WASHINGTON, DC — Kamala Harris, who on Saturday became America’s first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect, represents a new face of political power after an election all about who wields power and how they use it. The California senator’s history-making win also represents the millions of women in the demographics —
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EL PASO, Texas — State Sen.-elect Cesar Blanco (D-El Paso) proclaimed “real leadership is on its way” in the wake of Joe Biden’s projected win in Pennsylvania on Saturday, giving him more than the 270 electoral votes needed to become the 46th president of the United States. Blanco was among a number of prominent El
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump is not conceding to President-elect Joe Biden, promising unspecified legal challenges seeking to overturn the outcome of the race for the White House. Trump said in a statement that “our campaign will start prosecuting our case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld and the rightful winner
Continue Reading(CNN) — America has chosen Democrat Joe Biden as its 46th president, CNN projects, turning to a veteran voice who has projected calm and compassion, promised a more empathetic and scientific approach to the pandemic, and pledged to stabilize American politics after four years of Donald Trump’s White House chaos. Biden, who turns 78 at
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ABC News Electoral College Map: Latest vote totals and projectionsLIVE BLOG: Latest details on the election of Biden as next president WASHINGTON, DC — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by historic pandemic and a confluence of
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso surpassed 60,000 total coronavirus cases on Saturday morning, with more than 40% of those infections currently active, while hospitalization rates set another record and the death toll continued to mount. Health officials said there were 1,020 new cases and 232 delayed positives, for a tally of 1,252 additional cases. The
Continue ReadingEl Paso, Texas- Tracking two storm systems expected to usher in big changes across the Borderland. The first Pacific cold front will push in towards New Mexico, reaching the state Saturday evening. A few showers or thunderstorms are possible in the afternoon ahead of this front, mainly west of the Rio Grande Valley. The showers
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CELESTE, Texas — Jaxson Crossland is good at a lot of things, like boxing, fishing and riding his dirt bike. But this 8-year-old also rocks a serious mullet. The third grader from Texas recently took first place for best mullet in the kids category at the USA Mullet Championships. His prize was $500. “Jax has
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EL PASO, Texas – More El Paso school districts are planning to resume high school sports next week. ABC-7 has confirmed, the El Paso Independent School District will continue the fall high school sports season. Socorro I.S.D. is also planning to continue with high school sports, but they haven’t made an official announcements yet. Most
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EL PASO, Texas — The City of El Paso Environmental Services Department is making the decision to temporarily close two of its five citizen trash and recycling collection stations as a result of the increasing numbers of positive Covid-19 cases. On Wednesday, those hoping to drop off extra household trash at two citizen collection stations
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A man suspected of running over his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend has been arrested, Las Cruces police said Friday. Mariano Ponce, 49, is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, leaving the scene of an accident and using a telephone to threaten someone. At about 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, Las
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EL PASO, Texas – A 46-year-old woman died nearly a week after a three-car collision on Halloween night in northeast El Paso. Police announced Friday that Albina Mayse died from the crash at U.S. 54 and the Diana Street exit. Mayse allegedly was driving at what police called a “high rate of speed” when she
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows has coronavirus, two senior officials confirmed Friday night, adding to the outbreaks connected to the White House as the nation sets daily records for confirmed cases for the pandemic. It wasn’t immediately clear whether he had developed symptoms of Covid-19, and officials offered no
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El PASO, Texas – A group of local hospitals is trying to get into the holiday spirit. Both Las Palmas Medical Center and Del Sol Medical Center are giving out a special birthday gift to each newborn from now to Thanksgiving. Each baby is getting a special birthday message from the hospital staff and a
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El Paso, Texas– The El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce released a survey asking businesses how they feel about County Judge Ricardo Samaniego’s shutdown order targeting non-essential businesses. The survey was sent out to 4,000 small businesses across El Paso, but only 440 replied to it. Key points from the survey included how businesses are
