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• CNN at war with Trump over what reporting unleashed

  12-01-2017 23:46 via krqe.com
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A week before the inauguration, CNN is at war with an incoming president, not necessarily for what it reported but for what its reporting unleashed.
  For all the noise — accusations of “fake news,” the confrontation between Donald Trump and CNN’s Jim Acosta at a news conference, false claims about what CNN had reported or linked to — that realization emerged toward the end of a remarkable 25-minute televised confrontation between Anderso
  
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• Lawsuit faults Bureau of Indian Education schools

  12-01-2017 23:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A small, remote American Indian village in the scenic base of one of the most visited places on earth is at the center of a lawsuit that seeks to dramatically reform the conditions of U.S. Bureau of Indian Education schools.
  The bureau failed to protect students on the Havasupai Indian Reservation in the Grand Canyon by ignoring complaints about an understaffed school, a lack of special education and a deficient curriculum, according to a complaint filed Thursday i
  
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• Suspected airport gunman’s life unraveled over past year

  12-01-2017 22:48 via krqe.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Esteban Santiago stood alone in the cold one day last month outside Mom & Pop’s liquor store in Anchorage. He was waving his arms and having a terrible argument in the parking lot.
  “He’d just be talking to himself … screaming as if he was having a battle with himself,” said Naomi Harden, a clerk at the store, situated across the street from the motel where Santiago lived.
  Last week, Santiago got off a one-way flight from Anchorage
  
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• Bills require presidential candidates to release tax returns

  12-01-2017 22:27 via krqe.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Lawmakers in Hawaii and several other states want to prevent presidential candidates from appearing on their states’ ballots unless the candidates release their tax returns.
  They’re responding to President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to not release his tax returns during the presidential campaign, breaking decades of precedent.
  The Hawaii bill would require candidates to release five years of federal and state tax returns to qualify for the ballot, state
  
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• Obama pays tribute to Biden as ‘extraordinary man’

  12-01-2017 22:22 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is paying tribute to Vice President Joe Biden, praising him as an “extraordinary man with an extraordinary career in public service.”
  Speaking at the White House Thursday with Biden by his side, Obama says the tribute will give the Internet one last chance to joke about the “bromance” the two share.
  Obama says his choice of Biden was the “best possible choice, not just for me, but for the American people.”
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• Santa Fe council backs off from picking a fight with Trump

  12-01-2017 22:17
  
  A tie vote by the Santa Fe City Council upended a proposed resolution intended to reaffirm the city’s commitment to its values — and those of the United States and state of New Mexico — that the resolution’s lead sponsor said would serve as “a framework for action.” Some councilors said they felt the resolution […]
  
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• Updated: New Broncos coach has a tough act to follow

  12-01-2017 21:45
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Vance Joseph called the Denver Broncos’ job a “reboot, not a rebuild” when he was introduced Thursday as Gary Kubiak’s successor. Joseph, 44, scuttled interviews scheduled with the Chargers, Rams and 49ers about their head coaching vacancies after meeting with Denver GM John Elway this week about the most desirable opening in […]
  
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• Updated: Nevada casinos turn profit in fiscal 2016; first since 2008

  12-01-2017 21:39
  
  LAS VEGAS — Nevada’s biggest casinos combined to turn a profit in fiscal 2016 for the first time in eight years, but it wasn’t due to gambling winnings, according to an annual report by state regulators. Room rentals and fees helped resorts generate income of almost $979 million from total revenues of $25.2 billion in […]
  
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• Updated: In eastern Mosul, small signs of progress amid the fighting

  12-01-2017 21:39
  
  MOSUL, Iraq — Small stalls and carts have sprung up outside the bombed-out buildings in eastern Mosul, selling meat and vegetables, cigarettes and cellphones to the thousands of civilians still living in neighborhoods where the Iraqi military has driven out the Islamic State group. As the grinding military operation enters its fourth month, about a […]
  
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• Updated: As the Bidens pack up, a look at their mark on the vice president’s residence

  12-01-2017 21:38
  
  WASHINGTON – Jill Biden’s house is bursting with boxes, packing tape and crates. Like five vice presidential families before them, Joe and Jill Biden are moving out of the Victorian house at 1 Observatory Circle , the official vice-presidential residence, to make way for a new family. Vice President-elect Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, […]
  
