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WATCH: Herrell discusses Afghan refugees following Fort Bliss tour

October 6, 2021 12:52 PM KVIA ABC-7

FORT BLISS, Texas — Southern New Mexico GOP Congresswoman Yvette Herrell toured Fort Bliss’ Dona Ana Complex on Wednesday where thousands of…

WATCH: GOP governors join Abbott for Texas border tour

October 6, 2021 11:19 AM ABC News, Associated Press

MISSION, Texas — Eight Republican governors traveled to Texas to join Gov. Greg Abbott for a Wednesday tour of the border with Mexico. The…

Police detail El Paso apartment worker’s alleged violent attack on 2 women residents

October 4, 2021 6:55 PM Jim Parker, Rachel Phillips

UPDATE, Oct. 5: Silenced with duct tape, choked and punched – those are some of the new details ABC-7 has learned from El Paso police about an attack…

Overturned truck carrying hazmat blocks U.S. 62/180 at Guadalupe Pass

October 6, 2021 5:35 AM Mauricio Casillas

HUDSPETH COUNTY, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Department of Public Safety was investigating after a semi-trailer carrying hazardous materisal crashed…

Troubled student loan forgiveness program gets an overhaul

October 6, 2021 4:00 AM Associated Press

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Biden administration is temporarily relaxing the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been…

Dead migrant found at Sunland Park man’s front door as stash houses in area triple

October 5, 2021 7:38 PM Saul Saenz

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — Stash houses are considered a place where migrants entering the U.S. illegally are hidden before moving on to their next…

Amber Alert: FBI looks for abducted 13-year-old Texas girl who is sex trafficking victim

October 5, 2021 8:08 PM ABC News

HOUSTON, Texas — The FBI is asking for help in finding a missing 13-year-old Texas girl who was last seen two weeks ago and is believed to be in…

Horizon City man accused of running ‘dangerous’ human smuggling operation

October 5, 2021 6:43 PM Jim Parker, Saul Saenz

HORIZON CITY, Texas — A Horizon City man was arrested during a raid by federal agents on accusations of operating a “dangerous” human smuggling…

El Paso pilot among 2 killed in Georgia plane crash

October 5, 2021 3:37 PM ABC News

THOMSON, Georgia – An El Paso man was one of two people killed in a small pane crash in eastern Georgia on Tuesday, ABC affiliate WJBF…

Teen arrested for not wearing mask at EPISD board meeting won’t face charges

October 4, 2021 4:01 PM Jim Parker, JC Navarrete

UPDATE, Oct. 5: EPISD has now decided not to press charges against 17-year-old student Skyler Brown. He was arrested at Monday night’s school board…

Evidence suggests ship anchor snagged, dragged oil pipeline

October 4, 2021 10:59 PM Associated Press

By STEFANIE DAZIO, MATTHEW BROWN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Evidence emerged Tuesday that a ship’s anchor…

Whistleblower tells senators: Facebook puts ‘profits before people’

October 5, 2021 8:10 AM ABC News, Associated Press, CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — A former Facebook data scientist has told Congress that the social network giant’s products harm children and fuel polarization…

Medical examiner confirms body found in wooded area in Orlando is Miya Marcano

October 6, 2021 5:55 PM CNN Newsource

By Gregory Lemos, CNN The Orange County, Florida, medical examiner confirmed Tuesday that the body found in a wooded area near the Tymber Skan on the…

Johnson & Johnson asks FDA to authorize Covid-19 vaccine booster shots

October 5, 2021 4:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Maggie Fox, CNN Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it has asked the US Food and Drug Administration to authorize booster shots for its coronavirus…

Winning ticket sold in California for $700M Powerball jackpot

October 4, 2021 11:51 AM Katie Frazier

UPDATE #2: One winning ticket was sold in California for what ended up being a nearly $700 million Powerball jackpot due to strong sales up to the…

El Paso County judge unveils plan for Juarez youth vaccination

October 4, 2021 7:45 PM Saul Saenz

EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego is hoping build upon his idea to vaccinate maquiladora workers and get more Juarenses…

WATCH: Garbage truck overturns, hangs on guardrail above I-10 in west El Paso

October 4, 2021 2:46 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso Disposal garbage truck overturned Monday afternoon and was hanging on a guardrail barrier above Interstate 10 in west…

DEA agent killed, 2 others hurt in shooting on Amtrak train slated to stop in El Paso

October 4, 2021 3:19 PM ABC News

TUCSON, Arizona — A DEA agent was killed and another agent along with a Tucson police officer were seriously injured after someone opened fire…

Trick-or-treating returns for Halloween this year in El Paso

October 4, 2021 12:04 PM Dylan McKim

EL PASO, Texas — Kids will be able to go door-to-door trick-or-treating for Halloween this year after El Paso health officials gave the thumbs…

Facebook back online after massive outage that also took down Instagram, WhatsApp

October 4, 2021 4:52 PM CNN

NEW YORK, NY — Around six hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down, service started coming back online. Facebook, Instagram and…

Did ship’s anchor cause California oil spill? Maybe

October 4, 2021 8:23 AM Associated Press

By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Officials investigating one of California’s largest oil…

Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics

October 4, 2021 2:26 PM Associated Press

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded…

3 fully-vaccinated El Pasoans among 9 new Covid deaths

October 4, 2021 11:47 AM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — A total of nine El Pasoans died from Covid-19 over the past week, with three of those being breakthrough deaths involving…

Biden tells GOP to ‘get out of the way’ on debt limit

October 4, 2021 10:20 AM Associated Press

By JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is urging Republican senators to “get out of the way” and…

After a bad day, Facebook suffers major outage

October 4, 2021 10:51 AM CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Around six hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down, service started coming back online,…

William Shatner will fly to space aboard Blue Origin rocket

October 4, 2021 7:28 AM Associated Press

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Captain Kirk is rocketing into space: “Star Trek” actor William Shatner plans to…

Dallas Stars defeat Arizona Coyotes 6-3 in El Paso to conclude Kraft Hockeyville weekend

October 3, 2021 6:13 PM Nate Ryan

EL PASO, Texas – After over 365 days in the making, it was officially a night on ice in the Sun City. Playing at the El Paso Events Center, once upon…