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• 13th annual Chunky Monkey Run benefits after-school program

  12-07-2016 23:53
  
  The 13th Annual Chunky Monkey Run is set for Saturday July 16. The run sponsored by RunFit is the second installment of a summer favorite -- the Cherry Garcia Run.
  
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• Updated: Lower-cost biotech drug gets thumbs up from FDA panel

  12-07-2016 23:42
  
  WASHINGTON — The second-biggest selling drug in the world could get some cheaper competition in the U.S., after a federal panel endorsed an alternative version of the pricey medication used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases. A panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers voted unanimously in favor of Amgen’s version of AbbVie’s […]
  
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• Updated: Beers may offer nutrition info alongside ingredient details

  12-07-2016 23:42
  
  WASHINGTON — Beer drinkers who can often find out details about the grain and hops that went into their beverage may get more information from major brewers — about calories, carbohydrates, protein and more. A trade group that represents companies like Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors said Tuesday it’s pushing members to voluntarily reveal by the end […]
  
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• Lighnting sparked ‘Black Fire’ burning in Gila National Forest

  12-07-2016 23:40 via krqe.com
  
  SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) – A lightning strike ignited fire is burning 167 acres on the southern slope of Black Peak on the Silver City Ranger District.
  The Black Fire is the result of a “hold over” or “sleeper” tree that was struck by lightning during a lightning storm Saturday, according to Gila National Forest officials.
  Fire officials say the Black Fire is being fully suppressed by 95 fire personnel and multiple aviation resources. They say Silver
  
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• Phoenix police: 7th killing is part of serial shootings case

  12-07-2016 23:38
  
  PHOENIX — A seventh homicide and three other shootings are related to the same serial shooter or shooters believed responsible for six other fatal shootings in recent months, Phoenix police said Tuesday as they called on residents to be vigilant and appealed for tips. “Someone out there knows who did this,” said Police Chief Joe […]
  
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• Arizona man charged in plot on DMV office pleads not guilty

  12-07-2016 23:38
  
  PHOENIX — A Tucson man has pleaded not guilty to charges of plotting an attack on a motor vehicle office in metro Phoenix. Mahin (pronounced MAH-hin) Khan entered the pleas Tuesday to charges of terrorism, conspiracy to commit terrorism and conspiracy to commit misconduct involving weapons. Khan is accused of asking a suspected militant for […]
  
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• Updated: Iraq: Suicide bombing in Baghdad Shiite district kills 12

  12-07-2016 23:30
  
  BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomb ripped through an outdoor market in a Shiite-dominated northeastern district of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, officials said, as government forces deployed across much of the Iraqi capital in preparation for a major military parade later this week. Five more people died in bombings Tuesday elsewhere […]
  
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• 1 man to be charged with shooting at DC officers; 4 released

  12-07-2016 23:13 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Washington’s police chief says one man will be charged after firing on police officers during a carjacking early Tuesday.
  Chief Cathy Lanier said no officers were wounded during the unplanned attack in southeast Washington.
  She said the suspect carjacked an SUV with people inside after robbing four others at gunpoint. Then, she said, the man fired on officers from inside the vehicle, and officers returned fire.
  Lanier says it’s a miracle nobody was killed. Pol
  
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• US Capitol briefly locked down, 2nd time in week

  12-07-2016 23:11 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol and its office buildings were briefly locked down Tuesday, the second time in a week amid nervousness over recent shootings.
  District of Columbia police spokeswoman Alice Kim said officers were alerted to a man with a gun near Fort McNair in Southwest Washington, about a mile and a half south of the Capitol, shortly after 4 p.m. Officers then stopped a person at the intersection of 1st and D Streets, Northwest, which is two blocks from the Capitol and out
  
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• Supreme Court to consider report on NM-Texas fight over Rio Grande water

  12-07-2016 23:07
  
  The nation's highest court will likely have to settle a dispute between Texas and New Mexico over management of water from the Rio Grande.
  
