EL PASO, Texas– Two young El Paso siblings decided to put their two favorite things together to create their own small business: Mexican candies and giving back to those in need. Nine-year-old Mia Medrano and her little brother, 4-year-old Israel Medrano, are the creative minds behind ‘Muy Espicy Candies.’ A local small Mexican candy business
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EL PASO, Texas – A top city official said some El Paso businesses refuse to cooperate with city compliance officers and other businesses are afraid to confront customers who aren’t wearing masks. Environmental Services Director Ellen Smyth addressed the El Paso City Council on Tuesday and discussed some of the issues that have made enforcing
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Critical media reporting about Operation Warp Speed, the federal government’s effort to speed development of drugs, vaccines and other measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic, is distracting people working on the project, its chief adviser says. Former pharma executive Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser to Operation Warp Speed, complained on a US Health and Human
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Editor’s note: This story was updated to include more specific information on each vote. EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council rejected several measures Tuesday night that would’ve released more information on the specific locations of Covid-19 clusters. It is the second time in recent weeks the proposals fail. That means identities of businesses,
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EL PASO, Texas — A SWAT standoff with a wanted fugitive believed to be armed and barricaded in central El Paso ended with the man walking out of an apartment carrying a baby and surrendering to police. That peaceful surrender happened a bit before 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 3300 block of Gateway East, according
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EL PASO, Texas — A 59-year-old inmate at the El Paso County Jail has died of Covid-19, Sheriff Richard Wiles told El Paso Matters on Tuesday. It is the first known coronavirus-related death of a person held at any jail or detention facility in El Paso County. Vicente Rodriguez had been held on charges of
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A riverboat party attended by more than 170 people in New York over the weekend violated state and city emergency orders, according to the New York City Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s deputies on Saturday intercepted the Liberty Belle at Manhattan’s Pier 36 on the East River and arrested the owners for an illegal party, the sheriff’s
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AUSTIN, Texas — Three people have been arrested for the murder of a beloved ice-cream vendor in Austin, according to ABC affiliate KXXV. Austin Police said Tuesday that three capital murder warrants for the robbery-shooting death of 68-year-old Adelaido Bernabe Urias were obtained. Charged in the death are Marquis Davis, Jermaine Jones and Devlon Wardy. Urias
Continue Reading An Idaho judge ruled Tuesday that the case against Chad Daybell, the stepfather of two children whose remains were found on his property, can proceed to trial. Daybell is charged with two felony counts of conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence and two felony counts of destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence.
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TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas Republicans have nominated Rep. Roger Marshall for the U.S. Senate instead of polarizing conservative Kris Kobach of ‘We Build the Wall’ fame. Voters on Tuesday heeded the GOP establishment’s advice as it tries to keep a normally safe seat out of play, even though Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and others
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OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico — A state district judge has barred the leader of the New Mexico group Cowboys for Trump from seeing his son over social media posts and for refusing to abide by Covid-19 mask requirements. District Judge Mary Rosner ruled last month that Couy Griffin can only see his son on Facetime calls after
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Click here for updates on this story Monroe County, PA (WNEP) — Three men had to be lifted more than 50 feet above water after they became stuck on an island in McMichaels Creek in Stroudsburg Tuesday afternoon. The men called 911 themselves after the water in McMichaels Creek suddenly rose all around them and
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BELTON, Texas — U.S. Army officials said Tuesday that a Fort Hood soldier drowned at the same lake near the Texas base where another soldier’s body was found last month. The body of Spc. Francisco Gilberto Hernandezvargas, 24, was recovered Sunday after he went underwater while being pulled on an inner tube behind a motorboat on Stillhouse
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A Texas man accused of threatening a mass shooting at Fort Hood in retaliation for the slaying of a Fort Hood soldier has been released on bond, jail records show. Mario Eloy Peña has been charged with a count of making terroristic threats, according to Bexar County jail records. An affidavit
