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• Globes roll out red carpet under cloud of sex scandals

  07-01-2018 23:56 via krqe.com
  The Golden Globes red carpet has been dyed black by streams of actresses, actors and activists outfitted in a color-coordinated statement against sexual harassment and gender inequality in Hollywood.
  Arrivals were streaming into an atypically tumultuous 75th Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Many female stars arrived with activist guests — Michelle Williams with “Me Too” founder Tarana Burke, Meryl Streep and domestic
  
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• Ray Thomas of rockers The Moody Blues dies at 76

  07-01-2018 23:30
  
  He founded The Moody Blues in 1964 with fellow musicians including Mike Pinder and Denny Laine.
  
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• Eye on New Mexico: The process of transferring to a different APS school

  07-01-2018 23:28
  
  The school transfer period has opened for students in the Albuquerque Public Schools district.
  
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• Pennsylvania police chief arrested in undercover child sex sting

  07-01-2018 23:11
  
  A 40-year-old Pennsylvania police chief was arrested and faces several charges, including unlawful contact with a minor related to sexual offenses.
  
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• Man arrested after hours-long SWAT standoff

  07-01-2018 22:38
  
  He finally came out of his home after an hours-long standoff with APD's SWAT team in the Barelas neighborhood.
  
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• Police arrest man after hours-long SWAT standoff; had allegedly pointed AK-47 at people

  07-01-2018 22:31
  
  Albuquerque police officials said shortly before 3:30 p.m. Saturday that SWAT had been called out to a South Valley residence following reports of a man pointing an AK-47 at people.
  
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• US sees surge in women interested in running for office

  07-01-2018 22:30 via krqe.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — Inside a classroom on the campus of a community college in Dallas, a group of about two dozen women took turns sharing their names, hometowns and what they hoped would be their future titles.
  Congresswoman. County judge. State representative.
  It was part of a training held by EMILY’s List, an organization dedicated to electing women at all levels of government who support abortion rights. One of the presentation’s PowerPoint slides flashed a mock advertisement on
  
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• Jaguars defeat Bills 10-3

  07-01-2018 22:25
  
  Jacksonville's longest drive in its postseason history gave it a 10-3 lead over Buffalo after three quarters in an AFC wild-card game thatit kept in the fourth quarter.
  
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• Blast of arctic air breaks records; Temperatures set to rise

  07-01-2018 22:15 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The blast of arctic air that engulfed portions of the East Coast broke more cold temperature records in several cities — although a warm-up is coming Monday.
  The National Weather Service said the temperature in Worcester, Massachusetts, fell to minus 9 on Sunday, breaking a record of minus 5 set in 1942. In Providence, Rhode Island, temperatures fell to minus 3, breaking a record low of minus 1 set in 1912.
  And in Hartford, Connecticut, the temperature dropped to minu
  
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• UN envoy says no change in US position on North Korea talks

  07-01-2018 22:14 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s U.N. ambassador said Sunday the administration isn’t changing its conditions regarding talks with North Korea amid growing tensions over the North’s nuclear and missile programs.
  Nikki Haley made clear that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would first need to stop weapons testing for a “significant amount of time.”
  Trump had said on Saturday that he was open to talking to Kim. It appeared to be a softening of rhetoric,
  
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• Globes to roll out red carpet under cloud of sex scandals

  07-01-2018 22:10 via krqe.com
  The Golden Globes, once the stomping grounds of Harvey Weinstein, will belong to someone else this year.
  The 75th Golden Globe Awards, which NBC will broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, at 8 p.m. Eastern, is considered wide open, with contenders including Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” and Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
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• 32 missing, oil tanker on fire after collision off China

  07-01-2018 22:10 via krqe.com
  BEIJING (AP) — An Iranian oil tanker collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China’s east coast, leaving the tanker’s entire crew of 32 missing and causing it to spill oil into the sea, authorities said Sunday.
  Chinese authorities dispatched police vessels and three cleaning ships to the scene after the collision, which happened late Saturday. The South Korean coast guard also sent a ship and a plane to help search for the missing crew members — 30 Iranians and
  
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• Water main break shuts down JFK Airport terminal

  07-01-2018 21:49
  
  A water main break at JFK Airport in New York City has led to flight delays, the airport said on Twitter.
  
