• Study: Side effects emerge after approval for many US drugs

    Study: Side effects emerge after approval for many US drugs
    CHICAGO (AP) — Almost one-third of new drugs approved by U.S. regulators over a decade ended up years later with warnings about unexpected, sometimes life-threatening side effects or complications, a new analysis found.
    The results covered all 222 prescription drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from 2001 through 2010. The researchers looked at potential problems that cropped up during routine monitoring that’s done once a medicine is on the market. The 71 flagged
  • Postal Service, citing losses, seeks higher stamp prices

    Postal Service, citing losses, seeks higher stamp prices
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is hoping it can soon raise stamp prices by a penny or more.
    The postal service on Wednesday reported a quarterly loss of $562 million, despite growth in package delivery, due to continued erosion in the use of first-class mail as well as expensive mandates for its retiree health care obligations. It also attributed losses to a forced reduction in stamp prices last year.
    The postal service is generally barred under federal law from raising prices m
  • Updated: Clapper: US govt ‘under assault’ by Trump after Comey firing

    Updated: Clapper: US govt ‘under assault’ by Trump after Comey firing
    WASHINGTON — American democracy is separately “under assault” from President Donald Trump and Russia, the former U.S. intelligence chief warned Sunday, expressing dismay over the abrupt firing of FBI director James Comey amid a probe into Moscow’s meddling in U.S. elections and possible ties with the Trump campaign. As Trump works to fast-track Comey’s successor, […]
  • Updated: New Miss USA to be crowned in Las Vegas

    Updated: New Miss USA to be crowned in Las Vegas
    LAS VEGAS — Fifty-one women are vying for the title of Miss USA in a decades-old event that features beauties from each state and the nation’s capital outfitted in dazzling dresses and swimsuits. A new Miss USA will be crowned Sunday during the two-hour event taking place in Las Vegas for the second year in […]
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  • Updated: Graduate, 14, youngest ever at Texas Christian University

    Updated: Graduate, 14, youngest ever at Texas Christian University
    FORT WORTH, Texas — A 14-year-old physics major has become the youngest person ever to graduate from Texas Christian University. Carson Huey-You was among more than 2,000 students getting degrees Saturday at the Fort Worth school founded in 1873. He started at TCU in 2013 when he was 11. He also has minors in Chinese […]
  • Updated: Plan to curb panhandling takes people from begging to work

    Updated: Plan to curb panhandling takes people from begging to work
    PORTLAND, Maine — Cleaning trash and landscaping public parks might not be glamorous work, but Derek Cote says it beats begging for change in a traffic median at rush hour, and he’s looking forward to his hometown giving him a chance to do it. “As soon as I get an ID, I’ll be doing it,” […]
  • Thousands march against Moscow government’s demolition plans

    Thousands march against Moscow government’s demolition plans
    MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Moscow on Sunday to rally against a bill to tear down Soviet-era low-rise apartment buildings.
    Protesters, mostly young and middle-aged couples, gathered on a central street to rally against arguably Russia’s largest redevelopment project to pull down entire neighborhoods of Soviet-era prefabricated blocks that were built under and named for former leader Nikita Khrushchev.
    City Hall has insisted the buildings, known as &ld
  • Snapchat’s growth stalls in Facebook’s shadow; stock plunges

    Snapchat’s growth stalls in Facebook’s shadow; stock plunges
    NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook’s shadow continues to hang over Snapchat as its parent company reported disappointing numbers.
    Snap Inc., best known for disappearing messages even though it has evolved to become much more, had a massive loss and saw user growth continue to slow down in the first three months of the year. Its revenue was below Wall Street’s expectations in its first quarterly earnings since its initial public offering of stock.
    Snapchat has tried to become more like it
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  • The Latest: Macron pays tribute at tomb of unknown soldier

