Australian military gets first drone that can fly with artificial intelligence
Australia has its first “loyal wingman.” Boeing Australia presented the country’s Air Force on Tuesday with a prototype of a…
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Many of El Paso’s hotel workers still jobless due to low occupancy rates
EL PASO, Texas — A fuller picture of the damage being done to El Paso’s hotel industry by the Covid-19 pandemic is now emerging. Billions of dollars…
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Park ranger was telling a crowd to social distance. Mid-speech, someone pushed him into a lake
A man accused of shoving an Austin, Texas, park ranger into the water while the ranger was explaining to a crowd the need for social distancing is…
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Hong Kong’s mental health had already been battered by the protests. Then came the coronavirus
Alvin Yau is exhausted. Like other residents in Hong Kong, he hasn’t had a break in nearly a year, ricocheting from one crisis to the next.…
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The Nate-ure Report: Face-to-face with the king of the jungle at the El Paso Zoo
EL PASO, Texas — In the latest installment of “The Nate-ure Report,” ABC-7’s Nate Ryan comes face-to-face with the king of the jungle, the African…
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Ascarate Park hours being shortened because of social distancing violations
EL PASO, Texas — In a unanimous decision, El Paso County Commissioners voted Monday to shorten the hours of operation at Ascarate Park. The new…
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El Paso’s virus hospitalizations double as total cases top 1,000
EL PASO, Texas — Just a day after citing a decline in hospitalizations due to cornavirus, El Paso health officials on Monday evening said the…
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Confirmed virus case at southern New Mexico meat plant prompts rapid testing for all workers
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — A confirmed case of the coronavirus involving an employee of a meatpacking plant near the Santa Teresa/Sunland Park…
Continue Reading Dozens of refugees stranded at sea to be quarantined on controversial island
Dozens of Rohingya refugees stranded at sea for weeks are being quarantined for coronavirus on a remote island in the Bay of Bengal after docking in…
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CNN sends Trump campaign cease-and-desist letter for misleading ad
A lawyer for CNN’s parent company WarnerMedia has written a cease-and-desist letter to President Trump’s re-election campaign over the…
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Speaking Rock Entertainment Center to reopen May 11 from virus hiatus
EL PASO, Texas — The Speaking Rock Entertainment Center, a tribal run recreational venue in El Paso’s Lower Valley, announced Monday evening that it…
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Coronavirus model projects 134,000 deaths in US, nearly double its last estimate
An influential coronavirus model often cited by the White House is now forecasting that 134,000 people will die of Covid-19 in the United States,…
Continue Reading Retired Colorado paramedic dies from coronavirus after volunteering as first responder in New York
A Colorado man who was both a retired firefighter and paramedic died from coronavirus after traveling to New York to volunteer with virus relief,…
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El Paso’s public health director is latest city official to exit during pandemic, budget crisis
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s public health director becomes the latest high-ranking city employee to exit amidst the coronavirus pandemic which has…
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United Airlines COO says employees should ‘seriously consider’ voluntary separation from the airline
A top executive at United Airlines is telling employees to consider leaving the company voluntarily as it grapples with the consequences of the…
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Three family members charged in shooting death of security guard who told a customer to put on a face mask
Three family members have been charged in the killing of a security guard who told a customer at a Michigan Family Dollar store to wear a…
Continue Reading China pushes back against US claims that coronavirus originated from Wuhan lab
A nationalist tabloid controlled by the Chinese Communist Party has dismissed claims by the Trump administration that the novel coronavirus…
Continue Reading Greg Zanis, known the nation over as ‘The Cross Man,’ dies at 69
Greg Zanis, who spent more than 20 years building crosses and remembrances for mass shootings and other disasters, died Monday, according to a…
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Shelters see rise in domestic violence cases in Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — With thousands of Las Cruces residents asked to stay home during the Covid-19 pandemic, at least one shelter is reporting…
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Downtown El Paso businesses reopen, but ongoing border restrictions leave them with few customers
EL PASO, Texas — Some downtown El Paso businesses closed for the past several weeks have now opened their doors following the Texas governor’s…
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Chris Christie says Americans must accept reopening country despite Covid-19 death projections: ‘There are going to be deaths’
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that the country needs to reopen, despite separate, key coronavirus models forecasting that…
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Call center bringing as many as 500 new jobs to El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A call center plans to nearly quadruple its work force in El Paso over the next three months. The Iowa-based company named…
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Man who built crosses to honor El Paso mass shooting victims dies from cancer at age 69
AURORA, Illinois — Greg Zanis, the Illinois man who built more than 27,000 white crosses to commemorate victims of gun violence in America including…
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Texas tops 2 million jobless claims as state’s virus outbreak continues to grow
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has passed the 2 million mark in unemployment claims filed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said…
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New Mexico Supreme Court denies request for early release of prisoners due to virus threat
SANTA FE, New Mexico — The New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday afternoon rejected a request for releases of inmates due to Covid-19 health risks in…
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Miami Beach closes park just five days after reopening as nearly 8,000 break face mask and distance rules
Not even a week since reopening, the city of Miami Beach closed the popular South Pointe Park back up after thousands of visitors failed to wear face…
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Three Russian doctors fall from hospital windows, raising questions amid coronavirus pandemic
Three frontline health care workers have mysteriously fallen out of hospital windows in Russia over the past two weeks, heightening public attention…
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Anchorage Daily News, ProPublica win Pulitzer Prize for investigation on sexual violence
Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica received this year’s Pulitzer Prize for public service for their collaborative investigation into sexual…
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11 new Doña Ana County virus cases as New Mexico tops 4,000 infections
SANTA FE, New Mexico — State health leaders reported 11 new coronavirus cases in Doña Ana County on Monday as the total number of infections across…
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