• Whale washes ashore on Louisiana beach

    Whale washes ashore on Louisiana beach
    This is definitely something you do not see every day.
  • At least 1 dead as Harvey continues to flood areas as tropical storm

    At least 1 dead as Harvey continues to flood areas as tropical storm
    Rainfall that will continue for days could dump more than 40 inches of water and inundate many Texas communities, including flood-prone Houston.
  • Hundreds of counter-protesters gathered at canceled prayer rally in San Francisco

    Hundreds of counter-protesters gathered at canceled prayer rally in San Francisco
    City officials closed off an area Saturday to prevent right-wing activists from holding what they said would be a “news conference” rather than a rally.
  • Harvey’s disaster mix: Warm water, huge rains, slow speed

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurricane Harvey is shaping up as just about a worst-case scenario storm with possible flooding from two different directions.
    Harvey intensified rapidly because it’s been meandering over deep warm water and has calm air at 40,000 feet (12,192 meters) high. It’s moving slowly and will be stuck over the Texas coast through the middle of next week, which means rainfall measured in feet, not inches.
    Put them all together and you’ve got a potential disaster
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  • Officials: Mom of baby found dead in car was running late

    Officials: Mom of baby found dead in car was running late
    The woman left her 15-month-old daughter in a car for nine hours at an office building parking lot, according to a search warrant.
  • Pedestrian hit and killed in southeast Albuquerque

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Albuquerque Police are investigating a crash that left a pedestrian dead.
    The crash happened in the area of Gibson and Valencia around 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
    Police say eastbound Gibson at Valencia is currently shut down.
    It is unclear who is at fault at this time.
    The identity of the pedestrian has not yet been released.
    KRQE will provide updates as details are made available.
    Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News
  • Game of Thrones: Can Night King win with top-down economy?

    WASHINGTON (AP) — It was dragons vs. zombies in fiery combat during this week’s “Game of Thrones,” a battle that likely provides just a hint of what lies ahead in HBO’s hit series.
    Yet the epic scene also raised an economic question: Can the White Walkers’ command-and-control economy defeat their disorganized, squabbling Westerosi opponents?
    The Associated Press’ economics team explores this question, as well as the growing rivalry between sisters Sansa
  • Harvey's potential economic costs explained

    Harvey's potential economic costs explained
    Even a downgraded storm could leave a lasting impact on the Texas economy and America's energy industry.
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  • US officials: NM's Medicaid data has security flaws

    US officials: NM's Medicaid data has security flaws
    A federal inspector general says the computer system behind New Mexico's Medicaid program fell short of the U.S. government's security requirements during a review that found data was left vulnerable and operations were put at risk.
  • Amazon: We're lowering Whole Foods prices on Monday

    Amazon: We're lowering Whole Foods prices on Monday
    Expect other perks when the online retailer's takeover of the grocer closes.
  • Denver to start licensing first pot clubs, but few may apply

    DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s largest city is on the brink of licensing some of the nation’s first legal marijuana clubs.
    But Denver’s elaborate hurdles for potential weed-friendly coffee shops and gathering places may mean the city gets few takers for the new licenses.
    Denver voters approved bring-your-own-pot clubs in a ballot measure last year after city officials’ dragged their feet on calls to give legal pot smokers a place to use the drug. The city plans to start a
  • Harvey downgraded to tropical storm, but 'potentially historic' flooding looms

    Harvey downgraded to tropical storm, but 'potentially historic' flooding looms
    Rainfall that will continue for days could dump more than 40 inches of water and inundate many Texas communities, including flood-prone Houston.
  • Hurricane Harvey closes key oil, gas operations in Texas

    DALLAS (AP) — Key oil and gas facilities along the Texas Gulf Coast have temporarily shut down as Hurricane Harvey pounds the region with torrential rain and high winds, virtually assuring gasoline prices will rise in the storm’s aftermath.
    Even before the Harvey made landfall late Friday, dozens of oil and gas platforms had been evacuated, at least three refineries had closed and at least two petrochemical plants had suspended operations.
    How soon they reopen depends on the severity
  • 'Horrible' scenes as Texas residents begin to assess Harvey damage

    'Horrible' scenes as Texas residents begin to assess Harvey damage
    People are faced with downed power lines, fences torn apart, uprooted trees and untold flood damage.
  • Tanzania to use drone network to deliver critical medicines

    KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Drones soon will be used in Tanzania to deliver medicines to health facilities across the East African country, continuing a trend of African governments embracing drone networks to deliver critical services.
    Tanzania’s government is working with U.S. logistics company Zipline to launch what they call the world’s largest drone delivery service for emergency medical supplies.
    In the first quarter of 2018, Tanzania’s government will begin using drones
  • Man heading to hurricane-ravaged Texas with 900 pounds of pork

    Man heading to hurricane-ravaged Texas with 900 pounds of pork
    Operation BBQ Relief helps strangers impacted by disasters across the U.S.
  • Uneasy calm after 36 die in India riots over guru verdict

    PANCHKULA, India (AP) — Hundreds of security forces marched through a northern Indian town on Saturday to maintain calm after supporters of a quasi-religious sect leader protested his rape conviction with violence that left at least 36 people dead.
    Authorities appealed to thousands of followers of the guru, who calls himself Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insaan, holed up in his headquarters in Sirsa, a town in Haryana state, to come out and go home.
    “There are no instructions
  • A timeline of Tropical Storm Harvey’s development

    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Harvey made landfall in Texas on Friday night as the strongest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade. By Saturday afternoon it had been downgraded into a tropical storm, but it had dumped 18 inches (half a meter) of rain on some areas and forecasters were warning that it could cause catastrophic flooding in the coming days.
    Here is a timeline of key moments in the storm’s development:
    — Aug. 17, 4 p.m., Tropical Storm Harvey is named, six
  • A timeline of Hurricane Harvey’s development

    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas on Friday night as the strongest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade. By Saturday morning, it had dumped 18 inches (half a meter) of rain on some areas, and forecasters warned that it could cause catastrophic flooding in the coming days.
    Here is a timeline of key moments in the storm’s development:
    — Aug. 17, 4 p.m., Tropical Storm Harvey is named, six hours after the National Hurricane Center in M
  • Venezuela shuts 2 radio stations, orders military exercises

    CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A radio executive in Venezuela says two stations that included critical coverage of the government have been shut down after their broadcast licenses were not renewed.
    Enza Carbone is president of the country’s Radio Chamber. Carbone said Friday night in a statement that the National Telecommunications Commission did not renew the stations’ licenses and ordered them to cease transmitting.
    The closures came less than 48 hours after the commission ordere
  • Venezuela shuts 2 radio stations, holds military exercises

    CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Authorities have shut down two radio stations that aired critical coverage of President Nicolas Maduro’s government by refusing to renew their licenses, a broadcast executive announced, as the country staged military exercises in defiance of Washington and new U.S. sanctions.
    Enza Carbone, president of the country’s Radio Chamber, said late Friday in a statement that the National Telecommunications Commission did not renew the stations’ permits w
  • Thousands in St. Louis likely to see wage drop with new law

    ST. LOUIS (AP) — Thousands of workers in St. Louis will likely see smaller paychecks starting Monday, when a new Missouri law takes effect barring local government from enacting minimum wages different than the state minimum.
    The law is drawing protests in St. Louis and in Kansas City, where a recent vote approving a higher minimum wage is essentially nullified without ever really taking effect.
    The impact is direct in St. Louis, where the minimum wage had increased to $10 after the Missou
  • Cincinnati Zoo’s baby hippo to star in Facebook video series

    CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Zoo says its popular baby hippo will star in an internet video series called “The Fiona Show” starting next week.
    The zoo says the first video will be available on the show’s Facebook page on Tuesday. It’s not clear how many videos are planned or how regularly they will be produced.
    Fiona has already garnered millions of views on the zoo’s Facebook page since her premature birth in January.
    Since then, her face has appeared on
  • American holds onto Air Guitar World Championship title

    COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Matt “Airistotle” Burns is the best when it comes to pretend playing guitar.
    The American successfully defended his title at the 22nd Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland on Friday after competing in the finals against 15 contestants from South Korea, Pakistan, Sweden, Britain, Canada and other countries.
    Burns, of Staten Island, New York, finished ahead of runners-up Patrick “Ehrwolf” Culek of Germany and Alexander “The J
  • Cavaliers doing 'deep and thorough' review of Irving-Thomas trade, sources say

    Cavaliers doing 'deep and thorough' review of Irving-Thomas trade, sources say
    A report says the Cavs are "considering possible ramifications" after Thomas took his physical.
  • Expert: Harvey weakened fast, but destruction just beginning

    Expert: Harvey weakened fast, but destruction just beginning
    "Our focus is shifting to the extreme and potentially historic levels of flooding that we could see."
  • San Francisco fences park ahead of planned right-wing event

