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• UNM unveils proposed new logo

  28-04-2017 23:49 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The University of New Mexico unveiled a proposed new logo Friday. A committee who was tasked with determining whether the current logo was outdated came up with the idea.
  UNM calls the new logo a bolder, more contemporary version of an existing spirit mark.
  Students KRQE News 13 spoke to had mixed reactions.
  The logo will be presented to administrators at the end of May.
  If adopted, business cards, uniforms, signs and other materials bearing a UNM logo will be tr
  
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• Renting? You might be able to afford a $246k home

  28-04-2017 23:40
  
  Some Albuquerque renters paying $1,200 a month in rent may be able to afford a $246,000 home, according to a new study. That’s above the $187,000 median value of an Albuquerque detached home, said the new report by online real estate company Zillow. For prospective buyers, the company said it figured in “all monthly homeownership […]
  
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• Facebook post causes panic over El Pinto salsa

  28-04-2017 23:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Panicked New Mexicans flooded social media after learning hundreds of bottles of El Pinto salsa were destined for destruction.
  A Facebook post was pleading with people in the Dallas area to find someone who could take 500 cases of El Pinto salsa or it would be destroyed.
  KRQE News 13 called El Pinto to find out what was going on. Turns out it’s only 500 bottles of salsa. El Pinto said a Texas distributor was unable to sell the bottles.
  El pinto says it wasn
  
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• 28 facing drug trafficking, money laundering in New Mexico

  28-04-2017 23:15
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Federal authorities say 28 people are facing drug trafficking and money laundering charges in New Mexico. The charges stem from a 16-month investigation targeting a Mexican drug trafficking organization responsible for importing large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico and distributing the drugs in New Mexico, Texas and three other […]
  
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• Updated: Boy turns in $2,000 he found, gets Outstanding Citizen Award

  28-04-2017 22:36
  
  A 6-year-old Massachusetts boy who turned in $2,000 in cash he found in a bank bag lost by a restaurant…
  
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• Raytheon moving into science park as it expands ABQ operations

  28-04-2017 22:32
  
  Raytheon Company has signed a lease for 72,000 square feet of space at the Sandia Science & Technology Park as it expands its Albuquerque operations. The Massachusetts-headquartered company will fill the entire building, moving some of its employees from its current location in the Sandia Research Park at 1300 Eubank SE, according to Scott Throckmorton, […]
  
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• Metro court elects new chief judge

  28-04-2017 22:06
  
  Metro Court on Friday elected Edward L. Benavidez as its new chief judge and Vidalia G. Chavez as th ...
  
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• 2 men kill each other over marijuana fight on 4/20

  28-04-2017 21:02 via krqe.com
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) – Two men found dead on marijuana culture’s high holiday are accused of arguing about their portions of pot and then killing each other.
  The Eastern New Mexico News reports Friday that police have completed a weeklong investigation into the deaths.
  The victims are 43-year-old David “Bo Bo” Lopez and 25-year-old Carlos Gallegos.
  Clovis Police Capt. Roman Romero says Lopez was found in an apartment building with a single gunshot to his buttocks. He says Ga
  
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• Rain, Snow and cold temperatures coming to New Mexico

  28-04-2017 20:28 via krqe.com
  
  Rain, snow and cold temperatures continue to move across New Mexico this afternoon as the next storm moves in. Rain and snow will be likely across central and northern New Mexico with periods of heavy snow across northern New Mexico this afternoon.
  The Sandia and Manzano mountains will have a shot at moderate to heavy snow this afternoon and once again on Saturday.   The core of the storm system is going to be moving through New Mexico tonight into early Saturday.   This stor
  
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• US rig count rises 13 this week to 870; Texas up 11

  28-04-2017 20:18
  
  HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by 13 this week to 870. A year ago, 420 rigs were active. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 697 rigs sought oil and 171 explored for natural gas this week. Two were listed as […]
  
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• Suspicious dead body found in East Mountains

  28-04-2017 20:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a burned body that was found in the East Mountains.
  It was discovered off Juan Tomas road near Atkins Friday.
  Right now investigators are not saying what makes the death suspicious.
  KRQE News 13 will continue to provide updates when made available.
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• BCSO: Burned body found in East Mountains

