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• SWAT situation ends in northwest Albuquerque

  22-12-2016 23:37 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police say SWAT officers have cleared a scene after responding to reports of a suspect firing shots in a northwest Albuquerque neighborhood.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, officers responded to a call at approximately 12:17 p.m. to the 100 block of Phoenix Ave. NW. There, they confronted two individuals coming out of a residence carrying items from inside. The two ran back inside when they saw officers approach.
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• Police: Suspect firing shots in northwest Albuquerque neighborhood

  22-12-2016 23:37 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police say SWAT officers are responding to reports of a suspect firing shots in a northwest Albuquerque neighborhood.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, officers are currently in the 100 block of Phoenix NW.
  At this time, 2nd Street between La Poblana Road and Claremont Avenue are closed. Police are asking people to avoid the area.
  Further information about the incident has not been released.
  KRQE News 13 will provide more information as it becomes a
  
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• Lawsuit filed against county commissioner-elect

  22-12-2016 23:02
  
  More than a month after his landslide win, a lawsuit accuses Bernalillo County commissioner-elect Steven Michael Quezada of fraud in the November election. His Republican opponent is suing, and the allegations are serious.
  
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• 7-year-old Santa’s helper wipes tables to buy toys for kids

  22-12-2016 22:58
  
  BICKNELL, Ind. — A 7-year-old Indiana boy has been earning money to buy Christmas toys for other children as an honorary employee at McDonald’s. The youngster, Trenton Gardner, tells WTHI-TV (http://bit.ly/2hRQnlH ) that wiping tables at the fast food restaurant in Bicknell, Indiana, is the “coolest job” he’s ever done. His mother, Lindsey Gardner, says […]
  
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• Continuing battle with media, Trump avoids news conference

  22-12-2016 22:50
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Less than a month from taking office, President-elect Donald Trump has yet to hold the traditional news conference that most incoming presidents have held within days of their victory. As of Thursday, it had been 147 days since Trump held his last formal news conference as a candidate. Trump, whose […]
  
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• Beaumont police find 13 stolen bicycles in time for giveaway

  22-12-2016 22:49
  
  BEAUMONT, Texas — Police say 13 snazzy new bicycles meant for needy children in Southeast Texas were stolen but recovered just in time to hand out as Christmas presents. Beaumont police say nobody has been arrested for the theft reported Thursday morning by officials with a volunteer group called Some Other Place. Police say a […]
  
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• Updated: Montana ski town roiled by white supremacist ‘troll army’

  22-12-2016 22:48
  
  The email to a group that promotes diversity in northwestern Montana warned that white supremacists would encircle the advocacy organization’s office and end with someone “swinging by a rope from the nearest lamp post.” “Those days are not far off Jew,” wrote the author, identified only as Rudolf, to the group Love Lives Here in […]
  
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• Updated: Rambo the pet alligator can stay, Florida officials say

  22-12-2016 22:26
  
  A Florida woman is being allowed to keep her 6-foot-long pet alligator at home following a fight with state wildlife…
  
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• New Mexico OKs reopening troubled nuclear dump

  22-12-2016 21:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico regulators have approved restarting normal operations at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository, a major step for U.S. officials aiming to reopen the facility nearly three years after a radiation leak.
  Two letters obtained Thursday by The Associated Press outline the state Environment Department’s findings from a recent inspection of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
  Regulators found two minor permit violations but say those ha
  
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• Today in History: December 22

  22-12-2016 20:33 via krqe.com
  
  Today in History
  Today is Thursday, Dec. 22, the 357th day of 2016. There are nine days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Dec. 22, 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington for a wartime conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  On this date:
  In 1775, Esek Hopkins was appointed the commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy.
  In 1894, French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide cha
  
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• Officials report whooping cough outbreak in Eddy County

