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• Muslims can wear headscarves for Alabama IDs. A Christian woman sues so she can, too.

  31-08-2016 23:53
  
  When Yvonne Allen went to renew her driver’s license, she wasn’t expecting to discuss the Bible. But she soon found herself trying to defend her Christian beliefs. Allen takes literally the words of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament: “If a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut […]
  
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• New Mexico State Fair opens midway early for a ‘sneak peak’

  31-08-2016 23:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico State Fair is still eight days away, but the midway will open early for a “sneak peak.”
  The Reithoffer Midway Preview — with most rides open — opens Friday at 5 p.m.
  The carnival will open again at noon on Saturday and Sunday, during the New Mexico True Fest.
  State Fair officials say opening the midway early will give people something fun to do during the holiday weekend.
  There is no charge for admission into the fairgrounds
  
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• New Mexico State Fair midway opens early for a ‘sneak peak’

  31-08-2016 23:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico State Fair is still eight days away, but the midway will open early for a “sneak peak.”
  The Reithoffer Midway Preview — with most rides open — opens Friday at 5 p.m.
  The carnival will open again at noon on Saturday and Sunday, during the New Mexico True Fest.
  State Fair officials say opening the midway early will give people something fun to do during the holiday weekend.
  There is no charge for admission into the fairgrounds
  
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• US court upholds ban on gun sales to marijuana card holders

  31-08-2016 23:39
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A federal government ban on the sale of guns to medical marijuana card holders does not violate the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court said Wednesday. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals applies to the nine Western states that fall under the court’s jurisdiction, including California, Washington and […]
  
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• The Latest: High court: Legal marijuana measure on ballot

  31-08-2016 23:39
  
  PHOENIX — The Latest legal challenges to an Arizona voter initiative legalizing recreational marijuana (All times local): 2:25 p.m. A voter initiative legalizing recreational marijuana will be on the November ballot after the Arizona Supreme Court rejected a final legal challenge. The high court on Wednesday turned away a lawsuit from a group called Arizonans […]
  
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• ‘Racists Anonymous’: The first step is admitting you have a problem

  31-08-2016 23:38
  
  As tensions grow amid police shootings of young black men and a presidential campaign rife with allegations of racism, many people are calling for a more honest conversation about race in America. One pastor in Sunnyvale, Calif. is offering a venue to get people talking: Racists Anonymous. With the familiar backdrop of a 12-step program […]
  
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• New Mexico man arrested after rollover crash kills woman

  31-08-2016 23:30 via krqe.com
  
  RED RIVER, N.M. (AP) – Authorities say a Red River man has been arrested in connection with a rollover accident that left a woman dead.
  Taos County Sheriff’s officials say 29-year-old Christopher Lawrence is being held on suspicion of homicide by vehicle due to alcohol impairment and driving on a suspended license.
  Lawrence was arranged in a magistrate court Wednesday and his bond has been set at $50,000 cash-only.
  It’s unclear if he has a lawyer yet.
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• BeWellnm has new interim CEO

  31-08-2016 23:23
  
  The board of directors of beWellnm, New Mexico’s health insurance exchange, have named Linda Wedeen as interim chief executive officer. Wedeen, who has been the organization’s senior director of communications, marketing and outreach, will take over in late September, when current CEO Amy Dowd leaves for a new job with Molina Healthcare in California. Board […]
  
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• Updated: How to feed a college football team: Start at 4 a.m., and never stop cooking

  31-08-2016 23:22
  
  To be the chef of a major college football program requires a different gear during training camp in August. This is Michael Christie’s fourth quarter of every year, the three-week slog that tests all of his skills and abilities. He is the first person on the move at Gossett Team House every morning. He arrives […]
  
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• Updated: Obama to open conservation tour in Lake Tahoe and Hawaii

  31-08-2016 22:38
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is opening a two-day environmental tour aimed at showcasing conservation efforts before traveling to Asia, where climate change is high on the agenda for his final trip to the region. In Nevada on Wednesday, Obama plans to visit Lake Tahoe and speak at a summit dedicated to the iconic lake’s […]
  
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• Updated: GenForward Poll: Young black adults less trusting of police