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• US budget deficit nearly doubles in December from year ago

  12-01-2017 21:08 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. federal government’s budget deficit rose from a year earlier for the second straight month, the latest sign of a rising financing gap.
  The Treasury Department said Thursday that the December budget deficit was $27.5 billion, nearly double the $14 billion in December 2015. In the first three months of the government’s budget year, the deficit is slightly below last year’s total. But adjusting for calendar quirks that moved some large benefit paym
  
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• KASA, previously located on channel 2-1 will move to 13-2

  12-01-2017 20:55 via krqe.com
  
  FOX New Mexico can now be found on 13-2; KRQE is 13-1. For over-the-air TV, conduct a rescan of your digital channels, you’ll be surprised to find there are a lot of new digital programming available + plus you’ll now see FOX New Mexico in its new location on 13-2.
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• Albuquerque business owners meet with ART contractors

  12-01-2017 20:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Business owners along Central Avenue had the opportunity once again to meet with the construction team working on the controversial Albuquerque Rapid Transit Project.
  The goal was to address questions and concerns the public has about the ongoing construction. Contractors met with the public at Standard Diner Thursday morning.
  It’s part of a series of question and answer sessions being held by Bradburry Stamm.
  However, the last meeting left business owners
  
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• Crews break ground on Cabela’s at Journal Center

  12-01-2017 20:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Construction is officially underway for the new Cabela’s at I-25 and Paseo. The store broke ground Wednesday morning.
  It will be an anchor for a nearly $70 million development called Legacy Journal Center where there will be other retail shops, restaurants and apartments.
  Cabela’s will have a wildlife display and indoor archery range.
  The store expects to hire about 150 full and part-time employees.
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• Man who brought gun to UNM campus asks judge to drop charges

  12-01-2017 20:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The gun-carrying man who triggered a warning for University of New Mexico students to be on the lookout wants his charges dropped. He thinks he had every right to have a gun on campus.
  Daniel Arushanov was charged with violating a restraining order out of California and bringing a gun onto a school campus.
  Back in November, UNM Police found him sitting alone in the food court of the student union with a gun.
  Guns are not allowed on campus. He’s also no
  
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• Nearly 200 jobs coming to Valencia County

  12-01-2017 19:45 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A long vacant factory is coming back to life. The old Solo Cup factory south of Rio Communities in Valencia County will soon be home to Keter Plastics.
  The company makes everything from patio furniture to sheds. It will bring about 175 new jobs to the area.
  The plant use to be home to Solo Cup and employed 215 people. It closed down in 2008 and many previous efforts to fill the building have failed.
  Thursday, the governor’s office and many local officials c
  
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• More than 100 jobs coming to Valencia County

  12-01-2017 19:45 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Nearly 200 jobs will soon be coming to Valencia County. While the official announcement with details is set for 2:00 p.m. Thursday, KRQE News 13 has learned the new company is moving into the old Solo Cup facility near Rio Communities. That factory has been closed since August of 2008 and it used to employ 215 people.
  Plans by several other companies to move in over the years have all fallen through.
  The Governor’s office did say that the new company will b
  
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• Updated: Watchdog to investigate Justice, FBI actions before election

  12-01-2017 19:29
  
  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s inspector general announced Thursday he will launch an investigation into the department and FBI’s actions in the months leading up to the 2016 election, including whether department policies were properly followed by FBI Director James Comey. Democrats have blamed Comey’s handling of an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a […]
  
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• Updated: Justice Department Inspector General to investigate pre-election actions by department and FBI

  12-01-2017 19:28
  
  WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice Inspector General will review broad allegations of misconduct involving the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email practices and the bureau’s controversial decision shortly before the election to announce the probe had resumed, the Inspector General announced Thursday. The probe will be wide ranging – encompassing the FBI’s various public […]
  
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• Trump has brought us the American style in paranoid politics

  12-01-2017 19:27
  
  Political scientists long assumed that U.S. institutions were more open and sturdier than those in other countries. One manifestation of that robustness, the theory went, was that U.S. politics appeared largely free from troubling symptoms like conspiracy thinking. Foreigners — particularly in less-developed countries — might attribute the actions of their leaders to shadowy forces […]
  
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• Rural Americans are more likely to die from the top 5 causes of death

