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• New Mexico lawmakers considering 2 anti-abortion bills

  25-01-2017 23:51 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The battle over abortion in New Mexico is being resurrected this session. There are two anti-abortion bills before lawmakers.
  One would ban late term abortions, classified as an abortion of a fetus 20 weeks or more gestational age. There is an exception if a mother’s life is in danger or if the mother is a rape victim.
  Another bill before lawmakers would require anyone 18-years or younger seeking an abortion to get parental approval.
  This session both the
  
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• New Mexico lawmakers consider 2 anti-abortion bills

  25-01-2017 23:51 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The battle over abortion in New Mexico is being resurrected this session. There are two anti-abortion bills before lawmakers.
  One would ban late term abortions, classified as an abortion of a fetus 20 weeks or more gestational age. There is an exception if a mother’s life is in danger or if the mother is a rape victim.
  Another bill before lawmakers would require anyone 18-years or younger seeking an abortion to get parental approval.
  This session both the
  
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• McDonald’s to give away 10,000 bottles of special sauce

  25-01-2017 23:41 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — To get you to come into McDonald’s and buy new versions of its Big Mac, the chain is giving away 10,000 bottles of its trademark special sauce for people to use at home.
  The move is to celebrate the introduction of the Mac Jr. and the Grand Mac, two different-sized variations of the classic sandwich.
  The giveaway is a first in the United States.
  McDonald’s introduced the Big Mac in 1968. In 1975, the special sauce got its own callout in the signat
  
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• Lawmaker's aide: EPA freeze won't stop Gold King Mine cleanup

  25-01-2017 23:37
  
  A spokeswoman for Colorado Republican congressman Scott Tipton says the cleanup of a massive mine waste spill in southwestern Colorado won't be affected by the Trump administration's freeze on some environmental spending.
  
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• National Park Service staff step up campaign against Trump

  25-01-2017 23:26 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service employees’ Twitter campaign against President Donald Trump spread to other parks on Wednesday, with tweets on climate change and a reminder that Japanese Americans were forcibly interned in camps and parks during World War II.
  A day after three climate-related tweets sent out by Badlands National Park were deleted, other park accounts have sent out tweets that appear to defy Trump. One, by Redwoods National Park in California, notes that re
  
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• Friends, family to honor Albuquerque teen killed in crash caused by car thieves

  25-01-2017 23:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Friends and family will come together to honor 14-year-old Shaylee Boling, the victim of last week’s deadly crash caused by two car thieves.
  The Sandia High Student will be remembered at a service Wednesday night at First Christian Church.
  Boiling was in a car with her mom and little brother when they were hit by two thieves in a stolen van. Family says her mom is still in critical condition.
  Police say Elexus Groves has admitted to driving. She was ar
  
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• Friends, family honors Albuquerque teen killed in crash caused by car thieves

  25-01-2017 23:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The community came together to mourn the loss of a Sandia High School freshman.
  Friends and family gathered Wednesday night at the First Christian Church near Eubank and Montgomery for Shaylee Boling’s memorial.
  Police say two suspected car thieves slammed a stolen van into her family’s car last week, killing the 14-year-old.
  Elexus Groves, 21, was arrested for Boling’s murder last week. Her alleged accomplice, Paul Garcia, is still on the run.
  
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• NFL announces officiating crew for the Super Bowl

  25-01-2017 22:40 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Referee Carl Cheffers will lead the crew of game officials selected to work the Super Bowl.
  The other members of the officiating crew for the game on Sunday, Feb. 5 at NRG Stadium are Dan Ferrell (umpire), Kent Payne (head linesman), Jeff Seeman (line judge), Doug Rosenbaum (field judge), Dyrol Prioleau (side judge), and Todd Prukop (back judge).
  The Super Bowl officiating crew has a combined 93 years of NFL experience and 64 playoff game assignments.
  Cheffers, in his 17th
  
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• Last pipeline protesters weigh whether to fight or leave

