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• Updated: Wells Fargo to pay $110 million to settle fake account suit

  28-03-2017 23:56
  
  NEW YORK — Wells Fargo will pay $110 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over up to 2 million accounts its employees opened for customers without getting their permission, the bank announced Tuesday. It’s the first private settlement that Wells has reached since the company paid $185 million to federal and California authorities late last […]
  
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• NM Tech inventors conference attracts national support

  28-03-2017 23:44
  
  A lot of wolves will be prowling next week at New Mexico Tech’s second annual Inventors and Entrepreneurs Workshop in Socorro. The pack includes prominent investors and serial entrepreneurs from the Silicon Valley, Wall Street and elsewhere, there to sniff out potential deals, share their prowess for taking innovative technology to market and pounce on […]
  
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• UNM extends presidential search into fall

  28-03-2017 23:42
  
  The search for University of New Mexico’s next president is going to take longer than expected. Selection of the school’s 22nd president — originally expected to happen by this spring — will not come until at least this fall. The committee charged with evaluating candidates and picking semifinalists wants to “slow down the process” and […]
  
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• Roswell police issue arrest warrant in 2005 double murder

  28-03-2017 23:15 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Police in Roswell have issued an arrest warrant for an imprisoned man suspected of killing two brothers nearly 12 years ago.
  They say 33-year-old Gabriel Thyberg is believed to have fatally shot 50-year-old Reynaldo Jimenez and 54-year-old Robert Jimenez in the kitchen of their east Roswell home in May 2005.
  Police say Thyberg allegedly was angry that the brothers had previously refused to give him heroin when he didn’t have the money to pay for it.
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• USF player cut from football team after road-rage shooting

  28-03-2017 23:10
  
  TAMPA, Fla. — A University of South Florida football player who was shot during a violent road-rage incident has been cut from the team. Coach Charlie Strong announced Tuesday that senior safety Hassan Childs had been dismissed. The 22-year-old had one more season of eligibility. Tampa police say Childs was about a mile from the […]
  
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• Utility: Units at coal-fired plant on track for retirement

  28-03-2017 23:03
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Part of a coal-fired power plant in northwestern New Mexico is still slated for retirement, and the state’s largest electric provider has no plans to shift gears when it comes to cleaner energy despite President Donald Trump on Tuesday signing an executive order to roll back measures aimed at tackling global warming. […]
  
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• Attorneys prepare for retrial of man accused in fellow deputy’s murder

  28-03-2017 22:49 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Attorneys are preparing for the retrial of a former Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputy charged with murdering his partner.
  Tai Chan shot and killed Jeremy Martin in a Las Cruces hotel in October 2014. Chan claims it was self-defense.
  Chan’s first trial ended with a hung jury. He is scheduled to be retried on April 28.
  Monday, attorneys from both sides met to update the judge.
  According to the Las Cruces Sun News, the state may call as many as 54 witnesse
  
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• Attorney claims AG’s office is ignoring records requests

  28-03-2017 21:25 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A Republican lawyer who unsuccessfully ran for a state Senate seat last year is accusing the state Attorney General of withholding public records out of political spite.
  Blair Dunn has filed three separate lawsuits accusing Attorney General Hector Balderas’ office of violating the Inspection of Public Records Act. Dunn says Balderas is letting his staff ignore Dunn’s requests because of politics.
  Attorney General’s Office spokesman James Hallinan say
  
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• Trump tosses Obama’s ‘clean’ energy plan, embraces coal

  28-03-2017 21:22 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring “the start of a new era” in energy production, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that he said would revive the coal industry and create jobs.
  The move makes good on his campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama’s plan to curb global warming. The order seeks to suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half-dozen measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production in the form of fossil fuels.
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• Trump, in break from other world leaders, digs in on coal

  28-03-2017 21:22 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring an end to what he’s called “the war on coal,” President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that eliminates numerous restrictions on fossil fuel production, breaking with leaders across the globe who have embraced cleaner energy sources.
  The order makes good on Trump’s campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama’s efforts to curb global warming, eliminating nearly a dozen measures in an effort to boost domest
  
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• McConnell confident Dems won’t keep Gorsuch off high court

