EL PASO, Texas — If you need help doing your taxes, the City of El Paso is offering free income tax preparation assistance this month at several city centers. The Parks and Recreation Department is teaming up with AARP Foundation TaxAide to offer assistance now until April 15. The assistance is by appointment only. Walk-ins
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By Haley Britzky, CNN A bipartisan group of senators urged President Joe Biden to delay the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey until Turkey agrees to allow Sweden and Finland to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The letter comes at a time when Sweden and Finland are waiting for Turkey to approve
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By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Members of Congress are urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to pressure China to do more to curb the flow of fentanyl and synthetic opioids into the United States on his visit to the country which is expected to take place in the next few days. On Wednesday,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NMSU student Haleigh Haven is a member of the “No Mind Suffering Unheard” program, launched last fall. “It was a lot of training,” she said. “We did a lot of peer and mental first aid training, just learning how to pick up on behaviors, and how to recognize when
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, CNN A man in northern New York pleaded guilty to federal charges Wednesday over sending threatening voicemails to Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene last March. Joseph Morelli pleaded guilty to three counts of interstate threatening communications in federal court in Syracuse, New York, according to court records. Morelli, who plainly
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Every February 2, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club celebrates Groundhog Day by seeing if their beloved Phil- a groundhog, and star of the show- will predict six more weeks of winter, or an early spring. The tradition has a long line of history, dating back to the mid-1800s. However, according to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — — ABC-7 has learned State Farm Insurance and Progressive will not be writing new policies on certain KIA and Hyundai vehicles in some markets. According to the insurers, the impacted vehicles have a key to start the ignition, which can make them easy to steal. ABC-7 is gathering more information
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden‘s upcoming State of the Union address, according to an announcement from GOP congressional leaders. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Thursday that Sanders will give the Republican address to the nation
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Municipal Judge Roger Rodriguez’s appointment has expired in the Village of Vinton, according to a report first published by KTEP. The article from KTEP reported that Rodriguez appeared at the village’s Jan. 17th council meeting. Rodriguez asked to be allowed “to continue to serve this community.” Family members of a
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By Dakin Andone, Dianne Gallagher and Alta Spells, CNN The chief financial officer of Alex Murdaugh’s former law firm testified in his double murder trial Thursday about confronting the now-disbarred attorney about missing funds the morning his wife and son were killed, as prosecutors work to convince the judge to allow testimony about Murdaugh’s alleged
Continue Reading CNN By Clare Foran, CNN The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass a resolution to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee. House Republicans have argued Omar should not serve on the committee in light of past statements she has made related to Israel that in some
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MAGNOLIA, Texas (AP) — A man who might have been experiencing a mental health crisis was shot and injured by Texas deputies on Thursday after apparently calling 911 and describing himself as a trespasser outside his home, authorities said. At 12:45 a.m. on Thursday, deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office were called to a
Continue Reading By Jamie Gangel and Evan Perez, CNN The FBI is expected to search former Vice President Mike Pence’s house in Indiana and office in Washington for additional classified materials soon, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Pence’s representatives have been in talks with the Justice Department over the searches and have expressed that they
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, CNN A scan of the skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish has led to the discovery of the oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain, shining a new light on the early evolution of bony fish. The fossil of the skull belonging to the extinct Coccocephalus wildi was found in a coal
Continue Reading By Haley Britzky, CNN The US has transferred a Guantanamo Bay detainee who was convicted of terrorism offenses in 2012 to Belize, the Pentagon announced on Thursday. Majid Khan, a Pakistani citizen and US resident, who went to high school in Baltimore, was captured in 2003 and was held for more than three years at
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Without cracking a single textbook, without spending a day in medical school, the co-author of a preprint study correctly answered enough practice questions that it would have passed the real US Medical Licensing Examination. But the test-taker wasn’t a member of Mensa or a medical savant; it was the artificial intelligence
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — NFL prospect Jake Andrews fielded questions from teams designed to probe his personality and attitude more than just his football IQ. Those questions — such as, would you rather be a Super Bowl champion or Hall of Famer? — are standard issue for teams vetting
Continue Reading By Shania Shelton, CNN Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will support Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff’s bid for US Senate in California if the state’s longtime senator, Democrat Dianne Feinstein, decides not to run for reelection next year. “If she decides not to run, I will be supporting House Intelligence Committee Chair
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Running a marathon is no easy feat, but for Gonzalo Espinoza, it’s the challenge he loves. “It’s a battle with the mind,” Gonzalo said. “You don’t think that you can finish it, but you can.” It’s not the first time Gonzalo has had to battle his own mind. For eight
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN Former President Donald Trump, who is now running for president again, made an inaccurate claim on Wednesday about his successor’s response to the Russian war in Ukraine. Trump said in an online video that President Joe Biden is “now doing what he said 10 months ago would lead to World War
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said Thursday that he sees Mitch McConnell’s decision to pull him off the Senate Commerce Committee as retribution for challenging the Kentucky senator’s position as leader of the GOP conference. “He completely opposed me putting out a plan,” Scott said to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, referencing his
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden announced Thursday that his National Economic Council Director Brian Deese plans to step down from his role, a long-awaited confirmation of an expected departure. Biden’s statement did not provide any details on a successor or timing of Deese’s departure, but praised his top economist’s work
Continue Reading By Kristina Sgueglia, Eric Levenson and Kiely Westhoff, CNN A 30-year-old councilwoman in the borough of Sayreville, New Jersey, was found shot to death in her car on Wednesday, according to authorities. Eunice Dwumfour, a Republican councilwoman, was found by police with multiple gunshot wounds just after 7 p.m. Wednesday and was pronounced dead on
Continue Reading Police found New Jersey councilmember Eunice Dwumfour dead in her car with multiple gunshot wounds, according to authorities. CNN’s Jean Casarez has the details.
Continue Reading By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials said Thursday a company is recalling its over-the-counter eye drops that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week sent a health alert to doctors, saying the outbreak included at least 55
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Beyoncé will soon be heading back on tour, she announced the “Renaissance World Tour” on Instagram Wednesday. It will feature music from her latest album, “Renaissance”, which has been garnering acclaim since it dropped last summer. The album, which debuted in July, is an ode to Black queer culture. Disco anthems, soulful ballads and lyrics
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EL PASO, Texas — A man was killed after a motorcycle crash in the Lower Valley Wednesday night, according to a family member close to the victim. El Paso Police say it happened just before 10 p.m. at the intersection Hawkins Blvd. and Phoenix Dr. near the El Paso Community College: Valle Verde Campus. Police
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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft joins CNN This Morning to reflect on legendary quarterback Tom Brady’s announcement that he’s retiring after 23 seasons in the NFL.
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein and Lauren Fox, CNN President Joe Biden offered an olive branch to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday as he gave an interfaith and bipartisan address to the National Prayer Breakfast, remarks on Capitol Hill that come amid pressing issues including the debt limit, a national conversation on justice and policing and
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Some 125,000 years ago, enormous elephants that weighed as much as eight cars each roamed in what’s now northern Europe. Scientifically known as Palaeoloxodon antiquus, the towering animals were the largest land mammals of the Pleistocene, standing more than 13 feet (4 meters) high. Despite this imposing size, the now-extinct straight-tusked
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