ABC-7 First Alert continues: More rain for Friday PM hours
Not a whole lot changing for us out there today as more showers and scattered thunderstorms are possible for the afternoon and evening hours. After…
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Concern over crime grows — but Americans don’t just want more police: ABC News poll
WASHINGTON, DC — The number of Americans seeing crime as an extremely serious problem in the United States is at a more than 20-year high, and broad…
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Florida condo collapse death toll grows to 22
SURFSIDE, Florida — The mayor of Miami-Dade County took another step Friday toward allowing crews to demolish the remaining units at the…
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Dallas Cowboys to be featured on ‘Hard Knocks’ this season
DALLAS, Texas — The NFL announced Friday that the Dallas Cowboys will be featured in HBO’s “Hard Knocks” this season. In a tweet, the league said…
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Lower Valley domestic dispute ends with 1 stabbed, wounded
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department was investigating a domestic dispute between a couple which resulted in one of them being…
Continue Reading Last U.S. troops leave Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. officials say the U.S. military has left Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan after nearly 20 years. The facility was the…
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WATCH: For 3rd day this week, flash floods stall El Paso commute
Click here for ABC-7’s Traffic Track Map EL PASO, Texas — Heavy rain falling across El Paso on Thursday triggered a Flash Flood Warning from…
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U.S. Attorney General announces halt to all federal executions
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump…
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Branson sets space flight from southern New Mexico to beat Bezos’ Van Horn trip
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico — British billionaire Richard Branson plans to beat fellow billionaire and rival Jeff Bezos to space.…
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2 hurt, 1 seriously, in car crash that shut down stretch of Dyer in northeast El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Two people were hurt Thursday in a traffic collision in northeast El Paso that shut down a portion of Dyer Street during the busy…
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5 stranded migrant kids rescued from rain-swollen Rio Grande
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued five unaccompanied migrant teenagers early Thursday, saving them from potentially drowning in the…
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Body found in lake at Ascarate Park is ID’d; sheriff’s major crime unit probes death
UPDATE, July 1: Authorities on Thursday identified the man whose body was pulled from Ascarate Lake a day prior as 25-year-old Jevan Alexei Angel.…
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Trump Organization, longtime CFO plead not guilty to tax crimes
NEW YORK, NY — Donald Trump’s company and its longtime finance chief were charged Thursday in what a prosecutor called a “sweeping and…
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Gas leak prompts evacuation at west El Paso middle school
EL PASO, Texas — A gas leak near a west side middle school Thursday prompted the El Paso Independent School District to evacuate summer school…
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Pioneering female pilot will rocket into space from Van Horn at age 82 on Blue Origin
VAN HORN, Texas — Wally Funk, a pioneering female pilot who dreamed of being an astronaut in the 1960s, will fly to space later this month with…
Continue Reading Search and rescue effort halted in Florida building collapse
SURFSIDE, Florida — One week after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed in south Florida’s Miami-Dade County, at least 18 people…
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U.S. Supreme Court upholds Arizona voting restrictions
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld voting restrictions in Arizona in a decision that could make it harder to challenge other voting…
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New Mexico fully reopens, pandemic restrictions lifted
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico fully reopened Thursday, marking a return to business throughout the state following 16 months of disruption due…
Continue Reading Trump Organization CFO surrenders on tax crime charges
NEW YORK, NY — The Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, surrendered to authorities early Thursday ahead of…
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El Paso International Airport expecting busy 4th of July weekend
EL PASO, Texas — More El Pasoans are expected to take to the skies this Forth of July weekend. Travel experts predict this weekend will be the…
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Woman struck by pickup, seriously hurt in central El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A pedestrian was struck by a pickup truck and seriously injured in central El Paso on Wednesday night. It happened about 9 p.m. in…
Continue Reading Trump Organization indicted by grand jury for ex-president’s business deals
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s company and his longtime finance chief have been indicted on charges stemming from a New York investigation into the…
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WATCH: El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony
EL PASO, Texas — They are among the best the Sun City has to offer in the world of sports. The El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame held an induction…
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El Paso motorists again battle flash floods on roads
Click here for ABC-7’s Traffic Track Map EL PASO, Texas — Heavy rain falling across El Paso on Wednesday afternoon triggered a Flash Flood Warning…
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Bill Cosby released from prison after conviction overturned
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Bill Cosby was released from prison Wednesday after his conviction on sexual assault charges was overturned by…
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Trump visits Texas to tour ‘unfinished’ border wall with Gov. Abbott
(Editor’s note: In the video players above, first is Trump and Abbott’s appearance together at the border, in the second player is their complete…
Continue Reading 6 bodies found in Miami condo rubble in a day; 18 now dead
SURFSIDE, Florida — Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says two additional victims have been found in the rubble of a collapsed condo building,…
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NCAA to allow college athletes to profit off their fame & celebrity
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — The NCAA has cleared the way for athletes to profit off their fame and celebrity. The move comes just as legislation is set…
Continue Reading U.S. House votes to launch new probe of Jan. 6 insurrection
WASHINGTON, DC — Split along party lines, the U.S. House launched a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on Wednesday, approving a…
Continue Reading Ex-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88 in New Mexico
TAOS, New Mexico — Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate whose reputation as a skilled…
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