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco officials took further steps Saturday to prevent violence ahead of a planned news conference by a right-wing group.
    Officials erected fencing and a large contingent of police monitored Alamo Square park, where the group Patriot Prayer was set to hold its event.
    Meanwhile, the park remained open to the public.
    Patriot Prayer said in a post on its Facebook page that it would hold an indoor news conference and pop up at random spots in the city, although it
  • San Francisco claims victory after right-wing group shut out

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Protesters opposing a right-wing gathering in liberal San Francisco claimed victory Saturday when the event was cancelled after city officials walled off a city park — a move that the event’s organizer said was more about silencing his group’s message than preventing a violent clash.
    Civic leaders in San Francisco — a cradle of the free speech movement that prides itself on its tolerance — repeatedly voiced concerns that the event organize
  • Hurricane damage as measured by Saffir-Simpson scale

    The Saffir-Simpson scale of a hurricane’s intensity is used to estimate potential property damage and coastal flooding caused by storm surge. The scale is determined by wind speed. Storm surge is an abnormal rise of water above the normal tide, generated by a storm. Flooding from storm surge depends on many factors, such as the track, intensity, size, and forward speed of the storm and the characteristics of the coastline where it comes ashore or passes nearby. Harvey was a Category 4 stor
  • Canceled rally does little to stem San Francisco fears

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The late cancellation of two weekend political rallies in the San Francisco Bay Area has done little to stem fears that unrest and violence are brewing in the city.
    On Saturday, a right-wing group known as Patriot Prayer has a news conference planned for a San Francisco park.
    The event is a late substitute for a “freedom rally” near the Golden Gate Bridge that was supposed to happen at about the same time, but was scrapped by organizers who cited threats fr
  • Birthplace of free speech movement braces for possible fight

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California city that birthed the American free speech movement is preparing for potential clashes even though the person behind a right-wing rally scheduled for Sunday has pleaded with supporters to stay away, saying that she fears violence.
    The “No to Marxism in America” rally in downtown Berkeley comes a day after a controversial freedom rally planned by a right-wing group fizzled amid throngs of counter-protesters in San Francisco. San Francisco Mayo
  • Belarus opposition leader Statkevich jailed for 15 days

    MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The wife of prominent Belarusian opposition figure Nikolai Statkevich says he has been sent to jail for 15 days after being seized by police in the capital.
    Marina Adamovich said Statkevich, a former presidential candidate, was detained midday Saturday in the capital of Minsk. He had been sentenced in absentia about two weeks ago on charges of organizing a demonstration in July against the massive military exercises that are planned for next month with Russia.
    Statkev
  • Thousands in Barcelona march shouting “I’m not afraid!”

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of peace marchers flooded the heart of Barcelona on Saturday shouting “I’m not afraid” — a public rejection of violence following extremist attacks that killed 15 people, Spain’s deadliest in more than a decade.
    Emergency workers, taxis drivers, police and ordinary citizens who helped immediately after the attack on Aug. 17 in the city’s famed Las Ramblas boulevard led the march. They carried a street-wide ba
  • The Latest: Iraq says victory over IS in Tal Afar is near

    BAGHDAD (AP) — The Latest on developments in Iraq (all times local):
    2:55 p.m.
    The Iraqi military says it’s driven Islamic State militants out of more than 90 percent of Tal Afar, a town west of Mosul.
    Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool said Saturday that Iraqi forces have retaken the town center. Iraqi officials often declare areas to be liberated while some fighting continues.
    Rasool says the full liberation of the town will be announced by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. The U.S.-led coaliti
  • Somalia’s army chief: Raid killed civilians, not extremists

    MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s army chief says civilians, not extremists, were killed in a military operation Friday that both the United States and Somalia say they will investigate.
    Ahmed Jimale Gedi told reporters on Saturday that the deaths in Barire village in Lower Shabelle region were the result of suspicion between the two sides.
    He says he is shocked by the civilian deaths. The deputy governor of Lower Shabelle has said 10 civilians were killed, including three children
  • Barcelona readies for massive rally against violence

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of people are expected to flood the streets of Barcelona to reject violence after the deadly attacks on Aug. 17-18 that killed 15 people and wounded over 120.
    The Islamic State group claimed the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils that used vehicles and knives, Spain’s deadliest in more than a decade. Eight suspects are dead, two are jailed under preliminary charges and two more remain under investigation.
    The slogan of the march — “I&rsquo
  • Destructive Hurricane Harvey settles over southeast Texas

    Destructive Hurricane Harvey settles over southeast Texas
    The fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade spun across hundreds of miles of coastline where communities prepared for life-threatening storm surges.
  • Power outages reported in wake of Hurricane Harvey

