Cleveland’s baseball team changing name from Indians to Guardians
CLEVELAND, OHio — Known as the Indians since 1915, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team will be called Guardians. The ball club announced the…
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I-10 eastbound at Redd Road reopens after 2-car crash
EL PASO, Texas — A two-car crash led to the shutdown of a stretch of Interstate 10 through west El Paso on Thursday afternoon. That crash happened…
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El Paso 3 & 4-year-old kids taking part in Covid-19 vaccine trial
EL PASO, Texas — It could be months before a Covid-19 vaccine is approved for kids under the age of 12 in the United States. But vaccine trials are…
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Migrants abused in Juarez when ‘police sold us to the mafia’
(Editor’s note: This story was produced as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a bi-national partnership of news organizations in Ciudad Juárez…
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Mississippi asks US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Mississippi’s attorney general told the Supreme Court on Thursday that Roe v. Wade was…
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Woman’s body found in car in east El Paso; 2nd case in as many days
EL PASO, Texas — Police were investigating a body found in a car in east El Paso late Thursday afternoon; it was the second body found in a car in…
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Santa Teresa migrant stash house is latest in unprecedented number of Borderland raids
EL PASO, Texas — After several Borderland stash house raids that turned up 134 hidden migrants and nearly $600,000 worth of methamphetamine last…
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New Mexico puppy found severely burned with hot liquid
SOCORRO, New Mexico (KOAT) — A puppy was found severely burned or boiled with hot liquid at Sedillo Park in Socorro, which is located 74 miles…
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Vandals targeting Alamogordo parks with destruction, damage
ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — City parks in Alamogordo are being “plagued by vandals” who have caused damage for weeks, officials said Thursday as they…
Continue Reading Legendary actress Rita Moreno cancels return to El Paso’s Plaza Classic Film Festival
UPDATE, July 22: One day after announcing her planned appearance, organizers now say Rita Moreno will not be able to attend this year’s…
Continue Reading Internet outage that took down major websites now fixed
NEW YORK, NY — A sweeping internet disruption on Thursday briefly took out a wide range of major corporate websites — from FedEx and Delta…
Continue Reading GM is shutting down most of its pickup production for a week
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business General Motors will stop making most of its full-size pickup trucks for a week starting Monday. It’s another…
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Jeff Bezos wore El Paso-made cowboy boots to space
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso company made the cowboy boots that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wore when he went to space this week. He wore the boots,…
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El Paso’s iconic H&H Car Wash, Coffee Shop closing after 60 years
EL PASO, Texas — An iconic El Paso business is closing its doors Thursday after more than six decades in operation. H & H Car Wash has been on…
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Man’s body found in car in west El Paso; police probing death
EL PASO, Texas — Police were investigating a body found in a car in west El Paso late Wednesday afternoon. It was discovered around 4 p.m. at 4740…
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1 dead as SUV, 3 trucks collide on I-10 in Luna County
DEMING, New Mexico — A truck driver was killed in a four-vehicle crash that shut down a stretch of Interstate 10 westbound for over 17 hours…
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7 fully-vaccinated El Pasoans have died of Covid in past 2 weeks
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health disclosed Wednesday that seven El Pasoans had died over the past two weeks from Covid-19…
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Fort Bliss soldiers killed in fiery Loop 375 crash are identified
UPDATE, July 21: The U.S. Army on Wednesday released the identities of two Fort Bliss soldiers assigned to 1st Armored Division who were killed in a…
Continue Reading GOP blocks U.S. Senate debate on bipartisan infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Republicans rejected an effort Wednesday to begin debate on the big infrastructure deal that a bipartisan group…
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Abbott won’t impose new mask mandate despite increasing Texas virus cases
HOUSTON, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will not impose another statewide mask mandate, despite Covid-19 cases being on the rise…
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Border crossing restrictions between US, Mexico extended until at least Aug. 21
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The United States Department of Homeland Security has once again decided to extend border crossing restrictions between the…
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Fox News says Abbott’s Texas border wall is a chain-link fence
DEL RIO, Texas — Fox News is giving an inside look at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, which is actually a chain-link…
Continue Reading Milwaukee Bucks win 1st NBA championship in 50 years on ABC-7
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — The Milwaukee Bucks won their first NBA championship in 50 years, downing the Phoenix Suns 105-98 in Tuesday night’s…
Continue Reading US life expectancy falls by more than a year due to Covid-19 pandemic, CDC study says
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Life expectancy in the United States fell by a year and a half in 2020 primarily due to increases in death due to the…
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Motorcyclist critically hurt in crash with car in east El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A motorcyclist was critically hurt in a head-on crash involving a motorcycle and a car in east El Paso late Tuesday afternoon. It…
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El Paso sees significant spike in daily Covid-19 cases, positivity rate
EL PASO, Texas — There was a significant increase in Covid-19 infections in El Paso reported on Tuesday, according to health department data.The…
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‘Best day ever’: Watch as Bezos successfully completes passenger space flight
CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE RACE TO SPACE VAN HORN, Texas — Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company’s first…
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El Paso VA Medical Center ‘cleared’ after bomb threat led to evacuations
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Veterans Administration Medical Center main facility was evacuated late Tuesday afternoon due to a bomb threat,…
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Texas Dems infect aides for Pelosi & White House, dimming chance to meet Biden
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers who hightailed it to the nation’s capital in a faceoff over voting rights said Tuesday that they were pressing on…
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3 hurt as crash, fire shuts down U.S. 54 in northeast El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — An 18-wheeler caught fire forcing the complete shutdown of a portion of U.S. Route 54 in northeast El Paso on Tuesday afternoon and…
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