    The Latest: Macron pays tribute at tomb of unknown soldier
    PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the inauguration of French President Emmanuel Macron (all times local):
    1:30 p.m.
    France’s freshly inaugurated President Emmanuel Macron is paying tribute at the tomb of the unknown soldier beneath the Napoleonic triumphal arch in a highly symbolic ceremony.
    After Macron was formally declared president Sunday in the Elysee Palace, 21 cannon shots were fired from across the Seine River at the Invalides monument, where Napoleon is entombed.
    Macron then walked
  • The Latest: France’s new president visits military hospital

    The Latest: France’s new president visits military hospital
    PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the inauguration of French President Emmanuel Macron (all times local):
    5 p.m.
    France’s new president has made his first visit after his inauguration to a military hospital in the Paris suburb of Clamart.
    Emmanuel Macron’s team says that he went to Percy hospital to meet with soldiers wounded in combat. The media weren’t allowed to cover the visit.
    Macron’s entourage says that the visit marks the president’s will to show “deep
  • Sad Mother’s Day for family of slain Ohio nurse’s aide

    Sad Mother’s Day for family of slain Ohio nurse’s aide
    KIRKERSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The family of a 48-year-old mom of five children is in mourning this Mother’s Day weekend, after her slaying at the Ohio nursing home where she was a nurse’s aide.
    The Columbus Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/2qFMaJ7 ) that Cindy Krantz is being remembered as a kind person who loved her kids. She, nurse Marlina Medrano, 46, and Kirkersville Police Chief Steven Eric Disario, 36, were killed in the Friday attack.
    Suspect Thomas Hartless, 43, was found de
  • Pope prays in silence for all mothers in heaven and on earth

    Pope prays in silence for all mothers in heaven and on earth
    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has invited faithful in St. Peter’s Square to join him in silent prayer for each one’s own mother, including those in Heaven.
    Greeting tourists and Romans on Sunday from a window overlooking the square, Francis noted that in many countries Mother’s Day was being celebrated.
    He said: “So let’s remember with gratitude and affection all mothers, even our mothers in heaven.”
    Francis then invited all in the crowd of 25,000 to
  • How to invest without sacrificing your values

    How to invest without sacrificing your values
    Social values may not be the first thing that comes to mind when investing in the stock market, but there are numerous ways for investors to align their portfolios with their beliefs and passions.
    Values-based investing has been around a while — religious groups have a lengthy history with it — but due to rising demand and better access to data, investors today have more values-based investment choices than ever before. As well, these investments often perform competitively: A 2016 T
  • Candidates under consideration for FBI director

    Candidates under consideration for FBI director
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Candidates under consideration to replace fired FBI Director James Comey:
    __
    SEN. JOHN CORNYN
    Cornyn is the No. 2 Senate Republican and a former Texas attorney general and state Supreme Court justice. He has been a member of the Senate GOP leadership team for a decade and serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee. In the aftermath of Comey’s dismissal, Cornyn said Trump was “within his authority” to fire him and said it would not affect the investigation
  • Updated: New York eyes ‘textalyzer’ to combat distracted driving

    Updated: New York eyes ‘textalyzer’ to combat distracted driving
    ALBANY, N.Y. — New York lawmakers are considering a Breathalyzer of sorts to combat distracted driving from texting. Legislation would allow police to use a so-called “textalyzer” to determine if a driver had been clicking, tapping or swiping a mobile device in the moments before an injury-involved accident. Similar legislation is being considered in New […]
  • Log in, look out: Cyber chaos may grow at workweek’s start

    Log in, look out: Cyber chaos may grow at workweek’s start
    LONDON (AP) — Employees booting up computers at work Monday could see red as they discover they’re victims of a global “ransomware” cyberattack that has created chaos in 150 countries and could wreak even greater havoc as more malicious variations appear.
    As a loose global network of cybersecurity experts fought the ransomware hackers, officials and experts on Sunday urged organizations and companies to update older Microsoft operating systems immediately to ensure they a
  • France’s new president vows to fortify EU, revamp politics

