Albuquerque news

• Witnesses describe chaotic scene during homicide suspect search

  19-02-2016 23:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A man wanted in a homicide case shut down part of downtown Albuquerque this afternoon, as police searched for him.
  Federal agencies and police swarmed the area of Broadway and Mountain looking for 25-year-old George Bond, who they say is armed and dangerous.
  Witnesses say Bond ran into the post office and tried to hide. When he was spotted employees told customers to get out.
  “Everyone was just kinda looking around, like, why are we leaving and as soon as th
  
  Read more

• Homicide suspect identified in downtown Albuquerque post office chase

  19-02-2016 23:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The United States Marshals Service in New Mexico is asking for assistance in locating a homicide suspect.
  George Bond is wanted for failing to appear at arraignment for an open count of homicide. Bond ran armed into Main Post Office on Broadway and Mountain in downtown Albuquerque on Friday.
  The post office put in place an armed intruder protocol, but is now reopen.
  Officials say Bond is currently attempting to avoid apprehension by Law Enforcement and i
  
  Read more

• Albuquerque police search for homicide suspect downtown

  19-02-2016 23:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque police are searching for a homicide suspect they believe was armed when he ran into a post office downtown.
  Police are at the Main Post Office on Broadway and Mountain which is still shut down.The post office put in place an armed intruder protocol.
  Police believe the suspect has exited the building but are conducting a secondary search.
  Police have reopened roads and lifted the perimeter in downtown Albuquerque. Officials say there is no reason t
  
  Read more

• Updated: Homicide suspect gives authorities the slip near Broadway and Mountain

  19-02-2016 23:34
  
  Albuquerque police were searching for a homicide suspect near Broadway and Mountain Friday afternoon but didn’t catch him, according to a police spokesman. Officers set up a perimeter and focused their efforts on a U.S. Postal Service building nearby, which was evacuated. Officers broke down the perimeter just before 4 p.m. after police spokesman Tanner […]
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Bush, seeking a much-needed revival in SC, calls in family

  19-02-2016 23:22
  
  ROCK HILL, South Carolina — Jeb Bush has long kept his family at arm’s length in his effort to become commander-in-chief, but with the South Carolina primary looming, he’s embracing them like never before in the state that has historically stood by the Bush family in its previous White House bids. It’s a drastic shift […]
  
  Read more

• Sandoval commission puts off drilling decision

  19-02-2016 22:09
  
  The Sandoval County Commission voted Thursday night to remand SandRidge Energy’s zone change application back to the county’s planning and zoning commission. SandRidge has requested changing two acres of privately owned land from residential to special use zoning to allow for oil and gas exploration. The Oklahoma City-based company already has received a permit from […]
  
  Read more

• Last of ‘Angola Three’ inmates released, thanks supporters

  19-02-2016 22:09 via krqe.com
  
  ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — The last inmate of a group known as the “Angola Three” pleaded no contest Friday to manslaughter in the 1972 death of a prison guard and was released after more than four decades in prison.
  Albert Woodfox and two other men became known as the “Angola Three” for their decades-long stays in isolation at the Louisiana Penitentiary at Angola and other prisons. Officials said they were kept in solitary because their Black Panther Party activi
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Missing Cottonwood teen, mother found

  19-02-2016 22:07
  
  COTTONWOOD, Ariz. — The Latest on the kidnapping of a woman and her 14-year-old son in Cottonwood (all times local): 1:30 p.m. Authorities say a 14-year-old boy and his mother kidnapped in Cottonwood on Friday morning have been found safe. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office says both were located in the nearby town of Clarkdale […]
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Republican 2016 hopefuls get emotional on eve of SC primary

  19-02-2016 21:31
  
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The Republican battle for South Carolina turned deeply personal on the eve of Saturday’s high-stakes presidential primary, as New York businessman Donald Trump eyed a delegate sweep and his Republican rivals fought for a southern surprise. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the son of a pastor, evoked “the body of Christ” in […]
  
