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• Police: Man killed in suspected DWI crash

  23-07-2016 23:48
  
  A man was killed and two people injured in a wreck caused by a suspected drunk driver in east Albuquerque late Friday, police said. Officer Fred Duran said that firefighters were dispatched to a crash involving a sedan and a pickup on Louisiana near Interstate 40 just before midnight. Investigators believe that the driver of […]
  
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• APD: Man shot during attempted burglary, faces three charges

  23-07-2016 22:49
  
  APD responded to the Walmart near San Mateo and Zuni Friday when a shooting was reported.
  
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• Updated: IS attacks protest in Afghan capital, kills 80 people

  23-07-2016 22:47
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a peaceful protest in the Afghan capital on Saturday that killed at least 80 people and wounded more than 200, marking the first time the extremists have struck Kabul and raising fears of their growing strength and capability in Afghanistan. […]
  
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• Updated: Police: Munich suspect was obsessed with mass shootings

  23-07-2016 22:45
  
  MUNICH — The gunman whose rampage at a Munich mall left nine people dead was a depression-plagued teenager who avidly read books and articles about mass killings and apparently tried to lure young victims to their deaths through a faked Facebook posting, authorities said Saturday. Information from witnesses indicated that his hatred of foreigners might […]
  
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• As Democrats’ convention nears, hacked emails are posted online

  23-07-2016 22:42
  
  (c) 2016, The Washington Post. As Hillary Clinton prepares to accept her party’s nomination for president, the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks has released nearly 20,000 hacked emails that offer an embarrassing look inside the workings of the Democratic Party as it prepares for its convention in Philadelphia. Some of the emails from the Democratic National Committee […]
  
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• Updated: Political scandals linger as Philly readies for convention

  23-07-2016 22:39
  
  PHILADELPHIA — The streets are freshly swept, the hotel rooms are pristine, the party invitations have gone out and extra police patrols are assigned. Philadelphia is ready for the Democratic National Convention. Tougher to clean up and shine, however, is the state’s political image, tarnished by recent political corruption cases that have implicated many Democrats […]
  
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• Updated: Delegates: Clinton VP pick solid, may not help Dem unity

  23-07-2016 22:37
  
  WASHINGTON — Delegates to the Democratic National Convention are giving mostly positive reviews to Hillary Clinton’s choice for vice president, saying Virginia Sen. Time Kaine will appeal to moderates but do little to soothe disenchanted Bernie Sanders supporters. Kaine is receiving praise for his wide-ranging experience, even as many delegates acknowledged that he would not […]
  
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• Solar projects can’t save the forest for the trees?

  23-07-2016 22:04 via krqe.com
  
  WADING RIVER, N.Y. (AP) — A green energy project has some environmentalists seeing red.
  Solar energy ordinarily wins praise from groups that want to cut greenhouse gases, but a proposed solar project at a defunct Long Island nuclear power plant has stirred outrage because it requires demolishing 350 acres of woodlands.
  “Choosing solar over forests anywhere in the world is just plain stupid,” said Dick Amper, of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society. “Solar is very importan
  
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• How sympathetic whites are helping to fuel racial change

  23-07-2016 21:14 via krqe.com
  
  MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — An attorney in Oregon is supporting political candidates who promise to address racial profiling in policing. In suburban Ohio, a mother says she and her friends will push for better racial integration in their children’s high school. And in rural Massachusetts, a young father has launched a Facebook group called “White Men for Black Lives.”
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• Police: Detroit-area man held, said he wanted to kill cops

  23-07-2016 21:11
  
  CENTER LINE, Mich. — Police seized a dozen rifles and six handguns from the home of a suburban Detroit man after a witness reported the man said he wanted to kill police officers, authorities said Saturday. The man made the threat during a mental health discussion and has been committed to a mental health facility, […]
  
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• Man charged after being shot in aggravated burglary attempt

  23-07-2016 20:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Details emerged after a male was shot in the parking lot of the Walmart near San Mateo and Lomas on Friday.
  According to a criminal complaint that male, Kenneth Harrelson, was shot in apparent self-defense after he held a knife to another male’s neck. The incident happened Friday at about 4:00 p.m.
  The complaint says that Harrelson approached the victim’s vehicle in the Walmart parking lot and pulled a knife out. Harrelson then climbed inside the vict
  
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• Updated: A relieved Froome heads to Paris to secure 3rd Tour title

  23-07-2016 20:21
  
  MORZINE, France — After two crashes, a bloodied knee and even a run up legendary Mont Ventoux, a relieved Chris Froome can cruise into Paris on Sunday and secure his third Tour de France title in four years. Froome kept his lead intact during the final day of climbing — and descending — in the […]
  
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• Survey: Fewer teens drinking alcohol, smoking in New Mexico

  23-07-2016 20:18
  
  A recent state survey has found that New Mexico teenagers are consuming less alcohol as well as smoking fewer cigarettes.
  
