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ca.news.yahoo.com | Aaron Martinez |Adam Powell
EL PASO, Texas — Texas prosecutors said Tuesday they will not pursue the death penalty in the case against a man charged with killing 23 people and injuring dozens in a racially-charged shooting at an El Paso Walmart in 2019. Patrick Crucius, 26, is charged with carrying out the mass shooting that ripped through the heart of the Texas border community on Aug. 3, 2019, and gripped the nation’s attention.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Aaron Martinez |Aarón Martinez |Adam Powell
EL PASO, Texas — Texas prosecutors said Tuesday they will not pursue the death penalty in the case against a man charged with killing 23 people and injuring dozens in a racially-charged shooting at an El Paso Walmart in 2019. Patrick Crucius, 26, is charged with carrying out the mass shooting that ripped through the heart of the Texas border community on Aug. 3, 2019, and gripped the nation’s attention.
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sports.yahoo.com | Catherine Lee |Adam Powell
Geordie dreams have come true after Newcastle United won the league cup. The Magpies beat Liverpool 2-1 in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley. The last trophy for the club was the old Fairs Cup in 1969, but the 1955 FA Cup was the club's last domestic success. Thousands had made the trip to London for the game, with crowds in Newcastle also following play from the city centre fan zone and other pubs across the city.
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msn.com | John Moritz |Adam Powell
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
news.yahoo.com | Adam Powell
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar has been named to an influential committee within the U.S. House of Representatives. Escobar, D-El Paso, announced Tuesday, Jan. 7, that the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee appointed her to the House Appropriations Committee, an influential group tasked with allocating tax dollars for government agencies, programs and operations. From that post, she hopes to guide strategic investments toward El Paso.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
news.yahoo.com | Adam Powell
The City Hall class of 2025 took its seats on the dais for the first time with little fanfare. Sworn into office the night before, the El Paso City Council — stocked with five newly-elected city representatives — and Mayor Renard Johnson held their first meeting of the year on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The first order of business was appointing a mayor pro tempore and alternate mayor pro tempore. In a surprise move, Johnson, a first-time politician himself, nominated West Side city Rep.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Adam Powell
Hundreds turned out to witness history as Renard Johnson was sworn in as El Paso's first Black mayor. "Today marks a new chapter for our city," Johnson said at the end of the night. "A day to reflect on where we have been, celebrate where we are and look forward with hope and determination where we are headed."The nearly packed-house event took place at the Plaza Theatre in Downtown El Paso Monday, Jan.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Adam Powell
Early voting is underway in El Paso's municipal runoff election, but current numbers indicate that voters aren't eager to to go to the polls. After the first two days of early voting, just over 6,700 ballots had been cast in the runoff election that will decide five seats on the El Paso City Council, as well as who will lead City Hall as mayor for the next four years.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Adam Powell
For decades, Northeast District 4 has offered its residents something other urban parts of El Paso could not ― peace and quiet. The district is on the east side of the Franklin Mountains from Hondo Pass Drive to the New Mexico state line. It's a district that has brand new neighborhoods in its north and aging stretches, particularly along Dyer Street. Much of the district is marked by wide-open spaces that offers desert tranquility.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Adam Powell
From the El Paso International Airport to some of the city's best retail shopping and up to the farmland in the Lower Valley, District 3 is one of the city's most diverse areas. It's a community that represents the transformation of El Paso from its center to the East, but it also beckons for the need for younger families, continued reinvestment and steady economic expansion. "The geographical location has a lot of value and possibilities," said outgoing District 3 Rep. Cassandra Hernandez.
