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• Oprah agrees to match Amal and George Clooney’s donation to ‘March For Our Lives’

  20-02-2018 23:46
  
  Together the three celebrities and activists are pledging to donate $1 million.
  
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• Facebook to use postcards in anti-election meddling effort

  20-02-2018 23:25
  
  Facebook's efforts to prevent people from using its platform to meddle in U.S. politics will rely in part on one very low-tech tool: postcards.
  
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• 11-year-old Pennsylvania Boy Scout called for jury duty

  20-02-2018 23:18 via krqe.com
  WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — One Pennsylvania resident has been called to perform his civic duty a few years earlier than expected.
  Jeanette Fox says her son came running to her with a summons from the Chester County court to appear for jury duty in March. Her son, Luke, is only 11 years old.
  Fox says she tried to go online to request an exemption, but there was no option to select for those too young to serve. She says she made multiple phone calls, and a person who answered said the county h
  
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• Trump moves to ban gun modifications like bump stocks

  20-02-2018 22:58
  
  President Donald Trump is directing the Justice Department to ban gun modifications like bump stocks, the type of device used in the Las Vegas massacre.
  
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• Man accused of beating teen with shovel appeals judge’s decision

  20-02-2018 22:53 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of beating a Cibola High School student nearly to death a decade ago is appealing a judge’s decision to not dismiss some charges.
  Justin Hansen was arrested last year for the beating of Brittani Marcel with a shovel in 2008. He was connected to the crime after police say his recently obtained DNA matched blood at the scene.
  Last week, Hansen’s attorney tried to get several charges dismissed including aggravated assault with a deadly we
  
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• Cinemark to ban large bags in theaters

  20-02-2018 22:43
  
  Diaper bags and medical equipment bags are exempt from the policy.
  
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• Students shaken by shooting focus on stopping gun violence

  20-02-2018 22:38 via krqe.com
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Chris Grady was a theater kid counting down the days until he reported for duty in the U.S. Army this summer when a gunman opened fire at his Florida school. As he huddled in his classroom at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last Wednesday listening to shots nearby, what he felt wasn’t fear, but anger.
  “Full-on anger,” the thin, curly haired 19-year-old said.
  Grady’s anger deepened the day after the shooting, when he heard news that the FBI
  
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• Passenger says teen driver panicked, hit the gas outside NSA

  20-02-2018 22:27 via krqe.com
  FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A passenger in a vehicle that was fired upon outside the National Security Agency campus says the unlicensed teen driver made a wrong turn, panicked and hit the gas.
  Passenger Javonte Alhajie Brown told The Washington Post Friday that the 17-year-old driver was following GPS directions to reach a friend’s house in a Maryland suburb, but he turned onto a restricted-access road that leads to the top-secret installation.
  “I woke up with him slappin
  
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• Attorney admits he lied to Mueller’s federal agents

  20-02-2018 22:25 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney linked to a former Trump campaign official admitted Tuesday he lied to federal investigators working for special counsel Robert Mueller.
  Alex van der Zwaan, who worked at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom until he was fired last year, appeared at the federal courthouse in Washington where he formally pleaded guilty to a single charge of making false statements.
  The charge does not involve election meddling or relate to the Trump campaign&rs
  
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• KitchenAid recalls electric kettles that can burn users

  20-02-2018 22:17
  
  Whirlpool has received 79 reports of handles separating, including three reports of minor burn injuries.
  
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• Louisville must vacate basketball title, NCAA denies appeal

  20-02-2018 22:09 via krqe.com
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville officials are not happy with the NCAA’s decision that mandates the school vacate its 2013 men’s basketball championship in the wake of an embarrassing sex scandal and interim President Greg Postel did not hide his disappointment.
  While acknowledging the scandal was unacceptable, Postel believes the school’s cooperation should have counted for more than it did. But Tuesday, Louisville announced that an NCAA appeals panel had upheld sanctio
  
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• U.S. men’s hockey beats Slovakia, advances to quarterfinals

  20-02-2018 21:21 via krqe.com
  GANGNEUNG, South Korea (WOOD) — It was a hockey game the United States had to have and they got it with a resounding 5-1 victory over Slovakia.
  The U.S. men’s team had scored just four goals in their first three games of the PyeongChang Olympics, but they put five on the board in their fourth game.
  The first period was scoreless but in the second period, Team USA scored two quick goals with the first from forward Ryan Donoto. Defenseman James Wisniewski scored next on a power play as
  
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• Defendants in CA warehouse fire plead not guilty in 36 deaths

  20-02-2018 21:13
  
  The warehouse had been illegally converted into living space for artists and had no fire sprinklers.
  