    France’s new president vows to fortify EU, revamp politics
    PARIS (AP) — In ceremonies marked by youthful optimism and old-world Napoleonic pomp, Emmanuel Macron swept into office Sunday as France’s new president pledging to fortify the European Union, redesign French politics and glue together his divided nation.
    Macron’s presidency began with a visit to troops wounded in overseas combat — a reminder of France’s large global military presence and role in fighting extremists from Syria to Africa.
    He’s expected to name
  • France inaugurates new president: Emmanuel Macron, 39

    France inaugurates new president: Emmanuel Macron, 39
    PARIS (AP) — Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated Sunday as France’s new president at the Elysee Palace in Paris, and immediately launched into his mission to shake up French politics, world economics and the European Union.
    The 39-year-old Macron is the youngest president in the country’s history and the 8th president of France’s Fifth Republic, which was created in 1958. A former economy minister with pro-business, pro-European views, Macron is the first French president who
  • Experts: Cyberattack havoc could grow as work week begins

    Experts: Cyberattack havoc could grow as work week begins
    LONDON (AP) — An unprecedented “ransomware” cyberattack that has already hit tens of thousands of victims in 150 countries could wreak even more havoc Monday as people return to their desks and power up their computers at the start of the work week.
    Officials and experts on Sunday urged organizations and companies to update their operating systems immediately to ensure they aren’t vulnerable to a second, more powerful version of the malicious software. The cyberattack par
  • At least 100,000 groups in 150 countries hit by ransomware

    At least 100,000 groups in 150 countries hit by ransomware
    LONDON (AP) — An unprecedented global “ransomware” attack has hit at least 100,000 organizations in 150 countries, Europe’s police agency said Sunday — and predicted that more damage may be seen Monday as people return to work and switch on their computers.
    The attack that began Friday is believed to be the biggest online extortion attack ever recorded, spreading chaos by locking computers that run Britain’s hospital network, Germany’s national railway a
  • Police: Two suffer gunshot wounds near Lomas and Woodward

    Police: Two suffer gunshot wounds near Lomas and Woodward
    The area at Lomas and Woodward is closed near the Embassy Suites hotel after a reported shooting.
  • Scientists name newly ID’d dino for Ghostbusters monster

    Scientists name newly ID’d dino for Ghostbusters monster
    TORONTO (AP) — Scientists in Toronto have named a newly identified dinosaur after a monster from the original “Ghostbusters” film.
    The Royal Ontario Museum says it acquired the skeleton of Zuul crurivastator (ZOOL’ crer-uh-vas-TAYT’-or) last year. The name references Zuul, a dog-like monster that terrorizes characters played by Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis in the 1984 movie. The museum says scientists picked the name Zuul based on the features of its head, whic
  • AP Exclusive: Chinese spent $24B on US, other ‘golden visas’

    AP Exclusive: Chinese spent $24B on US, other ‘golden visas’
    BEIJING — When the sister of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner promoted investment in her family’s new skyscraper from a Beijing hotel ballroom stage earlier this month, she was pitching a controversial American visa program that’s proven irresistible to tens of thousands of Chinese. More than 100,000 Chinese have poured at least $24 billion […]
  • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s painting, watch head to auction

    Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s painting, watch head to auction
    NEW YORK (AP) — A watercolor by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is being auctioned along with a Cartier watch she wore for years.
    Christie’s said Thursday that the then-first lady, who painted as a hobby, created the 6½-inch by 8-inch artwork in 1963 as a gift for her brother-in-law, Stanislaw Radziwill.
    Radziwill gave her the watch.
    Both commemorate a 50-mile hike that Radziwill undertook as part of President John F. Kennedy’s physical fitness initiative. The first lady brie
  • Updated: Firestorm over Comey’s dismissal adds to Trump frustrations

