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Potholes, rocks & debris litter El Paso streets after recent heavy rains

July 7, 2021 12:04 PM Dylan McKim

EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s Streets and Maintenance Department is seeing a high volume of potholes across the city, as well as large amounts of…

Caught on video: Dubai ship fire causes blast, shook buildings

July 7, 2021 2:15 PM Associated Press, CNN

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Authorities in Dubai said a fiery explosion erupted on a container ship anchored at one of the world’s largest…

Texas Amber Alert issued for abducted 2-year-old boy

July 7, 2021 12:12 PM ABC News

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – A statewide Amber Alert was issued Wednesday asking for the public’s help in locating a 2-year-old Texas boy who is…

Pressure mounts on Biden administration to lift restrictions on US borders

July 7, 2021 6:08 AM CNN Newsource

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A group of mayors recently pressed US immigration officials on Covid-19-related travel restrictions that remain in effect…

Trump filing lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter and Google

July 7, 2021 10:05 AM Associated Press

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey — Former President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is filing suits against three of the country’s biggest tech…

Abbott puts voting restrictions, border security on special session agenda

July 7, 2021 9:29 AM Associated Press, Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday revived the GOP’s thwarted efforts to pass new voting laws in America’s biggest red state…

Billionaires race to be first in space

July 14, 2021 5:23 AM CNN

CNN’s Rachel Crane looks at the race between billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson to be the first in…

Haitian president assassinated in attack at his home amid political instability

July 7, 2021 4:15 AM Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence, the country’s interim prime…

Pope Francis had ‘severe’ narrowing of colon, recovery continues

July 7, 2021 4:05 AM Associated Press

ROME, Italy — The Vatican says Pope Francis’ recovery from intestinal surgery continues to be “regular and satisfactory.” The Vatican…

El Paso Zoo erects taller fence around spider monkeys after woman jumped over it

July 6, 2021 6:59 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Zoo on Tuesday installed a taller fence around the spider monkey exhibit. The move came after a woman climbed the fence…

El Paso County begins to vaccinate 50,000 from Juarez

July 5, 2021 7:53 PM JC Navarrete, Dylan McKim

UPDATE, July 6: On Tuesday, the maquiladora vaccination effort was underway at the Tornillo port of entry. El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego…

Las Cruces sex offender arrested on charges he assaulted 9 & 10 year-old girls

July 6, 2021 4:52 PM Jim Parker

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A registered sex offender has been arrested by Las Cruces police on accusations that he sexually assaulted two young girls,…

63-year-old hiker found dead at White Sands National Park

July 6, 2021 11:14 AM Jim Parker

WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, New Mexico — A hiker was found dead at White Sands National Monument over the Fourth of July holiday weekend,…

1 hurt, 1 arrested after east El Paso fight between neighbors ends in stabbing

July 6, 2021 1:16 AM Jim Parker

UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas — One man was hospitalized and another was behind bars Tuesday following a fight between east El Paso neighbors that ended…

Motorist clings to life after rollover on I-10 at Transmountain; speed blamed

July 5, 2021 6:39 AM Mauricio Casillas, Jim Parker

UPDATE, July 6: A man remained hospitalized Tuesday following a rollover crash the day prior on I-10 west at Transmountain that police initially said…

Police search for killer of central El Paso man found shot dead outside apartment

July 5, 2021 4:04 AM Mauricio Casillas, Dylan McKim, Jim Parker

UPDATE, July 6: Police on Tuesday identified the victim fatally shot over the holiday weekend in central El Paso and labeled the death as a case of…

14 El Pasoans died from Covid in past week; some victims were in 20s, 30s

July 6, 2021 10:51 AM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — Fourteen El Pasoans were confirmed to have died from Covid-19 over the past week, health department officials announced Tuesday,…

Driver extricated from 18-wheeler collision that shut down I-10 at Sunland Park

July 6, 2021 12:41 AM Jim Parker, Mauricio Casillas

EL PASO, Texas — Two semi-trucks collided early Tuesday, with one of those 18-wheelers rolling over, leading to the shut down of Interstate 10 in…

Caught on video: West El Paso storm looked like hurricane

July 5, 2021 8:24 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — TAKE A LOOK AT THIS: A very intense storm that moved through west El Paso outside the ABC-7 studios on Monday night looked like a…

4 migrants saved from Rio Grande after west El Paso storm

July 5, 2021 10:34 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — Four migrants stuck in the Rio Grande were rescued by U.S. Border Patrol agents who spotted them a short time after a super storm…

Nearly 5,000 lose power in Las Cruces area on stormy night

July 5, 2021 10:46 PM Jim Parker

UPDATE: Power was restored just after 1 a.m. Tuesday, according to an El Paso Electric spokesman; he said the cause of the outages were still being…

ABC-7 First Alert: More rain expected next couple of days; flooding possible

July 5, 2021 5:51 PM Doppler Dave Speelman

Rain and storm chances will increase later Tuesday and Wednesday as storms develop to the north and head south. Some storms could be rather potent…

Firework accident that killed NHL goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks was at coach’s house, team says

July 6, 2021 4:04 PM CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Henderson and Wayne Sterling, CNN Matiss Kivlenieks, a goaltender for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League, died…

Pope Francis recovers in Rome hospital after intestinal surgery

July 4, 2021 7:35 AM Associated Press

ROME, Italy — The Vatican says Pope Francis is in good condition, alert and breathing on his own after the pontiff underwent a three-hour operation…

ABC-7 First Alert: Rain, storms to increase in intensity

July 5, 2021 2:36 PM Katie Frazier

Today is our last hot and sweaty day before another round of storms and potential flooding in the middle of this week. We issued the First Alert this…