  22-12-2016 20:00 via krqe.com
  
  ARTESIA, N.M. (AP) – Health officials say there is an outbreak of whooping cough in Eddy County.
  The Artesia Daily Press reports that according to the New Mexico Department of Health, there have been 20 cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, in Eddy County since Nov. 1, including 10 school-aged children.
  Department of Health Secretary Lynn Gallagher says whooping cough is highly contagious and cause serious illness. Vaccines are the best way to prevent whooping cough.
  Symptoms o
  
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• Updated: Berlin attack victims included Israeli, Pole and Italian

  22-12-2016 19:56
  
  BERLIN — Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured Monday when a truck smashed into a Berlin Christmas market. German authorities have described it as a terror attack most likely perpetrated by a Tunisian with ties to Islamic extremists. Authorities say six of the dead identified so far came from Germany, one each from […]
  
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• Luna County to break ground on $12 million jail expansion

  22-12-2016 19:54
  
  DEMMING, N.M. — Luna County is ready to break ground on its new $12 million jail expansion project. The Deming Headlight reports (http://bit.ly/2hdRRYu ) that groundbreaking for the retrofit and expansion of the Luna County Detention Center is scheduled for Thursday followed by a meet and greet between the general contractor and businesses interested in […]
  
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• Updated: Troubled Berlin attack suspect sought better life in Europe

  22-12-2016 19:47
  
  OUESLATIA, Tunisia — Desperate and drifting, Anis Amri took the path trodden by countless other North African teenagers: an illegal boat journey to Europe in hopes of a better life. He fell into crime instead — and is now suspect No. 1 in the deadly Berlin truck rampage claimed by the Islamic State group. In […]
  
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• Video shows Texas officer forcibly arresting woman, daughter

  22-12-2016 19:44
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — Police in Texas are investigating a white officer shown on video wrestling a black woman to the ground before arresting her and her teenage daughter. The episode began in a Fort Worth neighborhood Wednesday when an officer was called after Jacqueline Craig argued with a man who she said had confronted […]
  
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• Man accused of sex assault on flight from India

  22-12-2016 19:43
  
  NEWARK, N.J. — A citizen of India living in New Jersey is accused of sexually assaulting a passenger on an Air India flight that landed at Newark International Airport. Federal prosecutors say 40-year-old Ganesh Parker, of Robbinsville, moved from his ticketed seat in business class on Wednesday and sat next to a woman in economy […]
  
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• Friends say man found beheaded in Albuquerque was homeless

  22-12-2016 19:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Friends of a man who was found beheaded and mutilated behind an Albuquerque store say the victim was homeless.
  Carlos Atencio says he met 42-year-old Clifford Miller about a month ago when Miller, of McAlester, Oklahoma, was living in a homeless shelter with all of his belongings.
  Miller’s body was found Saturday nude and castrated behind a Wal-Mart on Albuquerque’s northeast side. Police are still investigating the killing.
  Atencio says Miller lost two
  
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• Tire tread, pressure critical for winter driving, expert says

  22-12-2016 18:49
  
  Hollis Padilla, the store manager of Discount Tire on Coors Boulevard, says if drivers expect to do a lot of harsh winter driving, especially over the holidays, they should consider switching to winter tires.
  
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• Cop does speeding college student a favor by tying necktie

  22-12-2016 18:48 via krqe.com
  
  MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin police officer who stopped a speeding college student who was late for a presentation ended up tying his necktie for him.
  WBAY-TV reports the Menomonie Police Department posted dash cam video of the Nov. 30 traffic stop exchange on its Facebook page Tuesday.
  The video shows Officer Martin Folczyk pulling up behind the University of Wisconsin-Stout student in a parking lot. The student explained he was speeding because he was late to give a presentati
  
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• Updated: Clinton wins popular vote by nearly 2.9 million

  22-12-2016 18:24
  
  WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton received nearly 2.9 million more votes than President-elect Donald Trump, giving her the largest popular vote margin of any losing presidential candidate. Certified results in all 50 states and the District of Columbia show Clinton winning nearly 65,844,610 million votes — 48 percent __ to Trump’s 62,979,636 million votes __ 46 […]
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Pence didn’t call Michelle Obama ‘vulgar’

