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• Al-Qaida, hard-line rebels seize Alawite village in Syria

  12-05-2016 23:58
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria — Al-Qaida fighters and other ultraconservative Sunni insurgents seized a predominantly Alawite village in central Syria on Thursday, sparking fears of sectarian violence as families from the village were reported missing by activists. Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi said “terrorists” were killing residents of the village of Zaara, previously controlled by the government. […]
  
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• Top Texas Republicans gird for transgender bathroom fight

  12-05-2016 23:57
  
  DALLAS — Top Republicans were anxious to bring the fight raging in North Carolina over transgender rights and public restrooms to America’s largest conservative state, as thousands of party activists gathered Thursday for the Texas GOP convention. Gov. Greg Abbott announced he’s been talking to his North Carolina counterpart, Pat McCroy, about how to battle […]
  
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• Teen football player whose injury raised safety efforts dies

  12-05-2016 23:56
  
  LOS ANGELES — Donnovan Hill, the California teenager whose paralyzing football injury led to increased safety protections for young players after he sued a youth league, has died, a lawyer for his family said Thursday. Hill died Wednesday at an Orange County hospital of complications from surgery related to management of his injury, attorney Robert […]
  
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• Items belonging to George Carlin to get new home in New York

  12-05-2016 23:56
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Items belonging to late comedian George Carlin will have a new home in New York. The National Comedy Center currently being built in Jamestown has acquired Carlin’s archives. His daughter, Kelly Carlin, says she’s excited that her father’s files, journals, awards, arrest records and hours of video and audio recordings will have […]
  
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• California Dreaming: Clinton sees big win, Sanders an upset

  12-05-2016 23:56
  
  LOS ANGELES — With the primary season’s biggest prize in play, Hillary Clinton has fashioned a strategy to reprise her 2008 victory in California when she defeated Barack Obama by running up big margins with Hispanics and women. Bernie Sanders is hoping for an upset to sustain his argument to stay in the race. There […]
  
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• Silver Alert issued for woman allegedly abducted by son

  12-05-2016 23:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department has issued a Silver Alert for a woman who was allegedly abducted by her own son.
  BCSD says 77-year-old Lenora Baird was last seen wearing a purple top and tan pants. Lenora suffers from an incapacitated mental state and may appear normal if you see her.
  Officials say Lenora has a restraining order against her son 56-year-old Patrick Baird. Patrick is accused of physically abusing Lenora in the past.
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• Bernalillo County Sheriff: Woman allegedly abducted by son found safe

  12-05-2016 23:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department issued a Silver Alert on Thursday for a woman who was allegedly abducted by her own son.
  Officials say 77-year-old Lenora Baird has a restraining order against her son 56-year-old Patrick Baird. Patrick is accused of physically abusing Lenora in the past.
  Late Thursday night, BCSD reported that Lenora had been found safe and that Patrick had been arrested for aggravated stalking.
  BCSD said Lenora was last see
  
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• Feds: Drug investigation in Shiprock area nets 6 arrests

  12-05-2016 23:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Authorities say a crackdown on narcotics trafficking in northwestern New Mexico has led to arrests of multiple people charged in federal indictments.
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Mexico says the multi-agency investigation was launched in response to an increase in methamphetamine trafficking in the Shiprock area of the Navajo Nation.
  The office says six people who were arrested Wednesday made initial appearances Thursday in federal court in Farmington.
  
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• Police seek woman accused of stealing wallet from 98-year-old victim

  12-05-2016 22:50 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a woman who they say stole a wallet from a 98-year-old.
  The Albuquerque Police Department says the suspect took the wallet and then made several purchases using the victim’s credit cards.
  If you have any information about this case or know who the woman is call police at (505) 823-4455.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Crime, Home, News, SmartTV
  
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• Police respond to SWAT situation in southwest Albuquerque

  12-05-2016 22:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are on scene of a SWAT situation in southwest Albuquerque.
  According to Albuquerque Police Department, the situation began Thursday morning after officers responded to a domestic violence call in the 1700 block of Desert Breeze SW.
  When officers arrived on scene they learned that the male suspect was wanted on a felony warrant and more charges related to the domestic violence incident needed to be filed against him. As officers tried to speak with the man,
  
