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• Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for possible infection

  14-07-2020 23:53 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been admitted to the hospital for treatment of a possible infection and will stay in the hospital for a few days following a medical procedure.The court said in a statement that the 87-year-old Ginsburg went to a hospital in Washington on Monday evening after experiencing fever and chills. She underwent a procedure at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, on Tuesday afternoon to clean out a bile
  
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• Former VA hospital employee pleads guilty in Clarksburg medical center deaths

  14-07-2020 23:53 via krqe.com
  
  UPDATE 5 p.m. 7/14/2020: The Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (OIG) is releasing more information on the investigation of the suspicious deaths at the VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, WV. West Virginia State Lawmakers want answers on VA deaths
  According to the OIG, Within a matter of days of learning of the suspicious deaths at the facility, VA OIG agents identified Reta Mays as a person of interest. The office worked with medical facility leaders, to immediately remove Mays fro
  
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• New Mexico Supreme Court limits shielding of police records

  14-07-2020 23:36 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The state’s open records law doesn’t create a blanket exception for shielding law enforcement records that are related to an ongoing criminal investigation, the New Mexico Supreme Court said Tuesday.The court’s unanimous decision came in a case involving a records request by the brother of James Boyd, who was shot and killed by Albuquerque police in 2014. The shooting sparked protests and was among the cases of excessive force that resulted in a seri
  
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• First COVID-19 vaccine tested in the US is poised for final testing

  14-07-2020 23:28 via krqe.com
  
  The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported Tuesday — as the shots are poised to begin key final testing.“No matter how you slice this, this is good news,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, told The Associated Press.The experimental vaccine, developed by Fauci’s colleagues at the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., will
  
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• Trump signs bill, order rebuking China, and slams Biden

  14-07-2020 21:52 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed legislation and an executive order that he said will hold China accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of Hong Kong. He used his Rose Garden speech to go straight at Democratic rival Joe Biden, saying his entire career had been a “gift to the Chinese Communist Party.”The legislation and order are part of the Trump administration’s offensive against China for what he calls unfair treatment by the
  
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• Trump signs bill, executive order rebuking China

  14-07-2020 21:52 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In another rebuke of China, President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed legislation mandating sanctions for Chinese officials involved in Beijing’s crackdown in Hong Kong and issued an executive order that ends U.S. preferential treatment for Hong Kong.The two actions are part of the Trump administration’s offensive against China for what he calls unfair treatment by the rising Asian superpower, which hid details about the human-to-human transition of the cornoav
  
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• Pres. Trump to hold Tuesday Rose Garden briefing

  14-07-2020 21:52 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (WCMH) — President Donald Trump is expected to hold a White House Rose Garden briefing at 5 p.m. Eastern Tuesday.The topic of the briefing has not been announced.The news conference comes as Trump administration escalated its actions against China on Monday by stepping squarely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them and rejecting outright nearly all of Beijing’s significant maritime claims in the South China Sea.The administration presented the decisi
  
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• Bond denied for woman charged in connection with Spc. Vanessa Guillen’s murder

  14-07-2020 21:38 via krqe.com
  
  The judge denied bond for the second suspect in the death of Vanessa Guillen Tuesday afternoon. 22-year-old Cecily Anne Aguilar also pleaded not guilty while appearing before the judge via Zoom.During her first court appearance, prosecutors claimed Aguilar helped 20-year-old U.S. Army specialist Aaron Robinson in disposing of a body.
  U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen. (NEXSTAR)Authorities say Robinson committed suicide when approached by Killeen Police and that he admitted to Aguilar he kill
  
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• BCFD shares tips to beat the 'quarantine 15'

  14-07-2020 20:39
  
  At-home workouts can keep you fit and COVID-safe.
  
