EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Science Festival held its inauguration this weekend with families and guests from the Borderland in attendance. The two-day event saw exhibits ranging from environmental science, space exploration, physics, and mathematics. Astronaut Jose Hernandez was a special guest at the event, where he spoke about his inspiring story
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — With less than 24 hours left until the 2024 solar eclipse, El Pasoans are preparing by educating themselves. Many gathered to learn more about eclipses at Sunday’s El Paso Science Festival. “Just to be able to see in real life how everything that we study, and how the Earth moves
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CNN By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — The women’s NCAA basketball tournament has been full of star power, with Iowa’s Caitlin Clark front and center. But there wasn’t a team as loaded as South Carolina’s. For the third time, the Gamecocks are national champions, defeating Iowa 87-75, completing a perfect 38-0 season and preventing Clark
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Salvage crews on Sunday began removing containers from the deck of the cargo ship that crashed into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, an important step toward the full reopening of one of the nation’s main shipping lanes. The removal of the containers from the deck of the Dali
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Little League International and the El Paso Border Youth Little League held their opening day ceremony at Golden Eagle Park in Horizon, Texas Saturday. The “All in, we win” event featured more than a dozen teams with over 250 youth athletes, team parents and coaches. The return of of little
Continue Reading DENVER (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was trapped and killed after a truck went off the road and into a river in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver, authorities said Sunday. The truck was submerged in the river when law enforcement arrived at the crash scene Saturday night, finding two women with cuts on their
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Round Rock Express scored six runs in a 10-batter top of the fifth inning and beat the El Paso Chihuahuas 9-6 Sunday afternoon at Southwest University Park. The teams split the six-game series. Round Rock’s fifth inning rally started with an inside-the-park home run to right-center field by Dustin
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JACKSONVILLE, Alabama (KVIA) — In the rubber match between two new CUSA members, things shifted quickly in Jax State’s favor. The Gamecocks put up five runs in a bizarre fourth inning, forcing three separate Aggies to pitch around a 15-plus minute delay. With the win, Jax State improved to 17-22 and 6-6 in league games.
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MIAMI, Florida (KVIA) — In a gripping Sunday afternoon showdown at Felsberg Field, the UTEP Softball team clinched a thrilling extra-inning win against FIU. The defining moment came in the eighth inning when Amaya Lee’s two-run home run sealed the 5-3 victory for UTEP. UTEP improves to 19-13 (5-7 Conference USA) while FIU drops to
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Aggies earned their second Conference USA win of the season with an 8-6 victory over the Liberty Flames on April 7 at Presley Askew Field. The Aggies are now 2-1 on Sundays against conference foes. Left-handed pitcher Hayden Walker earned the nod on the bump for the
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Washington State Patrol says two people were killed in a weekend car crash involving a trooper’s vehicle just west of Seattle. The trooper was not seriously injured in the crash Saturday afternoon, but was hospitalized as a precaution. The Mason County Coroner on Sunday identified the dead as two Washington state residents.
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CNN By Vasco Cotovio, Benjamin Brown and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military said it has withdrawn its ground forces from Khan Younis in southern Gaza after months of fierce fighting that left much of the city in ruins. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that its 98th division had “concluded
Continue ReadingCNN By Caitlin Kaiser, Elisa Raffa and Allison Chinchar (CNN) — Excited eclipse watchers, watch out: Weather could complicate attempts to see the epic astronomical phenomenon in parts of the South and interior Northeast. Clouds and storms could hinder the ability to see the eclipse in its full glory in several spots along the path
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso Fire dispatch says a fire broke out at the Texas Roadhouse at 10729 Gateway Blvd. West just after 3:15 p.m. Sunday. Fire crews were able to put out the fire quickly. No injuries have been reported. First responders told ABC-7 that the restaurant did have to be evacuated.
