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• Claim filed against City of Clovis after boy drowned in pond

  17-08-2017 23:56 via krqe.com
  CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Clovis is facing a legal battle following the death of a 12-year-old boy.
  Gevion Lewis was swimming in the Hillcrest Park pond on city property on the Fourth of July when he went under.
  Lewis was infected by cholera bacteria from the pond. He died almost two weeks later.
  According to the Eastern New Mexico News, a tort claim has now been filed on behalf of Lewis’ family against the city.
   
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• City of Clovis faces lawsuit following boy’s drowning death

  17-08-2017 23:56 via krqe.com
  CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Clovis is facing a legal battle following the death of a 12-year-old boy.
  Gevion Lewis was swimming in the Hillcrest Park pond on city property on the Fourth of July when he went under.
  Lewis was infected by cholera bacteria from the pond. He died almost two weeks later.
  According to the Eastern New Mexico News, a tort claim has now been filed on behalf of Lewis’ family against the city.
   
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• Bear captured after hanging out at golf course

  17-08-2017 23:33
  
  A bear-sighting caused a scare on Albuquerque’s Westside Thursday morning.
  
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• Dog found with Nazi symbol shaved on head

  17-08-2017 23:31
  
  A woman reportedly found her neighbor’s dog with a swastika shaved on its head.
  
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• Man denies purposely spraying manure on border patrol car

  17-08-2017 23:30 via krqe.com
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A man pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he sprayed liquid manure on a marked U.S. Customs and Border Protection car after confronting an agent about why he wasn’t doing more to arrest people in the country illegally.
  Mark Johnson, 53, of Alburgh, entered the plea in Vermont Superior Court in North Hero to state charges of disorderly conduct and simple assault of a law enforcement officer with fluids. He declined to comment afterward.
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• Authorities: San Juan County man dies from West Nile virus

  17-08-2017 23:29
  
  New Mexico Department of Health officials say it is the state's first known West Nile death this year.
  
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• ​ISIS claims responsibility for Barcelona attack that killed 13, injured more than 50

  17-08-2017 23:19
  
  A senior police official said the Barcelona van attack was "clearly a terror attack, intended to kill as many people as possible."
  
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• Lucky carrot: Alberta woman finds mother-in-law’s lost ring

  17-08-2017 23:12 via krqe.com
  CAMROSE, Alberta (AP) — A Canadian woman who lost her engagement ring 13 years ago while weeding her garden on the family farm is wearing it proudly again after her daughter-in-law pulled it from the ground on a misshapen carrot.
  Mary Grams, 84, said she can’t believe the lucky carrot actually grew through and around the diamond ring she had long given up hope of finding.
  Grams said she never told her husband, Norman, that she lost the ring, but told her son. Her husba
  
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• Bonnie Tyler to sing ‘Total Eclipse’ hit during eclipse

  17-08-2017 23:06 via krqe.com
  MIAMI (AP) — Some cruise passengers will have the ultimate soundtrack for Monday’s solar eclipse when Bonnie Tyler sings her hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart” on board.
  Royal Caribbean says the Welsh singer will be backed on the power ballad by Joe Jonas’ band DNCE for a performance in an outdoor theater on its ship Oasis of the Seas as part of a “Total Eclipse Cruise.”
  The ship leaves from Florida on Sunday. It will sail through the Caribbean toward St.
  
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• Under fire _ from GOP _ Trump digs in on Confederate icons

  17-08-2017 23:04 via krqe.com
  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — With prominent Republicans openly questioning his competence and moral leadership, President Donald Trump on Thursday burrowed deeper into the racially charged debate over Confederate memorials and lashed out at members of his own party in the latest controversy to engulf his presidency.
  Out of sight, but still online, Trump tweeted his defense of monuments to Confederate icons — bemoaning rising efforts to remove them as an attack on America’s “h
  
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• Trump decries monument removals, ‘history ripped apart’

  17-08-2017 23:04 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump bitingly decried the rising movement to pull down monuments to Confederate icons Thursday, declaring the nation is seeing “the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart.”
  Trump’s remarks came as the White house tried to manage his increasing isolation and the continued fallout from his combative previous comments on last weekend’s racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  He also tore into fell
  
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• The cast of 'Halloweentown' will reunite to honor Debbie Reynolds at this year's small town festival

  17-08-2017 23:04
  
  Time to book your tickets ASAP!
  
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• 'Lion King' producer reveals Scar and Mufasa actually aren't brothers

  17-08-2017 22:41
  
  And the internet is not happy.
  
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• This family is about to spend literally 1 month exploring Disney World

  17-08-2017 22:29
  
  Could you stay in the "Happiest Place on Earth" for thirty days straight?
  
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• Silver alert issued for missing Tohajiilee man

  17-08-2017 22:21
  
  The Crown Point Police Department is asking the public's assistance in locating a senior last seen Monday night.
  
