Land secured for new El Paso fire & police training academy
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a deal with the Public Service Board for the transfer of 306 acres in…
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Federal judge largely faults Air Force for 2017 Texas church shooting
By Ashley Killough and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the negligence of the United States government was mostly responsible…
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Texas Amber Alert issued for abducted 2-year-old boy
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – A statewide Amber Alert was issued Wednesday asking for the public’s help in locating a 2-year-old Texas boy who is…
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Anthony, Sunland Park among safest places to live in New Mexico
ANTHONY, New Mexico — Two El Paso-area communities are among the safest places to live in New Mexico, according to a new report from Safewise.…
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El Paso man arrested after road rage incident ends in gunfire
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police detectives on Tuesday announced the charging of a suspect in a road rage incident that occurred in late May.…
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Bond denied for ‘dangerous’ Las Cruces man accused of park beheading, using head as soccer ball
UPDATE, July 6: Joel Arciniega-Saenz, a homeless person who Las Cruces police say admitted to killing a man by cutting off his head and using it as a…
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Las Cruces sex offender arrested on charges he assaulted 9 & 10 year-old girls
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A registered sex offender has been arrested by Las Cruces police on accusations that he sexually assaulted two young girls,…
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1 hurt, 1 arrested after east El Paso fight between neighbors ends in stabbing
UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas — One man was hospitalized and another was behind bars Tuesday following a fight between east El Paso neighbors that ended…
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Police search for killer of central El Paso man found shot dead outside apartment
UPDATE, July 6: Police on Tuesday identified the victim fatally shot over the holiday weekend in central El Paso and labeled the death as a case of…
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8 wounded in shooting near Fort Worth car wash
FORT WORTH, Texas — Police in Forth Worth reported eight people have been wounded in a shooting near a car wash in which it appears multiple guns…
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2 explosive devices discovered in T or C park
TRUTH OR CONSEQUNCES, New Mexico — Authorities confirmed Friday that two suspicious devices discovered by a person picking up cans in a Truth or…
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LCPD defends shooting dog that rushed officers
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces Police Department is defending the shooting of a dog that rushed two of its officers earlier this week,…
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Police seek clues in dog’s hanging death in Lower Valley park
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police put out a public call for help Friday to find the person(s) responsible for a dog’s hanging death in a Lower Valley…
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Texas Amber Alert update: Missing baby was taken at gunpoint by man & woman
UPDATE: A statewide Texas Amber Alert was re-issued Friday for a 7-month-old boy who was taken from his father’s home by his estranged mother on…
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Concern over crime grows — but Americans don’t just want more police: ABC News poll
WASHINGTON, DC — The number of Americans seeing crime as an extremely serious problem in the United States is at a more than 20-year high, and broad…
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Lower Valley domestic dispute ends with 1 stabbed, wounded
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department was investigating a domestic dispute between a couple which resulted in one of them being…
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U.S. Attorney General announces halt to all federal executions
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump…
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Body found in lake at Ascarate Park is ID’d; sheriff’s major crime unit probes death
UPDATE, July 1: Authorities on Thursday identified the man whose body was pulled from Ascarate Lake a day prior as 25-year-old Jevan Alexei Angel.…
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Trump Organization, longtime CFO plead not guilty to tax crimes
NEW YORK, NY — Donald Trump’s company and its longtime finance chief were charged Thursday in what a prosecutor called a “sweeping and…
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NEW YORK, NY — The Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, surrendered to authorities early Thursday ahead of…
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Border Patrol finds 35 migrants in El Paso stash house, arrests 3 with weapons in Sierra Blanca
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents had a busy Tuesday in the Borderland as they found dozens of migrants in an El Paso stash house and…
Continue Reading Trump Organization indicted by grand jury for ex-president’s business deals
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s company and his longtime finance chief have been indicted on charges stemming from a New York investigation into the…
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Barricaded person triggers police standoff in west El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A person barricaded inside a west El Paso home triggered a standoff with El Paso police on Wednesday night. The incident unfolded…
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Bill Cosby released from prison after conviction overturned
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Bill Cosby was released from prison Wednesday after his conviction on sexual assault charges was overturned by…
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NEW YORK, NY — Donald Trump’s company and his longtime finance chief are expected to be charged Thursday with tax-related crimes stemming from a…
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Anthony trucker convicted of taking boys on sex trips
EL PASO, Texas – A 59-year-old Anthony truck driver has been convicted of taking young boys along on long-haul trips across the country for sex,…
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Marijuana is now legal in New Mexico: What you need to know
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico legalized the possession of recreational cannabis on Tuesday and allowed hobbyists to start growing…
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Police search NMSU campus for robbery & shooting fugitive
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Police searched unsuccessfully with dogs along the New Mexico State University campus on Monday night for a wanted…
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John Langley, creator of ‘Cops’ TV series, dies at 78 during road race in Mexico
BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexico — John Langley, the creator and executive producer of the reality television series “Cops,” died after…
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Amber Alert issued for Texas 13-year-old said to be with older man
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A Texas statewide Amber Alert has been issued for 13-year-old Antonette Rodriguez after she left her home near Brownsville and…
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