7 hurt, 3 critical in Dallas apartment building collapse
DALLAS, Texas — A Dallas apartment building partially collapsed Wednesday after firefighters were called to investigate a carbon monoxide leak,…
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FAA closes probe, clears Virgin Galactic for more space flights
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico — Virgin Galactic said Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration has cleared it to resume launches after an…
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Judge suspends Britney Spears’ father from conservatorship
LOS ANGELES, California — A judge has suspended Britney Spears’ father from the conservatorship that has controlled the singer’s life and money…
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YouTube to block all anti-vaccine video content
WASHINGTON, DC — YouTube will block all anti-vaccine video content, including Covid-19 as well as measles, the chicken pox, etc., the company…
Continue Reading ABC News poll finds confidence eroding for Biden on key issues
NEW YORK, NY — As President Joe Biden faces a critical moment for his agenda, Americans’ confidence in his handling of a range of issues is…
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ABC-7 First Alert: The calm before the storm
El Paso, Texas- Active weather will make a return to the Borderland tomorrow. So enjoy the calm conditions today and get outdoors, before fall…
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TxDOT to target wrong-way El Paso drivers with new technology
EL PASO, Texas — The Texas Department of Transportation is implementing new robust technology to prevent wrong-way driver crashes. The technology…
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Raised medians added on Dyer St. after 281 crashes in 5 years
EL PASO, Texas — Safety measures put in place to reduce the number of traffic fatalities on El Paso roads is creating some frustration for…
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Texas inmate executed in deadly stabbings of 2 brothers over 30 years ago
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas inmate has been executed for fatally stabbing two Houston-area brothers during a robbery in their home more than 30…
Continue Reading Child dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba at a Texas splash pad
By Amanda Jackson, CNN A child in North Texas died earlier this month after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba at a city splash pad, officials…
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Abandoned dog found tied to post behind east El Paso business
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police said Tuesday they were investigating the case of an abandoned dog that was tied to the back of an eastside business.…
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Caught on video: EPFD saves kitten stuck in pipe
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso firefighters have saved a cute little kitten who somehow managed to crawl into a pipe and get stuck. A section of pipe…
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FBI says serious crime in El Paso continues to drop
EL PASO, Texas — The number of serious crimes reported to El Paso police in 2020 declined by 18% compared to the previous year, continuing a…
Continue Reading Dow drops more than 550 points as inflation concerns rattle investors
By Anneken Tappe The US stock market took it on the chin again Tuesday, plummeting on worries about sustained high inflation that pushed bond yields…
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Generals opposed withdrawal of all Afghanistan troops
WASHINGTON, DC — It’s been nearly one month since the U.S. withdrew all U.S. troops from Afghanistan on President Joe Biden’s order to leave by Aug.…
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Petito family tells Laundrie: ‘Turn yourself in to FBI’
NEW YORK, NY — An attorney for Gabby Petito’s family expressed skepticism that the parents of her fiancé Brian Laundrie would help in the FBI’s…
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Redistricting plan puts Ft. Bliss, El Paso in separate districts
EL PASO, Texas — Texas Republicans released their first draft of a new state congressional map that reshapes El Paso’s two congressional…
Continue Reading Man who killed 5 in Capital Gazette shooting gets multiple life sentences
By Kiely Westhoff and Jason Hanna, CNN A man who killed five employees of Maryland’s Capital Gazette newspaper in 2018 was sentenced Tuesday to…
Continue Reading Booster dose side effects were similar to second dose, with brief, mild-to-moderate effects, study says
By Jen Christensen, CNN New data suggests booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines were well-tolerated, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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Prescott, Cowboys beat Eagles in 1st home game since injury
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott threw for three touchdowns in his first home game since he suffered…
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El Paso farmland won’t become Ford plant; Memphis & Louisville sites picked
UPDATE, Sept. 27: El Paso is out of the running for a Ford plant that would assemble electric-vehicle batteries. Ford and a partner company announced…
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Woman arrested for stabbing of 13-year-old child in Lower Valley
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police arrested a 34-year-old California woman Monday on charges she stabbed and wounded a 13-year-old child multiple times…
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Annunciation House in El Paso hosting 1,200 Haitian migrants, about 50 have Covid
EL PASO, Texas — Officials at El Paso’s Annunciation House shelter told reporters Monday that they had received more than 1,200 migrants over the…
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52-year-old northeast El Paso man was accidently shot, wounded by friend
UPDATE, Sept. 27: A man seriously wounded in northeast El Paso over the weekend was accidentally shot by a friend, police said Monday. Investigators…
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Drunk driving, speeding blamed in deadly east El Paso rock wall crash
UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas — A 32-year-old woman from Juarez was killed in Monday morning’s crash of an SUV into a rock wall in east El Paso, police…
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1 fully-vaccinated El Pasoan among 8 new Covid deaths
EL PASO, Texas — Eight more El Pasoans died from Covid-19 over the past week, with one of those being a breakthrough death involving a fully…
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Motorcyclist dies after crashing into rock wall in Lower Valley
UPDATE, Sept. 27: Police on Monday identified the motorcyclist killed in a weekend crash in the Lower Valley as 29-year-old Roberto Miguel Lopez Jr.…
Continue Reading R&B superstar R. Kelly convicted in sex trafficking trial
By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — R&B superstar R. Kelly faces the possibility of decades in prison after being…
Continue Reading Biden receives Covid-19 vaccine booster shot, urges vaccination
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden received his Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 booster shot on Monday at the White House during an on-camera event.…
Continue Reading FBI says murders up sharply in 2020 in US, largest rise on record
By Priya Krishnakumar, CNN The FBI released its annual Uniform Crime Report for 2020 on Monday, showing that the number of homicides increased nearly…
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