SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico on Sunday reported 448 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 and five additional deaths across the state. The latest numbers increase the total cases to 36,788 statewide since the pandemic started with 934 known deaths. Of the new cases, New Mexico Department of Health officials said 151 of them
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(Editor’s note: You can watch the entire debate in the video player above. It’s divided into three parts for your viewing convenience.) EL Paso, Texas – It is one of the largest congressional districts in the nation, stretching from east El Paso County along the border to San Antonio. Texas’ 23rd Congressional District has historically
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EL PASO, Texas– Imagine someone reading your mind…through Zoom. It’s possible, and you can be a part of the mind reading entertainment, and the best part is that it’s all for a good cause. The El Paso Children’s Hospital is hoping to keep families entertained all while raising money for the El Paso Children’s Hospital’s
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called out President Donald Trump on Sunday for incendiary comments he made about her during a weekend campaign rally, saying the President’s heightened rhetoric just days after authorities foiled a plot by extremists to kidnap her is “inciting this kind of domestic terrorism.” But as Whitmer, a Democrat, pleaded with Trump
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A hardliner who won a Turkish Cypriot leadership election says he’s ready to resume talks aimed at ending Cyprus’ 46-year ethnic division, as long as rival Greek Cypriots come to grips with Turkey’s regional might. Ersin Tatar, who favors fully aligning Turkish Cypriot policies with those of regional patron Turkey, said
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi detailed Sunday the deadline she gave the president’s coronavirus relief package negotiators if they are going to pass the legislation before the election. On ABC’s “This Week,” Pelosi explained that a agreement needs to be reached in the next 48 hours in order for a stimulus bill to be signed by
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The American League Championship Series is over. The Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night claimed their first AL pennant in 12 years and now await the winner of Sunday’s NLCS game between the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers. Charlie Morton silenced his former team and the Rays belted a pair of early homers to
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EL PASO, Texas — For the 12th day running, El Paso County set a new record high for active coronavirus cases, exceeding 8,000 on Sunday morning. The county simultaneously also set records for both hospitalizations and those requiring intensive care due to the virus. The milestones were fueled by 684 new infections reported by health
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UPDATE, Oct. 20: Police on Tuesday announced the filing of a murder charge against a 22-year-old El Paso man who allegedly stabbed several victims, one fatally, over the weekend in the northeast area of the city. Abraham Gutierrez was being held in the El Paso County Detention Facility downtown on $1,000,000 bond. Investigators said a
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El Paso, Texas– Warm and dry weather dominates the weather pattern through the week. Temperatures will be between 10 to 15 degrees above normal for the season. Precipitation, well it is not in sight. The skies will be mostly clear with a few high clouds, and winds will be generally from the west between 5
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There is nearly no place in America where Covid-19 case counts are trending in the right direction as the country heads into what health experts say will be the most challenging months of the pandemic. The US is averaging more than 55,000 new cases a day — up more than 60% since a mid-September dip
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They are sport’s ultimate power couple — equal partners as multiple winners at world and Olympic level for the United States — and even in the autumn of their careers still cutting it at the highest level Sue Bird turns 40 this week but was a standout in claiming her fourth Women’s National Basketball Association
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso women have the opportunity to get free flue shots and mammograms next week, thanks to Albertsons and the Stand with Estela Fund. “If we’re able to find even one cancer and save one woman’s life, it’s worth it,” said Estela Casas, founder of the fund. The fund will host
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UPDATE, Oct. 20: Police said a 50-year-old El Paso woman has died from injuries in a traffic crash that occurred just minutes down the street from her home. Bobby Jo Catlett was taken to a hospital, where she later died, following Saturday night’s crash in the 2000 block of N. Yarbrough in east El Paso;
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EL PASO, Texas — Those familiar with the United Soccer Championship had a feeling it would come down to El Paso Locomotive FC and New Mexico United at some point. But many didn’t know that not even 120 minutes could crown a winner. After El Paso Goalkeeper Logan Ketterer came up with a diving stop
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — If you’re looking for a sign to vote, this is it. “It’s always important but it seems incredibly important now,” said Bob Diven, who created the chalk drawing on Main Street in downtown Las Cruces on Saturday. Diven teamed up with the League of Women Voters of Southern New Mexico
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SANTE FE, New Mexico — After successive days of record-setting daily increases in Covid-19 infections, New Mexico health officials on Saturday reported 577 new cases. It tied for the third-highest number of daily infections occurring during the pandemic. There were also 577 new cases reported on Wednesday, which at the time was a record high.
