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• Santa Fe’s McClure Reservoir storing water again

  09-12-2015 23:34
  
  The Santa Fe Water Division announced today (Wednesday, Dec. 9) that construction of the new intake tower at McClure Reservoir, above the upper reaches of Canyon Road, is substantially complete, and the city has officially begun to store water in the reservoir. McClure Dam was drained in November 2014 in order to allow replacement of […]
  
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• U.S. Attorney: ABQ man traded, distributed child porn

  09-12-2015 23:32
  
  Randy Martinez Jr., 20, of Albuquerque, pleaded not guilty Wednesday as he was arraigned on an indic ...
  
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• The Latest: Clinic suspect says he’s a ‘warrior’ for babies

  09-12-2015 22:40
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The latest on the man accused in a shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic (all times local): 2:30 p.m. The man accused of killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic says he’s guilty and that he’s a “warrior for the babies.” Robert Lewis Dear made the comments Wednesday during […]
  
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• Updated: South America hacker team targets dissidents, journalists

  09-12-2015 22:39
  
  LIMA, Peru — A shadowy cyber-espionage group that sent malware to the prosecutor whose mysterious death transfixed Argentina early this year has been hitting targets in left-leaning nations across South America, the Internet watchdog group Citizen Lab reported Wednesday. The breadth and brazenness of the hackers’ activity bear the hallmarks of state sponsorship. So do […]
  
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• South America hacker team targets dissidents, journalists

  09-12-2015 22:39
  
  LIMA, Peru — A shadowy cyber-espionage group that sent malware to the prosecutor whose mysterious death transfixed Argentina early this year has been hitting targets in left-leaning nations across South America, the Internet watchdog group Citizen Lab reported Wednesday. The breadth and brazenness of the hackers’ activity bear the hallmarks of state sponsorship. So do […]
  
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• New draft of climate accord leaves big issues unresolved

  09-12-2015 22:39
  
  LE BOURGET, France — With just two days left to reach a deal, negotiators at the world climate talks released a new draft Wednesday that drops the most radical ideas — including an international tribunal to punish polluters — but leaves major issues unresolved, such as who should pay to help the most vulnerable nations […]
  
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• Text to mom announcing death reveals 3rd Bataclan attacker

  09-12-2015 22:26
  
  PARIS — It took a text message from Syria to a mother in northeast France to reveal the identity of the third killer at the Bataclan concert venue in Paris: Your son died as a martyr Nov. 13. For nearly four weeks, police had failed to identify the third gunman who stormed the concert venue […]
  
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• FBI: California shooters radicalized at least 2 years ago

  09-12-2015 22:24
  
  WASHINGTON — The two San Bernardino shooters were radicalized at least two years ago, well before one of them came to the U.S. on a fiancée visa, FBI James Comey said Wednesday. Comey said the couple discussed jihad and martyrdom as early as 2013. Comey’s comments to the Senate Judiciary Committee were the most specific […]
  
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• Man convicted in beating deaths of 2 transients

  09-12-2015 22:22
  
  A jury has convicted a 20-year-old man of beating two homeless men to death with cinder blocks and other items as they slept last year in New Mexico.
  
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• Clinton says GOP candidates hindering anti-terrorism efforts

  09-12-2015 22:20
  
  WATERLOO, Iowa — Hillary Clinton accused Republicans of undermining American efforts to fight Islamic terrorism, saying Wednesday that the “hateful” campaign rhetoric of frontrunner Donald Trump and the rest of the GOP field is providing new material for Islamic State propaganda. “Instead of showing leadership some of the leaders in this campaign are resorting to […]
  
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• Suspect in La. playground shooting turns himself in

  09-12-2015 22:19
  
  NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department has announced a suspect in a park shooting that left 17 people wounded last month has surrendered to authorities. Local news outlets report 29-year-old Michael “Mack” Allen turned himself in Tuesday night. The announcement came just hours after Joseph “Moe” Allen, the first suspect in the shooting, […]
  
