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…
Continue Reading With funding for Kansas schools higher, the attorney general wants to close their lawsuit
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Republican attorney general has asked the state’s highest court to reward the…
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A possible Israeli ground war looms in Gaza. What weapons are wielded by those involved?
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli ground offensive in Gaza would further escalate the war raging since Hamas launched…
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Don’t mess with this mama bear: Grazer easily wins popular Fat Bear Contest at Alaska national park
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When it comes to packing on the pounds to survive an Alaska winter, this year’s…
Continue Reading Sen. Menendez is accused of being an unregistered agent of Egypt’s government in updated indictment
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey was charged Thursday with conspiring for years to act as…
Continue Reading A ‘Zionist in my heart’: Biden’s devotion to Israel faces a new test
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has spent decades as a stalwart supporter of Israel, a connection rooted…
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United Nations agencies urge calm in northwest Syria after biggest escalation in attacks since 2019
By OMAR ALBAM Associated Press DANA, Syria (AP) — United Nations humanitarian officials have sounded an alarm over a humanitarian crisis in…
Continue Reading Police seek assault charges against 3 Rhode Island men in death of New England Patriots fan
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts police are pursuing assault and battery and disorderly conduct charges against three Rhode Island men in the recent…
Continue Reading UK police on the scene after Kenyan plane diverted to land at Stansted Airport with fighter escort
LONDON (AP) — Police are on the scene after a plane from Nairobi bound for London’s Heathrow Airport was escorted by air force fighter jets and…
Continue Reading IMF sees economic growth in the Mideast improving next year. But the Israel-Hamas war poses risks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says Middle East economies are gradually recovering as external shocks from the…
Continue Reading A UN-backed expert will continue scrutinizing human rights in Russia for another year
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights body has agreed to renew the work of an independent expert who has reported on deteriorating human…
Continue Reading Algeria’s top court rejects journalist’s appeal of his seven-year sentence
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s Supreme Court has ruled that a journalist targeted as part of a broader crackdown against pro-democracy…
Continue Reading Approaching 80, Billie Jean King is still globetrotting for investment in women’s sports
By MELISSA MURPHY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King is still globetrotting in support of more investment and equity in women’s…
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