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• White House decides to keep visitor records secret

  14-04-2017 23:58 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Friday that lists of visitors to the building will be kept secret, breaking with the practice of President Donald Trump’s predecessor.
  The Trump administration cited privacy and national security concerns, but the decision angered government watchdog groups who accused Trump of reneging on his promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington. The groups see the visitor logs as important tools for monitoring which individuals or groups may
  
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• Key US senator pushes back against Trump’s proposed aid cuts

  14-04-2017 23:58 via krqe.com
  
  BIDI BIDI CAMP, Uganda (AP) — Face-to-face with victims of South Sudan’s famine and civil war, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee strongly defended U.S. foreign aid on Friday despite President Donald Trump’s proposed deep cuts in humanitarian assistance.
  Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee visited the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis in northern Uganda, just across the border from South Sudan, in a pointed response to Trump’s “Ame
  
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• Energy company strikes $3 billion deal in New Mexico

  14-04-2017 23:56 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – Energy company ConocoPhillip has sold its assets in northwest New Mexico for $3 billion.
  The Daily Times reported Thursday that a Hilcorp Energy Company affiliate purchased the property.
  ConocoPhillip has been operating in the area for more than 50 years. The company announced intentions to sell last November.
  According to the report, Hilcorp is one of the largest privately-held independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the country.
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• Hundreds trek to Tome Hill on Good Friday

  14-04-2017 23:48 via krqe.com
  
  TOMÉ HILL, N.M. (KRQE) – Many walk to keep promises they’ve made to God, while others spend the time praying for loved ones and asking for forgiveness for their sins.
  Hundreds of people made the two-mile journey up the steep Tome Hill Friday.
  The annual tradition began years ago with Christians paying penance for their sins. Many continue the traditions every year.
  For 25 years now, one family has made the trek together. One of them includes their 82-year old father who w
  
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• Manifesto-writing fugitive found camping on Wisconsin farm

  14-04-2017 22:31 via krqe.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin fugitive accused of stealing an arsenal of firearms and sending an anti-government manifesto to the White House was arrested Friday after a retired school counselor found him camping on his property and calmly talked to the man before calling authorities.
  The arrest of Joseph Allen Jakubowski settled fears among residents and law enforcement over what he might do with his stockpile of weapons and ammunition. In his manifesto, Jakubowski detailed a long list of
  
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• US sends dozens of troops to Somalia, 1st time in decades

  14-04-2017 22:23 via krqe.com
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The U.S. military is sending dozens of regular troops to Somalia in the largest such deployment to the Horn of Africa country in roughly two decades.
  The United States pulled out of Somalia after 1993, when two helicopters were shot down in the capital, Mogadishu, and bodies of Americans were dragged through the streets. Even now, Somalia’s fragile central government is struggling to assert itself after the nationwide chaos that began with the fall of dictat
  
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• US prosecutors are geared to target border crossers

  14-04-2017 22:18 via krqe.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) – Through Republican and Democratic presidential administrations, the top federal prosecutor on California’s border with Mexico has resisted going after people caught entering the United States illegally on their first try and instead targeted smugglers and serial offenders.
  That approach may face a day of reckoning under President Donald Trump.
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ new directive on border crimes suggests prosecutors in California, Arizona, New Mexico
  
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• Brain Break: Easter Trivia

  14-04-2017 21:38 via krqe.com
  
  News App users, click here to take the quiz »Filed under: Brain Break, Home, Interactives Tagged: Holidays, KRQE Extra: Quizzes
  
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• Ex-NFL star Hernandez, serving life, acquitted in 2 slayings

  14-04-2017 21:07 via krqe.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, already serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder, was acquitted Friday in a 2012 double slaying prosecutors said was fueled by his anger over a drink spilled at a nightclub.
  The former New England Patriots tight end choked back tears as the verdicts were read in court. A few moments later, he looked back at his fiancee and nodded somberly as relatives of the victims sobbed loudly. A defense attorney hugged him.
  After six days of deliberations
  
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• Trump strategy on NKorea: ‘Maximum pressure and engagement’