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• Get Started: IRS warns that tax season brings security risks

  07-01-2018 21:36 via krqe.com
  TAX SEASON AND CYBERSECURITY
  While cybersecurity should be a year-round concern for small business owners, income tax filing season can bring some particular risks, according to the IRS.
  The agency says it has gotten an increase in reports of attempts to obtain employees’ W-2 forms in hopes of stealing people’s personal information and identities. The scams often go after employees in companies’ human resources and payroll departments, but any staffer or manager could be a targ
  
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• Price tag on gene therapy for rare form of blindness: $850K

  07-01-2018 20:38 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-its kind genetic treatment for blindness will cost $850,000, less than the $1 million price tag that had been expected, but still among the most expensive medicines in the world.
  Spark Therapeutics said Wednesday it decided on the lower price for Luxturna (Lux-turn-a) after hearing concerns from health insurers about their ability to cover the injectable treatment.
  Consternation over skyrocketing drug prices, especially in the U.S., has led to intense scrutiny
  
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• Check out these thousands of archived Olympic artifacts

  07-01-2018 20:38
  
  It's the greatest collection of Olympic souvenirs in this country.
  
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• New dad gets there in time for special moment

  07-01-2018 20:00
  
  An army officer hops on 10 flights to make sure he gets to see the birth of his daughter.
  
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• Meryl Streep among stars bringing activists as Golden Globe guests

  07-01-2018 19:49
  
  Many attending the Golden Globes will also be wearing black to protest sexual harassment.
  
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• Dry spell raises fears of drought’s return in California

  07-01-2018 19:37 via krqe.com
  PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (AP) — It’s been almost a year since Los Angeles residents felt any real rain, and precious little snow is in the Sierras, but water managers say it’s too early for fears that California is sliding back into drought as abruptly as the state fell out of it.
  Water officials carry out the first of their regular ritual winter snow measurements before news cameras on Wednesday. Plunging rods into snowpacks to measure the snow depth, water managers use the ev
  
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• Cold-stunned sea turtles rescued in Florida

  07-01-2018 19:09
  
  Rescuers are bringing cold-stunned sea turtles to warmer waters
  
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• Bannon expresses 'regret' following book aftermath

  07-01-2018 18:57
  
  President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has issued a statement to the news site "Axios" reaffirming his support for the president and praising Trump's eldest son
  
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• Ancient DNA gives glimpse of ancestors of Native Americans

  07-01-2018 18:40 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — DNA from an infant who died in Alaska some 11,500 years ago is giving scientists the best look yet at the genetics of the ancestors of today’s native peoples of the Americas.
  Decoding the infant’s complete set of DNA let researchers estimate the timing of key events in the ancestral history of today’s Native Americans and indigenous peoples of Canada and Central and South America.
  Expert said that while the new work doesn’t radically change the outli
  
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• Robber's plan foiled by employee, ends in desperate prayer on camera

  07-01-2018 17:50
  
  A quick-thinking and apparently fearless cell phone store employee foiled a would-be robber's plan and instead locked him inside the store as the robber pleaded for mercy.
  
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• Fed-up passenger sought fast track on Ryanair wing

  07-01-2018 17:28 via krqe.com
  MADRID (AP) — A passenger on a delayed Ryanair flight from London who apparently got fed up waiting to get off a plane after it landed in the southern Spanish city of Malaga surprised fellow passengers by using the emergency exit to jump onto a wing.
  The incident on New Year’s Day took place 30 minutes after the flight from Stansted Airport landed.
  The man, who has not been named but is said to be a non-Spanish citizen, was coaxed back onto the plane while police were called.
  Fellow
  
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• Woman thought she was booked on a flight to California, then she landed in Costa Rica

  07-01-2018 17:14
  
  She never made it to San Jose, at least not the one they were expecting to arrive at.
  
