Cathedral cancels first two football games due to COVID-19 case
EL PASO, Texas – Cathedral High School has cancelled its first two games of the 2020 football season. Sources confirmed to ABC-7 that the reason was…
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Tampa Bay beats Dallas to win NHL’s Stanley Cup, claim pandemic’s 1st sports championship
EDMONTON, Alberta — The Tampa Bay Lightning are the champions of bubble hockey. Brayden Point scored his playoff-best 14th goal, and the…
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Push is on for pre-election stimulus deal as Dems unveil new $2.2 trillion plan
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who have cut several major deals during the coronavirus…
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Northwest High students get state honors for community involvement during pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — Students at Northwest Early College High School are being recognized on the state level for their community service throughout the…
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Mistake-prone secondary tops list of issues for 1-2 Cowboys
DALLAS, Texas — The Dallas secondary committed the team’s first four penalties, blew several assignments for the second consecutive week and gave…
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Virus without borders: How Juárez is grappling 6 months into the Covid-19 pandemic
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Gabriel Cardona takes pictures for a living. He captures moments in time. Now he wishes he could go back to when…
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Mexico ups virus death ‘estimate’ – but says definitive toll will take 2 years to compile
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico upped its “estimated” Covid-19 deaths to 89,612 on Monday, and boosted estimates of its total number of cases to…
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Dona Ana County jail gets new director who has come up through the ranks
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Dona Ana County Detention Center has a new leader. Bryan Baker has been named the new director of the county detention…
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El Pasoan to deploy with Red Cross to help at shelters housing hurricane victims
EL PASO, Texas – El Pasoan Sebastian Acosta has only been volunteering with the West Texas Red Cross for about a month, but he is now poised to…
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El Paso residents urged to get free flu shot to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic
EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Fire Department, the Department of Public Health and a handful of community partners are teaming up to offer free flu…
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Worldwide death toll from coronavirus tops 1 million
NEW DELHI, India — The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million. The milestone, recorded by Johns Hopkins University, comes…
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Nice weather this week
It’s nice to have a cold front blow through town after record breaking heat this morning along with the gusty winds. Peak gusts hit 54 mph on the…
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Northern California sheriff says 3 dead in fast-moving wildfire near wine country
REDDING, California — Northern California’s wine country was blanketed by fire again Monday as strong winds fanned flames in the already…
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Texas sheriff indicted after probe into Black man’s death
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas sheriff has been indicted on charges accusing him of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death in…
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Doña Ana County sees 19 of state’s 153 new virus cases; slight spread increase linked to schools
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico on Monday reported 153 new confirmed coronavirus cases with three additional deaths,…
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East El Paso family seeks city’s help after multiple cars crash into rock wall in front yard
EL PASO, Texas — It was 3 a.m. Monday when the Ordaz family heard a loud crash in their front yard. They walked outside their home to see a car in…
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Zia Middle School employee has virus; 11 total cases in LCPS
MESILLA, New Mexico – An employee at Zia Middle School has tested positive for Covid-19, the Las Cruces Public Schools District announced Monday…
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El Pasoan killed in head-on car-truck crash along west Texas highway
KERMIT, Texas – An El Pasoan was killed in a head-on car-truck crash in Winkler County, about 250 miles east of El Paso, on Sunday night, troopers…
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Motorist accused of being drunk in crash that hurt 2 motorcycle riders on Transmountain
EL PASO, Texas — A 46-year-old El Paso man is accused of being drunk when his car ran a red light and collided with a motorcycle along Transmountain…
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Las Cruces explores bringing back passenger flights to city’s airport
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces City Council discussed at a meeting on Monday the possibility of attracting commercial passenger…
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Trump unveils plan to ship millions of virus tests in school re-opening push
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump announced Monday that the federal government will begin distributing millions of rapid coronavirus tests to…
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Texas woman says Whataburger fired her for wearing Black Lives Matter mask
FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas woman says she was fired by a Whataburger in Fort Worth for wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask to work, in what is…
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Dow rallies to close up 410 points on stimulus package hopes
NEW YORK, NY — The stock market rallied on Monday, ignoring negative headlines that weighed on the market over the past few weeks in favor of hoping…
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After not allowing fans at indoor sporting events, EPISD will have fans at football games
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Independent School District will allow fans in the stands when high school football games begin on Oct. 1, the…
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Iraqi security officials say 3 civilians killed, 2 seriously wounded in rocket attack outside Baghdad airport
BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraq’s military says five Iraqi civilians have been killed and two severely wounded after a Katyusha rocket hit near Baghdad airport.…
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1 new virus death in El Paso; active cases increase for 10th straight day
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported one new coronavirus-related death on Monday. The death toll now stands at…
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StormTrack Weather: Cold front brings high winds and a big temperature drop
A strong cold front moved through the region early Monday morning ushering in cooler air and strong winds. The ABC-7 WeatherNet sites reported gusts…
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2 ‘very intoxicated’ victims hurt in west El Paso bar stabbing; liquor agents investigating
EL PASO, Texas — Two victims described as “very intoxicated” walked to a nearby fire station for help after reportedly being stabbed at a west El…
Continue Reading Russia’s Alexei Navalny confirms that German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited him in the hospital
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has confirmed reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited him in a Berlin…
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