  31-08-2016 22:38
  
  WASHINGTON — Young Americans are about equally likely to say they’ve had an encounter with police, but young black adults are much more likely than whites to say they’ve been arrested, harassed or know someone who has been, a new GenForward poll said Wednesday. Twenty-eight percent of blacks say they have been arrested after encounters […]
  
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• Updated: Report: Texas should reduce campus transients after slaying

  31-08-2016 22:14
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — State law enforcement officials recommended Wednesday that the University of Texas beef up police and security guard presence while working to allow fewer homeless people on campus after the slaying of a first-year dance major shook up the school. The Texas Department of Public Safety also urged the university to improve outdoor […]
  
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• DOE extends ‘bridge contract’ for clean-up work at Los Alamos

  31-08-2016 21:36
  
  The U.S. Department of Energy is extending a “bridge contract” for environmental clean-up work at Los Alamos National Laboratory for another year. That means that private consortium Los Alamos National Security (LANS) will be paid another $154.7 million for the additional 12 months of clean-up work. In 2014, the DOE decided to separate environmental remediationof […]
  
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• Water bottle closes downtown streets

  31-08-2016 21:27
  
  What turned to be nothing more than a water bottle shut down streets in downtown Albuquerque.
  
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• Online poll: How many games will UNM football win this season?

  31-08-2016 21:04
  
    UNM football coach Bob Davie has expressed optimism about the state of his program heading into Thursday’s season opener at home against South Dakota. That’s more optimism than the general consensus — UNM was picked to finish fifth in the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. But what do readers think? Will this […]
  
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• Cold-case investigation nets arrest in 1996 fatal beating

  31-08-2016 21:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Albuquerque police say a cold-case investigation has resulted in the arrest of a 38-year-old man confessed to a brutal 1996 killing after being confronted with DNA evidence that linked him to the crime scene.
  A police affidavit says Jedidiah Rose initially denied involvement in the killing of Richard Brodbeck at Brodbeck’s residence, but then admitted beating the victim in the head with a vase and another blunt object.
  Police interviewed and then arrested Ros
  
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• Police: Water bottle left in street caused scare in downtown Albuquerque

  31-08-2016 19:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police are calling the incident that shutdown all roads surrounding the District Courthouse Wednesday, “a perfect storm of coincidence.”
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, the area was shut down around noon Wednesday due to a suspicious device that was found nearby.
  APD now says the Water Authority was conducting a test in the area that resulted in smoke coming from a man hole. A man who noticed the smoke and wa
  
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• Police: Water bottle in street caused downtown Albuquerque scare

  31-08-2016 19:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police are calling the incident that shutdown all roads surrounding the District Courthouse Wednesday, “a perfect storm of coincidence.”
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, the area was shut down around noon Wednesday due to a suspicious device that was found nearby.
  APD now says the Water Authority was conducting a test in the area that resulted in “smoke” coming from a man hole. Police say a man who
  
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• Breaking: APD: Item left in Downtown street was water bottle, not Molotov cocktail

  31-08-2016 19:45
  
  A water bottle left on a smoking manhole cover in the middle of the street near Second Judicial District Court caused about a half hour of panic when witnesses believed it was a Molotov cocktail, according to police. Albuquerque police spokesman Tanner Tixier said it was a false alarm. He said Albuquerque’s water authority was […]
  
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• Breaking: APD: Device left in Downtown street not a Molotov cocktail

  31-08-2016 19:45
  
  Albuquerque police have closed several Downtown roads and evacuated a building after someone reportedly lit a Molotov cocktail in the street near the 2nd Judicial District Courthouse at 4th and Lomas NW Wednesday morning, an officer at the scene said. The officer said a suspect is in an office building a block south at 500 […]
  
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• Police searching for armed suspect at Georgia university

  31-08-2016 19:41
  
  COLUMBUS, Ga. — Columbus State University police say they’re searching the Georgia campus after a report of an armed suspect in a student residence hall. Columbus State said in a statement that campus police Wednesday afternoon were searching for a man described as being 17 to 19 years old, wearing dark clothes and a stocking […]
  
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• Updated: August 2016 ties August 1914 as wettest in Texas

  31-08-2016 19:40
  
  HOUSTON — Persistent rain in portions of Texas has made August 2016 the wettest August in more than a century and equal to the rainiest ever, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday by the State Climatologist office at Texas A&M University. Texas received an average 5.69 inches of rain statewide. That’s the same amount as […]
  