Continue Reading CNN Analysis by Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Colonization, bloodshed, war crimes, occupation, controversial military bases. These are all issues intertwined in the collective history of the United States, Japan and the Philippines. But when the leaders of the three countries sit down at the White House on Thursday, a key topic
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Kamilla Cardoso delivered once again for Dawn Staley and South Carolina. A perfect finish. A dynasty. A team too big for Caitlin Clark and Iowa this time around. Cardoso had 15 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, and South Carolina completed its perfect season with an
Continue Reading By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two lawmakers from opposing parties are floating a new plan to protect the privacy of Americans’ personal data. The draft legislation was announced Sunday by two lawmakers from Washington state — Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell. Their proposal would make privacy a
Continue Reading SANLIURFA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish Super Cup has ended in chaos after only 101 seconds when Fenerbahçe players walked off after conceding an early goal against Galatasaray, which was declared the 1-0 winner. Fenerbahçe had already decided to field its under-19 team for the match to protest alleged unfavorable treatment by Turkish soccer authorities.
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MESILLA, New Mexico (KVIA) – The Mesilla Marshals Office says they recovered a second spent bullet in the area where a woman was shot and killed on Monday, April 1 in Mesilla, New Mexico. CSI and Dona Ana County Investigator, Eddie Flores, who is helping with the murder investigation, continued their search for evidence. The
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — San Elizario boys soccer find themselves back in the Final Four for the Class 4A State Championships in Georgetown, Texas. The Junior for the Eagles, Francisco Marquez, scored in the first half of the game snagging a 1-0 lead and the Eagles were able to keep it that way for
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — Eclipse spectators staked out their spots across three countries Sunday, fervently hoping for clear skies despite forecasts calling for clouds along most of the sun-vanishing route. North America won’t see another coast-to-coast total solar eclipse for 21 years, prompting the weekend’s worry and mad rush.
Continue Reading Associated Press Idaho State Police say a driver crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a semi-truck, killing a child and sending two adults to the hospital. The kid was in a child safety seat and died of injuries at the scene of the early Sunday morning crash. Police say the driver and an adult
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CNN By MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden ticked through several things that he needed to see Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu do immediately: open up the Erez crossing into northern Gaza and the port of Ashdod in southern Israel for humanitarian aid; significantly ramp up the supplies getting in through Kerem Shalom.
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Relatives of a Vermont woman whose obituary drew national attention for its candid and heart-breaking discussion of her opioid addiction appear to have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over her death. The family sued the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, and law enforcement, accusing them of failing to provide adequate medical
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Runners helped make a difference for high schoolers across El Paso, and it was all in the name of someone who many say made such a huge impact on the northeast. Around 280 runners showed up for Sunday’s 5K and mile fun run/walk at Nation’s Tobin Park. It was the
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CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Huge swaths of North America today will suddenly darken and the clouds will eerily vanish — a cue for sky-watchers that the total solar eclipse is about to begin. The celestial event itself will have no effect on wireless networks but phone providers are preparing for potential disruptions
Continue Reading Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Southwest Airlines jet returned to Denver Sunday morning after the engine cover fell off and struck the wing flap during takeoff, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Boeing 737 landed safely, and the passengers headed to Houston were being put onto another aircraft, Southwest Airlines said in a
Continue Reading FROSTPROOF, Fla. (AP) — A 21-year-old college student is charged with first-degree murder after Florida authorities say he drove to his mother’s home and stabbed her multiple times because she got on his nerves. Emmanuel Espinoza drove from the University of Florida to Frostproof, Florida, on Saturday for a family event and planned to stay
Continue Reading QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A police official says a motorcycle bomb has killed two people and injured five in Pakistan’s restive southwest. It’s the latest unrest to hit Baluchistan province, where militants have tried to target a naval facility and a government building in recent weeks. Nobody immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday’s blast in Khuzdar
Continue Reading By STEPHANY MATAT Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When America’s top diplomat called with condolences over the killing of John Flickinger’s son in the Israeli airstrikes on a World Central Kitchen aid convoy in Gaza, Flickinger knew what he wanted to say. The grieving father told Secretary of State Antony Blinken the
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