  14-04-2017 21:06 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has settled on its North Korea strategy after a two-month review: “Maximum pressure and engagement.”
  U.S. officials said Friday the president’s advisers weighed a range of ideas for how to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, including military options and trying to overthrow the isolated communist dictatorship’s leadership. At the other end of the spectrum, they looked at the notion of accepting North Korea as a
  
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• Pope speaks of humanity’s “shame” in Good Friday procession

  14-04-2017 21:06 via krqe.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Thousands of people, including nuns, families with toddlers, and young tourists, endured exceptionally tight anti-terrorism checks to pray at the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum, where Pope Francis expressed shame over humanity’s failings.
  Francis, wearing a plain white coat, presided over the traditional, evening Way of the Cross procession from a rise overlooking the popular tourist monument as faithful took turns carrying a tall cross and meditations were recit
  
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• After attacks, Egypt’s Pope curbs Easter celebrations

  14-04-2017 21:02 via krqe.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II on Friday canceled most Easter celebrations, limiting them to a simple Mass, following the recent twin attacks on churches by Islamic State militants that killed dozens of Christian worshippers.
  During his sermon on Good Friday, Pope Tawadros said, “Easter celebrations shouldn’t come at a time of offering condolences to our martyrs.” He said that the Easter morning reception, in which worshippers exchange greetings, would
  
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• Three lanes closed on I-25 Northbound at MLK

  14-04-2017 20:42
  
  Interstate 25 northbound at the Martin Luther King Drive exit (mile marker 225 ) has the three right lanes closed due to a crash. Expect heavy delays.
  
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• Man connected to street gang and accused of burglary hit with $50K bond

  14-04-2017 20:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man connected to high-profile crimes in the metro was hit with a $50,000 cash only bond.
  Kevin Golladay was one of 15 alleged gang member indicted by a grand jury for a number of crimes earlier this week.
  A warrant was issued for his arrest when he didn’t show up to court.
  That same night police arrested him for breaking into an 80-year old man’s home.
  During his arraignment Friday, with tears streaming down his face — he pled not guilty to si
  
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• Alleged woman who hired hit man to kill fiance remains free

  14-04-2017 20:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- A woman who police say hired a hit man to kill her fiance will remain free, for now.
  Christy Vasquez, the 40-year-old, is charged with killing Raymond Gutierrez.
  Gutierrez was shot to death in his car in 2015 in northwest Albuquerque.
  Two years later, police solved the crime and arrested Vasquez.
  The critical witness in the case didn’t show up to the grand jury hearing this week and because of that, she’ll be released while the district attorney decides what
  
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• Failed budget agreement talks with state leaders

  14-04-2017 20:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Face-to-face talks with Senate Majority leader Peter Wirth and House Speaker Brian Egolf with the governor have failed to produce an agreement on the budget.
  Senator Wirth said the governor’s repeated ideas for solving a budget shortfall for the coming fiscal year that already has been rejected by lawmakers.
  A Martinez spokesman said lawmakers continue to shirk responsibility and dig in their heels over the budget.
  Wirth said the governor&rsq
  
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• Governor responds to school district’s decision to cut middle school sports

  14-04-2017 19:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a decision that will affect about 3,400 students.
  Albuquerque Public Schools’ middle school sports are being axed because of an anticipated budget shortfall.
  Friday, the outrage from parents and kids is growing as is their demand for answers from APS.
  “It’s a terrible situation. It’s painful, and kids live for some of this stuff, we know that, but if you don’t have money, you don’t have the money,” said AP
  
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• Albuquerque Public School spokesperson talks on middle school sports cut decision

  14-04-2017 19:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Shock and anger is growing in the Albuquerque Public Schools community Friday after a decision by the school district to cut middle school sports.
  Now APS is trying to explain its decision.
  APS spokesperson Monica Armenta says the bottom line is that with a $25 million budget deficit something has to go.
  The budget committee has been looking at a number of possibilities over the last few months, and middle school sports was on the list.
  Many parents are aski
  
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• Updated: Vettel tops both practice sessions at Bahrain Grand Prix

