Russia and China veto US resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored United Nations resolution supporting…
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Burkina Faso’s security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village’s massacre
By SAM MEDNICK and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Women slain with babies wrapped against their bodies, lifeless children…
Continue Reading Burkina Faso’s security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village’s massacre
By SAM MEDNICK and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Women slain with babies wrapped against their bodies, lifeless children…
Continue Reading Cheating on your spouse is a crime in New York. The 1907 law may finally be repealed
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — For more than a century, it has been a crime to cheat on your spouse in New York. But…
Continue Reading Milei’s first 100 days: Argentines struggle to make ends meet as support for president remains high
By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Sergio Gómez, a store owner in Buenos Aires, spends his days behind an empty…
Continue Reading With police departments facing a hiring crisis, some policies are being loosened to find more cadets
By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Police Department is seeing success in more recruits…
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El Paso to host 11th annual Cooperative Purchasing Expo
The City of El Paso Purchasing and Strategic Sourcing Department will host the 11th annual Cooperative Purchasing Expo on Wednesday, April 3, at the…
Continue Reading Bird flu is decimating seal colonies. Scientists don’t know how to stop it
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners…
Continue Reading Trial starts for Arizona border rancher charged with killing migrant on his property
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona rancher went on trial Friday in the fatal shooting of a migrant on his property near…
Continue Reading More than 100 iconic cherry trees in Washington are being cut down. So long, Stumpy
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sun is setting on Stumpy, the gnarled old cherry tree that has become a social media…
Continue Reading Mountain Star Federal Credit Union expands to El Paso County
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Mountain Star Federal Credit Union announced on March 21 that its effective area will now include all of El Paso County. The…
Continue Reading Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding package in early morning vote, ending threat of partial shutdown
By KEVIN FREKING and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills in the…
Continue Reading Trump’s social media company approved to go public, potentially netting former president billions
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is returning to the stock market, and the former president stands to…
Continue Reading Drought, heat and mismanagement make getting fresh water an increasingly tough task
By The Associated Press As the world warms from human-caused climate change, fresh water for drinking, cooking and cleaning is becoming harder to get…
Continue Reading Vietnam’s president resigns in latest twist of anti-graft campaign shaking its fast-growing economy
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnam’s president has resigned as the ruling communist party in the latest episode…
Continue Reading IMF says the economic situation in debt-stricken Sri Lanka is gradually improving
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says the economic situation in debt-stricken…
Continue Reading State Farm discontinuing 72,000 home policies in California in latest blow to state insurance market
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Insurance giant State Farm says it will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this…
Continue Reading Carnage on the streets of Port-au-Prince as world stalls on a promised intervention for Haiti
CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Harold Isaac and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — A woman hustles her young child into a…
Continue Reading Arkansas airport director shot by federal agents dies, affidavit alleges illegal firearm sales
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The executive director of Little Rock’s airport has died after he was injured earlier this week in a shootout with…
Continue Reading Japan’s space agency says it hopes to forge a profitable launch business with its new H3 rocket
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOBISHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s space agency and its prime contractor say they hope to be able to forge a…
Continue Reading $3 billion deal with the UK gets Australia closer to having a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines
By KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia is set to provide $3 billion to British industry to support the construction of…
Continue Reading Carnage on the streets of Port-au-Prince as world stalls on a promised intervention for Haiti
CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Harold Isaac and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — A woman hustles her young child into a…
Continue Reading Lack of buses keeps Los Angeles jail inmates from court appearances and contributes to overcrowding
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Up to one-third of the 12,000 inmates in Los Angeles County jails can’t get to their court appearances because of a shortage…
Continue Reading Lorrie Moore wins National Book Critics Circle award for fiction, Judy Blume also honored
NEW YORK (AP) — Lorrie Moore won the prize for fiction on Thursday, while Judy Blume and her longtime ally in the fight against book bans, the…
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El Paso doctor re-appointed to state medical board review committee
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Gov. Greg Abbott reappointed El Paso doctor and ABC-7 Medical Contributor Dr. Ogechika Alozie to the Texas Medical Board…
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El Pasoan’s dream of showbiz comes true
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — “It’s definitely changed my life,” says Abraham Bueno-Jallad. “You know, I set out to be an artist, not to be famous.” After…
Continue Reading Southern Baptists pick a California seminary president to lead its troubled administrative body
By PETER SMITH Associated Press A top Southern Baptist administrative body has selected its first permanent leader in nearly two-and-a-half years, a…
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Hope Border Institute and Diocese of El Paso lead “Do Not be Afraid” march
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Hope Border Institute and the Diocese of El Paso will hold their “Do Not be Afraid” march and vigil in honor of…
Continue Reading US calls for vote Friday on UN resolution declaring that immediate Gaza cease-fire is `imperative’
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States called for a vote Friday on a newly revised and tougher U.N.…
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Las Cruces chooses new city manager
Update: City Council offered the position to Ikani Taumoepeau. If Taumoepeau agrees to the tentative offer, he will start April, 1, 2024. “City…
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