  12-01-2017 19:23
  
  Rural Americans are more likely to die from heart disease, cancer and the three other leading causes of death than their urban counterparts, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those five top causes of death – heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease and stroke – […]
  
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• Placing Russia first among threats, Defense nominee warns of Kremlin attempts to ‘break’ NATO

  12-01-2017 19:22
  
  WASHINGTON – Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, Donald Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. defense secretary, placed Russia first among principal threats facing the United States, arguing for greater U.S. support for European allies to counter what he said were Moscow’s attempts to “break” the North Atlantic alliance. Mattis, a revered combat leader who […]
  
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• Whooping cough cases in infants increase in New Mexico

  12-01-2017 18:48 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico health officials say the number of cases of whooping cough in infants has increased.
  The Health Department is investigating four cases in infants that were reported in December. The cases are from Eddy, Curry, Rio Arriba and San Juan counties.
  The agency says this is the largest cluster of whooping cough cases investigated by the state since August 2013.
  Health Secretary Lynn Gallagher says the best way for parents to protect against the illness is to get t
  
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• 4 kids hit in Colorado Springs crosswalk expected to recover

  12-01-2017 18:21
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Four children were run over on their way to school in Colorado Springs but are expected to recover. The Gazette (http://bit.ly/2jnOqgZ) reports that witnesses say a crossing guard had stopped traffic at a crosswalk Thursday morning so the children could cross when a car made a right turn. It hit the […]
  
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• Colorado teen barred from driving for 1 year after crash

  12-01-2017 18:20
  
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado teenager has been barred from driving for one year after a crash that seriously injured a classmate riding with her. The Post Independent reports (http://bit.ly/2ih53Ox ) that the Glenwood Springs teen pleaded guilty in juvenile court in November to reckless endangerment and careless driving resulting in injury. In addition […]
  
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• Carson pushes increased private-sector role in HUD programs

  12-01-2017 18:20
  
  WASHINGTON – Ben Carson on Thursday detailed his vision for the Department of Housing and Urban Development: One that integrates government assistance programs with “holistic” solutions and greater involvement of businesses and faith groups. Carson, during his secretariat confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, suggested several times that the private sector should play a larger role […]
  
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• Updated: Ford adds 816,000 vehicles to Takata air bag recall

  12-01-2017 18:15
  
  DETROIT — Ford is adding more than 816,000 vehicles in North America to the growing Takata air bag inflator recall. The company says the latest callback covers the 2005-2009 and 2012 Mustang and the 2006-2009 and 2012 Ford Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr and Lincoln MKZ. Also included are the 2007-2009 Ford Ranger and Edge, the 2007-2009 […]
  
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• Updated: Unlike ‘House of Cards,’ ‘The Young Pope’ actually understands politics

  12-01-2017 18:14
  
  On Sunday at 9 p.m. ET, HBO is debuting a new series about a surprising candidate for high office who shatters the norms of his profession and radically shakes up the institution he was elected to lead. I am referring, of course, to Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Young Pope,” which stars British actor Jude Law as […]
  
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• Trump’s Pentagon pick: Putin trying to ‘break’ NATO

  12-01-2017 18:08 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Gen. James Mattis, poised to become the first career military officer to lead the Pentagon since the 1950s, said Thursday he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to “break” the NATO alliance that has anchored American and European security for more than half a century.
  Under questioning at his Senate confirmation hearing, Mattis portrayed Russia as a strategic adversary. He said the history of U.S.-Russian relations is short on successfu
  
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• US gov’t accuses Fiat Chrysler of cheating on emissions

  12-01-2017 18:04 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is accusing Fiat Chrysler of failing to disclose software in some of its pickups and SUVs with diesel engines that allows them to emit more pollution than allowed under the Clean Air Act.
  The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it had issued a “notice of violation” to the company that covers about 104,000 vehicles including the 2014 through 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ram pickups, all with 3-liter diesel engines. The California A
  
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• Chargers announce they’re moving to Los Angeles

  12-01-2017 18:01 via krqe.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Chargers are moving to Los Angeles, where they will join the recently relocated Rams in giving the nation’s second-largest media market two NFL teams for the first time in decades.
  Team chairman Dean Spanos made the announcement Thursday in a letter posted on the Chargers’ Twitter account.
  “San Diego has been our home for 56 years. It will always be part of our identity, and my family and I have nothing but gratitude and appreciation for the
  