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• US veterans who firebombed Japan meet survivor

  09-12-2015 22:18
  
  TOKYO — Five American veterans who took part in the firebombing of Japan during World War II saw photos of charred bodies and leveled homes Wednesday at a museum dedicated to the victims, and said the outcome on the ground of their missions was awful. Fiske Hanley of Fort Worth, Texas, was an engineer on […]
  
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• Texas thief sought, hooked shopping cart with loot to cycle

  09-12-2015 22:17
  
  WICHITA FALLS, Texas — A stalled motorcycle has kept a thief from escaping with a shopping cart full of loot from a North Texas hardware store. Wichita Falls police Sgt. Harold McClure said the suspect remained at large Wednesday. Police say a man on Monday rolled a cart out of the store without paying. Police […]
  
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• NAU lecturer found dead was facing sexual abuse allegations

  09-12-2015 22:17
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A Northern Arizona University art lecturer suspected of fatally shooting his girlfriend and then killing himself had been facing sexual assault allegations, according to police. A 20-year-old NAU student contacted Flagstaff police in August to report that her former art professor, 36-year-old Jeriah Hildwine, had sexually assaulted her at his home, according […]
  
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• 5 more charged in Houston-based Nigerian marriage scam

  09-12-2015 22:17
  
  HOUSTON — Five more people have been indicted in a Texas marriage scam with Nigerian nationals allegedly tying the knot for immigration purposes. Federal prosecutors in Houston say three suspects were arrested Wednesday, while a fourth was already held on unrelated counts. The search continues for the fifth suspect. Six other people indicted in the […]
  
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• FEMA gives tips, plan for disaster response to El Nino

  09-12-2015 22:16
  
  Winter in the Southwest and West Coast could be fraught with flooding, evacuations, power outages and landslides because of El Nino, and federal officials Wednesday released their emergency plan and gave tips on how to be prepared. Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency released a disaster plan for how they plan to respond to […]
  
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• Breaking: Rios found guilty of second-degree murder in homeless beating deaths

  09-12-2015 22:08
  
  The jury in the trial of Alex Rios found him guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday afternoon in the 2014 beating deaths of two homeless men. Rios was found guilty of two counts of second degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery, robbery and other charges. Rios was one of three teens charged with murder after the […]
  
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• 2 sentenced to life in 2010 killing of Border Patrol agent

  09-12-2015 22:00
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — Two men convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of a Border Patrol agent whose death brought to light a bungled federal gun-tracking operation known as Fast and Furious were sentenced to life in prison Wednesday in Arizona. Jesus Leonel Sanchez-Meza and Ivan Soto-Barraza were part of a five-member crew planning to […]
  
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• The Latest: Hundreds take to Chicago streets in protest

  09-12-2015 21:39
  
  CHICAGO — The latest developments in the city of Chicago’s efforts to deal with fatal police shootings and police accountability (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Hundreds of protesters are marching through the streets near Chicago’s City Hall, blocking traffic and chanting, “16 shots and a cover-up!” Wednesday’s march is the latest in several weeks of […]
  
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• Census Bureau: As usual, Los Alamos among nation’s wealthiest counties, NM near bottom

  09-12-2015 21:26
  
  Los Alamos County is the wealthiest county in the United States outside of the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., as measured by median household income, according to U.S. Census Bureau information released today (Wednesday, Dec. 9). The county that is home to Los Alamos National Laboratory had a median household income of $108,477 in 2014, […]
  
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• Aggie Rose is Sun Belt’s offensive player of year

  09-12-2015 21:20
  
  NEW ORLEANS – New Mexico State football’s Larry Rose III has been named the Offensive Student-Athlete of the Year and earned a spot on the All-Sun Belt Conference First Team, the league office announced Wednesday. In addition, Terrill Hanks was selected for the All-Newcomer Team and Tyrian Taylor, Isaiah Folasa, Anthony McMeans and Stody Bradley […]
  
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• United bringing back free snacks in coach on US flights

