WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s acting secretary on Sunday cast doubt on the department’s authority to send its agents to polling locations after President Donald Trump said he would deploy law enforcement in November to protect against voter fraud. “We don’t have any authority to do that at the department,” acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf
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EL PASO, Texas– Pretty tough. Those exact words were written on a card the week Deonna Wade, a local artist, was diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis. And it was those two simple words that helped her cope with her diagnosis. She’s hoping those words can help other women in our community overcome challenges as well. “When
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Click here for updates on this story BEAVERTON, OR (KPTV) — Physical health often coincides with mental health but what about special needs athletes who can no longer gather in their safe places of play and connection? “It was some of my teammates, some of my volunteers reaching out to me and saying, “hey, I
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JAMESPORT, MO (KCTV/KSMO ) — Downtown Jamesport is back open days after the city’s post office and another business collapsed. Demolition crews worked on the clearing the debris back since it collapsed. Officials with the Daviess County Emergency Management Agency said that the building collapse happened around 9:30
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County’s coronavirus death toll held steady Sunday morning as health officials reported no new fatalities. It marked a milestone moment, the first day in over a month in which the health department didn’t add to the death count. Deaths among El Pasoans had been recorded for 33 straight days,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT ) — The owner of a restaurant on Milwaukee’s north side is calling for the community’s help after one of her servers was injured in a hit-and-run outside the business. Employees at Paloma Taco and Tequila said around 1 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, Nikki Zanis
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story POTEAU, OK (KFSM ) — A father drowned saving his 3-year-old child at a Poteau lake Friday (Aug. 21). According to LeFlore County Sheriff Donnie Edwards, a man and woman rented a pontoon boat on Long Lake in Poteau. Edwards says a 3-year-old child went overboard and the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONROE COUNTY, PA (WNEP ) — The search for an injured dog in Monroe County has come to an end. The pit bull was shot earlier this week in Stroud Township. Since then, a group of volunteers from Hound Hunters of NEPA have been searching for the pup.
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A driver for UPS was arrested in a series of interstate shootings spanning three counties in southwest Oregon, authorities said. Kenneth Ayers, 49, from Roseburg, was arrested a day after an August 19 incident in which a woman was shot while driving on Interstate 5. He is a suspect in six other interstate shootings that
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President Donald Trump’s election-year economic record looks extraordinarily bleak: widespread business failures, the highest unemployment since the Great Depression, the largest output drop in modern history. That’s not how the President describes it as he prepares to accept his party’s nomination once again at this week’s upcoming Republican National Convention. He instead emphasizes the early
Continue Reading Teachers across the United States are preparing to welcome students back to the classroom. But as coronavirus cases rise, many worry that young children’s excitement will quickly turn into fear. That’s why two first grade teachers in DeLand, Florida, decided to transform their students’ desks into little Jeeps. Patricia Dovi, 35, and Kim Martin, 51,
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Tower Bridge, one of London’s most famous landmarks, was stuck open Saturday afternoon due to “mechanical failure,” causing traffic chaos in the city. The 240 meter-long bridge, a staple of London’s skyline and a popular tourist attraction, features a drawbridge type movable bridge, which lifts around 800 times a year to allow vessels to pass
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Springfield police are looking for a man who allegedly gave a Walmart shopper a “Covid hug.” The police department in Massachusetts said the incident took place at a Walmart on August 15 around 7:10 p.m. The suspect, whom the victim had never seen before, took an item out of his hand and then gave him
Continue Reading Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed flip flops made from algae-based, polyurethane materials to help fight plastic pollution around the world. The team, which works at the California Center for Algae Biotechnology, used chemistry and biology to turn algae into renewable polymers that can be used to create a wide range
