By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — Wildfires are expected to bring unhealthy air to more than 120 million people this weekend, but the smoke and its toxic particles may not always be clearly visible. Some skylines are shrouded in obvious abnormal orange tinges with faint burnt odors. Other horizons ma...
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Max Zepeda is ecstatic to be a part of the ABC-7 team as a multimedia journalist. He joined ABC-7 in June 2026. Before arriving in El Paso, Max lived in Phoenix, Arizona, where he studied sports journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State Univ...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - El Pasoans turned to their air conditioning units to stay cool as temperatures rose over the last few weeks. And electric bills are also on the rise, prompting shock among homeowners and renters. Shoppers making their way to grocery stores noted the higher costs on El Paso...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Former Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima has ended his independent bid for New Mexico governor and is endorsing the Republican Party nominee. Miyagishima made the announcement on his campaign's social media page on Friday, July 17. He had originally started running as a De...
Por Anabella González, CNN en Español El número de víctimas por el doble terremoto que sacudió Venezuela el 24 de junio ascendió este viernes a 5.069 personas, según las cifras oficiales difundidas por el Gobierno de la presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez. Se trata de 139 personas más en comp...
Por Harmeet Kaur, CNN La semana pasada, el presidente Donald Trump declaró que el “alto el fuego” con Irán había “TERMINADO”, mientras las fuerzas de Estados Unidos llevaban a cabo noches consecutivas de ataques contra Irán. Trump anunció originalmente el alto el fuego a principios de abril, ...
By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Many millions of Americans and Canadians are breathing bad air right now due to smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires and additional wildfires in northern Minnesota. If you’re in an affected area, it’s important to check air quality before you go anywhere t...
California-based vegetable producer Taylor Farms said on Friday that it will remove products potentially linked to a growing cyclosporiasis outbreak across the country.
A father and son surrendered to law enforcement early Friday morning, ending a hostage situation that began with the kidnapping of two U.S. Forest Service workers in rural northern California.
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Heavy rain has hit parts of the Borderland on Friday, July 17, as this weekend's forecast is slated for thundershowers. KTSM 9 News Chief Meteorologist Robert Bettes issued a Weather Authority Alert through Monday due to potentially strong thunderstorms. KTSM viewers shar...
RUIDOSO, New Mexico (KVIA) -- A year after deadly floods swept through the Sierra Blanca mountains, the Ruidoso community and surrounding areas are still working to recover - and reshape the landscape in response. As flash flood threats are expected to continue in the wake of the previous wild...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Two undocumented migrants were arrested Monday after a stash house disruption in El Paso, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas. A criminal complaint alleged U.S. Border Patrol agents at the Ysleta Border Patrol Station saw Jorge Luc...
Por Molly English, CNN El presidente Donald Trump dijo este viernes que responsabiliza a Canadá por el humo de los incendios forestales que afecta a gran parte del Medio Oeste y el este de Estados Unidos, y prometió llamar al primer ministro Mark Carney, al sugerir que el “costo de esta contami...
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Por Karen Esquivel, CNN en Español Paulina Hernández recuerda lo doloroso que fue comenzar a perder la vista desde niña. Primero dejó de distinguir detalles; después, las miradas de su familia. Su mundo se fue oscureciendo a causa de una enfermedad ocular genética y degenerativa. “Son duelos,...
As expected, the thundershowers are delivering heavy rain. A Flood Advisory for northeast El Paso has been upgraded to a Flash Flood Warning due to the heavy rain and street and arroyo flooding. Do not drive into flooded roadways. Any one of the thundershowers tonight, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday...
By Katherine Dillinger, Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — One person has died in connection with a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases in New York City, Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin said Friday. As of Thursday night, 67 cases have been reported, and 12 people are hospitalized. Forty-t...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- El Paso Police are investigating a death on Friday afternoon, July 17 in Northeast El Paso. Police initially said they were called out on a welfare check at about 4 p.m. Friday at 9700 Girl Scout Way at Transmountain Woodrow Bean. At this time, police say their Crimes Aga...
Por Kevin Liptak, CNN Normalmente, una afirmación como la que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, lanzó contra China en horario estelar esta semana podría presagiar una gran ruptura en los lazos con Beijing. “La República Popular China llevó a cabo lo que se cree que es la mayor vu...
Por Dakota Smith, CNN El humo de los incendios forestales en Canadá se ha extendido hacia Estados Unidos, provocando que la calidad del aire se desplome y cubriendo los paisajes con una densa bruma marrón. La mala calidad del aire ha sido un problema en Nueva York desde el miércoles, cuando l...