  09-12-2015 21:03
  
  CHICAGO — United Airlines is bringing back free snacks for economy-class passengers in February. Those snacks were cut off in 2008 by United and Continental followed suit in 2011 after the airlines merged. Jimmy Samartzis, United’s vice president of food services, said the airline is “refocusing on the big and little things that we know […]
  
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• McDonald’s all-day breakfast brings in new customers, lures back old ones

  09-12-2015 21:02
  
  CHICAGO — McDonald’s all-day breakfast, in the two months since its launch, is bringing in new customers and luring back others who hadn’t passed though the golden arches recently, a new study shows. Research and consultancy firm NPD Group found that a third of customers who bought breakfast foods at lunch or dinner hadn’t ordered […]
  
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• Updated: North Face co-founder Tompkins dies in Chile accident

  09-12-2015 21:01
  
  SANTIAGO, Chile — Douglas Tompkins, the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing companies who bought up large swaths of land in South America’s Patagonia region to keep them pristine, has died from severe hypothermia in a kayaking accident in Chile. The well-known conservationist was 72. The Aysen health service said the wealthy businessman […]
  
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• North Face co-founder Tompkins dies in Chile accident

  09-12-2015 21:01
  
  SANTIAGO, Chile — Douglas Tompkins, the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing companies who bought up large swaths of land in South America’s Patagonia region to keep them pristine, has died from severe hypothermia in a kayaking accident in Chile. The well-known conservationist was 72. The Aysen health service said the wealthy businessman […]
  
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• State legislature tests out new website

  09-12-2015 20:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The state legislature is testing out a new website design. Officials say it’s now easier to search for information. There are scrolling updates and a Twitter feed at the bottom of the page. There’s also a comment box where users can leave suggestions.
  Officials say the old website and new one will both be online through the 30-day legislative session next month but the new site will take over after that.
  
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• Small plane crashes in West Texas near state’s highest peak

  09-12-2015 20:57 via krqe.com
  
  GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, Texas (AP) – A single-engine airplane has crashed near the highest peak in Texas, causing an explosion and scattering debris across an area half a mile wide.
  Elizabeth Jackson, a spokeswoman for Guadalupe Mountains National Park, says the plane went down late Tuesday afternoon in a rugged area near Guadalupe Peak where motorized vehicles are prohibited and that is accessible only by foot.
  She said Wednesday it takes more than two hours to hike into the ar
  
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• David Crosby coming to the Lensic

  09-12-2015 20:22
  
  Singer-songwriter and 1960s’ era music icon David Crosby has announced a solo acoustic tour for March, and the final concert will be at Santa Fe’s Lensic Performing Arts Center. Crosby’s website says the shows will feature repertoire spanning Crosby’s  career, including songs from his 2014 album”Croz” and his 1971 solo debut “If I Could Only Remember My […]
  
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• Taos officer cleared of battery charge after disturbance call gets ugly

  09-12-2015 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  TAOS, N.M. (KRQE) – A Taos police sergeant accused of kneeing a suspect while he was handcuffed was found not guilty. Lapel cam captured Sergeant Jani Davis and other officers confronting Frank Olonia after getting a call about loud music.
  At one point in the video, you can hear Olonia threatening the officers making references to the Mexican mafia. It then appears Davis knees and kicks Olonia once he’s handcuffed. Davis was charged with battery but according to Taos News, jurors spe
  
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• Prosecutor: We got justice for the victims and their family

  09-12-2015 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Handcuffs were slapped onto his wrists before a judge even finished reading the verdict.
  A jury found Alex Rios, 20, guilty on Wednesday of murdering two homeless men.
  Rios’ family stormed out of the courtroom after hearing the verdict.
  “They took off to deal with it in private,” said Rios’ Attorney, Daniel Salazar.
  Before that, the crowded courtroom was quiet on Wednesday afternoon.
  Rios walked in, shook hands with his attorney and then listene
  
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• Man found guilty in beating death of homeless men