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• Philadelphia primps, activists prepare for DNC convention

  23-07-2016 20:00 via krqe.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The final preparations are underway in Philadelphia as the city gets ready to host the Democratic National Convention.
  More than 5,000 delegates are among the 50,000 people expected to attend the gathering that starts Monday.
  Officials are banning large trucks and other vehicles from nearby stretches of Interstate 95 and other highways leading in and out of Philadelphia.
  Protest groups are getting ready this weekend for events scheduled throughout the week.
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• Updated: 12-year-old boy dies after hiking in extreme heat in Phoenix

  23-07-2016 19:11
  
  PHOENIX — A 12-year-old boy has died after he was out hiking in north Phoenix amid triple-digit temperatures. Phoenix police say the boy was hiking with an adult male Friday afternoon in the Sonoran Desert Preserve when he became ill. Firefighters responded, and he was airlifted to Phoenix Children’s Hospital in extremely critical condition. The […]
  
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• Kaine pick could upend Virginia politics

  23-07-2016 19:11 via krqe.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Tim Kaine’s selection as Hillary Clinton’s running mate could totally upend Virginia politics and would all but certainly result in the most expensive election cycle in the state’s history next if he becomes vice president.
  Kaine was announced Friday as Clinton’s choice to be the Democratic vice presidential candidate. If he wins, it’ll mean Virginia has an unprecedented dual Senate and gubernatorial races next year, with yet another Senat
  
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• 12-year-old boy dies after hiking in extreme heat in Phoenix

  23-07-2016 19:11
  
  PHOENIX — A 12-year-old boy has died after he was out hiking in north Phoenix amid triple-digit temperatures. Phoenix police say the boy was hiking with an adult male Friday afternoon in the Sonoran Desert Preserve when he became ill. Firefighters responded and he was airlifted to Phoenix Children’s Hospital in extremely critical condition. The […]
  
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• Today in History: July 23

  23-07-2016 18:52 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Saturday, July 23, the 205th day of 2016. There are 161 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On July 23, 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I. On July 23, 1892, Haile Selassie I, the emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, was born.
  On this date:
  In 1829, William Austin Burt of Mount Vernon, Mich., received a patent for his typographer, a forerunner
  
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• One killed in early morning wreck near Valencia and Gibson

  23-07-2016 18:50
  
  Intersection of Valencia Drive and Gibson Boulevard was closed early Saturday morning after a fatal crash.
  
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• Fatal accident closes Gibson in both directions

  23-07-2016 18:00
  
  A fatal accident at the intersection of Gibson and Valencia in southeast Albuquerque has shut down Gibson in both directions this morning according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. Officer Simon Grobik said that the victim died at the hospital due to injuries from the accident.
  
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• Deadly crash shuts down Gibson Boulevard

  23-07-2016 17:57
  
  The intersection of Valencia Drive and Gibson Boulevard in Albuquerque was shut down Saturday morning after a deadly crash.
  
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• Updated: Grand Canyon North Rim fire may burn off ’til next snowfall

  23-07-2016 17:50
  
  GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — A wildfire that has been a potential threat to a highway serving the Grand Canyon’s North Rim will likely smolder for the coming weeks, possibly even months. Fire managers said Friday that the lightning-caused fire may naturally help restore the forest until the next snowfall. Firefighters are mainly focused […]
  
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• Grand Canyon North Rim fire may burn off ’til next snowfall

  23-07-2016 17:50
  
  GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — A wildfire that has been a potential threat to a highway serving the Grand Canyon’s North Rim will likely smolder for the coming weeks, possibly even months. Fire managers said Friday that the lightning-caused fire may naturally help restore the forest until the next snowfall. Firefighters are mainly focused […]
  
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• Police investigate fatal crash in southeast Albuquerque

  23-07-2016 17:43 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are investigating a fatal crash that shut down eastbound and westbound Gibson at Valencia on Saturday morning.
  Officers say that one individual was injured and transported to the hospital but later succumbed to their injuries.
  The intersection is shut down and drivers are asked to avoid the area.
  The crash is currently under investigation, according to the Albuquerque Police Department.
  No further information is available.
   