  14-04-2017 18:56
  
  SAKHIR, Bahrain — Sebastian Vettel topped both practices at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Friday as Ferrari showed impressive pace heading into its qualifying showdown with Mercedes. Vettel beat Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas by just .041 in the second session under floodlights, having been comfortably ahead of Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo during the roasting-hot […]
  
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• Colorado Triple-A baseball stadium receives renovations

  14-04-2017 18:56
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Renovations of the Sky Sox ballpark in Colorado are underway, which lessens the chances of the team relocating. The Gazette reported (http://bit.ly/2oc3hNG ) Wednesday that hundreds of light fixtures have been replaced and next up is a revamped scoreboard costing roughly $700,000. Team General Manager Tony Ensor says the Sky Sox […]
  
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• Dancing Stars gala to raise money for Alzheimer's research

  14-04-2017 18:48
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Thousands of New Mexicans have, or love someone who has, Alzheimer’s or dementia. Next week, many of them will come together to raise money to find a cure.
  
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• New: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ trailer premieres

  14-04-2017 18:27
  
  The first official teaser trailer from "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" debuted today online.
  
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• Houston investigator blamed for errors had prior problems

  14-04-2017 18:14
  
  HOUSTON — A Houston crime-scene investigator who authorities say made errors in 65 cases, jeopardizing the prosecution of those crimes, was investigated once before for poor work. The previous substandard performance led to additional training and clearance for the unnamed investigator to return to work at the Houston Forensic Science Center, the independent crime lab […]
  
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• Updated: Wisconsin turns to Minnesota for new blood to restore grouse

  14-04-2017 18:11
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — The entertaining springtime ritual of male sharp-tailed grouse twirling, nodding and strutting their stuff on the prairie to impress the ladies isn’t as common a sight in Wisconsin as it used to be. So biologists are bringing in new blood from Minnesota to provide an isolated flock with a shot at survival. Starting […]
  
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• Fire quelled on roof of Bellagio retail annex

  14-04-2017 17:59 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on a fire that damaged the roof of a shopping annex at the Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
  A fire official says a late Thursday blaze damaged decorative facing on the roof of a shopping and restaurant annex at the Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
  Assistant Clark County Fire Chief Larry Haydu said Friday that no one was injured in the spectacular fire about 11 p.m. Thursday.
  He says damage was limited to the roof of the Via Bellagio annex. A cause
  
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• Officials: No need for Trump’s approval to use massive bomb

  14-04-2017 17:46 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. commander in Afghanistan who ordered use of the “mother of all bombs” to attack an Islamic State stronghold didn’t need President Donald Trump’s approval, Pentagon officials said Friday.
  The officials said Gen. John Nicholson has standing authority to use the bomb, which is officially called the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, or MOAB, the largest non-nuclear bomb ever dropped in combat. The bomb had been in Afghanistan since January.
  The
  
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• West Texas drug ring leader gets 35 years, must pay $37M

  14-04-2017 15:36 via krqe.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) – Prosecutors say the leader of a West Texas-based drug trafficking ring must serve 35 years in federal prison and pay nearly $37 million to the government.
  Adan Reyes was sentenced Thursday afternoon in El Paso. The 38-year-old Reyes last July pleaded guilty to a 10-count indictment on charges including conspiracy, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and money laundering.
  Investigators say Reyes ran the operation from mid-2006 to late 2015, e
  
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• Lawyer: Dragged passenger will need reconstructive surgery

  14-04-2017 15:33 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Dr. David Dao was trying to return home from a California vacation with his wife when he refused to give up his seat to an airline crew member on a full United Express flight.
  Now his lawyer hopes the 69-year-old grandfather and Kentucky physician, who suffered a concussion and lost two teeth when he was dragged off the plane at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, becomes “a poster child” for the mistreatment passengers suffer at the hands of the
  
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• Social Media Hub: El Santuario de Chimayo, Tome Hill

  14-04-2017 15:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It is an annual tradition for many New Mexicans – the pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo or Tome Hill. KRQE News 13 is gathering social media posts from those who make the annual pilgrimage. See the latest below.A tradition in my family is to walk the pilgrimage and reflect on all of our hardships and blessings #J494 #chimayo #prayer #pilgrimage
  — Stephanie Muniz (@muniznews1) April 14, 2017
  Drivers watch out for people making the #GoodFriday pilgr
  
