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• Albuquerque can move forward on ART construction, feds say

  21-07-2016 23:59
  
  The City of Albuquerque got one step closer to start construction on its rapid transit project.
  
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• NBA moving All-Star Game out of Charlotte, cites LGBT law

  21-07-2016 23:55 via krqe.com
  
  (AP) – The NBA is moving the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte because of its objections to a North Carolina law that limits anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people.
  The league had expressed its opposition to the law known as HB2 since it was enacted in March, and its decision Thursday came shortly after stage legislators revisited the law and chose to leave it largely unchanged.
  “While we recognize that the NBA cannot choose the law in every city, s
  
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• $10,000 reward for information about barn fire

  21-07-2016 23:49
  
  Animal Protection of New Mexico is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the deaths of six animals in a Valencia County barn fire.
  
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• Feds give green light for ART project, city to hold off for now

  21-07-2016 22:56 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Federal Transit Administration has given the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project the green light but the city isn’t going to move forward with the project, for now.
  READ: FTA Approval Letter »
  According to the city of Albuquerque, the FTA approval came in the form of a Letter of No Prejudice which allows the city to immediately spend up to $59 million. Consulting engineers say beginning work immediately is a common practice and h
  
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• US warns of possible threat to Americans in Saudi Arabia

  21-07-2016 22:51 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is warning of a possible attack against Americans in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah.
  In a security message for U.S. citizens, the State Department says it has received reports of a “potential, imminent threat” in areas of the Red Sea port city frequented by Americans and other Westerners. These include markets, restaurants and shopping malls.
  The alert instructs Americans to reconsider non-essential travel plans within Saudi Arabia.
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• Crash slows I-25 traffic near Cesar Chavez

  21-07-2016 22:47
  
  An accident is causing traffic to be backed up on northbound I-25 near the Avenida Cesar Chavez exit.
  
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• Fox News CEO Roger Ailes resigns amid harassment allegations

  21-07-2016 22:35 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Roger Ailes is out as chief executive at Fox News Channel and Fox Business, his career at the networks he built from scratch and ran with an iron hand for nearly 20 years over with stunning swiftness following allegations that he forced out a former anchor after she spurned his sexual advances.
  Network parent 21st Century Fox announced Thursday that Ailes would resign immediately.
  Rupert Murdoch, the executive chairman of 21st Century Fox, will assume the role of chair
  
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• State Police: 2 pedestrians killed in hit-and-run crash

  21-07-2016 22:23 via krqe.com
  
  ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say two pedestrians are dead after being struck by a hit-and-run driver’s vehicle in northern New Mexico.
  The State Police identified the victims of the Wednesday night crash on U.S. 84 near Espanola as 49-year-old Joey Romero of Hernandez and 43-year-old Beverly P. Trujillo of Santa Fe.
  According to the State Police, the suspect vehicle may be a blue Toyota pickup.
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• Texas man who acted as Russian agent gets 10 years’ prison

  21-07-2016 21:51
  
  NEW YORK — A Texas man who acted as a secret agent for the Russian government and illegally exported cutting-edge military technology to Russia has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Alexander Fishenko learned his punishment Thursday in federal court in New York. He pleaded guilty in September to crimes including acting as a […]
  
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• Updated: Oregon man sentenced in celebrity hacking case

  21-07-2016 21:49
  
  LOS ANGELES — A man who admitted hacking hundreds of email accounts and stealing explicit photos from several unidentified celebrities was sentenced Thursday to six months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt sentenced Andrew Helton of Astoria, Oregon, to the prison term and two years of supervised release on Thursday. Helton pleaded […]
  
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• Updated: Year after attack, thousands march in Jerusalem gay parade

  21-07-2016 21:36
  
  JERUSALEM — Thousands of people waving rainbow flags marched through downtown Jerusalem Thursday in the city’s annual gay pride parade in a defiant show of force a year after an extremist ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed a 16-year-old girl to death at the march. The heavily guarded event comes against a backdrop of deep divisions in Israel […]
  
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• Updated: Man lassoes bear with head stuck in big plastic container

  21-07-2016 21:35
  
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado bed and breakfast owner armed with just a length of rope helped save a black bear with a giant plastic container stuck on its head. Jim Hawkins got his lasso around the animal’s midsection on the first throw. He said Thursday that he and the bear “did a rodeo […]
  
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• Today in History: July 21

  21-07-2016 21:33 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Thursday, July 21, the 203rd day of 2016. There are 163 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On July 21, 1861, during the Civil War, the first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Virginia, resulting in a Confederate victory.
  On this date:
  In 1773, Pope Clement XIV issued an order suppressing the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits. (The Society was restored by Pope Pius VII in 1814.)
  In 1816, Paul Reuter, founder of the British news agency bearing his name, was bor
  
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• Updated: Racism on Airbnb inspires new sites Innclusive and Noirbnb

