California lawmakers want USDA to help eradicate pest that targets vineyards: 'A lot at stake here'
Officials in California are calling for federal funding to eradicate the invasive glassy-winged sharpshooter.
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Former N.M. GOP treasurer charged in fatal hit-and-run
Kimberly Skaggs, former New Mexico Republican Party treasurer, has been indicted by a Dona Ana County grand jury for leaving the scene of a crash that killed a man and tampering with evidence.
James Talarico to stop in El Paso for US Senate campaign
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Texas democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico will stop in El Paso this weekend as part of his campaign for the November election. A town hall featuring the candidate will take place Saturday. His campaign organizers said his community town hall will take place...
ABC-7 StormTrack Weather – Isolated storms tonight; hot again Saturday with a storm chance.
We hit another triple today - our 22nd of the year so far. Storms have developed to our north and will head south this evening and tonight. Some of these storms will produce gusty winds with perhaps some blowing dust and sand. Temps will hit 102 for Saturday with upper 90s for Sunday. Isolated...
MSSG Amigo Airshow celebrates 11 graduates from Fly HigHER Girls STEAM Academy
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Friday, MountainStar Sports Group Amigo Airsho celebrated 11 graduates from its Fly HigHER Girls STEAM Academy. The program launched earlier this year with the goal of empowering students to explore careers in aviation, aerospace and leadership. Students from the Young...
Texas Tech Health celebrates 1st graduates from forensic psychiatry program
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The inaugural participants in Texas Tech Health El Paso's new forensic psychiatry fellowship were recognized during a graduation ceremony on campus in June, highlighting a program aimed at addressing shortages in forensic psychiatric expertise in the El Paso and Borderlan...
Argentina es el único latinoamericano en los cuartos de final del Mundial y su afición se prepara para sufrir… de nuevo
Por Gonzalo Zegarra y Cecilia Domínguez, CNN en Español “Qué manera de sufrir, hermano”, debe haber sido la frase más repetida del martes en Argentina, tras la angustiosa clasificación que logró la selección nacional remontando un duro partido contra Egipto en los octavos de final de la Copa Mu...
UTEP Dinner Theatre closes season with 'School of Rock' musical
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The UTEP Dinner Theatre will wrap up its 2025–26 season this summer with School of Rock: The Musical, bringing the Broadway adaptation of the popular 2003 film to the stage. Performances will take place from June 26 through July 18 on the University of Texas at El Paso cam...
Testigos del tiroteo mortal en Houston contradicen la versión de ICE
Por Julianna Bragg y Priscilla Alvarez, CNN La versión de las autoridades federales sobre lo que llevó al tiroteo mortal de un hombre en Houston durante un operativo migratorio esta semana no coincide con la de tres hombres que fueron detenidos durante el incidente, según un abogado que habló c...
Las Cruces Police warn that copper wire theft continues to be problem
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Las Cruces Police say the theft of copper wire from light poles and construction sites continues to be a problem. They are asking the public to be on the lookout and help them crack down on this sort of crime. Most of the incidents occur between the hours of midnight and ...
Un corte por la dignidad: estilistas en Venezuela van a hospitales y refugios para ayudar a damnificados por los terremotos
Por Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español Paulette Abdallah responde la videollamada y se toma unos minutos para hablar desde el refugio en el Distrito Metropolitano de Caracas en el que colabora ese día como voluntaria luego de los terremotos del pasado 24 de junio. Acomoda el celular para que la image...
Bipartisan senators announce agreement with Trump administration on Russia sanctions
By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Bipartisan senators announced an agreement with the Trump administration on Friday to move ahead with an updated Russia sanctions package, but it remains unclear if President Donald Trump will directly back the bill’s passage. The package would allow Trump to pla...
Texas Tech El Paso back-to-school fair offers free backpacks, health checks
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso at Alberta will host a back-to-school health fair, including free backpack giveaway, over 25 community health vendors and superhero appearances. The event, co-hosted by El Paso Health, will be from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, July 11, at 4...
