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Almost 600 Amazon packages found dumped near Oklahoma City

January 4, 2022 10:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Paul P. Murphy, CNN The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office says they are investigating how almost 600 packages from Amazon ended up dumped in…

US flight cancellations ease a bit but still running high

January 4, 2022 9:33 AM Associated Press

By The Associated Press Better weather is helping some travelers get home after the New Year’s holiday, but airlines are still canceling a high…

Prosecutor drops groping charge against former NY Gov. Cuomo

January 4, 2022 9:25 AM Associated Press

By MICHAEL HILL and MARINA VILLENEUVE ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won’t face criminal prosecution over an allegation…

Abortion providers go back to Supreme Court in long-shot bid to challenge Texas abortion law

January 3, 2022 4:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Abortion providers on Monday asked the Supreme Court to require a conservative federal appeals court…

Historic all-female city council leads Las Cruces

January 3, 2022 2:51 PM Kate Bieri

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – For the first time in the history of Las Cruces, six women are representing all six districts in the city council. “We have…

Former Theranos CEO Holmes convicted of fraud and conspiracy

January 2, 2022 10:01 PM Associated Press

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Elizabeth Holmes has been convicted of duping investors into believing her startup…

Jacob Cowing to transfer to Arizona

January 3, 2022 4:03 PM Nate Ryan

EL PASO, Texas – For Jacob Cowing, it came down to going home. The former UTEP WR announced his commitment to Arizona via Instagram on Monday, giving…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says Facebook blocked her account for 24 hours

January 3, 2022 2:14 PM CNN

CNN By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Facebook has blocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from posting on its platform for 24 hours, the Georgia Republican…

El Paso sees rent rate increases more than double a typical year

January 3, 2022 12:15 PM Katie Frazier

EL PASO, Texas — Rent prices are on the rise in El Paso, but they aren’t just increasing in the Borderland. According to Scott Lynch, who is the…

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tested positive last week for COVID-19 but didn’t tell Texas right away

January 3, 2022 2:17 PM Texas Tribune

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is quarantining after testing positive for COVID-19 last week, his campaign said Monday. In a short news release, Patrick senior…

New EPISD superintendent sees her return to the border as a continuation of her father’s legacy

January 3, 2022 1:39 PM El Paso Matters - Molly Smith

EL PASO, Texas — Diana Sayavedra had a front row seat to the challenges of running a large school system, particularly one in the public eye.In the…

NASA’s new space telescope ‘hunky-dory’ after problems fixed

January 3, 2022 12:29 PM Associated Press

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new space telescope is doing well more than a week after liftoff,…

American forward Ricardo Pepi joins Augsburg from Dallas

January 3, 2022 8:27 AM Associated Press

AUGSBURG, Germany (AP) — American forward Ricardo Pepi signed with Augsburg of Germany’s Bundesliga from Major League Soccer’s Dallas, agreeing…

CDC backs FDA’s decision to reduce time between primary series and booster dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine

January 3, 2022 9:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine…

Snowfall finally arrives in Cloudcroft and business owners could not be happier

January 2, 2022 10:56 PM Brianna Perez

CLOUDCROFT, New Mexico – It’s a winter wonderland for those visiting Cloudcroft, New Mexico this time of year. After experiencing no snow for…

Jones gets back to being ‘home-run threat’ in Packers’ win over Vikings to take NFC’s No. 1 seed

January 2, 2022 10:41 PM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — QB Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes, running back Aaron Jones led the Packers with 76 rushing yards, while A.J.…

Cowboys come up short, lose to Cardinals 25-22

January 2, 2022 5:52 PM ABC News

ARLINGTON, Texas — There have been times this season where the Dallas Cowboys looked good enough, played well enough and looked complete enough to…

‘It’s like a nightmare that just won’t stop’: El Paso mother says driver left the scene after striking, killing her daughter on New Year’s Day

January 1, 2022 1:44 AM Brianna Perez

UPDATE, Jan. 2: EL PASO, Texas– The mother of a 23-year-old woman struck and killed less than two hours into the new year said the driver who…

Twitter bans Rep. Greene’s personal account for COVID claims

January 2, 2022 9:49 AM Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter says it’s banned the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of the…

Fauci: CDC mulling COVID test requirement for asymptomatic

January 2, 2022 8:50 AM Associated Press

By HOPE YEN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal…

ABC-7 First Alert: Freezing Overnight

January 2, 2022 7:20 AM Katie Frazier

Good Sunday to you all, and Happy New Year! We are waking up to temperatures in the teens and mid 20s, and we won’t make it out of the 40s today.…

Crews rescue 21 people on stuck tram cars in New Mexico

January 1, 2022 6:23 PM Associated Press

By PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press Authorities in New Mexico say icing on a cable caused two tram cars to get stuck high up in the Sandia Mountains…

Meet El Paso’s New Year’s baby – a boy born at 12:02 a.m.

January 1, 2022 2:34 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — Meet El Paso’s New Year’s baby: It’s a boy! The Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus delivered the first baby of 2022 at 12:02…

1 dead, 10 hurt as out of control semi-truck crashes into oncoming RV along I-10 in Hudspeth County

December 31, 2021 7:26 PM Jim Parker

UPDATE, Jan. 1: FORT HANCOCK, Texas — State troopers on Saturday said an 18-wheeler traveling at an unsafe speed along a rainy Interstate 10 in…

Holiday flight cancellations soar with Covid-19 disruptions and bad weather

January 1, 2022 11:27 PM CNN

CNN By Gregory Wallace and Matt McFarland, CNN Business Thousands of US flights were canceled over New Year’s weekend as a combination of…

Wind Advisory on New Year’s Day for El Paso, Hudspeth, Dona Ana & Otero counties

December 31, 2021 1:49 PM National Weather Service

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM 141 PM MST Fri Dec 31 2021…

‘Chile Drop’ voters pick green pepper to ring in new year

December 30, 2021 10:05 PM Kate Bieri

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – More than one thousand voters from across the country picked ‘green’ as the color of the lights for this year’s 19-foot long…