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As my 4-year-old son and I set off to explore the natural sounds of our neighborhood at night, I reminded myself to be more like a butterfly flitting behind him and less like a hovering helicopter. Nico and I were off on our first listening walk, and my first step was to loosen the reins.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – El Paso Locomotive FC goalkeeper Logan Ketterer earned his 4th clean sheet of the season on Saturday night. Unfortunately goalkeeper Abraham Rodriguez of Colorado Springs Switchbacks earned one as well, as El Paso and Switchbacks played to a 0-0 draw in the Rocky Mountain State. With Drew Beckie and Nick Ross
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UPDATE: The El Paso Fire Department confirmed with ABC-7 that a propane tank accidentally caused the house fire in central El Paso that lit up the night sky Saturday. Jorge Sanchez, the homeowner, said he was having a cookout with his family. He had just bought a new propane tank for his grill. Sanchez told
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After a record-setting day Saturday, temperatures will cool down slightly for the start of next week. Area of high pressure will hang around though keeping rain chances minimal through next week. Expect temperatures to be in the upper 90s before bouncing back to the triple digits once again for Thursday and Friday. No end in
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Another 134,000 people could die in the US from Covid-19 by December if no further safety measures are mandated — and the actual number probably would be much worse if mandates are relaxed, researchers say. The projection by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation comes with a silver lining: About 70,000
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California firefighters are struggling to contain massive wildfires that left at least four people dead and ruined neighborhoods — and approaching weather could make things worse for exhausted crews. Hundreds of active fires, including more than 20 major ones largely sparked by a blitz of lightning in recent days, already have burned around 1 million
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump’s sister said her brother has “no principles,” “you can’t trust him” and he has been “lying” throughout his presidency, according to secret audio recordings made by the president’s niece and obtained Saturday by The Washington Post. “Donald‘s out for Donald. Period,” his sister also said on the recordings. Retired
Continue Reading Cai Xia is no stranger to defying expectations. During her years at the Chinese Communist Party’s top training center and think tank, the outspoken professor had surprised many with her liberal ideas and support for democratic reform. More recently, she caused a stir with a spate of scathing denunciations of China’s ruling elite and the
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EL PASO, Texas – Aaron Dumas may not know for sure if there will be a 2020 high school football season, but he knows for sure where he will be playing in 2021. The star Americas (HS) running back committed to New Mexico today via his twitter page, marking a huge coup for first-year coach
Continue Reading Both the French president and prime minister are calling for justice after graffiti denying the Holocaust was found at a memorial center in the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane this week. “Liar” had been painted over the words “martyr” and “when the truth” on a wall at the Centere de la Mémoire, a memory center honoring
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Greg Goodman walks through Downtown Portland several times a week. Every time he takes these walks, he says he sees littered trash and graffitied benches. Seeing the state of Downtown Portland eventually took a toll on Goodman, who was inspired by the trash to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, WI (WDJT ) — The City of Waukesha Fire and Police Departments responded to a structure fire in the 400 block of Lemira Avenue around 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22. Upon arrival, units found a detached garage on fire which spread to the house and neighboring garage.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LACKAWANNA COUNTY, PA (WNEP ) — A high school football player from Lackawanna County has tested positive for coronavirus. Mid Valley officials say a student-athlete on the freshman football team attended workouts earlier this week and tested positive for the virus on Friday. Coaches and other players who
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EDMOND, OK (KFOR ) — Duane Swanson just celebrated his 77th birthday the other day, now he has another reason to celebrate: Today he won a new Cadillac CTS from Bob Moore Cadillac. Swanson donated blood to the Bob Moore Blood Drive two weeks ago, and today was
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico on Saturday reported 213 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and four additional deaths, one of those occurring in Dona Ana County. The latest numbers released Saturday pushed the state’s totals to 24,302 cases and 743 known deaths. The Dona Ana County victim was a woman in her 80s who
Continue Reading Solomon the tortoise went on quite an adventure during an unplanned summer vacation, even though he didn’t go far from home. The 150-pound Sulcata tortoise managed to escape from his home in Ashland City, Tennessee, on June 8 and roamed around for 74 days, owner Lynn Cole told CNN. She’s had the 15-year-old tortoise since
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