TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Brittany Force took the No. 1 spot in Top Fuel qualifying for the fourth consecutive event and sixth time this year Saturday at the Menards NHRA Nationals. Winless this season, Force had a 3.716-second run at 329.42 mph at Heartland Motorsports Park. J.R. Todd took the top spot in Funny Car
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By SAM METZ Associated Press / Report for America GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton told a crowd of about 4,000 Nevada Republicans that Adam Laxalt plans to run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto. He and other Republican luminaries revved up a crowd gathered at a rural
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to the governor general’s residence and is expected to dissolve Parliament and trigger an early election as seeks capitalize on Canada being one of the most fully vaccinated countries in the world. Trudeau’s itinerary’s shows he will visit the governor
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jonathan Klinsmann tied a career high with seven saves, Kévin Cabral scored for the second consecutive game and the LA Galaxy beat Minnesota United 1-0 on Saturday. The 24-year-old Klinsmann — son of former German star and U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann — made his first start of the season. He made several
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Max Scherzer faces a familiar NL East foe when his Dodgers conclude a series against the Mets. It’ll be Scherzer’s third start with LA since being acquired from the Nationals, and he should be plenty comfortable at Citi Field. The right-hander is 12-5 with a 2.70 ERA career against the Mets,
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El Paso, Texas– The ABC-7 StormTrack Weather Team is keeping the ABC-7 First Alert in place as we continue to see chances for heavy rainfall throughout Saturday evening Areas that have already seen heavy rain in the past two days are highly encouraged to take safety precautions as even more flooding is expected with overnight
Continue Reading Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Police Department and local media say a man was stabbed and a reporter was attacked Saturday at a protest against vaccine mandates at Los Angeles’ City Hall after a fight broke out between the protesters and counterprotesters. About 2 p.m., a group of several hundred people
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Every night before bed, Anushka Sachan whips out her phone to log into an app. “It kind of becomes a habit,” said the 20-year-old Hong Kong University student. “Before sleeping, I’m just like, ‘Okay, check in.’” The platform Sachan is using belongs to a Chinese brand called Shein — pronounced
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UPDATE, Aug. 20: Sewage water continued flowing into the streets of El Paso’s Upper Valley, one week after two parallel wastewater mains broke.The broken lines resulted in the release of hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage wastewater onto streets and into homes and businesses. Those ruptured mains were part of an ongoing construction project
Continue Reading By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Bolstered by Chris Sale’s first major league appearance in just over two years, the Boston Red Sox hit five homers while pounding Baltimore 16-2, handing the Orioles their 10th straight loss. The 32-year-old Sale completed his return from Tommy John surgery by pitching five innings, giving up
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed left-hander Julio Urías on the 10-day injured list with a left calf contusion. Urías was hit on his calf by a pitch in the fourth inning Friday night against the New York Mets. He tossed five scoreless innings and was in line for his 14th
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Drew Lock passed for 151 yards and two touchdowns in three possessions in a crisp first audition in Denver’s open quarterback competition. Teddy Bridgewater was sharp, too, and the Broncos beat the Minnesota Vikings 33-6 in their exhibition opener. Broncos first-round draft pick Pat Surtain II
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By Elizabeth Joseph and Liam Reilly, CNN Comedian and former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Horatio Sanz is accused of grooming and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old in 2002, according to a lawsuit filed in New York on Thursday. The plaintiff — referred to as Jane Doe — chose not to disclose her identity in the
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La reina Isabel fue recibida el lunes en su querida finca escocesa, el castillo de Balmoral, para su estancia anual de verano con una ceremonia completa con una guardia de honor y un poni de Shetland. El viaje debería haber sido una oportunidad para que la monarca se relajara tras un
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EL PASO, Texas — Two people were injured Saturday afternoon when a semi-truck crashed into a bridge pillar under Interstate 10 in east El Paso. Police closed all northbound and southbound lanes of McRae Boulevard under Interstate 10 West due to the 4 p.m. crash and told motorists to avoid the area. Officers said the