  28-04-2017 20:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a burned body that was found in the East Mountains.
  It was discovered off Juan Tomas road near Atkins Friday.
  Right now investigators are not saying what makes the death suspicious.
  KRQE News 13 will continue to provide updates when made available.
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• The man convicted of brutal rape to spend 36 years behind bars

  28-04-2017 19:54 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A grants man convicted of a brutal rape in Albuquerque will spend the next 36 years behind bars and his victim almost died as a result of the attack.
  This has been a long fight for justice for this young lady.
  The crime happened three years ago and Friday she faced the man who nearly killed her with her family by her side.
  “I struggle every day. I put on a brave face every day but I’m not okay,” Brianna Chavez said.
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• Man convicted of brutal rape to spend 36 years behind bars

  28-04-2017 19:54 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Grants man convicted of a brutal rape in Albuquerque will spend the next 36 years behind bars and his victim almost died as a result of the attack.
  This has been a long fight for justice for this young lady.
  The crime happened three years ago and Friday she faced the man who nearly killed her with her family by her side.
  “I struggle every day. I put on a brave face every day but I’m not okay,” Brianna Chavez said.
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• Business fair encourages entrepreneurs to keep it local

  28-04-2017 19:34 via krqe.com
  
  ALBQUQUERUQE, N.M. (KRQE) – Local businesses were invited to learn about contracting with the city.
  The “Buy Local Joint Procurement Fair” held a Central New Mexico encourages businesses to hire locally and buy locally.
  The University of New Mexico Health and Sciences Center, Albuquerque Public Schools and the Albuquerque Living Cities Integration Initiative partnered with the city to host the event.
  Officials say they hope the fair cultivates jobs through the “grow
  
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• Updated: Man sentenced in killings of wife and Good Samaritan in Mesa

  28-04-2017 19:33
  
  PHOENIX — A man has been sentenced to natural life in prison for the 2016 fatal shootings of his wife on a Mesa street along with a Good Samaritan who stopped to help the woman. A judge on Friday sentenced Christopher Wright in the killings of Nasbah Laverne Wriqht and Tomas Olivas Orneals near a […]
  
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• Updated: Deputies investigating burning body found southeast of Tijeras

  28-04-2017 19:24
  
  Homicide detectives are investigating after a burning body was found near a campground southeast of Tijeras Friday morning, according to a spokeswoman for the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Felicia Romero said about 6:45 a.m. a caller reported finding a “possible deceased person on fire” a ways off the road near Juan Thomas and Atkins […]
  
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• Updated: Colorado inmate transfers not being disclosed to victims

  28-04-2017 19:23
  
  DENVER — Colorado prison officials have been transferring inmates to other states without informing victims or their families. An investigation launched by KUSA-TV has found prison officials are refusing to tell victims where inmates are despite the U.S. Crime Victims’ Rights Law and a state law both designed to guarantee that information, the station (http://on9news.tv/2ppvHFu […]
  
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• UK police shoot 1, arrest 6 others in counterterror raids

  28-04-2017 19:23 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — British police said Friday they had disrupted an active terror plot with raids in London and southeastern England. One woman was shot and seriously wounded as heavily armed counter-terrorism officers stormed a house in a residential London street.
  Six suspects were arrested on terrorism-related charges, police said. The injured woman, who is in her 20s, was in the serious but stable condition in a hospital.
  The woman, whose name hasn’t been released, was under poli
  
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• Denver moves to reduce jail sentences to avoid deportations

  28-04-2017 19:23
  
  DENVER — Denver is moving to reduce the sentences of most municipal offenses to help immigrants avoid deportation. The Denver Post (http://dpo.st/2pceEbl) reports Mayor Michael Hancock wants to change the potential amount of time people serve in jail for less serious crimes to less than a year in an attempt to keep them off the […]
  
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• Dispute with city parking officer caught on camera

  28-04-2017 18:25
  
  Janine Vita was working in her ground floor office Wednesday. She said she'd parked her SUV in a spot in front of her business. She paid for an hour on the meter. After just 30 minutes at her desk, Vita spotted a city parking officer at her car, writing her a ticket. She said she couldn't believe it.
  
