EL PASO, Texas — A man was shot and seriously wounded late Tuesday night a couple blocks north of the Chamizal in central El Paso. Detectives responded about 11:40 p.m. to the shooting scene at S. Estrella Street and Pera Avenue, police indicated. The victim was taken to nearby University Medical Center, where initial reports
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The leader of the world’s biggest polluter of greenhouse gases has pledged to go carbon neutral by 2060. Speaking via video link to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a “green revolution” and said the country will scale up its targets under the Paris
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Independent School District Superintendent Juan Cabrera was recently photographed not wearing a face mask while sitting next to his daughter at a 3-team volleyball scrimmage at Franklin High School, that also involved El Paso and Canutillo high schools, raising the hackles of parents who are not allowed to attend athletic
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BENTONVILLE, Arkansas — Approximately 165,000 hourly workers at Walmart will be getting a pay raise ahead of schedule. The big box retailer says it is introducing a new team-based operating model for its supercenters that comes with higher pay. The new wage ranges for hourly team members start between $18 and $21 per hour and
Continue Reading KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday he has secured a majority in Parliament to form a new government that is “strong, stable and formidable.” Anwar said he has been granted an audience with the king Tuesday but it was postponed because the king was in a hospital for treatment.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces City Councilors heard from a handful of business owners on Tuesday, getting their take on a potential minimum wage increase. Mayor Ken Miyagishima said that how the minimum wage proposal moves forward will depend on the feedback that he and the council members receive from the public. “We
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An independent autopsy commissioned by the family of 29-year-old Black man Dijon Kizzee found that he was struck 15 times by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies last month, attorneys for the family said Tuesday. Seven of the shots fired by deputies struck Kizzee on his back side, including arms and hands, said Attorney Carl
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Mike Tyson, 54, has never voted before. He’s changing that this election year. “This will be my 1st time voting,” Tyson said in a tweet Tuesday. “I never thought I could because of my felony record. I’m proud to finally vote.” He shared the news with his followers along with a link to register to
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EL PASO, Texas — More than a month ago, the Rockin’ Cigar Bar and Grill in El Paso’s Cincinnati Entertainment District was shut down for violating the Covid-19 occupancy regulations. Owner of Rockin’ Cigar Frank Ricci Jr. told ABC-7 they were in violation of the rules. “We were out of bounds,” Ricci said. “There really
Continue Reading Authorities have arrested three men and one woman in connection with the death of a Black man whose burning body was found in a ditch in rural Iowa. One of men arrested, 31-year-old Steven Vogel, who is White, was already in jail on unrelated charges and is now facing charges of first-degree murder and abuse
Continue Reading Facebook is facing multiple simultaneous controversies in the United States, particularly around disinformation, hate speech and political bias. But those issues are also playing out — sometimes in more sinister ways — around the world, including a country where Facebook has more users than anywhere else. In recent weeks, the company has repeatedly come under
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CANUTILLO, Texas – An individual at Canutillo Middle School has tested positive for Covid-19, according to the Canutillo Independent School District. Tuesday’s acknowledged case is at least the fourth infection the district has reported after inquiries by ABC-7. Once again, the district did not specify whether the person was a student, teacher or staff member.