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• August 2016 ties August 1914 as wettest in Texas

  31-08-2016 19:40
  
  HOUSTON — Persistent rain in Texas has made August 2016 the wettest August in more than a century and equal to the rainiest August ever. Preliminary figures from the State Climatologist office at Texas A&M University show Texas received an average 5.69 inches of rain statewide. That’s the same amount measured in 1914, the present […]
  
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• Updated: Gun advocates speak out against Virginia’s carry ban

  31-08-2016 19:31
  
  RICHMOND, Va. — Gun rights advocates blasted Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s move to ban concealed handguns in state-owned office buildings Wednesday, saying the governor’s actions jeopardize public safety. “Gun-free zones are a magnet to people who want to do harm; they are a magnet to terrorists,” said Vicki Lindsey from Chesterfield, echoing similar comments made by […]
  
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• What if Massachusetts ditched Eastern Standard Time?

  31-08-2016 19:26
  
  Buried deep at the bottom – section 136 – of Massachusetts state legislature Bill H.4569 are two paragraphs that could make the Bay State travel in time. The legislature has agreed to explore switching time zones, moving from Eastern Standard Time to Atlantic Standard Time – an hour ahead of the rest of the East […]
  
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• ‘Bad apple culprit’ hits Pacific Northwest homes

  31-08-2016 19:06
  
  VANCOUVER, Wash. — One rotten apple spoils the bunch, but a man known as the “bad apple culprit” doesn’t stop at just one. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office in southwest Washington says someone has periodically been tossing apples on roofs. Sometimes the culprit leaves a note, as was the case when he recently struck at […]
  
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• Navajo lawmakers to consider Gram Canyon tram legislation

  31-08-2016 19:03
  
  PHOENIX — Navajo Nation lawmakers are set to consider a controversial plan to develop tourist attractions at the edge of the Grand Canyon. The Arizona Republic reports (http://bit.ly/2bCg44G ) that a Navajo Council member this week introduced legislation to approve the Grand Canyon Escalade project, which would include hotels above the canyon rim and an […]
  
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• CMA nominations: Chris Stapleton, Maren Morris, Eric Church lead; Blake Shelton shut out

  31-08-2016 19:03
  
  Can this year’s Country Music Association Awards do for Maren Morris what last year’s awards did for Chris Stapleton? Morris, the 26-year-old breakout artist from Texas, tied longtime singer/songwriter Stapleton and the unstoppable Eric Church for five nods each on Wednesday morning, when the CMAs (country music’s most prestigious awards show) unveiled its nominations on […]
  
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• Lawyers for ‘affluenza’ teen seek his release from jail

  31-08-2016 19:02
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — Lawyers for “affluenza” teenager Ethan Couch argue in a court filing that he should be released from jail because the judge in his case had no jurisdiction in the matter. The 19-year-old Couch is serving nearly two years in a North Texas jail for a 2013 drunken-driving wreck that killed four […]
  
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• Anti-wrinkle device forces plane evacuation in New Mexico

  31-08-2016 19:02
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Authorities say a vibrating device that claims to fights wrinkles as it rolls over a person’s face has forced a Southwest Airlines flight to evacuate in New Mexico. Albuquerque Aviation Police tell news station KOB-TV (http://goo.gl/osSNBc ) that passengers were ordered off the plane Monday after the anti-aging skin roller was discovered […]
  
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• New Mexico regulators to consider proposed PNM rate hike

  31-08-2016 19:00 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico regulators are on track to make a final decision on a request by the state’s largest electric provider to raise rates for its 500,000 customers.
  The Public Regulation Commission met Wednesday in Santa Fe and made plans to consider Public Service Co. of New Mexico’s proposed rate hike at a meeting in late September.
  Concerns raised by environmentalists over the value of the utility’s stake in an Arizona nuclear plant spurred a recommendatio
  
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• Brazil’s President Rousseff ousted from office by Senate

  31-08-2016 18:57 via krqe.com
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday voted to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office, the culmination of a yearlong fight that paralyzed Latin America’s most powerful economy and exposed deep rifts among its people on everything from race relations to social spending.
  While Rousseff’s ouster was widely expected, the decision was a key chapter in a colossal political struggle that is far from over. Rousseff was Brazil’s first female president, wi
  
