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• Mississippi leaders divided on religious-beliefs law appeal

  13-07-2016 23:56
  
  JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s Democratic attorney general said Wednesday that he won’t join the Republican governor in appealing a federal judge’s ruling that blocked a state law on religious objections to gay marriage. Attorney General Jim Hood said a continued legal fight would be “divisive and expensive” in a state that’s already struggling with a […]
  
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• Body of missing Topock man recovered from Colorado River

  13-07-2016 23:51
  
  TOPOCK, Ariz. — Mohave County Sheriff’s officials say the body of a missing Topock man has been recovered from the Topock Gorge area on the Colorado River. Sheriff’s deputies say 32-year-old Ricky Dean Crea Jr. was reported missing after he failed to meet a friend at the Topock Marina on Sunday. They say Crea’s truck […]
  
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• New fire burning 5 acres in Jemez Springs

  13-07-2016 23:44 via krqe.com
  
  JEMEZ, N.M. (KRQE)  – A new fire has been reported burning close to the road in Jemez.
  Fire officials say the fire is currently burning five acres of brush behind houses on Sandoval Lane.
  One structured has been burned but it is not believed to be a home, according to the Sandoval County Fire Chief.
  No further information is available at this time.
  KRQE News 13 is working to get more information and will provide updates as they are available.Filed under: Home, New Mexico, News Tagged:
  
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• Crews working to extinguish 3 acre fire in Jemez Springs

  13-07-2016 23:44 via krqe.com
  
  JEMEZ, N.M. (KRQE)  – A new fire was reported burning close to the road in Jemez Wednesday afternoon.
  The Monastery Fire has burned three acres of brush behind homes on Sandoval Lane, according to the Sandoval County Fire Chief.
  Fire officials say the fire’s progression has been stopped and approximately 20 personnel remain on site.
  Resources are continuing line construction, targeting interior hot spots and mop up.
  No further information is available at this time
  
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• Crews work to extinguish 3 acre fire in Jemez Springs

  13-07-2016 23:44 via krqe.com
  
  JEMEZ, N.M. (KRQE)  – A new fire was reported burning close to the road in Jemez Wednesday afternoon.
  The Monastery Fire has burned three acres of brush behind homes on Sandoval Lane, according to the Sandoval County Fire Chief.
  Fire officials say the fire’s progression has been stopped and approximately 20 personnel remain on site.
  Resources are continuing line construction, targeting interior hot spots and mop up.
  No further information is available at this time
  
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• Census worker says man threatened him with gun

  13-07-2016 23:44
  
  Imagine having a job like pizza delivery drivers, postal workers and U.S. Census workers that requires employees to go door to door. But one census worker says he wasn't greeted with a "hello,” or even not even a "go away." Instead, he says he came face to face with a gun.
  
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• Updated: Cleveland, a fractured city, an apt place for GOP convention

  13-07-2016 23:24
  
  CLEVELAND — Donald Trump’s effort to unite a splintered Republican Party around his candidacy is about to take center stage in a city that is itself deeply fractured. Once an industrial powerhouse, Cleveland is one of the poorest and most segregated big cities in America. Two out of five people live below the poverty line, […]
  
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• Updated: Phoenix gets first female police chief in its history

  13-07-2016 23:11
  
  PHOENIX — Officials say Jeri Williams has been chosen as Phoenix’s new police chief, the first female to hold that job in the city’s history. She currently is the police chief in Oxnard, California, and will start her job in Phoenix in October. Williams’ hiring was announced Wednesday by Phoenix City Manager Ed Zuercher. Williams […]
  
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• Congress passes aviation bill to close airport security gaps

  13-07-2016 23:11 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress passed an aviation bill Wednesday that attempts to close gaps in airport security and shorten screening lines, but leaves thornier issues unresolved.
  The bill also extends the Federal Aviation Administration’s programs for 14 months at current funding levels. It was approved in the Senate by a vote of 89 to 4. The House had passed the measure earlier in the week and it now goes to President Barack Obama, who must sign the bill by Friday when the FAA’s
  
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• Uptown office building to see modern update

