An “ultra-rare” purple-pink diamond is set to go under the hammer, with auction house Sotheby’s estimating that it could fetch up to $38 million. The 14.83-carat stone, dubbed “The Spirit of the Rose,” will go on sale in Switzerland next month, more than three years after it was uncovered from a mine in northeast Russia.
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EL PASO, Texas – The University of Texas at El Paso is reporting that 72 students, faculty and staff tested positive for coronavirus last week. That’s out of a record-high 2,691 who were tested, for a positivity rate of 2.7 percent for the week, according to UTEP officials. UTEP officials also pointed out that the
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It was the middle of the night in California when the Nobel Committee tried to reach Paul Milgrom to tell him the good news: He had won the Nobel Prize in economics. The committee calls the winners before announcing the names to the world each year. It’s always a decent hour in Stockholm — the
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NEW BOSTON, Texas — A baby was removed from the womb of a 21-year-old woman found dead in a small east Texas city, authorities said. The body of Reagan Simmons Hancock was discovered Friday morning in a home in New Boston, a city of about 4,600 people located 160 miles northeast of Dallas, Texas Department of Public
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EL PASO, Texas– For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began, El Paso is reporting its highest number of active cases – topping more than 6,000 residents. The concern is clear with city officials as the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all increasing daily. “This is a very concerning situation, we have
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EL PASO, Texas– ABC TV’s new unscripted series ‘Emergency Call’ gives viewers an inside look at the first crucial minutes of emergencies through the eyes of 911 call takers across America. But is what we see on the TV screen an accurate portrayal of the job? El Pasoans Vanessa Urquidi and Daniel Terrazas have been
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Protesters used a rope and chain to topple a monument in New Mexico’s capital city as activists faced off with authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border in neighboring Arizona as part of demonstrations meant to mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Officers with the Arizona Department of Public Safety responded Monday after protesters blocked traffic near
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SAN DIEGO, California — A Gold Glove winner made a critical error that helped the Tampa Bay Rays take a two-games-to-none lead in the American League Championship Series on Monday. Manuel Margot launched a three-run homer and Mike Zunino added a solo shot as the Rays downed the Houston Astros, 4-2. Margot’s first-inning blast came
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EL PASO, Texas – The county tax office at Ascarate Lake will reopen on Tuesday, using an array of social distancing and cleaning protocols. It is the first of the county tax offices to reopen after being closed for months because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The office, located at 301 Manny Martinez Drive, will be
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – After several months of delays by the pandemic, the city of Las Cruces has welcomed the opening of a third hospital. “We bring a little bit of hometown opportunity,” said Cindy Slaydon, the hospital’s administrator. “We’re trying to define healthcare for Las Cruces as healthcare for Las Cruces versus healthcare
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UPDATE #2, Oct. 15: The El Paso Catholic Diocese said the latest test results came back Thursday showing Bishop Mark Seitz is negative for Covid-19. UPDATE, Oct. 14: Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz was released from Covid-19 quarantine by the El Paso Department of Public Health on Wednesday, according to the diocese. Early last week, Seitz
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EL PASO, Texas – Effective immediately, both the El Paso and Canutillo independent school districts have limited attendance at sporting events to only “essential personnel.” Meantime, Fabens ISD announced that it was outright postponing all games and athletic competitions until further notice. All three districts made their announcements on Monday evening. For EPISD and Canutillo,
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Chihuahua state officials said Monday the government is rolling back the reopening of the economy in the northern portion of the state due to dramatic increases in coronavirus cases in the city of Juárez. The rollback restrictions put in place Monday afternoon are resulting in the immediate closure of bars and
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We could see two more days of record highs before we bring in the colder air Thursday and Friday. Temps could hit 94 Wednesday then 74 by Friday. The winds will pick up Wednesday and Thursday with gusts around 30 Wednesday and 40 mph for the west side Thursday. To follow Doppler Dave on twitter:
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, hopes the latest data on a rising number of Covid-19 cases and projections of possibly many more deaths “jolt” the American public into reality, he told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Monday. Dozens of states are seeing an upward trend of new Covid-19 cases — and the pandemic could
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — For the past year, 5-year-old Savannah Benavidez has been obsessed with law enforcement. “Every time we go to Walmart or we see them on the streets, she says ‘I need to stop and take a picture!'” explained her dad, Geronimo Benavidez. He told ABC-7 he has no idea where her
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico officials reported another four coronavirus deaths Monday, bringing the statewide total to 915 since the pandemic began. Among the four latest victims was a man in his 60s from Doña Ana County; the man had been hospitalized with underlying conditions. The state’s three other fatalities came from Lincoln,
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EL PASO, Texas — Police on Monday said 31–year-old April Pedroza died of injuries she suffered in a single-vehicle crash in central El Paso on Sunday. Investigators said she was a passenger in an SUV being driven by an unknown man who fled on foot from the wreckage after crashing into a rock wall in
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump’s White House doctor says Trump has tested negative for Covid-19 on consecutive days using a newer rapid test from Abbott laboratories. The assessment from Navy Cmdr. Sean Conley comes as Trump is traveling to Sanford, Florida, to headline his first campaign rally Monday since becoming infected with the coronavirus.