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• Woman suing California agencies for not recognizing existence of Bigfoot

  20-02-2018 21:09
  
  She said she filed the lawsuit because people are "totally vulnerable" to the Sasquatch scourge.
  
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• Volcanic blast reshaped summit of Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung

  20-02-2018 21:02 via krqe.com
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung that shot ash 5 kilometers (3 miles) high also blew away much of the mountain’s summit.
  Before and after images from Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation show an enormous chunk missing from the peak, which it called “completely annihilated.”
  Volcanologist Devy Kamil Syahbana said Tuesday that the chunk, known as the “lava dome,” had a volume of at le
  
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• 'Making a Murderer's' Brendan Dassey asks Supreme Court for appeal

  20-02-2018 20:51
  
  Dassey's legal team says that if the Supreme Court agrees to hear the case, it will be the first juvenile confession case of its kind to go before the high court in nearly 40 years.
  
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• Italy warns of election meddling as parties court Russia

  20-02-2018 20:43 via krqe.com
  ROME (AP) — Italian government officials are warning of possible foreign interference in the March 4 general election, sounding the alarm following the U.S. indictment of Russian trolls and evidence of Russian-sourced fake news on popular Italian platforms.
  Premier Paolo Gentiloni on Tuesday released Italy’s annual security report, which aside from highlighting the threat of Islamic extremism, warned about online “influence campaigns” that aim to “condition both the
  
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• Walmart’s bruising battle with Amazon saps its 4Q results

  20-02-2018 20:42 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is getting bruised in its battle with online leader Amazon.
  The world’s largest retailer on Tuesday reported a smaller-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as it wrestled with slower e-commerce sales during the busiest time of the year. The results underscore the company’s challenges in a fiercely competitive retail landscape.
  Those numbers overshadowed the discounter’s better-than-expected sales at its established stores and higher customer traffic
  
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• Can you guess the new Lucky Charms marshmallow?

  20-02-2018 20:34
  
  It's magical!
  
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• Army awards medals to students killed in Florida shooting

  20-02-2018 20:26
  
  Three students who were cadets in the school's JROTC program are receiving the Medal of Heroism for their actions.
  
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• Hello Kitty says hello Albuquerque

  20-02-2018 20:13 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)— An iconic truck is coming to Albuquerque and people are excited.
  The Hello Kitty Cafe Truck will be traveling to uptown next month for the first time.
  They’ll be selling a variety of items including cookies, water bottles and t-shirts.
  The truck will be set up near California Pizza Kitchen Saturday, March 3 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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• Trump denies woman's claim he kissed her without consent

  20-02-2018 20:05
  
  She says she was a receptionist at Trump Tower in 2005 when the future president kissed her during an introductory conversation.
  
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• Deputy involved shooting reported in Valley Gardens Park

  20-02-2018 19:49
  
  A deputy with the Bernalillo Sheriff’s Department was involved in a shooting Tuesday.
  
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• Coldilocks, the oldest captive polar bear in the US, dies

  20-02-2018 19:30
  
  She far surpassed the roughly 23-year lifespan of a typical polar bear.
  
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• Mumps cases discovered in Chaves County

  20-02-2018 19:25 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)— State health officials are investigating two cases of mumps from high school students in southeast New Mexico.
  The Department of Health says the highly contagious disease was found in Chaves County.
  Officials say mumps is typically preventable through vaccination but symptoms can include swollen ears or jaw, fever, headache and muscle aches.
  If you think you may have mumps, contact your healthcare provider.
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• Mueller charges lawyer with lying about interaction with Trump campaign aide

  20-02-2018 19:24
  
  The filing is further evidence that Mueller's investigators have ratcheted the pressure on Rick Gates as he negotiates a plea deal.
  
