Blue Origin ‘ready’ for Tuesday’s space launch near Van Horn
VAN HORN, Texas — It’s all systems “go” for Blue Origin’s lift off into space on Tuesday morning. New Shepard’s flight director gave his seal of…
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El Paso storms cause damage, floods with submerged cars; rescue seen on video
(Editor’s note: Use the scroller in the module above to view video and photos of the storm impacts.) EL PASO, Texas — Thunderstorms with…
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How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space from Van Horn
VAN HORN, Texas — When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. No test pilots or flight…
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5 Texas Democrats who fled elections bill vote now have Covid
WASHINGTON, DC — Five Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives who traveled to Washington D.C. last week have now tested positive…
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Body discovered floating in west El Paso canal near border
EL PASO, Texas — Authorities were working Sunday to recover a body spotted floating in west El Paso canal near the U.S.-Mexico border. The discovery…
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2 severely hurt as car rear-ends police car on Mesa & flips over
EL PASO, Texas — Two people were injured, one of them severely, early Sunday after their car rear-ended a police vehicle and then overturned along a…
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Dozens treated after chemical leak at Texas water park
HOUSTON, Texas — Authorities say a chemical leak at a Houston-area water park has left dozens suffering from minor skin irritation and respiratory…
Continue Reading Several shot outside stadium, halting Padres at Nationals game
WASHINGTON, DC — The game between the San Diego Padres and Washington was suspended in the sixth inning Saturday night after a shooting outside…
Continue Reading El Paso mirrors nation with rise in drug overdoses blamed on pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso doctor says the reason both nationwide and locally that we’ve seen a drastic rise in drug overdose deaths was due to…
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It took 200 firefighters 4 hours to control Juárez maquiladora blaze
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A maquiladora caught fire in southern Juarez Saturday afternoon, sending a plume of thick smoke into the sky that could be…
Continue Reading Juárez smugglers threaten El Paso border agents: ‘Bullets can cross river’
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A sign found hanging this week from a pedestrian bridge near the Rio Grande in Juarez carried a “warning” directed at El…
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Fort Hancock woman killed, Tornillo man hurt in I-10 frontage road crash
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — A Hudspeth County woman was killed and an El Paso County truck driver injured in a crash along a frontage road to Interstate…
Continue Reading 3 Texas House Democrats test positive for Covid-19 in Washington, DC
By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Three Texas state House Democrats who traveled to Washington, DC, this week have tested positive for Covid-19, The Texas House…
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Semi-truck crash knocks out power line near Chaparral causing outage for hundreds
CHAPARRAL, New Mexico — An 18-wheeler crash knocked out an electrical line near Chaparral late Friday night, triggering a power outage impacting…
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STAAR tests show nearly 1 million Texas students are a grade behind in math skills
EL PASO, Texas– All across Texas, parents, students and teachers are gearing up for what will be the first full year of in person education post…
Continue Reading Decision looms on re-opening of U.S.-Mexico border to non-essential traffic
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration faces the possibility of another immigration headache, as it weighs whether to more widely reopen…
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Toll questions still linger 2 years after Border West Expressway opening
EL PASO, Texas — It’s been nearly two years since the Border West Expressway opened. Despite there being toll gantries up, it’s still a toll free…
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Las Cruces requiring proof of vaccination, or you must wear a face mask at City Hall
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The mayor of Las Cruces has issued an emergency proclamation, saying the city remains in a public health emergency. Mayor…
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Federal judge in Texas blocks new DACA applications as illegal
HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era program shielding certain…
Continue Reading X-ray on trailer at Sierra Blanca checkpoint finds 74 smuggled migrants
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — A recent x-ray taken of a large travel trailer has once again exposed the reality of human smuggling at the Texas-Mexico…
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Border apprehensions for fiscal year officially surpass 1 million
WASHINGTON, DC — Federal officials have logged more than 1.1 million apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border this fiscal year, after another busy…
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Biden picks former New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall for New Zealand ambassador
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden is nominating former New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall to serve as his ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. Udall, a…
Continue Reading Europe’s flood death toll surpasses 125; at least 1,300 missing
BERLIN, Germany — Emergency workers in western German and Belgium rushed Friday to rescue hundreds of people in danger or still unaccounted for as…
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Gunman caught in west Texas standoff that killed 1, hurt 4
LEVELLAND, Texas — Authorities captured the suspect late Thursday following an hours-long police standoff where one officer was killed and four…
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El Paso lacks local lab capability to test for Covid’s Delta variant
EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 has learned that the City of El Paso does not have the capability of testing for the Delta variant of Covid-19, which is the…
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18-year-old student is final crew member for Blue Origin’s Van Horn space flight
VAN HORN, Texas — Blue Origin revealed Thursday that the fourth member of its first crewed flight will be the youngest person ever to fly to…
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I-10 in central El Paso shut down after truck his power pole
EL PASO, Texas – Interstate 10 running through central El Paso was shut down in both directions Thursday night to allow utility crews to make…
Continue Reading Blue Origin launch to space made possible, in part, by UTEP grads
EL PASO, Texas — Jeff Bezos is poised to become the second billionaire to fly to space in the span of nine days, following the trail by billionaire…
Continue Reading Austin unveils stricter virus precautions due to Delta variant, surging cases
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin city and Travis County public health officials on Thursday raised their coronavirus risk-based guidelines to Stage…
Continue Reading Manchin meets with Moody, Texas Dems on federal voting rights
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a key vote in the effort to pass federal voting rights legislation, on Thursday said he and a group of…
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