  09-12-2015 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – One of the three teens charged in the beating death of two homeless men has been found guilty of second-degree murder.
  From the beginning, Alex Rios denied his involvement but prosecutors played a recorded interview with the Albuquerque Police Department where Rios admitted to taking part in the beating but said he didn’t use weapons.
  However, Gilbert Tafoya, the teen who took a plea deal, testified Rios hit one of the men with a cinder block and even stabbed one
  
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• Lottery Scholarship tuition support could see 30-percent drop

  09-12-2015 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – College tuitions covered by the state’s lottery are in danger. Right now about 32,000 students depend on those funds to cover about 90 percent of their tuition costs. But education officials say that could change soon.
  Raising tuition costs are devouring the budget faster than they can be refilled. Liquor taxes contribute $19 million to the scholarships but that extra funding source ends in 2018.
  If nothing is done, officials say tuition support will drop by 30 p
  
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• Interior secretary: No criminal acts in Colorado mine spill

  09-12-2015 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says she’s seen no evidence of criminal negligence in a toxic wastewater spill triggered by federal workers at an inactive Colorado gold mine.
  Jewell said during congressional testimony Wednesday that the 3 million-gallon spill was clearly an accident by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency crew. She says the Aug. 5 case highlights the hazards posed by tens of thousands of abandoned mines across the country.
  Republicans counter
  
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• Deliberations continue in homeless homicide trial

  09-12-2015 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – One of the three teens charged in the beating death of two homeless men is still waiting on the jury to announce its verdict. From the beginning, Alex Rios denied his involvement but prosecutors played a recorded interview with the Albuquerque Police Department where Rios admitted to taking part in the beating but said he didn’t use weapons.
  However, Gilbert Tafoya, the teen who took a plea deal, testified Rios hit one of the men with a cinder block and even stab
  
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• Rock relic: Nashville P has been around for quite awhile, they’ll do a show at Launchpad

  09-12-2015 19:58
  
  Blaine Cartwright has been performing for more than 30 years.And it wasn't until the p ...
  
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• Prosecutors: No charges in Colorado high school sexting case

  09-12-2015 19:24
  
  CANON CITY, Colo. — No charges will be filed against students involved in a widespread sexting scandal at a southern Colorado high school. Prosecutors announced the decision on Wednesday in Canon City, where high school students exchanged hundreds of explicit photos of students as young as eighth-graders. Fremont County District Attorney Tom LeDoux had said […]
  
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• Middle East grows wary of Trump, despite ventures in region

  09-12-2015 19:24
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Donald Trump’s call to keep Muslims from traveling to the United States is causing dismay among business leaders in the Middle East, a region where the billionaire presidential candidate has done business for years, viewed as well-suited for his brand of over-the-top luxury. Emirati business magnate Khalaf al-Habtoor only months […]
  
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• Things to know about Capitol Hill’s budget endgame

  09-12-2015 19:23
  
  WASHINGTON — It’s looking increasingly likely that a deal is near on a massive spending bill and a separate measure reviving a boatload of tax breaks that mostly reward business interests like high-tech firms and producers of renewable energy. Both Republicans and Democrats said Wednesday that dominos are beginning to fall in late-stage talks: Republicans […]
  
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• Angel Fire ready to open Friday

  09-12-2015 19:10
  
  Angel Fire Resort is set to open Friday (Dec. 11), the ski resort says in a news release. The resort has been taking advantage of the colder temperatures during the past couple of weeks to make snow to get ready for the opening. Angel Fire’s mountain operations team has been working since late fall on […]
  
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• Commerce official meets with ABQ business leaders

  09-12-2015 18:50
  
  US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development Matt Erskine met with local business leaders and economic development professionals Wednesday morning at the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce to discuss ways local communities can take better advantage of federal programs and funding. The Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration provides about $350 million in grants annually to […]
  
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• Some customers of Elephant Bar face potential data breach