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• House OKs bill averting Saturday gov’t shutdown, Senate next

  28-04-2017 17:56 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With just hours to spare, the House easily approved a short-term spending bill Friday that would prevent a partial federal shutdown over the weekend. But on President Donald Trump’s 99th day in office, lawmakers were leaving for the weekend without completing two other measures he’s coveted: A Republican health care overhaul and a budget financing government for the entire year.
  House members overwhelmingly backed the weeklong spending measure by a lopsided vo
  
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• Reported gas leak causes students to be evacuated

  28-04-2017 17:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – James Monroe Middle School was evacuated Friday morning due to a reported gas leak.
  The Albuquerque Fire Department crew isolated the odor to a chemistry classroom.
  The AFD Hazmat crew was working to identify the exact odor, but have cleared the scene.
  No injuries or complaints have been reported.
  Students have been allowed to return to their classrooms.
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• APD Valley Command holds 'Badges and Bagels' community event

  28-04-2017 16:38
  
  Albuquerque residents in the Valley area command have the chance to meet their neighborhood officers in a setting where they can share what's on their minds.
  
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• German leader to call on Gulf states to do more for refugees

  28-04-2017 16:20 via krqe.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this weekend with a message that they should do more to help refugees.
  Germany has taken in hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan in recent years, straining the country’s budget and increasing anti-migrant sentiment.
  Senior German officials, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of the two-day trip, said Berlin believes the Gulf states can take in mo
  
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• New Mexico universities seek tuition increases

  28-04-2017 15:53 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Student tuitions are on the rise at one of the nation’s most affordable state university systems in response to New Mexico’s state budget crisis.
  Regents at New Mexico Highlands University were considering Friday a 7.5 percent tuition hike in anticipation of new state funding cuts. Fall tuition increases have been approved at a trio of state universities and a community college in Santa Fe as administrators grapple with major financial uncertainties.
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• Ruling: Touching the yellow line not enough grounds for stop

  28-04-2017 15:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A New Mexico court’s decision in a criminal case stemming from a drug seizure and arrest says a driver’s brief touching of her lane’s left-hand yellow line while she passed other vehicles on the right wasn’t enough to justify a 2013 traffic stop.
  A state Court of Appeals decision Tuesday says Karen Siqueiros-Valenzuela’s momentary failure to stay entirely in her lane didn’t provide reasonable suspicion for an officer to pull her
  
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• Study finds health care overhaul would burden New Mexico

  28-04-2017 15:49 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – An analysis commissioned by a liberal-oriented advocacy group tallies the local financial effects of Republican plans to overhaul Medicaid health care.
  The study released Thursday by the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty concludes New Mexico state government would be compelled to pay an additional $3 billion from 2020 to 2026 to maintain current levels of Medicaid coverage and services.
  New Mexico is among states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable
  
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• Severe storms, possible tornadoes forecast in wide region across Plains

  28-04-2017 15:49
  
  NORMAN, Okla. — Severe thunderstorms with possible tornadoes are forecast from the Plains states to the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Valley regions. The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, says the storms are expected to begin Friday afternoon from northern Texas across Oklahoma, southern Missouri, northern Arkansas, southern Illinois, southern Indiana, western […]
  
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• Updated: Trump to address NRA, raise money for key Congress race

  28-04-2017 15:48
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will become the first sitting president to address a National Rifle Association convention in more than 30 years when he speaks Friday at the group’s annual meeting. The president’s trip to Atlanta also will serve as his first foray into a congressional race since taking office. Trump is expected to […]
  
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• Updated: Jazmine Sullivan to Beyonce: Let’s make lemonade together!