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• Maxwell pleads not guilty in Epstein-related sex abuse case

  14-07-2020 20:37 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges she recruited girls and women for the financier to sexually abuse more than two decades ago.British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell appeared in a video court hearing in Manhattan.Maxwell, 58, has been held without bail since her July 2 arrest at her million-dollar New Hampshire estate, where prosecutors say she refused to open the door for FBI agents, who busted through to find that she had retreate
  
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• Kanye West gets 2% in first US poll since announcing presidential run

  14-07-2020 20:34 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Rapper Kanye West has got some work to do if he’s serious about running for president this year.
  In what’s reportedly the first poll ranking West since he announced his presidential run, he garnered support from 2% of 2,000 registered voters polled by consulting firm Redfield & Wilton Strategies.Joe Biden took the lead with 48%, with Donald Trump coming in second at 40%.
  However, when West is included in the poll, Trump’s numbers drop to 39%.Nat
  
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• 7 arrested in violent Hobbs kidnapping case

  14-07-2020 20:27
  
  A victim was repeatedly beaten and instructed to clean up his own blood.
  
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• Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students

  14-07-2020 19:46 via krqe.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Trump administration has rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer schools or leave the country if their colleges hold classes entirely online this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the decision as a court hearing was getting underway on a challenge to the rule by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier st
  
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• NMSP: Deming police ok after fatal officer-involved shooting

  14-07-2020 19:45 via krqe.com
  
  DEMING, N.M. (KRQE) –New Mexico State Police are investigating a Deming Police Department officer-involved shooting on Tuesday, July 14. NMSP reports the shooting was fatal but that officers are okay.
  Details are limited at this time. Police are asking the public to avoid the area of Santa Monica St. and Poplar St. in Deming. KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they are made available.#NMSP investigates fatal police shooting involving Deming PD. Officers are ok. Details are limited, updat
  
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• 4 Investigates: New evidence sheds light on deadly homecoming party

  14-07-2020 19:10
  
  Newly obtained surveillance video from the host home shows the teens funneling in and out of the party which took place on Garcia Street on September 28, 2019.
  
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• Lea County Sheriff’s Office arrests 7 in kidnapping case

  14-07-2020 18:25 via krqe.com
  
  HOBBS, N.M. (KRQE) – Seven individuals have been charged in connection to the kidnapping and beating of a man in Hobbs. The Lea County Sheriff’s Office reports that on Saturday, June 6, 2020, around 6 p.m. deputies responded to aresidence on the 100 block of East Marland Boulevard.Deputies report that they observed a male victim who had several physical injuries. The victim told authorities that he had received a ride to a residence off of Llewellyn Street and when he arrived, he saw
  
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• New Mexico added to New York quarantine travel advisory list

  14-07-2020 18:15 via krqe.com
  
  (NATIONAL ) KRQE – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday added four more states to the list from which travels are required to self-quarantine for 14 days. The newly added states are Minnesota, Ohio, New Mexico and Wisconsin.
  That now brings the total number on the New York list to 22. In addition to the newcomers, the restricted states include Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, Oklahoma, South
  
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• New Mexico State Police search for missing mother, 2-month-old baby

  14-07-2020 18:06
  
  They were last seen leaving to Walmart in Española.
  
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• Biden unveils climate change plan with energy revamp

  14-07-2020 17:40 via krqe.com
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden released a plan Tuesday aimed at combating climate change and spurring economic growth in part by overhauling America’s energy industry, with a proposal to achieve entirely carbon pollution-free power by 2035.The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee will discuss the proposal later Tuesday near his home in Wilmington, Delaware. It marks his latest effort to build out a legislative agenda with measures that could animate progressives who may be
  
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• Biden unveils $2 trillion climate plan with energy revamp

  14-07-2020 17:40 via krqe.com
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden released a $2 trillion plan Tuesday aimed at combating climate change and spurring economic growth in part by overhauling America’s energy industry, with a proposal to achieve entirely carbon pollution-free power by 2035.“These are the most critical investments we can make for the long-term health and vitality of both the American economy and the physical health and safety of the American people,” Biden said during remarks to reporters ne
  
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• Pilot successfully ejects when F-16 crashes while landing

  14-07-2020 17:26
  
  The jet crashed at Holloman Air Force base.
  
