Boat sales soaring due to COVID-19
Click here for updates on this story LE CLAIRE, IA (WQAD) — Sales of boats are on the rise as the pandemic sinks summer…
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At least 1 man hospitalized after 12 people in Delaware get incorrect Covid-19 results, state says
At least one man is hospitalized in Delaware after 12 people were inadvertently given incorrect Covid-19 test results, according to the Delaware…
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Teen girl is El Paso’s youngest virus victim, among 3 new deaths to close out deadliest recorded week
EL PASO, Texas — A teenage girl, El Paso’s youngest victim of the coronavirus, was among three new deaths reported Saturday morning by health…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Flash flooding possible in certain areas
El Paso, Texas- Last night’s storms brought in some much needed rainfall across the Borderland. Some areas got more than they bargained for and…
Continue Reading This sculpture at CIA headquarters holds one of the world’s most famous unsolved mysteries
In the middle of CIA headquarters, there sits a sculpture that contains a secret code that has stumped top cryptologists for decades. In the late…
Continue Reading Bugatti is selling a $35,000 electric car for kids
Bugatti and the London-based Little Car Company have teamed up to make 500 miniature electric Bugattis for kids — and now a few of them have…
Continue Reading Parents cooperating with health officials after New Jersey teen party leads to Covid-19 cluster
Parents are now cooperating with health officials after a teen party in Middletown, New Jersey, led to a Covid-19 cluster in the area. More than 20…
Continue Reading The pandemic’s unlikely pet: Chickens
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the food supply in America was in question. Images of barren grocery store shelves, cleared out meat…
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Firefighters battle overnight house and garage blaze in east El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Firefighters battled an overnight house and garage blaze on El Paso’s east side. The fire broke out after 11 p.m. Friday along Rex…
Continue Reading A man using a prosthetic mask stole more than $100,000 at casinos, prosecutors say
A prosthetic mask, counterfeit driver’s licenses, and personal information obtained on the internet. That’s how federal authorities say a…
Continue Reading The art of a rover: Imagining Perseverance before it existed
The car-size Perseverance rover launching to Mars on July 30 is the heaviest and largest rover NASA has ever sent to the red planet. The plan for the…
Continue Reading The art of a rover: Imagining Perseverance before it existed
The car-size Perseverance rover launching to Mars on July 30 is the heaviest and largest rover NASA has ever sent to the red planet. The plan for the…
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Virus patients being transferred from El Paso hospitals to nursing home ‘Covid units’
EL PASO, Texas — As space at El Paso hospitals gets tighter, ABC-7 has learned patients infected with coronavirus are being sent to two local…
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El Pasoans pack far east side parks amid pandemic, city says it’s limited on what it can do
EL PASO, Texas– Concerned ABC-7 viewers have called in complaints about far east El Paso parks being full of people on recent evenings. On the…
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Wet roads amid heavy rain causes multiple wrecks backing up traffic on El Paso highways
EL PASO, Texas — Rain-slicked roadways following up to an inch and a half of rain on Friday evening resulted in multiple crashes that snarled…
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Texas hospital overwhelmed by the virus may send some patients home to die
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — Doctors at a Texas hospital along the U.S.-Mexico border may decide to send coronavirus patients “home to die by…
Continue Reading 18 people face federal charges after arrests at courthouse protests in Portland
A total of eighteen people face federal charges for their alleged roles during protests this week at the US Courthouse in Portland, according to the…
Continue Reading Roy Den Hollander confirmed as suspect in slaying of men’s rights activist in California
Roy Den Hollander, the anti-feminist lawyer suspected of killing a federal judge’s son in New Jersey, has been confirmed as the suspect in the…
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TxDOT worker earns ‘Hero’ title rescuing puppy on Loop 375
EL PASO, Texas — A Texas Department of Transportation HERO worker earned the title in a new way on Friday after rescuing a stranded puppy found…
Continue Reading Police, FBI investigating after professional poker player’s burned body found at state park in Michigan
Police in Michigan have identified the woman whose badly burned body was found in a state recreation area as Susie Zhao. Zhao, 33, was a professional…
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Republican ‘disarray’ over expiring unemployment benefits holds up stimulus bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Negotiations over a new Covid-19 rescue bill were in flux Friday after the White House floated cutting an unemployment…
Continue Reading Singaporean man pleads guilty to spying for China in the US
A Singaporean man living in Washington D.C. has pleaded guilty to being an “illegal agent of a foreign power,” prosecutors said Friday.…
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Borderland pulmonologist urges smokers to quit during pandemic
EL PASO, Texas– Dr. Fahad Omar, a Borderland-area pulmonologist, is praising efforts across the pond as roughly one million United Kingdowm…
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‘Answer your phone’ – in New Mexico, it could be a contact tracer calling
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Cases of the virus might be gradually increasing in New Mexico, but state’s calls to those who have come into contact with…
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Doña Ana County urges state to ‘send us more’ after distributing 25,000 free face masks to public
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — The Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office is asking the governor’s office for more masks to distribute to the public as…
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Only 12 homeless El Pasoans have tested positive for virus during pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — Only 12 people within the El Paso homeless community have tested positive for Covid-19 during the pandemic thus far, according to…
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Tank accidentally fires on another tank at Fort Bliss, injuring soldier
FORT BLISS, Texas — A soldier was injured in a friendly fire incident at Fort Bliss during a training exercise, the Army Times reported Friday.…
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Judge denies Oregon effort to limit federal agents’ arrest powers
PORTLAND, Oregon — A U.S. judge denied an order sought by Oregon’s top law enforcement officer to stop federal agents from arresting people…
Continue Reading TV reporter discovers she has cancer after a viewer noticed a suspicious lump on her neck
A Florida television reporter was diagnosed with cancer after a concerned viewer saw a lump on her neck and alerted her that it could be a tumor.…
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