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials are reporting new highs for the Covid-19 daily case count statewide and in Doña Ana County as the state struggles with an ongoing surge. Cases across the state reported Friday totaled 1,287, bringing the statewide tally to nearly 52,400 infections since the start of the pandemic. Another six
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Temps hit 83 today, tying a record for this date. We will have a good chance to tie another record tomorrow (which is 83) then the cool down for Sunday and much of next week. The winds will pick up a bit for the weekend with westerly gusts around 35 Saturday and near 40 mph
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The general manager of a Las Cruces funeral home told ABC-7 he was taken by surprise after being cited by state police officers for holding a “mass gathering.” “We are all for following guidelines and following what’s asked of us,” said Chad Getz, the general manager for Getz Funeral Home.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico state officials have the power to impose civil penalties when enforcing public health orders that call for businesses to restrict their operations amid a public health emergency, the state Supreme Court said Friday. The unanimous written opinion details the legal reasoning for an oral decision made by the court in
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EL PASO, Texas — A state court has refused to halt El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego’s recently mandated two-week shutdown of nonessential activities and businesses due to Covid-19 and the El Paso Police Department will now enforce it. 34th District Court Judge William Moody upheld the validity of the order, which for now remains
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Clare Crawley made history on “The Bachelorette” and some people are happy for her. She became the first Bachelorette to find love so quickly that she didn’t even finish her season of the show, and now she and contestant Dale Moss are engaged. Thursday night’s episode lived up to the drama ABC had been promising.
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LIVE BLOG: The latest updates on the presidential raceView the ABC News electoral college map with current vote tallies WILMINGTON, Delaware — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden exuded confidence Friday night as his campaign inched closer to the White House with his lead in votes in key states like Pennsylvania. The former vice president took
Continue Reading Al Roker shared Friday on “Today” that he will undergo surgery following a prostate cancer diagnosis. The beloved weatherman said it was discovered after a routine medical checkup in September. “It’s a good news-bad news kind of thing,” he said. “Good news is we caught it early. Not great news is that it’s a little
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EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Department of Defense is deploying 60 medical personnel from the U.S. Air Force to El Paso facilities as hospitalizations rose to record levels yet again due to a huge ongoing spike in coronavirus infections. First word of the deployment came Friday morning from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Officials said
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View the ABC News electoral college map reflecting latest updates HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — Former Vice President Joe Biden has taken the lead in his birth state of Pennsylvania as the number of outstanding ballots has dwindled, putting the Democrat within striking distance of the 270 electoral votes that he needs to win the White House.
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Mainly sunny skies, dry, and warm temperatures continue Friday afternoon. Temperatures will approach record levels again today running about 10 degrees above average. An upper low will move into northern California and Nevada this weekend. This system will bring strong wind gusts up to 35 mph Saturday and 40 mph Sunday and Monday. The winds
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Hospitals in El Paso are dealing with an unprecedented surge in patients as new coronavirus cases are diagnosed each day. A local infectious disease expert is warning the demand on our healthcare systems could continue even after the virus stops spreading. “The system will be stretched for a long time,”
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The death toll in El Paso County now stands at 657 after the health department reported 18 new coronavirus-related deaths Friday morning. It marks the second day in a row that El Paso has seen a double-digit increase in deaths. The health department identified the latest victims as: 1 man
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View the ABC News electoral college map reflecting latest updates ATLANTA, Georgia — Former Vice President Joe Biden is now leading President Donald Trump in Georgia, a stunning turn of events in a once reliably Republican state that Trump must win in order to clinch re-election. Biden jumped ahead of Trump just after 4:30 a.m.
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SANTA CLARA, California — Packers star running back Aaron Jones returned after missing two games with a calf injury and made an immediate impact as the Green Bay Packers overwhelmed the undermanned San Francisco 49ers 34-17 on Thursday night. The El Pasoan and former UTEP standout touched the ball on the first four plays to
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