    Power outages reported in wake of Hurricane Harvey
    Nearly 300,000 customers are without power after Hurricane Harvey hit the coast near Rockport, Texas
  • Star Wars toy launch to unveil new ‘Last Jedi’ character

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is still a few months away from hitting theaters, but BB-8-happy fans are about to get a glimpse at a new character as a part of a three-day marketing rollout of toys and products inspired by the film.
    The Walt Disney Company said Thursday that the global event, dubbed Force Friday II, will feature an augmented reality treasure hunt called Find the Force. Using the Star Wars app in the 20,000 participating locations in 30 countries,
  • Eye of the storm: 'Hurricane Hunters' fly through the center of Harvey

    Eye of the storm: 'Hurricane Hunters' fly through the center of Harvey
    Check out this amazing view from the middle of Hurricane Harvey.
  • Free event gives kids a taste of hockey

    Free event gives kids a taste of hockey
    If your child has ever thought about giving ice hockey a try, they have the opportunity to do so for free on Sunday, Sept. 10.
  • Destructive Hurricane Harvey settles in over over southeast Texas

    Destructive Hurricane Harvey settles in over over southeast Texas
    Devastating floods will the concern in the days to come after it hit the coast as a Category 4 storm before being downgrades to Category 1.
  • Verizon tweaks prices, cuts video quality on unlimited plans

    NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon is raising the price of its unlimited plan while introducing a slightly cheaper, more limited version as wireless carriers battle each other for customers.
    All major carriers now offer unlimited plans after years of steering people toward paying extra for using more data. Verizon, like its rivals, will start charging more for higher-quality video while hoping to attract cost-conscious customers with a cheaper plan.
    Verizon’s unlimited plan had cost $80 a month
  • State Police: Teen missing out of Fort Wingate

    FORT WINGATE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police are asking for help finding a missing teen.
    They say 15-year-old Ron Judge Junior was last seen Friday afternoon at Fort Wingate High School in Fort Wingate near Gallup.
    Authorities believe Ron ran away and may be headed to Grants or Navajo.
    He’s 5’3″, 120 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.
    He has a smiley face tattoo on his right hand and a burn scar on his left arm.
    Anyone with any information should call Stat
  • Senators call on FDA to ban sale of menthol cigarettes

    Senators call on FDA to ban sale of menthol cigarettes
    They argue that tobacco companies disproportionately target African-Americans when they market and promote the cigarettes.
  • Mother writes incredibly honest obit for son who overdosed

    Mother writes incredibly honest obit for son who overdosed
    "Everyone tries to shove this under a carpet. ... He passed from a drug overdose, people. It's heroin. It's killing our kids."
  • Trump’s first pardon spares political ally Arpaio

    PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump spared former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio the prospect of serving jail time in granting the first pardon of his turbulent tenure, wiping away the lawman’s recent federal conviction stemming from his immigration patrols that focused on Latinos.
    The White House said 85-year-old Arpaio was a “worthy candidate” for the pardon, citing his “life’s work of protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration.&r
  • The Latest: Tornado hits Houston-area community

    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Harvey (all times local):
    7:25 p.m.
    Marilyn Shaughnessy didn’t expect the worst of Tropical Storm Harvey to hit the Houston area until Sunday. But she opened a window Saturday afternoon to see a tornado bearing down on her house.
    The tornado wound through the Houston suburb of Cypress, damaging several homes and buildings but causing no apparent injuries.
    Shaughnessy, a retired police officer, says she had her family run to their l
  • The Latest: Texas mayor says Harvey devastated his city

    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Harvey (all times local):
    8:30 a.m.
    A Texas mayor says Hurricane Harvey hit his coastal community “right on the nose” and left “widespread devastation.”
    Rockport Mayor Charles “C.J.” Wax told The Weather Channel on Saturday that some homes and businesses were heavily damaged or even completely destroyed. Schools were also damaged.
    He says emergency response system for the city of about 10,000 people ha
  • The Latest: Sheriff’s deputies spot tornado north of Houston

    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Harvey (all times local):
    6:50 p.m.
    Authorities say sheriff’s deputies in the Houston area saw a tornado touchdown about four times near Cypress as Tropical Storm Harvey pounds Texas.
    The Harris County Sheriff’s Office posted a video to Facebook on Saturday of Sheriff Ed Gonzalez speaking to residents and news media about the tornado. Gonzalez says a car with a driver inside was flipped over by the tornado, but is OK. Gonzale

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