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• Russian army demonstrates latest weapon: Cuddly puppies

  07-01-2018 16:30 via krqe.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Armed Forces has unveiled its latest cutting-edge weapon in a New Year’s greetings video: cuddly puppies.
  After a year of showing off its military might in Syria, the Defense Ministry has taken a softer approach in a one-minute video showing dozens of puppies sharing food and cuddling with each other. Older dogs are shown playing with unidentified officers.
  In the Chinese calendar, 2018 is the year of the dog, so many Russians are using dogs in the
  
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• Top 10 largest US Jackpots

  07-01-2018 15:54
  
  Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots drawn so far
  
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• Takata adds 3.3 million air bag inflators to massive recall

  07-01-2018 15:39 via krqe.com
  DETROIT (AP) — Japanese air bag maker Takata is recalling an additional 3.3 million faulty air bag inflators as it expands the largest automotive recall in U.S. history.
  The latest recalls cover frontal air bags in certain 2009, 2010 and 2013 vehicles made Honda, Toyota, Audi, BMW, Daimler Vans, Fiat Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Jaguar-Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru and Tesla. Automakers will provide specific models in paperwork that will be filed later thi
  
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• David Carl's Sunday Weather Forecast

  07-01-2018 15:39
  
  David Carl's Sunday Weather Forecast
  
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• Police investigating officer-involved shooting in northeast Albuquerque

  07-01-2018 15:03 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police say they are investigating an officer involved shooting.
  It happened Sunday morning before 4 a.m. Officers are on scene and have a perimeter set up at Central and General Hodges St. NE. Information is limited.
  A media briefing a scheduled for 9 a.m. Sunday.
  This story will be updated.
   
   
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Crime, Home, News, SmartTV, Top Video
  
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• Police investigating fatal officer-involved shooting in northeast Albuquerque

  07-01-2018 15:03 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE) – One man is dead after an officer-involved shooting that occurred in northeast Albuquerque Saturday night.
  Police spokesman Simon Drobik says dispatchers received a 911 call from someone at an apartment on General Hodges in southeast Albuquerque about a burglary in progress.
  “Upon arrival, these officers were confronted by an individual with a weapon, a male. At least on officer fired upon that offender,” Officer Simon Drobik says.
  Police say that man w
  
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• Police investigating deadly officer-involved shooting in northeast Albuquerque

  07-01-2018 15:03 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police say they are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting.
  They say It happened early Sunday morning around midnight.
  Officers are on scene and have a perimeter set up at Central and General Hodges St. NE.
  APD says southeast area command officers were dispatched to a residential burglary in progress. They say officers were confronted by a man with a weapon and at least one officer fired at the man.
  He was pronounced dead. No officers were in
  
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• 32 missing after tanker, freighter collide off China

  07-01-2018 14:21
  
  An Iranian oil tanker collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China’s east coast, leaving the tanker’s entire crew of 32 missing and causing it to spill oil into the sea
  
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• APD investigating officer-involved shooting in southeast Albuquerque

  07-01-2018 13:02
  
  Police are investigating a shooting that happened on 9100 block of Central
  
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• Family: Army Sergeant home for holidays fatally shot at club

  07-01-2018 11:02
  
  "Our family is hurt because my brother is not here anymore. My brother did not deserve that, my father does not deserve to be in the pain that he's in right now."
  
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• Trump wishes for better libel laws after book slams him

  07-01-2018 09:53
  
  "The libel laws are very weak in this country. If they were strong, it would be very helpful. You wouldn't have things like that happen where you can say whatever comes to your head."
  
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• Firefighter among 2 killed in Philadelphia house fire

  07-01-2018 09:38
  
  "We will be there for his family forever, and we...just are saddened and our hearts are broken."
  
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• 1 winning Powerball ticket to claim $570 million jackpot

  07-01-2018 09:14
  
  The winning Powerball numbers drawn Saturday night were 12-29-30-33-61 and Powerball 26.
  
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• YouTube celebrity fights back after being kicked out of hotel on New Year's Eve

  07-01-2018 08:38
  
  Vitaly Zdorovetskiy is known to his nearly 10 million subscribers for posting wild prank videos from around the world.
  