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• Navy sees progress against blaze on warship in San Diego Bay

  14-07-2020 17:13 via krqe.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The battle to save the USS Bonhomme Richard from a ravaging fire entered a third day in San Diego Bay on Tuesday with indications that the situation aboard the amphibious assault ship was improving.The U.S. Navy said in a statement late Monday that firefighters were making significant progress with the assistance of water drops by helicopters.
  The ship was emitting much less smoke than the previous two days, when acrid billows poured out and blanketed parts of the region.T
  
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• Day 3: Navy sees progress against blaze on warship in San Diego Bay

  14-07-2020 17:13 via krqe.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The battle to save the USS Bonhomme Richard from a ravaging fire entered a third day in San Diego Bay on Tuesday with indications that the situation aboard the amphibious assault ship was improving.The U.S. Navy said in a statement late Monday that firefighters were making significant progress with the assistance of water drops by helicopters. The ship was emitting much less smoke than the previous two days, when acrid billows poured out and blanketed parts of the region.T
  
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• Mayor Keller, Albuquerque officials to provide update on local COVID-19 response on Tuesday

  14-07-2020 16:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Mayor Tim Keller and Albuquerque city officials are scheduled to hold a news conference to provide an update on the local COVID-19 response and recovery on Tuesday, July 14. The conference will take place at 11:30 a.m. KRQE News 13 will live stream the conference on this page.
  During his Friday coronavirus update, Mayor Keller highlighted the city’s increase in virus cases. He stated that city would work to determine if there are specific virus hotspots in
  
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• Here’s how to file for a tax extension

  14-07-2020 16:29 via krqe.com
  
  Procrastinator alert: your taxes are due! If you are nowhere near ready as the scary deadline approaches, you may file an extension with the IRS that gives you up to six more months to file your taxes. Filing an extension will spare you from late filing penalties — 5% of the amount of tax you owe for each month or partial month past the deadline. The extension is automatic — you do not have to send any justification or reasoning like “I have 5,000 wadded-up receipts c
  
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• Northbound, southbound Coors reopened at Blake following fatal crash

  14-07-2020 16:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office reports that all northbound and southbound lanes of Coors Blvd. at Blake Boulevard have been reopened Tuesday morning following a fatal crash. Information is limited at this time but officials say the crash involved a pedestrian. No other information has been released.***UPDATE***
  All lanes are back open. pic.twitter.com/Nft3ekVQGk— BCSO (Sheriff) NM (@BCSDSheriff) July 14, 2020***TRAFFIC ALERT***
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• BCSO: Northbound, southbound Coors closed at Blake due to fatal crash

  14-07-2020 16:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office reports that the northbound and southbound lanes of Coors Blvd. at Blake Boulevard are closed Tuesday morning due to a fatal crash. Authorities ask that commuters seek alternate routes.This is a developing story. KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they are made available.
  
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• Bank of America’s Student Leaders Program connects local young adults to paid summer internship experience

  14-07-2020 16:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bank of America supports young adults by connecting them to jobs, skill-building, and leadership development through its Student Leaders Program. Bank of America student leader, Marisa Brito-Lenert discusses the student program and all the good that comes from it.
  Through the program, Bank of America connects over 300 high school juniors and seniors from nearly 100 communities to employment, skills development, and service. The students are awarded paid summer in
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 56 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths

  14-07-2020 16:07
  
  "Let's not back down."
  
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• Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows’ diets

  14-07-2020 15:58 via krqe.com
  
  Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows.
  The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cow’s daily methane emissions by about 33%.
  Cows emit methane as a by-product of their digestion, and that has become a potential public relations hurdle for major burger chains.
  Greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture
  
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• White House virus task force member says ‘none of us lie’

  14-07-2020 15:46 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A top member of the White House coronavirus task force said Tuesday that “none of us lie” to the public, an accusation President Donald Trump had retweeted, and that while kids need to be back in school as Trump insists, “we have to get the virus under control.”Adm. Brett Giroir’s comment came a day after Trump shared a Twitter post from a former game show host who, without evidence, accused government medical experts at the Centers for Disea
  
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• NMSP searches for missing mother, 2-month-old

