Sunland Park woman killed in 5-car pile-up on I-10 near The Fountains of Farah
UPDATE: El Paso police officers on Sunday afternoon identified a 27-year-old New Mexico woman as the fatality in a five-car pileup along Interstate…
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U.S. flying Haitians home from Texas border; some being processed in El Paso
DEL RIO, Texas — The United States acted Sunday to stem the flow of migrants into Texas by blocking the Mexican border at the isolated town of Del…
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2 injured after a military aircraft crashes in a residential area of Lake Worth, Texas
By Deanna Hackney and Amir Vera, CNN A pilot instructor and a student were hospitalized Sunday after each ejected from a military training jet that…
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2 bodies found in vehicles in separate El Paso discoveries
EL PASO, Texas — Police found bodies in vehicles in a pair of unrelated incidents on Sunday. The first body discovery came in a car parked in the…
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Beto O’Rourke reportedly plans to announce that he’ll run for Texas governor
EL PASO, Texas — Former El Paso Democratic congressman Beto O’Rourke plans to soon announce that he will challenge Texas Republican Gov. Greg…
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Man killed in 3-car crash on Spur 601 in east El Paso
UPDATE: Police on Saturday afternoon identified the man killed in crash on Spur 601 earlier in the day as 74-year old Martin Telesforo Lopez of El…
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Trailblazing tourist trip to orbit ends with splashdown
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A trailblazing tourist trip to orbit has ended safely with a splashdown in the…
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Borderland Blitz – See week 4 highlights & scores
EL PASO, Texas – The schedule for week four of the high school football season is attached below. All games on Friday kickoff at 7 p.m. MT Del Valle…
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TikTok’s new craze: ‘Devious lick’ challenge leads to school thefts
EL PASO, Texas — A viral TikTok challenge has led to damaged property and stolen items from schools across the nation, including some in Texas who…
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Nation sees El Paso’s resilience in ABC News special for Hispanic Heritage Month
EL PASO, Texas — September is Hispanic Heritage Month, and ABC News hosted the ultimate television fiesta through the return of “Soul of a…
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Amber Alert for 12-year-old Texas girl taken from school
CONVERSE, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert was issued Friday night for a 12-year-old child out of Converse, which is in Bexar County about 15 miles…
Continue Reading U.S. to deport huge number of Haitians from Texas border
DEL RIO, Texas — The Biden administration plans on “massive movements” of Haitian migrants in a small Texas border city on flights to Haiti…
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Del Rio Port of Entry closed after ‘massive’ migrant bridge influx
DEL RIO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Friday evening that it was temporarily closing the Del Rio Port of Entry to vehicles…
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Nearly 50 migrants found in trailer at Sierra Blanca checkpoint
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — Almost 50 people who had entered the U.S. illegally were found inside the trailer of a truck stopped at a Border Patrol…
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FDA panel backs booster shots only for elderly, high risk
UPDATE #2: WASHINGTON, DC — An influential federal advisory panel has overwhelmingly rejected a plan to give Pfizer booster shots against Covid-19…
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Biden administration appeals ruling that blocks expulsions of migrant families
By Priscilla Alvarez and Geneva Sands, CNN The Biden administration on Friday appealed a federal judge’s ruling to block border authorities…
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Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error
By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple…
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Jailed Las Cruces man suspected of being serial child rapist across NM, Texas
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 53-year-old man jailed in Las Cruces for the sexual assault of a teenager is believed to be a serial attacker and likely…
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Honduran woman hit by car, killed on Loop 375 in Lower Valley
UPDATE: El Paso police said Friday that a Honduran woman who was struck by a car along Loop 375 in the Lower Valleyhas died from her injuries at the…
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New Mexico reports 5 cases of West Nile virus infections
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State health officials say they have identified five cases of West Nile virus infections across New Mexico and that wet…
Continue Reading Moderna’s vaccine is the most effective, but Pfizer and J&J also protect well, CDC-led study says
By Maggie Fox, CNN A head-to-head study of all three authorized coronavirus vaccines in the United States finds the Moderna vaccine is slightly more…
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Amber Alert for 6-year-old Texas boy taken from mom’s car
PEARLAND, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert was issued early Friday for a 6-year-old boy who police say was kidnapped from his mother’s vehicle in…
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Unaccompanied migrant children encounters set record in El Paso sector
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Border Patrol Sector reported that a record number of unaccompanied migrant children have been encountered by…
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City of El Paso looks to fill hundreds of health, safety jobs
EL PASO, Texas — The pandemic has hit many industries and sectors hard, but it’s also led to the creation of new job opportunities. This…
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Americas High School threat prompts police response for Friday
EL PASO, Texas — Officials said there would be an extra police presence at Americas High School on Friday as a result of a potential threat leveled…
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Man’s body found on I-10, about 15 miles west of Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A man’s body was found late Thursday afternoon along Interstate 10 west of Las Cruces and just beyond a landfill area. New…
Continue Reading Court halts use of health order to expel migrant families
By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government must stop using a Trump-era public health order to…
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Man jailed for murder after allegedly shooting northeast El Paso neighbor with AK-47 in dog dispute
UPDATE #2, Sept. 16: ABC-7 obtained court documents on Thursday with details about a deadly shooting that happened in the 8900 block of Robert Drive…
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Abbott backpedals on pledge to shut down 6 border crossings
UPDATE: AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott said on Thursday that he directed state troopers and the Texas National Guard “to…
Continue Reading Border agents ‘overwhelmed’ as thousands of migrants wait under Texas bridge to enter U.S.
DEL RIO, Texas — Thousands of asylum-seeking migrants — most of them from Haiti — are waiting under an international bridge in Del Rio to be…
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