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• Several U.S. college basketball teams staying in Barcelona are safe after terror attack

  17-08-2017 22:19
  
  Four college basketball teams staying in Barcelona this week are taking to social media to confirm their safety following the terror attack that struck the city.
  
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• Blow-out tire to blame for crash that killed 4

  17-08-2017 22:19
  
  A tire blow-out is to blame for a crash that killed four people west of Santa Rosa Wednesday.
  
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• A standalone Obi-Wan 'Star Wars' is officially in the works

  17-08-2017 21:51
  
  Help us, standalone "Star Wars" movies, you're our only hope!
  
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• This special calendar for kids of divorce makes co-parenting much easier

  17-08-2017 21:33
  
  Give your children a sense of a n during this time of total change.
  
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• HBO regains control of hacked social media accounts

  17-08-2017 21:29 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — HBO says it has regained control of its social media accounts after the latest security breach to hit the entertainment company.
  The hacking group OurMine on Wednesday night took over several of HBO’s Twitter accounts, including ones for “Game of Thrones” and John Oliver’s show. The group posted that “we are just testing your security” and asked HBO to contact it for an upgrade.
  HBO said in a statement T
  
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• Parents of Newtown victims want to know if teachers had keys

  17-08-2017 21:26 via krqe.com
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Lawyers for the parents of two children killed in the Newtown school shooting are demanding to see evidence that two teachers fatally shot in the massacre had access to keys that could have been used to lock the doors of their classrooms.
  The attorneys filed motions in Danbury Superior Court this week asking a judge to allow them to examine two red emergency folders, now in state police custody, that were kept in the two classrooms to see if they contain door keys, a
  
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• There's going to be a live-action version of 'The Jetsons' on TV

  17-08-2017 21:24
  
  Get ready for more flying cars and robot maids!
  
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• At least 13 dead, more than 50 injured in Barcelona terror attack

  17-08-2017 21:23
  
  Two suspects have been detained after a white van jumped a sidewalk and drove into a crowd in a popular tourist area of Barcelona.
  
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• Bear captured in westside Albuquerque neighborhood

  17-08-2017 21:10 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – People in a westside Albuquerque neighborhood were on high alert Thursday morning after a bear was spotted roaming the street and jumping into backyards, in the middle of town.
  KRQE News 13 cameras first captured the bear in a front yard on Greene Avenue and Golf Course near Desert Greens Golf Course. KRQE News 13 also got video of it going over a fence into the home’s backyard.
  New Mexico Game and Fish went out around 8:30 a.m.,  and say they spent ho
  
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• Could we see a hurricane and eclipse at the same time?

  17-08-2017 21:09
  
  We may experience a hurricane at the same time of the Great American Eclipse.
  
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• NW Albuquerque schools alerted due to bear sighting

  17-08-2017 21:04
  
  Albuquerque Public Schools officials briefly kept students at the Volcano Vista and Cibola High School clusters indoors after a nearby bear sighting.
  
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• Trump 'sad to see' history being 'ripped apart' by Confederate monuments' removal

  17-08-2017 21:02
  
  The president also blasted a pair of lawmakers from his own party in morning tweets.
  
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• Massive threat to Great Lakes can lead to toxic algae blooms, other issues

  17-08-2017 20:55
  
  Massive threat to Great Lakes can lead to toxic algae blooms and a host of other problems.
  
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• Brave bystanders save stranded kayaker in daring creek rescue

  17-08-2017 20:49
  
  Kayaker Obadiah Jenkins was trapped in a current when a group of bystanders rescued him from the rushing water.
  
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• Mayor Berry announces new way to save energy throughout Albuquerque

  17-08-2017 20:42 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – There’s a new way to save energy in Albuquerque.
  Mayor Berry announced that lights throughout the city will be replaced with LED bulbs.
  The mayor says the plan will not only make the city more energy efficient but will also cut down on maintenance and improve public safety because they will brighten the streets and they last longer.
  “Instead of replacing all the lights that we normally do, we’re going to have a light that lasts 15 year
  
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• Two kids got locked in a grocery store over night and did exactly what you'd expect

  17-08-2017 20:40
  
  The boys reportedly helped themselves to almost $400 worth of food during their late-night supermarket stay.
  
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• Some consumers say this popular bottled water brand is a 'colossal fraud'

  17-08-2017 20:40
  
  11 consumers filed a class action lawsuit against a popular brand of bottled water, claiming it's a 'colossal fraud.'
  
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• Judge: Albuquerque police owe damages, fees in shooting case

  17-08-2017 20:37
  
  A state district judge says the Albuquerque Police Department owes damages and fees to a law firm for withholding documents related to the 2014 shooting death of a woman during an auto-theft investigation.
  
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• IMAGES: 13 killed, 50 injured in Barcelona terror attack

  17-08-2017 20:31
  
  A van plowed into a crowd in a popular tourist area of Barcelona, Spain. Police are treating the incident as a terror attack.
  