  14-07-2020 15:24 via krqe.com
  
  ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police are asking for the public’s help in locating Loretta Smith and Pearlindam Mircle Sandars. NMSP reports Loretta and Pearlindam were last seen leaving together from 1235 NM 65 in Alcalde, New Mexico around 3:30 a.m. on July 8, 2020, to go to Walmart in Española.Loretta and Pearlindam did not return from Walmart. Loretta Smith is a 37-year-old Hispanic female who is five-feet, five-inches tall, weighs 162-pounds, and has brow
  
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• NMSP issues Missing Endangered Runaway Juvenile for missing 15-year-old

  14-07-2020 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police has issued a Missing Endangered Runaway Juvenile Advisory for 15-year-old Frankie Murphy III. NMSP reports Frankie was last seen on July 13, 2020 at8 p.m. at 23700 Highway 64 in Tres Piedras, New Mexico.
  He is described as six-feet-tall, 175-pounds, and has brown eyes and short black hair. Frankie was last seen wearing a black hoodie trimmed in gold, skinny jeans, a baseball cap, and was wearing brown boots.
  NMSP reports Frankie Murphy III is mis
  
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• Popejoy postpones fall shows, new dates in 2021, 2022

  14-07-2020 15:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Popejoy Hall has announced it will be postponing all fall Popejoy Presents events through December 2020 with the performances rescheduled for new dates in 2021. Some shows have been moved into the the 2021-2022 season.Popejoy asks all patrons who have already purchased tickets for any of the shows from the past season to hold on to their current tickets as they will be honored for the revised show dates. Those who have subscribed to the 2020-2021 season will rece
  
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• APD launches 5th homicide investigation in past 48 hours

  14-07-2020 15:01
  
  This is the fifth homicide investigation that has been launched since Sunday morning.
  
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• Man accused of killing dad to be jailed as he awaits trial

  14-07-2020 14:36 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a man charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his father will remain jailed as he awaits trial. Lucas Daniel Gonzalez, 27, was denied bond Monday because he was found to be a danger to the community.Gonzalez is charged with killing his father 73-year-old Alfredo Gonzalez on Wednesday outside a home in Las Cruces. Alfredo Gonzalez was found unresponsive and without a pulse when officers arrived.Online court records did not lis
  
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• Study points to smaller effects of wildfire smoke on warming

  14-07-2020 14:34 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Sunlight-absorbing particles in wildfire smoke may contribute less to warming temperatures than previously thought, according to the findings of a Los Alamos National Laboratory-led research team.The researchers in a paper released in a scientific journal last week reported that as the plume mixes with clean air, its absorbing power and warming effects are reduced.The focus was on smoke from a wildfire that charred nearly 194 square miles (502 square kilometers) in
  
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• Troubled New Mexico hospital near Navajo Nation eyes regroup

  14-07-2020 14:25 via krqe.com
  
  GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico hospital on the edge of the Navajo Nation and that became overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic is trying to regroup with new leadership.The incoming leadership team at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital in Gallup is promising transparency after years of alleged mismanagement and fiscal problems that have plagued the acute care medical center, the Gallup Independent reports.Chief Financial Officer and acting CEO Mary Bevier said she is trying to build
  
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• Murder trial comes to standstill after defense attorney admits contact with people with COVID-19

  14-07-2020 14:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A state district judge has delayed a murder trial after the defense attorney admits to having contact with people with COVID-19. According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, 24-year-old Mark Hice‘s trial began on Monday, July 13 with jury selection.Hice is charged with murdering 18-year-old Cameron Martinez in Española back in 2018. However, State District Judge Maria Sanchez-Gagne called a mistrial after learning Hice’s attorney recently had contact
  
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• Santa Fe to create task force to ‘re-imagine’ police department

  14-07-2020 14:10 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Santa Fe says they’re looking at ways to re-imagine their police department. According to the Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber said during a weekly news conference that the city is now forming a task force to “improve and re-imagine” the fundamental services the police department performs.
  Webber says one thing the task force will do is look for ways the department could work with public health agencies.A co-chair for the
  
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• Former Lobo women’s basketball player Miranda Sanchez dies