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• ATM skimmer suspect taken into custody

  20-02-2018 19:18 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)–One of the suspects connected to the ATM skimmer scheme across Albuquerque has been taken into custody.
  Albuquerque Police Department released a video of a man and woman installing a skimmer at the 7-11 store at Carlisle and Candelaria on Friday.
  Police announced a suspect is currently being questioned by investigators and more information is expected later Tuesday.
  They have not released that person’s name at this point.
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• Suspect injured in southwest Albuquerque deputy-involved shooting

  20-02-2018 19:14 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A deputy-involved shooting in southwest Albuquerque has left a suspect in critical condition.
  Bernalillo County Sheriff Manuel Gonzales says the incident started a little after 10 a.m. Tuesday. According to BCSO, they received calls about a disruptive person in a white pickup truck at the Central New Mexico Community College campus in the South Valley.
  Once deputies arrived at the CNM parking lot, they found out the truck was stolen.
  Sheriff Gonzales said when de
  
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• BCSO investigates deputy-involved shooting in southwest Albuquerque

  20-02-2018 19:14 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Officials confirm that there has been a deputy-involved shooting near Coors and Gun Club.
  Gun Club Road south to Apple Valley Avenue and Valley Gardens Drive east to Sorrel Lane has been closed.
  Deputies are asking people to avoid the area and seek alternative routes.
  There is no other information at this time. KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.Police activity in the area of Valley Gardens. Closures include Gun Club
  
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• Student shoots self in Ohio middle school, no one else hurt

  20-02-2018 18:49 via krqe.com
  MASSILLON, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a 7th-grader apparently brought a gun to school and shot himself inside a bathroom.
  Investigators say no other students have been hurt and they don’t know yet whether the shooting Tuesday morning was intentional.
  A school official says the student is being treated at a hospital. His condition wasn’t immediately known.
  Parents rushed to Jackson Middle School, near Massillon, to pick up their children after the school sent out a notice ab
  
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• Trump urges ban on gun devices like bump stocks

  20-02-2018 18:27 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has signed a memo directing the Justice Department to propose regulations to “ban all devices” like the rapid-fire bump stocks involved in last year’s Las Vegas massacre.
  Seeking to show action days after a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, Trump spoke during a White House ceremony recognizing bravery by the nation’s public safety officers.
  “We must move past clichés and tired deba
  
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• Trump offers support for background checks on gun buys

  20-02-2018 18:27 via krqe.com
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump supports a limited strengthening of federal background checks on gun purchases, the White House said, as pressure mounts on Trump to take action after 17 students and teachers were killed in last week’s shooting at a Florida high school.
  One side of the renewed gun-control debate was embodied outside the White House on Monday as dozens of teens lay down in the street to symbolize the dead and call on the president to limit access to
  
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• More than 100 killed in Syria assault on Damascus suburb

  20-02-2018 18:17 via krqe.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Intense Syrian government shelling and airstrikes on rebel-held Damascus suburbs killed nearly 130 people in two days, marking some of the deadliest bombardment of the rebellious region in three years, a monitoring group and paramedics said Tuesday.
  Retaliatory shells rained down on Damascus, killing at least eight people and causing panic among residents of the Syrian capital, seat of President Bashar Assad’s power.
  The violence in the capital and nearby areas came as
  
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• Preventive treatment for peanut allergies succeeds in study

  20-02-2018 18:07 via krqe.com
  The first treatment to help prevent serious allergic reactions to peanuts may be on the way. A company said Tuesday that its daily capsules of peanut flour helped children tolerate nuts in a major study.
  Millions of children have peanut allergies, and some may have life-threatening reactions if accidentally exposed to them. Doctors have been testing daily doses of peanut flour, contained in a capsule and sprinkled over food, as a way to prevent that.
  California-based Aimmune (AIM-yoon) Therapeut
  
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• 'Hero's Welcome': Cartoon captures school shootings' impact

  20-02-2018 18:01
  
  A moment of heroism and its place in America's history of school shootings is captured poignantly in a drawing.
  
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• For Lillis Family, Olympic experience about more than winning

  20-02-2018 18:01 via krqe.com
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (WAVY) – For the Lillis Family, the Olympics are more about the journey than taking home gold.
  The journey to PyeongChang has been more difficult than the family ever could have imagined because of the passing of 17-year-old Michael Lillis.
  Bernie and Jamie Lillis’ three boys once dreamed of all jumping at the Olympics together.
  “The last 15 years, that’s been the sole goal of all of my brothers,” Jonathan Lillis said.
  In January, Jon qualif
  
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• Florida teacher asks for handwritten letters to students after ‘horrific’ shooting

  20-02-2018 17:51
  
  Educator Diane Rogers wants to help her students heal from the horrific event they have experienced.
  