  22-12-2016 18:23
  
  A widely shared story that claims Vice President-elect Mike Pence called Michelle Obama “the most vulgar first lady we’ve ever had” is untrue. The story was posted by a Newslo site in October and versions of it have received tens of thousands of reactions, comments and shares on Facebook. Like other Newslo stories, it contains […]
  
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• Retailer denies suit’s allegation it tolerated racial slurs

  22-12-2016 18:22
  
  CAMDEN, N.J. — New Jersey has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Rent-A-Center, saying the Texas-based national retailer tolerated racial slurs allegedly made by an assistant manager at two company stores and requesting the company submit to monitoring by a New Jersey civil rights office. The Plano, Texas-based company, however, denied the allegation and said […]
  
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• Updated: Green energy producers hopeful despite Trump’s coal promise

  22-12-2016 18:10
  
  LOS ANGELES — Swaths of virgin desert in the U.S. West in recent years have transformed into solar farms, a trend green energy supporters predict will persist even with the election of a president who is making fossil fuel-friendly Cabinet appointments and promises to bring back coal. With the support of Congress, the renewable energy […]
  
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• Lawyers group questions Houston attorney’s DWI dismissal

  22-12-2016 18:10
  
  HOUSTON — A lawyers association is questioning whether a prominent Houston attorney received special treatment in his drunken driving case from the outgoing district attorney. Tony Buzbee had his case dismissed Dec. 9 by Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson, who said the attorney had completed a form of probation typical for first-time driving-while-intoxicated suspects. […]
  
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• Obama dumps registry for some immigrant men, mostly Muslims

  22-12-2016 17:36 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is officially ending a post-9/11 era registration system for immigrant men from mostly Muslim countries.
  The decision to scrap the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System comes amid growing international terror fears and President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestions that he could ban Muslim immigrants from the United States.
  Trump said Wednesday, “You know my plans.”
  The NSEERS program was widely derided by civil libertaria
  
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• Cancer-stricken ‘Jeopardy!’ player wins $103K before death

  22-12-2016 17:02 via krqe.com
  
  Faced with a terminal diagnosis in her battle against colon cancer, Cindy Stowell saw an appearance on “Jeopardy!” in her final months as a “good opportunity” to help others struggling against the disease by donating money she might win to cancer research.
  She made the most of it by winning six nights in a row and more than $103,000 in a run that ended on Wednesday’s episode.
  The Austin, Texas, woman died Dec. 5 at the age of 41, eight days before her first appearan
  
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• Can’t pick a Christmas movie? Don’t worry, we’re here to help

  22-12-2016 16:48 via krqe.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (MEDIA GENERAL) — Christmas is coming up fast!
  **Cue panic**
  It’s OK, calm down! You’ll get all your shopping done. I mean, this week is why you pay all that money for Amazon Prime!
  Now that that’s settled—grab your sweetie pie, some boozy hot cocoa, and light a fire—it’s time for a Christmas movie marathon!
  And hey, you can stop aimlessly scrolling through Netflix wondering which holiday flick to watch. It’s the season of giv
  
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• Updated: US business investment rose in November for 2nd month

  22-12-2016 16:35
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. businesses stepped up their spending on industrial machinery, steel, and other big-ticket items last month, a sign that one of the economy’s weak spots may be improving. The Commerce Department said Thursday that a measure that tracks business investment rose 0.9 percent in November, after a slight 0.2 percent rise the previous […]
  
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• Updated: Tunisian suspect’s fingerprints found in truck

  22-12-2016 16:34
  
  BERLIN — The Latest on the deadly truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market (all times local): 4:10 p.m. Germany’s interior minister has confirmed that fingerprints of the Tunisian man being sought over the Berlin truck attack have been found in the vehicle’s cab. Thomas de Maiziere says the fingerprint discovery strengthens Germany’s case linking […]
  
