have been given the vaccine have had less mortality from Covid-19. While that doesn’t mean that BCG somehow reduces the risk of severe illness
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — With virtual learning being thrust upon students of all ages in Las Cruces, the future of learning will be influenced by those that have experienced the emergency changes of the pandemic. Las Cruces Public School’s Josh Silver told ABC-7 that the district has utilized gathered information from families that aided
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story INGLEWOOD, CA (KABC) — Cheers echoed through Centinela Hospital in Inglewood as COVID-19 survivor Michael Orantes was finally ushered back into the arms of his family. It had been touch-and-go for the 32-year-old construction worker who was hospitalized for 93 days. The head of the hospital said that
Continue Reading The death of a 24-year-old California man who was found hanging from a tree last month has been ruled a suicide, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Robert Fuller’s body was found in Palmdale on the morning of June 10. There were no signs of a struggle and no signs that he had
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The NFL has no issues with players battling in the trenches and tackling each other while playing a full-contact sport where it is impossible for players to physically distance from one another. However, in the league’s upcoming preseason, the NFL will no longer allow the traditional jersey exchanges between opposing players after the game. In
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