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With the US surpassing 200,000 deaths due to Covid-19, a group of pediatric infectious disease specialists is calling for vaccine trials for children. There are three large-scale vaccine trials for adults in the US, but none has begun for children, who are “stuck in neutral,” eight physicians said in a commentary published Friday in the
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With the US surpassing 200,000 deaths due to Covid-19, a group of pediatric infectious disease specialists is calling for vaccine trials for children. There are three large-scale vaccine trials for adults in the US, but none has begun for children, who are “stuck in neutral,” eight physicians said in a commentary published Friday in the
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration is considering new rules for authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine, according to three sources familiar with the situation — and calculations show these rules would push an authorization beyond Election Day. That would dash the hopes of President Trump, who has said repeatedly the vaccine could be ready by
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Click here for updates on this story Buncombe County, NC (WLOS) — Asheville authorities have arrested and charged a man after finding around $143,000 worth of stolen property from the Asheville area. Detectives with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office Property Crimes Unit obtained and executed a search warrant at 14 Cub Place in Asheville. There
Continue Reading The federal government on Tuesday executed an inmate who raped and murdered a 30-year-old nurse in Georgia 19 years ago and blamed the victim for using witchcraft on him. William Emmett LeCroy, 50, was found guilty in March 2004 of carjacking resulting in death by a jury in the US District Court for the Northern
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(Editor’s note: An earlier version of the story indicated the facility is in Clint. While the property is within the Clint ISD boundaries, the shelter is in Montana Vista.) EL PASO, Texas — A 25-acre facility built in July to house migrant children in the Montana Vista area of east El Paso County is getting
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners will hope to continue riding that wave of momentum as they get set for a road matchup against Louisiana Monroe. UTEP head football coach Dana Dimel speaks with ABC-7 for an exclusive interview sponsored by Speaking Rock. Coach Dimel highlights some of the keys to the game, as
Continue Reading As cases surge in Kentucky and Ohio, one hospital is begging residents to wear masks and practice social distancing, as it reaches capacity due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. “Our hospital is at capacity. We are working to open a third nursing unit to care for COVID patients,” wrote Kristie Whitlatch, president and CEO of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Grand Blanc Township, Michigan (WNEM) — As we near the 2020 presidential election, voters are placing signs in their yards. But in Grand Blanc Township, someone is stealing them “I think it’s absolutely childish,” Clayton Schwach said. Schwach is one of many residents showing his support for this
Continue Reading Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday said the US reaching 200,000 coronavirus deaths is “very sobering, and in some respects, stunning,” while adding that Americans should trust medical experts despite at times conflicting signals from the highest levels of government. “The idea of 200,000 deaths is really very sobering, and in some respects, stunning,” the nation’s
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DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — For many families in the Borderland, taking a ride to the corn maze fields to pick your own pumpkin is a tradition every fall. This year however, that tradition will be a bit different due to the pandemic. “In the past 21 years this is the first time that
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El Paso, Texas – An El Paso man was arrested in connection with a fire that did more than $25,000 worth of damage to utility poles in the Lower Valley, the city’s Fire Department announced Tuesday. David Anaya, 36, was arrested and charged with criminal mischief and was booked under a $25,000 bond. El Paso
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President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Tuesday that the President and other lawmakers are “making it easy” for Russian President Vladimir Putin by promoting conspiracy theories about US election integrity and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. “It’s just wrong,” McMaster told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead.” “It’s making it easy for
Continue Reading Two more NFL teams, the New Orleans Saints and Las Vegas Raiders, are being fined $250,000 each because their head coaches were not wearing face coverings during a game Monday, a league source told CNN on Tuesday. The head coaches, Sean Payton of the Saints and Jon Gruden of the Raiders, are being fined $100,000
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Louis, MO (KMOV) — Beverly Hobaugh spent her last days pleading with others to take COVID-19 seriously. When she spoke with News 4 from her hospital bed, she said she was feeling better and was excited to go home. A few days later her health took a
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin clinched an agreement Tuesday to take the threat of a government shutdown at the end of the month off the table. The bipartisan accord, which comes after several days of back-and-forth between Democrats and Republicans over the stopgap funding measure, would fund the government through December
Continue Reading House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin clinched an agreement Tuesday to take the threat of a government shutdown at the end of the month off the table. The bipartisan accord, which comes after several days of back-and-forth between Democrats and Republicans over the stopgap funding measure, would fund the government through December
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WASHINGTON, DC — In a sweeping bipartisan vote that takes a government shutdown off the table, the U.S. House passed a temporary government-wide funding bill Tuesday night, shortly after President Donald Trump prevailed in a behind-the-scenes fight over his farm bailout. The stopgap measure will keep federal agencies fully up and running into December, giving
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