    Updated: Firestorm over Comey’s dismissal adds to Trump frustrations
    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s frustrations after four months in office have come to a head with the firing of FBI Director James Comey. A dozen White House officials and others close to Trump are detailing his decision-making and mood on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. Trump has become distrustful of some […]
  • State Track and Field Championships wrap up on Saturday

     
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- It was another great event at UNM Track and field complex this year. Teams from all over the state came to compete for state titles. Schools from Classification 4A-6A ran on Saturday at UNM.
    Follow this link for a look at all of the times, standings, and records from this year’s state Track and Field Championships.
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  • \Softball State Champions crowned on Saturday

    \Softball State Champions crowned on Saturday
     
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- The 2017 New Mexico High School State Softball tournament is now a wrap. Champions from class 5A and 6A were crowned at UNM Softball Field on Saturday. Here are the Scores:
    5A: #2 Artesia-2, #1 Aztec-7
    6A: #3 Onate-0, #1 La Cueva-5
    Filed under: Home, New Mexico, News, SmartTV, Sports, Top Video Tagged: High School Sports
  • Baseball State Champions crowned on Saturday

    Baseball State Champions crowned on Saturday
     
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- The 2017 New Mexico High School State Baseball tournament is a wrap. Champions from class 4A-6A were crowned at Isotopes Park on Saturday. Here are the Scores:
    4A: #2 Portales-8, #1 Hope Christian-4
    5A: #4 Abq. Academy-3, #2 Goddard-10
    6A: #1 La Cueva-10, #2 Cleveland-4
    Filed under: Home, New Mexico, News, SmartTV, Sports, Top Video Tagged: High School Sports
  • Video captures persistent man breaking into Albuquerque home

    Video captures persistent man breaking into Albuquerque home
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – He wouldn’t give up and in the end, he made off big. Security video catches a persistent crook’s haul of a trove of sentimental things from an Albuquerque woman’s home..
    “When I walked in the front door, there were things all over the floor and it was very obvious to me that someone had been in my house,” said Dawn Alexander, whose home was broken into.
    It’s an unwelcoming sight for any homeowner.
    “Found that the back doo
  • Local company offers services to bond out mom this Mother’s Day

    Local company offers services to bond out mom this Mother’s Day
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Mother’s Day is a day to spend with your mom, unless she’s locked up in jail.
    Now a local bail bonds company is advertising their services just in time for Sunday.
    Metropolitan Bail Bonds tweeted and posted to Facebook, asking people if they knew a mom who couldn’t afford to bond out. They’re encouraging you to give them a call and they’ll try to get her out.
    “If the sole reason that someone’s in custody is
  • Company offers to bond out mom this Mother’s Day

    Company offers to bond out mom this Mother’s Day
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Mother’s Day is a day to spend with your mom, unless she’s locked up in jail.
    Now a local bail bonds company is advertising their services just in time for Sunday.
    Metropolitan Bail Bonds tweeted and posted to Facebook, asking people if they knew a mom who couldn’t afford to bond out. They’re encouraging you to give them a call and they’ll try to get her out.
    “If the sole reason that someone’s in custody is
  • Santa Fe students create Meow Wolf inspired art-installation

    Santa Fe students create Meow Wolf inspired art-installation
    SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A group of Santa Fe kids are taking locals to another world with their Meow Wolf inspired art-installation. They turned their 600-square foot cafeteria into another dimension, all while find their voice and learning the importance of art.
    “It’s actually amazing because I remember this whole place was empty and now it’s full of all this cool stuff,” said participant Reggie Tapia.
    “As you walk in through the doors, It’s a whole
  • Police investigate after two people shot near Lomas and I-25

    Police investigate after two people shot near Lomas and I-25
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Police are conducting an investigation after reports of a shooting in northwest Albuquerque.
    APD says it happened in the area of Lomas and Woodward near the Embassy Suites Saturday night.
    Police say two people sustained gun shot wounds, but the extent of those injuries is unknown.
    No other information is available at this time.
    KRQE will provide updates as details are made available.
    Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Crime, Home, News
  • Police investigate after two people shot in northwest Albuquerque