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• Updated: Long-term US mortgage rates hit highest levels since 2014

  22-12-2016 16:34
  
  WASHINGTON — Long-term US mortgage rates climbed again this week, hitting the highest levels since 2014. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on 30-year fixed-rate loans jumped to an average 4.30 percent from 4.16 percent last week and the highest since April 2014. The average for a 15-year mortgage rose to 3.52 […]
  
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• Updated: In Israel, an oily Hanukkah treat outlasts a health campaign

  22-12-2016 16:34
  
  JERUSALEM — Israelis are finding a new campaign by their crusading health minister hard to swallow: in the name of proper nutrition, he has gone on the warpath against the nation’s beloved Hanukkah tradition of gorging on sugar-laden, deep-fried, jam-filled doughnuts. As head of a powerful ultra-Orthodox political party, the bearded and black-coated Yaakov Litzman […]
  
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• Updated: Pitkin County buying trailer park to keep people in homes

  22-12-2016 16:33
  
  ASPEN, Colo. — Pitkin County is buying a trailer park to help maintain affordable housing in the community. The Aspen Times reports (http://bit.ly/2hWIHyE ) that county commissioners agreed Wednesday to buy the Phillips Mobile Home Park in Old Snowmass for $7.5 million. County Attorney John Ely says the acquisition will keep 60 people in their […]
  
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• Thursday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Weather system delivering snow, sleet, rain to New Mexico

  22-12-2016 15:21 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. Thursday, expect breezy conditions along with snow and light sleet in the morning. Then, rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30’s to lower 40’s. East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts around 35. Thursday night, expect cloudy conditions with rain the evening, then a chance of rain and snow after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 30’s.
  Video: Kristen’s Thursday Morning Forecast 
  Full Story: New Mexico to get sleet, snow, fre
  
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• Deep divide stops effort to repeal North Carolina LGBT law

  22-12-2016 15:17 via krqe.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A supposedly bipartisan deal to repeal North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law collapsed when both sides balked and started blaming each other, likely meaning the state will remain a pariah shunned by corporations, entertainers and high-profile sporting events.
  After more than nine hours of backroom discussions and sporadic public effort, Republican state legislators quit trying to repeal the law called House Bill 2 and went home Wednesday night.
  The law omits gay, lesbia
  
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• Trump selects Conway for White House counselor position

  22-12-2016 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has named close adviser Kellyanne Conway as his White House counselor, elevating the woman who led his campaign to victory to a senior West Wing position.
  Conway, who took over as campaign manager in the summer, has been one of Trump’s most visible advisers, making frequent television appearances on his behalf. She has a strong rapport with the president-elect and was seen as a positive influence on his often chaotic campaign.
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• Security home tips for the holidays

  22-12-2016 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Before leaving town for the holidays, there are a few tips to consider.
  Signal 88, a security service for residential, commercial, retailers and institutional customers, gives tips on what to remember when leaving home.
  Branch manager, Jim Cusic, joined KRQE This Morning to talk home security during the holidays. Watch above.
  Cusic references the 1990’s comedy film, Home Alone, as a learning tool on what not to do when leaving town.  
  Some&nbs
  
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• Mexicans seek loved ones, answers in deadly fireworks blast

  22-12-2016 15:11 via krqe.com
  
  TULTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Relatives of workers at a fireworks market flattened by a deadly chain-reaction explosion searched hospitals for loved ones Wednesday as attention focused on apparent lax security that allowed vendors to display their dangerous wares in the passageways between stalls.
  Late Wednesday, the state of Mexico, where the San Pablito Market is located, updated its list of dead to 33, a figure also announced by state Interior Secretary Jose Manzur in a local radio interview.
  