  Read more

• Pentagon says US bombed IS training camp in Libya

  19-02-2016 21:17 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — American F-15E fighter-bombers struck an Islamic State training camp in rural Libya near the Tunisian border Friday, killing dozens, probably including an IS operative considered responsible for deadly attacks in Tunisia last year, U.S. and local officials said. The strike did not appear to mark the beginning of a sustained U.S. campaign in Libya but a Pentagon spokesman said “it may not be the last.”
  The spokesman, Peter Cook, said the U.S. is determined to s
  
  Read more

• Thousands pay respects to late Justice Scalia

  19-02-2016 21:14 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bidding farewell to their longtime colleague, the eight remaining Supreme Court justices joined family members, former law clerks and members of the public Friday in paying their respects to Antonin Scalia in a tradition-laden, solemn day at the marble courthouse atop Capitol Hill.
  The Rev. Paul Scalia, the justice’s son and a Catholic priest, said traditional prayers at a private ceremony before thousands of people filed through the court’s Great Hall, where
  
  Read more

• Notices issued to federal contractors after radiation leak

  19-02-2016 21:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – The federal government has issued a pair of preliminary notices of violation against two contractors after a radiation leak forced the shutdown of the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository.
  The U.S. Department of Energy said Friday the notices mark the completion of investigations into the 2014 disaster as well as the enforcement process against the managers of Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
  The notices cover worker
  
  Read more

• Alabama hometown was refuge of privacy for author Harper Lee

  19-02-2016 21:08
  
  MONROEVILLE, Ala. — This south Alabama town with a domed courthouse and tree-lined streets served as both a literary inspiration and a place of refuge for “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee. Lee tweaked names and locations in her hometown of Monroeville to come up with the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, in her […]
  
  Read more

• Spanish gold medalist believes she contracted Zika in Rio

  19-02-2016 21:01
  
  SAO PAULO — Spanish Olympic gold medalist Marina Alabau says she got Zika while training in Brazil in December, suffering painful symptoms in an experience that the wind surfer said won’t stop her from competing in the Games in August. In a phone interview with The Associated Press, Alabau described symptoms that her doctor said […]
  
  Read more

• Britain’s future, migrant split reveal growing EU divide

  19-02-2016 21:00
  
  BRUSSELS — Britain is thinking of leaving. Greece feels isolated. Austria and Denmark are pushing controversial measures for coping with asylum-seekers despite what their neighbors think. Tensions between European Union leaders at this week’s summit in Brussels have highlighted a gnawing lack of confidence that the bloc of 28 nations can provide timely answers to […]
  
  Read more

• Kurdish group claims responsibility for Ankara attack

  19-02-2016 20:59
  
  ANKARA, Turkey — A Kurdish militant group on Friday claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack in the Turkish capital Ankara which killed 28 people. In a statement posted on its website, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons said it carried out the attack to avenge Turkish military operations against Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey. The […]
  
  Read more

• Budget woes could call New Mexico lawmakers back to work

  19-02-2016 20:50 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – New Mexico’s Legislature could be called back to the capitol for a special session later this year if state revenues continue their downward slide.
  Lawmakers headed home warily Friday to distant corners of the state after approving a $6.2 billion budget that reduces spending.
  The state is drawing down its reserve funds and pinching pennies to pay for day-to-day government operations because of plunging revenues linked to oil and natural gas production, as well as weak
  
  Read more

• New Mexico high court to weigh in on workers’ comp question

  19-02-2016 20:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – The New Mexico Supreme Court plans to review a lower court ruling that cleared the way for farm and ranch laborers across the state to receive workers’ compensation benefits.
  The justices this week issued a brief order suspending a ruling by the New Mexico Court of Appeals until they can hear oral arguments and make a final decision.
  The appellate court issued an opinion last year that declared unconstitutional a decades-old provision in state law regarding farm an
  
  Read more

• Gov. Martinez: State public safety secretary stepping down

  19-02-2016 20:41 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – Gov. Susana Martinez says her cabinet secretary for public safety is stepping down to become a federal magistrate judge in Las Cruces.
  Public Safety Secretary Greg Fouratt’s resignation was announced Friday. It comes just two years after he was appointed to run the Department of Public Safety, which oversees the State Police, Motor Transportation Police and the Law Enforcement Academy.
  A longtime federal prosecutor, Fouratt replaced now-Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden
  
  Read more

• What’s the status of child marriage in the US?

