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• KOB taste tests Isotopes Park offerings

  05-04-2017 23:52
  
  KOB's Rachel Hackbarth talked to a chef at Isotopes Park in this video to find out what treats you need to try for the new season.
  
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• Heather Wilson Air Force nomination advances

  05-04-2017 22:07
  
  The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 22-5 today in support of former New Mexico Rep. Heather Wilson’s nomination to become the U.S. Air Force secretary. Wilson’s nomination now goes to the full Senate for a final vote. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a New Mexico Democrat who sits on the Armed Services committee, voted in favor of Wilson’s […]
  
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• Updated: Navy grounds entire fleet of T-45 trainer jets because of pilots’ breathing concerns

  05-04-2017 21:50
  
  The Navy Department has grounded its entire fleet of T-45 trainer jets after instructor pilots raised concerns about the ability of aviators to breathe in them while flying, military officials said, expanding the scope of safety concerns about U.S. military aircraft. Senior Navy officials made the decision amid problems with “physiological episodes,” said Cmdr. Jeanette […]
  
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• Updated: 3 Denver homeless advocates tried for violating camping ban

  05-04-2017 21:49
  
  DENVER — Three advocates for Denver’s homeless are being tried and could face a year in jail for trying to camp outside city hall. Randy Russell, Jerry Burton and Terese Howard contend the city’s law prohibiting people from camping on public property makes it dangerous for homeless people trying to survive on Denver’s streets. They […]
  
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• ‘Winter White House’ a winning brand for Trump’s business

  05-04-2017 20:06 via krqe.com
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — No doubt Florida’s oceanfront Mar-a-Lago resort is an impressive site for a summit between the presidents of the U.S. and China. And it’s a pretty nice business advertisement, too, for the owner of the luxurious, members-only private property.
  That would be Donald J. Trump.
  Even before this week’s summit, President Trump and his aides had begun referring to Mar-a-Lago as the “Winter White House,” a marketing coup for a man who has made
  
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• The Latest: Trump says he’ll work to address refugee crisis

  05-04-2017 20:06 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration and Syria (all times local):
  1:25 p.m.
  President Donald Trump says that the goal of “any responsible refugee policy” is to pave the way for refugees to return home.
  In a joint press conference with Jordan’s King Abdullah II Wednesday, Trump said he intends “finally to advance the cause of peace in the Middle East” and to the refugee crisis that has reached the worst since World War II.
  Trump said he woul
  
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• AP NewsBreak: Joe and Jill Biden get multi-book deal

  05-04-2017 20:06 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — First the Obamas, now the Bidens. Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, have book deals.
  Flatiron Books told The Associated Press on Wednesday that it will release two books by Joe Biden and one by Jill. Joe Biden’s first book will “explore one momentous year,” when his son Beau died in 2015 and his agonized decision against running for president. Biden has said recently that he regrets his choice and believes he could have defeated
  
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• Mugshot Gallery: April 2017

  05-04-2017 19:01 via krqe.com
  
  Mugshots from New Mexico Law Enforcement Agencies in April 2017. Mugshot Gallery: April 2017 William HodgesChristy VasquezAndrew MagillHector MartinezRaymond AragonRobert MartinezTheresa LawekaRichard Contreras
  Filed under: Crime, Home, New Mexico, News, Photo Galleries Tagged: Mug Shot Gallery, Post Redirect
  
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• Payless ShoeSource filed bankruptcy closing stores in New Mexico

  05-04-2017 18:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (KRQE) –  Payless ShoeSource will close 400 stores across the country.
  The Topeka-based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday.
  The footwear realtor, founded in 1956, will close five store locations in New Mexico, including two in Roswell.
  Sycamore Plaza at 8220 Montgomery Blvd NE
  Mills Plaza Shopping Center (Las Vegas)
  Roswell Center (Roswell)
  501 Main St. (Roswell)
  White Sands Mall (Alamogordo)
  The headquarters in Topeka and employees more than 22,000 peopl
  
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• Accused cop killer gets 20 years for firearms charges

  05-04-2017 18:40
  
  A man accused of killing an Albuquerque police officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of ...
  
