Driver released from custody after 2 killed, more injured in crash at Kansas soccer field
A 6-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man were killed in the crash that sent 10 others to the hospital.
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Two face new animal cruelty charges in Horizon City arson case
HORIZON, Texas (KVIA) -- The Horizon City Police Department (HCPD) has filed additional criminal charges against Jesus Adrian Servin, 23, and Ruby Leann Hernandez, 17, previously arrested in connection with a July 2, 2026, residential arson investigation. As previously reported b...
Horizon arson suspects rebooked on animal cruelty charges
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The two individuals who were involved in an arson incident that killed a pet have been charged with animal cruelty, according to the Horizon City Police Department. As KTSM 9 News previously reported, at around 3 a.m. on July 2, officers were dispatched t...
4 dead and dozens injured after major fire breaks out at one of Canada’s largest military bases
By Daniel Dale, Jessie Yeung, Paula Newton, Max Saltman, CNN Toronto (CNN) — Four Canadian service members were killed and dozens injured in a major fire Saturday that occurred as troops were conducting combat training with live munitions at one of the country’s largest and busie...
Mexico arrests state official accused of allowing unauthorized CIA role in drug raid
By Mauricio Torres, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — Months after a deadly car wreck revealed the CIA’s participation in a raid on a Chihuahua drug lab, authorities arrested César Jáuregui, Chihuahua’s former attorney general, for allegedly allowing US spies to participate in the operatio...
Vehicle drives through soccer field during game in Kansas, killing 2 and injuring more
One child and one adult were killed, Wichita police reported, without disclosing their ages.
El Paso police respond to crash near Gateway North
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - A crash involving a semitruck and another vehicle have El Paso police at the scene along U.S. 54 in Northeast El Paso Saturday morning, Oct. 17. Special Traffic Investigators responded to the scene at Gateway North and Mesquite Hills after the call came in...
Blanco to host safety forum on Marathon emissions incident
State Sen. Cesar Blanco is scheduled to host a Community Safety and Solutions Forum on Oct. 20 to discuss emergency communication following the Aug. 4 emissions incident at Marathon's El Paso Refinery....
New Mexico man sentenced to 15 years for child sex crime, to register as sex offender
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A 41-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading no contest to a sex crime involving a minor, according to the Third Judicial District Attorney's Office in New Mexico. Alfredo Salazar-Rios pleaded no contest on July 15 to second-degree...
Man gets 18 years for fatal El Paso Upper Valley smuggling chase, crash
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A man was sentenced to nearly two decades in prison following a 2024 Texas Department of Public Safety chase that resulted in the death of a 44-year-old woman in El Paso's Upper Valley. Joseph Maldonado, from Horizon City, was sentenced to 18 years in pri...
Stabbing at West El Paso bar leaves 2 injured
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - Authorities confirmed that two people were seriously injured in a stabbing at a West El Paso bar on Wednesday evening, Oct. 14. El Paso Fire Department officials reported that two people were hospitalized with serious injuries following the incident. Accor...
Good Vibes Only: El Paso Fire Department goes pink this October
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)—Members of the El Paso Fire Department are sporting a pop of pink on their uniforms this October! They are wearing pink badges to stand with those battling breast cancer. October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to promote early detection, raise f...
Small businesses and mental health: How to prepare for a crisis at work
Oct. 10 marks World Mental Health Day, a great opportunity to review your business’s emergency plan. For small businesses, that plan can slip through the cracks because it doesn’t feel important enough, but preparing before an incident is key to staying in good legal standing. Me...
One of the world’s wealthiest cities is enduring the world’s most polluted air. Here’s why
By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — Singapore, one of the wealthiest cities in the world, has become the most polluted on the planet as it chokes under a blanket of thick, toxic smog caused by fires in neighboring Indonesia. Pollution has cast a pall on the city-state as it gets ready ...
Firefighters extinguish mobile home blaze in Las Cruces
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Las Cruces Fire crews extinguished a mobile home fire Wednesday night, Oct. 7. Shortly before midnight, firefighters were dispatched to the 1900 block of Picacho Avenue to a report of a structure fire. When crews arrived, they found a single-wide mobile h...
Man arrested after allegedly aiming rifle at 3 people in Horizon
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A 42-year-old man was arrested after allegedly aiming a rifle at three individuals in Horizon, according to the Horizon City Police Department. Gabriel Gelista was arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was b...
Woman arrested for throwing rocks, striking man in Horizon
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A 29-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly throwing rocks at a vehicle and man, and allegedly striking him, according to the Horizon City Police Department. Esperanza Mondragon was charged with public intoxication and assault by contact. She was booke...
Fired OpenAI safety researchers say they were pushed out over ‘suspicious’ circumstances
By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Three OpenAI safety researchers say they were fired from the company and are openly questioning the reasons for their dismissals. The three researchers, Mikita Balesni, Tomak Korbak and Jasmine Wang, all worked on AI safety or alignment within the compa...
