EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — City contact tracing data shows that nearly 60% of virus exposures can be traced back to restaurants and retail stores. While the County of El Paso has issued a shutdown order for non-essential businesses, the mayor of El Paso and the Texas Attorney General have voiced their opposition to it.
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EL PASO, Texas – Kalaii Griffin walked into Shredskinz by accident. After he graduated in 2020, the UTEP football alum had always set his sights on playing in the NFL. While training for NFL camps this past summer, Griffin needed a quick way to burn calories to stay in game shape. He tried working out
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“The dose makes the poison” is an adage credited to Paracelsus, a Swiss physician-philosopher from the early Renaissance. Basically, it means that any substance can become toxic if given at a high enough concentration. Even too much water can throw off your electrolytes and be potentially fatal. Viewing the coronavirus through that lens — that
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Carson Wentz threw a pair of touchdown passes to overcome four turnovers, Rodney McLeod returned a fumble 53 yards for a score and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Dallas Cowboys 23-9 on Sunday night. A pair of two-win teams fighting for first place in the weak NFC East in Week 8 put
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The FBI is investigating the alleged harassment of a Joe Biden campaign bus by motorists displaying Trump 2020 flags, an FBI spokesperson confirmed Sunday. “FBI San Antonio is aware of the incident and investigating,” FBI spokesperson Michelle Lee said. The incident took place in Texas on Friday as the campaign bus
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Nikki McKibbin, a contestant on the first season of “American Idol,” has died. She was 42. McKibbin suffered an aneurysm on Wednesday, her husband Craig Sadler announced Saturday in a Facebook post. McKibbin was kept on life support until Saturday so her organs could be donated, he wrote. “She was so loved that I know
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EL PASO, Texas – The city of El Paso has a couple of options to make it easier for residents to report their positive Covid-19 test results and help contact tracers. An electronic self-reporting form is now available at epstrong.org under the testing tab. This is in addition to the current self-reporting phone number at
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EL PASO, Texas — A 15-year-old student from Coronado High School has a bright future after winning a unique musical opportunity. “I love playing music and I love just improving my skills and abilities,” said Andrew Griñé, who used that passion to beat out hundreds of other musicians for a spot in the Philadelphia International
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El PASO, Texas — In an open letter to Mayor Dee Margo on Sunday, the El Paso Pediatric Society called on him to enforce the county judge’s lockdown order and take other measures in the wake of what it called an “overwhelming increase in mortality, near-breaking point hospital bed capacity, and extreme duress for our
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EL PASO, Texas– Temperatures today have been cooler across the area as a result of cold front that pushed through the area overnight kicking up our winds and keeping afternoon highs below average. Winds will calm down tonight, with temperatures dropping to near normal in most areas for a low. Temperatures will finally warm up
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials on Sunday reported 747 new Covid-19 cases and eight additional deaths, including two fatalities in Doña Ana County. The latest Doña Ana victims were a woman in her 60s and a man in his 80s who had been hospitalized. The county’s pandemic death total has now reached 82,
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Superstars Lady Gaga and John Legend will join Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for their final respective events on the campaign trail on the eve of Election Day, the Biden campaign announced Sunday. Gaga is scheduled to appear at a drive-in rally with the Democratic nominee and Jill Biden in Pittsburgh and Legend will join
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EL PASO, Texas — Several El Paso business have now received citations for being in violation of the county’s shutdown order aimed at stemming the rise of coronavirus cases in the community. ABC-7 confirmed with representatives for three restaurants that their locations were cited by sheriff’s and constable deputies: The Don Carbon Mesquite Grill in
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DALLAS, Texas – An El Paso man was shot and killed in Dallas over the weekend, according to police. Dallas homicide detectives are investigating the death of 19-year-old Robert “Jaden” Urrea, according to Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA. Police responded to his shooting around 3 a.m. Saturday. Investigators said they believe Urrea was out celebrating Halloween
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SOCORRO, Texas – A Walmart store in Socorro was abruptly closed Sunday afternoon because of concerns about the surge of Covid-19 in the Borderland. The store at 10301 Alameda Ave. will remain closed until 7 a.m. on Tuesday. A spokeswoman from Walmart called it part of a “company-initiated program” that will allow for extra time
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EL PASO, Texas– Back in October Mara Huerta shared a post on Facebook describing her encounter with an 80-year-old grocery store employee. Within hours the post went viral receiving over 3,000 likes and over 2,000 shares. Courtesy: Mara Huerta Facebook Page After seeing the huge response from the community, Huerta decided to create a GoFundMe
Continue Reading The federal racketeering and sex trafficking case of singer R. Kelly in New York City will be heard by an anonymous jury that will be partially sequestered, according to a judge’s ruling. US District Judge Ann M. Donnelly granted a motion sought by federal prosecutors for an anonymous jury in a ruling issued on October
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso topped 600 coronavirus deaths on Sunday morning with the latest victims all under age 50, as health officials also reported over 1,200 added infections and yet another record number of hospitalized patients requiring ventilators. The three deaths reported Sunday brought the pandemic fatality total to 602. Those included two
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Barack Obama called game. The former President showed he can still get buckets, swishing a corner three-pointer at a Flint, Michigan, gym on Saturday while on the campaign trail for Joe Biden, his former vice president. “That’s what I do,” Obama yells after nailing the three, before lowering his “VOTE” mask and yelling again, “That’s
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Families are spreading bulks of marigold petals, lighting up candles for their loved ones and some are even wearing colorful skull makeup. It’s Día de los Muertos. The Mexican holiday, also known as Day of the Dead, extends over the first two days of November and has nothing to do with Halloween. It’s an ode
Continue Reading Sean Connery earned screen immortality with seven star turns as super-spy James Bond 007. But the long career of the Oscar winner — who died Saturday at 90 — was packed with full-blooded performances as other larger-than-life characters, as well. (His own persona was so big that he became a running gag on “SNL.”) In
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Mattel is back with its Día De Muertos Barbie doll and it’s once again generating backlash. The doll, the second in Mattel’s “La Catrina” collection of Barbies, was designed to celebrate the annual centuries-old Mexican folk tradition, Día de Muertos, sometimes called Dia de Los Muertos. It’s celebrated during the first two days of November,
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The strong scent of marigolds fills the air as Magaly Saenz leans over photos of loved ones to place a special bread offering on the altar in her bakery. The sweet pan de muerto bread is one of many offerings that Saenz places on her community altar every year, but the pandemic has brought a
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