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• First National names senior vp

  12-05-2016 22:09
  
  Fran Lesher has joined First National Rio Grande as senior vice president, professional services banker. Lesher has 11 years’ experience in the financial services industry and 25 years’ experience as a business entrepreneur. She has a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in business administration/accounting from New Mexico Highlands University and is a past-president and current […]
  
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• Trial begins for officer charged in Freddie Gray case

  12-05-2016 22:07
  
  BALTIMORE — The second trial in the Freddie Gray case gets underway Thursday, and it will be different than the one that ended last year with a hung jury. This trial is before a judge, and it has a better chance of ending with a verdict. It is also likely to signal what may happen […]
  
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• Report details Russian system to evade Olympic doping tests

  12-05-2016 22:07
  
  Russian officials took clean urine from athletes months before the Sochi Olympics, and used soda containers and baby bottles passed through a hole in the wall of a testing lab to evade doping tests, the former head of Russian’s anti-doping laboratory told The New York Times. Grigory Rodchenkov now in California and working with a […]
  
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• Man arrested after girlfriend killed, 4 kids shot in Alabama

  12-05-2016 22:07
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama authorities say they’ve arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting his girlfriend and wounding four of their eight children in Birmingham. Police Chief A.C. Roper discussed the arrest but didn’t give the man’s name during a news conference Thursday. The coroner’s office identified the victim as 34-year-old Coral Anita Wilson. Officers […]
  
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• Rodey lawyers now ‘Distinguished Counsel’

  12-05-2016 22:05
  
  Catherine T. Goldberg and Scott D. Gordon, both of Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb PA, have become members of the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. Goldberg practices in the areas of real estate, financing, banking, foreclosures, commercial law, leases, contracts and corporate law. Gordon is a board-certified specialist in civil trials and in employment […]
  
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• Senate deal reached on reduced Zika funding measure

  12-05-2016 21:39 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate negotiators announced agreement Thursday on a $1.1 billion emergency funding measure to battle the Zika virus. That’s less than President Barack Obama’s $1.9 billion request but is expected to get sweeping support in a vote next week.
  Washington Democrat Patty Murray told reporters that she still prefers Obama’s proposal but has reached agreement with Roy Blunt, R-Mo., on the smaller measure, which is likely to be added next week to a bill fun
  
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• Today in History: May 12

  12-05-2016 21:23 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Thursday, May 12, the 133rd day of 2016. There are 233 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Berlin Airlift.
  On this date:
  In 1780, during the Revolutionary War, the besieged city of Charleston, South Carolina, surrendered to British forces.
  In 1870, an act creating the Canadian province of Manitoba was given royal assent, to take effect i
  
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• Carlsbad’s 7th inning rally defeats Eldorado

  12-05-2016 21:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Carlsbad Cavemen have moved on to the Class 6A semifinals after a 5-3 come from behind victory over last year’s champion Eldorado. The game was a pitcher’s duel early.
  Eldorado’s Nathaniel Garley and Trevor Rogers were dominate from the hill. In fact, both pitcher’s helped themselves on the other side of the plate by driving in the first runs of the game in the third inning.
  Eldorado later used a two fifth inning to take the lead. That
  
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• Universities seek participants for study on mine waste spill

  12-05-2016 20:55 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – Researchers studying the aftermath of a massive spill from a Colorado mine are looking for participants from three communities in the Navajo Nation.
  The Farmington Daily Times reports that researchers from the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University began studying the San Juan River last year but now are looking to create focus groups to study short-term exposure and perception of risk of residents who were impacted by the mine spill.
  Last August 3 mil
  
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• Analysis: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and the ultimate reality show