ICE agents shoots, wounds man during arrest in New York City
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Person shot during encounter with ICE agents in New York City, source says
CNN By John Miller and Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — A person was shot during an encounter with federal immigration agents in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon, according to the New York Police Department. Just after 4 p.m., agents with ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations — a br...
Fright Farm event scheduled to bring Socorro residents, police together
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Person shot during encounter with federal agents in New York City, NYPD says
By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — A person was shot during an encounter with federal law enforcement agents in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon, according to the New York Police Department. The person who was shot was taken to a local hospital for treatment and was conscious, police ...
Semi truck driver dies in I-10 rollover crash in Hudspeth County
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — One person has died after a rollover crash involving a semi-truck in Hudspeth County early Wednesday morning, Oct. 7. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, 47-year-old Tony Ray Wade, the driver of the semi with a trailer, was traveling westbo...
Man dies in truck rollover, fire on I-10 in Hudspeth County
HUDSPETH COUNTY, Texas (KVIA) -- A 47-year-old man died in a crash in Hudspeth County Wednesday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. DPS said Tony Ray Wade drove a truck tractor towing a semitrailer. He drove on I-10 West at Mile Marker 125, which is 18 miles west...
City of El Paso orders Downtown building secured after piece falls, hospitalized person
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — One person was injured and taken to the hospital after a portion of a vacant building fell on them in Downtown El Paso Thursday, Oct. 8. According to City spokesperson Laura Cruz-Acosta, the El Paso Fire Department responded to the incident where the eaves...
Woman gets 9 years for thefts in Doña Ana County
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A wanted woman was arrested and sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple burglaries and stolen property cases, according to the Doña Ana County District Attorney’s Office. Third Judicial District Attorney Fernando Macias announce...
Mobile home catches fire in Las Cruces
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Armed man fatally shot by security officer at federal courthouse in Nashville: Police
The man died at an area hospital, police said.
Un juez de EE.UU. rechaza el pedido de Cilia Flores para pasar a prisión domiciliaria
Por Lauren Del Valle, CNN Un juez federal de Nueva York rechazó una solicitud de arresto domiciliario que habría permitido a Cilia Flores, esposa de Nicolás Maduro, continuar su detención preventiva en una residencia privada en la ciudad. Los abogados de Flores propusieron que el...
Video shows bizarre moment man runs onto airport tarmac, steals vehicle
Officials said he first stole an Alaska Airlines tug, a vehicle used to pull luggage and cargo and tow aircraft, before crashing it into another vehicle...
'Do we have a serial killer'? Michigan police investigating commonalities after 5 men die
The Lansing Police Department in Michigan recently held a press conference to discuss the latest in their investigation into a series of deaths along the Lansing River Trail, a public path that runs along the city's rivers....
La denunciante del caso Cornell está “aterrorizada” tras un operativo policial por una alerta falsa, dice su abogado
Por Rob Picheta, CNN Hace un mes, la mujer que ahora es conocida en Estados Unidos como “Jane Doe” del caso de Cornell vivía en Nueva York entre miles de otros jóvenes veinteañeros con aspiraciones, intentando abrirse camino en la industria hotelera y construir una nueva vida, se...
Tracking this season’s historic El Niño
By Sam Hart and Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A potentially record-shattering El Niño is underway, and we’re already seeing its effects. From wildfires in Indonesia to an unusually active tropical cyclone season in the Pacific , the phenomenon has a cascading effect on global weat...
Cornell’s Jane Doe is ‘terrified’ after police swarmed her home in a swatting incident, her lawyer says
By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — One month ago, the woman now known to America as Cornell’s Jane Doe was living in New York City among thousands of other aspirational twentysomethings, attempting to break into the hotel industry and build a new life, according to her attorney, Thomas ...
Russian strike kills at least 33 in eastern Ukraine in deadliest single attack this year
By Kosta Gak, Sophie Tanno, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — At least 33 people were killed on Thursday when a Russian strike caused two public buses to catch fire in eastern Ukraine , local authorities said, making it the deadliest single attack this year. Another 18 people were injure...
‘Political chameleon’: How Mark Zuckerberg charmed Trump and got his way on AI
By Clare Duffy, Adam Cancryn, Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — It was a triumphant moment for Mark Zuckerberg. He sat at the center of last month’s White House AI meeting, with the CEOs of some of the biggest tech companies in the world signing onto a document he crafted for how to “self-...
ICE wrongfully arrested him. Will his lawsuit change how courts hold agents accountable?
In January, as the Trump administration launched an immigration crackdown in Maine, Juan Sebastián Carvajal-Muñoz was intercepted on his way to work. The civil engineer from Colombia told officers he had a visa through his employer, but the immigration agents who arrested him d...