  09-12-2015 18:42 via krqe.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The owner of the Elephant Bar restaurant chain says a potential data breach could affect customers in seven states who paid with credit or debit cards.
  CM Ebar says the security incident involves nearly 30 Elephant Bar locations. The Dallas-based chain on Tuesday apologized for the apparent breach and urged customers to review their card statements.
  Elephant Bar on Nov. 3 was alerted by its card processor about illegal software found on payment processing systems in certain r
  
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• Senate clears major new education bill, sends it to Obama

  09-12-2015 17:53
  
  WASHINGTON — The way the nation’s public schools are evaluated — teachers, students and the schools themselves — is headed for a major makeover, with a sweeping shift from federal to state control over school accountability and student testing. The Senate on Wednesday voted 85-12 to approve legislation rewriting the landmark No Child Left Behind […]
  
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• Updated: Interior secretary: No criminal acts in Colorado mine spill

  09-12-2015 17:47
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says she’s seen no evidence of criminal negligence in a toxic wastewater spill triggered by federal workers at an inactive Colorado gold mine. Jewell said during congressional testimony Wednesday that the 3 million-gallon spill was clearly an accident by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency crew. She says the […]
  
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• Lawmakers: Colo. mine spill probe glossed over negligence

  09-12-2015 17:47
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. — A U.S. Interior Department investigation glossed over the federal government’s negligence in a massive toxic wastewater spill from an inactive gold mine that fouled rivers in three states, Republicans in Congress said as they pushed for a more detailed explanation of the accident. An Environmental Protection Agency cleanup crew triggered the 3-million-gallon […]
  
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• Residents exchange gopher tails for cash

  09-12-2015 17:42 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Residents of a New Mexico town have been turning in dead gopher tails for money as part of a bounty program established by the Carlsbad Soil and Conservation District to control the pests.
  The district offers residents $6 for each gopher tail brought in on the first Monday of each month, The Current-Argus reported.
  “We’ll have a handful more this month,” said Judith McCollaum, who works in information and education in the district. “They save u
  
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• Dona Ana leaders spar over jail control, director arrested

  09-12-2015 17:41 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – Leaders of Dona Ana County are fighting for control of the jail after the director was arrested on investigation of fraud, bringing contraband into a jail and willful neglect of duty.
  The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that Sheriff Enrique “Kiki” Vigil took control of the jail early Tuesday after director Christopher Barela was arrested.
  But by end of day, County Manager Julia Brown had obtained a temporary restraining order from district court calling on V
  
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• Army to launch missile Thursday from northwestern New Mexico

  09-12-2015 17:36 via krqe.com
  
  WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. (AP) – The Army plans to launch a target missile from a site in northwestern New Mexico on Thursday.
  Officials at White Sands Missile Range said the Juno missile will be launched between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. MST to the range in southern New Mexico from Fort Wingate near Gallup, New Mexico.
  White Sands is about 215 miles southeast of Fort Wingate.
  On its way, the missile will drop a booster into a safety zone on private and national forest land north of Da
  
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• 5 ways to save money on your next vacation

  09-12-2015 17:31
  
  NEW YORK — Vacations are a great way to relax, reconnect with family and escape the daily grind of work. But they can also quickly drain your savings account. So here are five of our favorite tips to save a bit of cash on your next trip. SEARCH FOR JUST ONE AIRLINE TICKET Airlines set […]
  
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• Small plane crashes, explodes in Guadalupe Mountains

  09-12-2015 17:17
  
  GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, Texas — A single-engine airplane has crashed near the highest peak in Texas, causing an explosion and debris field a half-mile wide. Elizabeth Jackson, a spokeswoman for Guadalupe Mountains National Park, says the plane went down late Tuesday afternoon in a rugged area near Guadalupe Peak, with an elevation of about […]
  
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• Updated: Officer says Gray gave him no reason to call for a medic

  09-12-2015 17:16
  
  BALTIMORE — A police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of Freddie Gray testified in his own defense Wednesday, saying he didn’t call for a medic because Gray was “unable to give me a reason for a medical emergency.” Officer William Porter, the first of six officers to go on trial in Gray’s death, […]
  
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