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• Bernalillo County again looking for a new jail administrator

  12-07-2016 22:53
  
  Bernalillo County is again looking for a new jail administrator to manage its jail facility in Albuquerque.
  
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• NM suffers setback in Texas water case

  12-07-2016 22:42
  
  NM suffers setback in Texas water case Supreme Court to consider recommendation to let Texas case mo ...
  
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• US Capitol, all buildings on lockdown

  12-07-2016 22:40
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol and the buildings within its complex are on lockdown with police investigating. There were no immediate details Tuesday. It marks the second time in less than a week that the Capitol has been locked down. Police have sent an email to congressional staff advising them to close and lock doors […]
  
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• Updated: Brazil’s armed forces get extra funds before Rio Olympics

  12-07-2016 22:33
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s interim government announced Tuesday that it is beefing up funding for the military to help it meet security needs for the Olympics that open next month in Rio de Janeiro. Sports Minister Leonardo Picciani said that despite a budget crunch, the government is granting the armed forces an additional $24 […]
  
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• Updated: US wildlife workers plead guilty to poaching-related charges

  12-07-2016 22:32
  
  DENVER — Colorado officials say two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees pleaded guilty to poaching-related charges. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said Tuesday 44-year-old Thad Bingham and 45-year-old Brian Scheer pleaded guilty to trespassing in the 2014 killing of a bull elk on private land that was closed to hunting. Officials say Bingham also pleaded […]
  
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• Two human tularemia infections confirmed in Bernalillo County

  12-07-2016 22:22
  
  Two cases of human tularemia have been confirmed in Bernalillo County, with one of the infections occurring in the Rio Grande bosque, health officials said Tuesday. An infection in the bosque is unusual and has health officials concerned, said Dr. Mark DiMenna, deputy director of Albuquerque’s Environmental Health Department. The infection likely is the result […]
  
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• Metropolitan Detention Center in need of new jail administrator

  12-07-2016 22:11
  
  Bernalillo County announced Tuesday that they are looking for a new jail administrator to manage to the Metropolitan Detention Center after Michael A. Watkins, of San Benito, Texas withdrew his application for the jail administrator position.
  
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• Breaking: New hire to run Metropolitan Detention Center withdraws

  12-07-2016 21:34
  
  Bernalillo County announced Tuesday it again is seeking a new jail administrator to manage the Metro ...
  
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• Updated: Christmas in July? Amazon’s ‘Prime Day’ is back

  12-07-2016 21:16
  
  NEW YORK — Shoppers are scooping up deals on everything from electronics to pantry items during Amazon’s second annual “Prime Day” sales bonanza. The e-commerce powerhouse launched the event last July to promote its $99 annual Prime loyalty program, which offers free two-day shipping and other perks. Some of the big discounts are on large […]
  
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• Metropolitan Detention Center in need of new jail administrator after Watkins withdraws application

  12-07-2016 21:16
  
  Bernalillo County announced Tuesday that they are looking for a new jail administrator to manage to the Metropolitan Detention Center after Michael A. Watkins, of San Benito, Texas withdrew his application for the jail administrator position.
  
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• Today in History: July 12

  12-07-2016 21:10 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Tuesday, July 12, the 194th day of 2016. There are 172 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On July 12, 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced his choice of U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running-mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.
  On this date:
  In 1543, England’s King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.
  In 1862, during the Civil War, Pr
  
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• Albuquerque selected to host 2019 Senior Olympic Games

  12-07-2016 20:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The city of Albuquerque announced Tuesday it will be hosting 10,000 athletes for the summer 2019 Senior Olympic Games — one of Albuquerque’s biggest sporting events ever.
  If you’ve never heard of the National Senioir Games, athletes 50 and up compete in about 20 different sports — everything from basketball, swimming, track and field and also newer sports like pickleball.
  National Senior Games Association CEO Mark Riker says Albuquerq
  