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• LANL contractor earns DOE bonus for environmental management

  12-01-2017 17:59 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Los Alamos National Security has received a $9.1 million bonus for reaching environmental goals in its operation of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  The New Mexican reports that the U.S. Energy Department says the contractor excelled in a number of projects to remediate areas of environmental concern during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. The company earned 90 percent of the maximum $10.1 million award.
  Decades of improper waste disposal have caused toxic and radi
  
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• Land managers to hold online lease sale in New Mexico

  12-01-2017 17:57 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Federal land managers in New Mexico are planning their first online oil and natural gas lease sale later this month.
  The Bureau of Land Management announced the Jan. 25 sale on Wednesday. Under the new system, each parcel will have its own unique open bidding period and the entire bidding process is expected to last three hours.
  The parcels include more than 842 acres in Sandoval and Rio Arriba counties.
  Environmental groups, Navajo tribal members and others are plann
  
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• Updated: Church members join relatives in grief, anger at gunman

  12-01-2017 16:31
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Family members of the nine people Dylann Roof killed in a Charleston, South Carolina, church weren’t the only ones who suffered. Their church family grieved, too. Along with the 32 family members of victims, three people connected to Emanuel AME Church spoke as Roof was formally sentenced to death Wednesday in federal […]
  
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• Updated: Le Pen’s world: French nationalism at heart of campaign

  12-01-2017 16:30
  
  PARIS — France is partnered with the United States and Russia in a global battle against Islamic militants. Francs, not euros, fill the pockets of French citizens. Borders are so secure that illegal immigration no longer fuels fears of terror attacks or drains public coffers. That is France as envisioned by far-right leader Marine Le […]
  
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• Updated: Hong Kong’s No. 2 official resigns, plans leadership bid

  12-01-2017 16:30
  
  HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s No. 2 government official said Thursday that she was resigning to prepare for a leadership bid for the southern Chinese city’s top job. Chief Secretary Carrie Lam said she tendered her resignation to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and asked him to submit it to Beijing for approval. Lam, 59, is […]
  
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• Updated: Abe pledges investments, speedboats to China-friendly Manila

  12-01-2017 16:30
  
  MANILA, Philippines — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday pledged $8.7 billion worth of business opportunities and private investments along with speedboats and other counterterrorism equipment to the Philippines, whose president has boosted ties with China. Following talks with President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila, Abe welcomed the Philippine leader’s efforts to improve Manila’s ties […]
  
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• Trump’s pick for top diplomat breaks from him in many ways

  12-01-2017 16:15 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rex Tillerson’s foreign policy isn’t sounding much like Donald Trump’s.
  At his confirmation hearing Wednesday, the former Exxon Mobil CEO selected by Trump for secretary of state called Russia a “danger” and vowed to protect America’s European allies. He rejected the idea of an immigration ban on Muslims. He treaded softly on the human rights records of key U.S. partners like Saudi Arabia.
  In the words of Sen. Bob Corker, the Senate For
  
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• Amazon plans to hire 100,000 over the next 18 months

  12-01-2017 16:13 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon plans to hire 100,000 people across the U.S. over the next 18 months.
  The online retailer said Thursday that the jobs are full time and come with benefits. Many of the new jobs will be at fulfillment centers currently being built in a number of states, including California, Florida and Texas.
  The Seattle company says the new jobs will be filled by people of differing experiences and education levels.
  Amazon.com Inc. says it’s expanded its U.S. workforce by more
  
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• In the kitchen with Flix Brewhouse

  12-01-2017 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Three of the best types of entertainment, brews, food and movies are soon going to all be under one roof.
  The Flix Brewhouse, a cinema brewery, has made it’s way to the Duke City and its grand opening is Thursday, January 12.
  This is the first movie theater in the world to incorporate a fully function microbrewery.
  Director of Sales and Marketing, Greg Johnson, Brewmaster, Will Moorman, and Chef Gary Beauregard, joined KRQE’s This Morni
  
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• Thursday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Special Prosecutor could be released from case against Keith Sandy

