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An El Paso man whose 63-year-old wife died in the Walmart shootings is inviting the public to her funeral service later this week, saying he has no other family.
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#BREAKING
-- The last remaining hospital patient from the Aug. 3 Walmart mass shooting died this morning. With his passing, 23 people have now died as a result of the shooting.
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Blackpink rapper Lisa joins Global Citizen Festival lineup in New York’s Central Park
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An ABC-7 photographer was rolling as immigration officers dropped off about 20 undocumented migrant families at the Greyhound station in Downtown El Paso. ICE is now releasing these migrants into the general population without review.
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Watch live: Gubernatorial candidate, Beto O’Rourke, kicks off campaign tour across Texas in El Paso - KVIA
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#Breaking
-- Former El Paso congressman and prominent Texas Democrat Beto' O'Rourke called on Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to resign Monday night, saying his handling of the coronavirus pandemic to date has been "pathetic."
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WATCH: This 16-year-old wrestling champion helped stop a kidnapping and assault near Las Cruces by pinning a man to the ground until deputies arrived, authorities said, and surveillance video shows the terrifying incident. Click below to see the video.
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BREAKING: The Miners won a game in the Sun Bowl for the first time since 2016! UTEP starts the year 1-0.
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We have a new leader in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House District 23:
Tony Gonzales: 49%
Brandon Herrera: 50%
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Lady Gaga reveals she will fully fund 125 classroom projects in El Paso "in loving memory of the victims of the tragic shootings."
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#Breaking
-- The El Paso County Sheriff's Office says County Judge Ricardo Samaniego's order shutting down non-essential businesses due to a coronavirus outbreak is legal and will be enforced by deputies effective immediately in both the county and city.
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-- A magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook the Big Bend area of western Texas on Thursday morning, with shaking felt throughout the El Paso area, according to the USGS.
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-- El Paso was just announced as the winner of 2020 Kraft Hockeyville contest, ensuring that they will host an NHL preseason game and receive $150,000 in arena upgrades for the Rhinos.
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Join us in saying big congrats to El Paso's very own Great Khalid!
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The survivors of the Parkland shooting will be in El Paso this evening.
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#Breaking
-- Human remains have been found during the search for missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen. It's the third set of remains found this month. One of the other discoveries was the body of another soldier who had also been missing.
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- The NFL's Las Vegas Raiders are eyeing the possibility of Covid-19 impacting the completion date of their new stadium. A report from Forbes says the team is considering playing some games at the Sun Bowl here in El Paso.
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At just 4 years old, Raiden Gonzalez has lost both his parents. Now his 5th birthday is approaching. Please Like, Comment and Share to make sure this Texas boy knows how much he is loved, especially in the absence of his parents, on his birthday.
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El Paso county attorney will not enforce Gov. Abbott’s anti-trans directives
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#Breaking
-- Former El Paso Democratic congressman Beto O'Rourke plans to soon announce that he will challenge Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's reelection bid in next year's election, according to Texas political operatives.
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R & B singer Khalid’s charitable foundation is teaming up with some community partners to provide 1,000 Borderland families with all the ingredients for a Thanksgiving meal.
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People are reporting that the donation centers are now overwhelmed and to schedule appoints online for tomorrow and Sunday. This will be an ongoing situation and donations will be needed through next week.
Went to donate blood at the Zaragoza location and there’s a line out the door. They are telling people they can’t accept any more donors today and to make appointments online to donate tomorrow.
Here is the website:
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In the wake of tragedy people are responding with any support they can give.
The Hooters around the block closed after
#ElPasoShooting
but a bartender named Buster stayed for hours to give water and shade to law enforcement and reporters.
One of many acts of kindness pouring out of this city today.
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Kenneth Cooper Jr. doesn't consider himself a hero, he was just doing what he's been taught all his life.
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#Breaking
-- Legendary Mexican singer Vicente Fernández has died this morning at age 81.
DETAILS:
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Green Bay Packer and former UTEP running back, Aaron Jones, is a proud UTEP graduate. Jones joins 40 other UTEP student athletes who are set to graduate during today's spring commencement.
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#Breaking
-- Diana Natalicio, who served as president of the University of Texas at El Paso for 31 years, has died today at the age of 82.
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"It is completely unnecessary at this point, with the severity of this situation, for you to be out there socializing. No reason."
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#Breaking
- The City of El Paso is preparing to sue President Donald Trump's campaign for more than a half-million dollars it owes from a “Make America Great Again” rally that Trump hosted last year in the Sun City.
