Five Texas women who say they were denied medically necessary abortions are suing the state, seeking to clarify when the procedure is permissible under state law, The New York Times reported Monday. The lawsuit will be formally announced at a press conference Tuesday, where the women will share their experiences navigating life-threatening pregnancy complications in
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(CNN) — Four US citizens who were assaulted and kidnapped in northeastern Mexico on Friday are believed to have been targeted by mistake, a US official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN, adding the Americans were in Mexico for medical procedures, according to receipts found in their vehicle. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– The number of El Pasoans getting summoned for jury duty is increasing. According to court officials, in February 2022, 3,795 people were summoned for jury duty. Just last month, 14,145 people were summoned. In March 2020, the El Paso Council of Judges announced all jury trials were halted in the county’s
Continue Reading Originally Published: 04 MAR 23 15:00 ET Updated: 04 MAR 23 17:32 ET By Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was censured Saturday by the state GOP for “for lack of fidelity to Republican principles and priorities,” the party announced. The Texas Republican Party took issue with several House votes
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By Patrick Svitek, The Texas TribuneMarch 2, 2023 “U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales defiant as he faces censure for breaking with Republican Party” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The
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Stacker compiled a list of the largest exports from Texas in 2022 using data from the Census Bureau.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Immigration officials in El Paso removed a Mexican man wanted for homicide in Chihuahua, Mexico, on Wednesday. Cesar Giovanny Palomino-Espino, 24, was turned over to Mexican authorities at the Staton Street Bridge. Immigration officials say he was “unlawfully present” in the U.S. Palomino-Espino had been previously removed to Mexico at
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A Texas DPS agent suspended after being arrested for causing bodily injury struck his girlfriend in the face with his fist, according to documents obtained by ABC-7. Jesse Bennett, 38, was arrested Monday. According to court documents, Bennett and his girlfriend had been drinking at a bar on Monday. On
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Egyptian cat with rescued from a Juarez prison will be adopted by someone in Texas. The cat, which had been tattooed with symbols used by members of a criminal group, gained international attention over who would become its new owner. According to the city of Juarez, ten adoption applications
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El Paso, Texas ( KVIA)-The windy season is upon us and with the recent high wind events across the borderland there is no time like the present to discuss pressure gradient and winds. We have had a string of ABC-7 First Alert days warning everyone about the dangerous winds, the strongest winds recorded so far
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that electric car company Tesla has committed to building a plant in the city of Monterrey, an industrial hub in northern Mexico. López Obrador said the promise came in a phone call he had Monday with Tesla head Elon Musk. López Obrador had
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The Texas Department of Public Safety was duped into shipping at least 3,000 Texas driver’s licenses to a Chinese organized crime group that targeted Asian Texans, DPS Director Steve McCraw told a Texas House committee on Monday. The organization was then selling the licenses, obtained using the personal information of Texas drivers, to people in
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Originally Published: 25 FEB 23 00:08 ETBy Nicki Brown, Sara Smart and Ralph Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Officials in Texas and Michigan are complaining they didn’t receive any warning that contaminated water and soil from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, would be shipped into their jurisdictions for disposal.About 2 million gallons of firefighting water
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The superintendent of a small school district in West Central Texas resigned this week after parents learned that his gun was found in a bathroom stall by a third grade student, an incident that comes as Texas lawmakers and top officials discuss school safety in the aftermath of the Uvalde shooting and prioritize measures aimed
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EL PASO, Texas– According to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, SNAP recipients will see a decrease in the amount of their household benefits due to federal guidelines beginning in March. Since April 2020, during the pandemic, SNAP recipients have received additional monthly benefits based on the maximum allowable amount of SNAP benefits. This
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Behavioral Health Consortium, along with Emergence Health Network, are asking Texas legislators for $50 million in funding for planning and redesigning the El Paso Psychiatric Center. A spokesperson for Emergence Health Network told ABC-7 that the center is understaffed and needs additional resources from the state of
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LED Lighting Supply compiled statistics about commercial energy use per building in Texas using data from the Building Performance Database from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
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WESLACO, Texas (KVIA) — A roundtable on Texas’s ongoing border security efforts was held by Governor Greg Abbott along with other state officials after last week border security was designated as an emergency item for this legislative session. The discussion included expanding the state’s strategies to secure the southern border, as well as the Biden
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoans are reacting to new details Friday of an armed bystander stopping the 16-year-old who shot and killed 17-year-old Angeles Zaragoza at Cielo Vista Mall on Wednesday. The bystander had been armed and police say he shot the 16-year-old to stop him. “I assume he feared for his life
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The driver of a car crashed into a Northeast El Paso restaurant Saturday night. The collision happened at the Tejas Café on 9757 Dyer St. shorty after 7 p.m. Our ABC-7 crew on the scene was able to learn that no one was inside of the restaurant during the time
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Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday outlined his highest priorities for the legislative session, offering an agenda centered on the economy, schools and public safety, complete with some proposals to push Texas even further to the political right. During his biennial State of the State speech, the Republican governor named seven emergency items that lawmakers can
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Watch Gov. Greg Abbott deliver the State of the State address Thursday at 6 p.m. For the second legislative session in a row, Gov. Greg Abbott is bucking tradition and holding his biennial State of the State address offsite, outside of a joint session of the Legislature. The governor will reportedly speak before a small
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — About 15 miles northwest of the Doña Ana County International Jetport lies a rare geological feature. Kilbourne, or Kilbourne’s Hole, is a maar volcano that formed anywhere from 200,000 to 1.2 million years ago. While that may sound like a light year away, the geological world considers that time
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Wednesday around 5 P.M., a shooting occurred at the Cielo Vista Mall, leaving one dead and three others injured. Multiple shots were fired inside the mall’s food court, causing panic for everyone inside the mall at the time of the shooting. As police searched for the suspect, hundreds of
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Stacker compiled the most popular baby names for boys of the 2000s in Texas using data from the Social Security Administration.
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Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest diabetes rate in Texas using data from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
Continue Reading By Ted Barrett and Manu Raju, CNN Sen. Ted Cruz told reporters on Tuesday that he will run for a third term in the Senate in 2024 — an assertion that suggests the Texas Republican is not planning a presidential bid. While Texas law allows a candidate to run for Senate and president at the
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AUSTIN, Texas — Black and Latino lawmakers decried Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent order to Texas universities and state agencies to strike down diversity, equity and inclusion policies from their hiring practices. At a press conference Tuesday morning at the state Capitol, lawmakers in the Texas Legislative Black Caucus and the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, representatives
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas has only one aerial tramway, and it’s located in our backyard. The problem is it was grounded in 2018 for safety reasons. There is a big push to get the Wyler Aerial Tramway up and running again, with legislative dollars already on the way and legislators pushing for more.
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced a list Monday of 30 wide-ranging bills that he has designated his legislative priorities, including providing property tax relief and increasing natural gas plants to improve the reliability of the state’s power grid. He also detailed more specifically his plans to push a socially conservative agenda that would ban certain
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