3 hurt as crash, fire shuts down U.S. 54 in northeast El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — An 18-wheeler caught fire forcing the complete shutdown of a portion of U.S. Route 54 in northeast El Paso on Tuesday afternoon and…
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Texas hospital reports state’s 1st case of Lambda Covid variant
HOUSTON, Texas — A major Texas hospital system on Tuesday reported its first case of the Lambda Covid-19 variant, as the state reels from…
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Ex-head of Trump inaugural committee charged with acting as a foreign agent
NEW YORK, NY — The chair of former President Donald Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging that he and others…
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2 El Paso police officers among 4 hurt in Lower Valley crash
UPDATE, July 20: Authorities said two El Paso police officers were among four people injured in a late night traffic crash involving two vehicles on…
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Las Cruces lawmaker says politics led to denial of Communion
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A New Mexico lawmaker from Las Cruces says he was denied Communion by his local Catholic priest because of his…
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4 U.S. drug companies on verge of $26B opiod cases settlement
NEW YORK, NY — The three biggest U.S. drug distribution companies and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson are on the verge of a $26 billion…
Continue Reading More infectious Delta variant makes up 83% of new US coronavirus cases as vaccine hesitancy persists
By Madeline Holcombe and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The more contagious Delta variant of coronavirus now makes up 83% of sequenced samples in the United…
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Blue Origin brings space tourism to quiet town of Van Horn
VAN HORN, Texas — For years, the official letterhead for the small town of Van Horn, tucked neatly among the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains,…
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6th Texas House Democrat tests positive for Covid in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– One additional Texas House Democrat has now tested positive for Covid-19 while in the nation’s capital. Nearly 60 lawmakers are in…
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West El Paso woman mauled to death by pit bulls in family home
EL PASO, Texas — A pair of pit bulls attacked a woman and mauled her to death inside her family’s west El Paso home, police said Monday, but what…
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East El Paso streets still flooded as storm damage is assessed
EL PASO, Texas — As east El Paso residents on Monday assessed the damage from Sunday’s powerful storms, city transportation officials said some…
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El Paso leaders say no sign of Delta variant, but 277 Covid cases among vaccinated
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser and County Judge Ricardo Samaniego held a joint news conference Monday afternoon from City Hall to…
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Amputation at El Paso plant leads to OSHA fines of $412k
EL PASO, Texas — A gruesome incident triggered an OSHA investigation and 17 citations for safety violations that contributed to an El Paso metal…
Continue Reading Dow closes down 700+ points on virus fears; worst day of year
NEW YORK, New York — The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged to close down more than 700 points Monday, as renewed fears over the delta coronavirus…
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Overturned truck in crash blocks Walter Jones at Spur 601
EL PASO, Texas — A crash involving two semi-trucks, one of which flipped on its side, led to the shutdown of Walter Jones at Spur 601 in both…
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13 more El Paso Covid deaths, youngest victim in his 30s
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County experienced 13 more deaths due to Covid-19, with the youngest victim being in his 30s, and over 300 new infections…
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Fully vaccinated can cross Canadian border starting Aug. 9; no word yet on Mexico
TORONTO, Canada — Canada will begin letting fully vaccinated U.S. citizens into Canada on Aug. 9, and those from the rest of the world on Sept. 7.…
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1st U.S. Capitol rioter convicted of felony gets 8 months in prison
WASHINGTON, DC — A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag has received an eight-month prison term, the…
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Blue Origin ‘ready’ for Tuesday’s space launch near Van Horn
VAN HORN, Texas — It’s all systems “go” for Blue Origin’s lift off into space on Tuesday morning. New Shepard’s flight director gave his seal of…
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El Paso storms cause damage, floods with submerged cars; rescue seen on video
(Editor’s note: Use the scroller in the module above to view video and photos of the storm impacts.) EL PASO, Texas — Thunderstorms with…
Continue Reading How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space from Van Horn
VAN HORN, Texas — When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. No test pilots or flight…
Continue Reading 5 Texas Democrats who fled elections bill vote now have Covid
WASHINGTON, DC — Five Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives who traveled to Washington D.C. last week have now tested positive…
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Body discovered floating in west El Paso canal near border
EL PASO, Texas — Authorities were working Sunday to recover a body spotted floating in west El Paso canal near the U.S.-Mexico border. The discovery…
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2 severely hurt as car rear-ends police car on Mesa & flips over
EL PASO, Texas — Two people were injured, one of them severely, early Sunday after their car rear-ended a police vehicle and then overturned along a…
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Dozens treated after chemical leak at Texas water park
HOUSTON, Texas — Authorities say a chemical leak at a Houston-area water park has left dozens suffering from minor skin irritation and respiratory…
Continue Reading Several shot outside stadium, halting Padres at Nationals game
WASHINGTON, DC — The game between the San Diego Padres and Washington was suspended in the sixth inning Saturday night after a shooting outside…
Continue Reading El Paso mirrors nation with rise in drug overdoses blamed on pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso doctor says the reason both nationwide and locally that we’ve seen a drastic rise in drug overdose deaths was due to…
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It took 200 firefighters 4 hours to control Juárez maquiladora blaze
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A maquiladora caught fire in southern Juarez Saturday afternoon, sending a plume of thick smoke into the sky that could be…
Continue Reading Juárez smugglers threaten El Paso border agents: ‘Bullets can cross river’
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A sign found hanging this week from a pedestrian bridge near the Rio Grande in Juarez carried a “warning” directed at El…
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Fort Hancock woman killed, Tornillo man hurt in I-10 frontage road crash
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — A Hudspeth County woman was killed and an El Paso County truck driver injured in a crash along a frontage road to Interstate…
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