New Mexico AG sues New Mexico Solar Group for alleged consumer fraud
NEW MEXICO (KVIA) — The New Mexico Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against a now defunct solar company with offices in the Borderland. In the…
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El Paso Ethics Commission denies Representative Hernandez’s request to reconsider recent letter of reprimand
UPDATE: The City of El Paso’s Ethics Commission has unanimously voted not to reconsider the letter of reprimand they handed down to City…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Rain clouds remain over the Borderland
Most everyone enjoyed a break from the heat today and welcomed some much-needed rainfall. Here are some of the numbers: El Paso: .29″ Las Cruces…
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Oil production boosts government income in New Mexico, as legislators build savings ‘bridge’
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Record-breaking oil production in New Mexico is likely to provide state government with a new…
Continue Reading Tensions high in San Francisco as city seeks reversal of ban on clearing homeless encampments
BY JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tensions flared as lawyers for San Francisco argued before an appeals court to lift an…
Continue Reading Police detective shot in western Washington, 2 juveniles in custody, police say
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Police say a detective in Washington state was shot in the shoulder and that two juvenile boys were later taken into custody.…
Continue Reading Southern Indiana egg farmer John Rust announces bid for Republican nod for US Senate in 2024.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A southern Indiana egg farmer has declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat…
Continue Reading Theodore Roosevelt presidential library taking shape in North Dakota Badlands
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Construction began in June on the Theodore Roosevelt presidential library planned for the…
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Retired local Sheriff helps build athletes’ mental toughness
EL PASO, TEXAS (KVIA) — I had the opportunity to sit down with Luis Treviño, who owns Warriors Edge Boxing Gym in east El Paso. Coach Treviño was…
Continue Reading Rail union wants new rules to improve conductor training in the wake of 2 trainee deaths
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The nation’s largest railroad union wants federal regulators to do more to ensure…
Continue Reading Nicaraguan government bans Jesuit order and says all its property will be confiscated
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s government has declared the Jesuit religious order illegal, and ordered the confiscation of all its property.…
Continue Reading Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin in a brief mutiny
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Yevgeny Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who in June mounted an armed rebellion that…
Continue Reading Wagner mercenary leader, Russian mutineer, ‘Putin’s chef’: The many sides of Yevgeny Prigozhin
By The Associated Press His name was on the manifest of a passenger plane that crashed in Russia. Just two months ago, Yevgeny Prigozhin was leading…
Continue Reading Ambulance dispatcher dies after being shot in parking lot over weekend; estranged husband charged
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas dispatcher who was shot in the parking lot of a Little Rock-area ambulance service over the weekend has died.…
Continue Reading Extremists abduct more than 40 women in latest attack in northeast Nigeria
By HARUNA UMAR Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Locals have reported the abduction of 42 women during an attack by Islamic extremist…
Continue Reading US nurse kidnapped in Haiti speaks via video for first time since her release
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. nurse who was kidnapped in Haiti last month with her young daughter spoke via video this week for the first…
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13-year-old found locked in suspected West El Paso sex trafficking stash house
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Several law enforcement agencies worked together to recover a 13-year-old found locked inside a suspected stash house in…
Continue Reading Arizona court to review ruling that abortion doctors can’t be charged under pre-statehood law
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower court’s conclusion that abortion doctors can’t be prosecuted under a…
Continue Reading Supporters of silenced Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr won’t face trespassing charges
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana prosecutors are declining to pursue misdemeanor trespassing charges against seven…
Continue Reading Mom gets life for stabbing newborn and throwing the baby in a river in 1992. DNA cracked the case
YORK, S.C. (AP) — A 50-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison for killing her newborn daughter, whose stabbed body was found in a…
Continue Reading Basketball World Cup 2023: How to watch, who’s playing, who’s favored and more
By The Associated Press The U.S.-Canada rivalry in men’s basketball has been one-sided. The teams have played 22 times in senior men’s…
Continue Reading Heavy rain helps douse wildfires in Canada’s British Columbia
KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) — Firefighters in a scenic region of British Columbia say heavy rain overnight has helped douse wildfires that…
Continue Reading Deadly heat wave in the central US strains infrastructure, transportation and the Texas power grid
By ACACIA CORONADO and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Deadly heat that has gripped Texas for much of the summer has spread into…
Continue Reading Ohio attorney general rejects language for amendment aimed at reforming troubled political mapmaking
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has rejected petition language for a…
Continue Reading Driver of minivan facing charge in Ohio school bus crash that killed 1 student, hurt 23
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The driver of a minivan involved in a crash with an Ohio school bus that left one student dead and more than a score of…
Continue Reading Argentina arrests dozens in looting attempts amid fear of growing violence ahead of October election
By VICTOR R. CAIVANO and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LOMA HERMOSA; Argentina (AP) — Argentine authorities have reported a large number of…
Continue Reading Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico ranch is sold for an undisclosed price to a newly registered company
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Known as the Zorro Ranch, a high-desert property once owned by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has been sold after two…
Continue Reading California shop owner killed over Pride flag was adamant she would never take it down, friend says
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and RICHARD VOGEL Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A longtime friend says the California woman killed for apparently…
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El Paso taxes: County proposes tax rate increase, gives elected officials pay raise
by Cindy Ramirez, El Paso MattersAugust 23, 2023 El Paso County is considering adopting a tax rate that would raise some property taxes about $100 a…
Continue Reading Giants tight end Tommy Sweeney collapses from ‘medical event,’ in stable condition
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants say tight end Tommy Sweeney is stable and alert after collapsing during practice and being carted…
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