Saving for multiple financial goals
When you have multiple financial goals, you might struggle to juggle them all. Should you start by saving for your emergency fund ? What about that vacation you’re planning? Can you really prepare for the holidays ahead of time for once? Ally Financial explains how saving for mul...
Exploring cheap auto insurance options for high-risk drivers
If you’ve been labeled a high-risk driver due to tickets, accidents, or a gap in coverage, finding affordable insurance might seem daunting, but you have options. While your rates will likely be higher, insurance companies often provide competitive pricing for certain infractions...
Isaias rapidly intensifies into season’s first Atlantic hurricane as Gulf Coast braces for landfall
CNN, WALA, WPMI, ACCUWEATHER, INC. By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Isaias has rapidly intensified into the Atlantic season’s first hurricane, putting the northern Gulf Coast on alert for dangerous storm surge, damaging winds and flooding ra...
Exclusive: ICE agents told to ramp up daily immigration arrests despite GOP unease as midterms near
By Priscilla Alvarez, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership told agents nationwide on Tuesday to increase immigration arrests by 1,000 more people daily, returning to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests, according to two sources familiar ...
Sheriff’s Office: Man with parole violation arrested after chase into desert
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NAACP sues Justice Department over election monitors
The NAACP has filed an emergency legal challenge against the Department of Justice over plans to deploy 1,000 federal employees to observe polling stations during the upcoming midterm elections....
Samaniego seeks third term as Republican Torres Shelton challenges for county judge amid mounting budget pressures
El Paso County voters in November will decide whether to give Democrat County Judge Ricardo Samaniego a third term in office or elect his Republican opponent, Minerva Torres Shelton, a retired FBI agent and former police officer. The next county judge will face balancing increasi...
On the 3rd anniversary of October 7 attacks, Mamdani draws ire as he accuses Israel of genocide and war crimes
By Katherine Koretski, CNN New York (CNN) — New York’s mayor marked the third anniversary of Hamas’ October 7 attacks on Israel on Wednesday with a statement that has sparked backlash among some Jewish leaders. In his statement, Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged the “horrific war...
El Paso doctor arrested for allegedly groping patient
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- An El Paso doctor was arrested after allegedly groping a patient, according to court documents obtained by KTSM 9 News on Wednesday, Oct. 7. Edward Michelson, 69, was arrested for indecent assault health/mental provider IAT and booked into the El Paso Cou...
Delta passenger stole airport tug and drove around tarmac at California airport before crashing, official says
By Aaron Cooper, Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — A Delta Air Lines passenger went out a terminal door at a Southern California airport Tuesday night, stole a vehicle on the tarmac, crashed it, and then tried to commandeer an airline truck before he was arrested, an airport official...
Investing in America: AI companies fuel economic growth, but will they be accountable for rogue agents?
"You can't go handcuff a program. You can't go say, 'Hey, AI program, you're under arrest,'" Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
Crime Stoppers of El Paso hosts annual golf fundraiser
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Crime Stoppers of El Paso is inviting the community to its annual golf tournament, "Putt a Stop to Crime." The non-profit organization will host the fundraiser to help cover the program's operating costs, such as rewards for those who submit tips. Sergeant...
WATCH: Alleged drunk driver does donuts on Indiana courthouse lawn
A 68-year-old woman has since been arrested and preliminarily charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and "numerous other charges."
French leaders say they’re listening to students. Will it be enough?
By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — After a heavy-handed response to the student protests sweeping France , the government has changed tack. It has banned police from using stun grenades after a student’s hand was blown off earlier in the week and there are promises to listen mor...
Why election officials are pushing voters to ‘use the drop box rather than the mailbox’
By Jeremy Herb, Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — If someone tries to firebomb a ballot drop box again in Clark County, Washington, election officials will know about it immediately. That’s because after about 500 ballots were damaged in 2024 by an assailant who set fire to drop boxes with...
How to wake up without caffeine: 7 natural ways to feel more alert
Iced latte. French pressed. Nitro. Cold brew. Americano. Matcha. Chai. Earl Grey. Iced tea. Energy drinks. Soda. Cacao. Guarana. Whatever way you take it, caffeine has become a staple in many people’s morning routines . There’s a reason people reach for it: caffeine is a stimulan...
Preparing for health emergencies: Your financial readiness
Health events rarely come with warning and often bring medical bills, income disruption, and time‑sensitive financial decisions. Wells Fargo professionals share strategies for how to prepare for and respond to a medical emergency financially. Health emergencies often create both ...
Anthony, New Mexico horse sanctuary welcomes four horses after rescue effort
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A nonprofit horse sanctuary in Anthony, New Mexico, has taken in four horses, including three that its founder says were at risk of being shipped to slaughter in Mexico. River Thunder Ranch founder Michele Sleighel said another rescue alerted her to three...
Cartel threatens to kidnap federal agents at border, according to alert
CBP officials say they are gathering information on any person or group that poses a threat to the United States.
2 cars, Sun Metro bus crash in West El Paso
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