  21-07-2016 21:32
  
  NEW YORK — Accusations that Airbnb has been ignoring complaints of racism have led several black entrepreneurs to create two new vacation rental websites where they say racism will not be tolerated. The new sites, Innclusive.com and Noirbnb.com, say they are enrolling hosts around the country and the world and hope to open their platforms […]
  
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• Rape victim jailed after breakdown files lawsuit in Houston

  21-07-2016 21:14
  
  HOUSTON — The 25-year-old rape victim, frightened and long-suffering from mental illness, agreed in December to testify against the Houston man who brutally assaulted her in 2013. She hoped to put him behind bars for life. But that decision landed her in the Harris County jail for more than a month over the Christmas holiday […]
  
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• Updated: Wild birds lead people to honey if they make the right sound

  21-07-2016 21:13
  
  WASHINGTON — In Mozambique’s woodlands, the sound of sweet evolution is at work. Over the centuries, through genetic and cultural adaptation, humans and a wild bird species have learned to work together with a simple sound: “Brrr-hm.” When human honey-hunters make that call, the bird called the honeyguide does its namesake job with incredible accuracy, […]
  
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• Updated: Scientists looking for invisible dark matter can’t find any

  21-07-2016 21:13
  
  WASHINGTON — Scientists have come up empty-handed in their latest effort to find elusive dark matter, the plentiful stuff that helps galaxies like ours form. For three years, scientists have been looking for dark matter — which though invisible, makes up more than four-fifths of the universe’s matter — nearly a mile underground in a […]
  
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• Aggies picked 9th in Sun Belt

  21-07-2016 21:13
  
  The New Mexico State football team was selected to finish in ninth place out of 11 teams in the Sun Belt Conference, in a poll of the league’s head coaches. The Aggies, who were picked last in the 2015 preseason poll, finished 3-5 in the SBC last season, tied for fifth. 2016 Sun Belt Football […]
  
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• Senate Finance chairman says Legislature needs special session ASAP

  21-07-2016 21:03
  
  Senate Finance Chairman John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, says the Legislature needs to meet in a special session this summer to plug holes in the state’s budget before they get too deep. Smith said today at a news conference that New Mexico appears headed to a shortfall of nearly $160 million for the budget year that […]
  
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• France: Truck attacker had accomplices, planned for months

  21-07-2016 21:03 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The truck driver who killed 84 people on a Nice beachfront had accomplices and appears to have been plotting his attack for months, the Paris prosecutor said Thursday, citing cryptic phone messages, more than 1,000 calls and video of the attack scene on the phone of one of five people facing terror-linked charges.
  Prosecutor Francois Molins said the five suspects currently in custody face preliminary terrorism charges for their alleged roles in helping 31-year-old Mohamed Laho
  
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• Farmington ranchers settle lawsuit over killed roosters

  21-07-2016 20:56 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – Ranchers in Farmington who had hundreds of roosters and chickens killed after a cockfighting investigation have settled their federal lawsuit against a New Mexico State Police agent.
  The Farmington Daily-Times reports that an attorney for father-and-son ranchers Reyes and Mario Marin confirmed Monday that an agreement was reached at a settlement conference.
  The Marins accused New Mexico State Police agent Max Salas and other officials of violating their constitution
  
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• Sandia Speedway offers performance driving school

  21-07-2016 20:47
  
  Driving today isn't the same as driving 5, 10 and 15 years ago. Back when most of us learned how to drive. Now there's so much technology and more power and tools than many owners know how to use or handle.
  
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• Lawmakers: New Mexico facing budget shortfall, calls for special session

  21-07-2016 20:13 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico is looking at a serious money problem.
  Powerful state lawmakers just announced that they need to come up with millions to pay the bills which means we could be looking at a special session soon.
  Senator John Arthur Smith says the state is short currently at least $150 million on the budget year which just ended last month.
  The state blames sagging oil and natural gas prices for the revenue pinch New Mexico is in, as well as lower than
  
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• Trump’s RNC speech dilemma: Ignite GOP base or unite mainstream America?

  21-07-2016 20:09 via krqe.com
  
  CLEVELAND (MEDIA GENERAL) – In Cleveland on Thursday evening, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump will tackle one of his largest challenges to date: Igniting his base while uniting the country.
  There’s a high-degree of difficulty involved in his RNC tap dance that can’t be overstated.
  The Republican National Convention brimmed with fresh invigoration on Wednesday evening as Trump’s keynote address drew nearer.
  Donald Trump, flanked by family, attends Wednesday eve
  
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• State drops to No. 8 nationwide for solar capacity

  21-07-2016 20:05
  
  New Mexico stills ranks among the top states in the U.S. in installed solar electric capacity per capita, but it’s steadily losing ground compared with other states, according to a new report released Thursday morning by the advocacy group Environment New Mexico. The report, produced in cooperation with the Frontier Group and the national Environment […]
  
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• Police chase ends in serious crash in SW ABQ

  21-07-2016 20:00
  
  An auto burglary led to a police chase that ended in a crash in southwest Albuquerque Thursday morning.
  