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• Deadline for filing tax returns is Tuesday this year

  14-04-2017 15:21 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hey, procrastinators: Don’t freak out if you haven’t finished your taxes. The IRS is giving you a reprieve until Tuesday.
  The usual April 15 deadline falls on Saturday this year. That would normally push the deadline to Monday. However, Monday is a holiday in the District of Columbia, so by law, the filing deadline is extended until Tuesday.
  Monday is Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia. It marks the day in 1862 in which 3,100 slaves living in Washing
  
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• April 14 Morning Rush: Thousands to walk pilgrimages to El Santuario de Chimayo, Tome Hill

  14-04-2017 15:08 via krqe.com
  
  1.Thousands of people are joining pilgrimages across the state for the biggest annual walks to El Santuario de Chimayo and Tome hill. The pilgrimages are traditions for many Catholics in New Mexico who walk for prayer, reflection, and sacrifice. NMDOT is encouraging drivers to be aware and take it slow near pilgrims. Crews are setting up light towers and handing out glow sticks to walkers to keep everyone visible, but they’re also encouraging walkers to wear light-colored clothing or refle
  
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• Updated: US retail sales fall in March, second straight monthly drop

  14-04-2017 14:38
  
  WASHINGTON — Americans pulled back on their spending at auto dealers and restaurants in March, causing retail sales to drop despite signs of a healthy job market. Retail sales fell a seasonally adjusted 0.2 percent last month, the Commerce Department said Friday, after a revised 0.3 percent decline in February. But over the past 12 […]
  
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• Updated: Consumer prices down 0.3 percent in March

  14-04-2017 14:36
  
  WASHINGTON — Consumer prices fell in March by the largest amount in more than two years, pushed lower by another sharp decline in the price of gasoline and other energy products. Consumer prices dropped 0.3 percent in March following a tiny 0.1 percent rise in February, the Labor Department reported Friday. It was the first […]
  
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• Syrian deal to evacuate tens of thousands underway

  14-04-2017 14:27 via krqe.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government and rebels evacuated more than 7,000 people from four besieged towns Friday in the latest coordinated population transfer in Syria’s six-year-long civil war.
  As diplomacy in Moscow focused on the U.S. airstrikes targeting the country, over 2,350 people were bussed out of the twin towns of Madaya and Zabadani near Damascus. Another 5,000 people were evacuated on 75 buses from northern rebel-beseiged towns of Foua and Kfraya, according to Abdul Hakim
  
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• Insurers say Trump must do more to stabilize ‘Obamacare’

  14-04-2017 14:27 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — “Obamacare” is proving more of a challenge than the Trump administration bargained for.
  With the “repeal and replace” effort at an impasse on Capitol Hill, the administration released on Thursday a set of fixes to stabilize the Affordable Care Act’s shaky insurance markets for next year. But the insurance industry quickly said the changes don’t go far enough.
  While calling the administration action a step in the right direction, the ind
  
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• Stability or autocracy? Turkey divided over key referendum

  14-04-2017 14:26 via krqe.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is heading toward a historic referendum on a new political system that could change the course of its history — and it has the country divided right down the middle.
  For supporters, change will bring much-needed stability. Others fear it could lead Turkey down the path of an autocratic, one-man rule by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
  Voters will decide Sunday whether to approve constitutional changes that would replace the parliamentary system with a pres
  
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• Faithful flock to El Santuario de Chimayo for Good Friday

  14-04-2017 13:56 via krqe.com
  
  NAMBE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Good Friday pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo is an annual tradition for many Catholics in New Mexico. They walk for prayer, reflection, and sacrifice.
  Worshippers have flocked to the shrine in Chimayo, each Easter season, for 200 years.
  Many travel to the adobe church to collect the dirt there which is said to have healing powers.
  If you’re taking the trek, the Santa Fe Fire Department reminds you to dress in layers and wear light-colored clothing.
  