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• Lobo Women drop their first conference game on Saturday 95-86 at San Jose State

  07-01-2018 07:15 via krqe.com
   
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE)- UNM led at the half in San Jose on Saturday 49-42, but SJSU would take control in the 2nd half. The Lobos dropped their first game in conference and just their 2nd game of the season on Saturday 95-86.
  UNM is now 15-2 overall and 3-1 in MWC play. They will remain on the road as they will play at Wyoming on Wednesday that game will tip off at 6:30 pm and will be shown on the Mountain West Network.
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• Tim Means will fight in Brazil on February 3rd

  07-01-2018 07:14 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE)- Tim Means is fresh off of signing his new 5 fight deal with the UFC, and on Friday it was announced that he will be fighting on February 3rd. Means will take on Sergio Moraes as part of UFC Fight Night 125 in Brazil.
  “In this instance they asked me and then gave me the contract and asked me when I wanted to fight again. I said, I am ready now, so you guys just call me. Usually when he starts calling and asking those things within a week or something there will be a
  
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• Lobo Men snap 2 game losing streak with 80-47 win over San Jose State on Saturday

  07-01-2018 07:02 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE)- Lobo Men’s basketball bounced back from a very tough road trip with a big win over San Jose State at home on Saturday, 80-47. UNM had 5 scorers finish in the double figures with Makuach Maluach leading the way in the point department with 15.
  UNM came out in this game with a lot of intensity on every end of the court. They finished tied with the Spartans at 34 rebounds apiece, but that is a tall task when SJSU is much bigger than UNM. The Lobos also forced a lot of
  
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• Wrong-way driver briefly closes two lanes of I-25 northbound at Lomas

  07-01-2018 06:55 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police say a wrong-way driver briefly shut down two lanes of northbound of I-25 at Lomas Saturday night.
  According to NMSP, one of its sergeant spotted the driver headed south in the northbound lanes.
  The sergeant used his vehicle to push the truckup against a concrete barrier to stop the driver, “preventing a serious collision” according to a tweet from NMSP.
  #TrafficAlertNMSP I25 NB 2 lanes closed @ Lomas due to wrong-way driver. A #NMSP
  
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• Temperature begins inching up after deep freeze, storm

  07-01-2018 06:50
  
  The bitter cold that followed a massive East Coast snowstorm should begin to lessen as temperatures inch up and climb past freezing next week.
  
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• Albuquerque woman penalized after confusing situation with vehicle emissions test

  07-01-2018 06:45 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque woman was shocked when she renewed her vehicle registration but just two months later, was told it was suspended. She says she was never given a heads up as to why, and it turns out, she’s not the only one.
  In order to legally drive a car in Bernalillo County, it has to have an emissions test every two years.
  Two months ago, Katherine Garza got a notice to renew her car’s registration. It was something she expected.
  “There was no
  
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• Teacher’s car stolen with students’ artwork inside

  07-01-2018 06:41 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico art teacher said when a thief made off with her car, her students were the real victims. While what was taken wasn’t worth much monetarily, it was precious to some budding artists.
  It was the first year some northern New Mexico fifth graders at Chimayo Elementary had a visual arts class. Inside their teacher’s car were creations each one was so proud of and soon to be displayed.
  “They drew self portraits of themselves and the
  
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• State police: 2 NB I-25 lanes at Lomas closed after wrong-way driver stopped by sergeant

  07-01-2018 06:39
  
  New Mexico State Police say two I-25 northbound lanes at the Lomas exit are closed after a wrong-way driver in a truck was stopped by a sergeant.
  
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• Lobos pick up win No. 7 with beatdown of Spartans

  07-01-2018 06:33
  
  The New Mexico men's basketball team picked up a much-needed victory and then some against the visiting San Jose State Spartans Saturday evening.
  
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• UNM women lose only their second game of the season to SJSU

  07-01-2018 06:32
  
  The New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team had a chance to move to 16-1 on Saturday in San Jose against a struggling Spartans squad.
  
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• Camera stolen from Escape Room attraction

  07-01-2018 06:17
  
  It was a busy Saturday afternoon at the New Mexico Escape Room when a security camera caught a suspicious man in the parking lot.
  
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