EL PASO, Texas — It’s time for a change for most of the United States, including here in the Borderland. The clock is running out once more for daylight saving time. Standard time begins at 2 a.m. local time Sunday. Until almost next spring, in states red and blue and in between, it’ll be lighter earlier in
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EL PASO, Texas — Early voting came to a close on Friday and El Pasoans and Texans came out in droves. More than 9 million Texans — 53% of all registered voters — cast ballots during early voting. That’s more than the overall votes for the entire election four years ago, according to an Associated Press
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McALLEN, Texas — Texas’ surprising status as a battleground came into clearer focus on Friday as Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris devoted one of the race’s final days to campaigning across America’s largest red state and early voter turnout zoomed past 9 million — already more than the total number of ballots cast during
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El PASO, Texas — The Texas Attorney General’s Office joined a lawsuit filed Friday against El Paso County over Judge Ricardo Samaniego’s business closure order aimed at controlling the rapid spread of Covid-19 that has overwhelmed local hospitals. The lawsuit was brought by ten El Paso restaurants, many with common ownership. The list included such
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EL PASO, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tweeted Thursday night that his office was “quickly exploring” all legal options after El Paso County issued an order shutting down all non-essential businesses due to a severe spike in Covid-19 illness that has overwhelmed local hospitals. “El Paso County Judge (Ricardo) Samaniego has no authority
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HOUSTON, Texas — Top Trump administration officials visited Texas five days before Election Day to announce they have nearly completed 400 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall, trying to show progress on perhaps the president’s best-known campaign promise four years ago. RELATED STORY: Texas landowners facing coronavirus pandemic and land seizures for border wall While most
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — At least three people have died as Hurricane Zeta pounded New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast with heavy rains and howling winds before rapidly making its way through Mississippi and Alabama with strong gusty winds, heavy rains and dangerous storm surge. Zeta left a trail of destruction before turning
Continue Reading RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas — Within the last six months, as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the U.S., the Trump administration filed 75 lawsuits to seize private land along the U.S.-Mexico border for the border wall, according to data from the Texas Civil Rights Project. In the final days of the presidential election, President Donald Trump,
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AUSTIN, Texas —Stars from several fondly remembered television shows and movies have come together in recent weeks to not only offer counterprogramming during the idle days of the pandemic but also to stir support for Democrats looking to replace the current cast of the West Wing. From “Star Trek” to “Seinfeld,” these virtual events offer
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WACO, Texas — Outlaw country singer songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, who wrote songs like “Honky Tonk Heroes,” “I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train” and “Old Five and Dimers Like Me,” has died He was 81. His friend Connie Nelson said he died Wednesday in Texas following a stroke. Born in Corsicana, Texas, Shaver
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Texas voters are now required to wear face masks when casting ballots during the pandemic, a federal district judge has ruled, invalidating an exemption for polling places that Gov. Greg Abbott had included in his statewide mask mandate. The governor’s mandate for Texans to cover their mouths and noses in public does not apply to
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HOUSTON, Texas — Months after the remains of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen were found in Texas, her family says there are still many things they don’t know about her killing. The latest episode of “Red Table Talk: The Estefans” features Guillen’s mother and sisters in conversation with Grammy-winning music legend Gloria Estefan, her daughter and
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s home football game against North Texas on Saturday has been postponed. UTEP Athletic Director Jim Senter confirmed to ABC-7 Tuesday evening that the decision to postpone the game was made by North Texas. North Texas is refusing to come to El Paso due to the current surge in Covid-19 cases
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to limit mail-in ballot drop box locations to one site per county, a decision that largely affects the Houston and Austin areas. The court ruled that Abbott’s order “provides Texas voters more ways to vote in the
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HOUSTON, Texas — Green Bay Packers starting running back Aaron Jones had a calf injury that kept him out of Sunday’s game at the Houston Texans. But even absent Jones, the Texans were dominated by the Packers 35-20. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw for 283 yards and four touchdowns to lead Green Bay in a game