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• Fatal crash closes Gibson in both directions

  23-07-2016 17:43 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Both eastbound and westbound Gibson have been shut down at Valencia due to a fatal crash, according to the Albuquerque Police Department.
  Officer say that one individual was injured and transported to the hospital but later succumbed to their injuries.
  The crash is currently under investigation and police are asking drivers to avoid the area.EB and WB traffic shut down on Gibson between Madeira and Valencia.Seek alternative route.
  — Albuquerque Police
  
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• AP Poll: Support grows among Americans for stricter gun laws

  23-07-2016 17:25 via krqe.com
  
  (AP) – Americans increasingly favor tougher gun laws by margins that have grown wider after a steady drumbeat of shootings in recent months, but they also are pessimistic that change will happen anytime soon, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
  Nearly two-thirds of respondents expressed support for stricter laws, with majorities favoring nationwide bans on the sale of semi-automatic assault weapons such as the AR-15 and on the sale of high-capacity magazines holding 10 or more bu
  
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• Updated: Tests : No more marijuana chemicals in Colorado town’s water

  23-07-2016 17:18
  
  HUGO, Colo. — A warning not to drink the water in a Colorado town has been canceled after tests showed there is no longer any evidence of a marijuana chemical in the tap water. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday that a criminal investigation is continuing into suspected tampering and forced entry at a […]
  
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• Updated: New tests show no pot chemicals in Colorado town’s water

  23-07-2016 17:18
  
  DENVER — Authorities said Saturday that new tests show there is no evidence of a marijuana chemical in a Colorado community’s tap water and they believe the initial tests were false. Warnings not to drink the water were lifted Saturday after multiple tests confirmed there was no THC, marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient, in the water. “We […]
  
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• Police leaders to back disbanding polygamous town marshals

  23-07-2016 17:17
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Federal prosecutors plan to bring a mix of law enforcement leaders and ex-sect members to a hearing in which they’ll ask a judge to disband the police department in a polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border. The disintegration of the town marshals is a proposed remedy after a jury concluded the […]
  
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• Driver causes fatal crash, tries to flee from officers

  23-07-2016 16:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A child and two other people were sent to the hospital Saturday morning after a serious crash involving a sedan and a pick-up truck overnight.
  Police say they were called to the crash on I-40 at Louisiana before midnight.
  Officers say when the got there they found two adults and a child pinned inside the sedan. Rescue crews were able to get the child and one of the adults out, but police say they had to cut a man out of the wreckage. All were taken to the ho
  
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• $60M bond sale would fund elementary, preschool

  23-07-2016 08:13
  
  New Joe Harris Elementary would ease crowding at other schools
  
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• Three indicted in $1B health care fraud scam

  23-07-2016 08:05
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Three people have been charged in an unprecedented $1 billion health care fraud scam, accused of using dozens of Miami nursing homes to bilk the taxpayer-funded Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to an indictment unsealed Friday.
  
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• Indiana woman’s feticide conviction overturned by appeals court

  23-07-2016 08:05
  
  Self-induced abortion led to 20-year term
  
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• Corrales Recycling Center will close on July 30

  23-07-2016 08:05
  
  Volunteer says, ‘We made a difference’
  
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• Commissioners back renewal of hospital funding

  23-07-2016 08:05
  
  Retention of 4.25 mill levy for 8 years may be on November ballot
  
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• Researchers test for Zika mosquitoes in Bernalillo County

  23-07-2016 06:56
  
  Researchers with New Mexico State University were hard at work Friday setting up mosquito traps throughout Bernalillo County to protect us from the Zika virus. 
  
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• New Mexico’s own “Beast Mode”

  23-07-2016 06:43 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- Davonte Lynch is heading into his senior season at New Mexico Highlands University. He is a Junior College transfer that played his junior season with the Cowboys last year. He talks, acts, and even looks like his older brother, who like Davonte is a Running back and you might know him. “As far as looking at us, you would think that we are the same person, I get that a lot, but it’s something that kind of drives me you know. For people to tell me that, oh you are
  
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• Woman survives 5 days in Manzano Mountains

  23-07-2016 06:33
  
  A Torrance County woman is blistered and burned, but thankful to be alive.Mary Lopez survived for 5 days in the Manzano Mountains in the blazing heat.
  
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• Bear atop garbage truck is latest sighting in NM

  23-07-2016 06:31
  
  Some sanitation workers near Los Alamos had quite the hitchhiker this week.
  
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• Albuquerque Facebook group helps track stolen cars

  23-07-2016 06:29
  
  Alison Glenna started the Facebook page ABQ Alert after her mom’s car was stolen. She saw how devastating losing a car could be for a person.
  
