ABC-7 StormTrack Weather: Warm and dry for your Saturday
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Happy Saturday! We begin the start of your weekend looking warm and dry. We start fof Labor day weekend in the upper 90’s…
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Nobel Foundation withdraws invitation to Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend ceremonies
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Foundation on Saturday withdrew its invitation for representatives of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend this year’s…
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Heart Health: COVID-19 cases increase in the borderland, how to stay protected
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – ABC-7 sits down to speak with Dr. Armando Meza, Chief of Infectious Diseases division at the Texas Tech University Health…
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Jimmy Buffett’s laid-back party vibe created adoring ‘Parrotheads’ and success beyond music
By DON SCHANCHE JR. Jimmy Buffett celebrated slackers before the word existed, even though he was hardly one himself. “Wastin’ away again in…
Continue Reading Pakistani traders strike countrywide against high inflation and utility bills
By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani traders have staged strikes across the country against the soaring cost of living,…
Continue Reading Rival Eritrean groups clash in Israel, leaving dozens hurt in worst confrontation in recent memory
By OHAD ZWIGENBERG and SAM McNEIL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of Eritrean government supporters and opponents clashed with…
Continue Reading 18 people have been killed in Iraq after a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims to Karbala overturned
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A bus carrying pilgrims to the Iraqi city of Karbala overturned north of Baghdad on Saturday,…
Continue Reading A 2nd Tommy John rehab could be tougher for Angels’ Shohei Ohtani. But it’s not a given
By RONALD BLUM and MADDIE BURAKOFF Associated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) — If Shohei Ohtani has a second Tommy John surgery, it’s possible his…
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Labor Day weekend, things to do in the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Celebrate the 2023 Labor Day Weekend with fun events across the Borderland. Below is a list of events happening on Sept. 2…
Continue Reading Cyprus police arrest 13 after anti-immigrant marchers set fire to trash bins and damage storefronts
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus police say they have arrested 13 people after a mob smashed storefronts and set numerous trash bins on fire during an…
Continue Reading Thailand’s king approves a new Cabinet more than 3 months after elections
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s king has formally endorsed members of a new Cabinet, paving the way for a government headed by Prime Minister Srettha…
Continue Reading More cargo ships from Ukraine use a civilian corridor despite Russian threats
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Two cargo vessels have left Ukraine despite Russian threats and are in the Black Sea, maritime officials said Saturday.…
Continue Reading Scholz dismisses talk of keeping nuclear energy option open in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is dismissing a junior coalition partner’s suggestion that the country should keep open the option of…
Continue Reading ‘Margaritaville’ singer Jimmy Buffett, who turned beach-bum life into an empire, dies at 76
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist…
Continue Reading Russia says it thwarted attacks on Crimea bridge. Shelling and strikes leave at least 3 dead
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said Saturday its forces destroyed three Ukrainian naval drones being used in an…
Continue Reading K.C. Hwang, AP correspondent in Seoul for 30 years, dies at age 99
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — K.C. Hwang, whose six-decade-long journalism career included 30 years chronicling South…
Continue Reading Japan’s synthesized singing sensation Hatsune Miku turns 16
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press CHIBA, Japan (AP) — Hatsune Miku has always been 16 years old and worn long aqua ponytails. She is Japan’s…
Continue Reading 3 Pakistani soldiers, 1 militant killed in separate shootouts during raids along the Afghan border
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two soldiers and one militant have been killed in a shootout during an overnight military operation against militant activity in…
Continue Reading India launches a spacecraft to study the sun after successful landing near the moon’s south pole
By ASHOK SHARMA and AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India launched its first space mission to study the sun on Saturday, less than…
Continue Reading Australian icebreaker heads to Antarctic station to rescue expeditioner suffering medical condition
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An icebreaker is on its way from Australia to an Antarctic research station to rescue an expeditioner suffering from a…
Continue Reading Delegation of Australian ministers to visit China in further sign of improving ties
CANBERRA (AP) — A delegation of Australian federal ministers will attend a high-level dialogue in Beijing next in a further sign of a warming of…
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Best counties to raise a family in Texas
Stacker compiled a list of the best counties to retire to in Texas using 2025 data from…
Continue Reading Novak Djokovic comes back after dropping the first 2 sets to beat Laslo Djere at the US Open
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone should know by now to never count out Novak Djokovic. No matter how big a deficit he…
Continue Reading AP photos of Kashmir’s mental health clinics show the invisible scars of decades of conflict
By MUKHTAR KHAN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — After consulting with several doctors in the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Aayat…
Continue Reading Shooting at Louisiana high school football game kills student and wounds a woman, police say
PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say a shooting during halftime of a high school football game has killed a 16-year-old student and…
Continue Reading Family in central Mexico struggles to preserve the natural way of producing intense red dye
By FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO TEPEYACAC, Mexico (AP) — One family in central Mexico is struggling to preserve the production of…
Continue Reading Children hit hardest by the pandemic are now the big kids at school. Many still need reading help
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press They were the kids most disrupted by the pandemic, the ones who were still learning to write their names…
Continue Reading As Taiwan’s government races to counter China, most people aren’t worried about war
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As People’s Liberation Army fighter jets from China sped toward Taiwan on Friday, life on…
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Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is in the hands of Republicans who have been by his side
By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Billionaires, burner phones, alleged bribes: The impeachment trial of…
Continue Reading Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is in the hands of Republicans who have been by his side
By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Billionaires, burner phones, alleged bribes: The impeachment trial of…
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