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• NMDOT crew working around the clock to keep pilgrims safe

  14-04-2017 13:27 via krqe.com
  
  CHIMAYO, N.M. (KRQE)- New Mexico Department of Transportation crews will be out working around the clock to keep pilgrims safe.
  They’re doing this by putting up orange barrels, temporary pedestrian “walk signs” along the route, and much more.
  NMDOT officials say they’ve met with local emergency response personnel over the past three weeks to prepare the routes.
  Officials say motorists really need to be aware of all of the pilgrims that will be in the area, to reduce your
  
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• One known candidate in the running for UNM president position

  14-04-2017 13:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – University of New Mexico’s president search continues.
  One candidate in the running according to the Albuquerque Journal is the New Mexico higher Education Secretary Barbara Damron. She says she has applied for the position and the university told her others nominated her as well.
  The search committee will continue to review and evaluate candidates until the fall.
  Chaouki Abdallah currently serves as the school’s acting president after the former
  
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• Government: 36 Islamic State fighters killed by massive bomb

  14-04-2017 12:59 via krqe.com
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The attack on a tunnel complex in remote eastern Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military left 36 Islamic State group fighters dead and no civilian casualties, Afghanistan officials said Friday.
  The Ministry of Defense said in a statement that several IS caves and ammunition caches were destroyed by the giant bomb, which terrified villagers on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border with its “earsplitting
  
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• Afghanistan: 36 Islamic State fighters killed by large blast

  14-04-2017 12:59 via krqe.com
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The attack on a tunnel complex in remote eastern Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military left 36 Islamic State militants dead and no civilian casualties, Afghanistan officials said Friday.
  The attack was carried out in a remote mountainous area of Nangarhar province near the Pakistan border where there had been heavy fighting in recent weeks between Afghan forces and IS militants. The Ministry of Defense said in a s
  
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• N. Korean official: US more vicious, aggressive under Trump

  14-04-2017 12:58 via krqe.com
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tweets are adding fuel to a “vicious cycle” of tensions on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea’s vice foreign minister told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Friday. The official added that if the U.S. shows any sign of “reckless” military aggression, Pyongyang is ready to launch a pre-emptive strike of its own.
  Vice Minister Han Song Ryol said Pyongyang has determined the Trump administra
  
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• N. Korean official: Ready for war if Trump wants it

  14-04-2017 12:58 via krqe.com
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tweets are adding fuel to a “vicious cycle” of tensions on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea’s vice foreign minister told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Friday. The official added that if the U.S. shows any sign of “reckless” military aggression, Pyongyang is ready to launch a pre-emptive strike of its own.
  Vice Minister Han Song Ryol said Pyongyang has determined the Trump administra
  
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• Facebook targets 30,000 fake France accounts before election

  14-04-2017 12:58 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Facebook says it has targeted 30,000 fake accounts linked to France ahead of the country’s presidential election, as part of a worldwide effort against misinformation.
  The company said Thursday it’s trying to “reduce the spread of material generated through inauthentic activity, including spam, misinformation, or other deceptive content that is often shared by creators of fake accounts.”
  It said its efforts “enabled us to take action” agains
  
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• Updated: Arkansas death penalty foes hope for big Good Friday rally

  14-04-2017 11:41
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — While outrage on social media is growing over Arkansas’ unprecedented plan to put seven inmates to death before the end of the month, the protests have been more muted within the conservative Southern state where capital punishment is still favored by a strong majority of residents. A few dozen people regularly […]
  
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• Updated: Government: 36 Islamic State fighters killed by massive bomb

  14-04-2017 08:20
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan. — Afghanistan officials say the attack on a tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military has left 36 Islamic State group fighters dead. There were no civilian casualties, according to the Ministry of Defense statement, which also said that several IS caves […]
  
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• Updated: Officials roll out good news on New Mexico water front

  14-04-2017 08:08
  
  Cities, farmers can expect full allotment
  
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• Prohibition on disclosing info from trial taken to state Supreme Court

  14-04-2017 08:05
  
  Trial over Abruzzo lawsuit concludes
  
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• ‘The answer to isolationism’

  14-04-2017 08:02
  
  UNM's International Festival has purpose beyond introducing new foods
  
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• Higher education secretary in running for UNM presidency

  14-04-2017 08:02
  
  After being told of nominations, Cabinet member submitted materials
  
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