EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Earlier this week, a temporary injunction was granted to the El Paso County Attorney’s office involving the Gateway Hotel, located on S. Stanton Street, one block west of the El Paso County Courthouse. In a press release delivered late Tuesday, El Paso County Attorney Christina Sanchez explained that the hotel
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A jury has cleared a Mississippi man on a charge of threatening to kill Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker during a confrontation with one of Wicker’s relatives. Six women and six men deliberated about an hour and a half Tuesday before unanimously finding William Carl Sappington not guilty of threatening to
Continue Reading BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An appeals court in Serbia has overturned an earlier ruling that a prominent critic of the authoritarian government in Belarus should be extradited to that country and said that the case must be retried. Serbian authorities arrested Andrei Hniot on Oct. 30 at Belgrade airport, based on an Interpol warrant issued
Continue Reading LANSING, Kan. (AP) — The shuttered Kansas prison where the killers chronicled in Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” were executed is now a tourist attraction. Starting Friday, former wardens and corrections officers will lead two-hour tours of the stone-walled building in Lansing that first began housing inmates in the 1860s. The Kansas City Star reported
Continue Reading Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The water level of the Mississippi River is unusually low for the third straight year, forcing barge companies to put limits on how much cargo they can carry and cutting into farm profits. It was just two months ago that much of the Mississippi River was above flood stage
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MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American has docked at the International Space Station. The capsule atop a towering rocket set off from a Russian launch facility in Kazakhstan on Wednesday and docked with the station after two orbits of the Earth. That’s a fast trip compared with some that
Continue Reading AP Sports Writers MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill acknowledged Wednesday that he could have handled himself better in the initial moments of a weekend traffic stop that left him handcuffed and pulled out of his car by police officers near the team’s stadium. Hill also said he wants one
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — A Russian cargo ship suspected of carrying Iranian ballistic missiles for Moscow’s war against Ukraine was seen at a Russian port on the Caspian Sea a week ago, satellite imagery shared with CNN shows. The vessel – the Port Olya 3 – was identified by Maxar
Continue Reading Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — There was a slight decline in the number of Black students in Harvard University’s freshman class, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action in higher education. The impact of the ruling is still coming into focus at selective universities around the country, with some reporting
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By Shane Rackley Click here for updates on this story CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) — 39-year-old Jesus Villareal was taken into custody by law enforcement on Sunday in Calallen after escaping from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Huntsville Unit earlier that day. A TDCJ public information officer said that they believe Villareal had
Continue Reading By Tony Jaramillo Click here for updates on this story CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) — On Friday Sept. 7, Flour Bluff ISD (FBISD) closed on 15.9 acres expanding their wetland property on Laguna Shores Drive. The board approved the $760,000 purchase 7-0 without public comment. FBISD Superintendent Chris Steinbruck said public comment time was available,
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have observed the detailed motions of giant gas bubbles on the surface of a nearby star for the first time, which rise and fall like the inside of a lava lamp. The massive hot gas bubbles are 75 times the size of the sun, and they appear to
Continue Reading By Adam Beam Click here for updates on this story INGLESIDE, Texas (KRIS) — The Ingleside Police Department awarded Sgt. John Crawford for saving the life of a man attempting suicide. The incident occurred in April when Ingleside Police responded to a call about a man who had placed several zip ties around his neck.
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Arizona State (2-0) at Texas State (2-0), Thursday (ESPN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Arizona State by 1 1/2. Series record: first meeting WHAT’S AT STAKE The Sun Devils play their final non-conference game before starting their first Big 12 schedule, and staying unbeaten sends them into their new league with momentum. For Texas State and
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El Paso, Texas (KVIA) — Live Active El Paso is inviting residents of all ages to learn bachata, cumbia, and salsa while also staying fit in a series of free dance classes. The first session kicks off at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 14th, at the Wayne Thornton Community Center, located at 3134 Jefferson Ave.
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer has died from his wounds nearly three months after being shot in the neck after a traffic stop. City officials say 31-year-old Officer Jaime Roman leaves behind a wife, a 7-year-old daughter and a 4-year-old son. Police say Roman had stopped the car in the city’s Kensington neighborhood
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By Jennifer Hansler, Michael Conte and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Pressure is building on President Joe Biden, including from within his own party, to loosen the restrictions on Ukraine’s use of US-provided weapons to strike deep inside Russia. Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on Wednesday became the latest senior lawmaker to call for the restrictions to be
Continue Reading Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation’s mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the U.S. Postal Service that it hasn’t fixed persistent deficiencies. In an alarming letter, the officials
Continue Reading Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to reconsider its ruling to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the two known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The court on Tuesday turned away the request by 110-year-old Viola Fletcher and 109-year-old Lessie Benningfield Randle to rehear its
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El Paso, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Chamber is lighting the iconic Star on the Mountain in the colors of red, white, and green. This will take place Saturday, September 14th, 2024 in honor of Mexican Independence Day and in partnership with the Mexican Consulate. The lights will symbolize the strong cultural ties and
Continue Reading The Texas Tribune Officers at a juvenile detention center in Dallas kept kids isolated for days and falsified logs of observation checks and school attendance, an investigation from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department found. State investigators say that staffers at the Dr. Jerome McNeil Jr. Detention Center used the Special Needs Unit to circumvent state
Continue Reading Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has praised Hungary’s autocratic leader, further fanning concerns that Trump embraces anti-democratic forces around the world. During Tuesday’s debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump expressed the mutual admiration he shares with Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister who has cozied up with Russia and China
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CNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Inflation continues to loosen its grip on American consumers, with price hikes slowing by the most in three and a half years, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index, a measurement of price changes for a commonly purchased basket
Continue Reading By Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story CHEROKEE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Cherokee Indian Police Department said there are currently around a dozen victims of the former Santa at Santa’s Land who was arrested on multiple counts of child abuse on Aug. 29. After seeing the news about the arrest of
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Quarterbacks come and go, especially these days where several ACC teams have had quick success with new passers who have had only a few months on campus. Several first-year passers with experience are making an immediate impact: Syracuse’s Kyle McCord, Miami’s Cam Ward and Wake Forest’s Hank Bachmeier
Continue Reading Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Music superstar Taylor Swift is officially in her Kamala Harris era after releasing a lengthy Instagram post supporting the Democratic presidential nominee. The endorsement came shortly after Harris and former President Donald Trump finished their first, and likely only, presidential debate. Swift included a picture of herself holding her
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump emerged Wednesday from a rocky debate against Kamala Harris looking to regain his footing with 55 days until Election Day, the first ballots already going out in Alabama and other states on the cusp of early voting. Not even three months ago, Trump stepped off the debate stage
Continue Reading By Denise Royal, Carlos Suarez and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill admitted some regrets about his actions during his pre-game detainment on Sunday but called for the officer who restrained him to be taken off the force. “Gone. Gone. Gone. He gotta go, man,” Hill said Wednesday in a news
Continue Reading Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli museum has put back on display a rare Bronze-Era jar that a 4-year-old accidentally smashed. Last month, a family from northern Israel was visiting the museum when their youngest son tipped over the jar, smashing it into pieces. Restoration experts were able to carefully piece the
Continue Reading By Mariam Mackar Click here for updates on this story TWO RIVERS, Wisconsin (WTMJ) — A normally quiet farm town in Two Rivers has been buzzing with police activity. Many in the area are wondering who the human remains found belong to and if it’s related to the disappearance of 3-year-old Elijah Vue. Kathy Hasselman
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