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• Albuquerque selected to host 2019 National Senior Games

  12-07-2016 20:27 via krqe.com
  
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  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The city of Albuquerque announced Tuesday it will be hosting 10,000 athletes for the summer 2019 National Senior Games — one of Albuquerque’s biggest sporting events ever.
  If you’ve never heard of the National Senior Games, athletes 50 and up compete in about 20 different sports — everything from basketball, swimming, track and field and also newer sports like pickleball.
  National Se
  
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• Health department confirms 2 human Tularemia cases in Bernalillo County

  12-07-2016 19:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Health officials have confirmed two human cases of Tularemia in Bernalillo County.
  According to the City of Albuquerque Environmental Health Department, the New Mexico Department of Health and the Bernalillo County Health Protection Section, a 74-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman were diagnosed with the disease. The man has fully recovered but the woman is currently hospitalized.
  Officials say the man and the woman were most likely exposed to the dis
  
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• Updated: In Christie, Trump would get tough advocate _ and baggage

  12-07-2016 19:27
  
  HADDONFIELD, N.J. — In Chris Christie, Donald Trump has a potential running mate who’s well-known in many roles: A political hero and a villain. A sensitive advocate and a bully. And, lately, a quiet political operative who’s become an expert on Trump’s unusual presidential campaign operation — something few on the outside understand. The governor […]
  
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• American Airlines says credit card deals will boost income

  12-07-2016 19:25
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — Shares of American Airlines jumped Tuesday after the company said that new credit-card deals will increase pretax income by $1.55 billion over the next three years. Most airlines have a single credit card issuer, but American is taking a new route. American will continue offering credit cards from Citi, a relationship […]
  
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• Santa Fe police ask for help identifying suspect in car wash attack

  12-07-2016 18:52 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe police are asking for help identifying a man following an attack that sent another man to the hospital.
  The Santa Fe Police Department says officers responded to the Santa Fe Car Wash on the 2200 block of Cerrillos Road just before midnight two weeks ago.
  That’s when officers found a 42-year-old man who had been attacked and suffered extensive head injuries.
  Detectives have released images of a man who they say is a suspect in that attack.
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• Updated: Hunters sue to challenge New Jersey big-game trophy ban

  12-07-2016 18:49
  
  TRENTON, N.J. — A lobbying group and New Jersey hunters want a federal judge to overturn a new law that makes it illegal to import or export big-game trophies of threatened or endangered animals. Conservation Force and a group of hunters filed a federal lawsuit Friday, seeking to have the law signed last month by […]
  
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• Man gets 7 years for conspiracy in alleged race war plot

  12-07-2016 18:48
  
  RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to rob a jewelry dealer as part of what prosecutors say was a plot to attack synagogues and black churches has been sentenced to seven years in prison. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports http://bit.ly/2a66jNa that 31-year-old Charles Halderman was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District court. […]
  
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• Leaders celebrate ABQ Innovate construction

  12-07-2016 18:48
  
  City, county, private sector and university leaders came together Tuesday morning to break ground on the first building to be built on the planned Innovate ABQ research and development hub at Central and Broadway Downtown. Private developers will build a new $35 million,160,000-square-foot facility at the old Baptist Church property, a seven-acre site that University […]
  
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• UNM's Albuquerque campus swarms with Pokemon hunters

  12-07-2016 18:46
  
  A wildly popular new game has University of New Mexico's campus crawling with players using their smart phones to hunt for virtual creatures.
  
