ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Archdiocese of Santa Fe will be auctioning nearly 140 parcels of property next month as it seeks to settle a raft of sex abuse claims. Church officials announced Tuesday that an online auction will begin Sept. 21. Opening bids will start as low as $500. The archdiocese filed for bankruptcy
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By Omar Jimenez, Carma Hassan and Steve Almasy, CNN Prosecutors on Tuesday outlined the cases against two brothers charged in connection with the slaying of a Chicago police officer and the shooting of her partner after a traffic stop Saturday night. Brothers Emonte and Eric Morgan were each denied bail in separate hearings for their
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP wide receiver Justin Garrett put his strength to the test on Tuesday. It was the first challenge as part of Paydirt’s Rally Skills Challenges. The challenges are a way to help raise money for UTEP student athletes. Depending on the event, the student-athlete will receive points for each successful accomplishment.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan on Tuesday night signed civil arrest warrants for 52 House Democrats still missing from the state Capitol as he aimed to regain the quorum needed for the chamber to begin moving legislation during the second special session. The move was confirmed by Phelan spokesperson Enrique Marquez, who said the warrants
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — Sunland Park Fire Department Capt. Dennis Schoen Jr. comes up on his 5 year journey to commemorate the New York firefighters that lost their lives on Sept. 11 by climbing stairs and telling each of their stories. “I wanted to do something different to continue their legacy, to be able to have
Continue ReadingBy Ben Westcott, CNN A Chinese court has sentenced Canadian businessman Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison for espionage, more than two years after he was first detained. Spavor, a Beijing-based businessman who regularly traveled to North Korea, was sentenced after being found guilty of spying and illegally providing state secrets to foreign countries,
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Fred is swirling just south of Puerto Rico heading for the Dominican Republic and Haiti, with forecasters warning that its heavy rains could cause dangerous flooding and mudslides. After a quiet month of no named storms in the region, Fred became the sixth of the Atlantic hurricane
Continue Reading DANDONG, China (AP) — A Chinese court has sentenced Canadian Michael Spavor to 11 years on spying charges in case linked to Huawei. Spavor was detained in 2018 after his government arrested an executive of the Chinese tech giant. The verdict is the latest indication of how Beijing is stepping up pressure on Canada ahead
Continue Reading By Alta Spells and Claudia Dominguez, CNN One Chicago police officer is dead and another is fighting for his life after they were shot while conducting a traffic stop Saturday night, officials said. Three suspects are in custody, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said at a news conference Sunday. “These officers put the safety and
Continue Reading Flags are at half-staff for fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French.
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olivertapia (CNN) — El espectáculo anual de la lluvia de meteoros de las perseidas alcanzará su punto máximo a las últimas horas del 11 de agosto de 2021. Con la puesta temprana de la luna creciente, los cielos estarán lo suficientemente oscuros —a la media noche (hora local) del 11 de agosto— para observar la
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EL PASO, Texas — The city of El Paso opened a new mega-testing site for Covid-19 in east El Paso on Wednesday as worries about the Delta variant grow with people rushing to get tested. The site is located at the County SportsPark, just west of Loop 375, at 1780 N. Zaragoza and is open
Continue Reading By Kevin Dotson, CNN Hall of Fame hockey goaltender Tony Esposito died Tuesday at age 78 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to a statement from the Chicago Blackhawks. Esposito was a goaltender in the NHL for 16 seasons from 1968 to 1984. After being a member of the 1968-69 Stanley Cup Champion Montreal
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EL PASO, Texas — A community favorite, Valentina hot sauce, has become harder to find in El Paso area stores. You may have noticed store shelves recently with a big empty space where Valentina should be. It is what people have been experiencing lately when looking for Valentina hot sauce at their local grocery
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN A week after the state attorney general found he sexually harassed multiple women, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in his resignation speech that he takes “full responsibility” for his actions. For some women’s rights advocates, however, his remarks seemed to suggest the opposite. Cuomo implied that his accusers misinterpreted his
Continue Reading New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has repeatedly denied the allegations found by the state Attorney General’s report that he sexually harassed 11 women, says he has “been too familiar with people” and apologizes to the women he said he “truly offended” before stepping down from his role as governor.
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Feria Juarez 2021 has been postponed. The event was set to start Thursday and run through Aug. 29.According to the event’s organizers, the delay is for preventative reasons and to allow attendees to get their second Covid-19 vaccination dose. The Juarez Feria is traditionally held at the Mexican plaza with the big X.
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We are tracking some thunderstorms tonight! If you are seeing hail, please send in your hail reports to my email katie.frazier@kvia.com, or on my facebook or twitter accounts. Due to the rain chances throughout the next several days we will be much cooler than our average temperature this time of year of 93, with temperatures
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By Andy Rose and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Democratic Arizona state Sen. Otoniel “Tony” Navarrete resigned on Tuesday in the face of multiple felony charges in connection with allegedly sexually abusing a child. “This was the right thing to do considering the serious allegations,” Arizona Senate President Karen Fann and Minority Leader Rebecca Rios said in
Continue Reading Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will replace Gov. Andrew Cuomo when he steps down, making her the state’s first female chief executive.
Continue Reading By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Joe Sutton, CNN Miami officials are rushing Tuesday to find temporary housing for residents evacuated from an eight-story residential building that was deemed unsafe, a city spokeswoman said. The 138-unit building is located on Seventh Street in the Flagami neighborhood, just south of Blue Lagoon and Miami International Airport, spokeswoman
Continue Reading Residents of an eight-story Miami condo housing 138 units were evacuated overnight after their building was deemed unsafe. Buildings in the Miami area have come under increased scrutiny since June 24, when a huge portion of Champlain Towers South crumbled to the ground in Surfside, killing 98 people.
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UPDATE: After a two-hour special meeting that included public comment and an executive session discussion behind closed doors, the Socorro Independent School District Board of Trustees took no action “regarding mask policies for all students and personnel” – which was the lone item on their agenda. You can watch the entire meeting in the video
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, CNN The CEOs of Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines say they are not requiring unvaccinated employees to receive the shot, breaking with United Airlines’ mandate that workers get vaccinated by October 25 or face getting fired. In an internal memo obtained by CNN, Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said
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Singer Billie Eilish talked about living with a condition called synesthesia on “The Tonight Show” and explained why it makes her perceive Jimmy Fallon as a brown rectangle.
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Volleyball Head Coach Ben Wallis announced the addition of Stephanie Sierra to the Miners’ coaching staff Tuesday morning. Sierra, a letterman with the Miners in 2009, will be joining Nick Petrovic as one of two assistant coaches on staff. Sierra attended Americas High School in El Paso from 2004 to 2008 before
Continue Reading WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 16 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s pandemic totals to 31,666 cases and 1,384 known deaths. Based on cases from July 23 to Aug. 5, the Navajo Department of Health has issued a health advisory notice for
Continue Reading olivertapia Londres (CNN) — Hubo un tiempo en que el príncipe Andrés lo tenía todo: un héroe de guerra condecorado, un príncipe playboy, un embajador internacional de la casa británica viviendo una vida de privilegios. Pero esos días parecen haber quedado atrás. En su lugar, el duque de York, el noveno en la línea de
Continue Reading By Karol Suarez One of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels has threatened a prominent Mexican news anchor in a video message. In the video posted on Monday, a masked man claiming to be the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), threatens to track down and “get” Milenio TV anchor Azucena Uresti for her
Continue Reading By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN For the first time in 20 years, botanists have identified a new carnivorous plant on the Pacific coast of North America, but what’s good news for science is bad news for insects. The Triantha occidentalis was identified by researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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