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#Breaking
-- El Paso City and County officials have just issued a directive mandating that businesses require all customers as well as employees to wear face masks.
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#Breaking
-- Former El Paso Democratic congressman Beto O'Rourke says in a radio interview that he is contemplating a run for governor of Texas next year against Republican incumbent Greg Abbott.
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Louis Tomlinson’s ‘All of Those Voices’ Documentary In cinemas worldwide - KVIA
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#Breaking
-- In a highly personal letter where he recounts the Covid-19 deaths of his mother and brother, El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser wrote to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott seeking authority for the city to impose its own mask mandate when the state's is lifted.
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#Breaking
-- El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego has just extended the county's emergency order shutting down non-essential businesses and services until Tuesday, Dec. 1.
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"WOW!!!!!!!! Today is a GOOD day," says Grammy award-winning R&B artist and El Paso native Khalid.
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Denver Mattress Company, the factory-direct mattress retailer that has a huge store at 11835 Gateway Blvd W in El Paso, is now making face masks for medical facilities across the country in the fight against the coronavirus.
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#Breaking
- Estela Casas, El Paso’s longest-serving broadcast journalist, announced today that she will be leaving television news to take on a new role as the Executive Director of the University Medical Center Foundation.
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TAKE A LOOK AT THIS: "We just thought it would be kind of hilarious for people to pass by and see people smiling," says the creator of this masked tree.
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One of the hottest artists in the music industry has announced that he will perform a benefit concert in the wake of the mass shooting tragedy in his adopted hometown of El Paso.
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The Scotty Walden era officially kicked off in the Sun City tonight at Sun Bowl stadium!
Here's an exclusive look at Coach Walden's pre-game speech before their home opener to Southern Utah.
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#Breaking
: Former El Paso Congressman Beto O'Rourke makes it official. He is running for governor in Texas.
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#Breaking
UPDATE: El Paso County Judge is ordering shutdown of all non-essential services for 2 weeks as of midnight.
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#Breaking
UPDATE: An order being prepared by El Paso City-County Health Authority Dr. Hector Ocaranza would prohibit any in-person classes by local school districts until after Labor Day in September.
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#Breaking
-- Two employees from El Paso's Cielo Vista Walmart store have been fired after a video surfaced showing one of the pair telling a Spanish-speaking customer, "No, you're in America, learn English."
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#Breaking
-- El Paso Health Authority Dr. Hector Ocaranza will impose a mask mandate, requiring that face coverings be worn at all indoor establishments. In defense of Ocaranza's decision, City Council voted to file a lawsuit against the governor.
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UPDATE: "We have not been doing well in El Paso in terms of flattening the curve," Congresswoman Escobar said, adding that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's "leadership has been a total failure."
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Target, CVS, Walgreens, Best Buy, Macy’s, and JCPenney are among those business that will still require masks even though Gov. Abbott is lifting a state mandate.
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#Breaking
-- An El Paso school teacher who made a viral video two years ago of her first-graders greeting one another has died of Covid-19.
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#Breaking
-- El Paso Mayor Dee Margo said in a nationally televised interview that local school districts should delay the return to school by a month because of the coronavirus surge.
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A 70-year-old man is the definition of staying strong and he's sure to put a smile on your face. He just became one of El Paso's 63 recoveries from the coronavirus.
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BREAKING: Military Police are investigating why and how a military helicopter dropped a box of ammunition over Parkland Elementary School.
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#Breaking
-- Amazon is officially announcing plans to open its first fulfillment center in El Paso.
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American Airlines will donate $75,000 to EPCF's Victim Fund.
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#Breaking
: Jim Forbes, one of the Borderland's biggest basketball icons, has died. Forbes was a star player at Bel Air High School and UTEP. Forbes represented the U.S. in the 1972 Olympic. Most recently he was the basketball coach at Andress.
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El Paso native Khalid has landed 12 nominations for the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.
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Medical cannabis dispensary will open soon in El Paso
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#Breaking
-- Green Bay Packers star running back Aaron Jones has announced he is planning to open a sports bar in El Paso.
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Notre Dame heading to El Paso to take on Oregon State in the 2023 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
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El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz became the first Catholic bishop in the nation to take a knee before leading eight minutes of silence to remember George Floyd and pray for peace and justice.
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John Matthews II is getting a chance of a lifetime. The Eastwood High School band director will be marching in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California on New Year's Day.
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#Breaking
-- El Paso native and NFL star Aaron Jones is mourning the death of his father, Alvin Jones, Sr. "Can’t even imagine game days without you by my side."