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• Trump removes Bannon from National Security Council

  05-04-2017 18:35 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has removed chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council, reversing an earlier, controversial decision to give Bannon access to the high-level meetings.
  A new memorandum about the council’s composition was published Wednesday in the Federal Register. The memo no longer lists the chief strategist as a member of the Principals Committee, a group of high-ranking officials who meet to discuss pressing national security prioriti
  
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• Gila National Forest looking for summer volunteers

  05-04-2017 18:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Gila National Forest is looking for summer volunteers.
  Students ages 17 and older interested in a “call-when-needed” summer job will help assist fire management and Camp Step Up.
  The camp crew hopes to sponsor a total of five 10-member crews.
  A recruitment meeting will be April 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Supervisor’s Office at 3005 E Camio del Bosque, Silver City, N.M.
  All applicants must bring a pen, two legal forms of identification and bank a
  
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• Breaking: Trump removes Bannon from National Security Council

  05-04-2017 18:00
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has removed chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council, reversing an earlier, controversial decision to give Bannon access to the high-level meetings. A new memorandum about the council’s composition was published Wednesday in the Federal Register. The memo no longer lists the chief strategist as a member of […]
  
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• Trump, transgender and police shootings dominate elections

  05-04-2017 17:58 via krqe.com
  
  Elections Tuesday across the U.S. featured a mayoral race with presidential overtones, a 23-person congressional primary highlighting Democratic Party rifts, a school board challenged for accommodating a transgender student and referendums on leadership and police issues in the Missouri cities of St. Louis and Ferguson.
  Here are some of the key local races on the ballot:
  SUBURBAN MAYOR WHO BACKED TRUMP AHEAD
  A longtime suburban Chicago mayor was narrowly leading his re-election race after he hos
  
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• Goal reached: US women’s soccer team gets new contract

  05-04-2017 17:58 via krqe.com
  
  The World Cup champion women’s soccer team has a new labor contract, settling a dispute in which the players sought equitable wages to their male counterparts.
  The agreement with the U.S. Soccer Federation runs through 2021, meaning the players will be under contract through the 2019 World Cup in France and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
  The women will receive raises in base pay and bonuses as well as better provisions for travel and accommodations.
  “We are proud of the hard work and commi
  
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• Air Force: Pilot ejects safely before F-16 crashes near DC

  05-04-2017 17:56 via krqe.com
  
  CLINTON, Md. (AP) — A fighter jet pilot on a training mission ejected safely before the aircraft crashed Wednesday in a wooded area in a Washington suburb. Witnesses reported the sound of live ammunition.
  The D.C. Air National Guard F-16C went down about 200 yards behind a small subdivision of two-story brick homes in the middle-class suburban community of Clinton, about 6 miles (10 kilometers) southwest of Joint Base Andrews. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the plane was carryin
  
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• Inside the car-eat-car world of self-driving technology

  05-04-2017 17:03
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — First, it was just a dream. Then it became a quirky research project undertaken by a handful of the nerdiest engineers in the robotics industry. Now self-driving cars are on the brink of transforming transportation. The industry creating the technology for autonomous vehicles has morphed from a collaborative space of free-flowing […]
  
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• Magnesium operation looks at Deming

  05-04-2017 16:57
  
  DEMING — A new economic opportunity may be in the future of Deming as a new company plans to extract magnesium from the Florida foothills. American Magnesium, based out of Elephant Butte, is seeking the preliminary approval from the Bureau of Land Management to begin the process of constructing a magnesium quarry south of Deming. […]
  
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• Updated: Thousands of defects found on oil train routes

  05-04-2017 16:52
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. — Government inspections of railroads that haul volatile crude oil across the United States have uncovered almost 24,000 safety defects, including problems similar to those blamed in derailments that triggered massive fires or oil spills in Oregon, Virginia, Montana and elsewhere, according to data obtained by The Associated Press. The safety defects were […]
  
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• Homeland Security chief says border will still be needed

  05-04-2017 16:42 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said the sharp decline in people crossing the southern border illegally won’t continue unless his agency gets the resources needed to secure the border.
  Kelly said a wall in the right places, will do that job.
  He told a Senate panel that the wall won’t be from “sea to shining sea,” but in places where border agents say it would be most effective.
  In his written testimony, Kelly said that fewer than 12,500 peop
  