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EL PASO, Texas — The recent surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations took center stage at Monday afternoon’s meeting of El Paso City Council. Here are some key details contained in presentations that council received from local health and emergency management leaders. ❖Hospitalizations due to Covid-19 increased from about 160 toover 200 per day in
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP senior Duron Lowe has been named the Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week. Lowe had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown Saturday in the Miners’ 21-17 loss to Louisiana Tech in Ruston, La. It was Lowe’s second 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. He also had one
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EL PASO, Texas – R & B singer Khalid’s charitable foundation is teaming up with some community partners to provide 1,000 Borderland families with all the ingredients for a Thanksgiving meal. The El Paso native’s Great Khalid Foundation announced Monday it will have the Great Thanksgiving Giveaway on Nov. 21. Each participating family will get
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GALVESTON, Texas — A Black man is suing Galveston and its police department for more than $1 million after a 2019 incident in which he was handcuffed and tied to officers on horseback as they led him down a street. Donald Neely, 44, was arrested and charged with criminal trespass near a US Post Office
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EL PASO, Texas — A Texas man involved a traffic collision along Interstate 10 in El Paso was arrested after he tried to carjack the SUV he had struck with his truck, police said Monday. 36–year-old Travis Termel Harris of Universal City, Texas was being held on $305,000 bond in the downtown jail on charges
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PHOENIX, Arizona — Roberta McCain, the mother of the late Arizona Sen. John McCain, has died. She was 108. A spokesperson for daughter-in-law Cindy McCain says Roberta McCain died Monday. A cause of death was not immediately released. She is remembered for her feisty spirit on the campaign trail during her son’s 2008 run for
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EL PASO, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday said the state of Texas was sending dozens of additional medical workers and stockpiles of personal protective equipment to El Paso hospitals in the wake of a recent surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The 75 medical staffers being deployed to the Borderland included nurses and
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LAKE TAHOE, California — Authorities said a Texas woman from El Paso drowned over the weekend in California’s Lake Tahoe. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office in a statement late Monday afternoon identified the drowning victim as 30-year-old Daisy Rogers of El Paso. The Tahoe Douglas Fire Department tweeted that Rogers drowned after falling off
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Chamber hosted a mayoral forum Monday during the noon hour featuring the six El Pasoans seeking the city’s top elected office. The candidates fielded questions on a variety of business-related topics such as economic development strategies, transportation infrastructure projects, bi-national trade, and cultivating emerging sectors. “Understanding each candidate’s
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett says she believes the court should interpret the U.S. Constitution and laws “as they are written.” Barrett said in her opening statement Monday at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary committee that people of all backgrounds deserve “an independent Supreme Court.” She says: “And I
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Amy Coney Barrett addressed senators at her U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing, saying she is humbled by the profound responsibility of being nominated to fill the vacancy left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Barrett addressed a sparsely populated room Monday as some senators on the Judiciary Committee chose to attend
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