  19-02-2016 20:39
  
  NEW YORK — While child marriage is commonplace in dozens of countries around the world, it has also been a longstanding, though little-noticed, practice in the United States. Some questions and answers about the topic as it attracts the attention of concerned legislators in some states: Q: What are the laws on child marriage in […]
  
  Read more

• Vatican: Pope was not singling out Trump with his remarks

  19-02-2016 20:39
  
  VATICAN CITY — A spokesman for Pope Francis insisted Friday the pontiff was “in no way” launching an attack on Donald Trump, a U.S. presidential candidate, nor was he trying to sway voters by declaring someone who advocates building walls isn’t Christian. The Rev. Federico Lombardi, in an interview on Vatican Radio, stressed that Francis […]
  
  Read more

• Math teachers flock to New Mexico for national convention

  19-02-2016 20:34 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (KRQE) – Hundreds of math teachers are flocking to New Mexico.
  They’re putting their heads to together to solve a common problem. The 700 educators from more than 30 states are here to learn how to make math more entertaining.
  “We are really focusing on how to engage and excite students in the classroom and how to foster and support a love of learning for math, something that shouldn’t be dreaded or hated,” said Martha Riecks, Director of MidSchoolMath.
  The
  
  Read more

• US accuses Apple of ‘repudiating’ order on phone access

  19-02-2016 20:28
  
  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is firing back at Apple for refusing to help unlock a phone used by one of the gunmen in the San Bernardino attack. In a new motion Friday, federal prosecutors say the company has chosen to repudiate a judge’s order instead of following it. The department also says Apple designs […]
  
  Read more

• Breaking: Managers of LANL, WIPP noticed on violations for drum leak

  19-02-2016 20:25
  
    The federal government has issued a pair of preliminary notices of violation against two contractors involved in a radiation leak that forced the shutdown of the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository. The U.S. Department of Energy said Friday the notices mark the completion of investigations into the 2014 disaster as well as the […]
  
  Read more

• Utah woman says she found a snake head in canned green beans

  19-02-2016 20:22
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — An Oregon food distribution company has halted shipments of canned green beans after a Utah woman said she found a snake head in a can. Troy Walker of Farmington, Utah, said she made the unsettling discovery while she and fellow church members were preparing meals Wednesday night for neighbors. Walker said […]
  
  Read more

• Prison bus crashes in Texas, 1 killed, more than 20 hurt

  19-02-2016 20:21
  
  COMANCHE, Texas — A prison bus carrying more than two dozen inmates has collided with a pickup truck in Texas, killing the truck’s driver and injuring most of the inmates. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Robert Hurst says the bus was carrying 31 inmates and two guards when it collided Friday with the pickup […]
  
  Read more

• Even from sidelines, governors fixated on White House race

  19-02-2016 20:21
  
  WASHINGTON — Nearly three-quarters of the nation’s governors are gathering this weekend in Washington for wide-ranging discussions of public policy, including a heroin epidemic, the threat of terrorism and the possibility of another recession. But when they go out to dinner afterward, they’ll be talking about what the rest of Washington is obsessed with: presidential […]
  
  Read more

• Record number of astronaut wannabes apply to NASA _ 18,300

  19-02-2016 20:20
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space travel never looked so good. NASA announced Friday it received a record number of applicants — some 18,300 — for its next astronaut class. That’s more than double the previous record of 8,000 for the first space shuttle astronaut class in 1978. This time, NASA hit social media hard to […]
  
  Read more

• Colo. house approves extended rape statute of limitations

  19-02-2016 20:20
  
  DENVER — The state House has passed a bill to double the amount of time sexual assault victims can seek charges from 10 to 20 years. The bill goes to the Senate after Friday’s vote. Democratic sponsor Rep. Rhonda Fields crafted the bill after being approached by two Colorado women who claim Bill Cosby assaulted […]
  