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Beto O'Rourke called Abbott's decision "a death warrant" and San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich called it "pretty mystifying" and "ignorant." The first sentence in a Fort Worth Business Press editorial said: "It's official: Greg Abbott is a moron."
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The San Elizario Eagles are coming back home state champions! 🦅🏆⚽ Congratulations to head coach Max Sappenfield & the Eagles. This is San Elizario's 4th state title in boys soccer.
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#Breaking
-- In an open letter to Mayor Dee Margo, the El Paso Pediatric Society has called on him to enforce the county judge's lockdown order and take other measures in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.
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#Breaking
-- A federal judge has just granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott from carrying out plans to have state troopers stop vehicles suspected of carrying migrants.
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UPDATE: El Paso County Constables have joined the Sheriff in saying the County Judge’s virus shutdown order is legal and will be enforced.
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- Antonio Basco, who just buried his shooting victim wife amid an outpouring of support from thousands of strangers, had his car severely damaged hours later in an apparent case of theft and vandalism.
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- El Paso police have now issued citations to the organizer of the “Open Texas” rally that took place in downtown El Paso over the weekend for violating the city's emergency order and for not having a permit for the gathering.
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- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has just announced he will delay further reopening in El Paso County as well as in the Texas Panhandle because of continued increases in infections.
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-- The Socorro Independent School District could be the first El Paso area district to impose a mask mandate in defiance of the Texas governor’s order barring schools from requiring face coverings.
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The city of San Elizario announced it is supporting El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego’s health order shutting down non-essential businesses for two weeks to stem the surge of Covid-19.
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Learn more about Senator Cruz's bill, which would double the number of federal immigration judges, from roughly 375 to 750.
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WATCH: Beto O'rourke interrupts Gov. Abbott's news conference on school shooting response - KVIA
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Update: The UTEP Miners tonight got their sixth win of the season to clinch bowl eligibility.
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Police had an unusual encounter last night when a number of camels and a llama escaped from a circus and wandered onto the streets.
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On June 28, Pat O'Neill will be inducted into the El Paso Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2023.
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#Breaking
-- Former President George W. Bush congratulated President-elect Joe Biden in a phone call today and said that, while President Trump has the right to pursue legal challenges, the 2020 race was “fundamentally fair” and “its outcome is clear.”
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San Elizario ISD to transition to a 4-day week in the upcoming school year - KVIA
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UPDATE: El Paso County election officials said they had almost 19,000 in-person ballots cast as of the end of today, which easily set a new record for day one of early voting.
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Lines already starting to form at donation centers around the city. Vitalant is accepting donations at 424 S Mesa Hills Drive and 1338 N Zaragoza
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This basketball player from San Elizario is ready to put on her dancing shoes.
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El Paso Community Foundation is accepting funds to help the families of those affected. The foundation will waive all administrative fees, and pay all credit card fees associated with this fund.
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The moment Joe Biden was sworn in after taking the oath of office.
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#Breaking
-- El Paso native and former UTEP standout Aaron Jones has reached an agreement to stay with the Green Bay Packers in a four-year deal worth $48 million.
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#ICYMI
-- For the past year, a mother and son have been cooking food and feeding El Paso’s homeless community.
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Beto O’Rourke has cancelled his scheduled events in Nevada and California and will immediately return home following a tragic shooting in El Paso, Texas.
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Say goodbye to Target runs on Thanksgiving. Target said it will close all of its stores on Thanksgiving every year from 2021 on.
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#Breaking
-- There is a new fastest man in the world: Italian Marcell Jacobs won the men’s Olympic 100-meter race. Jacobs, 26, was born in El Paso before moving to Italy.
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#Breaking
-- The El Paso Convention Center downtown will be converted into an auxiliary hospital of up to 100 beds to deal with a massive surge in Covid-19 patients needing medical care, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has just announced.
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#Breaking
-- If we do not slow the spread of Covid-19 … the next step would have to be a lockdown,” says Gov. Greg Abbott.
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-- Army officials at Fort Bliss have announced that only essential services would be allowed to remain in operation.
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Ramirez was determined to get involved, so he became a team manager for Eastwood's football, basketball and baseball teams.
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An El Paso family is waiting for their 19-year-old daughter’s Covid-19 test results while making her funeral arrangements.
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The McDonald's El Paso scholarship is offering $100,000 to 18 high school seniors who choose to attend UTEP or EPCC for the 2021-2022 academic year. Tag a graduating senior!
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The Socorro Independent School District is posed to join some other key school districts in the state in going against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's order forbidding school mask mandates.
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