  28-03-2017 20:47 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A showdown over President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee and Senate rules loomed as the number of Democrats opposing Judge Neil Gorsuch grew to two dozen on Tuesday.
  Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, was joined by five other senators who announced their intention to vote against Gorsuch. Republicans, who hold the majority in the Senate, are intent on getting Trump’s choice confirmed before Congress’ two-week break in mid-Apri
  
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• United World College in Montezuma gets $10 million ‘challenge’ gift

  28-03-2017 19:40
  
  SANTA FE – Philanthropist Shelby M.C. Davis and his family, in honor of Davis’ 80th birthday earlier this month, have made a $10 million “challenge grant” to United World College-USA in Montezuma. The grant asks that the school to raise $2 million a year, beginning June 1, for each of the next five years. If […]
  
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• Samsung’s fire-prone Note 7 phone may return after recalls

  28-03-2017 19:31 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Samsung’s fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 phone might come back as refurbished or rental phones.
  Samsung says it’s considering bringing the recalled units back to market. The company says it will first consult regulatory authorities and carriers and assess local demand. It’s not yet known when and which countries such phones would be sold.
  Samsung killed the Note 7 phone after dozens overheated and caught on fire. Samsung recalled one set, but found problems with
  
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• Ivanka Trump, Education Secretary DeVos promote STEM careers

  28-03-2017 19:31 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday exhorted young girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math, saying those fields will provide the jobs and innovation for the future.
  Their tour of the National Air and Space Museum with a group of middle school students came as the Trump administration proposed further cuts to education and science, drawing harsh criticism from teachers’ unions and others.
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• Updated: Uber diversity report says 36 percent of employees are women

  28-03-2017 19:27
  
  NEW YORK — Uber’s first report on employee diversity shows low numbers for women, especially in technical positions. The report comes as pressure mounts on the company in light of sexual harassment claims by a former employee. Thirty-six percent of the company’s employees are women. Google, in comparison, has 31 percent women and Apple, 32 […]
  
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• Updated: Samsung’s fire-prone Note 7 phone may return after recalls

  28-03-2017 19:27
  
  NEW YORK — Samsung’s fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 phone might come back as refurbished or rental phones. Samsung says it’s considering bringing the recalled units back to market. The company says it will first consult regulatory authorities and carriers and assess local demand. It’s not yet known when and which countries such phones would be […]
  
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• Updated: Trump administration sought to block Sally Yates from testifying to Congress on Russia

  28-03-2017 19:26
  
  WASHINGTON – The Trump administration sought to block former acting attorney general Sally Yates from testifying to Congress in the House investigation of links between Russian officials and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, The Washington Post has learned, a position that is likely to further anger Democrats who have accused Republicans of trying to damage the […]
  
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• Star gymnasts testify at Congress about sex-abuse scandal

  28-03-2017 19:26
  
  WASHINGTON — Three retired star gymnasts have told a Senate committee of being sexually abused by USA Gymnastics officials. Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu, bronze medalist Jamie Dantzscher and national champion rhythmic gymnast Jessica Howard were among those to testify Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The hearing concerns a bill that could reshape sex-abuse […]
  
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• USPS, Hispanic Cultural Center celebrate delicioso stamps

  28-03-2017 18:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The U.S. Postal Service and the National Hispanic Cultural Center will be having a party to celebrate the issuance of a new series of stamps dedicated to the influence of Central and South American, Mexican and Caribbean foods and flavors on American cuisine.
  The dedication ceremony for the Delicioso Forever Stamps will be held in April at the cultural center in Albuquerque.
  The stamps feature bright illustrations of tamales, flan, empanadas, chile rellenos, cevich
  
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• Efforts coalesce to avoid cavern collapse in New Mexico

  28-03-2017 17:55 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A state official says New Mexico is only a few steps away from being able to backfill a giant underground cavern before it collapses underneath a community of mobile homes and critical transportation routes in southern New Mexico.
  Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Secretary Ken McQueen said Monday that his agency will be prepared as soon as July to help commission engineering plans to shore up a cavity left by the extraction of a salt formation.
  The formation has
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Ryan says health care reform still a goal

  28-03-2017 17:21
  
  WASHINGTON — The Latest on House Republicans and health care, tax cuts and other issues (all times local): 11:10 a.m. House Speaker Paul Ryan says his chamber will take another crack at a health care overhaul. But he’s offering no timeline, and no details about how leaders would overcome GOP divisions that sunk their bill […]
  
