Authorities call fatal stabbing of UK lawmaker terrorist act
By JO KEARNEY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LEIGH-ON-SEA, England (AP) — A long-serving member of Parliament was stabbed to death during a…
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‘I woke up paralyzed’: Doña Ana County woman crippled by West Nile virus fights for will to walk
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — On the morning of her daughter’s sixteenth birthday, Monique Apodaca opened her eyes and realized she had lost all…
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Former President Bill Clinton admitted to hospital with infection
IRVINE, California — Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to the hospital earlier this week for an infection, according to a spokesperson, but…
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Appeals court lets Texas continue banning most abortions
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court is once again allowing Texas to continue banning most abortions. The decision Thursday night keeps the law…
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New Mexico’s mask mandate set to be extended
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico’s public health order is set to expire Friday. Under the current public health order, all individuals over the…
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Biden signs debt limit hike, but December standoff looms
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill raising the nation’s debt limit until early…
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Santa Teresa Port of Entry and Industrial Park economic impact put at $1.1B annually
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — The New Mexico State University Arrowhead Center, along with the Center for Border Economic Development, have…
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FDA panel endorses lower-dose Moderna COVID shot for booster
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster shots for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.…
Continue Reading Jan. 6 panel moves to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in criminal contempt
WASHINGTON, DC — A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has set a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against…
Continue Reading Texas urges appeals court to keep abortion ban in place as legal challenges play out
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged a powerful federal appeals court on Thursday to allow a state…
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Odessa man struck by truck, seriously hurt on I-10 in west El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Authorities were investigating an incident in which a pedestrian was struck by a semi-truck and seriously injured along Interstate…
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US Border Patrol found two young sisters wandering alone near the Arizona border
By Joe Sutton and Dakin Andone, CNN US Border Patrol is working to reunite with their family two young girls found Tuesday wandering near…
Continue Reading Biden to have audience with Pope Francis during trip to Rome
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will meet with Pope Francis during their trip to Rome later this month for the…
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Border reopening expected to boost downtown El Paso businesses
EL PASO, Texas — With the U.S.-Mexico border set to open in November to non-essential travel, it’s expected that businesses in El Paso’s downtown…
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Shatner, crew blast to edge of space and then back to Earth
COMPLETE COVERAGE of the Race to Space: More video, stories, photosRELATED STORY: Shatner is oldest person ever to go to space: ‘The most profound…
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Assailant with bow and arrows kills 5 people in Norway
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A man armed with a bow and arrows killed five people and wounded others near the…
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EP Water says sewage will still flow into Rio Grande for at least another month
EL PASO, Texas — Nearly two months to the day that a pair of wastewater pipelines ruptured in west El Paso, the city’s Public Service Board received…
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Fort Hood identifies soldier found dead behind barracks
ORIGINAL REPORT, Oct. 13: A 26-year-old Fort Hood soldier found dead Saturday behind his barracks was identified Wednesday by military officials as…
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Violent SoCal fugitive identified as man killed in LCPD shootout
UPDATE, Oct. 13: Las Cruces police on Wednesday identified a violent California fugitive as the man killed in a shootout with officers during a…
Continue Reading William Shatner is now the oldest person ever to go to space: ‘The most profound experience’
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Ninety-year-old William Shatner, who gained fame portraying Captain Kirk on the original “Star Trek,”…
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Texas youth lockups are target of federal probe for sex abuse, staff misconduct
AUSTIN, Texas — The scandal-plagued Texas Juvenile Justice Department is the target of a new federal civil rights investigation, the four U.S.…
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‘Huge problem’: Passengers are bringing a record number of guns to airports, TSA says
By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN Airline passengers are bringing guns to the airport in numbers never seen before, and it is a “huge…
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Social Security checks getting big boost as inflation rises
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost…
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China to test thousands of Wuhan blood samples in Covid-19 probe
Exclusive by Nick Paton Walsh, International Security Editor China is preparing to test tens of thousands of blood bank samples from the city of…
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U.S. to reopen Mexico border in November for fully vaccinated
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says the United States will reopen its land borders to nonessential…
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Shatner, 90, inspires with real-life space trip from Van Horn
By CODY JACKSON and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — As William Shatner prepares to be beamed up at age 90 for his first…
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‘It’s so windy!’: Borderland slammed by strong gusts
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Just how windy was it on Tuesday? “Can you just look at my hair?” joked Josue Grajeda, a New Mexico State University…
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City buying El Paso Times building next to City Hall for $3.6M
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council voted Tuesday to purchase the El Paso Times building that had housed the newspaper’s printing press operations…
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$8M in Fabens airport improvements aimed at boosting El Paso County economy
FABENS, Texas — Large investments into the regional airport in Fabens are bringing much needed improvements that El Paso County hopes will spur…
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Horizon City man killed when motorcycle crashes into rock wall
HORIZON CITY, Texas — El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies said a 32-year-old Horizon City man was killed Tuesday morning in a motorcycle crash. Eric…
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