  12-05-2016 20:34 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — Donald Trump is promising a show at the Cleveland GOP convention. You’d expect nothing else from a braggadocio showman.It won’t be your father’s Republican convention — that’s for sure.Trump hasn’t laid out specifics but Paul Manafort, a Trump advisor, told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, “This is the ultimate reality show. It’s the presidency of the United States.”
  And he will have the stage all to himself si
  
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• Man convicted in girlfriend’s stabbing death to be sentenced

  12-05-2016 20:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man convicted of stabbing his girlfriend one day after he was released from jail will be sentenced Thursday.
  Jeremiah Gurule was high on meth when he stabbed 22-year-old Elizabeth Brito in April 2010.
  Prosecutors say Brito called police saying she was bleeding and needed help. She later died.
  Officers say Gurule killed her after getting out of jail the day before on a weapons charge.
  He faces up to 18 years in prison.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, N
  
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• Man convicted in girlfriend’s stabbing death sentenced

  12-05-2016 20:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man convicted of stabbing his girlfriend one day after he was released has been sentenced.
  Jeremiah Gurule was high on meth when he stabbed 22-year-old Elizabeth Brito in April 2010.
  Prosecutors say Brito called police saying she was bleeding and needed help. She later died.
  Officers say Gurule killed her after getting out of jail the day before on a weapons charge.
  Gurule was sentenced to 18 years behind bars.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, New
  
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• ACVB rebrands itself ‘Visit Albuquerque’

  12-05-2016 20:14
  
  New name part of sweeping change at the 35-year-old organization
  
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• Middle class losing ground in NM

  12-05-2016 19:53
  
  The percentage of adults considered middle class in Albuquerque has fallen by nearly five percentage points, down to 50.7 percent from 55.4 percent, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.
  
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• Online auction halted for gun used to kill Trayvon Martin

  12-05-2016 19:43 via krqe.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — An online auction appears to have been halted for the pistol that former Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.
  The weapon was removed from the GunBroker.com website Thursday, minutes after the auction was to begin. It was not immediately clear why the website took down the listing.
  Zimmerman had told Orlando, Florida, TV station WOFL that the pistol was returned to him by the U.S. Justice Department, which too
  
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• Judge sides with House Republicans against health care law

  12-05-2016 19:41 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Obama administration is unconstitutionally spending federal money to fund the president’s health care law.
  The ruling from U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer is a win for House Republicans who brought the politically charged legal challenge in an effort to undermine the law.
  At stake is $175 billion the government is paying over a decade to reimburse health insurers for reducing co-payments for lower-income people.
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• AZ governor signs 2 bills targeting opiate abuse

  12-05-2016 19:37
  
  PHHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey has signed a pair of measures designed to deter or treat addition to opiates. The governor signed a measure Thursday making the state’s voluntary prescription painkiller monitoring program mandatory in many instances and one easing access to an antidote drug. Doctors will have to check a state database before prescribing […]
  
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• Prince’s autopsy, toxicology tests may resolve uncertainties

  12-05-2016 19:36
  
  Prince’s autopsy, particularly the toxicology report, may clarify whether prescription painkillers played any part in his death. Determining whether the music superstar died of a drug overdose will likely involve not only tests of his blood, urine, liver tissue and fluid from the eyes, it also will require compiling evidence from Prince’s medicine cabinet, his […]
  
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• Court considers medication in terror suspect case

  12-05-2016 19:24
  
  RICHMOND, Va. — An attorney for a mentally ill man accused of trying to join al-Qaida-linked fighters in Syria asked a federal appeals court Thursday to overturn a ruling that would allow his client to be forcibly medicated, arguing that neither the public nor the government would be harmed if the man was civilly committed […]
  
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• Albuquerque officials consider West Mesa murder memorial

  12-05-2016 18:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Albuquerque officials are considering a proposal that would fund a permanent memorial park at the site where the remains of 11 women and an unborn child were found seven years ago.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that the City Council next week will consider a proposal to approve $350,000 to build a memorial to the victims of the so-called “West Mesa murders” on land donated by KB Home.
  Albuquerque police discovered the remains of the 11 women in Februa
  
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• Man climbs 19th-century statue, breaks it into pieces