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• Updated: Homeless veterans: Trump’s budget could hurt efforts

  28-03-2017 17:21
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The push to end homelessness among veterans would suffer without the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, which is up for elimination under President Donald Trump’s proposed budget, nonprofits and local officials say. The council coordinates the efforts of 19 federal agencies that play a role in preventing and ending homelessness among all […]
  
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• Geyer steps down as Horsemen’s hoops coach

  28-03-2017 17:10
  
  Ron Geyer, who won three boys state basketball championships with St. Michael’s High School, announced his resignation Monday. Geyer compiled an overall record of 566-271 in 30 seasons as a head coach and won six championships overall. He was 253-113 in his 12 seasons with the Horsemen. “After 30 years of being a head coach, […]
  
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• Updated: Amazon tests grocery pickup service in Seattle

  28-03-2017 16:49
  
  NEW YORK — Amazon is testing a grocery pickup service in Seattle. The AmazonFresh Pickup service is currently open only to Amazon employees. Eventually, members of Amazon’s $99-a-year Prime loyalty program will be able to order groceries online and drive to a pickup location, where crews will deliver items to the car. Amazon says orders […]
  
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• Updated: American Airlines buys stake in China Southern Airlines

  28-03-2017 16:42
  
  BEIJING — American Airlines has agreed to pay $200 million for a stake in China Southern Airlines, the biggest of China’s three major state-owned carriers, in a bid for a bigger share of the country’s growing travel market. American and China Southern will expand commercial cooperation, possibly in sales, airport facilities and code-sharing, the Chinese […]
  
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• Self-driving car crash comes amid debate about regulations

  28-03-2017 16:35 via krqe.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A crash that caused an Uber self-driving SUV to flip onto its side in a Phoenix suburb serves as a stark reminder of the challenges surrounding autonomous vehicles in Arizona, a state that has gone all-in to entice the company by promising minimal government regulation.
  Friday night’s crash was blamed on the driver of an oncoming SUV that turned left in front of the Uber vehicle carrying two test drivers and no passengers. There were no serious injuries and the driver
  
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• Worst humanitarian crisis hits as Trump slashes foreign aid

  28-03-2017 16:34 via krqe.com
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years has been declared in three African countries on the brink of famine, just as President Donald Trump’s proposed foreign aid cuts threaten to pull the United States from its historic role as the world’s top emergency donor.
  If the deep cuts are approved by Congress and the U.S. does not contribute to Africa’s current crisis, experts warn that the continent’s growing drought and famine coul
  
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• White House plan to help pay for border wall is a long shot

  28-03-2017 15:31 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is calling for immediate budget cuts of $18 billion from programs like medical research, infrastructure and community development grants to help pay for the border wall that President Donald Trump repeatedly promised would be financed by Mexico.
  The administration would eliminate $1.2 billion in National Institutes of Health research grants, a favorite of both parties. The community development block grant program, also popular, would be halved, amounting
  
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• White House eyeing $18 billion list of social program cuts

  28-03-2017 15:31 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is following up its longshot roster of budget cuts with a wish list of $18 billion worth of immediate reductions, including cuts to medical research, infrastructure, and community development grants.
  Like President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget, which was panned by both Democrats and Republicans earlier this month, the proposals have little chance to be enacted.
  But they could create bad political optics for the struggling Trump White House, since the a
  
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• White House calls for domestic cuts to finance border wall

  28-03-2017 15:31 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is proposing immediate budget cuts of $18 billion from programs like medical research, infrastructure and community grants so U.S. taxpayers, not Mexico, can cover the down payment on the border wall.
  The White House documents were submitted to Congress amid negotiations over a catchall spending bill that would avert a partial government shutdown at the end of next month. The package would wrap up $1.1 trillion in unfinished spending bills and addre
  
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• No. 1 South Carolina follows men’s team, reaches Final Four

  28-03-2017 15:31 via krqe.com
  
  STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Before they climbed the ladder to take their turn cutting the nets, Kaela Davis and A’ja Wilson started dancing. And dancing. The band blared inches away, and they danced some more. A spectacular, spontaneous moment for South Carolina’s two biggest stars: one headed to her first Final Four, and the other going back to chase the school’s first NCAA championship.
  “It was just one of those in-the-moment things, having fun. We love our band,&rdqu
  