  13-07-2016 23:06
  
  Say goodbye to a 1980s-era office building and hello to The 24s@ Uptown. An Albuquerque development team, led by John Lewinger, Darrell Gustin and Irwin and Debbie Harms, has unveiled a reimaging of the Uptown office building, including a residential conversion of the top floor for those wanting to live, work and party in the […]
  
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• Pokemon players are trespassing, risking arrest or worse

  13-07-2016 23:04 via krqe.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The “Pokemon Go” craze across the U.S. has people wandering into yards, driveways, cemeteries and even an off-limits police parking lot in search of cartoon monsters, prompting warnings that trespassers could get arrested or worse, especially if they cross paths with an armed property owner.
  Since the release of the smartphone game last week, police have gotten a flurry of calls from residents about possible burglars or other strangers prowling the neighborhood.
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Man robbed while playing ‘Pokemon Go’

  13-07-2016 23:02
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the “Pokemon Go” smartphone game craze (all times local): 5:20 p.m. Four suspects have been arrested after a man told police in Auburn, Alabama that he was robbed at gunpoint while he was playing Pokemon Go. Auburn police said in a news release that the man was playing the […]
  
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• Updated: Congress passes aviation bill to close airport security gaps

  13-07-2016 22:59
  
  WASHINGTON — Congress passed an aviation bill Wednesday that attempts to close gaps in airport security and shorten screening lines, but leaves thornier issues unresolved. The bill also extends the Federal Aviation Administration’s programs for 14 months at current funding levels. It was approved in the Senate by a vote of 89 to 4. The […]
  
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• Neighborhood shooter back in jail

  13-07-2016 22:39
  
  The man accused of shooting several homes in northeast Albuquerque is back in jail Wednesday.
  
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• Today in History: July 13

  13-07-2016 21:56 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Wednesday, July 13, the 195th day of 2016. There are 171 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On July 13, 1793, French revolutionary writer Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, who was executed four days later.
  On this date:
  In 1787, the Congress of the Confederation adopted the Northwest Ordinance, which established a government in the Northwest Territory, an area corresponding to the eastern half of the present-day Midwest.
  In 186
  
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• Updated: Hillary Clinton, the candidate we know so well _ and don’t

  13-07-2016 21:51
  
  When she was about 14, Hillary Clinton says, she wrote to NASA volunteering for astronaut training. NASA’s reply was simple and definitive: No girls. “It was the first time I had hit an obstacle I couldn’t overcome with hard work and determination, and I was outraged,” she would write in her book, “Living History.” More […]
  
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• Updated: GOP convention so far not exactly brimming with star power

  13-07-2016 21:51
  
  NEW YORK — At the last Republican National Convention, the sight of Clint Eastwood onstage arguing to an empty chair quickly went viral. This time, Eastwood likely won’t be there and organizers are scrambling to ensure there aren’t any empty chairs onstage either. The GOP convention in Cleveland is less than a week away but […]
  
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• Updated: Dallas sniper attack recalls 1973 slayings in New Orleans

  13-07-2016 21:51
  
  NEW ORLEANS — The gunman was a black former military man who targeted white police at a time of social unrest. The chaos and confusion led authorities to conclude there must be more than one shooter. When it was over, a major city mourned five dead officers. Last week’s sniper attack in Dallas was gloomily […]
  
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• School board takes transgender bathroom case to high court

  13-07-2016 21:51
  
  RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia school board asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a transgender male from using the boys restroom when he returns to school in September until the high court decides whether to review the case. The Gloucester County School Board filed an emergency appeal with Chief Justice John Roberts […]
  
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• Lawsuit filed in police shooting of man in Memphis

  13-07-2016 21:51
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A federal civil rights lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that a white Memphis police officer used excessive deadly force when he shot and killed a 19-year-old black man during a fight after a traffic stop. The lawsuit filed on behalf of Darrius Stewart’s parents comes almost a year after he was shot by […]
  
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• Rail Runner marks 10-year anniversary

  13-07-2016 21:25
  
  For the past 10 years the New Mexico Rail Runner has carried passengers through central New Mexico. To celebrate its decade of service Rail Runner employees and several of its business partners are hosting information tables and giveaways at various stations along the train’s corridor.
  