  12-05-2016 18:29
  
  LISBON, Portugal — Portuguese officials said Thursday they are trying to put a value on a 19th-century statue broken when a man climbed up it late at night to take a photo, possibly a selfie. The state company responsible for the statue, Infraestruturas de Portugal, said it is looking into whether the statue can be […]
  
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• Santa Fe jury acquits man accused of raping teen

  12-05-2016 18:25 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Santa Fe jury has acquitted a man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.
  Prosecutors alleged Benny Delgado forced the teen to perform sexual acts in April 2014 while driving to a home they shared with her sister. But attorney’s say there were inconsistencies in the girl’s testimony.
  On Wednesday, a jury found Delgado not guilty on all charges against him.
  Filed under: Home, New Mexico, News
  
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• No charges planned in 3-yearold’s accidental gunshot death

  12-05-2016 18:18
  
  DALLAS, Ga. — Georgia sheriff’s officials say they’ve decided not to pursue any charges after a 3-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself with his father’s pistol. Paulding County sheriff’s Sgt. Ashley Henson said in a statement Thursday that detectives have consulted with the district attorney’s office in the county just northwest of Atlanta and […]
  
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• Montana, Wyoming, Idaho prepare for return of grizzly hunts

  12-05-2016 18:17
  
  HELENA, Mont. — Hunters soon could be chasing grizzly bears across the ridges of the Rocky Mountains, leaving three states to drum up plans to ensure the iconic species won’t be snuffed out soon after recovering from threats to their survival. The Obama administration in March proposed lifting protections for the more than 700 grizzlies […]
  
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• Brazil president blasts critics, vows to fight impeachment

  12-05-2016 18:15
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil — Speaking hours after the Senate voted to impeach her on Thursday, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff blasted the process as “fraudulent” and promised to fight what she characterized as an injustice more painful than the torture she endured under a past military dictatorship. Rousseff, Brazil’s first female president, promised to use all possible […]
  
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• Emissions on agenda for PNM Resources shareholder meeting

  12-05-2016 18:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The holding company for New Mexico’s largest electric provider has opted to host its annual shareholders’ meeting in Texas this year, and on the ballot is a proposal that would require Public Service Co. of New Mexico to adopt goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
  The PNM Resources shareholders meeting will be Tuesday in Lewisville, where the company’s other subsidiary Texas-New Mexico Power is headquartered.
  Company officials say this mark
  
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• New Mexico jail inmate at large after escaping from clinic

  12-05-2016 17:52 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico authorities are searching for a jail inmate who escaped from a medical clinic after being accused of kidnapping a driver by gunpoint in Texas.
  Las Cruces police say 24-year-old Michael Derby is dangerous and ask the public for tips on his whereabouts after he fled Wednesday night from the facility where he was taken for a medical exam.
  Officials say Derby’s restraints had been removed for the exam and he bolted from the clinic afterward, running to
  
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• Suspect in custody after shooting at Valencia County deputies

  12-05-2016 17:34 via krqe.com
  
  VALENCIA COUNTY, N.M (KRQE) – A SWAT situation in Valencia County has come to an end.
  It happened around 11:30 Wednesday night after a suspect shot at deputies, officials say.
  The shooting prompted a SWAT situation in Meadow Lake with multiple agencies responding.
  Officials tell KRQE News 13 the suspect was later taken into custody.
  Valencia County officials say that no one was injured in the incident.
  Police have not released any further information about the incident at this time.
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• Feds seek transportation services for nuke waste repository

  12-05-2016 16:50 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Energy has started the search for contractors that can provide transportation services for the federal government’s only underground nuclear waste repository.
  The agency released its draft request for proposal on Wednesday.
  It’s also planning a tour of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for those companies that are interested along with one-on-one sessions in the coming weeks.
  The current contracts held by CAST Specialty Transportation
  
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• Suspended Brazil president remains defiant

  12-05-2016 16:45
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil — The Latest on the debate on impeachment of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff remains defiant in the face of impeachment, saying “Never will I stop fighting.” She’s appeared publicly for the first time since the Senate voted to impeach and suspend her, calling the […]
  