    Police investigate after two people shot in northwest Albuquerque
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Police are conducting an investigation after reports of a shooting in northwest Albuquerque.
    APD says it happened in the area of Lomas and Woodward near the Embassy Suites Saturday night.
    Police say two people sustained gun shot wounds, but the extent of those injuries is unknown.
    No other information is available at this time.
    KRQE will provide updates as details are made available.
    Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Crime, Home, News
  • Volunteers converge on church to clean up vandalism

    Volunteers converge on church to clean up vandalism
    Volunteers spent Saturday helping clean up an Albuquerque church that was vandalized earlier in the week.
  • NM Democrats rally with Albuquerque community about healthcare

    NM Democrats rally with Albuquerque community about healthcare
    Dozens of people rallied in Albuquerque Saturday, speaking out against the GOP health care bill passed in the house.
  • New Mexicans speak out against Congress’ plan to replace Obamacare

    New Mexicans speak out against Congress’ plan to replace Obamacare
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Hundreds of New Mexicans gathered today to speak out against Congress’ plan for replacing Obamacare.
    Crowds joined Democrats, U.S. Senator, Martin Heinrich and Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham, at Tiguex Park today.
    Organizers said if the plan known as “Trump Care” passed by the House, passes the Senate, they expect about 250,000 New Mexicans to lose their coverage. Senator Heinrich said he thinks there’s a better way.
    “I think w
  • New Mexican frozen burritos recalled for possible listeria

    New Mexican frozen burritos recalled for possible listeria
    LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – More than 250,000 pounds of frozen burritos are being recalled over possible listeria contamination.
    The products are from the Las Cruces-based Green Chile Food Company. The USDA said a routine check turned up the problem, prompting the company to recall various burritos containing meat and poultry packaged between March 8 and May 10.
    There have been no reported illnesses.
    Filed under: Health, Home, New Mexico, News, Top Stories
  • Man shot by officers now behind bars

    Man shot by officers now behind bars
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man Albuquerque Police shot and injured last week is finally behind bars after recovering at a hospital.
    APD officers shot Jacob Pacheco earlier this month after they said he broke into a home and then tried to carjack a mom. KRQE News 13 has now learned he’s also accused of trying to steal an officer’s patrol car.
    APD said Pacheco was first caught on video rummaging through a home near San Mateo and Central. The homeowner got a security syst
  • Albuquerque man shot by officers now behind bars

    Albuquerque man shot by officers now behind bars
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man Albuquerque Police shot and injured last week is finally behind bars after recovering at a hospital.
    Albuquerque Police officers shot Jacob Pacheco earlier this month after they said he broke into a home and then tried to carjack a mom. KRQE News 13 has now learned he’s also accused of trying to steal an officer’s patrol car.
    The Albuquerque Police Department said Pacheco was first caught on video rummaging through a home near S
  • Trump suggests he might drop daily press briefings

    Trump suggests he might drop daily press briefings
    NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump threatened to shut down daily press briefings Friday as he sought to defend his White House from criticism of its shifting explanations and misstatements about the firing of FBI Director James Comey.
    Trump’s statements, through a tweet and later television interview, threaten a Washington institution that is the most high-profile forum for journalists to question the government about policy and the news of the day.
    In the Trump era, it has becom
  • The Latest: Trump says ‘fast decision’ may come on FBI chief

    The Latest: Trump says ‘fast decision’ may come on FBI chief
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration’s search for a new FBI director (all times local):
    8:15 p.m.
    President Donald Trump says “a fast decision” might be made on selecting a new FBI director, possibly by late next week.
    Trump leaves Friday for his first foreign trip as president. He tells reporters that it’s possible an announcement on James Comey’s replacement could come before then.
    Several candidates for the job have been interviewed Satu
  • The Latest: Trump praises virtues of being an ‘outsider’