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• 1 in custody after pursuit, serious crash in southeast Albuquerque

  21-07-2016 19:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One person is now in custody after an aerial police pursuit and a serious crash in southeast Albuquerque.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, officers were dispatched to Sportsman’s Warehouse after a witness reported seeing a suspect take several items including a rifle case from a vehicle.
  As the suspect left the area, police air support followed the vehicle. APD says a spike belt was used in an attempt to stop the vehicle near B
  
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• APD: Auto burglar causes serious crash after police use spike belt

  21-07-2016 19:44
  
  A man suspected of breaking into a car at Sportsman’s Warehouse fled and caused a serious crash after officers used a spike belt to try to stop the man’s vehicle near Bridge and Broadway, according to police. Spokesman Tanner Tixier said officers were called to the Sportsman’s Warehouse near Montaño and Renaissance because a man […]
  
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• Updated: Analysis: Is Turkish leader transforming a nation?

  21-07-2016 19:40
  
  ISTANBUL — The stunning sweep of Turkey’s crackdown following an attempted coup last week forces questions about how far President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will go in a tense, conspiracy-fueled country. While the purges may be designed to derail any future insurrections, there are increasing concerns that Erdogan is seizing the moment to transform Turkey, steering […]
  
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• Updated: Mediation ordered in civil lawsuit over Sandra Bland’s death

  21-07-2016 19:38
  
  HOUSTON — A federal judge has ordered mediation in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Sandra Bland, who died last summer in a Texas jail after being arrested. U.S. District Judge David Hittner ordered the mediation Wednesday. If the parties can’t resolve their differences, the case will return to his Houston courtroom. […]
  
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• Federal officials say Lake Mead water won’t be released

  21-07-2016 19:38
  
  PHOENIX — Federal officials say they won’t release water that Arizona and other Lower Colorado River Basin states have stored in Lake Mead to another state. Deputy Interior Secretary Michael Connor wrote in a letter this week that the department will only release unused water belonging to one state to another if all three states […]
  
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• Police: Man crashes boat of hunter who killed Cecil the lion

  21-07-2016 18:44
  
  MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — Police say a man stole and crashed a boat off southwest Florida that belongs to a Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the lion while hunting in Africa. The Naples Daily News ( http://bit.ly/2ajfFsN ) reports 26-year-old Andrew Derwin of Marco Island was arrested on a felony charge of grand theft Tuesday […]
  
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• Updated: It’s Trump’s moment before the nation _ and GOP skeptics

  21-07-2016 18:38
  
  CLEVELAND — A man badly in need of a big moment, Donald Trump on Thursday faced the most important speech of his presidential campaign, a last chance to make his case to skeptics at a convention marked by divided loyalties and unwanted distractions. The newly crowned Republican nominee had hoped for a triumphant turn at […]
  
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• Updated: Brazil’s national cocktail poised for Olympic exposure

  21-07-2016 18:36
  
  CORAL GABLES, Fla. — It’s tempting to call cachaca a Brazilian rum and think of the caipirinha as another muddled tropical cocktail. The upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro may change that. Brazil’s national cocktail and unique distillation of sugarcane juice into a clear liquor are poised for the kind of worldwide exposure enjoyed by […]
  
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• Houston mayor to release police shooting video footage

  21-07-2016 18:27
  
  HOUSTON — Houston’s mayor is set to release video footage from a police shooting in which officers killed a black man earlier this month. Mayor Sylvester Turner says it’s part of an effort to preserve community safety in the wake of recent shootings of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Turner and acting […]
  
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• Woman in illegal body cavity search settles border case

  21-07-2016 18:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has agreed to pay $475,000 to New Mexico woman who accused agents of forcing her to undergo illegal body cavity probes.
  American Civil Liberties Union affiliates in Texas and New Mexico announced the settlement Thursday that also requires training for Customs and Border Protection officers.
  A 2013 lawsuit said the unnamed 54-year-old U.S. citizen was “brutally” searched by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents
  
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• Body found during search in Texas for missing autistic girl

  21-07-2016 18:04
  
  AMARILLO, Texas — Authorities searching for a 7-year-old autistic girl who went missing from an Amarillo motel say the body of a young girl has been found in a nearby lake. Amarillo Officer Jeb Hilton said Thursday that they have not yet released the identity of the body found, but have suspended the search for […]
  
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• McDonald’s joins ‘Pokemon Go’ craze hoping to catch the wave

