Arrest made over swastika graffiti at DC’s Union Station
By Sarah Fortinsky and Kelly Murray, CNN The Washington Metropolitan Police Department and Amtrak Police announced Saturday the arrest of a man for…
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Native American tribes announce $590 million settlement framework with opioid maker J&J and distributors
Every 8 minutes someone dies from an accidental drug overdose. Most of the time, it’s from…
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ABC-7 Sunday Xtra: Rising Crime in Juarez
EL PASO, Texas-The bodies of four women found in Juarez inside plastic bags raises concerns about a possible uptick in violence against women in…
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Man charged with murder of 78-year-old man in Socorro grocery store parking lot
Chauhtemoc Sanchez Espinoza, 40, is accused in the murder of a 78-year-old man. UPDATE #1, JAN. 29: Deputies arrested a man Saturday in connection…
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One dead, one injured in Las Cruces trailer park shooting
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A shooting at a trailer park in south central Las Cruces left one man dead and another person injured on Saturday, police…
Continue Reading ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic has sentence reduced by one year, to 21 years, in ‘murder-for-hire’ plot
By Jennifer Henderson, CNN Joe Exotic, of Netflix’s “Tiger King” fame, aka Joseph Maldonado-Passage, has had his sentence in the…
Continue Reading Stormy Daniels testifies on Avenatti: ‘He lied to me and betrayed me’
By Lauren del Valle, CNN Stormy Daniels, an adult-film actress who was allegedly defrauded by Michael Avenatti, testified Thursday in federal court…
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Three police officers shot in Houston; suspect in custody after hours-long negotiation
UPDATE #3: – The person suspected of shooting three Houston officers has been arrested, police said Thursday night. UPDATE #2: Police are talking to…
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Hold the bologna: hidden shipments stopped at 2 El Paso ports of entry
EL PASO, Texas — Two separate seizures of pork bologna at two El Paso ports of entry netted 243 pounds of processed meat. The unrelated discoveries…
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Fearing tips could get lost, sheriff halts Facebook comments
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s office has turned off public comments on its social media posts because too many people are…
Continue Reading Oklahoma death row inmate who requested firing squad is executed by lethal injection
By Amanda Watts, CNN An Oklahoma death row inmate who had requested execution by firing squad was executed by lethal injection on Thursday, according…
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Mexican town protects forest from avocado growers, cartels
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press CHERAN, Mexico (AP) — Regular citizens have taken the fight against illegal logging into their own hands in the…
Continue Reading A second local investigation into the death of a Georgia teen found in a rolled-up gym mat has closed with no charges filed
By Victor Blackwell and Devon M. Sayers, CNN A second local investigation into the 2013 death of Kendrick Johnson, the Georgia teenager who was found…
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New K-9s added to El Paso Police force to take a bite out of crime
EL PASO, Texas-The El Paso police department just added three new four-legged officers to its force. Now EPPD has as many as 20 dogs in the unit.…
Continue Reading Biden signs executive order making sexual harassment an offense in military’s judicial code
By Ellie Kaufman, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order designating sexual harassment as an offense in the US…
Continue Reading Los Angeles officials plead for help in solving the killing of teen girl dumped on the freeway
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Nearly three weeks after the body of a teenage girl was found dumped on a busy freeway off-ramp in Los Angeles, local leaders…
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Man who sold weapon to suspect in Colleyville synagogue standoff charged with federal firearm crime
A man who allegedly sold a weapon in the Dallas area to the gunman who took four hostages in a North Texas synagogue earlier this month has been…
Continue Reading Man who wore ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt during US Capitol riot pleads guilty
By Hannah Rabinowitz The man who was photographed inside the US Capitol wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt on January 6, 2021, pleaded…
Continue Reading The man suspected of killing a Houston-area deputy was wanted in Texas for a 1996 assault and in El Salvador for murder, DA says
By Rosa Flores and Amir Vera, CNN The man suspected of killing a Harris County, Texas, deputy during a traffic stop over the weekend was wanted for…
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El Paso woman arrested after dog left tied in precarious position for over 10 hours
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story listed Lupe Amalia Rodriguez’s age as 56, according to an El Paso police news release. El Paso police…
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Police: Woman tried to buy baby from a Walmart shopper
CROCKETT, Texas — A woman allegedly tried to buy a baby from a Walmart shopper in Crockett, Texas. That’s north of Houston. Police say earlier this…
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Companies calling themselves ‘the city’ attempting to scam El Pasoans about their water quality
EL PASO, Texas — Companies representing themselves as ‘the city’ are showing up announced to El Paso homes, testing their water on the spot and…
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Las Cruces marks 1st homicide of the year after overnight shooting
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A man found with a gunshot wound in central Las Cruces just minutes after midnight Tuesday has died. According to Las…
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Police: El Paso man chases after his own truck stolen after leaving keys in ignition
EL PASO, Texas – A crime spree across El Paso’s westside Monday, Jan. 24, ended with the arrest of one man on five charges and bonds totaling…
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Socorro man arrested for shooting witnessed by an El Paso Police sergeant
SOCORRO, Texas — El Paso police say a sergeant witnessed an overnight shooting at Mississippi and Stanton near UTEP. Investigators say 25-year-old…
Continue Reading Electric grid is ‘attractive target’ for domestic violent extremists in US, intel brief says
By Geneva Sands, CNN Domestic violent extremists will “likely continue” to plot and encourage physical attacks against electrical…
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Man, woman arrested in dismemberment deaths of El Paso couple in Juarez
JUAREZ, Chihuahua — Chihuahuan state officials say they’ve arrested two people in connection to the deaths of two women whose bodies were…
Continue Reading Texas sheriff’s deputy struck, killed while conducting off-duty motorcycle escort
By Gregory Lemos, CNN The Harris County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office on Monday said one of its officers was struck and killed overnight while…
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Off-duty officers fend off knife attack, tase suspect at Cielo Vista Walmart
EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso County Sheriff’s office says two off-duty officers were attacked with a knife while working an assignment at the Cielo…
Continue Reading NYC’s mayor is a former NYPD captain. This is his plan to combat gun violence in the city
By Dakin Andone, Theresa Waldrop, Rob Frehse and Laura Ly, CNN Plagued by a spate of high-profile incidents of violence during his first three weeks…
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