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• Suspect accused of shooting at neighbors homes arrested, released from jail less than a day later

  12-07-2016 18:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Neighbors are on high alert again after the neighbor they say fired shot after shot into their homes was released from jail.
  Albuquerque police worked to get felony charges against Derek Foote. Now they’re asking why, less than 24 hours later, he was allowed back on the streets.
  “If he does shoot somebody or kill somebody, we did our job and got him off the streets,” said APD Officer Simon Drobik. “Somebody screwed this up royal.&rdqu
  
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• Police: Neighbor accused of shooting at homes already out of jail

  12-07-2016 18:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Neighbors are on high alert again after the neighbor they say fired shot after shot into their homes was released from jail.
  Albuquerque police worked to get felony charges against Derek Foote. Now they’re asking why, less than 24 hours later, he was allowed back on the streets.
  “If he does shoot somebody or kill somebody, we did our job and got him off the streets,” said Albuquerque Police Officer Simon Drobik. “Somebody screwed
  
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• Albuquerque man accused of shooting at neighbors’ homes arrested, released after posting bond

  12-07-2016 18:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man accused of terrorizing his neighbors with gunfire was arrested Monday night, but KRQE News 13 has learned he’s already back out on the streets after posting bond.
  The Albuquerque Police Department caught up with Derek Foote around 11 p.m. Monday.
  He’s accused of shooting at houses and cars near Tramway and Copper over the weekend.
  APD initially charged Foote with a misdemeanor, but once they learned he actually was shooting at
  
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• Albuquerque man accused of shooting at neighbors’ homes arrested

  12-07-2016 18:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of firing shots at neighbors’ homes in the Foothills has been arrested.
  Derek Foote was caught Monday about 11 p.m.
  Foote is accused of shooting at houses and cars near Tramway and Copper over the weekend.
  Albuquerque Police initially charged Foote with a misdemeanor, but once they learned he actually was shooting at homes they pushed for a felony charge of shooting at an occupied dwelling.
  Last week, Foote was indicted for a similar charge
  
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• Updated: Tribunal rejects China’s expansive South China Sea claims

  12-07-2016 18:16
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands — An international tribunal rejected China’s extensive claims in the South China Sea in a landmark ruling Tuesday that also found the country had aggravated the seething regional dispute and violated the Philippines’ maritime rights by building up artificial islands that destroyed coral reefs and by disrupting fishing and oil exploration. While […]
  
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• So. Colorado wildfire forces evacuations of over 100 homes

  12-07-2016 18:15
  
  COALDALE, Colo. — A wildfire burning in the southern Colorado mountains has forced the evacuation of over 100 homes as it spreads toward the small community of Coaldale. The Hayden Pass Fire more than doubled in size to about 19 square miles on Monday and hasn’t been contained at all. Fire managers say it was […]
  
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• Grand jury to consider charges against former astronaut

  12-07-2016 18:15
  
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A grand jury will review evidence against a former space shuttle commander charged in the traffic deaths of two girls in Alabama. Court records showed Tuesday that reckless murder charges against 59-year-old James Halsell of Huntsville are being sent to grand jurors in Tuscaloosa County. Members could indict Halsell or refuse to […]
  
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• Border Patrol agents find 2 immigrants dead amid Texas heat

  12-07-2016 18:15
  
  EDINBURG, Texas — Border Patrol agents have found the bodies of two immigrants in rural South Texas on a day when temperatures topped the 90s. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on Tuesday announced the deaths and warned about the dangers of human smuggling during the summer heat. A CBP statement says the Kenedy County […]
  
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• New director no longer coming to Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center

  12-07-2016 18:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The new jail administrator that was supposed to start working this week is no longer coming to MDC.
  Officials say Michael A. Watkins was going to leave retirement to serve as the new director.
  Watkins was to replace Tom Swisstack who served as the interim administrator after Phillip Greer announced his resignation after serving only 10 months on the job.
  At this time information is limited. KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.
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• Updated: Life on the line in Venezuela as economic crisis worsens

  12-07-2016 17:56
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela — The people waiting for hours in front of the drugstore were dazed with heat and boredom when the gunmen arrived. The robbers demanded a cellphone from a 25-year-old in black shorts. Instead of handing it over, Junior Perez took off toward the entrance to the pharmacy. Eight shots rang out, and he […]
  