  25-01-2017 22:24 via krqe.com
  
  CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Most of the demonstrators who gathered on the North Dakota plains to oppose the Dakota Access oil pipeline declared victory and departed their snowy protest camp last month after the Army announced it would halt the project.
  Now that President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing to complete the pipeline, the few hundred protesters still living on the wind-whipped prairie must decide what to do — accept the likely defeat and leave, or stay and keep
  
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• Updated: Actress Mary Tyler Moore is dead at age 80, publicist says

  25-01-2017 21:24
  
  NEW YORK — Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV’s beloved “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, has died. Moore died Wednesday with her husband and friends nearby, her publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said. She was 80. Moore gained fame in the 1960s as […]
  
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• At their annual retreat, Hill Republicans want answers from Trump

  25-01-2017 21:22
  
  PHILADELPHIA – The course of President Donald Trump’s first year could well emerge over the coming days inside a heavily guarded hotel in downtown Philadelphia. At least, Republican lawmakers would like for that to be the case. These lawmakers, whom Trump must rely on to remake the health insurance system, reform the tax code, rebuild […]
  
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• Updated: There’s something arch about ‘Riverdale’

  25-01-2017 21:21
  
  If you look back at the 75-year history of comic-book teenager Archie Andrews and his pals in idyllic Riverdale, what stands out most is the malleability of the brand. Superheroes have endured just as many makeovers, revisions and updates, but not as easily as the optimistic ginger. As high school archetypes go (or Archietypes, if […]
  
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• Mexicans want their president to cancel Washington visit after Trump touts his wall

  25-01-2017 21:21
  
  MEXICO CITY — As Mexico’s foreign minister was flying toward Washington on Tuesday for his first visit with the new administration, news broke that President Donald Trump, the very next day, planned to order construction of a giant wall across the Mexican border. The outrage in Mexico was swift and emphatic. Trump’s wall project has […]
  
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• Elections expert points out discrepancies in Trump’s voter fraud claims

  25-01-2017 21:21
  
  President Donald Trump’s call Wednesday morning for a “major investigation” into what he described as voter fraud was paired with a vow to potentially “strengthen up voting procedures.” Trump has repeatedly stated his belief that he lost the popular vote last year due to “millions” of illegal votes, although the things he described in a […]
  
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• Pioneering TV actress Mary Tyler Moore dies at 80

  25-01-2017 21:03 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV’s beloved “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, died Wednesday, said her publicist, Mara Buxbaum. She was 80.
  Moore gained fame in the 1960s as the frazzled wife Laura Petrie on “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” In the 1970s, she created one of TV’s first career-woman sitcom heroines in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”
  “She wa
  
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• Actress Mary Tyler Moore is dead at age 80, publicist says

  25-01-2017 21:03 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mary Tyler Moore, the star of two of TV’s best-loved sitcoms, has died.
  Her publicist, Mara Buxbaum, says Moore died with her husband and friends nearby. She was 80.
  Moore gained fame in the 1960s as the frazzled wife Laura Petrie on “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” In the 1970s, she created one of TV’s first career-woman sitcom heroines in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”
  She won seven Emmy awards over the years. She also was nominated for an Oscar
  
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• Teen takes plea deal in beer pong murder case

  25-01-2017 19:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The teenager accused of killing Manzano High School student, Jaydon Chavez-Silver took a plea deal Wednesday in another murder case.
  He was then immediately sentenced.
  Esias Madrid took a plea deal Wednesday morning agreeing to 16 years for the murder of 18-year-old Arturo Villa.
  Through tears Villa’s family addressed his killer.
  “I hope this man understands the great pain he has caused me and my family and pays the rightful consequences for all he ha
  
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• Trump draft order seeks review on terror interrogations

  25-01-2017 18:59 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is considering a major review of America’s methods for interrogating terror suspects and the possible reopening of CIA-run “black site” prisons outside the United States, according to a draft executive order obtained by The Associated Press.
  The order would also reverse America’s commitment to closing the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and instruct the Pentagon to send newly captured “enemy combatants&
  
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• Updated: EU urgently calls on Serbia, Kosovo leaders to calm tensions

  25-01-2017 18:19
  
  PRISTINA, Kosovo — A senior European Union official held an urgent meeting with the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo and encouraged them to work harder to normalize their relations following a recent spike in tensions. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini called on them to put aside their differences during meetings and a dinner in […]
  