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• Nunes won’t leave Russia probe; Ryan says no need to

  28-03-2017 15:26 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House intelligence chairman Devin Nunes rebuffed calls to step aside from the Russia investigation Tuesday as demands grew for him to recuse himself as head of that probe.
  “Why would I?” Nunes said. The calls for him to resign came after revelations about his meeting with a secret source on White House grounds raised questions about his and the panel’s independence.
  Nunes, R-Calif., said the pressure for him to resign was typical politics.
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• Nunes facing pressure to step away from House Russia probe

  28-03-2017 15:26 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House intelligence chairman Devin Nunes faced growing calls Tuesday to step away from the panel’s Russia investigation as revelations about a secret source meeting on White House grounds raised questions about his and the panel’s independence.
  Nunes acknowledged Monday that he reviewed intelligence reports at the White House complex and met a secret source behind his statement that communications involving associates of President Donald Trump were caught up in
  
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• Lawyer says Trump administration moved to squelch testimony

  28-03-2017 15:26 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for former deputy Attorney General Sally Yates wrote in letters last week that the Trump administration was trying to limit her testimony at congressional hearings focused on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The hearing was later canceled by the House intelligence committee chairman.
  In the letters, attorney David O’Neil said he understood the Justice Department was invoking “further constraints” on testimony Yates could provi
  
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• Head of Trump-Russia probe under fire, won’t step down

  28-03-2017 15:26 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Potential White House entanglement in Congress’ investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election brought new cries of protest from Democrats on Tuesday as fresh political allegations clouded the probe.
  Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House intelligence committee which is conducting one of the congressional investigations, turned aside calls to step aside. Later in the day, the White House vehemently denied a report that it had sought to hobble the testimony o
  
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• Global markets have steadier tone after Wall Street recovery

  28-03-2017 15:26 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — European stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges Tuesday following a late recovery on Wall Street at the end of a session that had been dominated by concerns over the ability of the Trump administration to deliver on its economic and tax plans following its defeat on health care reform.
  KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was flat at 7,292 while the CAC 40 in France fell 0.1 percent to 5,011. Germany’s DAX outperformed its peers s
  
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• ABQ The Mag talks top Albuquerque teachers

  28-03-2017 15:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Smart Issue of Albuquerque’s the Magazine is showcasing Albuquerque’s greatest mentors who go above and beyond for their students.
  Albuquerque The Mag’s March issue will hit the stands, Saturday, April 1, and will give readers an insight to teachers who were selected by nominations that were held between January and February of this year.
  With summer coming up, traveling may be on the minds of many, the issue is featuring
  
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• Under His Construction kicks off 100 days of fundraising

  28-03-2017 15:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One local organization is kicking off 100 days of fundraising to help families who are very deserving.
  Under His Construction (UHC), is an organization that provides housing, education and career development opportunities for the underprivileged will be fundraising to help house 20 men and their families and are asking the community to come together to build up our state with their fundraising dinner.
  “A Life of Redemption” dinner 
  
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• Explora offers events for all ages

  28-03-2017 15:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Science isn’t always the most popular subject, but there’s one museum trying to change that.
  Explora is a museum that is described as, part science center and part kids museum, offers fun interactive events throughout the month for all ages.
  Teen Science Cafe invites local teens to meet others teens while enjoying activities and talks with a local scientist to chat with them about science and their career path. This month, teens can get
  
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• Tuesday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Storm brings snow, rain to New Mexico

  28-03-2017 14:59 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. A winter storm continues to work it’s way across New Mexico today. Lower elevations can expect scattered rainfall with isolated thunderstorms. Over the high terrain, snow will be the main impact.
  Full story: John’s Tuesday Morning Forecast
  2. Albuquerque police could release more information Tuesday about what led to the shooting death of a motorcyclist at a local car wash over the weekend. Last night, family and friends gathered at “Hose It
  
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• Bernalillo County Commissioners to look at behavioral health topics

  28-03-2017 14:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – On Tuesday night, Bernalillo County Commissioners will be looking at some big behavioral health topics. The main goal they say for some of these proposals is to not only help addicted inmates but to possibly keep them from re-offending.
  The first will provide methadone to break the cycle of addiction for individuals at the Metropolitan Detention Center and the county’s Metropolitan Assessment and Treatment Facility. This program has already been going
  
