Congress moving swiftly on bipartisan action to punish Iran after revenge attack on Israel
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran’s attack against Israel over the weekend has spurred a flurry of bipartisan…
Continue ReadingYear: 2024
Social media searches play central role at jury selection for Trump’s first criminal trial
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The jury selection process at the historic criminal trial of former…
Continue Reading 12 jurors have been picked for Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Selection of alternates is ongoing
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury of 12 people was seated Thursday in…
Continue Reading A Georgia beach aims to disrupt Black students’ spring bash after big crowds brought chaos in 2023
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at…
Continue Reading Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden’s climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll finds
By ALEXA ST. JOHN and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press Like many Americans, Ron Theusch is getting more worried about climate change. A resident of…
Continue Reading
NMSU golfer Emma Bunch earns 2024 CUSA individual title
(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) MAGNOLIA, Texas – She is inevitable. After entering the week with four consecutive individual titles, Emma Bunch put…
Continue Reading
911 call details moments after fatal Mesilla shooting
MESILLA, New Mexico (KVIA) — ABC-7 has obtained the 911 made by a witness to the fatal Mesilla shooting that killed Sheireen Al Jibury. The shooting…
Continue Reading 25 years after Columbine, trauma shadows survivors of the school shooting
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Hours after she escaped the Columbine High School shooting, 14-year-old Missy Mendo slept between…
Continue Reading Tsunami alert after a volcano in Indonesia has several big eruptions and thousands are told to leave
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang…
Continue Reading UN agency helping Palestinians in Gaza seeks support against Israel’s demands for its dissolution
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency that has helped millions of Palestinians in Gaza and the…
Continue Reading French hero gains Australian residency for confronting killer in deadly Sydney shopping mall attack
By MARK BAKER and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — French construction worker Damien Guerot has spoken of his mixed emotions at being…
Continue Reading
Johnson won’t change rules over removing him from speakership after hardliners revolt
CNN By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer and Lauren Fox, CNN Speaker Mike Johnson announced he will not change the procedure for removing him…
Continue Reading
Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs visits El Paso, discussing immigration and honors nearly five years since Walmart shooting
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, visited El Paso to discuss immigration, meet with local…
Continue Reading Poland’s president becomes the latest leader to visit Donald Trump as allies eye a possible return
By JILL COLVIN and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump met in New York with Polish President Andrzej…
Continue Reading
Rio Bosque Wetlands Park concerned after proposed TxDOT Border Highway
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Officials with the Rio Bosque Waterlands Park say they’re now concerned for the site’s habitat. With over 370 acres of…
Continue Reading Whistleblowers outline allegations of nepotism and retaliation within Albuquerque’s police academy
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Several members of the Albuquerque police academy’s training staff who were…
Continue Reading
Bowl game conference hosted by El Paso brings thousands to Borderland economy
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The annual bowl season meetings are concluding Wednesday evening in the borderland. For the first time ever, the Tony the…
Continue Reading Schumer says US will provide $6.1 billion to Micron Technology for chip plants in NY, Idaho
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide $6.1 billion in government support for…
Continue Reading Oklahoma man arrested after authorities say he threw a pipe bomb at Satanic Temple in Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) — An Oklahoma man has been arrested after authorities accused him of throwing a pipe bomb at the headquarters of a group in Salem,…
Continue Reading Democrats clear path to bring proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total abortion ban to a vote
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the state’s…
Continue Reading
Burges High School sophomore creates safe space for others to be heard
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — “I truly believe that we could stop wars and fights happening in the world with just learning how to listen.” 16-year-old…
Continue Reading NCAA allows transfers to be immediately eligible, no matter how many times they’ve switched schools
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer NCAA athletes will be immediately eligible to play no matter how many times they transfer — as long as…
Continue Reading California sets long-awaited drinking water limit for ‘Erin Brockovich’ contaminant
By DORANY PINEDA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators adopted a drinking water limit on toxic hexavalent chromium, a chemical…
Continue Reading Who owns businesses in California? A lawmaker wants the public to know
By TRÂN NGUYỄN The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker wants to require limited liability companies and similar…
Continue Reading Lawyers for Nassar assault survivors have reached $100M deal with Justice Department, AP source says
By ED WHITE Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle claims with about 100 people who say…
Continue Reading What’s inside the $95 billion House package focused on aiding Ukraine and Israel
KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a long-awaited package of bills that will provide military aid…
Continue Reading Tennessee judge wants more information on copyright before ruling on school shooter’s writings
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge is weighing whether to allow the release of a Nashville school…
Continue Reading
UTEP basketball inks Juco All-American, former 4-star standout Ahamad Bynum
(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – NJCAA Second-Team All-American and former consensus top 100 and four-star prospect Ahamad Bynum (Trinity…
Continue Reading New Hampshire man who brought decades-old youth center abuse scandal to light testifies at trial
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — The man whose allegations of abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center sparked…
Continue Reading Biden is off on details of his uncle’s WWII death as he calls Trump unfit to lead the military
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday misstated key details about his uncle’s death in…
Continue Reading