    The Latest: Trump praises virtues of being an ‘outsider’
    LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s commencement address at Liberty University (all times local):
    5 p.m.
    President Donald Trump is offering simple words of advice to university graduates: Follow your convictions, prepare to face criticism, and relish the opportunity to be an “outsider.”
    In addressing the graduating class at Liberty University on Saturday, Trump declared that “it’s the outsiders who change the world.”
    Trump kept t
  • The Latest: US: N.Korea missile test hurts talks possibility

    The Latest: US: N.Korea missile test hurts talks possibility
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on North Korea’s missile launch (all times local):
    11:25 p.m.
    The Trump administration seems to be throwing cold water for now on the idea of talks with North Korea.
    A top North Korean diplomat had said on Saturday — a day before the latest missile test from the North — that her country would be willing to meet with the Trump administration for negotiations “if the conditions are set.”
    And earlier this month, President Dona
  • The Latest: N.Korea says missile can carry nuclear warhead

    The Latest: N.Korea says missile can carry nuclear warhead
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on North Korea’s missile launch (all times local):
    9:10 a.m. Monday
    North Korea says the medium long-range strategic missile it tested over the weekend can carry a nuclear warhead.
    The country’s official Korean Central News Agency says the missile fired Sunday Korea time was a Hwasong-12“capable of carrying a large-size heavy nuclear warhead.”
    The South Korean, Japanese and U.S. militaries say the missile flew for half an hour an
  • The Latest: Japan: Dialogue for dialogue’s sake meaningless

    The Latest: Japan: Dialogue for dialogue’s sake meaningless
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on North Korea’s missile launch (all times local):
    1:15 p.m.
    Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says he and his South Korean counterpart have agreed that dialogue for dialogue’s sake with North Korea is meaningless in the wake of Pyongyang’s latest missile test.
    Kishida says he and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se shared the view that dialogue is important for resolving the North Korean tensions. They also acknowled
  • The Latest: Italy: This month’s G-7 summit to discuss NKorea

    The Latest: Italy: This month’s G-7 summit to discuss NKorea
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on North Korea’s missile launch (all times local):
    8 p.m.
    Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni says the G-7 summit his country is hosting later this month will discuss how to deal with the risk North Korea’s missile launchings pose to global security.
    Gentiloni, who is visiting China and Russia this week, recommended a response of “firmness,” which he suggested should be “predominantly economic.” He urged an approach of di
  • The Latest: China opposes latest N. Korean missile test

    The Latest: China opposes latest N. Korean missile test
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on North Korea’s missile launch (all times local):
    3:35 p.m.
    China’s foreign ministry has expressed opposition to North Korea’s test-launch of a ballistic missile and called on all sides to exercise restraint.
    A Mnistry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, said in a statement Sunday faxed to The Associated Press that the situation on the Korean peninsula is “complex and sensitive.”
    Hua says countries “should not do things that
  • Armed inmate killed, hostage rescued at Illinois hospital

    Armed inmate killed, hostage rescued at Illinois hospital
    GENEVA, Ill. (AP) — Officers fatally shot an armed jail inmate who took two nurses hostage at a hospital in northern Illinois on Saturday, several hours after the inmate stole a gun from the correction’s officer guarding him, authorities said.
    A SWAT team quickly moved in to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva after negotiations broke down with the inmate Saturday afternoon, Kane County Sheriff’s Off6ice spokesman Patrick Gengler said. Gengler said one officer shot
  • Rock nation? Dwayne Johnson considering run for White House

    Rock nation? Dwayne Johnson considering run for White House
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — After conquering Hollywood, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson may have his sights set on the White House.
    The actor and former pro wrestler tells GQ that a presidential run is “a real possibility.”
    Johnson says if he were president, leadership would be a top priority.
    Johnson isn’t revealing much about his political leanings, but says he’s not in favor of President Donald Trump’s proposed travel ban because he believes “in inclusio

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