  12-01-2017 15:05 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. A hearing will be held Thursday to release Special Prosecutor Randi McGinn from the case against former Albuquerque police Officer Keith Sandy. Sandy and fellow former Officer Dominique Perez stood trial in October on murder charges in the shooting death of James Boyd in the Foothills in 2014. That trial ended in a hung jury. It’s now up to new District Attorney Raul Torrez to determine if Sandy should be re-tried. Just last month, Torrez said a thoroug
  
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• Updated: Applications for US jobless aid rise to still-low 247,000

  12-01-2017 14:34
  
  WASHINGTON — More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, but the increase was modest and overall applications remain low, a sign of a steady job market. THE NUMBERS: Weekly applications for unemployment aid rose 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 247,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, slipped 1,750 to […]
  
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• Special prosecutor in Boyd case set to make final court appearance

  12-01-2017 14:34 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Those involved in the high-profile murder case against two, former Albuquerque Police Department officers are back in court, Thursday.
  It’s expected to be the last time Special Prosecutor Randi McGinn appears before a judge in this case, as she takes a final step in transferring the case to the new Bernalillo County District Attorney.
  The trial for former APD Officers Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez ended in a hung jury. Yet, if the judge approves thi
  
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• CVS puts out generic competitor to EpiPen at a 6th the price

  12-01-2017 14:33 via krqe.com
  
  CVS is now selling a rival generic version of Mylan’s EpiPen at about a sixth of its price, just months after the maker of the emergency allergy treatment was eviscerated before Congress because of its soaring cost to consumers.
  The drugstore chain says it will charge $109.99 for a two-pack of the authorized generic version of Adrenaclick, a lesser-known treatment compared to EpiPen, which can cost more than $600.
  CVS Health Corp., the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain, says it
  
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• Breaking: SWAT officers on scene at San Mateo and Comanche

  12-01-2017 14:10
  
  Police are asking the public to avoid the area in the 3500 block of San Mateo NE because of a SWAT situation. Police were called to the scene near San Mateo and Comanche early this morning and found someone barricaded in a trailer. This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes […]
  
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• Republican-led Senate takes first step to repeal ‘Obamacare’

  12-01-2017 14:01 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, responding to pressure to move quickly even as Republicans and President-elect Trump grapple with what to replace it with.
  The nearly party-line 51-48 vote early Thursday came on a nonbinding Republican-backed budget measure that eases the way for action on subsequent repeal legislation as soon as next month.
  “We must act quickly to bring rel
  
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• US troops enter Poland, 1st deployment to Russia’s doorstep

  12-01-2017 13:58 via krqe.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — American soldiers rolled into Poland on Thursday, fulfilling a dream Poles have had since the fall of communism in 1989 to have U.S. troops on their soil as a deterrent against Russia.
  Soldiers in camouflage with tanks and other vehicles crossed into southwestern Poland on Thursday morning from Germany and headed for Zagan, where they will be based. Their arrival will be feted on Saturday in official ceremonies attended by Poland’s prime minister and defense min
  
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• Jordan seeks $7.6 billion over 3 years for Syria refugees

  12-01-2017 13:57 via krqe.com
  
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan says it needs $7.6 billion through 2019 to deal with the fallout from the six-year-old Syria crisis, including hosting 650,000 refugees.
  The appeal was presented Thursday to diplomats from donor countries.
  Jordanian Prime Minister Hani al-Mulki said the 2016 aid appeal was only half funded and urged donors to do better this year.
  Some 5 million Syrians who fled civil war at home have found refuge in neighboring countries, including Jordan.
  With the refugees faci
  
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• US military: November fight with Taliban killed 33 civilians

  12-01-2017 13:56 via krqe.com
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. military in Afghanistan said on Thursday that its investigation into a November firefight with the Taliban in northern Kunduz province has shown that 33 civilians died in the raid during which U.S. troops fired on Afghan homes.
  The probe followed claims that civilian deaths resulted from airstrikes called in to support Afghan and U.S. forces who came under fire in the province’s village of Buz-e Kandahari, which targeted two senior Taliban commander
  
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• Police on scene of SWAT situation in northeast Albuquerque

  12-01-2017 13:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Officers are responding to a barricaded subject in northeast Albuquerque.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, this is a SWAT call because the subject is not obeying commands.
  At this time, police are asking people to avoid the 3500 block of San Mateo NE. San Mateo has been shut down from Palo Duro Avenue to Cherokee Road in both directions.
  Further information about the incident is not available at this time.
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