  21-07-2016 17:44
  
  NEW YORK — McDonald’s will become the first major corporation to collaborate with the makers with the wildly popular “Pokemon Go.” The company, based outside of Chicago, will partner with the developer Niantic in Japan where, to the frustration of legions of would-be players, the game has yet to launch. Details of the collaboration were […]
  
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• Updated: Filmmaker Michael Moore: ‘Sorry,’ but Trump likely to win

  21-07-2016 17:41
  
  LOS ANGELES — Filmmaker Michael Moore is causing a stir with his comments about Donald Trump. The famously liberal Moore says he’s sorry to say it, but he thinks the Republican could win the presidency. In a Wednesday night appearance on an online edition of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Moore said he thought […]
  
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• To get an edge on a home deal, buyers need a pen, some notecards and their heart

  21-07-2016 17:41
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Andrew Aitkens stepped into a white stucco bungalow across the street from a park in northeast Minneapolis, and it immediately felt like home. He wasn’t the only one who felt that way. Sitting in the park with his girlfriend after looking at the house, Aitkens noticed several other potential buyers arrive. The couple […]
  
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• Airbnb exec dishes about the early days at the home-sharing company

  21-07-2016 17:40
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — When Joe Zadeh landed a job at Airbnb as a software engineer in 2010, he was the company’s ninth employee and the “office” was a three-bedroom apartment in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. Since then, he’s watched the startup, which broke new ground by letting people rent their couches and guest rooms to […]
  
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• Updated: Trump hedges on NATO protection against Russian aggression

  21-07-2016 17:39
  
  WASHINGTON — Republican nominee Donald Trump hinted the U.S. may revisit NATO’s longstanding policy of defending its allies against possible Russian aggression if he becomes president, saying that some allies aren’t holding up their end of the bargain. Trump told The New York Times that he would decide whether to protect the Baltic republics against […]
  
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• Longtime state lawmaker Martinez resigns from Legislature

  21-07-2016 17:36 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Longtime state legislator Ken Martinez has resigned from the Legislature and will instead work as the new Bernalillo County attorney.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Former House Speaker Ken Martinez, D-Grants, resigned Wednesday in a letter to acting Secretary of State Brad Winter. Earlier this year Martinez announced he would not seek re-election.
  Martinez served as state House District 69 representative since 1999. The district serves Bernalillo, Cibola, McKi
  
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• At least 75 dead, missing in recent China flooding

  21-07-2016 17:05 via krqe.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — At least 75 people in northern China have died or gone missing since Monday in some of the worst flooding in years, the government said Thursday.
  The figures released by the Civil Affairs Ministry come amid continuing heavy downpours that have caused havoc across usually dry regions, including the capital Beijing. Already, 576 people have been recorded as dead or missing nationwide in the first half of the year.
  Beijing has been hit by constant rain since Tuesday that has fo
  
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• Brazil arrests 10 in alleged Olympics terror plot

  21-07-2016 17:01 via krqe.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police have ordered the detention of 12 people who allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group via social media and discussed possible attacks during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, officials said Thursday.
  Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes said in the capital, Brasilia, that 10 suspects had been arrested and two more were being sought. All 12 are Brazilian and one is a minor. The gender of the people was not given.
  Police acted because the group
  
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• Animal shelters kick off national adoption initiative this weekend

  21-07-2016 16:48
  
  Animal shelters across the country will come together this weekend for a nationwide pet adoption initiative.
  
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• It’s Trump’s moment to talk to the nation — and GOP doubters

  21-07-2016 16:34 via krqe.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — It’s Donald Trump’s big moment to make his case to the country — and to the many rattled doubters in his own party. The most important speech of his presidential campaign will bring down the balloons on a convention marked by divided loyalties and unwanted distractions as well as full-throated roars against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
  The latest diversion landed Thursday morning in an interview in which Trump declared he would set new conditions bef
  
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• Updated: Cleveland police chief hits the streets to keep the peace

  21-07-2016 16:27
  
  CLEVELAND — Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams has never been far from the action during the Republican convention, taking charge when a flag-burning turned into a melee, wading into the crowd when demonstrators nearly came to blows and joining bicycle officers on patrol. “I don’t stand by. I’m still a police officer. I’m out there […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Hollande defends authorities after Nice attack

  21-07-2016 16:26
  
  PARIS — The Latest on the aftermath of the truck attack in the French city of Nice (all times local): 1:25 p.m. French President Francois Hollande has defended authorities after a newspaper said there was a lack of transparency over the Nice attacks. Hollande said that “there’s no room for polemics. There’s only room for […]
  
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• Updated: Russia loses appeal against Olympic track and field ban

  21-07-2016 16:26
  
  LONDON — Russia lost its appeal Thursday against the Olympic ban on its track and field athletes, a decision which could add pressure on the IOC to exclude the country entirely from next month’s games in Rio de Janeiro. The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected the appeal of 68 Russian athletes seeking to overturn […]
  
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