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• Greenpeace crane protesters call for Trump resistance

  25-01-2017 18:17 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters climbed a 270-foot construction site crane just blocks from the White House on Wednesday and unfurled an orange and yellow banner calling for resistance to President Donald Trump.
  Officers called to the construction site in downtown Washington found that three people had attached themselves to the crane and another four people joined them, Capt. Robert Glover of the Metropolitan Police Department’s special operations division told reporters.
  The protester
  
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• Arizona Geological Survey finds new fissure in Pinal County

  25-01-2017 18:11
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona Geological Survey has discovered a new crack in Pinal County. The Geological Survey announced Monday that they found the fissure, which they explored with drone video . The fissure is about 25 miles south of Arizona City. The fissure is believed to have formed between March 2013 and December 2014. […]
  
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• Updated: Senior manager at cybersecurity firm arrested in Moscow

  25-01-2017 17:58
  
  MOSCOW — A manager in charge of investigating hacking attacks at Russia’s biggest cybersecurity firm has been arrested, the company said Wednesday. Kaspersky Lab on Wednesday confirmed reports in Russia’s respected Kommersant newspaper that Ruslan Stoyanov, head of its computer incidents investigations unit, was arrested in December. Kommersant said that Stoyanov was arrested along with […]
  
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• Lawmakers in both parties are perplexed by Trump’s plans on voter fraud, immigration, interrogation techniques

  25-01-2017 17:57
  
  WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s flurry of new orders and reported plans to further reshape national policy drew strong rebukes Wednesday from lawmakers in both parties. Democrats responded sharply to Trump’s plans to sign executive orders that would jumpstart construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and to halt visas to visitors from some […]
  
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• Trump to mandate construction of ‘border wall’

  25-01-2017 17:52
  
  LAS CRUCES — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Wednesday mandating construction of the “border wall” he promised so vehemently during his campaign. Late Tuesday, Trump tweeted from his personal Twitter account about a “big day planned on national security.” He said, “Among many other things, we will build the wall!” New […]
  
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• Federal hiring freeze could kill hundreds of New Mexico jobs

  25-01-2017 17:50 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico officials say a government hiring freeze announced by President Donald Trump could put more than 300 advertised federal jobs in the state at risk. Many of the jobs are high-paying professional positions.
  The New Mexican reports that Trump’s decision could hit hard in New Mexico, the state where the unemployment rate is the nation’s second worst.
  A University of New Mexico economist says the damage to the state’s economy would probably be m
  
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• 2 lawmakers pushing ‘right to die’ bill in New Mexico

  25-01-2017 15:51 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Two Democratic lawmakers are pushing a proposal would allow terminally ill patients in New Mexico to end their lives with help from doctors.
  Reps. Bill McCamley and Deborah Armstrong have filed a bill that would prevent New Mexico doctors from facing prosecution for helping terminally ill patients with their lives.
  Five other states allow residents to end their lives legally with medication prescribed by a physician.
  In June, the New Mexico Supreme Court refused to ov
  
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• Martinez nominates 2 former lawmakers as UNM regents

  25-01-2017 15:50 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Gov. Susana Martinez has nominated two former lawmakers to serve as University of New Mexico regents.
  Martinez announced Tuesday that, pending state Senate confirmation, former Republican state lawmakers John Ryan of Albuquerque and Don Tripp of Socorro will be appointed to the Board of Regents.
  Ryan and Tripp will replace Regents Jack Fortner and Brad Hosmer.
  Governor spokesman Chris Sanchez says leaders of New Mexico’s higher education institutions need to
  
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• Dow hits 20,000 following solid open for US stocks

  25-01-2017 15:43 via krqe.com
  
  The Dow Jones industrial average crossed the 20,000 mark for the first time in early trading Wednesday, the latest milestone in a record-setting drive for the stock market. The other major U.S. stock indexes were also moving higher, led by banks and other financial companies, as investors pored over the latest batch of company earnings and deal news.
  KEEPING SCORE: The Dow gained 108 points, or 0.6 percent, to 20,021 as of 9:58 a.m. Eastern Time. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 11
  