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Yankees right-hander Luis Severino will get an MRI on Monday after he was scratched from a rehab start with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday night because of shoulder tightness. An All-Star in 2017 and 2018, Severino missed most of 2019 with shoulder and lat injuries. He had Tommy John surgery on his right
Continue Reading By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matt Moore and the Phillies bullpen took a no-hitter into the eighth inning, Bryce Harper hit a Little League homer and Philadelphia two-hit the Cincinnati Reds 6-1. Moore threw six scoreless innings but was pulled after 76 pitches. Hector Neris pitched a 1-2-3 seventh with two strikeouts
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Austin Greaser and James Piot have reached the championship match in the U.S. Amateur at Oakmont. Both won their matches with big runs that turned in their favor. Greaser had never trailed on the back nine all week and was 1 down to Travis Vick
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EL PASO, Texas — With El Paso’s hospitals said to be nearly at capacity on Saturday, County Judge Ricardo Samaniego asked City/County Health Authority Dr. Hector Ocaranza to issue a mask-wearing mandate for schools in the community. “Currently, the hospitals in the El Paso community are nearly at capacity treating non-Covid patients. El Paso is
Continue Reading Dallas County official Clay Jenkins issues a warning that there are zero ICU beds left for children in the county, and explains what that means for future hospital patients.
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN Michael Kagan, a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, says the cancerous lymph nodes in his neck are like a “ticking time bomb.” But there’s little he can do. MountainView Hospital, where he was scheduled to have his procedure last week, has put all surgeries requiring an overnight stay
Continue Reading CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Doug Barron eagled the par-5 18th for his second straight 6-under 64 and a one-stroke lead Saturday in the PGA Tour Champions’ Shaw Charity Classic. The 52-year-old Barron also had five birdies and a bogey at Canyon Meadows. He won the 2019 Dick’s Sporting Goods Open for his lone tour title.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Shane Beamer said expected starting quarterback Luke Doty could miss the team’s opener with a sprained foot. Beamer said Saturday someone inadvertently stepped on Doty’s foot at practice on Friday. Exams show the foot was only sprained and not more seriously damaged. Still, the 6-foot-1 Doty might not
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EL PASO, Texas – Per public records obtained by ABC-7, 68% of all UTEP student-athletes had been fully vaccinated as of Friday. Per the same data, 61% of members of the UTEP football team have been fully vaccinated. At a press conference last week, UTEP Athletic Director Jim Senter encouraged those who haven’t been vaccinated
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia beat John Isner of the United States 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday night in the National Bank Open semifinals. Medvedev knocked off the 6-foot-10 Isner to set up a final against 6-11 American Reilly Opelka, a 6-7 (2), 7-6 (4), 6-4 winner over third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece
Continue Reading By DAN SCIFO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach Adrian Klemm says all five positions remain up for grabs along the team’s revamped offensive front. At the same time Klemm added that he’d like to see a starting five emerge and spend extended time together during the Steelers’ next preseason game
Continue Reading ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Former South Carolina coach Will Muschamp is leading what Georgia coach Kirby Smart calls a “total team effort” to coach the Bulldogs’ special teams as Scott Cochran is away from the team for health reasons. Cochran, Alabama’s former strength and conditioning coach, was hired by Smart to the on-field position before
Continue Reading GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Russell Henley shot a 1-under 69 to take a three-stroke lead after three rounds of the Wyndham Championship on Saturday and move a step closer to his first PGA Tour in four years. Henley had tied for lowest 36-hole score on tour this season. He couldn’t keep up that pace, but
Continue ReadingBy Mayra Cuevas, CNN A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti August 14th, causing widespread destruction, killing at least 2,100 people and injuring thousands more. Humanitarian officials worry about how quickly aid can be deployed and how Haitians will be affected as the country is still grappling with the assassination in July of President Jovenel Moise.
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UPDATE, Aug. 20: Perches Funeral Homes announced that a memorial service for Antonio ‘Tony” Basco will be held on Friday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at La Paz Faith Center at 1201 N. Piedras Street in El Paso. “We invite you as a community to join us and show him some El
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