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• N. Korea missile falls short but leaves experts worried

  05-04-2017 16:26 via krqe.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The missile in North Korea’s latest launch didn’t fly very far, but it may have been the second test of a technology that worries experts.
  Wednesday morning’s launch into waters off North Korea’s east coast came shortly before President Donald Trump’s first summit meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this week, raising speculation that it might have been timed to get their attention.
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• PED: Complaints led to investigation into Santa Fe Public Schools

  05-04-2017 15:50 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The state’s allegations for Santa Fe Public Schools broke the law after the district dismissed schools early for a public rally last month.
  The state said the school used school resources for the pro-education protest, but the district disputes those claims.
  It all started because Public Education Department said it received complaints and concerns from a number of parents and community members.
  According to the Albuquerque Journal, the department provide
  
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• Albuquerque Public Schools prepare for budget cuts

  05-04-2017 15:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Public Schools is preparing for two percent cuts, amounting to $26 million.
  Tuesday night Albuquerque Public Schools board members held a special meeting to plan how to move forward with their strained budget.
  Everything from furloughs to reducing staff work days to larger class sizes was discussed.
  If no cuts are made the district still faces a $13 million shortfall, just from rising costs.
  Governor Susana Martinez has until Friday to make a dec
  
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• Man accused of killing officer sentenced on weapons charges

  05-04-2017 15:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A man awaiting trial in state court in the 2015 fatal shooting of an Albuquerque police officer has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on federal convictions for weapons crimes.
  U.S. District Court Judge Christina on Wednesday sentenced Davon Lymon to two consecutive 10-year sentences for convictions of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
  A Bernalillo County grand jury in December indicted Lymon on murder and other charges in the fatal shooting of Officer D
  
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• Accused cop killer Davon Lymon faces 70 years for federal charges

  05-04-2017 15:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A federal judge is set to sentence Davon Lymon for two separate cases. According to court documents, the man accused of gunning down Albuquerque Police Department Officer Daniel Webster could face 70 years behind bars for several, federal charges. However, Lymon is only asking for 15 years, three months.
  Documents indicate one case involves indictments for distribution of heroine and gun charges. The other case dates back to an October bench trial, in which
  
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• Duke City events for first full week of April

  05-04-2017 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Whether you’re a visitor, lived here your entire life, or are somewhere in the middle, you are bound to be looking for something to do.
  With Albuquerque’s feel of a small town in a big city, repetitiveness seems to become the norm. So those who are looking to get out of the same-old, same-old, don’t worry, there are always fun events happening around town to help you venture from your comfort zone.
  This week, there is plenty to keep busy wi
  
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• Coro Lux set to perform to benefit youth

  05-04-2017 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE)– While only in their second year, Coro Lux Chamber Chorus will be lending their voices to help benefit a great cause.
  Coro Lux Chamber Chorus, a 70-voice Oratorio Society, is a group of choral performers who have achieved world-class prestige in some of  the most exalted halls and theatres in the world, including the famed Carnegie Hall in New York City.
  The group will be performing Johannes Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem on Saturday, Ap
  
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• 10-year-old local author set to release first children’s book

  05-04-2017 15:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new local author is set to release her first children’s book.
  Marisol Paramo, Author of ‘Bella the Caterpillar,” is getting ready to release her bilingual multimedia children’s book at the age of only 10 years old.
  “Bella the Caterpillar” tells a story of a caterpillar who wanders what she will be when she grows up and travels around her yard asking her insect friends about the future.
  The book is available in digital an
  
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• Wednesday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Accused cop killer to be sentenced for gun, drug offenses

  05-04-2017 14:59 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. Accused cop killer Davon Lymon is expected back in federal court Wednesday for sentencing on gun and drug charges. Federal prosecutors say on the night of Albuquerque Police Officer Daniel Webster’s death, the repeat offender was in possession of a gun and drugs which is a federal offense. It’s the same gun investigators say Lymon used to kill Webster. Prosecutors are asking for a sentence of 70 years.
  Full story: Accused cop killer Davon Lymon fa
  
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• White House talks progress on reviving long-shot health bill