  Read more

• Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe moving forward with casino

  19-02-2016 20:19
  
  PRESCOTT, Ariz. — The Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe is taking the first steps toward building a new casino and resort in the Prescott area. The Yavapai Gaming Agency said Friday the tribe is conducting soil sampling at the site to make sure it is suitable for construction. The casino would be built at the northeast corner […]
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Prosecution, defense rest in stolen baby trial

  19-02-2016 20:19
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — The Latest on the trial of a Colorado woman charged with cutting an unborn child out of the womb of another woman (all times local): 10:40 a.m. Closing statements are expected Monday in the trial of a Colorado woman charged with cutting an unborn baby from the womb of another woman. The […]
  
  Read more

• AZ teen, mother believed to have been kidnapped

  19-02-2016 20:19
  
  COTTONWOOD, Ariz. — Yavapai County authorities are searching for a 14-year-old boy and his mother who may have been kidnapped in Cottonwood. Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies say the incident happened around 6 a.m. Friday. Deputies believe an unknown male forced a woman in her 30s into a 2016 gray Dodge Charger that was reported stolen. […]
  
  Read more

• White House to tackle chronic absenteeism in schools

  19-02-2016 20:18
  
  WASHINGTON — The White House is hoping that caring mentors will help stop students from skipping school. The Obama administration announced plans Friday to connect more than 1 million students who miss major amounts of school time with mentors in hopes of turning that around. Officials say that as many as 7.5 million children miss […]
  
  Read more

• Fight over Cruz’s ballot eligibility moves to courtrooms

  19-02-2016 20:18
  
  CHICAGO — The debate over whether Canadian-born Ted Cruz is eligible to be president is moving from the campaign trail to the courtroom. Lawsuits challenging the Texas Republican’s eligibility for the ballot have been filed in recent weeks by residents in states including Illinois, New York and Alabama who argue he can’t be president because […]
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Sanders tells Nevada he’s ‘here to win’

  19-02-2016 20:17
  
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The Latest on campaign 2016 ahead of Saturday’s South Carolina Republican primary and Nevada Democratic caucuses (all times local): 2:00 p.m. Bernie Sanders says his campaign is “here to win” in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses but he also wants to drive a large voter turnout in the nation’s third Democratic presidential contest. […]
  
  Read more

• AP-GfK Poll: Voters increasingly see Sanders as electable

  19-02-2016 20:17
  
  WASHINGTON — The more Democrats learn about Bernie Sanders, the more they appear to like him. A greater percentage of Democratic registered voters view the Vermont senator as likable, honest, competent and compassionate than they did just two months ago, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. Seventy-two percent now believe he could win the […]
  
  Read more

• Saudi Arabia halts $4B in Lebanese deals over Iran dispute

  19-02-2016 20:16
  
  BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia announced on Friday it is halting deals worth $4 billion aimed at equipping and supporting Lebanese security forces in retaliation for the tiny country’s siding with Iran amid the Sunni kingdom’s spat with the Shiite power. The surprise announcement, carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, comes as deeply divided Lebanon […]
  
  Read more

• Drugs found stashed in baby’s car seat, police say

  19-02-2016 19:50
  
  An Albuquerque man faces charges after police said they found marijuana stashed in a baby’s car seat.
  
  Read more

• Arabic version of Saturday Night Live hits the Middle East

  19-02-2016 19:33
  
  CAIRO — “From Cairo…it’s Saturday Night!” An Arabic version of Saturday Night Live is airing across the Arab world for the first time this weekend, offering a Middle Eastern twist on the hit U.S. comedy show. In a newly renovated theatre in the Egyptian capital, the live audience laughed their way through the shooting of […]
  
  Read more

• Food and fabrics fill Native Arts fest

  19-02-2016 19:08
  
    I’ve always said the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts has the best receptions, hands down, for its exhibition openings. In the case of Thursday evening, it was a delayed reception timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the birth of fabric artist, fashionisto and IAIA co-founder Lloyd “Kiva” New (Cherokee). Just take […]
  
  Read more

• Dianna Duran asks judge to reevaluate community service sentence

  19-02-2016 19:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Former New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran is asking a judge to reconsider the conditions of her probation.
  She is now requesting that the requirement for her to make four public appearances per month be reevaluated.
  The weekly public appearances are part Duran’s community service sentencing.
  KRQE News 13 just received the motion, we are working to read through it and will provide more details as soon as possible.
  