  14-07-2020 13:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Former Lobo women’s basketball player Miranda Sanchez died Monday. A cause of death was not made public. Tributes honoring her memory started forming on social media as the news of her passing spread.A message on the Lobo women’s basketball page read, “The Lobo WBB family sends our deepest & most heartfelt condolences upon hearing of the passing of Lobo Great Miranda Sanchez. Her impact on our program will never be forgotten. “Former t
  
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• US carries out the 1st federal execution in nearly 2 decades

  14-07-2020 13:21 via krqe.com
  
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday carried out the first federal execution in almost two decades, putting to death a man who killed an Arkansas family in a 1990s in a plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest. The execution came over the objection of the victims’ family.
  Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, of Yukon, Oklahoma, died by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.
  “I didn’t do it,” Lee said just before he was
  
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• Supreme Court clears way for execution of federal prisoner

  14-07-2020 13:21 via krqe.com
  
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The Trump administration was moving ahead early Tuesday with the execution of the first federal prison inmate in 17 years after a divided Supreme Court reversed lower courts and ruled federal executions could proceed.Daniel Lewis Lee had been scheduled to receive a lethal dose of the powerful sedative pentobarbital at 4 p.m. EDT Monday. But a court order issued Monday morning by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan prevented Lee’s execution.
  A federal appeals co
  
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• Grant Imahara, co-host of MythBusters and White Rabbit Project, dies at 49

  14-07-2020 13:16 via krqe.com
  
  Grant Imahara, co-host of Discovery Channel’s “MythBusters” and Netflix’s “White Rabbit Project,” has died, according to a statement from the Discovery Channel. He was 49 years old.
  Grant died of a brain aneurysm, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “We are heartbroken to hear this sad news about Grant. He was an important part of our Discovery family and a really wonderful man. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family,” Discovery said in a s
  
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• Virtual services on the rise as families plan funerals during the pandemic

  14-07-2020 13:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With social distancing in place and limits on out-of-state travel, some funeral homes are turning to virtual services for lost loved ones. For French Funerals and Cremations, virtual services started as a way to connect people all over the country and world who may not be able to travel.
  “We just installed that capability a few months before we were faced with this challenge in an effort to connect people from all over the country and all over the world tha
  
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• What is contact tracing, and how does it work with COVID-19?

  14-07-2020 09:38 via krqe.com
  
  What is contact tracing, and how does it work with COVID-19?The goal of contact tracing is to alert people who may have been exposed to someone with the coronavirus, and prevent them from spreading it to others. Health experts say contact tracing is key to containing the virus and allowing places to reopen more safely.But the process isn’t easy.
  After a person tests positive for the virus, a contact tracer would get in touch with the person and attempt to determine where they have been and
  
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• Florida tops virus death mark, UK, France mandate masks

  14-07-2020 09:00 via krqe.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) — Florida surpassed its previous one-day record for coronavirus deaths Tuesday and Britain and France announced they will require people to wear masks in public indoor spaces, amid rising global fears about a resurgence of the pandemic.Florida reported 132 additional deaths, topping the previous record for the state set just last week. The figure likely includes deaths from the past weekend that had not been previously reported.Even so, the new deaths raised F
  
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• Rio Rancho Public Schools gives parents choice between hybrid or online-only learning

  14-07-2020 06:47
  
  In a Monday meeting, the Rio Rancho Public School Board said parents will have the choice to keep their kids at home for online learning only or opt for a hybrid model this coming fall.
  
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• Blame game? Cuomo takes heat over NY nursing home study

  14-07-2020 06:43 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing blistering criticism over an internal report that found a controversial state directive that sent thousands of recovering coronavirus patients into nursing homes was “not a significant factor” in some of the nation’s deadliest nursing home outbreaks.Scientists, health care professionals and elected officials assailed the report released last week for flawed methodology and selective stats that sidestepped the actual imp
  
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• Homeless man found beaten to death once accused of murder himself

  14-07-2020 06:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is investigating a homicide at Coronado Park Monday night. APD says officers were called to Coronado Park near I-40 and 4th Street around 8:36 p.m. for a call about two male subjects battering a third suspect.APD reports the caller advised them one person possibly had a shovel. The victim died at the scene.
  The victim in the homicide has been identified as Randy Hilliard who is also known as Moreno. (courtesy APD/Crime
  
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