Shaharazad Booth to run for Dona Ana County District Attorney
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Shaharazad Booth filed her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Third Judicial District Attorney in Dona Ana…
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Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is interested in buying TikTok
CNN By Elisabeth Buchwald and Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday he’s assembling a team…
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In a first, Vice President Harris visits Minnesota abortion clinic to blast ‘immoral’ restrictions
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has toured a Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic that…
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ABC-7 sits down with both sides as agreement between City of El Paso and Zoological Society set to end on Sunday
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Both of the City of El Paso and leaders from the El Paso Zoological Society spoke with ABC-7 after the news that the…
Continue Reading Many countries are bouncing back from the pandemic but the poorest are not, UN says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. report says many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the…
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Don Lemon says Elon Musk canceled his deal with X after ‘tense’ interview
CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Don Lemon said Wednesday that his partnership with Elon Musk went down in flames, hours after the…
Continue Reading North Korea’s Kim test drives a new tank and orders troops to prepare for war
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un joined troops training on a new model of tank and drove…
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Development company breaks ground on new industrial park in Far East El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Developers broke ground on the Rancho Del Rey Logistics Park today. The 3.7 million square feet development, located near…
Continue Reading South Dakota prosecutors to seek death penalty for man charged with killing deputy during a pursuit
FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Sioux Falls man charged in the death of a deputy who was struck…
Continue Reading 16 SWAT officers hospitalized after blast at training facility in Southern California
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — An explosion during a California training exercise sent 16 members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team to…
Continue Reading Shakeup continues at Disney district a year after takeover by DeSantis appointees
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The shakeup of Walt Disney World’s governing district more than a year after it was taken…
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‘Polio Paul,’ who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, dies at 78
WFAA, CNN By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — Paul Alexander, who spent the vast majority of the past 70 years in an iron lung and defied expectations…
Continue Reading Utah man dies in avalanche while backcountry skiing in western Montana
HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — A Utah man has died after being caught in an avalanche while backcountry skiing in western Montana. Ravalli County officials…
Continue Reading Ex-rideshare driver accused in California antisemitic attack charged with federal hate crime
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a former rideshare driver in connection with an antisemitic attack on a passenger at San…
Continue Reading Patriarch Neophyte, leader of Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church, dies at 78
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria, who was the first elected head of the Orthodox Church in the post-communist Balkan country,…
Continue Reading Massachusetts man gets prison for making bomb threat to Arizona election office
PHOENIX (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to three years and six months in federal prison for making an online threat to bomb…
Continue Reading Arizona’s most populous county has confirmed 645 heat-associated deaths in metro Phoenix last year
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Public health officials in Arizona’s most populous county on Wednesday reported they confirmed a…
Continue Reading Investigator says she asked Boeing’s CEO who handled panel that blew off a jet. He couldn’t help her
By The Associated Press The nation’s chief accident investigator says she’s gone to the top of Boeing — the company’s CEO — and…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania governor unveils plan to cut greenhouse gases, boost renewables in big energy producer
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MARC LEVY Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is unveiling a plan to fight climate change.…
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House passes bill that could ban TikTok, but its fate is unclear in the Senate
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — TikTok’s time may soon be up. Today the house passing the bill calling for TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to either…
Continue Reading RFK Jr.’s VP prospect Aaron Rodgers has shared false Sandy Hook conspiracy theories in private conversations
CNN By Pamela Brown and Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has confirmed that among his…
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Las Cruces jury finds mom not guilty in connection to son’s mauling death
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Danika Jackson, the mom whose son died after he was mauled by dogs at his grandmother’s Don Ana County home in 2021,…
Continue Reading Dorie Ann Ladner, civil rights activist who fought for justice in Mississippi and beyond, dies at 81
By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press Civil rights activist Dorie Ann Ladner has died at age 81. Joyce Ladner confirms her sister died…
Continue Reading Kristi Noem faces lawsuit and toothy questions over her viral endorsement of Texas dentists
CNN By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Gov. Kristi Noem is facing legal action after her latest endorsement caused an online furor that now risks…
Continue Reading George Widman, longtime AP photographer and Pulitzer finalist, dead at 79
TRAPPE, Pa. (AP) — George Parker Widman, a longtime Associated Press photographer and 1988 Pulitzer finalist, has died at the age of 79.  An…
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Arkansas ends gender-neutral policy for driver’s licenses and IDs
KATV By Shirin Faqiri, CNN (CNN) — The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration rescinded a policy Tuesday that allowed state…
Continue Reading Police say suspect in a Hawaii acid attack on a woman plotted with an inmate to carry out 2nd attack
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of dousing a woman with acid in Hawaii last year…
Continue Reading Death of nonbinary teen Nex Benedict after school fight is ruled a suicide, medical examiner says
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The death of a nonbinary high school student the day after a fight inside an Oklahoma high…
Continue Reading North Carolina voter ID lawsuit still heading for trial after judge declines to end challenge
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal trial over North Carolina’s photo voter identification law remains set for…
Continue Reading Dozens more migrants reach a Greek island south of Crete as smugglers seek new routes
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A boat carrying 91 migrants has reached a small island south of Crete that is seeing a spike in the arrival of people…
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