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• Los Alamos middle, high schools to have gun safes on campus

  31-08-2016 18:26 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) – Middle and high schools in Los Alamos will soon have gun safes full of shotguns and semi-automatic weapons on campus.
  The Los Alamos School Board on Thursday approved Police Chief Dino Sgambellone’s request to have police-owned gun safes installed inside the schools.
  Sgambellone says the safes will help officers respond more quickly in the case of an active shooter. He says often valuable time is lost when officers have to run back out to their car to retrieve
  
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• Hart, Bony leave in Man City clear-out

  31-08-2016 17:58
  
  MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City’s clear-out after an offseason of heavy spending was in full flow Wednesday, with Joe Hart, Wilfried Bony and Samir Nasri sent out on loan as new coach Pep Guardiola attempted to streamline his squad on the final day of transfer window. Hart, the England goalkeeper, was loaned to Italian club […]
  
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• Updated: Indians acquire OF Coco Crisp for pennant drive from A’s

  31-08-2016 17:45
  
  CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians have added outfield depth by acquiring Coco Crisp in a trade with the Oakland Athletics. The AL Central leaders sent pitcher Colt Hynes and cash to the A’s for Crisp, who began his career with Cleveland in 2002. The 36-year-old gives the club another switch-hitter, more speed and postseason experience. […]
  
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• Updated: Hurricane churns toward Hawaii; people stock up, board up

  31-08-2016 17:45
  
  HILO, Hawaii — Preparing for what could be the first hurricane to make landfall in Hawaii in years, residents on the Big Island are stocking up on food and water and seeking shelter for their animals. The National Weather Service issued a hurricane warning as the storm dubbed Madeline churned west Tuesday toward the island, […]
  
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• Denver officer hit during 2014 protest returns to work

  31-08-2016 17:44
  
  DENVER — A Denver police officer hit and dragged by a car during a student protest is back at work nearly two years later. Officer John Adsit returned to office duty on Wednesday. He was hospitalized for more than two months, has had more than a dozen surgeries and still has limited movement in his […]
  
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• 2 from Texas killed when shuttle bus, car crash in Boston

  31-08-2016 17:44
  
  BOSTON — Massachusetts State Police say two Texas residents died when the hotel shuttle bus they were on was rear-ended by a car near Logan International Airport in Boston. A police spokesman says a 59-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman, both from El Paso, were ejected from the bus on Route 1A north in East […]
  
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• Historic commercial flight from US to Cuba set to take off

  31-08-2016 16:07 via krqe.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The first commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than a half century is scheduled to fly from Fort Lauderdale to the central city of Santa Clara on Wednesday morning, re-establishing regular air service severed at the height of the Cold War.
  JetBlue Flight 387 was set to take off at 9:45 a.m. EDT for a 72-minute journey that will open a new era of U.S.-Cuba travel, with about 300 flights a week connecting the U.S. with an island cut off fr
  
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• United Blood Services host drive for blood donations

  31-08-2016 15:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Saving a life can be easier than one might think, and there’s an event coming up to help everyone in the community become a hero.
  United Blood Services is hosting a blood and bone marrow drive for children with cancer.
  Dr. Stuart Winter, Pediatric Oncology Hemoatology Professor at the University of New Mexico, Michele Moor Wright with United Blood Services, and Samantha Chavez with the Children Cancer Fund of New Mexico, joined KRQE’s This Mornin
  
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• Fundraising benefit to help veterans with PTSD

  31-08-2016 15:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s commonly said that dogs are a man’s best friend and one local organization is proving just how true that it.
  Paws and Stripes, a non-profit organization, was founded in 2010 with the mission to provide service dogs for wounded U.S. military veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This organization not only helps heroes, it’s also helping rescued dogs from local animal shelters.
  Founder and CEO, Lindsey Stanek, and Veteran
  
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• Colorado city sends snowplows to clean up heaps of hail