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• Updated: Markets Right Now: Dow Jones industrials breach 20,000

  25-01-2017 15:42
  
  NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. The Dow Jones industrial average is trading over 20,000 points for the first time, the latest milestone in a record-setting drive for the stock market. The market has been marching steadily higher since bottoming out in March 2009 in the […]
  
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• Bolt loses 2008 Olympic relay gold in teammate’s doping case

  25-01-2017 15:40
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Usain Bolt has been stripped of one of his nine Olympic gold medals in a doping case involving teammate Nesta Carter. The IOC says Carter tested positive for methylhexaneamine, a banned stimulant, in re-analysis of samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Carter and Bolt were teammates on the winning 4×100-meter relay team. […]
  
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• Citizens board: Video backs cop in Steelers’ coach arrest

  25-01-2017 15:39
  
  PITTSBURGH — The director of the Pittsburgh Police Citizens Review Board says video of the arrest of Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter supports an officer’s version of the events, including that Porter grabbed the officer’s wrists, rendering him defenseless. Porter’s attorney is declining comment on executive director Elizabeth Pittinger’s comments. The Allegheny County district attorney […]
  
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• Updated: Nadal wins, keeps prospects of Roger-Rafa final alive

  25-01-2017 15:38
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia — Another Roger vs. Rafa final is still in the mix at an Australian Open with an almost retro vibe. They’re on opposite sides of the draw, and each is a semifinal win away from a classic showdown at Melbourne Park, where Roger Federer is bidding for an 18th major title, and where […]
  
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• Russian athletes accused of fleeing drug testers at meet

  25-01-2017 15:38
  
  MOSCOW — The Russian track and field federation says it’s investigating after several athletes apparently withdrew from a competition to avoid drug testers. The All-Russia Athletics Federation says it has “established the fact of a mass withdrawal of athletes due to possible doping controls at one of the ARAF Winter Tour events.” Official results from […]
  
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• Community effort helping to rebuild Joy Light Church

  25-01-2017 15:38
  
  On Jan. 2, Joy Light Church near downtown Albuquerque went up in flames. The fire left the inside completely destroyed. The windows and doors are still boarded up.
  
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• Repeat offender Christopher Heh appears in court

  25-01-2017 15:35
  
  The new Bernalillo County District Attorney Raul Torrez is expressing some frustration with cases like Christopher Heh's. Heh is a repeat offender, cycling in and out of the court system nearly a dozen times in just one year.
  
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• Dion's Pizza temporarily substitutes its beloved Ranch dressing

  25-01-2017 15:34
  
  Fans of the Dion's Pizza restaurant chain are learning to cope without its iconic Ranch dressing—at least for now.
  
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• Pharmaceutical sales lead to bust at meth lab, police say

  25-01-2017 15:33
  
  Police say an alleged meth house was not far from an Albuquerque elementary school, and a New Mexico State Police Agent discovered the lab after sifting through local pharmaceutical sales at retail stores.
  
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• Proposed bills would require electronic tracking of salvaged vehicles

  25-01-2017 15:26
  
  State Sen. Howie Morales, D-Silver City, has introduced legislation that would require all auto recycling businesses to report all auto transactions electronically within 48 hours to the New Mexico Department of Taxation.
  
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• Two homes damaged in morning fire

  25-01-2017 15:25
  
  A fire caused heavy damage to two Southeast area homes early Wednesday morning.
  
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• Proposal would change who investigates Albuquerque's officer-involved shooting

  25-01-2017 15:23
  
  It might come as a surprise to know investigations into deadly officer-involved shootings at the Albuquerque Police Department are investigated by the department's own detectives. A city councilor is fighting to change that policy, and the department and its officers' union are fighting back.
  
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• Are you an annoying coworker?