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• Obama to honor 5 Dallas officers shot by man out for revenge

  12-07-2016 17:56 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will be in a different city but still in an all-too-familiar place when he leads the nation in honoring more lives cut short by gun violence, this time five white police officers slain by a black man who said he wanted revenge for the killings of blacks by police.
  Obama will try Tuesday to help grief-stricken Dallas begin to heal less than a week after its officers were killed and others wounded by an Army veteran-turned-sniper. Obama has denounced
  
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• Obama pays tribute to Dallas officers shot in racial attack

  12-07-2016 17:56 via krqe.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — At a memorial for slain police officers, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that a week of deeply troubling violence has appeared to expose “the deepest fault lines of our democracy.” But he insisted the nation is not as divided as it seems and called on Americans to search for common ground in support of racial equity and justice.
  Obama acknowledged Americans are unsettled by another mass shooting on their streets and are seeking answers to the violence that
  
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• Clinton receives long-awaited endorsement from Sanders

  12-07-2016 17:31 via krqe.com
  
  PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Bernie Sanders, whose calls for a “political revolution” energized millions of voters across the nation, offered a long-awaited endorsement of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton Tuesday, calling for unity just two weeks shy of the Democratic National Convention.
  Standing alongside one another at an event in Portsmouth, N.H., Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, congratulated Clinton for winning the nomination and vowed to do everything he ca
  
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• Presbyterian pulling out of New Mexico health exchange

  12-07-2016 17:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Officials with Presbyterian Health Plan say the insurance company will no longer offer individual and family plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace in New Mexico starting next year.
  The Albuquerque Journal reported Monday that Presbyterian has sent letters to members notifying them of the changes.
  The decision to stop offering coverage will affect 10,000 exchange members, 80 percent of whom now receive federal subsidies.
  Presbyterian officials say patients wh
  
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• Las Cruces city staff: minimum wage hike hasn’t hurt economy

  12-07-2016 16:53
  
  LAS CRUCES – City staff showed data Monday indicating the city’s sales tax receipts have grown in the year and a half since the city implemented the first prong of a three-phase minimum wage increase. The second phase of the increase, which will raise minimum hourly pay rates from $8.40 to $9.20, takes effect in […]
  
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• IC Potash reevaluating Ochoa Project

  12-07-2016 16:50
  
  Intercontinental Potash Corp.’s proposed plans for a potash mine in southeastern New Mexico are undergoing some major changes. Originally estimated to cost around $1 billion, the Ochoa Project will mine a large deposit of the mineral polyhalite, a type of potash, located near the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. IC Potash said it would use a […]
  
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• Sheriff: Inmate who killed 2 at courthouse was handcuffed

  12-07-2016 16:46 via krqe.com
  
  ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — An inmate charged with violent crimes was handcuffed when he wrested a gun from a sheriff’s deputy and killed two bailiffs at a southwestern Michigan courthouse, a sheriff said Tuesday.
  Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey said he had wrong information Monday night when he told reporters that Larry Darnell Gordon was not restrained during his deadly escape attempt as he was being escorted from a holding cell to the courtroom in St. Joseph, about 100 miles north
  
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• Updated: Feds seek Autopilot data from Tesla in crash probe

  12-07-2016 16:41
  
  DETROIT — Federal safety investigators are asking electric car maker Tesla Motors for details on how its Autopilot system works and why it failed to detect a tractor trailer that crossed its path in a Florida crash. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in a letter to Tesla posted Tuesday, also requests data on all […]
  
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• Updated: New migrant crisis in the making in the Balkans

  12-07-2016 16:40
  
  HORGOS, Serbia — Afghan migrant Zaher Rajawi can’t believe his bad luck. He’s stuck only a few short steps from European Union soil in a Balkan refugee camp that is gradually turning into a humanitarian nightmare amid scorching heat. Hundreds of migrants arrive daily to Serbia’s border with Hungary, packing inside a makeshift tent settlement […]
  
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