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• Tests find high levels of caffeine, 16 drugs in Hudson River

  20-02-2018 17:46
  
  Artificial sweeteners, caffeine and numerous medications for high blood pressure, ulcers, heartburn and pain relief were found in the Hudson River, which is 315 miles long and drains into the Atlantic Ocean.
  
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• 5 things you should never cook in an Instant Pot

  20-02-2018 17:39
  
  It can do almost everything.
  
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• APS: No threats to schools after social media scare

  20-02-2018 17:30 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)— Parents and students at local high schools are on edge after an alleged threat was circulating on social media Tuesday morning.
  An email was released by Volcano Vista High School addressing a social media threat made against a school with the initial THMS.
  Upon investigation, school officials have confirmed that the threat was not addressed to any local schools but was made by someone in West Virginia.
  Police officials in West Virginia have confirmed to local
  
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• Man found dead at Albuquerque park

  20-02-2018 17:01
  
  A man was found dead in a park in northeast Albuquerque early Tuesday morning.
  
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• 2,000-year-old statue has thumb stolen

  20-02-2018 16:53
  
  A Delaware man has been charged with theft after stealing the thumb of a 2,000-year-old terra-cotta warrior from a Philadelphia museum.
  
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• Students going to state capital to push for gun law changes

  20-02-2018 16:42 via krqe.com
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A hundred Stoneman Douglas High School students are busing 400 miles to Florida’s capital Tuesday to urge lawmakers to act to prevent a repeat of the massacre that killed 17 students and faculty last week.
  The students plan to hold a rally Wednesday in hopes that it will put pressure on the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature to consider a sweeping package of gun-control laws, something some GOP lawmakers said Monday they would consider. Shortly afte
  
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• Shooting survivors issue call for action at Florida Capitol

  20-02-2018 16:42 via krqe.com
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Survivors of the Florida school shooting descended on the state’s Capitol on Wednesday with one overarching message: It’s time for action.
  The students entered a gun-friendly political climate in Tallahassee, where lawmakers have rebuffed gun restrictions since Republicans took control of both the governor’s office and the Legislature in 1999.
  The students received attention and a warm reception, but politicians did not offer specific answers.&nbs
  
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• Next stop for school shooting survivors: the Florida Capitol

  20-02-2018 16:42 via krqe.com
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Students who survived the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School began a 400-mile journey to Florida’s capital Tuesday to urge lawmakers to prevent a repeat of the massacre that killed 17 students and faculty last week.
  Three buses carrying 100 students set out from Coral Springs for Tallahassee after they were swarmed by dozens of reporters and cameras. The students, many wearing burgundy T-shirts in their school colors, carried sleeping bags, pillows and lug
  
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• Florida shooting survivors in capital, demand action on guns

  20-02-2018 16:42 via krqe.com
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Students who survived the Florida school shooting prepared to flood the Capitol Wednesday pushing to ban the assault-style rifle used to kill 17 people, vowing to make changes in the November election if they can’t persuade lawmakers to change laws before their legislative session ends.
  About 100 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students arrived at a Tallahassee high school to extended applause late Tuesday after a 400-mile (640-kilometer) trip on three b
  
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• Angry teens swarm into Florida Capitol demand new gun laws

  20-02-2018 16:42 via krqe.com
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A week after a shooter slaughtered 17 people in a Florida high school, thousands of angry teenagers swarmed into the state capitol on Wednesday, calling for changes to gun laws, a ban on assault-type weapons and improved care for the mentally ill.
  The normally staid Florida statehouse filled with students, including more than 100 survivors of the Feb. 14 attack at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, on the edge of the Everglades. Many held signs, cha
  
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• Research delves into what dogs are thinking

  20-02-2018 16:26
  
  “Dogs let people express themselves in ways that no other beings do. They let people open up."
  
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• Local students join nationwide demand for stricter gun laws

  20-02-2018 16:26
  
  The students are planning to walk out onto the soccer field at 12:19 p.m. Wednesday, carrying their posters
  
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• New charge filed in Russia probe

  20-02-2018 16:22 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors have filed a new charge against a man they say lied to federal investigators in the Russia probe.
  A charging document filed in federal court in Washington on Tuesday accuses Alex Van Der Zwaan of one charge of making false statements. The information was filed ahead of a plea hearing scheduled for later Tuesday.
  The court filing says that Van Der Zwaan lied to investigators about his interactions with Rick Gates. Gat
  
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