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• Man accused of shooting at neighbors’ homes to appear in court

  13-07-2016 19:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of firing shots in his Albuquerque neighborhood is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.
  Over the weekend, neighbors made 911 calls after police say Derek Foote started shooting a gun, hitting their homes, cars and barbecue grills.
  Foote was arrested Monday night, but by Tuesday afternoon, Foote posted bond and was out of jail.
  Online jail records show Foote was given a $25,000 cash or surety bond. That means he only needed $2,500 to bond o
  
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• Man accused of shooting at neighbors’ homes sent back to jail

  13-07-2016 19:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of firing shots in his Albuquerque neighborhood appeared in court Wednesday and was sent back to jail.
  In court Wednesday, a judge remanded Foote’s bond to $50,000 cash only.
  Over the weekend, neighbors made 911 calls after police say Derek Foote started shooting a gun, hitting their homes, cars and barbecue grills.
  Foote was arrested Monday night, but by Tuesday afternoon, Foote posted bond and was out of jail.
  Online jail records
  
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• Amazon’s 2nd Prime Day orders breezed past first-year totals

  13-07-2016 19:51 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon’s big sales day is here to stay.
  Amazon says Prime Day orders rose 60 percent globally this year versus last year’s inaugural showing. It says sales of Amazon’s own electronic devices were particularly strong.
  And the company says that this won’t be the last “Prime Day.”
  “After yesterday’s results, we’ll definitely be doing this again,” said Greg Greeley, Amazon Prime vice president.
  The e-commerce powerhous
  
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• Recount in Taos-area district attorney race doesn’t change outcome much

  13-07-2016 19:49
  
  SANTA FE – A partial recount of votes in Democratic primary race for district attorney in the 8th Judicial District resulted in the loss of one vote for challenger Paul Sanchez, expanding the margin of victory for incumbent Donald Gallegos to 18 votes. Sanchez paid $2,440 to the Secretary of State’s Office for a recount […]
  
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• Breaking: Former Colfax County deputy pleads to aiding, abetting drug trafficking

  13-07-2016 19:36
  
  A former veteran Colfax County sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in c ...
  
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• Updated: Amazon’s 2nd Prime Day orders breezed past first-year totals

  13-07-2016 19:24
  
  NEW YORK — Amazon’s big sales day is here to stay. Amazon says Prime Day orders rose 60 percent globally this year versus last year’s inaugural showing. It says sales of Amazon’s own electronic devices were particularly strong. And the company says that this won’t be the last “Prime Day.” “After yesterday’s results, we’ll definitely […]
  
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• More lane, ramp closures expected near Albuquerque interchange

  13-07-2016 19:22 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Drivers can expect more lane and ramp closures over the weekend near the Big I.
  Crews spent last weekend fixing up one of the bridges on I-40 and will be out there again.
  Work is scheduled to begin Friday, and the Carlisle on-ramp to west-bound I-40 will be closed.
  The work will start Friday at 9 p.m. and end Monday at 5 a.m.
  Weekend lane and ramp closures:
            *July 15, at 9 p.m. to July 18 at 5 a.m. (Frida
  
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• A tale of 2 cities: Presidential conventions focus on swing states

  13-07-2016 19:18 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – National political conventions are often considered infomercials for the major party’s candidates, but this year the events will also let Democrats and Republicans focus on two critical swing states.
  The GOP convention is set to begin Monday, July 18, in Cleveland, Ohio. The Buckeye State has 18 electoral votes up for grabs in November and could be the key to victory if Republicans have any shot at taking back the White House.
  “Where else would you
  
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• Updated: Bereavement fares have disappeared on most US airlines

  13-07-2016 19:11
  
  DALLAS — Airlines used to give discounts to passengers who were traveling to a relative’s funeral, but those days are just about gone. Now buying a ticket to attend a funeral or visit a relative in the hospital is no different than last-minute travel plans for any other reason. Among the largest U.S. airlines, only […]
  
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• Fire at New Mexico oil site being allowed to burn out