  25-01-2017 15:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Heading to work, for most of us, is not on the top of the list on how we want to spend the day, but when you have annoying co-workers it can make clocking-in that much more difficult.
  A recent survey just revealed what makes co-workers cringe when it comes to office pet peeves.
  Accountemps Branch Manager, Valeri Santillanes, joined  KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss some of the annoyances in the office. Watch above.
  Coming into work sick is a bi
  
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• ABQ the Mag introduces new magazine

  25-01-2017 15:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Duke City’s favorite local magazine is hitting the stands, and it’s coming with a two for one special.
  Albuquerque The Magazine hits the stands today, Wednesday, Jan. 25 with its usual fun topics, but it includes an expansion, an insert of Rio Rancho The Magazine.
  Albuquerque The Magazine’s Director of Operations, Matt Rader, joined KRQE’s This Morning to discuss the new issues. Watch above.
  Take a look inside the pages to discover AB
  
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• Wednesday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Bill aims to keep New Mexico authorities from enforcing federal immigration laws

  25-01-2017 15:01 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. Lawmakers will discuss a proposal aimed at keeping state and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal immigration laws. The bill prohibits police departments or sheriff’s offices from cooperating with federal agents to deport immigrants whose only crime is being here illegally. The proposal comes as a number of New Mexico cities have declared themselves “sanctuaries” for undocumented immigrants.
  Full story: Bill would keep
  
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• Four arrested after SWAT incident in SE Albuquerque

  25-01-2017 14:45
  
  Police arrested four people on outstanding warrants following a hostage situation at a southeast Albuquerque apartment complex Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Man accused of killing Ashlynne Mike due in court

  25-01-2017 14:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of killing an 11-year-old girl on the Navajo Nation last year will have a hearing in federal court Wednesday.
  A judge will determine if a hearing is necessary to see if Tom Begaye Jr is competent to stand trial for killing Ashlynne Mike.
  Authorities say Begaye kidnapped the girl and sexually assaulted her before killing her.
  Begaye remains in federal custody on murder and kidnapping charges.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Crime, Home, News Tagg
  
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• Hearing set for man accused of killing Ashlynne Mike

  25-01-2017 14:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of killing an 11-year-old girl on the Navajo Nation last year will have a hearing in federal court Wednesday.
  A judge will determine if a hearing is necessary to see if Tom Begaye Jr is competent to stand trial for killing Ashlynne Mike.
  Authorities say Begaye kidnapped the girl and sexually assaulted her before killing her.
  Begaye remains in federal custody on murder and kidnapping charges.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Crime, Home, News Tagg
  
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• Families displaced after fire damages two Albuquerque homes

  25-01-2017 14:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Two families are without homes after a fire damaged two homes near Broadway and Avenida Cesar Chavez. It started around 2:30 Wednesday morning.
  Crews were able to quickly put out the fire but not before it spread causing a total loss to both roofs.
  The Albuquerque Fire Department says there are no injuries and they were able to rescue six dogs from the homes.
  Crews are still investigating the cause of the fire.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News
  
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• Teen arrested after Rio Rancho SWAT standoff

  25-01-2017 14:04 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 is working to learn more about an 18-year-old man who caused a standoff with SWAT in Rio Rancho.
  Around 10:30 Tuesday night, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office responded to the call near Sarah Road and 36 Street where deputies say a man barricaded himself.
  About an hour later, deputies say they took an 18-year-old man into custody in reference to an armed robbery warrant.
  The man who was taken into custody has not been identified yet.
  No further
  
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• Sexist, vulgar posts on women’s marches rebound on officials

  25-01-2017 14:01 via krqe.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A school board member in Hillary Clinton’s hometown resigned after making a derogatory reference on Twitter to the female anatomy in describing women marching against President Donald Trump. An Illinois teacher was pulled from the classroom for a tweet deemed sexist. And a freshman Indiana lawmaker was inundated with criticism over a Facebook post mocking “fat women.”
  These are a handful of examples from across the U.S. of mostly male public officials
  
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• Trump moving forward with border wall, weighs refugee cuts

  25-01-2017 13:57 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will begin rolling out executive actions on immigration Wednesday, beginning with steps to build his proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to two administration officials. He’s also expected to target so-called sanctuary cities and is reviewing proposals that would restrict the flow of refugees to the United States.
  The president is expected to sign the first actions — including the measure to jumpstart construction of th
  
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