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Chicago is the six-time holder of a title that no city wants. The Windy City has topped the list of the rattiest cities in the United States for the sixth year in a row. Orkin, an Atlanta-based pest control service, ranks US cities based on the number of new rodent treatments from September 1 to
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Demonstrators wore pink knit pussyhats and black face masks honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday for the second Women’s March of the year. Women and allies gathered in Washington, DC, and several other cities around the country to protest President Donald Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme
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EL PASO, Texas– Cool mornings and warm to very warm afternoons will continue each day with light to occasionally moderate winds. The borderland experienced another warm afternoon to kick off the weekend. This warming trend is expected to continue throughout most of the forecast for the next several days. Afternoons will remain dry with clear
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If things don’t go Donald Trump’s way on Election Day, the President may face more serious matters than how to pack up the West Wing. Without some of the protections afforded him by the presidency, Trump will become vulnerable to multiple investigations looking into possible fraud in his financial business dealings as a private citizen
Continue Reading BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan have announced a new attempt to establish a cease-fire in their conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh starting from midnight. It comes a week after a Russia-brokered truce frayed immediately after it took force. The two sides trade blame for breaching that deal. The new agreement was announced following Russian Foreign
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EL PASO, Texas — A long-time El Paso bishop who presided over an Aug. 3 shooting victim’s funeral that drew worldwide attention has died of Covid-19 after a months-long battle with the contagious virus, according to his employer and family. “With a heavy heart we are saddened by the loss of our co-worker, last responder,
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County has surpassed much-larger Dallas County in the number of active coronavirus cases following a record-setting week ending Saturday that saw a whopping 3,846 new infections. The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 558 additional confirmed cases (along with 24 delayed positive tests) on Saturday morning, which while
Continue ReadingEl Paso, Texas– This morning we woke up to chilly temperatures all across the Borderland. Friday’s cold front brought near seasonal average temperatures, but temps will be well above average late this afternooon. Many areas across the region will be topping off in the upper 80s and lower 90s. The trend of hot afternoons and
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After taking heat for a few days, rapper Ice Cube spoke to CNN on Friday to set the record straight on why he was working with President Donald Trump. Cube spoke mostly with Chris Cuomo about his “Contract With Black America,” a plan he released earlier this year to address racial inequality. Cube said he
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has announced that its death toll from the coronavirus has passed the milestone of 30,000. An Iranian health ministry spokeswoman announced that the total death toll from the outbreak had reach at least 30,123, with over 526,000 confirmed cases. Iran has been struggling with the Mideast region’s worst outbreak of
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a second term in office in an election landslide of historic proportions. With most votes counted Saturday, Ardern’s liberal Labour Party was winning 49% of the vote compared with 27% for its main challenger, the conservative National Party. Labour was on target to
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Police are seeking the public’s help in locating the thieves who stole three utility terrain vehicles from a Las Cruces dealership earlier this week. Las Cruces police said the UTVs were stolen from the Kubota dealership at 1675 S. Valley Drive earlier this week. It is believed that the thief
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FORT BLISS, Texas — Maj. Gen. Sean Bernabe, in one of his first major acts as the new commander of Fort Bliss, announced Friday evening that the military post would implement Covid-19 restrictions similar to those being imposed by the city of El Paso. El Paso reported yet another day of record numbers of active
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