EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State showed Adolf Hitler’s image as part of a pregame quiz on videoboards before playing No. 2 Michigan, and later apologized for the inappropriate content provided by an outside source. Hitler and his birthplace of Austria flashed on the videoboards long enough for some on social media to share
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Hundreds gathered in Downtown El Paso Saturday to show support for the people of Palestine. This comes as the Israeli-Hamas War enters its third week. “My people are over there getting massacred. Genocide. And I’m just here, and all I can do is speak and protest, and show that I
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will visit China in early November to meet President Xi Jinping. He also said Sunday that China has agreed to review the crippling tariffs it placed on Australian wine that have effectively blocked trade with the winemakers’ biggest export
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ORLANDO, Florida (KVIA) — The Orlando Magic converted the contract of guard Trevelin Queen to a two-way contract, President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman announced Saturday. It wasn’t that long ago that Queen was starring for the Aggies. He played in 51 games from 2018-2020, averaging 10.5 ppg., 4.1 rpg., 2.1 apg. and 1.37 stlpg. in
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JACKSONVILLE, Alabama (KVIA) — On the back of 12 kills and six blocks from Ryleigh Whitekettle, NM State got back in the win column on Saturday. The sophomore outside hitter was instrumental on both offense and defense in the straight-set victory over Jax State. The Gamecocks fell to 5-15 overall, and are 3-7 in Conference
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EL PASO – The Miners remain undefeated at home as the UTEP Volleyball team won a sixth-consecutive match in a dominating victory sweep over LA Tech Saturday afternoon. The Orange and Blue have now won 20 consecutive sets inside Memorial Gym this season. UTEP improves to 17-6 overall and 9-3 in Conference USA play, while LA Tech
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A shooter who ambushed police in New York City twice in 12 hours, wounding two officers, has been sentenced to 23 years to life in prison. Robert Williams pleaded guilty last month to two counts of attempted murder of a police officer in the February 2020 shootings in the Bronx. He
Continue Reading By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s former prime minister Sali Berisha says prosecutors have charged him with corruption and money laundering in connection with a land deal involving a Tirana property. Berisha, 79, said the prosecutor’s office in charge of cases against senior officials or major cases, ordered him not to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — We can expect a warm dry weekend before we see a shift in our weather pattern with a chance for cooler wetter weather. We have issued an ABC- 7 First Alert for the cooler temps and the increased rain chances to come, but first temperatures will stay warmer than normal
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit synagogue president was found stabbed to death outside her home Saturday, police said. The motive wasn’t known. Emergency medical personnel declared the woman, identified in a statement from Mayor Mike Duggan as Samantha Woll, dead at the scene, Cpl. Dan Donakowski said. “While at the scene, police officers observed a
Continue Reading By ISABEL DEBRE and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The only thing worse than the screams of a patient undergoing surgery without enough anesthesia are the terror-stricken faces of those awaiting their turn, a 51-year-old orthopedic surgeon says. When the Israeli bombing intensifies and the wounded swamp the Gaza City
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Sevilla ejected a fan from its Spanish league match against Real Madrid and filed a complaint with police after the spectator allegedly displayed “xenophobic and racist behavior,” with Vinícius Júnior once again the target. Sevilla did not specify what the behavior was, or name any intended target. But the Madrid star, who
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Meet the spirited couple at 3100 Jarvis Drive, El Paso, Texas, who have been turning their home into a Halloween wonderland since August. Their enthusiasm knows no bounds as they transform their residence into a dazzling spectacle of Halloween decorations. Vanna Ocon and Jesse Ocon, the owners of the Halloween house,
Continue Reading DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman who falsely claimed to have cancer will stay out of prison after a judge gave her probation and a suspended sentence. Twenty-year-old Madison Russo never had pancreatic cancer, leukemia nor the football-sized tumor wrapped around her spine she that claimed in postings on TikTok, GoFundMe, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Paddy Cosgrave, the chief executive officer of a prominent European tech conference called Web Summit, resigned from his role on Saturday amid backlash for his public statements that suggested Israel was committing war crimes. A spokesperson for Web Summit, which organizes one of the world’s
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Venezuelans became the largest nationality arrested for illegally crossing the U.S. border, replacing Mexicans for the first time on record, according to figures released Saturday that show September was the second-highest month for arrests of all nationalities. Venezuelans were arrested 54,833 times by the Border Patrol
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — A homeowner is mulling the next step after a company mistakenly demolished a home she owned in southwest Atlanta. Susan Hodgson said in an interview Saturday with The Associated Press that she found a pile of rubble where her longtime family property used to be when she returned from vacation last month.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a nationwide campaign to increase awareness of the disease that has taken the lives of many. In the Borderland, ABC-7 speaks with Subhasis Misra, M.D. at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso about how it has impacted El Pasoans. “It is the most
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — About 3,000 asylum-seekers have been told their time was up in New York City shelters, but about half have reapplied to stay. That’s according to a Daily News report Friday. New York Mayor Eric Adams announced in July that the city would start giving adult migrants 60 days’ notice to move
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A top official with Hezbollah vowed that Israel will pay a high price whenever it starts a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip and said Saturday that his militant group based in Lebanon already is “in the heart of the battle.” The comments by Hezbollah’s deputy leader,
Continue Reading MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked city officials in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from enforcing an ordinance designed to ban drag performances on public property. The order issued Friday bars the city from enforcing the ordinance during the BoroPride Festival scheduled for Oct. 28. It came in a lawsuit filed earlier this month
Continue Reading HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — The vehicle used by the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Maryland judge has been found but he’s still at large. Authorities are asking the public to remain vigilant as they continue searching for the man. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted on Facebook that the
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt and Jordan harshly criticized Israel over its actions in Gaza at a summit on Saturday, a sign that the two Western allies that made peace with Israel decades ago are losing patience with its two-week-old war against Hamas. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who hosted the
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The sports world reacts to the announcement that Bobby Charlton, the World Cup-winning soccer great for Manchester United and England, has died at the age of 86.
Continue Reading MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police in Somalia say a suicide car bomb exploded at a military facility on the outskirts of the capital and killed at least six people. A police spokesperson said the victims included four soldiers and that nine other people were wounded at the facility in the Elasha Biyaha area of the
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Philadelphia police officer has been sentenced to 15 to 40 years in state prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting women and girls. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that 54-year-old Patrick Heron entered the pleas Friday after reaching an agreement with prosecutors in advance of a trial on more than 200
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United and England soccer great Bobby Charlton has died at the age of 86. He was an English soccer icon who survived a plane crash that decimated a United team destined for greatness to become the heartbeat of his country’s 1966 World Cup triumph. A statement from Charlton’s family released
Continue Reading By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — In blue ink on a scrap of white paper that sits on his desk, Jehad Adwan scribbles the names and ages of his wife’s relatives. Next to five names, he writes “killed” or simply, “K.” Beside another five, he marks “injured” or “I.” With
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Goodbye, Jimmy Kimmel. Hello, Rob Gronkowski to the world of bowl games. The LA Bowl announced on Saturday that Gronkowski has signed a multiyear agreement to partner with the college football postseason game. LA Bowl Hosted By Gronk will take place at SoFi Stadium on
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through a rainy London on Saturday to demand Israel stop its bombardment of Gaza, and similar calls were heard in cities around the world as the Israel-Hamas war entered its third week. On the day a trickle of aid entered
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