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• Water Authority begins effort to restore water supply

  17-08-2017 20:27 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority began efforts to restore the water supply Thursday.
  The ribbon was cut as workers begin drilling aquifer recharge wells to inject water into the aquifer.
  Crews are working on two wells, one is 120 feet deep, the other 1,000 feet deep.
  The water authority says they usually have their water plant off for the winter but they are going to start turning it back on during that time.
  They also say when the w
  
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• Santa Fe man in jail for creating fake driver’s licenses

  17-08-2017 20:24 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Santa Fe man is going to jail for creating fake driver’s licenses to feed his drug addiction but he won’t be locked up for long.
  Detectives found Victor Montano had four fake driver’s licenses and several fake checks.
  When they raided his home they found equipment used to make the licenses and more forged checks.
  Many of the checks made to look like they came from companies that did business with his family’s construction company.
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• Game & Fish capture bear hanging out at golf course

  17-08-2017 20:19
  
  A bear-sighting caused a scare on Albuquerque’s Westside Thursday morning.
  
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• Tucumcari couple accused of 1-year-old son’s death out on bond

  17-08-2017 20:08 via krqe.com
  TUCUMCARI, N.M. (KRQE) – A couple from Tucumcari charged in connection with the death of her 1-year-old son is out on bond.
  Daniel MartinezHope Bass, 25, and Daniel Martinez 19, were arrested nearly a year after 1-year-old Chase Bass was rushed to the emergency room with a temperatures of 104 degrees.
  Hope BassAccording to a criminal complaint the couple’s story kept changing.
  At one point Bass claimed Martinez held chase by the leg while paddling him.
  Martinez, pointed the fing
  
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• Missing 11-year-old found safe

  17-08-2017 19:58
  
  Police say a missing Los Lunas girl was found safe.
  
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• Where to watch the Great American Eclipse

  17-08-2017 19:49
  
  Find out where you can watch the eclipse right here in New Mexico.
  
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• Here's why you may be getting more calls from unknown numbers

  17-08-2017 19:34
  
  Have you been receiving more calls from unfamiliar phone numbers?
  
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• Nope! Massive rattlesnake found roaming neighborhood

  17-08-2017 19:21
  
  A canebrake rattlesnake, one of the most venomous snakes in North America, was recently found roaming around a neighborhood.
  
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• Missing 11-year-old girl from Los Lunas returned home safely

  17-08-2017 19:13
  
  Los Lunas police say a girl on a court-ordered visit with her mother who went missing has been returned home safely.
  
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• Police: Deadly van attack in Barcelona was terrorism

  17-08-2017 19:08
  
  A white van reportedly jumped a sidewalk and drove into a crowd in a popular tourist area of Barcelona.
  
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• IMAGES: At least 1 dead, several injured after van plows into people

  17-08-2017 19:05
  
  A van plowed into a crowd in a popular tourist area of Barcelona, Spain. Police are treating the incident as a terror attack.
  
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• Fashion LED lashes concern some eye doctors

  17-08-2017 19:01
  
  Some physicians are concerned that the use of LED lashes could cause eye problems later in life.
  
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• Who are the 'Children of the Forest' in 'Game Of Thrones,' and why are they so important?

  17-08-2017 18:51
  
  They keep coming up, but what's the deal with them?
  
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• Barcelona van attack kills 14 in agonizing repeat for Europe

  17-08-2017 18:43 via krqe.com
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A van veered onto a promenade and barreled down the busy walkway in central Barcelona on Thursday, swerving back and forth as it mowed down pedestrians and turned a picturesque tourist destination into a bloody killing zone. Fourteen people have died, 100 were injured, 15 of them seriously, in what authorities called a terrorist attack.
  Two people were arrested but the van driver, who fled on foot, remained at large. Early Friday morning, police killed five suspects
  
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• Barcelona van attack kills 13 in agonizing repeat for Europe

  17-08-2017 18:43 via krqe.com
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A van veered onto a promenade Thursday and barreled down the busy walkway in central Barcelona, swerving back and forth as it mowed pedestrians down and turned a picturesque tourist destination into a bloody killing zone. Thirteen people were killed and 100 were injured, 15 of them seriously, in what authorities called a terror attack.
  The late afternoon attack in the city’s Las Ramblas district left victims sprawled in the historic street, spattered with bloo
  
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• Attacker rams van into Barcelona crowd, 13 dead and 100 hurt

  17-08-2017 18:43 via krqe.com
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A van veered onto a promenade Thursday and barreled down the busy walkway in central Barcelona, swerving back and forth as it mowed pedestrians down and turned a picturesque tourist destination into a bloody killing zone. Thirteen people were killed and 100 were injured, 15 of them seriously, in what authorities called a terror attack.
  Victims were left sprawled in the street, spattered with blood or writhing in pain from broken limbs. Others fled in panic through L
  
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