  28-04-2017 15:48
  
  NEW YORK — R&B singer-songwriter Jazmine Sullivan wants to turn lemons into lemonade with Beyonce. Sullivan — who has written four tracks on Mary J. Blige’s new album, “Strength of a Woman” — said she’s hoping to get in the studio and pen a song for Queen Bey. “I love the way Bey delivers a […]
  
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• Italy arrests man with alleged links to Berlin terror cell

  28-04-2017 15:48
  
  ROME — Italian police said Friday they have arrested a Congolese man suspected being part of a Berlin-based terror cell and of having had contacts with the man who drove a truck into a Christmas market in the city, authorities said Friday. Police said Lutumba Nkanga, 27, a resident of Germany, was arrested in early […]
  
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• Income dips from New Mexico state trust lands

  28-04-2017 15:47 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico state trust lands generated $399 million in income during the first nine-months of the fiscal year ending in March – a slight decrease from the previous year.
  The New Mexico State Land office said Thursday that income predominantly from oil and natural gas royalties and leases fell from $410 million.
  New Mexico State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn says renewed activity in the oil and gas sectors is expected to drive an increase in state income from tru
  
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• Updated: Ruling: Touching the yellow line not enough grounds for stop

  28-04-2017 15:45
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico court’s decision in a criminal case stemming from a drug seizure and arrest says a driver’s brief touching of her lane’s left yellow line while she passed other vehicles on the right wasn’t enough to justify a 2013 traffic stop. A state Court of Appeals decision Tuesday says Karen […]
  
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• Councilors propose rules change for APD officer ratio

  28-04-2017 15:12
  
  As the Albuquerque Police Department works to fill its ranks, two city councilors are proposing new rules for how many police officers the city should have.
  
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• Francis meets Egypt’s president

  28-04-2017 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) —Pope Francis has met Egypt’s president at the start of a historic, two-day visit to the Muslim majority Arab nation fighting an insurgency by Islamic militants.
  President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Friday received the Catholic pontiff at his opulent Ittihadya palace, where a military band played the national anthems of the Vatican and Egypt as both leaders stood in attention.
  Francis departed Cairo airport with the window of his blue fiat rolled down, in keeping with his wi
  
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• Retro fundraiser benefits children’s cancer charity

  28-04-2017 15:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An iconic auction of local restaurant memorabilia will soon be underway to benefit a local children’s charity.
  The 40 Year Retro Revival will auction off merchandise and souvenirs from iconic local eateries: Friars’ Pub, Sunset Grille, and more. To round out the experience, a Chef will be recreating popular menu items of the past. The event will be held at Green Jeans Farmery on Saturday, April 29 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., and all proceeds will be d
  
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• GOP says it can pass short-term spending without Democrats

  28-04-2017 14:55 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans said they would push a short-term spending bill — essential to keeping the government open — through the House Friday with only GOP votes, if necessary.
  The brinkmanship came less than 30 hours before a midnight Friday deadline for a shutdown.
  At the same time, a House GOP leader said late Thursday that there would be no vote on major GOP health care legislation until at least next week. That meant that on both the budget and health care fronts, th
  
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• April 28 Morning Rush: Incoming late season winter storm hits New Mexico

  28-04-2017 14:30 via krqe.com
  
  1.An incoming late season winter storm will bring widespread changes to the state beginning Friday
  Full Story: Kristen’s Friday Morning Forecast
  2. The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on an emergency spending bill Friday morning to keep the federal government running for at least another week. Funding runs out at 11:59 p.m. and a partial government shutdown could take effect if it doesn’t pass. Democrats had threatened to oppose the spending bill if Republicans
  
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• Late season winter storm to bring statewide impacts FRI & SAT

  28-04-2017 14:22 via krqe.com
  
  FRIDAY: An incoming late season winter storm will bring widespread changes to the state beginning today. Snow levels will start high (favoring the higher terrain of the Northern Mtns) with spotty to scattered rain showers breaking out late afternoon through this evening. Winds will still remain strong over far southern NM (sustained speeds 25-35mph). Afternoon temperatures will drop below average in most locales – expect highs to top out in the mid- to upper 50s across the RGV.
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• Senate confirms Alex Acosta as labor secretary

  28-04-2017 14:19 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Acosta has been confirmed as the nation’s new labor secretary, filling out President Donald Trump’s Cabinet as he approaches his 100th day in office.
  A 60-38 vote by the Senate on Thursday confirmed Acosta to the post. Once sworn as the 27th labor secretary, the son of Cuban immigrants will lead a sprawling agency that enforces more than 180 federal laws covering about 10 million employers and 125 million workers.
  Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., spoke for ma
  
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• Woman dies after Stockholm truck attack; death toll now 5