Photo Courtesy: UTEP Athletics EL PASO, Texas - Fans can get their first look at the 2026-27 UTEP men’s basketball team on Thursday, July 23. The Miners will be hosting an open practice at 6:30 pm at the Foster Stevens Center, located at the corner of Mesa Street and Glory Road. “Every pl...
By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — Wildfires are expected to bring unhealthy air to more than 120 million people this weekend, but the smoke and its toxic particles may not always be clearly visible. Some skylines are shrouded in obvious abnormal orange tinges with faint burnt odors. Other horizons ma...
Por Juan Carlos López y Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español A solo tres semanas de que Abelardo de la Espriella asuma la presidencia de Colombia, su vicepresidente electo, José Manuel Restrepo, aseguró este viernes que algunos de los principales objetivos del futuro Gobierno serán “recuperar” la co...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Two undocumented migrants were arrested on Monday, July 13 as a result of a stash house being disrupted in El Paso, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas said. A criminal complaint alleges U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Ysleta Border Patr...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The human remains found over a week ago in Ruidoso Downs have been "positively" identified, according to a Facebook post by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office on Friday, July 17. The remains were identified as 74-year-old Henry Padilla of Ruidoso Downs. As KTSM 9 News pr...
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By Emma Tucker, Alisha Ebrahimji, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Two plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents left a man partially handcuffed on the ground Monday after they attempted to arrest him at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas and onlookers confronted them, accor...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - A restaurant in southern New Mexico is getting international recognition for what's on its wine list. Wendell's Steak & Seafood at Inn of the Mountain Gods has earned Wine Spectator's 2026 Best of Award of Excellence, an honor given to restaurants with extensive wine selec...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Kermess season is nearly here, and the Catholic Diocese of El Paso has released the schedule of all the fundraiser events across the Borderland! Here's a list of the parishes participating in this year's festival season: Guests can anticipate great food, live entertainmen...
By Patrick Oppmann, CNN (CNN) — A prominent Cuban dissident will go into exile in the US on Saturday after completing a five-year prison sentence in the communist-run Caribbean nation, according to his supporters and a US embassy official. Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara has been granted i...
Por Tierney Sneed y Gabe Cohen, CNN El Gobierno de Trump está intensificando sus ataques contra funcionarios electorales en estados clave en disputa, y el secretario de Seguridad Nacional, Markwayne Mullin, redobló este viernes sus afirmaciones de que cientos de miles de no ciudadanos están reg...
Hermila Gamez-Alvarado is set to become the new principal of Park Elementary for the 2026-27 school year.
By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta is in talks with Anthropic about leasing computing capacity to the AI startup. It’s a move that could put the social media giant in competition with Amazon, Microsoft and Google in a new line of business: cloud computing. The conversation about a pote...
Por Patrick Oppmann, CNN Un prominente disidente cubano se exiliará en Estados Unidos el sábado tras completar una condena de cinco años de prisión en la nación caribeña gobernada por comunistas, según sus seguidores y un funcionario de la embajada de Estados Unidos. Al artista Luis Manuel Ot...
Por David Goldman, CNN Los precios de la gasolina en Estados Unidos se han disparado durante el conflicto intermitente con Irán. Tras un breve respiro, el precio promedio de la gasolina aumentó 15 centavos en una semana hasta alcanzar los US$ 3,94 por galón y parece encaminado a volver a supe...
By Molly English, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Friday he’s holding Canada responsible for wildfire smoke hovering over much of the Midwestern and eastern United States and vowed to call Prime Minister Mark Carney, suggesting that the “cost of this pollution” could be added to tariffs...
Por Anabella González, CNN en Español Semanas después de ser rebautizada con el nombre de “Arena” y sin datos que la guiaran a su familia de origen, Catira Alejandra dio una alegría inesperada en un presente sombrío. El sábado, luego de más de 15 días de la tragedia en Venezuela, esta perrita d...
By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Ordinarily, a claim like the one President Donald Trump leveled at China in prime time this week might herald a major rupture in ties with Beijing. “The People’s Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in histor...
By Tierney Sneed, Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is escalating its attacks on election officials in key battleground states, with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin doubling down Friday on claims that hundreds of thousands of non-citizens are illegally registered to ...
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office reported progress in restoring water service to the Downtown El Paso jail following a system failure that required relocating some individuals who are incarcerated to lower floors for shower access.
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