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• Updated: Pope in Christmas speech blasts Vatican resistance to reform

  22-12-2016 14:53
  
  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Thursday denounced the resistance he’s encountering in reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, saying some of it is inspired by the devil and that the prelates who work for him must undergo “permanent purification” to serve the Catholic Church better. For the third year in a row, Francis took the Vatican […]
  
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• Ikea OKs ‘tentative settlement’ in fatal dresser tip over

  22-12-2016 14:53
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Ikea, the leading Swedish home furnishings retailer, says “a tentative settlement” has been reached in the case involving three families in the United States whose children died after Ikea chests and dressers tipped over. Group spokeswoman Johanna Iritz said Thursday “it would be inappropriate to comment,” adding the settlement was pending a […]
  
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• Italian bank Monte Paschi edges closer to state bailout

  22-12-2016 14:52
  
  MILAN — Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena edged closer to a state bailout Thursday as its capital raising efforts are falling short of the 5 billion euros ($5.2 billion) needed to stay afloat. The bank announced overnight that its attempt to swap debt for equity had netted just 2.45 billion euros, and that […]
  
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• Portugal to meet budget deficit target, prime minister says

  22-12-2016 14:51
  
  LISBON, Portugal — Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa says European authorities can breathe a sigh of relief: Portugal’s budget deficit this year will be lower than the limit they set. Without elaborating, Costa said late Wednesday that the 2016 deficit will be “comfortably below” the 2.5 percent ceiling stipulated by Brussels. If Portugal complies with […]
  
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• Greece promises return to markets despite spat with lenders

  22-12-2016 14:51
  
  ATHENS, Greece — Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has promised to return the country to international bond markets in 2017, despite delays in a bailout review and a spat with rescue lenders over a pre-Christmas welfare program. Tsipras said Thursday that an easing of Greece’s chronic fiscal problems would lead to a market return — […]
  
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• Visitor center to highlight Route 66

  22-12-2016 14:47
  
  Historic Route 66 is a special part of New Mexico for locals and visitors alike. That's why local and state officials celebrated land purchased for the construction of a Route 66 visitor's center on Wednesday.
  
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• Albuquerque woman fighting city’s DWI forfeiture program

  22-12-2016 14:32
  
  An Albuquerque woman is getting her car back eight months after the city seized it when her son was caught driving drunk in her car.
  
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• Thieves break into woman's apartment, steal Christmas gifts

  22-12-2016 14:31
  
  Thieves ransacked an Albuquerque woman's apartment, taking her kids' Christmas gifts and other valuables. The victim believes those thieves were people she had helped out Wednesday morning.
  
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• Man found beheaded wanted to return home, friend says

  22-12-2016 14:30
  
  While police are trying to figure out how an Oklahoma man ended up decapitated near an Albuquerque Walmart, more information has come out about how he got here.
  
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• One killed in crash on I-40, police say; interstate reopened

  22-12-2016 12:38
  
  A section of I-40 between Louisiana and Eubank reopened late Wednesday night after a fatal crash forced to close for about four hours.
  
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• Updated: Last group to be evacuated from Syria’s Aleppo within hours

  22-12-2016 10:51
  
  BEIRUT — The evacuation of the last remaining civilians and fighters from a rebel-held enclave in eastern Aleppo will be completed in the coming hours, the Red Cross and state TV said Thursday, as more gunmen and civilians braved freezing temperatures to leave. The evacuations were set in motion last week after Syria’s opposition agreed […]
  
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• Last group to be evacuated from Syria’s Aleppo within hours

  22-12-2016 10:51
  
  BEIRUT — The International Committee of the Red Cross says the evacuation of the last remaining civilians and fighters from a rebel-held enclave in eastern Aleppo will be completed in the coming hours. Spokeswoman Ingy Sedky says the few thousand remaining people will be evacuated Thursday in 40 buses and hundreds of private cars. She […]
  
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• Trump denounces attack, vows tough immigration plan

  22-12-2016 10:50
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. — Denouncing the deadly attack on a Christmas market in Germany, President-elect Donald Trump renewed his vow to stop radical terror groups and appeared to suggest a willingness to move ahead with his campaign pledge to ban temporarily Muslim immigrants from coming to the United States. Trump proposed the Muslim ban during […]
  
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