  05-04-2017 14:43 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Wednesday talked up progress with Republicans on resuscitating the GOP health care bill, but offered no timeline on rewriting a measure that could win House approval.
  Trump administration officials and leading legislators said they planned to resume their hunt for common ground between conservatives and moderates. A late Tuesday meeting at the Capitol involving Vice President Mike Pence and about two dozen lawmakers produced no agreement over a White Ho
  
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• White House, lawmakers adrift over reviving health bill

  05-04-2017 14:43 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration and Republican lawmakers plan to continue their uphill effort to exhume the House GOP’s health care bill, but remain adrift and divided over how to reshape it to attract enough votes to muscle it through the chamber.
  White House officials and leading legislators aimed to resume talks Wednesday. Late Tuesday, they failed in a Capitol basement office meeting to shake hands on a White House proposal to let states seek federal waivers to drop co
  
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• Updated: Police: Shoplifter trapped in store after closing calls 911

  05-04-2017 14:21
  
  Ohio police say a suspected shoplifter called 911 for help after she hid in a fitting room at closing time…
  
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• Top general on Congress’ failure on budget: Malpractice

  05-04-2017 14:20 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army’s top officer admonished Congress on Wednesday for its inability to approve a defense spending bill for the current fiscal year and rejected the notion the legislative breakdown represents a new reality on Capitol Hill that the armed forces should become accustomed to.
  “Failure to pass the budget, in my view as an American citizen and the chief of staff of the United States Army, constitutes professional malpractice,” Gen. Mark Milley told the H
  
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• Military sees dire future if Congress doesn’t act on budget

  05-04-2017 14:20 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The military services are warning that their combat operations and training will be curtailed severely if Republicans and Democrats fail to end their bickering over the federal budget and pass only a stopgap spending measure, according to Pentagon documents.
  Ships won’t leave port, aircraft will be grounded, weapons modernization programs will be postponed and critical industrial skills could be blunted should Congress approve another so-called “continuing res
  
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• Immigration arrests at Mexican border continue to plummet

  05-04-2017 14:20 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Arrests of people caught trying to sneak into the United States across the Mexican border plummeted in March to the lowest monthly figure in more than 17 years, the head of the Department of Homeland Security reported.
  That’s a likely sign that fewer immigrants are trying to make the trek into the United States.
  Secretary John Kelly said the steep decline in arrests is “no accident” and credited President Donald Trump’s approach to illegal immigrat
  
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• Gay rights organizations hail court ruling as ‘game changer’

  05-04-2017 14:19 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Companies cannot discriminate against LGBT employees in the workplace because of their sexual orientation, a federal appeals court said, in a ruling that a gay rights group called a “game changer.”
  The 8-to-3 decision Tuesday by the full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago is likely to lead to a battle before the Supreme Court over the interpretation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This is because a three-judge panel in Atlanta ruled the opposite three wee
  
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• North Korea is increasingly a focus of US-China meeting

  05-04-2017 13:55 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is talking in more urgent terms about North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, as President Donald Trump’s talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping approach. One senior administration official warned that the “clock has now run out” on Pyongyang.
  Trump and Xi will huddle Thursday and Friday at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, a venue chosen to give the summit a more informal feel. White House officials said Tuesday that t
  
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• Iraq suicide bombings in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, kill 22

  05-04-2017 13:55 via krqe.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic militants unleashed multiple suicide attacks in the city of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, killing at least 22 people, a provincial official said on Wednesday.
  Five suicide bombers on foot targeted a police patrol and broke into a police officer’s house in Tikrit’s al-Zihoor neighborhood, according to a Salahuddin provincial council member, Ahmed al-Karim.
  Al-Karim told The Associated Press that security forces managed to kill three of the bombers while two bl
  
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• 6 arrested for terrorism in wake of St. Petersburg bombing

  05-04-2017 13:55 via krqe.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — As the residents of Russia’s second-largest city try to regain their nerve in the wake of a fatal subway bombing, officials announced Wednesday that six people have been arrested on suspicion of recruiting others to commit extremist crimes.
  Wednesday’s statement from the Investigative Committee gave few details, but said those arrested came from Central Asian countries that once were part of the Soviet Union. Officials have said the suicide attacke
  
