EL PASO, Texas– During this pandemic, many local stores had to find creative ways to keep their businesses afloat despite having to shut their doors. For the El Paso music store, All That Music, that creative way was pretty simple. Making sure to keep customers happy online. “When the pandemic hit, most of the country
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EL PASO, Texas – It wasn’t the start of Conference USA play that the UTEP Miners were hoping for, but a lot was learned. Following a 21-17 loss to Louisiana Tech on Saturday, the Miners now turn their attention to Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles will a pay a visit to the Sun Bowl this
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EL PASO, Texas — Coronado High has become at least the sixth high school in El Paso County to see its football season disrupted due to Covid-19 issues. School officials confirmed to ABC-7 on Tuesday evening that Coronado is postponing games for two weeks. Coronado was scheduled to play Montwood this week. Coronado now joins
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas health officials reported the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus broke through the 800,000-case level Tuesday amid a new surge of cases. The 5,209 new cases reported Tuesday was the most this month so far, and the 80 previously unreported cases meant 5,289. The newly reported cases raised to 800,415 the total
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Drugmaker Pfizer has plans to start testing its experimental coronavirus vaccine in children as young as 12, and parents have already expressed interest in enrolling their kids, the researcher leading the trial told CNN Tuesday. It will be the first coronavirus vaccine trial to include children in the United States. A team at Cincinnati Children’s
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We tied the record high of 91 for today. We are forecasting 94 tomorrow. If we hit that temp (even if we hit 93) it will be the hottest temp this late in the season. But the good news for some of you is that this heat will be short lived. A cold front arrives
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LAKE TAHOE, California — Family members on Tuesday described an El Paso woman who drowned in California’s Lake Tahoe as a sparkling mother of three children who was enjoying the weekend with her boyfriend and his children. The companion, whose name has not been disclosed by authorities, dove into the water to try to rescue
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces teenager is spending her 19th birthday fighting for her life in the intensive care unit. “She’s my angel,” said her father, Manuel Morales, Jr. “She feels there’s nothing she can’t handle. In this situation, that’s what we’re really hoping for.” On Oct. 3, paramedics rushed 18-year-old Khyana
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Blue Origin’s reusable New Shepard booster has landed back in West Texas, completing its seventh round-trip flight to space. https://t.co/bWJPshzBZs pic.twitter.com/ViONmZcrKU— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) October 13, 2020 VAN HORN, Texas — Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company on Tuesday launched a New Shepard rocket for a seventh time from a remote corner of Culberson County,
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EL PASO, Texas — As the El Paso region experiences a spike in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations have also been on the jump – straining the capacity of the medical system in far west Texas. According to newly-posted data by the state of Texas on Tuesday afternoon, there were just nine intensive care unit beds available
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — By the fifth day of early voting in New Mexico, Doña Ana County residents had already cast more than 5,200 ballots, according to the clerk’s office. RELATED STORY: Early voting kicks off in Texas with long lines to cast ballots in El Paso “It’s a very encouraging sign to see
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP quarterback TJ Goodwin has decided to leave the program. The redshirt freshman announced on Twitter that he’s entering the transfer portal. In his full statement Goodwin said, “I would like to thank UTEP for giving me the opportunity to play this game while meeting guys I could call my brothers.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court has stopped the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident from continuing through the end of October. The high court on Tuesday said the 2020 Census should be stopped for now. The Trump administration argued that the head count needed to end immediately so the U.S. Census Bureau
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — As Covid-19 cases surge in her state, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday afternoon issued new restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the virus. They include limiting gatherings to five people or less, an expansion of the mandatory quarantine for visitors from high-risk states, reduced hotel capacities and a
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EL PASO, Texas — The first day of early voting in Texas saw a record high turnout in El Paso, but relatively few glitches as voters surged to polling places despite the coronavirus pandemic. Tuesday kicked off a high-stakes Texas election that has Republicans battling to maintain their dominance statewide in a raft of down-ballot