  13-07-2016 19:08 via krqe.com
  
  NAGEEZI, N.M. (AP) – Crews are monitoring a fire at an oil production storage site in northwestern New Mexico.
  Tulsa, Oklahoma-based WPX Energy says the fire started Monday when 36 storage tanks caught fire. Seven tanks were still burning Wednesday, but officials say the extent of the fire had diminished.
  The flames are being allowed to burn out, an approach the company says is being taken to protect responders. WPX says an investigation will determine the cause.
  Crews were able to keep th
  
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• Updated: Thousands gather to mourn, honor 3 slain officers in Dallas

  13-07-2016 19:04
  
  DALLAS — Nearly a week after five officers were killed by a gunman in Dallas, memorial services for three of them drew thousands of mourners Wednesday. Services were held for Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer Brent Thompson, Dallas police Sgt. Michael Smith and Dallas police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens — all three slain in downtown […]
  
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• Updated: Fire at New Mexico oil site being allowed to burn out

  13-07-2016 19:03
  
  NAGEEZI, N.M. — Crews are monitoring a fire at an oil production storage site in northwestern New Mexico. Tulsa, Oklahoma-based WPX Energy says the fire started Monday when 36 storage tanks caught fire. Seven tanks were still burning Wednesday, but officials say the extent of the fire had diminished. The flames are being allowed to […]
  
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• Updated: Man accused of shooting up neighborhood, released on bond

  13-07-2016 19:00
  
  Hours after Albuquerque police arrested him for allegedly shooting at his neighbors' homes on...
  
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• Cameron officially resigns as UK prime minister

  13-07-2016 18:58 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — In a carefully orchestrated political ballet, David Cameron left his job and his home at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday, resigning as prime minister soon afterward at Buckingham Palace. Theresa May then became Britain’s new leader, accepting an invitation to govern from Queen Elizabeth II.
  The palace confirmed in a brief, formal statement that “the Right Honorable David Cameron MP had an Audience of The Queen this evening and tendered his resignation as Prime Mini
  
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• Son of slain Louisiana man speaks out for first time

  13-07-2016 18:53 via krqe.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The 15-year-old son of a black man shot and killed by Louisiana police spoke out for the first time Wednesday, calling his father a good man and asking people not to resort to violence after Alton Sterling’s death.
  “I feel that people in general, not matter what their race is, should come together as one united family,” Cameron Sterling told reporters gathered outside the convenience store in Baton Rogue where his father died last week.
  “I tr
  
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• Supreme Court to consider report on Rio Grande case

  13-07-2016 18:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – It will likely be up to the nation’s highest court to settle a dispute between Texas and New Mexico over management of water from the Rio Grande.
  Officials in both states have been waiting for nearly a year for a recommendation on the handling of the case that could dramatically curb groundwater pumping in some of New Mexico’s most fertile valleys and force the state to pay as much as $1 billion in damages.
  Now, a special master assigned by the U.S. Sup
  
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• Updated: Dr. Phil sues National Enquirer over spousal abuse articles

  13-07-2016 18:10
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — “Dr. Phil” McGraw and The National Enquirer are lining up for a courtroom brawl after the television talk show host and his wife filed a $250 million lawsuit against the supermarket tabloid and its sister publications, charging that they falsely accused him of being an abusive husband and a hypocrite who […]
  
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• Updated: Pakistan says school attack mastermind killed by US drone

  13-07-2016 18:01
  
  ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military says the mastermind of a 2014 attack on an army-run school has been killed in a U.S. drone strike. Lt. Gen. Asim Bajwa said Wednesday that a U.S. Army general confirmed the death of Taliban leader Khalifa Umar Mansoor in a phone call to Pakistan’s army chief. Bajwa did not say […]
  
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• Browns’ Crowell pledges to Dallas police fund as apology

  13-07-2016 18:01
  
  BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell says he will donate about $35,000 to a fallen officers’ fund in Dallas as part of his apology for posting a drawing on Instagram last week showing a police officer getting his throat slashed. In a video posted on Facebook Wednesday, Crowell again apologized for the […]
  
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• Trial delay for man accused of hitting Trump protester

  13-07-2016 17:55
  
  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The trial for a man accused of hitting a protester at a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina earlier this year has been delayed until after the presidential election. The Fayetteville Observer reports (http://bit.ly/29RjCBJ) a defense attorney asked for a delay for 79-year-old John Franklin McGraw, who had been scheduled to stand […]
  
