ABC-7 First Alert: Triple-digit heat continues along with record-high potential
El Paso hit 109 Thursday, breaking the old record of 108. El Paso is now on the 35th consecutive day of triple-digit heat. This is also the 36th…
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Ethics Commission finds City Representative Hernandez violated City Ethics Code
Update: Representative Hernandez released a statement following the Ethics Commission’s decision to send her a letter of reprimand. You can read it…
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Alamogordo community remembers slain police officer during funeral service
ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Alamogordo community gathered Thursday afternoon to remember police officer Anthony Ferguson. The officer was…
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El Paso singer Khalid featured on Barbie soundtrack
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso native and popular singer Khalid just announced that he has a song on the new “Barbie” movie’s album. The song,…
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Car hits, kills young woman on busy road; analysis suggests victims like her are overrepresented in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An unidentified woman in her 20s died while running across West Paisano Wednesday night. Special Traffic Investigators with…
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Mom leaves 3 children in 112° car, facing child abuse charges, Dona Ana investigators say
CHAPARRAL, New Mexico (KVIA) — Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office investigators charged 25-year-old Stephanie Diaz with child abuse after they say she…
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Welcome home Kaden! The miracle baby who survived 168 days in the NICU is discharged
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Baby Kaden’s journey home was a long and painful one. The 25-week preemie spent 168 days post-birth in the NICU at Las…
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Watch: Alamogordo says goodbye to fallen officer shot during traffic stop
Alamogordo is hosting a funeral for police officer Anthony Ferguson, who was killed during a traffic stop over the weekend. 26-year-old Dominic De La…
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Mexican officials unveil new strategy to battle organized crime in Juarez
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Tuesday, Mexican authorities from all three levels of government, federal, state, and local, presented this new…
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How ABC-7 uses Artificial Intelligence to make sure news comes first
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Artificial Intelligence is a growing presence in our lives. From the personal assistants on our phones, social media, smart…
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City of El Paso Ethics Commission grills Representative for hours
UPDATE – Both George Zavala and City Representative for District 3 Cassandra Hernandez faced questioning and shared their testimony to the Ethics…
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Hiking in the heat: how to stay safe
EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — The El Paso Fire Department says this past month alone, they have responded to 5 distress calls related to heat and hiking.…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Very hot, record high potential
The ABC-7 First Alert remains in effect because it will be hot again on Thursday. Yesterday El Paso hit a record high of 111 degrees – the hottest…
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Tiny creature found swimming in East El Paso swimming pool
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Animal Services recovered a tiny caiman from an East El Paso swimming pool Wednesday. Courtesy: El Paso Animal…
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Watch: Candlelight vigil honors slain Alamogordo Police officer
ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Alamogordo community will hold a candlelight vigil Wednesday night in honor of slain police officer Anthony…
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El Paso health officials announce first reported West Nile Virus case
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso’s first reported case of Neuroinvasive West Nile Virus Disease (WNV) this season has placed a 50-year-old man in the…
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The last American to defect to North Korea was from El Paso, expert says
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Amid recent reports of a US soldier running across the border into North Korea, experts are recalling the last American to…
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New information on U.S. soldier who ran to North Korea ahead of trip back to Ft. Bliss
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. soldier who ran across the border into North Korea is still detained in the country. Travis King was set to be…
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El Paso Police charge accused Amistad bus robber with ‘unlawful restraint’
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Investigators say 37-year-old Sunland Park resident Danny Salas stole an Amistad bus from the parking lot of Sunland Park…
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El Paso Sheriff’s office locate missing man
Update: Officials have found Adrian Orozco. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office did not provide any details about how Orozco was located, what…
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North Korea remains quiet on status of Fort Bliss soldier, mother speaks out
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Wednesday North Korea has been silent about the status of the Fort Bliss soldier who ran across the border. A day after U.S.…
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Las Vegas police serve search warrant in connection with Tupac Shakur murder investigation
(CNN) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police confirmed to CNN on Tuesday that it executed a search warrant at a location in Henderson, Nevada in…
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Biden administration suspends funding for Wuhan lab
(CNN) — The Biden administration has suspended funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology following a monthslong review that determined that the…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Record highs potential through Friday
The ABC-7 First Alert continues, and so do the hot temperatures. The conditions will continue with afternoon high temperatures of 106 to 109 degrees…
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Why a third indictment of Trump could be such a profound stain on his legacy
(CNN) — Few citizens face the kind of perfect storm of legal threats engulfing Donald Trump. And given that he is a past and possibly future…
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Fourth bus carrying migrants from Texas arrives in Los Angeles
(CNN) — A bus carrying 41 migrants from Brownsville, Texas, arrived in Los Angeles Tuesday evening – the fourth such bus to arrive in the city in…
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U.S. Army soldier scheduled to board flight from South Korea to Fort Bliss leaves terminal, crosses into North Korea
FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — A U.S. Army soldier that was supposed to board a flight from South Korea to Fort Bliss, Texas Tuesday willingly walked…
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Small plane crashes into New Mexico home in fatal accident
(ABC) — A small plane crashed into a home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Tuesday, resulting in an unspecified number of fatalities. The home, located…
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TXDOT says it will replace misspelled sign on El Paso highway
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An ABC-7 viewer recently tried to submit a complaint to the Texas Department of Transportation about a misspelled sign on an…
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Car on fire near I-10 at Sunland Park in West El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A car is on fire on an overpass near I-10 and Sunland Park in West El Paso. An ABC-7 crew at the scene reports seeing…
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