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ABC-7 First Alert: Storm Chances Increase Across Southern New Mexico and West Texas Before Cooler, Drier Weekend
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Storm chances are increasing across southern New Mexico and the Borderland this evening as a storm system moves east out of Arizona, bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms to the region. A sharp upper-level trough is pushing eastward across Arizona, ...
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Officials at El Paso airport 'monitoring' situation after flights grounded nationwide
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Officials at the El Paso International Airport said they are monitoring the situation after all U.S. flights were grounded on Friday afternoon, Nov. 13 by the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports f...
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FAA ground stop: What does it mean for El Paso’s airport?
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Friday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a nationwide ground stop "due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety." U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said the ground stop was ordered "following a communication ...
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FAA issues nationwide ground stop for all flights due to ‘extraordinary circumstances’ and safety
By Aaron Cooper, Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — All flights in the United States are grounded until further notice “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety,” the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The FAA issued the ground stop “following a commu...
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Flights halted at airports across the US due to 'extraordinary circumstances,' FAA says
WASHINGTON (AP) – Flights are halted at airports across the United States due to "extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety," according to an FAA alert. In a statement obtained by Nexstar, the FAA specified that the ground stop was issued "following communication issu...
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White-knuckling the holidays: Why so many Americans put mental health on hold at the end of the year
By Lauren Gelman for Zocdoc Early in her career, clinical psychologist Pauline Wallin, Ph.D., was nervous about taking time off for the Christmas holidays. She worried she would be inundated with crisis calls while away. Instead … crickets. Appointments dwindled during the last w...
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Rare nationwide ground stop ordered at airports over communication issues: FAA
It's the second time since Sept. 11, 2001 that such a stop has been ordered. By Ayesha Ali and Ivan Pereira The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a nationwide ground stop Friday for all airlines "due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety." Transportation ...
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FAA ordena la suspensión de todos los vuelos nacionales en EE.UU. debido a “circunstancias extraordinarias” y por seguridad
Por Aaron Cooper, CNN Todos los vuelos en Estados Unidos permanecen en tierra hasta nuevo aviso “debido a circunstancias extraordinarias y por razones de seguridad”, informó la Administración Federal de Aviación (FAA) en un comunicado. La FAA ordenó la suspensión de los vuelos “t...
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Judge rules man faked cancer to defraud romantic partners, birth mom
A Travis County District Court granted a partial summary judgement to seven women who say in a lawsuit that a man faked cancer so he could take money from them....
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Teen arrested after Horizon hit-and-run collision
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 17-year-old teen was arrested following a hit-and-run collision in Horizon, according to the Horizon City Police Department. Officers responded to a reported hit-and-run crash near Ashford Street and Horizon Boulevard on Saturday, Nov. 7, at about 12:12 ...
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Kidnapping, assault suspect sentenced to 4 years for probation violations
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Jesus Gerardo Moreno, the man accused of kidnapping and threatening his girlfriend with a knife, was sentenced to four years and 171 days in prison for violating the terms of probation from four previous cases, Third Judicial District Attorney Fernando Mac...
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Intel intercepts implicating Jensen Huang in affair sparked classified Rubio memo
By Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Katie Bo Lillis, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The US intelligence community intercepted communications in the spring indicating that an executive of Megaspeed, a company under investigation for possibly diverting sensitive technology to China, was ...