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• Woman sentenced in babysitting shaking death of 14-month-old child

  23-07-2016 06:10
  
  A woman arrested in March of last year for shaking a 14-month-old baby she was looking after to death will spend 18 years in prison for the crime and will be deported afterward.
  
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• Larry Rose III, Anthony McMeans receive Sun Belt honors

  23-07-2016 06:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State running back Larry Rose III has been selected as the preseason Offensive Student Athlete of the Year. The reigning player of the year is also first team all conference.
  Rose led the league in rushing for 1,651 yards last season. He is currently on three preseason watch lists.
  Teammate and offensive lineman Anthony McMeans was selected to the all conference second team.
  New Mexico State will open the season at rival UTEP September 3rd.
   
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• Vandal destroys countless mementos at Tomé Hill pilgrimage site

  23-07-2016 06:02 via krqe.com
  
  TOMÉ HILL, N.M. (KRQE) – A vandal has destroyed countless mementos left behind at the Tomé Hill pilgrimage site.
  Thousands each year make the pilgrimage as a show of their faith, but this week when people reached the top Thursday, they say they found a sign of someone’s ignorance.
  It’s a spiritual, serene place, where for countless years people have been going to pray and remember loved ones, leaving mementos in their honor. But Thursday the shrine was a mess.
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• Plans to change traffic flow in downtown Albuquerque

  23-07-2016 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One traffic study after the other, and people living in downtown Albuquerque are wondering when they’ll actually see change. Residents are worried about intersections, they say, are not safe for pedestrians.
  City Councilor Isaac Benton started looking at downtown traffic two years ago, hiring out-of-state Urban Designer Jeff Speck. The recommendation: Instead of traffic signals, use all-way stops.
  “Because there’s a stop in all direct
  
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• Holly Holm fans ready for latest UFC Fight Night

  23-07-2016 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Holly Holm faces off against Valentina Shevchenko Saturday at the twentieth installment of FOX UFC Fight Night from the United Center in Chicago. Fans in Albuquerque are pumped.
  Dylan Ferguson, a fan, said, “Holly Holm is a killer, man. I’m rooting for her all the way, every day.”
  “I definitely had a lot of faith in her,” he said.
  Uptown Sports Bar is expecting fans to watch the fight Saturday.
  Speaking about Holm’s upset
  
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• Holly Holm knows all about the comeback

  23-07-2016 05:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Holly Holm has been there before. She has successfully come back after a loss.
  Losing the UFC Bantamweight belt in her first title defense against Meisha Tate did not sit well with Holm. She wanted to immediately get another title shot to try and reclaim what she lost.
  Winning Saturday at the United Center in Chicago will keep Holm on path to a shot at the belt. Holm knows the importance of her fight against Valentina Shevchenko.
  She also knows she doesn’t
  
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• Father, son convicted for role in US-Italy drug ring

  23-07-2016 05:53
  
  NEW YORK — A father and a son have been convicted on weapons and other charges related to an international drug operation run out of their New York pizzeria. A federal jury in Brooklyn delivered the verdicts Friday against Gregorio and Angelo Gigliotti. Prosecutors argued the 60-year-old Gregorio Gigliotti and his wife ran a cocaine […]
  
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• Where there are Pokémon, people go

  23-07-2016 05:52
  
  (c) 2016, The Washington Post. The phone-toting customers begin streaming into Heavy Seas Alehouse right after work, faces buried in their phones and fingers affixed to their screens. They come ready to catch as many Pokémon as they can. “Since this game kicked in, people are always on their phones – as they’re walking in, […]
  
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• In last Olympic tuneup, U.S. women’s soccer team defeats Costa Rica, 4-0

  23-07-2016 05:51
  
  (c) 2016, The Washington Post. The U.S. women’s soccer team will arrive at the Olympics next week with a 15-game unbeaten streak and favored status for a fourth consecutive gold medal. In their final tuneup before traveling to Brazil, the Americans rushed to a three-goal lead and defeated Costa Rica, 4-0, Friday in Kansas City, […]
  
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• Fraud investigation underway at a New Mexico state agency

  23-07-2016 05:50 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 has learned a major fraud investigation is underway aimed at a New Mexico state agency.
  Sources confirm that an employee at the Department of Workforce Solutions is suspected of looting the accounts of those unsuspecting people getting unemployment benefits.
  Sources tell KRQE News 13, in January, the workforce solutions employee allegedly embezzled unemployment funds from at least seven clients.
  Allegedly by logging into their accounts and then makin
  
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