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• New website targets people looking for love, financial stability

  05-04-2017 13:52 via krqe.com
  
  (WTSP) – When it comes to dating someone just how important their credit score? For some millennials, it can be a deal-breaker.
  A new dating website is dedicated to those who are not only looking for love but financial stability in a partner. It’s called creditscoredating.com.
  According to WTSP, the site has you enter a credit score and claims a 92 percent accuracy based on its algorithms and matches.
  It depends on what that person says their credit score is and some people WTSP
  
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• Syria chemical attack death toll now at 72; new strikes hit

  05-04-2017 13:44 via krqe.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll from a suspected chemical attack on a northern Syrian town rose to 72 on Wednesday as activists and rescue workers found more terrified survivors hiding in shelters near the site of the harrowing assault, one of the deadliest in Syria’s civil war.
  According to a Syrian opposition group, renewed airstrikes hit the town of Khan Sheikhoun a day after the attack that the Trump administration has blamed on the government of President Bashar Assad, saying that
  
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• Death toll from Syria chemical attack rises to 75

  05-04-2017 13:44 via krqe.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll from a suspected chemical attack on a northern Syrian town rose to 75 on Wednesday as activists and rescue workers found more terrified survivors hiding in shelters near the site of the assault, one of the deadliest in Syria’s civil war.
  A Syrian opposition group said renewed airstrikes hit the town of Khan Sheikhoun a day after the attack, which the Trump administration and others have blamed on the government of President Bashar Assad, as well as his ma
  
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• UNM Athletic Director, players detail what they want in a new coach

  05-04-2017 13:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – University of New Mexico Athletic Director Paul Krebs is not putting a closing date on finding a new basketball coach because he wants a thorough search and the right man for the job.
  “I think there is an urgency. There’s a lot of moving parts and you want to move as quickly as you can to ease the anxiety,” said Krebs. “Give a clear picture to our student-athletes.” Krebs went on to say, “It’s not a race and you can make
  
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• Updated: North Korea may have tested new technology in latest missile

  05-04-2017 12:54
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — The missile in North Korea’s latest launch didn’t fly very far, but it may have been the second test of a technology that worries experts. The launch Wednesday into waters off North Korea’s east coast came shortly before U.S. President Donald Trump’s first meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this […]
  
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• Updated: Eurozone economy ‘strongest’ in nearly 6 years

  05-04-2017 10:34
  
  LONDON — The 19-country eurozone economy has just enjoyed its strongest quarter for nearly six years, a closely watched survey showed Wednesday. In its wrap-up of economic developments in March, financial information company IHS Markit said its composite purchasing managers’ output index — a broad gauge of economic activity — rose to a 71-month high […]
  
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• Updated: Syria chemical attack death toll now at 72; new strikes hit

  05-04-2017 10:05
  
  BEIRUT — The death toll from a suspected chemical attack on a northern Syrian town rose to 72 on Wednesday while activists and rescue workers kept finding more terrified survivors hiding in shelters near the site of the harrowing assault, one of the deadliest in years. According to a Syrian opposition group, renewed airstrikes hit […]
  
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• Updated: McConnell claims votes to bust Supreme Court filibuster

  05-04-2017 09:52
  
  WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is claiming he has the votes necessary to thwart a planned Democratic filibuster of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, as a showdown draws near that could change the Senate, and the court, for generations. “They seem determined to head into the abyss,” the Kentucky Republican said of […]
  
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• Updated: All-night Democrat talk-a-thon opposes Supreme Court pick

  05-04-2017 09:52
  
  WASHINGTON — A Democratic senator held the Senate floor through the night and was still going Wednesday in an attention-grabbing talk-a-thon highlighting his party’s opposition to President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell claimed the votes necessary to change Senate rules and thwart the Democratic filibuster in a […]
  
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• UNM partners with Russian group

  05-04-2017 08:05
  
  Moscow-based Pushkin Institute promotes Russian language proficiency
  
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• Legal costs putting a dent in state budget

  05-04-2017 08:05
  
  Multiple ongoing lawsuits causing elevated legal bills
  
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