El Paso storms drop 4 inches of rain, floods submerge streets
UPDATE: As of Friday morning, TxDOT advised that Transmountain Road had reopened, as had I-10 West at Cotton. However, officials said Paisano at…
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Taliban sweep across Afghanistan’s south, take 4 more cities
By TAMEEM AKHGAR, RAHIM FAIEZ and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have completed their sweep of…
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New Mexico spends $5M to boost chile worker wages amid labor shortage
HATCH, New Mexico — New Mexico Lt. Gov. Howie Morales says the state is stepping in to ensure a timely chile harvest after growers and producers…
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El Paso truck driver arrested in Nashville with 50 pound load of fentanyl
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — An El Paso truck driver was arrested in Nashville late Thursday afternoon when Tennessee authorities said they caught him…
Continue Reading Homeland Security chief visits south Texas border, calls migrant surge ‘unprecedented’
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Biden administration is facing a “serious challenge” at the U.S.-Mexico border, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro…
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Texas Supreme Court clears way for law enforcement to round up Texas House Dems
UPDATE: AUSTIN, Texas — Texas law enforcement was deputized Thursday to track down Texas House Democrats still missing from the chamber and bring…
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SWAT standoff with ‘armed subjects’ in far east El Paso ends
EL PASO, Texas — A SWAT team descended on a far east El Paso apartment complex late Thursday morning as police said a standoff ensued when they…
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3-car crash in west El Paso sends motorist to hospital, snarls traffic
EL PASO, Texas — A three-car crash along a busy west El Paso thoroughfare injured a motorists and snarled traffic during the late afternoon rush…
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6 Texas school districts sue Gov. Abbott over mask-mandate ban
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas — Six school districts in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley filed a lawsuit Thursday afternoon against Gov. Greg Abbott in the…
Continue Reading Britney Spears’ father to step down as her estate conservator
LOS ANGLES, California — Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, will step down as conservator of the pop star’s estate, ABC News has confirmed. Jamie…
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Search & rescue crews recover body in the Organ Mountains
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State Police and the U.S. Border Patrol are investigating the discovery of a body in the Organ Mountains. The…
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White House Covid task force says Texas, Florida have 40% of all U.S. hospitalizations
WASHINGTON, DC — The White House Covid-19 task force, including the president’s chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci and Centers for Disease…
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WATCH: Star on the Mountain Award given to 2 El Paso brothers
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser on Thursday made the Star on the Mountain Award presentation at a City Hall ceremony. He recognized the…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Monsoon rain brings concern for flash floods through Saturday
The ABC-7 First Alert remains in effect through Saturday. Cloudy skies and mild temperatures will kick off the day, you’ll feel the moisture and the…
Continue Reading Texas Senate passes elections bill after 15-hour Dems filibuster
By Dianne Gallagher, CNN The Texas state Senate passed Senate Bill 1, an election overhaul bill that would add new restrictions and criminal…
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Gadsden ISD 1 of 2 local school districts mandating masks
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — The Gadsden Independent School District has more than 12,000 students enrolled in it’s schools this fall semester and of…
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El Paso hospitals getting Covid patients from across Texas
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso hospitals have started receiving transfers of Covid-19 infected patients from other cities across Texas where hospitals are…
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El Paso hockey team is born from blind child’s curiosity & fearless coach
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Mooses are a blind inline hockey team that is ready to take the sport to a whole new level. The Mooses started nine…
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California woman charged with giving gun to felon who killed officer near Deming
LUNA COUNTY, New Mexico — A California woman has been charged by federal prosecutors with illegally supplying a gun to a convicted felon who shot…
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El Paso private schools mandate masks as Abbott’s ban doesn’t apply
EL PASO, Texas — The Delta variant has been detected in El Paso, posing a new threat and raising a recurring issue among parents who have students…
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EP Catholic Diocese requires employees to get vaccine, masks for parishioners
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Catholic Diocese is mandating that all church employees get vaccinated against Covid-19, and will require any that any…
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24 women now sue El Paso worker, hotel for restroom camera
EL PASO, Texas — Another 11 women are coming forward to accuse an El Paso hotel worker of secretly filming up their skirts at a UTEP-area hotel in a…
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Legendary Mexican singer Vicente Fernández on ventilator in ICU
GUADALAJARA, México — Mexican singer Vicente Fernández is hospitalized in the intensive care unit after suffering a fall. A doctor close to the…
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Dems bring Texas Senate to halt with filibuster of GOP elections bill
AUSTIN, Texas — The GOP voting restrictions push that left the Texas House scrambling to round up absent Democrats also shut down work in the Texas…
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El Paso opens new Covid-19 mega-testing site due to increased demand
EL PASO, Texas — The city of El Paso opened a new mega-testing site for Covid-19 in east El Paso on Wednesday as worries about the Delta variant…
Continue Reading Gov. Abbott going to court to defend his ban on mask mandates
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton are asking Texas’ 5th Court of Appeals to block Dallas County…
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Arrest warrants for Texas House Dems served; still stalemate
AUSTIN, Texas — Officers of the Texas House of Representatives delivered civil arrest warrants for more than 50 absent Democrats on Wednesday as…
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Dallas mandates masks as 2,500 more medical workers deployed to Texas hospitals
DALLAS, Texas — Mask-wearing is now required in Dallas public schools and businesses after Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins on Wednesday became the…
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El Paso teen accused of drunk road rage, trying to hit man with car
EL PASO, Texas – A teenager has been arrested following what El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies described on Wednesday as a drunken case of road…
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Motorist hospitalized in Sunland Park crash of semi-truck, SUV
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A motorist was hospitalized following the crash of a semi-truck and an SUV Wednesday morning at a Sunland Park…
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