EL PASO, Texas – The Chapin Huskies are headed back to the Class 5A Sweet 16. Tuesday at the Don Haskins Center, the Huskies defeated the Parkland Matadors by a final score of 56-53. It was the third straight championship in the regional quarterfinals for Chapin, and it will be their third straight trip to
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Originally Published: 28 FEB 23 20:46 ETUpdated: 28 FEB 23 23:44 ETBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday acknowledged that the bureau believes the Covid-19 pandemic was likely the result of a lab accident in Wuhan, China.In his first public comments on the FBI’s investigation into the virus’ origins during an
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A 27% increase in overall property crimes, led by residential burglaries and vehicle thefts, was reported in preliminary crime statistics from 2022, according to the City of Las Cruces. “The men and women of the Las Cruces Police Department take crime prevention seriously,” said Chief Miguel Dominguez. “But unfortunately,
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Three people were hospitalized after a serious crash in central El Paso Tuesday night, according to emergency fire dispatch. The crash happened on Alabama and Porter in Central El Paso. This is a developing story. Check back for details.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso announced Tuesday that it has been working with the Department of Justice to investigate the company for allegedly impounding and auctioning 176 vehicles owned by service members, a violation of the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act. The City says it began conducting its own investigation with
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 700 new body-worn cameras are going to patrol and traffic officers, said Assistant El Paso Police Chief Zina Silva at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Last March, the council approved spending over $6,000,000 from the American Rescue Plan Act to buy the cameras as well as 450 vehicle cameras. Silva said
Continue Reading Originally Published: 28 FEB 23 20:34 ETUpdated: 28 FEB 23 22:18 ETBy Heather Chen, Chris Liakos, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) — Rescue workers are in a desperate search for survivors after a head-on collision between two trains in northern Greece killed dozens of people and injured scores.At least 29 people were killed and
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The historic Chamizal park in Juarez suffered damage during Sunday’s strong winds, 32 trees fell down. The city’s department of parks and gardens told ABC-7, currently, the park has 400 dry trees among the 13-14 thousand that are in the park. Now officials are working to restore the park. “El Chamizal”
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Originally Published: 28 FEB 23 22:05 ETBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Vanessa Bryant has reached a nearly $30 million agreement with Los Angeles County to settle a lawsuit over photos that were taken at the 2020 helicopter crash that killed her husband, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, her daughter Gianna Bryant and seven others.Bianka
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UPDATE: A city spokesperson tells ABC-7 the complaint was a sexual harassment complaint. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –District 4 City Representative Joe Molinar was the target of a harassment complaint and will be reprimanded. Details surrounding the complaint have not been released, other than it involves harassment allegations against Molinar. ABC-7 did reach out to the Mayor for an explanation after
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(CNN) — Nissan is recalling more than 700,000 Rogue and Rogue Sport compact SUVs because they can be shut off accidentally while driving. Some model year 2016 through 2020 Nissan Rogue and 2017 through 2022 Rogue Sports, have jackknife-style keys — the type in which the metal blade of the key flips out from within
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Originally Published: 28 FEB 23 19:45 ETBy Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — Bipartisan lawmakers warned of the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party on Thursday during the first hearing of the House select committee on China, a rare demonstration of unity across the aisle in a Congress increasingly divided along partisan lines.The panel’s chairman, Republican
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The current and new El Paso Police Headquarters will be named after former late Police Chief Greg Allen, City Council voted unanimously Tuesday. Chief Allen served the City of El Paso for 44 years, working his way up the ranks as sergeant, lieutenant and finally, Chief of Police. Allen passed
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DALLAS, Texas – Niesha Burgher was named the 2023 Conference USA Female Indoor Track Performer of the Meet on Tuesday after her successful run in the championships. Burgher capped her first indoor season with the Miners by taking home three medals, and tying for second with 20 points on the women’s side at the 2023
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The winds will be a huge factor again on both Wednesday and Thursday. Gusts will hit about 40 mph Wednesday and 50 mph Thursday. You can expect some blowing dust and sand along with reduced visibilities. Along with the strong winds, a cold front will drop temps Thursday AM with a chance for some light
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UPDATE 9:28 p.m. El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser released a statement on Gonzalez’s termination, saying, “Today the City Council exercised its right to end the City Manager’s employment with the City of El Paso in accordance with his amended and restated employment agreement. I want to thank Mr. Gonzalez for his 8 years of service
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso City Council is discussing City Manager Tommy Gonzalez’s contract Tuesday. A decision on whether to fire Gonzalez is expected to be made.
Continue Reading (CNN) — A powerful House committee is set to vote Tuesday on a bill that would make it easier to ban TikTok from the United States and crack down on other China-related economic activity, amid vocal objections from civil liberties advocates who argue the proposal is unconstitutionally broad and threatens a wide range of online
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Independent School District will be hosting a job fair, looking to fill dozens of vacancies across the district on Saturday. EPISD says they’re looking to hire teachers, substitutes, bus drivers and more. The district is also working to hire vacancies for it’s new Montessori school set to open
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The City of Las Cruces is experiencing a disturbing trend of rising pedestrian fatalities, prompting concerns among officials and community members alike. Last year in 2022, there were 13 traffic-related fatalities in the city, a sharp increase from the previous year’s total of five in 2021, according to the
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UPDATE 12:05 p.m.: According to El Paso fire dispatch, a smell of smoke came from one of the maintenance rooms, but no fire was found. Students have returned to class. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Aoy Elementary is being evacuated due to a possible structure fire at 901 S. Campbell. The call came out just
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(CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in two challenges to President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan, with several conservative justices appearing skeptical of the government’s authority to discharge millions of dollars in federally held loans. If the conservatives do ultimately rule in favor of the policy’s challengers, the hearing made clear they will have
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that electric car company Tesla has committed to building a plant in the city of Monterrey, an industrial hub in northern Mexico. López Obrador said the promise came in a phone call he had Monday with Tesla head Elon Musk. López Obrador had
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday will take up two challenges to President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. This program is an initiative aimed at providing targeted debt relief to millions of student-loan borrowers that has so far been stalled by legal challenges. Millions of student loan borrowers could see up to $20,000 of their debt canceled, depending on how the U.S.
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By Jen Christensen, CNN An analysis of data from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s measurements of pollutants released from the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, suggests that nine of the dozens of chemicals that the EPA has been monitoring are higher than would normally be found in the area, according to a
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The ABC-7 First Alert continues as a strong cold front moves into the borderland from the west on Wednesday. The winds will increase to 40+ mph along with isolated rain showers and mountain snow through Thursday. There will be a big drop in temperatures Thursday afternoon with winds gusts up to 50 mph.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Organ transplantation gives thousands of people each year a renewed chance at living full and active lives. However, the need for organs outweighs their availability. On average, 20 people die every day waiting for a transplant, and Just one organ donor can save as many as eight lives. More than
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Using a variety of sources, Westfield compiled a list of helpful tasks to complete after experiencing property damage from a natural disaster.
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Each decade and each year within them bear out their own unique weather events. Stacker consulted historical, climatologic, and other news sources to find the most notable weather events each year since the Great Depression.
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Masterworks combed through data from the Museum of Modern Art to visualize its collection of more than 200,000 works from around the world.
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