  28-04-2017 13:56 via krqe.com
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — A woman in her 60s who was injured in the April 7 truck attack in Stockholm has died, Swedish authorities said Friday, raising the death toll to five.
  The Stockholm police said in a statement the woman, who has not been publicly identified, had been hospitalized in southern Sweden.
  A 39-year-old Uzbek man, Rakhmat Akilov, has pleaded guilty to a terrorist crime for ramming the truck into a crowd on the main pedestrian shopping street in the Swedish capital. Police have not
  
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• US seeks to further isolate North Korea over nuclear program

  28-04-2017 13:55 via krqe.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — A U.S. ambassador says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will tell the U.N. Security Council about steps the United States believes are needed to “further isolate” North Korea and “to try to bring it back to its senses” over nuclear issues.
  Robert Wood, ambassador to the U.N.’s Committee on Disarmament in Geneva, gave a preview of Tillerson’s address later on Friday.
  Wood called North Korea the greatest threat to the 47-year-old Nuclear Non-
  
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• Florida officials: No Zika found in mosquito samples so far

  28-04-2017 13:53 via krqe.com
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida agriculture officials say no mosquitoes in the state have tested positive for the Zika virus so far this year.
  A statement from the state’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services says nearly 90,000 individual mosquitoes have been tested for the virus linked to severe birth defects. None of the mosquitoes from more than 6,500 samples have tested positive for the presence of Zika so far.
  Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam has said as summe
  
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• Police searching for missing Albuquerque man

  28-04-2017 13:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is searching for a missing man.
  56-year-old Terry Williams was last seen leaving his girlfriend’s house Tuesday night at 9 p.m.
  Around 5 a.m. the next morning she told officers she got a call from his alarm company telling her that his apartment alarm was going off.
  Police say she went to the apartment and found it in disarray with Williams nowhere to be found.
  The surveillance video police say shows two unknown people
  
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• Thai police say arrest warrant issued for Red Bull heir

  28-04-2017 13:51 via krqe.com
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — A Bangkok court on Friday approved an arrest warrant for an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune accused of a deadly hit-and-run accident, Thai police said, moving the case forward after almost five years without charges being pressed.
  Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya is accused of fleeing the scene of a 2012 crash in his Ferrari after allegedly fatally hitting a police officer on motorcycle patrol. His family, half-owners of the Red Bull empire, has esti
  
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• Vote to name April the giraffe’s baby

  28-04-2017 13:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (KRQE) – The nation watched as April the giraffe gave birth. Now people have the chance to name her calf in memory of a Massachusetts boy.
  6-year-old Gio Maggiore died earlier this month from a congenital heart defect.
  He loved giraffes so much he even dressed as one for Halloween and now the community of Boston is trying to rally national support to name April’s baby calf after “Gio.”
  So far Gio has made it in the top 10 spot.
  To vote to name April&
  
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• US admiral says N. Korea crisis is at worst point he’s seen

  28-04-2017 13:39 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The senior U.S. Navy officer overseeing military operations in the Pacific said Thursday that the crisis with North Korea is at the worst point he’s ever seen, but he declined to compare the situation to the Cuban missile crisis decades ago.
  “It’s real,” Adm. Harry Harris Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific Command, said during testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
  Harris said he has no doubt that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un intends
  
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• US talk about Koreas draws China silence, dispute from Seoul

  28-04-2017 13:37 via krqe.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — U.S. assertions about the Koreas drew silence Friday in Beijing, which refused to confirm it was turning up pressure on North Korea, and consternation in Seoul, which dismissed President Donald Trump’s claim that he would get South Korea to renegotiate a trade deal and make it pay for a missile defense system.
  South Korea contradicted statements Trump made in an interview Thursday with Reuters news agency in which he also said there is “a chance that we
  
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• Five possible victims may be tied to APS debate coach accused of rape

  28-04-2017 13:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New details are emerging in the investigation into the APS high school debate coach accused of raping a 17-year-old student.
  A BCSO spokesperson says there are possibly five additional victims tied to 36-year-old Luis Chavez and that the investigation is still underway.
  Chavez, an educational assistant at Rio Grande high school was arrested Monday night.
  Deputies say the teenager reported having an on-going sexual relationship with him.
  They say it started o
  
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