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Raging gunbattles in northern Mexico city kill 4, wound 2

October 23, 2021 3:12 PM Associated Press

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Residents of the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros are recovering from a night of terror in which raging…

Pickup truck driver dies after crash into cement barrier along I-10

October 23, 2021 3:57 AM Jim Parker

UPDATE: Police said a man seriously injured after crashing his pickup truck into a cement barrier early Saturday died later in the morning at a local…

Borderland Blitz week 9 highlights & scores

October 22, 2021 3:45 PM Adrian Ochoa

FRIDAY SCHEDULE: *All games kickoff at 7:00 p.m. unless indicated otherwise El Paso 6 Austin 30 Irvin 7 Andress 54 Jefferson 59 Bowie 21 Eastlake 50…

Athletic chief says UTEP will still play in an FBS conference despite C-USA exodus

October 22, 2021 4:59 PM KVIA ABC-7, Associated Press

EL PASO, Texas — Major college football is setting into a strange period of frayed allegiances that could have dramatic implications for UTEP. The…

Warrant in deadly shooting says Baldwin not aware prop gun had live round

October 21, 2021 8:41 PM ABC News, Associated Press

UPDATE #3: Alec Baldwin was handed a loaded weapon by an assistant director who indicated it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally…

Samaniego looks back a year after El Paso’s ‘worst in nation’ bout with Covid

October 22, 2021 7:56 PM Rosemary Garcia

EL PASO, Texas — One year ago at this time, El Paso County shattered a pandemic record as health officials announced 1,161 new Covid-19 cases in a…

West El Paso massage parlor shut down amid sex probe

October 22, 2021 6:46 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas – Local and state officials have shut down a west El Paso massage parlor where they contend “illegal activity occurs habitually.”…

Irvin High School student in custody after report of gun

October 22, 2021 1:55 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — An Irvin High School student was taken into custody Friday by El Paso Independent School District Police after a report that he had…

Bond set at $200k for El Paso man caught standing over stabbing victim with knife

October 20, 2021 4:09 PM Jim Parker

UPDATE, Oct. 22: A man was being held on $200,000 bond after El Paso police arrested him with a knife in his hands standing over a stabbing victim,…

FDA says Pfizer COVID vaccine looks effective for young kids

October 22, 2021 6:03 AM Associated Press

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press Federal scientists say kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear highly effective…

City of El Paso to provide Moderna, J&J vaccine booster shots

October 22, 2021 8:49 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas – The City of El Paso announced it will now administer booster doses for Moderna’s and Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus…

US recorded more than 1.6 million southern border arrests last year, highest on record

October 22, 2021 4:42 PM CNN

CNN By Geneva Sands, CNN US Border Patrol made nearly 1.66 million arrests for unlawful crossings on the US-Mexico border over the past year, the…

Private air travel from Mexico to El Paso soars amid pandemic despite travel ban

October 21, 2021 8:04 PM JC Navarrete

EL PASO, Texas –For nearly two years land borders between Mexico and the United States have been closed to all non-essential travel. Air borders…

U.S. Supreme Court doesn’t block Texas abortion law, but will hear case

October 22, 2021 11:00 AM Associated Press, CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court is not immediately blocking the Texas law that bans most abortions, but has agreed to hear arguments in the…

CDC expands Covid booster rollout, OKs mixing shots

October 21, 2021 4:12 PM CNN, ABC News, Associated Press

UPDATE: Federal health officials say millions more Americans can get a Covid-19 booster and choose a different vaccine for that next shot. Certain…

El Paso Walgreens pharmacist mistakenly gives woman Covid vaccine, not flu shot

October 21, 2021 12:02 PM Wil Herren

(Editor’s note: Martin initially said it was a pharmacy tech who administered the shot, but later indicated that she learned it actually was a…

Remains found in Florida park identified by FBI as Brian Laundrie

October 21, 2021 4:04 PM Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Authorities say remains found in a Florida wilderness park are those of Brian Laundrie, who was a person of interest in…

U.S. House votes to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in contempt

October 21, 2021 2:25 PM Associated Press, CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House voted Thursday afternoon to hold Steve Bannon, a longtime ally and aide to former President Donald Trump, in…

Texas urges Supreme Court to leave abortion law in place

October 21, 2021 10:07 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas is urging the Supreme Court to leave in place its law banning most abortions and telling the justices there’s no reason…

Haiti gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped missionaries

October 21, 2021 11:32 AM Associated Press

By EVENS SANON, MATÍAS DELACROIX and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang that…

Onions from Chihuahua tied to salmonella outbreak sickening hundreds in Texas

October 21, 2021 11:03 AM Associated Press, CNN

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico — A salmonella outbreak tied to onions from Chihuahua has sickened more than 650 people in 37 states, U.S. health officials…

Police say man shot at central El Paso bar was intruder who broke in

October 16, 2021 2:29 AM Jim Parker

UPDATE, Oct.20: Police said a 37-year-old man wounded at Chankla’s bar over the weekend was a burglar who was shot after breaking in. Investigators…

‘Armed and Dangerous:’ Police identify suspect in Las Cruces deadly shooting

October 19, 2021 2:44 PM Lesley Engle

Update: Las Cruces Police on Wednesday identified 26-year-old Tyler Williams as the shooter who allegedly killed a man at an apartment complex…

FDA authorizes booster doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, says mix and match OK

October 20, 2021 3:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Maggie Fox and John Bonifield, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration authorized booster doses of both Covid-19 vaccines made by Moderna and…

Texas health officials plan for rollout of pediatric Covid vaccine

October 20, 2021 1:25 PM Wil Herren, Lesley Engle

EL PASO, Texas- Health officials in Texas are planning for the Covid vaccine rollout for kids 11-years-old and under. On Wednesday, the White House…

Suspected human remains and items belonging to Brian Laundrie found in Florida park, FBI says

October 20, 2021 10:29 AM CNN Newsource

By Eric Levenson, Taylor Romine, Leyla Santiago and Randi Kaye, CNN What appears to be human remains and items belonging to Brian Laundrie, including…