  Read more

• Chaparral woman who shot boyfriend 5 times to serve 9 years

  19-02-2016 18:37 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES (AP) – A woman convicted of shooting her live-in boyfriend in Chaparral has received the maximum prison sentence possible.
  The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that a judge sentenced 39-year-old Margarita Flores to nine years for attempted murder.
  Flores pleaded guilty last year.
  Authorities say Flores, who was intoxicated, shot her boyfriend five times at a home in March 2014 during an argument.
  The victim was comatose for three months and hospitalized for a year.
  He has not re
  
  Read more

• Clinton expands lead in delegates despite Sanders’ win in NH

  19-02-2016 18:15 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Bernie Sanders’ win in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton is adding to her big lead among the delegates who will choose the Democratic nominee for president.
  Since the New Hampshire primary, Clinton has picked up endorsements from 89 more superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention, and Sanders has added just 11, according to a new Associated Press survey.
  These party leaders and elected officials can change their minds. But if they continue to back Cli
  
  Read more

• Stocks edge mostly lower, weighed down by the energy sector

  19-02-2016 18:02 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are edging mostly lower in midday trading as another drop in the price of oil sends energy stocks lower.
  Several retailers were also falling Friday, led by a big drop in Nordstrom after the department store operator released a weak forecast.
  Technology stocks bucked the trend and moved higher. Facebook rose 1 percent and Applied Materials soared 9 percent.
  The Dow Jones industrial average was down 34 points, or 0.2 percent, to 16,376 as of 11:45 a.m. Eastern tim
  
  Read more

• Safety advocate asks gov’t to reopen Jeep fire investigation

  19-02-2016 17:38
  
  DETROIT — An auto safety advocate is calling on the government to reopen an investigation of rear-crash fires in older Jeep SUVs after finding at least 11 more deaths since the vehicles were recalled. The deaths show that the recall repair — installing a trailer hitch to protect gas tanks in low-speed crashes — hasn’t […]
  
  Read more

• New: Harper Lee, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author, has died at 89

  19-02-2016 17:26
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Harper Lee, the elusive novelist whose child's-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town,…
  
  Read more

• US stocks slip as weak earnings hammer retailers

  19-02-2016 17:02
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are mostly lower Friday morning after a batch of weak quarterly reports. Retail stocks are sliding after a disappointing report from department store operator Nordstrom. Oil prices are in decline after a big surge over the past week. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average lost 68 points, or 0.4 […]
  
  Read more

• ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee dead at 89

  19-02-2016 16:56 via krqe.com
  
  MONROEVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) — Multiple sources in Harper Lee’s hometown of Monroeville, Alabama are reporting that the author passed away at 4 a.m. Friday morning. She was 89-years-old.
  There is nothing further available at this time.
  
  Read more

• Harper Lee, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author, has died at 89

  19-02-2016 16:56 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Harper Lee, the elusive novelist whose child’s-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” became standard reading for millions of young people and an Oscar-winning film, has died. She was 89.
  HarperCollins spokeswoman Tina Andreadis confirmed the author’s death to The Associated Press on Friday.
  For most of her life, Lee divided her time between New York City, where she wrote the novel in the 1950s, and her hometo
  
  Read more

• US consumer prices show signs of acceleration in January

  19-02-2016 16:48
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in January, as the rising costs of housing and health care were largely offset by cheaper oil. But the annual pace of inflation showed signs of acceleration. The Labor Department said Friday that prices have risen 1.4 percent over the past 12 months, compared to a year ago […]
  
  Read more

Follow @Albuquerque_Nws on Twitter!