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• Police: Burglary suspect dies after officers used stun gun

  13-07-2016 17:55
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A home burglary suspect has died after police used a stun gun on him, authorities said, adding the suspect resisted officers who found him wrapped in material that looked like it came from house air conditioner ducts. Birmingham Police Lt. Sean Edwards said a homeowner in that Alabama city called police early […]
  
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• 3 arrests made in alleged plot to harm officers, police say

  13-07-2016 17:47 via krqe.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Calling it a “substantial, credible threat” to police, authorities in Louisiana have arrested three suspects accused of stealing at least eight handguns in an alleged plot to harm police officers in the Baton Rouge area.
  The arrests in Louisiana’s capital city come amid heightened tensions following the deadly police shootings of black men in Baton Rouge and Minnesota and the killings of five police officers in Dallas last week.
  Authorities discove
  
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• Albuquerque transit system plans to acuire electric buses

  13-07-2016 17:43 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Albuquerque’s transit system plans to start using electric buses.
  A planned announcement Wednesday by Mayor Richard Berry of selection of buses that will be used follows a competitive bidding process.
  Berry told the Albuquerque Journal that the planned purchases of 60-foot-long electric buses will give the city’s transit system a chance to earn a top environmental rating and save the city money.
  Officials say the 18 buses would cost $24 million. That&rs
  
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• Albuquerque transit system plans to acquire electric buses

  13-07-2016 17:43 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It looks like it’s full steam ahead as far as the city is concerned for the controversial Albuquerque Rapid Transit project.
  Despite pending lawsuits, questions about federal funding and a push to get it on the ballot, the mayor unveiled what the new ART buses will look like.
  Mayor Richard J. Berry has said despite the controversy that he isn’t even thinking about putting the breaks on the ART project. He made that clear Wednesday,
  
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• Sheriff’s officials: 2 people have died in Wisconsin floods

  13-07-2016 17:24 via krqe.com
  
  LITCHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — At least two people have died in flooding caused by powerful storms that damaged homes, washed out roads and stranded motorists in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.
  In northern Wisconsin, an 84-year-old Illinois man died Tuesday when his vehicle became submerged in a flooded ditch, according to Bayfield County sheriff’s officials, who identified the victim as Delmar Johnson of Tower Lakes, Illinois. A firefighter was able to rescue the man’s wife, also
  
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• Thousands gather to mourn, honor 3 slain officers in Dallas

  13-07-2016 16:58 via krqe.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Nearly a week after five officers were killed by a gunman in Dallas, memorial services for three of them drew thousands of mourners Wednesday.
  Services were held for Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer Brent Thompson, Dallas police Sgt. Michael Smith and Dallas police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens — all three slain in downtown Dallas Thursday by a sniper during a march to protest recent fatal shootings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana by police. The two other services are
  
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• Funerals Wednesday for 3 of 5 slain Dallas police officers

  13-07-2016 16:58 via krqe.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Funerals are set to begin for the five officers slain by a sniper during a protest last week in downtown Dallas.
  Funerals will be held Wednesday for Dallas Police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, Dallas Police Sgt. Michael Smith and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Brent Thompson.
  Ahrens’ funeral will take place in Plano.
  A private funeral for Smith is planned Wednesday at the Farmers Branch church he and his family attended, and a public service will take place Thursday at the
  
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• Updated: Nissan keeps self-driving simple _ and not quite autonomous

  13-07-2016 16:47
  
  YOKOSUKA, Japan — Self-driving cars may be all the rage, but when it’s a real product, coming soon from Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co., the technology gets toned down. And so don’t expect to the driver to disappear for years to come. The Serena minivan equipped with ProPilot technology relies on a single camera in […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: German official: Theresa May ‘right’ for Britain

  13-07-2016 16:39
  
  LONDON — The Latest on British political developments (all times local): 3:05 p.m. Germany’s interior minister says Theresa May is “the right woman for Britain” as she takes over as prime minister in the wake of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union. Thomas de Maiziere has been outgoing Home Secretary May’s German counterpart […]
  
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