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lincoln Park, NJ (WCBS) — A New Jersey mother’s appeal to get her son a service dog has been answered by strangers. Her little boy is on the autism spectrum and doctors advised he get a comforting canine, but they are very expensive. Two years ago, CBS2’s Lisa
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Coronavirus is more widespread in the US than ever before, prompting White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx to say over the weekend the country has entered a “new phase” of the pandemic. The virus is now hitting urban, suburban and rural areas and has even spread to Americans living on distant islands. Hawaii
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Hendersonville, NC (WLOS) — Hendersonville police say they are reviewing and revising how they handle their K-9 officers after one of their dogs attacked a man over the weekend. The victim’s attorney says it wasn’t just a dog bite, but an all-out head-to-toe attack that left his client
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We hit another triple today hitting 102 in El Paso. We should hit another tomorrow with a high of 101. Temps will stay near 100 as we make our way to the weekend. Rain chances will stay around 10-20% for the next several days. Expect storms to develop and move to the N/NE. For the
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Aurora, Colorado, police issued an apology Monday after drawing guns on a woman and four minors after mistaking her car for one that had been stolen. Brittney Gilliam was with her 6-year-old daughter, 12-year-old sister and 14- and 17-year-old nieces Sunday when police drew their weapons on them. Gilliam said she, her sister and 17-year-old
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Major League Baseball is quickly becoming a cautionary tale with players and staff on at least three teams testing positive since the season resumed last month. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has even warned that the shortened season could be shut down if the league and players don’t improve their management of the virus, ESPN reported.
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EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents were caught on video saving a man’s life as he struggled to stay afloat in the American canal in El Paso. The video of the rescue was provided to ABC-7 by Customs and Border Protection officials. Border agents from the Ysleta Station were on routine patrol on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — Atlanta’s City Council is cracking down on street racers. City officials say the problem has been getting worse for months with cars driving recklessly and clogging up intersections. But now, officials say they are putting in place penalties that include racers, organizers and spectators.
Continue Reading After a false positive Covid-19 test put Matthew Stafford, quarterback for the Detroit Lions, on the NFL’s Injured Reserve/Covid list, life has been terrible. And his wife blames the NFL. That’s according to an Instagram post made by Kelly Stafford, the quarterback’s wife, who called the past four days following the false positive “somewhat of
Continue Reading Sharon Tapp, a nurse of 40 years, remembers going to the hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, with shortness of breath, and being taken care of right away, even from the parking lot. “And then they were on the phone,” talking to the intensive care unit to get her transferred there. “After that, I don’t remember anything,”
Continue Reading Six years after a Black teenager was shot and killed by Chicago police, one of the officers involved could lose his badge. Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) is recommending that Officer Saharat Sampim be “separated” from the Chicago Police Department for providing “false statements” in the officer-involved shooting death of Roshad McIntosh. “COPA
Continue Reading It’s official: millennials and those in the younger generations now make up more than half of the US population. The data, which was released by the Census Bureau last month and analyzed by the Brookings Institution, reveals the 166 million Americans under the age of 40 — millennials, Gen Z and younger generations — make
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico state health officials reported 214 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, bringing the state’s confirmed case total to 21,340. In southern New Mexico, there were 34 new cases in Doña Ana County for a total of 2,272. And there were five new cases in Otero County for a cumulative count
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Minneapolis, MN (WCCO) — The Minnesota State Fair on Tuesday announced the creation of an online marketplace and four virtual competitions for guests to enter this year. With the fair being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fans of the fair will now still be able to support
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Minneapolis, MN (WCCO) — A Twin Cities gardener spent days agonizing over every breath battling COVID-19. Terry Tauger beat the virus earlier this summer. But, as WCCO found, the stigma of being infected lingers and it’s something he’s lived through before. Terry Tauger spent long days working on
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP athletics ticket office is getting a new look, thanks to a donation from a couple of long-time boosters. Cliff and Martha Eisenberg have made what the university called a “substantial gift” that will be used to upgrade the ticket office, housed in the Brumbelow building on campus at 201
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