Firefighters quickly extinguish residential fire in Las Cruces
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Las Cruces Fire quickly extinguished a fire on Calle Sosa earlier this week. Just after 4:15 a.m. Thursday, July 9, firefighters responded to a report of a residential structure fire on the 1300 block of Calle Sosa. The first arriving unit found fire coming through the ro...
Apple accuses OpenAI of using stolen trade secrets to create its upcoming AI gadgets in new lawsuit
By Lisa Eadicicco, Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Apple sued OpenAI on Friday, alleging the AI company has stolen the iPhone maker’s trade secrets to develop its own yet-to-be-unveiled AI gadgets. In the suit, filed in the District Court of Northern California, Apple accuses OpenAI of trade secret m...
Alleged ‘imposter’ nurse arrested under fraud warrants
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A woman accused of posing as a nurse and working without a license has been arrested in El Paso Thursday, according to jail records. Forty-three-year-old Margarita Gonzalez' arrest comes after a Doña Ana County jury indicted her in May. Jail records said the El Paso Co...
Unclaimed airstrikes hit Iran after US says it ended attacks
Iran hasn't directly blamed anyone, and the Gulf Arab states often targeted by Iran haven't commented.
Federal disaster aid approved for Ruidoso generators, New Mexico debris removal
RUIDOSO, N.M. (KVIA) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved more than $144 to help communities rebuild and protect infrastructure from future disasters. Friday, Department of Homeland Security said the Village of Ruidoso will get some of that aid. Ruidoso will get more than $770,0...
Federal disaster aid approved for Ruidoso generators, New Mexico debris removal
RUIDOSO, N.M. (KVIA) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved more than $144 to help communities rebuild and protect infrastructure from future disasters. Friday, Department of Homeland Security said the Village of Ruidoso will get some of that aid. Ruidoso will get more than $770,0...
La Casa Blanca refuerza la seguridad de su puerta principal
Por Betsy Klein y Kaitlan Collins, CNN La Casa Blanca realiza mejoras centradas en la seguridad en su puerta principal, informó a CNN un funcionario, en un proyecto que se espera que dure meses. Los cambios, que según fuentes han sido defendidos desde hace tiempo por el Servicio Secreto de Es...
House to vote on measure making daylight saving time permanent
Daylight saving time has been observed throughout most of the U.S. since the 1960s, shifting clocks forward one hour from March to November.
King Charles hosted Harry and Meghan for a private family gathering in Gloucestershire
By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles and Queen Camilla hosted the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet on Friday afternoon at Highgrove House, the king’s private country residence in Gloucestershire, England. The meeting marks the fir...
DWI enforcement project launches in Doña Ana County
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — In an effort to reduce DWI incidents, the Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office announced it will begin conducting sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols. The enforcement project is planned to last throughout July. The checkpoints will be held at undisclosed locations betw...
Las Cruces fire crews quickly bring house fire under control
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Las Cruces Fire was able to quickly put out a house fire on Calle Sosa earlier this week. The fire happened at about 4:15 a.m. on Thursday, July 9 along the 1300 block of Calle Sosa. The first arriving unit found fire venting through the roof. The crew found fire [...]
Weather delays, moderate turnout: Trump’s Great American State Fair comes to an end
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Logan Schiciano, CNN (CNN) — For Barry Lee Williams, a visitor to Washington, DC, the last day of President Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair coincided with a literal religious experience. At 81, Williams was among at least 190 people to be baptized over th...
En el “swing state” brasileño, ni Lula da Silva ni Flávio Bolsonaro saben qué hacer para ganar
Análisis por Iuri Pitta A menos de 100 días de la primera vuelta de las elecciones en Brasil, el estado tradicionalmente más decisivo de las disputas presidenciales en el país vive un escenario incierto. Ni el presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) ni la principal figura de la oposición, F...