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• White House looks to bounce back after health care loss

  28-03-2017 14:10 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Regrouping after a rocky few weeks, the White House declared Monday that President Donald Trump doesn’t consider the health care battle to be over, suggesting he may turn to Democrats to help him overhaul the system after his own party rejected his proposal.
  The sudden interest in bipartisanship is a shift for a president who has spent months mocking Democratic leaders as inept. And Democrats indicated they have no interest if his intent is still to dismantle &ldquo
  
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• Supreme Court considers bad legal advice in immigrant’s plea

  28-03-2017 14:10 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court tried to figure out Tuesday whether immigrants should get a second chance in court when bad legal advice leads to a guilty plea and certain deportation.
  The justices seemed divided during an argument about what to do in cases in which the evidence against criminal defendants is strong and the chances of acquittal by a jury are remote.
  The court is considering the case of Jae Lee, a South Korean immigrant who was facing drug charges.
  Lee pleaded guilty af
  
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• Russia general claims US-led coalition hit dam in Syria

  28-03-2017 14:10 via krqe.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Russian general on Tuesday criticized the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants for allegedly targeting Syria’s infrastructure — including a key dam — in territory held by the Sunni extremist group.
  Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of the military’s General Staff accused the coalition of trying to “completely destroy critical infrastructure in Syria and complicate post-war reconstruction as much as possible.”
  However, the U.S
  
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• Police killing exposes anger, fear of Chinese in France

  28-03-2017 14:10 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Chinese immigrants and China’s government are protesting a police killing in Paris that prompted violent street clashes and exposed the fears and frustrations of France’s large Asian community.
  Protesters gathered Tuesday in northeast Paris for a second day of demonstrations over the fatal shooting of a Chinese man in his apartment, and police launched an internal investigation into a death that took on diplomatic implications.
  Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman
  
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• McConnell criticizes Iran nuke deal as ‘windfall’ for Tehran

  28-03-2017 14:10 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to prove their commitment to Israel, senior U.S. lawmakers are backing bipartisan legislation that would slap Iran with new sanctions while maintaining rigorous enforcement of the landmark nuclear deal.
  The measures, unveiled ahead of the opening of the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, seek to build consensus among Republicans and Democrats who are so often bitterly at odds on domestic issues.
  “The United States will stand with Isra
  
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• Immigrant’s bid to avoid deportation comes to Supreme Court

  28-03-2017 14:10 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up the case of a longtime U.S. resident who is facing deportation to South Korea after pleading guilty to a drug crime based on his lawyer’s bad advice.
  The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday in an appeal by Jae Lee, who has lived in the United States for 35 years and has never been back to South Korea since coming to the United States when he was 13.
  The case has taken on increased importance because President Donald Trump has promis
  
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• German state warns Gulen followers of Turkish spy efforts

  28-03-2017 14:10 via krqe.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Officials in the German state of Lower-Saxony are warning followers of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of Turkish efforts to spy on them.
  Lower-Saxony’s interior minister, Boris Pistorius, says Turkey’s foreign intelligence agency MIT handed its German counterpart a list of suspected Gulen supporters living in Germany with a request to put them under surveillance. The Turkish government claims the moderate Islamic religious movement was behind last year’s
  
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• China concerned over Paris Asian community clash with police

  28-03-2017 14:10 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Violent clashes in Paris between baton-wielding police and protesters outraged at the police killing of a Chinese man in his home injured three police officers and led to the arrest of 35 protesters, authorities said Tuesday.
  The incidents prompted international attention, as China’s Foreign Ministry expressed concern to French authorities over Sunday’s killing of the man, who it says was shot by a plainclothes officer.
  France’s Foreign Ministry responded Tue
  
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• Solar job growth exploding in NM

  28-03-2017 14:00
  
  New Mexico’s solar job growth is on fire, with employment up 54 percent last year, according to a new report from the Washington, D.C.-based Solar Foundation. As of December, 2,929 people worked in either installations, manufacturing, sales and distribution, project development and support positions, said Solar Foundation President and Executive Director Andrea Luecke. That’s up […]
  
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