EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The County of El Paso has opened a new County Migrant Support Center. It has been opened in partnership with its contractor, The Providencia Group. This new Support Center is meant to assist asylum seekers who already have a sponsor or point of contact in the U.S. Migrants will take
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By Josh Campbell, Fidel Gutierrez, Karol Suarez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The cartel believed responsible for the armed kidnapping last week that killed two American tourists and a Mexican woman in Matamoros, Mexico, issued an apology letter and handed over five of their members to local authorities, according to images circulating online and a version
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“The Last of Us” star Pedro Pascal appeared on the YouTube series “Hot Ones” to dish on acting, Purple Rain, and bad Tex-Mex food, all while eating spicy wings.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – More than 28-pounds of cocaine and 16 pounds of fentanyl were found by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in two separate smuggling attempts. At 11 a.m. officers at the Bridge of the Americas referred a 26-year-old American citizen for a secondary inspection of her vehicle. A non-intrusive exam was conducted
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By Nadine Schmidt, Jessie Gretener and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — A deadly shooting erupted at a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall in in Hamburg on Thursday evening, leaving several dead, according to police. At least six people are dead and seven people injured, CNN affiliate RTL/NTV reported. The incident in the northern German city occurred
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FRISCO, Texas – No. 4 seed UTEP scored 11 of the final 13 points to pull away late in a 64-54 win over No. 5 LA Tech on Thursday in quarterfinal action of the Conference USA Championships played inside the Ford Center at The Star. Leading 53-52 with 5:19 remaining, the Miners (20-10, 12-8 C-USA)
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Temps will continue to be around 10 degrees above normal through the weekend. Partly sunny skies will dominate. The winds will gradually pick up for the weekend. Wind gusts will be around 30 mph both Saturday and Sunday out of the SW.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The El Paso Fire Department says one patient was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash along the 700 block of W. Paisano in downtown El Paso. El Paso Police Special Traffic Investigators (STI) have been called out to investigate the crash. Preliminary reports indicate one
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Erica Herman, a once longtime girlfriend of golfer Tiger Woods, has filed two separate complaints after the six-year relationship between the pair ended. CNN’s Jean Casarez reports.
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EL PASO, Texas — A new beauty expo aimed at empowering women is kicking of this Saturday. The 1st Annual Le Femme Beauty Expo will offering things from shopping to food and drinks, art and education, but also workshops and guest speakers. La Femme Beauty Expo is being dedicated to Elexis Lara, the daughter of
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By Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN A newly discovered asteroid roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool has a “small chance” of colliding with Earth in 23 years, with a potential impact on Valentine’s Day in 2046, according to NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office. The asteroid has a 1 in 625 chance of
Continue Reading By Mindy Weisberger, CNN Booty-shaking worker bees guide their fellow workers to pollen by a form of communication known as “waggle dancing” — performing steps that map out where food is located and how far it is from the hive. And now scientists have discovered that bees hone these moves when they’re young, by touching
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Migrants in downtown Juarez say they’ve had troubling run-ins with Juarez Municipal Police and the National Institute of Migration. After Wednesday’s raid turned hostile, migrants have described their stay as chaotic. ABC-7 spoke with some migrants who said they don’t like the force that police use when they conduct these raids.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA)– — NMSU graduate and Spectrum News 13 photojournalist Jesse Walden says he is recovering following a shooting in Florida that took the lives of his colleague Dylan Lyons and a 9-year-old girl. The shooting happened on February 22. Walden and Lyons were covering a homicide of a woman in Pine
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By Janelle Chavez, CNN Newly updated US Food and Drug Administration regulations will require mammography facilities to notify patients about the density of their breasts. Women with dense breasts are at higher risk for breast cancer, and dense tissue can make cancer harder to detect in mammograms. Still, few women recognize dense breasts as a
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Ralph Ramos, Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent, has resigned, according to the LCPS spokesperson. This is a developing news story. Download the KVIA news app to get alerts the moment news breaks.
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(CNN) — Lithium-ion batteries, found in many popular consumer products, are under scrutiny again following a massive fire this week in New York City thought to be caused by the battery that powered an electric scooter. At least seven people have been injured in a five-alarm fire in the Bronx which required the attention of 200 firefighters. Officials believe
Continue Reading (CNN) — An elderly man survived on croissants, candy and biscotti for nearly a week alone in his car, stuck in a snowbank on a desolate California highway. Jerry Jouret, 81, set out from his mountain house in Big Pine, California, on February 24 to return to his family home in Gardnerville, Nevada — just over three
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(CNN) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after a fall at a hotel in Washington, DC. “This evening, Leader McConnell tripped at a local hotel during a private dinner. He has been admitted to the hospital where he is receiving treatment,” a spokesperson for the Kentucky Republican said in a statement. No
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For the first time in 31 years Adidas is facing an operating loss. On Wednesday, the shoe maker says it will lose about $736 million this year because of a potential $527 million hit related to unsold Yeezy stock, and the cost of a strategic review. Shares for the German company fell 2.2%t after it
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DALLAS, Texas– Safety in air travel in question again after a fist fight broke out on a Southwest Airlines plane in Dallas, Texas on Monday. It marks the latest incident of unruly passenger behavior. Passengers were boarding a plane at Dallas Love Field Airport bound for Phoenix, Arizona, when one man confronted another and started
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UPDATE 10:48 a.m.: A Texas Gas Service spokesperson says a third-party vehicle hit one of their gas meters, causing the leak. TGS crews have installed a new meter, and the situation has been resolved. UPDATE: (7:28 a.m.) According to Socorro Police, the gas leak Thursday morning was caused by a crash along Socorro Road. ABC-7
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It’s fight week! Stephanie Han and Jorge Tovar stopped by ABC-7 at Noon to talk about the upcoming event that will feature local fighters, Throw Down In Chuco Town. You’ll have an opportunity to support local fighters Friday, March 10th at the El Paso County Coliseum. The doors open at 5 PM, the show starts
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Another pleasant day is in store for Thursday under mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures will be a few degrees cooler than Wednesday’s high of 81 degrees.
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EL PASO, Texas — From west to east El Paso there’s a construction project in almost every part of the Borderland. Here’s a complete list of TxDOT’s road closures March 5 to March 11. For updates, click here. For a look at more information, click here. Sergeant Major Operational Improvements Project Sunday, March 05 through Tuesday, March
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Catalytic converter thefts are on the rise across the nation, including here in El Paso. According to data ABC-7 obtained through an open records request, 350 catalytic converter thefts were reported in 2022. In 2013, only 17 were stolen. That’s a nearly 2,000% increase in thefts. The converters, which help
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FRISCO, Texas – The season has officially come to an end for the UTEP Miners. Wednesday night in Frisco, TX the Miners received an early exit from the Conference USA Tournament after losing their first round game against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. The final score was 73-67. UTEP started the game well in the first
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)- It was only 4 days ago when a group of four Americans were kidnapped in Mexico, by what authorities believe was a Mexican drug cartel. Former U.S. Marshal, Robert Almonte, weighed in on the kidnapping and urges the community not to travel south of the border if not necessary this spring
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — This time last year the Aggies were just days away from winning the WAC, getting the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and beating UCONN in the first round. This year? The team isn’t seeing a second of postseason play. Instead the University has cleared some players to participate in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On this International Women’s Day, an all-female production crew put ABC-7 at 5 on the air. While we’re taking the time to highlight their work today, the sight of a control room filled with women is not uncommon at KVIA. Many of the newscasts that you enjoy are put together
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