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LANDOVER, Maryland — Washington’s defense finally clamped down on a struggling opponent, piling up six sacks, an interception and a forced fumble that became a safety in a 25-3 blowout of the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday that snapped a five-game skid. Montez Sweat led Washington (2-5) with 2 1/2 sacks, Cole Holcomb had one to
Continue Reading Texas native Matthew McConaughey had a great role model in his dad. In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper airing Friday, the actor spoke about building on the lessons from his father and other stories from his new memoir, “Greenlights.” McConaughey said his father didn’t blink when the future Oscar-winner told him he’d rather attend
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — Members of the University of Texas Longhorn band are refusing to play the university’s alma mater because of the song’s history of being performed at racist minstrel shows. Earlier this month, the band’s director asked its members to fill out an internal survey asking whether they would be willing to play “The
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AUSTIN, Texas — The second coronavirus wave in Texas continues with more active cases than at any time since the summertime peak, according to numbers state health officials reported Wednesday. An estimated that 84,538 cases of Covid-19 were active Wednesday, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported. That was the most since Sept. 1. Of those, 4,782
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ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — Three people, including an El Paso woman, were killed in a four-vehicle crash in the Odessa area on Wednesday. State troopers identified the El Paso fatality as 30-year-old Glenn Juarez. The two others killed were from Odessa: 25-year-old Marlene Olivas and her 9-month old daughter, Magdaly. According to the Texas Department
Continue Reading AUSTIN, TEXAS — New cases of the coronavirus continue to soar in Texas, state health officials said Tuesday, as the number of people in the state hospitalized because of the virus has spiked at levels not seen in two months. Health officials reported 4,588 Covid-19 patients in Texas hospitals for treatment Tuesday, the most since late August. At least
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FORT HOOD, Texas — The death of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen occurred “in the line of duty,” Fort Hood officials announced Tuesday. The designation paves the way for Guillen’s family to be entitled to certain Army benefits. “Typically, these benefits include compensation to immediately help the family with expenses, funeral with full military honors, the
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — A Dallas-area woman died due to Covid-19 while on a flight in July, a Dallas County official said. The woman was in her 30s and had “underlying high risk health conditions,” Dallas County said in a news release. The woman died in late July on the tarmac at a New Mexico airport,
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — A Texas police officer was shot and killed and another was injured Tuesday at an apartment complex, authorities said. Sgt. Harold Preston, 65, and another two officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call at south Houston apartment building, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said in a news conference. “It’s a big
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been named “Best Governor In The Nation” in a new study conducted by Laffer Associates, a consulting firm run by conservative economists Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore, and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ABC affiliate KXXV reports that the criteria included tax policy, overall state spending levels, handling
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Kyler Murray accounted for three touchdowns in his first game back home as a pro, Ezekiel Elliott set up the first two Arizona TDs with fumbles and the Cardinals beat the Dallas Cowboys 38-10 on Monday night. The speedy quarterback who won three high school championships and a Big 12 title at
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso County Commissioners were given some good news on Monday when they heard from the El Paso Census Action Team about the census response rate. As the actual counting portion of the 2020 Census has now officially ended, Monday’s presentation was the last in a series of meetings given
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WASHINGTON, DC — Travel restrictions on the United States’ shared borders with Mexico and Canada have been extended through Nov. 21 due to concerns over the spread of Covid-19, acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced on Twitter Monday morning. “We are working closely with Mexico & Canada to identify safe criteria to ease the restrictions in
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FRISCO, Texas — As scientists around the world race to find a treatment for the coronavirus, a young girl among them stands out. Anika Chebrolu, a 14-year-old from Frisco, Texas, has just won the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge — and a $25,000 prize — for a discovery that could provide a potential therapy to
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas — The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 Sunday night in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series. The Dodgers advance to face the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series, which will be played in Texas. The Dodgers celebrated as Cody Bellinger’s drive soared deep into the Texas night.
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