StormTrack Weather: Cooler temps, not as windy Friday
El Paso, TX ( KVIA)- Another warm, dry, and breezy day for the Borderland on Thursday. Expect windy conditions through the evening hours. Cooler air…
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Donald Trump returning to civil trial next week with fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen set to testify
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will back in court next week for his New York civil fraud trial.…
Continue Reading Haiti refuses to open key border crossing with Dominican Republic in spat over canal
By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti has declined to join neighboring Dominican Republic in…
Continue Reading Douglas Clark, convicted murderer and half of the Sunset Strip Killers, dies of natural causes
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — Officials say serial killer Douglas Daniel Clark has died of natural causes. He was 75. Clark was sentenced to death for…
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Migrants flounder in Colombian migration point without the money to go on
By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press NECOCLI, Colombia (AP) — In Necocli, Colombia, the local economy has shifted, revolving around the migrants who…
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What to know about the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment
By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of millions of older Americans will see a modest increase in benefits in January when a new…
Continue Reading French police are probing possible poisoning of Russian journalist who denounced Ukraine war on TV
PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors are investigating a suspected poisoning of a Russian journalist who fled Russia after denouncing the war in Ukraine…
Continue Reading California governor signs 2 major proposals for mental health reform to go before voters in 2024
By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two major pieces of legislation to transform…
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The morgue at Gaza’s biggest hospital is overflowing as Israeli attacks intensify
By ISABEL DEBRE, SAMYA KULLAB and MOHAMMED JAHJOUH Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The morgue at Gaza’s biggest hospital, Shifa in…
Continue Reading Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer fails to hurt credibility of the government’s star witness at fraud trial
By KEN SWEET The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer did little to dent the credibility of the government’s key…
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New York governor backs suspension of ‘right to shelter’ as migrant influx strains city
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is supporting the city’s effort to suspend a unique legal…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania counties tell governor, lawmakers it’s too late to move 2024’s primary election date
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Counties in Pennsylvania are telling Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and lawmakers that…
Continue Reading NFL appeal in Jon Gruden emails lawsuit gets Nevada Supreme Court hearing date
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court plans to soon hear the NFL’s appeal of a crucial ruling denying a…
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New Hooters restaurant bringing jobs to Far East El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Hooters is expanding into Far East El Paso. A new location at 1799 Joe Battle Boulevard will open Monday, October 16, 2023.…
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Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future
BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of…
Continue Reading $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot goes to a player who bought a ticket in a California mountain town
By MARCIO SANCHEZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) — A liquor store in a tiny California mountain town reverberated with…
Continue Reading NTSB chair says new locomotive camera rule is flawed because it excludes freight railroads
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Passenger railroads nationwide will now be required to install video recorders inside their…
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US and Qatar agree to prevent disbursal of recently unfrozen Iranian funds as Israel-Hamas war rages
By MATTHEW LEE, MARY CLARE JALONICK and SEUNG MIN KIM ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Qatar have reached an agreement that the…
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Stories from those with family in Israel and residents in the country as war rages on
UPDATE – ABC-7 spoke with Daniel Hamicha, an El Paso resident of 21 years, who has family members living in Israel. “It’s our place, The Jewish…
Continue Reading Leak in LA council racism scandal may have come from 2 ex-labor employees, police say
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say two former employees of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor are the focus of an investigation into a secret…
Continue Reading Idaho officials order brief evacuation of about 10,000 people after reported gas pipeline explosion
MIDDLETON, Idaho (AP) — Authorities briefly ordered evacuations for most of the town of Middleton, Idaho, after they said a gas pipeline exploded…
Continue Reading Indonesia’s former agriculture minister arrested over alleged corruption
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s former agriculture minister has been arrested by the country’s…
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Las Cruces church group returning from Israel after being stranded amid war
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) – 32 people from Our Lady of Health Catholic Church in Las Cruces are on their way back home, after being caught in the…
Continue Reading Alabama police chief apologies for inaccurate information in fatal shooting
DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — A police chief in Alabama apologized Wednesday for his department giving incorrect information about what was said before…
Continue Reading The case of a Memphis man charged with trying to enter a Jewish school with a gun is moving forward
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The case of a Tennessee man charged with trying to enter his former Jewish school with a gun…
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City considering selling buildings in the historic Duranguito neighborhood
Correction: A previous edition of this article incorrectly stated that City Council approved the sale of 18 properties in Duranguito. Council…
Continue Reading Pentagon’s ‘FrankenSAM’ program cobbles together air defense weapons for Ukraine
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The Pentagon calls it FrankenSAM. It’s a project that cobbles together air defense…
Continue Reading Indigenous leader of Guatemalan protests says they are defending democracy after election
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — One of the leaders of the nationwide protests that have paralyzed much of Guatemalan…
Continue Reading San Francisco man, 31, identified as driver who rammed vehicle into Chinese consulate
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 31-year-old San Francisco man has been identified as the driver who was shot and killed by police after crashing a car into…
Continue Reading Gap between US income taxes owed and paid is set to keep growing, IRS says
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The amount of tax money owed but not paid to the IRS is set to keep growing. For tax…
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