EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Independent School District announced Devin Roush as the new leader for Milam Elementary school students, teachers and staff. Milam Elementary is on post, and Roush brings her years of experience serving as a teacher for military families during her tenure for the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity
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EL PASO, Texas — Guillermo Noriega is a 5th grade teacher at Congressman Silvestre and Carolina Reyes Elementary. Noriega has been teaching students there for the past two years. He is being deployed this week and will have to leave his students. Noriega joined the Reserves over 20 years ago. He used to be a probation officer. Through his work he saw the need
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FORT BLISS, Texas – He survived some of the most violent battles an American soldier could experience. Retired Lt. Col. Robert Chisolm jumped into Normandy on D-Day, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Market Garden. Family, friends and fellow soldiers on Thursday said their final goodbyes and gave a heart-felt last
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla and Lianne Kolirin, CNN The Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island — who were all feared dead after their defiant response to threats from a Russian warship — are actually “alive and well,” according to the Ukrainian Navy. All of the soldiers on the tiny island in the Black Sea were thought to
Continue ReadingBy Erin Burnett, James Frater, Scott McLean and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Ukrainians have been leaving the country in huge numbers following the Russian invasion that began on Thursday, but many are being forced to wait more than 60 hours in long queues to cross into neighboring Poland. A CNN team on the ground joined the
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN Photos by Austin Steele, CNN Alex Podebryi has barely slept in three days. In the dead of night he scans livestreams for updates on the Russian forces invading his home country. He zooms in on social media videos of tanks rolling into Ukrainian cities. He watches images on TV of shell-shocked
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Starr and Jeremy Herb, CNN For the first time ever, the NATO Response Force has been activated as a defensive measure in response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Tod Wolters activated the multinational force consisting of land, air, sea and special operations forces from the allies that
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan, CNN Heavily armed Russian troops are pushing rapidly towards Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, and US officials are warning the city could fall within days. The military capabilities of these two nations are so imbalanced that Ukraine’s defiant president, Volodymyr Zelensky, implored his Western allies overnight to do more than impose sanctions to
Continue ReadingBy Zachary B. Wolf, CNN President Joe Biden has warned Americans they will have to pay a price for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Gas prices are likely to rise. The post-World War II world order that has maintained relative peace in Europe is threatened. But Biden has also been very clear on another point: US
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN US President Joe Biden condemned an “unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces” in a statement Wednesday evening following explosions in Ukraine. “President Putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering,” Biden said. “Russia alone is responsible for the death and
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — At 106, James Clayton Flowers remains humble about his time serving as part of the first Black military aviators during World War II. Flowers served for five years in the military, later becoming a teacher later in New York. He returned to Las Cruces, where he was born. ABC-7 interviewed
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN Two Utah National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were involved in a training accident Tuesday morning, crashing near a popular ski resort, the Utah National Guard said. No crew members or skiers at the Snowbird ski resort were injured, according to Jared Jones, chief warrant officer 5 with the Utah National
Continue ReadingBy Mick Krever, CNN Slovyanskaya Street is being taken apart by war. Not always in the hot drama of shellfire from nearby rebels, but in cold deconstruction. The community is being sold for scrap. This close to the front, where the detonation of shells and outgoing mortars have now become an all-day event, most homes
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden delivered remarks on continued efforts to pursue deterrence and diplomacy and Russia’s buildup of military troops on the border of Ukraine.