  31-08-2016 14:50 via krqe.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A strong summer storm that walloped Colorado Springs forced authorities to rescue people from their stranded cars and move heaps of hail with snowplows.
  More rain is possible Tuesday after the deluge Monday flooded roadways and left hail piled up on sidewalks. Eight people were rescued from their cars after they got stuck in the deep water, and hail swamped a basement apartment.
  National Weather Service meteorologist Eric Peterson tells The Gazette
  
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• Clinton to stress American exceptionalism in Ohio

  31-08-2016 14:45 via krqe.com
  
  SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Hillary Clinton plans to stress her support for American exceptionalism during a speech in the battleground state of Ohio, while arguing that Donald Trump has rejected the concept.
  Clinton’s midday address at the American Legion’s annual convention in Cincinnati Wednesday comes as Trump ponders a last-minute trip to Mexico in advance of a long-awaited speech on immigration. A Clinton campaign official said the Democratic nominee plans to use her first p
  
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• Wildfire prompts evacuations of 200 homes in California

  31-08-2016 13:53 via krqe.com
  
  BANNING, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that tore through brush east of Los Angeles forced 700 people from their homes for several hours Tuesday and destroyed a small building, officials said.
  The fast-moving fire prompted the evacuations as it raced through 1.5 square miles of drought-dry hills near Banning, the Riverside County Fire Department said.
  It was 10 percent contained by nightfall, and the evacuations, most of which were from a mobile home park, were canceled.
  Two people were taken to
  
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• Evacuations lifted, California fire now 20 percent contained

  31-08-2016 13:53 via krqe.com
  
  BANNING, Calif. (AP) — Crews increased containment of a wildfire that sent about 700 people scrambling from their homes east of Los Angeles.
  Officials said the blaze in Riverside County grew slightly to nearly 2 square miles and is 20 percent contained Wednesday.
  All evacuation orders, most of which were from a mobile home park, were canceled late Tuesday.
  The fire broke out Tuesday afternoon and moved quickly through tinder-dry brush.
  Two people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries
  
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• Hurricane churns toward Hawaii; people stock up, board up

  31-08-2016 13:50 via krqe.com
  
  HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Preparing for what could be the first hurricane to make landfall in Hawaii in years, residents on the Big Island are stocking up on food and water and seeking shelter for their animals.
  The National Weather Service issued a hurricane warning as the storm dubbed Madeline churned west Tuesday toward the island, urging residents to rush through preparations to protect themselves and their property and expect hurricane conditions within the next 36 hours.
  Peggy Beckett, a r
  
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• Feds to distribute $53 million to states to fight opioids

  31-08-2016 13:46 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it will distribute $53 million to 44 states in an effort to curb opioid abuse.
  Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell says the funding will focus on reducing over-prescribing of pain killers, increasing access to treatment and making sure the antidote naloxone is widely available.
  The administration is also calling on Congress to provide $1.1 billion in new money, saying legislation recently signed into law didn’t do enough
  
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• Trump has surprise Mexico visit ahead of immigration speech

  31-08-2016 13:44 via krqe.com
  
  EVERETT, Washington (AP) — Donald Trump will be taking his first foreign trip as the Republican presidential nominee on Wednesday, making a quick and unexpected visit to Mexico, a nation he derided as the home of rapists and criminals as he launched his campaign.
  The meeting with President Enrique Pena Nieto, who earlier this year compared the billionaire candidate to Hitler, comes hours before Trump is set to deliver a highly-anticipated immigration speech. It’s a defining issue for
  
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• Albuquerque Public Schools to assess process for reporting child abuse

  31-08-2016 13:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Another call to action spurred by Victoria Martens’ murder, this time, at the state’s largest school district.
  It comes as the community struggles to make sense of the tragedy and prevent another one.
  Wednesday, top officials and staff experts on abuse at Albuquerque Public Schools will meet to assess the process for reporting child abuse.
  The district says it’s a sad truth for too many students — school is the safest place. Now, after Vic
  
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• Albuquerque Public Schools evaluates process for reporting child abuse

  31-08-2016 13:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The tragic murder of Victoria Martens has shocked the community and has people wondering if it could have been prevented.
  Wednesday, Albuquerque Public Schools said they followed all policies and procedures in this case, but wouldn’t say if there were any reports about Victoria Martens being abused.
  APS police did say they have no records of law enforcement investigating a case of child abuse against little Victoria.
  After her brutal murder, the district&rs
  
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