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• Video that shows cops pummeling man ‘disturbing’

  12-05-2016 16:42
  
  NASHUA, N.H. — The Latest on a high-speed police pursuit from Massachusetts to New Hampshire caught on video that showed police pummeling a suspect who looked to be surrendering (all times local): 9:15 a.m. The New Hampshire attorney general’s office is investigating the use of force by police after video surfaced of officers pummeling a […]
  
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• Feds seek transport services for NM nuke waste repository

  12-05-2016 16:42
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. — The U.S. Department of Energy has started the search for contractors that can provide transportation services for the federal government’s only underground nuclear waste repository. The agency released its draft request for proposal on Wednesday. It’s also planning a tour of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for those companies that are interested […]
  
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• University of Texas regents set to consider gun rules

  12-05-2016 16:41
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — University of Texas System regents are expected to consider rules allowing concealed handguns in campus classrooms and buildings. The rules that are expected to be considered Thursday are required by a state law that takes effect Aug. 1. The most controversial proposals have been at the flagship campus in Austin, which would […]
  
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• After news that arson caused blast, TX town faces new questions

  12-05-2016 16:41
  
  DALLAS — One question has lingered in the Central Texas farming town of West since a fertilizer plant caught fire in 2013 and exploded, killing 15 people and damaging at least $100 million in property: What caused the blaze? On Wednesday, federal officials came to West with an answer — and in the process cast […]
  
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• Officials eye Santa Fe Municipal Airport promotion plan

  12-05-2016 16:24 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Business officials are set to push a plan to promote the Santa Fe Municipal Airport to draw more traffic to northern New Mexico.
  Santa Fe Chamber CEO Simon Brackley is scheduled next week to discuss before the New Mexico Tourism Commission an initiative to draw attention to an airport that offers daily commercial flights.
  American Airlines offers non-stop service from Dallas and Los Angeles to Santa Fe.
  United Airlines also offers non-stop service from Denver to Santa
  
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• Hillary Clinton says she supports statehood for DC

  12-05-2016 16:15 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton says she’ll fight to make the District of Columbia the nation’s 51st state if she’s elected president.
  Clinton wrote about her support for District statehood in an op-ed published Wednesday in the Washington Informer, an African-American newspaper. She says it’s unfair that the District’s 672,000 residents lack voting representation in Congress.
  President Barack Obama did not publicly announce his support for District statehoo
  
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• Malaysia: 2 more pieces ‘almost certainly’ from Flight 370

  12-05-2016 16:12 via krqe.com
  
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government said Thursday that two more pieces of debris, discovered in South Africa and Rodrigues Island off Mauritius, are “almost certainly” from Flight 370, bringing the total number of pieces believed to have come from the missing Malaysian jet to five.
  The aircraft mysteriously disappeared more than two years ago with 239 people on board, and so far an extensive underwater search of a vast area of the Indian Ocean off Australi
  
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• Hospital: State policy on mentally ill ‘misguided’

  12-05-2016 15:40 via krqe.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts hospital under scrutiny for releasing a man who hours later fatally stabbed two people and injured several others says state policy that governs the way it handles psychiatric patients is “misguided.”
  The family of Arthur DaRosa says he was depressed and suicidal when he was admitted to Morton Hospital in Taunton on Monday evening. He was released Tuesday morning and hours later fatally stabbed an 80-year-old woman in her home and a 56-year-old t
  
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• Claims for jobless aid reach highest level since early 2015

  12-05-2016 15:23 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level since February 2015, more sobering news for the labor market after a disappointing April jobs report.
  The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for jobless aid rose by 20,000 to a seasonally adjusted 294,000. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, rose by 10,250 to 268,250, highest in nearly three months.
  Jobless claims are a proxy for layoffs. Despite la
  
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• Brothers found dead inside home

  12-05-2016 15:21
  
  Police investigating two bodies found Tuesday in northeast Albuquerque are treating the case as a double homicide.
  
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