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GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — Members of anti-government paramilitary groups implicated in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor ahead of the November election because of her measures to slow the coronavirus also discussed abducting Virginia’s governor, an FBI agent testified Tuesday. The disclosure came during a federal court hearing in Grand Rapids, where agent Richard
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CUPPERTINO, California — Apple just released what it claims is the “smallest, thinnest and lightest 5G phone in the world.” With dramatic James Bond-like music playing in the background at Tuesday’s virtual launch event, Apple opened a metal briefcase to reveal the iPhone 12 mini. It has the same features as the iPhone 12, including
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) — New Mexico State University officials are asking New Mexico voters for support on a multi-million dollar bond that will provide funding for projects at the university. New Mexico voters will be asked to vote on several general obligation bonds this election. They are not expected to result in an immediate
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View this post on Instagram sorry, not sorry for the language. I thought I was done for! Slate Canyon 10-10-20 around 17:00 **All news contact carlin@tmx.news** for licensing A post shared by kyle Burgess (@kunkyle) on Oct 11, 2020 at 7:20am PDT PROVO, UTAH (KSL) — Kyle Burgess was heading back from a trail run
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A severed fiber optic cable that shut down Virginia’s online voter registration system has prompted a lawsuit from a civil rights organization. Tuesday was the deadline to register to vote in Virginia before Election Day. The Virginia Department of Elections said Tuesday in a statement on Twitter that a cut cable
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett says she “can’t give an opinion” on whether she’d recuse herself from any election-related litigation involving President Donald Trump. Barrett said Tuesday in her confirmation hearing that she has not been asked by Trump or anyone else how she’d rule in possible upcoming cases, including
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GENEVA (AP) — World Trade Organization arbitrators say that the European Union can sanction up to $4 billion in U.S. goods over Washington’s illegal support for plane maker Boeing. The ruling could inflame Trump administration criticism of the Geneva-based trade body. It amounts to one of the largest penalties handed down by the WTO. It
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(Editor’s note: You can watch an archived version from ABC News of the entire Day 2 of hearings in the video player above.) LIVE BLOG: See the latest Day 2 confirmation hearing developments WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faced senators’ questions over her approach to health care, legal precedent and even the presidential
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WASHINGTON, DC — Social Security beneficiaries will receive a 1.3% cost-of-living hike, with the average retiree to get a $20 increase per month. Come January 2021, the roughly 70 million people who receive Social Security will see the increase in their benefit payments, the Social Security Administration announced Tuesday. That means the average monthly check for retirees
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Temperatures will run well above average Tuesday and Wednesday I am forecasting record high temperatures for both days. West winds will be on the increase Wednesday with winds gusting around 30 mph. The next cold front looks to provide some relief from the record heat anticipate wind gusts of around 40 mph along the west
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported one new coronavirus-related death, and more than 400 new cases for the sixth straight day. El Paso also broke a record for Covid-19 hospitalizations. There are currently 353 coronavirus patients in El Paso’s hospitals, with 101 in the ICU. It
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For three months this year, in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, Diane Lusk was out of work. She had watched unpaid utility bills pile up — then one day came home to find her electricity had been turned off. “I just never dreamed that I would see the days that I’m seeing,” Lusk
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THE VILLAGES, Florida — Sara Branscome’s golf cart whizzed down the smooth asphalt path that winds through The Villages, the nation’s largest retirement community, an expanse of beautiful homes, shops and entertainment venues that bills itself as “Florida’s Friendliest Hometown.” Branscome’s cart was festooned with two American flags that flapped in the warm afternoon breeze.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A writer, author, educator and former warrior living in Las Cruces is getting some well deserved national recognition for sharing his experiences fighting in Vietnam. Retired Lt. Col. Bob Worthington’s book, ‘Under Fire with ARVN Infantry’ has earned him the Gold Medal for Excellence in Literature award from the Military
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https://t.co/ZURvTEW9ee we stepping out on faith pic.twitter.com/ypQfooB35w— ye (@kanyewest) October 12, 2020 HOLLYWOOD, California — Kanye West has a new video. No, not a music video – a campaign video. On Monday, just weeks before the election, the musician released his first campaign video ad for his presidential bid. “America. What is America’s destiny? What
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