Judge temporarily blocks Texas investigations into families of trans kids
State District Judge Amy Clark Meachum ruled Friday that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services cannot continue to investigate…
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Gas or electric? Can switching to an electric vehicle save you money during high gas prices?
EL PASO, Texas — Consumers are feeling pain at the pump as gas prices rise to between $4 and $5 in El Paso, leaving some to consider switching to…
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seize parrots, drugs, currency and food products
EL PASO, Texas – In the last seven days, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working ports of entry in El Paso and New Mexico made various…
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The first Downtown Fiesta de las Luces is this weekend
EL PASO, Texas – The Downtown Management District announces the first of a series of Downtown Fiesta de las Luces Saturday, March 12 from 3 to 11…
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Watch: Jury reaches guilty verdicts in Doña Ana County ‘murder for hire’ trial
UPDATE: The jury found Cristal Cardenas guilty on count 1, first-degree murder by deliberate killing. Cardenas was found not guilty on a second count…
Continue Reading Russia widens attack on Ukraine’s cities, striking western airfields and Dnipro
Russian forces are expanding their offensive in Ukraine to the west for the first time. Meanwhile, Pres. Biden announces the US, along with the G7…
Continue Reading Here’s what the ‘most favored nation’ status means — and why Russia still has it
POOL By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Trade is about to become a key element of the global response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine following the…
Continue Reading Judge issues temporary injunction barring Texas from investigating pediatric gender-affirming care as ‘child abuse’
By Andy Rose, Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Ray Sanchez, CNN A judge in Texas blocked the state from enforcing Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to…
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El Paso teenager arrested in carjacking turned chase
UPDATE (03/11): El Police arrested 19-year-old Khalil Joseph Duque Thursday. Police say Duque pointed a weapon at a woman at a department store and…
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Kids in foster care who’d been victims of sex trafficking endured fresh abuse at a state shelter, report says
Employees of a Texas-contracted facility meant to care for female foster children who are victims of sex trafficking were discovered to be…
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Texas Supreme Court deals final blow to federal abortion law challenge
The Texas Supreme Court dealt a final blow to abortion providers’ federal challenge to the state’s latest abortion restrictions Friday. The court…
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March snow blankets the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas – ABC-7’s Stormtrack weather’s First Alert warned you about colder temperatures and snow, and now it’s here. The Borderland woke up…
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Biden warns Russia will pay a ‘severe price’ if it uses chemical weapons in Ukraine
CNN By Sam Fossum and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden warned on Friday that Russia will pay a “severe price” if the country uses…
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WATCH: Closing arguments in murder-for-hire trial
EL PASO, Texas– Day four of the Cristal Cardenas trial, also known as the murder-for-hire trial, defendant Cardenas tesifies on her own behalf in…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Winter storm brings snow and rain
The ABC-7 First Alert continues as a winter storm brings rain and snow to the borderland. The cold started to sweep across the area Friday morning…
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Blue bin snafu leaves El Paso woman without place to put her recyclables
EL PASO, Texas — Evelyn Rojo was out of town during her neighborhood’s trash collection day. She says her son took her bins out Monday night,…
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WATCH: Jussie Smollett sentenced to 30 months probation, 150 days in jail
CHICAGO, Illinois — The sentencing hearing for Actor Jussie Smollett ended with an explosive outburst from Smollett proclaiming his innocence. Cook…
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Telemedicine widely utilized by El Paso doctors, medical students since start of pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the medical industry in more ways than one. Chances are if you’ve had a doctor’s appointment in…
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Public Service Board requests $356M bond for El Paso Water
EL PASO, Texas — The Public Service Board voted unanimously Wednesday to ask El Paso City Council to allow El Paso Water to issue $356 million in…
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Loop 375 west near Resler reopens after crash
EL PASO, Texas – A single-vehicle accident down traffic on Loop 375 and Resler for several hours. One person has been transported to the hospital.…
Continue Reading The 2020 census undercounted Latino, Black and Native American people
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Latino, Black and Native American populations were significantly undercounted in the 2020 census, officials announced…
Continue Reading Smollett sentencing for lying to police in hate crime hoax
CHICAGO (AP) — Actor Jussie Smollett is back in court in Chicago to learn if a judge will order him locked up for his conviction of lying to police…
Continue Reading Players vote to accept MLB’s offer on new labor deal, paving way to end 99-day lockout and salvage 162-game season
NEW YORK (AP) — Players vote to accept MLB’s offer on new labor deal, paving way to end 99-day lockout and salvage 162-game…
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Mayfield High School wrestler hailed a hero after thwarting kidnapping dies in motorcycle crash
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Las Cruces Police say Canaan Bower, 18, was riding his motorcycle south along the 2000 block of Triviz in Las Cruces when he…
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Bracing for even higher prices: El Paso manufacturing company feels squeeze from supply shortages, price spikes
EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso manufacturer says a combination of the pandemic, supply chain issues, and the conflict in Ukraine are affecting the…
Continue Reading ABC-7 First Alert today in Borderland for blowing dust and temperature drop
EL PASO, Texas – The ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather team issued a First Alert for Thursday and Friday for some weather changes in the forecast. The first…
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Electric bikes get second look as the borderland grapples with gas prices
EL PASO, Texas – At a maximum speed of 28 miles per hour, e-bikes can only go so fast. But their popularity is soaring as gas prices rise. El Paso…
Continue Reading Harris says US and Poland are united, despite fighter jets episode
CNN By Kevin Liptak and Maegan Vazquez, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris sought to reinforce cooperative ties between the United States and Poland as…
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Man stabbed trying to break up central El Paso bar fight
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police said a man was taken to the hospital after being stabbed at a bar late Wednesday night. It happened after 11…
Continue Reading Brittney Griner has been in Russian custody for 3 weeks, congressman says, as questions remain about her whereabouts and how to bring her home
As a new photo emerges of an American shortly before her Moscow arrest, friends and family of 3 US detainees worry that war will prevent any release…
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