Thousands of flights canceled on Christmas weekend
CNN, KARE, WJLA, KUSA By Pete Muntean, CNN Business Major US airlines canceled hundreds more flights Sunday, the third day in a row of mass…
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Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s moral conscience, dies at 90
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice, has…
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Rodgers sets TD pass record, Jones runs for 66 yards as Packers top Browns 24-22
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — Aaron Rodgers surpassed Brett Favre to become Green Bay’s all-time leader in touchdown passes and the Packers intercepted…
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1 dead, 2 seriously hurt in El Paso Christmas Eve traffic crashes
EL PASO, Texas — A pair of Christmas Eve traffic crashes in El Paso left one person dead and two others seriously injured. A single-vehicle…
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Baby’s Christmas death probed by El Paso police; may be case of SIDS
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police were looking into the death of a baby on Christmas Day. A Crime Scene Unit was deployed Saturday to a residence in…
Continue Reading Biden thanks service members in Christmas remarks
POOL By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden thanked service members stationed across the globe for their service in a Christmas Day virtual meeting…
Continue Reading The Pope reflects on relationships in pandemic times in his traditional Christmas address
Amid a covid surge, people around the world find reason to…
Continue Reading Webb telescope successfully unfurls its tennis court-size sunshield in space
The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s premier space observatory of the next decade, successfully launched from French Guiana. Webb will peer into…
Continue Reading WATCH: Midnight Christmas Mass from El Paso’s St. Patrick Cathedral
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz hosted the Midnight Christmas Mass early Saturday morning from St. Patrick Cathedral. You can…
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Pope celebrates Christmas Eve Mass as virus surges in Italy
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has celebrated Christmas Eve Mass before an estimated 2,000 people in St. Peter’s…
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High wind topples tree onto car in northeast El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — High winds brought down a large tree onto a parked car in a northeast El Paso neighborhood on Friday afternoon, but there were no…
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Airlines cancel hundreds of Christmas Eve & Christmas Day flights due to Omicron
NEW YORK, NY — As pre-pandemic level crowds hit the airports for the holidays, some major U.S. airlines were forced to proactively cancel more…
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Body found in very remote area along Eagle Mountain in Hudspeth County
HUDSPETH COUNTY, Texas — Hudspeth County Sheriff’s deputies were in the process Friday of recovering a body found by a rancher in a very remote area…
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New cleaning contract ok’d for El Paso airport as it struggles with staff shortages
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council approved a new contract with a large increase for cleaning services at the airport to help with staff…
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WATCH: Officials hold news conference on Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
EL PASO — With just a week before the 88th edition of the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, bowl officials held a news conference on Friday. Football…
Continue Reading New January 6 video shows three hours of violent and chaotic assault on police
CNN By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department this week released a three-hour video of a battle between rioters and the…
Continue Reading The next Powerball drawing on Christmas Day could deliver a $400 million holiday present
By Sara Smart, CNN Struggling to find a last-minute Christmas gift? A trip to your local convenience store could make you the best gift-giver ever.…
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Stabbing in northeast El Paso leaves man seriously injured
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Police said a man was injured in an overnight stabbing in northeast El Paso on Christmas Eve. It happened on the 7000 block…
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Wind Advisory on Christmas Eve for entire ABC-7 viewing area
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM 358 PM MST Thu Dec 23 2021 NMZ403>414-417-TXZ418>424-240700-…
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Cowboys clinch 1st playoff berth since 2018 due to 49ers loss
DALLAS, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2018 with the San Francisco 49ers’ 20-17 loss to the…
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Relief fund set up for Tony’s Burrito House employees after devastating east El Paso fire
EL PASO, Texas — Days after a devastating fire at Tony’s Burrito House, a relative of the family that owns the business is now organizing a…
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Miami will play in Sun Bowl, but won’t arrive until day before game
EL PASO, Texas — As the University of Miami football team continues to deal with Covid-19 protocols, the team will now arrive in El Paso…
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‘The best Christmas gift’: El Paso woman reunites with health care workers who saved her life after heart attack
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Sonia Madrid of El Paso thought she was going to die. She collapsed during a family cookout back in August. She was rushed…
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US sets shorter COVID-19 isolation rules for health workers
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. officials are loosening rules that call on health care workers to stay out of work for 10…
Continue Reading Jury finds Minnesota officer who killed Black motorist guilty of manslaughter
UPDATE: MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Kim Potter was found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter Thursday for the fatal shooting of Daunte…
Continue Reading US has reunited 100 children taken from parents under Trump
By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Biden administration effort to reunite children and parents who were separated under President…
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Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Joan Didion, the revered author and essayist whose provocative social commentary and detached,…
Continue Reading Texas refinery blast could help push gas prices above $4 a gallon
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The blast at a Texas oil refinery early Thursday will probably push already high gasoline prices even higher —…
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UTEP’s Jacob Cowing gets numerous ‘Power 5’ school offers after entering transfer portal
UPDATE, Dec. 23: UTEP’s star wide receiver Jacob Cowing said Thursday that he had received eight offers after announcing earlier this week that he…
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Trump asks Supreme Court to block release of Jan. 6 records
By MARK SHERMAN and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has turned to the Supreme Court in a…
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