Schumer announces bipartisan group has finalized legislative text on infrastructure bill
Schumer announces bipartisan group has finalized legislative text on infrastructure…
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91 wildfires are now burning across the US, with Oregon’s Bootleg Fire growing to over 400,000 acres
Worsening drought conditions are fueling devastating wildfires across the West with little relief in sight. Darryl Forges…
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Former UTEP National Champions Amusan, Korir advance to track medal rounds
TOKYO, Japan – A pair of former UTEP National Champions are knocking on the door of world glory. Kenyan sprinter Emmanuel Korir and Nigerian hurdler…
Continue ReadingA Covid-19 outbreak in Provincetown helped change the CDC’s mask guidance. Here’s what residents learned and how they’re responding
As the Delta variant surges around the country, Corporate America is taking a stand on vaccinations. Johnny Taylor, president and CEO of the Society…
Continue ReadingUS vaccination rate hits the highest pace in weeks
CNN’s Harry Enten looks at the data around the Covid-19 vaccine that shows that you have a 25 times greater chance of dying from Covid-19 if you are…
Continue ReadingWhere ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ at first wasn’t welcome
Despite being blocked in Boston, actor Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs describes how “Welcome Back, Kotter” went on to become a hit show. Read more on why…
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Italy’s Marcell Jacobs – born in El Paso – is fastest man in world, wins sprint gold
TOKYO, Japan — At the Tokyo Olympics, Italian Lamont Marcell Jacobs is The World’s Fastest Man as he claimed a shock victory. Jacobs won the…
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White House wants media to focus on unvaccinated
Oliver Darcy says the Biden White House is “very frustrated” at news outlets for “overly focusing” on so-called breakthrough cases of Covid and…
Continue ReadingDemocrats increase pressure on party leadership to act on eviction moratorium as White House shifts focus to federal aid
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tells CNN’s Jake Tapper the House should reconvene to help extend the recently-expired nationwide eviction…
Continue ReadingFauci tells ABC News: ‘Things are going to get worse’ with more Covid ‘pain and suffering’
WASHINGTON, DC — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is warning of “some pain and suffering in the…
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Science, social media and song: Longtime El Paso meteorologist John Fausett retires
EL PASO, Texas — Well-known meteorologist John Fausett, who always spiced up the El Paso weather forecast, is retiring this week, but his…
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ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather: Rain today & first day of school
Happy Sunday morning to you. We have some light showers moving through the area as of 9 AM this morning, but we are going to be seeing more rain this…
Continue ReadingTaliban threaten to seize first provincial capital as fighting intensifies across Afghanistan
US intelligence assessments paint an increasingly bleak picture in Afghanistan as the Taliban advance across the country and pose a potential threat…
Continue ReadingUnvaccinated Covid-19 patients are filling up hospitals, putting the care of others at risk, doctors say
Jessica DuPreez, a Las Vegas mom, tells CNN’s Phil Mattingly that one of the last text messages her fiancé, 39-year-old Michael Freedy, sent her…
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Two Solignac goals power Locomotive win; keep El Paso atop USL tables
EL PASO, Texas – Real Monarchs surprised everyone when they took a 1-0 lead over El Paso in the opening twenty minutes Saturday night. For a team at…
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Paramedics thought El Paso woman had fallen, end up helping in another way
EL PASO, Texas — Life Ambulance Service’s emergency medical technicians were dropping off a patient at a nursing home when they thought they saw a…
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Willie Nelson, Beto O’Rourke rally with hundreds for voting rights at Texas Capitol
AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of people packed the steps of the Texas Capitol on Saturday at a protest rally to make the end of a four-day march in…
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Native El Paso soldier back at Fort Bliss for garrison command role
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Gerardo Gonzalez is returning home to his native El Paso County for a garrison command role at Fort Bliss after…
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StormTrack Weather: Daily showers and thunderstorms expected for the week ahead
El Paso, Texas– The start of the weekend was a pretty quiet one weather-wise. Chances for isolated showers and thunderstorms remains in the forecast…
Continue ReadingHouse Democrat sleeps on Capitol steps as she blasts lawmakers over expiring eviction moratorium
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) slammed her House colleagues for adjourning for August recess without passing an extension of the US Centers for Disease…
Continue ReadingSome vaccinated Americans have lost their patience with those refusing the shot as Covid-19 cases surge and mandates return
A Pennsylvania mom says she was hesitant about the Covid-19 vaccine with not knowing its effects but credits prayer and doing research for changing…
Continue ReadingVideo shows Texas sheriff’s deputy on top of teen and then detaining mother during police encounter
Video shows a Kaufman County, Texas, sheriff’s deputy on top of an 18-year-old woman saying “I can’t breathe.” The incident is under…
Continue ReadingUS comes in last in health care rankings of high-income countries
By Tami Luhby, CNN The US once again ranked last in access to health care, equity and outcomes among high-income countries, despite spending a far…
Continue ReadingTensions in the House of Representatives boil over after 1/6 hearing and mask rule
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) confronted Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) over his comparison of the Capitol insurrection to a tourist…
Continue ReadingWildfires in southern Turkey leave four dead
CNN’s Arwa Damon reports from Manavgat, Turkey, where wildfires have killed four…
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ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather: Rain possible today and for next week
Good Saturday to you all. Today will be a very typical late summer day with temperatures in the low 90s for most and slight rain chances. Today we…
Continue ReadingRep. Lauren Boebert used campaign funds for rent and utilities, new filing shows
CNN’s Gary Tuchman visits a county in Northwestern Colorado where the vaccination rate is low and the Covid-19 infection rate is high. The area is…
Continue Reading‘My heart was totally broken’: The agony of the Olympics and how we measure athlete success
CNN’s Coy Wire sits down with swimming legend Michael Phelps about the mental health of athletes amidst the pandemic and life as an Olympics…
Continue ReadingWhat experts are learning about Lambda, a coronavirus ‘variant of interest’
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN As the coronavirus pandemic continues, infections caused by the Lambda variant have been emerging in the United States,…
Continue ReadingThe pandemic turning point the White House didn’t want
As stricter rules and mask mandates return, frustration is building particularly among those who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus. CNN’s Dan…
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