By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s film and TV industry has hit a new peak, with record spending by video production companies in a state that drew projects including the Netflix series “Stranger Things.” Production companies directly spent a record $855 million on films, TV series and other media
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Inflation in the U.S. is surging to the highest level in 40 years. Wednesday, the bureau of labor statistics reported consumer prices rose nine-point-one percent last month, in a year-over-year comparison. That’s the highest rate since 1981. Refinitiv reports, that it’s also higher than the eight-point-eight percent that economists predicted. Analysts say gas prices played a major factor
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By Jennifer Korn Twitter’s turbulent week continues. Twitter was briefly hit by a significant outage on Thursday morning, with tens of thousands of users reporting issues using the social media site, according to Down Detector. The reports of service interruptions appeared to begin spiking around 8:00 a.m. ET, according to Down Detector, which tracks internet
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Using a friend or family member’s Netflix subscription is common. Often times a streaming service does not fit in the budget. Netflix wants to change that. Netflix wants to provide a more budget friendly subscription but there is one caveat: you’ll have to sit through adds. Wednesday, Netflix and Microsoft announced that they are teaming
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EL PASO, Texas – The game of football has been nothing but kind to brothers Chuck and Scott Veliz. The El Paso natives are now on a mission to give back to the game the love, and also their community. This week the Veliz brothers hosted their annual football camp at Canutillo High School. The
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EL PASO, Texas – The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index for June, which shows US consumer prices jumping by 9.1% year-over-year. The most significant gain since November 1981. That’s up from the annual rate of 8.6% in May. For June, the index showed that overall prices consumers pay for various goods
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EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 recognizes community champions across the Borderland. This week’s Community Champion is Jessie Arellano. Her research thesis that was recently selected as an outstanding thesis from the College of Liberal Arts, by UTEP’s graduate program. Arellano’s master thesis is titled ‘Who is Willing to Speak Up and Why?’ Her thesis examines individual and
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Peloton, the company known for its workout bikes, is hoping a new plan to save cash works out as it struggles to stay afloat. The company will stop making its own equipment to cut costs. Peloton factories will shut down which means about 600 people will lose their jobs, according to Bloomberg News. A company
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A new study shows that a popular weed-killing chemical is in more than 80% of the nation’s urine samples. Glyphosate, a controversial herbicide, has been linked to cancer. The chemical is the active ingredient used in the popular Roundup brand. The company is currently in the middle of thousands of lawsuits claiming the product causes
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Native Pet reveals 10 superfoods you can find in your own kitchen that are high in nutrients and can easily be added to your dog’s daily diet.
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IoT Secure compiled a list of 20 household tasks that can now be automated, including some labor-intensive chores.
Continue Reading By Chuck Johnston, CNN The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) will transfer 4,000 beagles from a research facility in Cumberland, Virginia, to humane societies across the United States where they can be adopted, under a plan approved by a federal judge last week. A series of inspections over the course of nine months found more
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EL PASO, Texas — The dog that was rescued from drowning in the canal by the city’s water rescue team will be heading home to their grateful owner on Tuesday. The dog’s name is Nova, and she is a 2-year-old German Shepherd/Pit bull mix. Her owner, Suzan Rivera, says Nova ran away from home on
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Consumers worldwide are getting set for major online discounts. Amazon’s prime day sales event started this morning at 3am eastern and goes for 48-hours. The shopping event has become synonymous with deals, although not everything you want will be on sale. Still, there are lots of opportunities to save. Discounts will be offered on many items
Continue Reading The White House wants to make second COVID boosters available to all adults. Right now, second boosters are only authorized for people who are at least 50 years old or immunocompromised. The food and drug administration is working to change that. Some experts are worried younger adults’ immunity is waning and the B.A. 5 sub-variant
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Fire Department successfully rescued a dog that was clinging to life in the canal system on the head gates. https://vz-b56b3373-39a.b-cdn.net/555cc4c8-85aa-4cb2-99be-963f0d320793/thumbnail_2ae0523c.jpg Rescuers were able to carefully pull the dog to safety, and no injuries were reported. The dog was turned in to animal services, where they will try to
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The U.S. department of transportation has announced a new bill of rights for air travelers. With the busy summer travel season, transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg is highlighting two new initiatives. The first guarantees ten specific rights for disabled travelers, which includes their ability to travel with a service animal. The bill of rights announced Friday
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EL PASO, Texas — You may have already seen them, or even have been bit by them: monsoon season means more mosquitos. “Mosquitoes love to be in a damp or wet place and so monsoon season is the perfect time for them to start breeding and being around us and that’s how we get bitten,”
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El Paso, Texas– High school students from all across the El Paso Independent School District spent their summer putting together a broadway production that will have you bending and snapping! “This is a huge opportunity for all our kids to remind our community of how wonderful fine arts is,” said Phillip Barraza, Director of Fine
Continue Reading Safety advocates are sounding the alarm as the number of recorded child hot car deaths slowly rises with the scorching summer temperatures According to ABC News, just in the last week and a half — at least two 1-year-olds — one in Georgia, the other in North Carolina — were found dead – police said
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Prepare to warm up the oven! July 9 is dedicated to celebrating the humble, but very tasty, sugar cookie. The popular baked good was first called the Nazareth cookie, after the Pennsylvania town where it originated. German bakers may have brought the recipe with them when they immigrated to America in the mid 17-hundreds. Today
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Independent School District will officially celebrate the opening of the new Roddenberry Planetarium with the city in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday. The new planetarium, named for Star Trek creator and El Paso native Gene Roddenberry, received various upgrades including specialized lighting and sound, a new heating and cooling
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One Eastwood high school graduate honored the memory of his 4th grade teacher three years after her tragic passing and it was all caught on a nest doorbell camera.
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Mailing off a letter the traditional way will cost you a little more starting this weekend. The united states postal service is raising the price of postage on Sunday. It will cost you 60-cents to buy a first-class mail forever stamp; a slight change of only two cents per stamp. The prices for domestic postcards
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Restaurants have had a tough couple of years, with the pandemic, soaring ingredient prices and labor shortages. Now they have another problem: Gen Z isn’t all that interested in dining out. According to a recent survey from market research company NPD Group, people between the ages of 18 and 24
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American Airlines is agreeing to a premium pay deal with its pilots. It comes in the wake of a scheduling glitch that left thousands of cockpits understaffed. A computer malfunction in the airlines scheduling program Saturday allowed pilots to take time off this month, when the airline was already counting on them to fly. According to the
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Paul Rudd showed a young fan some much-deserved kindness. The actor reached out to a Brody Ridder, 12, after learning the boy was being alienated at his middle school. Ridder made headlines in his hometown of Westminster, Colorado after his mother posted a photo to Facebook, revealing that his classmates refused
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The relationship between humans and their pets has changed over time. ManyPets has outlined historical findings on how pets were treated in different regions.
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EL PASO, Texas — A local horse rescue and education center has been giving rescues a home since 2011. Horses Unlimited takes in horse rescues from all over the country, some injured and even abused, and provides them with rehabilitation and other care. “Right now we have 32 horses, so it’s a lot on me to
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EL PASO, Texas — The shows and dates for the 2022-2023 Broadway season in El Paso held by Nederland National Markets and El Paso Live have been announced in what El Paso Live says is the biggest ever Broadway season in El Paso. The featured performances this year are ‘Hamilton,’ ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ ‘Hairspray,’ the
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