‘Most Wanted’ fugitives for week of July 10, 2026
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Crime Stoppers of El Paso, Inc. distributes pictures and descriptions of fugitives wanted by the El Paso Police Department and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office weekly through the Most Wanted feature. The following fugitives are individuals whose attempts to locate have ...
California lawmakers want USDA to help eradicate pest that targets vineyards: 'A lot at stake here'
Officials in California are calling for federal funding to eradicate the invasive glassy-winged sharpshooter.
Sacaton Fire reaches 35% containment, crews make progress
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Fire officials are reporting progress in the fight against the Sacaton Fire, burning in the Gila Wilderness. The Sacaton Fire, burning about 15 miles east of Glenwood, New Mexico, has burned an estimated 9,675 acres but is now at 35 percent containment, fire officials sai...
Su perrita fue la inspiración para iniciar una vida sobre ruedas. Ahora recorren juntas Europa
Por Karen Esquivel, CNN en Español Mariana Royo encontró en su perrita Ak el impulso para adoptar una vida en contacto con la naturaleza. Juntas han atravesado montañas, valles y pueblos apartados de Europa a bordo de su vehículo 4×4, en una travesía que ya suma kilómetros, aprendizajes y exper...
Israel shared intel on Iranian hardliners’ desire to target Trump, sources say, as Netanyahu looks to influence course of war
By Zachary Cohen, Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli intelligence shared with the Trump administration of Iranian threats to assassinate President Donald Trump reflected a desire among elements of Tehran’s hardline leadership to target the American leader, according to an Israeli source and a ...
PFAS pesticides approved after EPA adopts new toxicity definition
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency quietly approved the use of three new PFAS pesticides last week to kill weeds on the nation’s crops. An additional two “forever chemical” pesticides were approved in November 2025, for a total of five during the second Trump ...
Socorro Police Department achieves historic accreditation milestone
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The Socorro Police Department has officially earned Accreditation Status through the Texas Law Enforcement Accreditation Program, the first in the department's history. "For the residents of Socorro, this achievement represents much more than an accreditation certificate,...
Pentagon releases fourth batch of UFO files
The volume includes 40 new files, including 19 videos.
Rescatan a campistas en el sureste de Missouri tras unas lluvias torrenciales que provocaron inundaciones catastróficas
Por Mary Gilbert y Kate S. Petersen, CNN Los campistas cuyo paradero se desconocía en el condado de Reynolds, Missouri, “han sido localizados y rescatados”, declaró a CNN el sheriff del condado, Caleb McCoy. Las autoridades habían informado anteriormente de que un total de cinco personas estaba...
Dozens rescued in southeastern Missouri as 1-in-1,000-year rainfall triggers catastrophic flooding
By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — Dozens of people have been rescued from catastrophic flooding in southeastern Missouri, including some camping along a river that swelled to historic heights. Reynolds County emergency services are currently responding to a rep...
Freedom Fuel gas prices are rising only days after debut, GasBuddy data indicates
Even the price of “Freedom Fuel” will fluctuate, it seems.
Freedom Fuel gas prices are rising only days after debut, GasBuddy data indicates
Even the price of “Freedom Fuel” will fluctuate, it seems.
The White House is upgrading its front door to fortify the entrance
By Betsy Klein, Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — The White House is making security-focused upgrades to its front door, an official told CNN, in a project that’s expected to take months. The changes, which sources said have long been advocated by the US Secret Service, are aimed at fortifying the...
New Mexico Supreme Court upholds Alamogordo police officer murder conviction
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld an Alamogordo man's conviction of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the death of a police officer in 2023, according to a news release on Thursday, July 9. The court unanimously concluded that there was sufficient evide...
Industry leaders in Juárez raise concerns over USMCA reviews
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) -- Several business and industry leaders on the border are raising concerns over the recent reviews of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) agreement, as it will start new reviews every year until it ends in 2036. ABC-7 spoke with the regional deleg...