Texas Dems in DC push Congress to pass federal voting law
WASHINGTON, DC — Democratic state lawmakers from Texas said Wednesday that they are on Capitol Hill to drum up support for federal voting rights…
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Cornyn, Cruz speak out amid order coming on border health limits
WASHINGTON, DC — Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas joined a group of several of other GOP senators on Wednesday in blasting…
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U.S. Senate Dems move toward federal cannabis legalization
WASHINGTON, DC — For the first time in U.S. Senate history, Democrats on Wednesday moved toward ending the federal prohibition on cannabis, removing…
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Rollover SUV crash snarls morning rush on Mesa in west El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — An SUV rollover crash snarled traffic Wednesday morning along a portion of Mesa Street in west El Paso. It happened on N. Mesa near…
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Backpacks blamed for 5-hour bomb scare in east El Paso
UPDATE, July 14: El Paso police said Wednesday that suspicious items triggering a bomb scare at an east side store plaza for over five hours turned…
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Drug overdose deaths hit highest number ever during pandemic
NEW YORK, NY — Overdose deaths nationwide soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported…
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Monsoon season could lead to more Borderland snake encounters
EL PASO, Texas — Few things are more rattling than hearing the rattle of a snake while you’re on a hike. During monsoon season, that becomes a more…
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2 years after Erika Gaytan vanished, family goes to church praying for closure
EL PASO, Texas — Tuesday was an emotional day for the family of Erika Gaytan, as it marked exactly two years since the disappearance of the El Paso…
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EPISD unveils plan for reopening of schools in August
El PASO, Texas — The start of the school year for the El Paso Independent School District is just a couple weeks away. EPISD on Tuesday hosting a…
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Smoky fire burns central El Paso home, but no injuries occur
EL PASO, Texas — A smoky house fire burning in central El Paso drew plenty of attention, as the haze from the blaze could be seen in the Tuesday…
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U.S. Senate Dems announce $3.5 trillion budget plan
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Democrats announced late Tuesday that they’d reached a budget agreement envisioning spending an enormous $3.5…
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WSMR ramps now join US 70 in reopening after mudslides
UPDATE, July 13: The New Mexico Department of Transportation reopened the U.S. Route 70 exit 170 on-and-off ramps to the White Sands Missile Range on…
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El Paso’s Blanco among 9 no-shows as Texas Senate passes voting restrictions bill
AUSTIN, Texas — As Democrats fled the state to avoid voting on a GOP priority elections bill that would restrict voting rights in the state, the…
Continue Reading Biden declares GOP voting restrictions in Texas, other states to be ‘un-American’
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — President Joe Biden declared that preserving voting rights is “a test of our time” Tuesday as Texas Democrats took…
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Migrant’s body found along border in Hudspeth County
HUDSPETH COUNTY, Texas — A body believed to be that of a migrant has been discovered along the U.S.-Mexico border in Hudspeth County desert area,…
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Mudslides on Organ Mountains left drivers stuck for hours
SAN AUGUSTINE PASS, New Mexico – Marina Gandara and her son Jacob had already spent 16 hours on the road home to Las Cruces when they encountered…
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Texas House GOP votes to track down absent Dems, arrest them
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House voted Tuesday morning to send law enforcement to track down Democrats who left the state a day earlier in protest of…
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Lawsuit targets Texas law using citizens to enforce abortion ban
AUSTIN, Texas — Abortion rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a new Texas law empowering individuals to sue anyone…
Continue Reading Death toll in Florida condo building collapse rises to 95
SURFSIDE, Florida — The death toll in the Miami-area condominium building collapse has climbed to 95 as crews worked for a 20th day to find victims…
Continue Reading Prices keep soaring: Inflation rockets to a 13-year high
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Prices keep rising in the United States, putting a squeeze on American consumers’ wallets. That trend got worse…
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Texas Dems fly out of state to halt GOP vote bill in Legislature
AUSTIN, Texas — Democrats in the Texas Legislature on Monday afternoon bolted for Washington, D.C., and said they were ready to remain there for…
Continue Reading Blue Origin gets FAA ok to fly humans to space from Van Horn
WASHINGTON, DC — Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is now ready to send humans to the edge of space as the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday expanded…
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Las Cruces area in damage clean-up mode after powerful storm
(Editor’s note: Use the scroller in the module above to view video and photos of the storm damage.) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Residents in the…
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EPE says power back for most of 17,000 impacted by storm
EL PASO, Texas — About 17,000 El Paso Electric customers across the region lost power Sunday night after a powerful storm with tornado-like winds…
Continue Reading FDA warns J&J vaccine tied to low risk of rare neurological disorder
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. regulators on Monday added a new warning to Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine about links to a rare and potentially…
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Multiple earthquakes shake portions of New Mexico
CAPULIN, New Mexico — Several earthquakes shook parts of northern New Mexico on Monday morning, the largest being a moderate magnitude 4.2 tremor,…
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Tornado-strength storm rolls through El Paso & Las Cruces causing damage
(Editor’s note: Use the scroller in the module above to view video and photos of the storm impacts.) El PASO, Texas — A severe storm system that…
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Major pileup with injuries shuts down I-10 near Lordsburg
LORDSBURG, New Mexico — A major vehicle pileup amid storms throughout the region shut down a stretch of Interstate 10 near Lordsburg on Sunday…
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Branson, crew go to space & back on Virgin Galactic spaceship
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico — Mission accomplished. Swashbuckling billionaire Sir Richard Branson flew to the lower edge of space and…
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‘New space age’: Hear what Branson said after his historic space flight
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico — Richard Branson became the first person to ride into space aboard a rocket he helped fund. The supersonic space…
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