Continue ReadingBy Abbas Al Lawati, Nadeen Ebrahim and Eoin McSweeney, CNN Perceived disengagement by the United States in the Middle East has led to a strategic shift in regional priorities of late. Alarms about the withering of America’s security umbrella perhaps rang loudest in Arab capitals after a 2019 attack on the heart of the Saudi
Continue ReadingExclusive by Matthew Chance, CNN Russia’s buildup of troops at Ukraine’s borders has persisted, despite Moscow’s claims of a drawdown, but the number of Russian forces remains insufficient for an invasion, according to a Ukrainian intelligence report shared exclusively with CNN. The total number of Russian troops at the border has increased in recent days
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico – Santa Teresa High School classes were led by a lawyer in the state’s Attorney General’s Office and a water purification specialist dressed in their U.S. Army uniforms. They are part of New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s initiative to relieve the current shortage of substitutes in the state’s classrooms. Gadsden
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Nathan Hodge and Uliana Pavlova, CNN President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia was sending some troops back to base after completing drills and that while he is open to further negotiations on the Ukraine crisis, Moscow’s security demands were an “unconditional priority.” Russia’s claims about troop movements were met with skepticism
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Amid the rising Russia-Ukraine tensions, social media posts captured by amateur videographers in Russia are helping shed light on Moscow’s military mobilization toward the border with Ukraine. CNN’s Scott McLean reports.
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EL PASO, Texas — Veterans can use marijuana without the fear of losing their eligibility for care and services as more states legalize the recreational and medicinal use of the drug, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. In a post on the department’s website, the VA clarified that although marijuana use is still considered
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Las Cruces, New Mexico — The State of New Mexico faces an unprecedented shortage of substitute teachers – forcing many schools across the state to use the national guardsmen to step into the classroom. Specialist Mario Meraz is working with children at Highland Elementary. Meraz receives observation training as he watches teachers at the school
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EL PASO, Texas – Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, (TX-16), witnessed the swearing-in ceremony of Gabe Camarillo as the 36th Under Secretary of the United States Army at the Pentagon. The Congresswoman and Camarillo met before the ceremony to discuss priorities for El Paso and Fort Bliss. Those topics include infrastructure, modernization, opportunities for economic development and
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By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press The U.S. Air Force has been ordered to pay more than $230 million in damages to survivors and victims’ families for a deadly shooting at a Texas church. The ruling comes from a Texas federal judge who earlier decided that the Air Force was liable for the massacre carried out
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YOKOTA, Japan – An Air Force family needed to raise nearly $10,000 to bring home their four-year-old Great Dane. After Henry had been passed between two other families, the Frizzell’s decided he would not need another home. Avaunte Frizzell told ABC-7, “We’re like his third family, and it’s hard on a dog too, to do
Continue ReadingCNN By Oren Liebermann, CNN A Navy SEAL candidate died Friday and another was hospitalized in San Diego after completing a training phase known as “Hell Week.” The Navy said in a statement Sunday that Kyle Mullen, 24, of Manalapan, New Jersey, died at a California hospital following the training. The cause of Mullen’s death
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EL PASO, Texas – Eight months apart. That’s how long Cody Benson, an E-7 Sergeant First Class in the United States Army, spent away from his three children during his deployment in Camp Casey, Korea. Chenault wanted to surprise his children at Sgt. Jose F. Carrasco Elementary School. He wasn’t expected home until next month.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – As of Monday morning, three members of New Mexico’s National Guard have arrived in the southern part of the state to train as substitute teachers, according to the agency. Two of them are training in Las Cruces Public Schools, a spokesman told ABC-7. One is working to become a substitute
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By Ellie Kaufman and Oren Liebermann, CNN The US military has committed to doing more to prevent civilian deaths following the release of a damning report that found the Pentagon had failed to consistently identify, investigate and share lessons learned when civilians have been harmed in US military operations. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will
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HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico — The last group of Afghan nationals left Holloman Air Force Base Wednesday, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The Afghan nationals were housed there as part of Operation Allies Welcome. Since the end of August, following the fall of Kabul to Taliban forces, thousands of refugees had
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CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN The United States Navy is trying to retrieve its most advanced fighter jet from the depths of the South China Sea, an extremely complex operation that analysts say will be closely monitored by Beijing. The F-35C, a single-engine stealth fighter and the newest jet in the US Navy fleet, crash-landed
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