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• Albuquerque man charged in 2017 fatal crash takes plea deal

  25-05-2022 23:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Marco Melo-Fernandez, the man charged in a deadly crash nearly five years ago, has taken a plea deal. Melo-Fernandez is accused of crashing into a car on I-25 near San Antonio in 2017. That car was carrying Anna Marie Garcia who died. Melo-Fernandez then fled the scene.Story continues belowCrime: Albuquerque Police arrest man accused of killing his fatherAlbuquerque: Two students accused of bringing guns to Volcano Vista, Cleveland High campusesNew Mexi
  
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• Delinquent property tax auctions scheduled in seven counties

  25-05-2022 23:27 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Vacant properties in seven New Mexico counties will soon go up for auction. If the state is unable to collect delinquent taxes, properties are auctioned off.Those auction locations include:Harding County: 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 7, 35 Pine St., MosqueroUnion County: 10 a.m., Wednesday June 8, 200 Court St., ClaytonQuay County, 9 a.m., Tuesday, June 14, 300 South 3rd St., TucumcariLea County, 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 14, 100 North Main Ave. Suite 3, LovingtonEddy Count
  
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• Who are the victims of the Texas school massacre?

  25-05-2022 23:23 via krqe.com
  
  (NewsNation) — A 10-year-old boy, who was looking forward to a summer of swimming and a veteran teacher of more than 23 years are among the 21 people dead after an 18-year-old gunman open fired at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday.
  As of Wednesday morning, at least 19 students and two teachers have died. An additional 17 others were hurt and continue to receive care, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Wednesday their injurie
  
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• Democrats call for gun control measures in wake of Texas school shooting

  25-05-2022 23:14 via krqe.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Reaction to the school shooting in Texas came swiftly with Democrats calling for action.Democrats, including the president, are pleading for regulations that could help stem gun violence in the U.S., but already it seems there's little appetite among Republicans to pass any gun control measures.The massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas is the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook. Now, President Biden is calling on Congress to do more than express t
  
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• APD: Man dies two weeks after being shot

  25-05-2022 23:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department says 25-year-old Raymond Sedillo has died after being shot a little more than two weeks ago. Officers responded to a shots fired call in the area of Central and Pennsylvania May 8. They found Sedillo in the driver's seat slumped over after the car crashed into a fire hydrant.Story continues belowCrime: Albuquerque Police arrest man accused of killing his fatherAlbuquerque: Two students accused of bringing guns to Volcano Vis
  
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• New Mexico's pandemic gun sales boom might be over

  25-05-2022 22:57 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) - During the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in legal gun purchases in New Mexico spiked. But new FBI background check data suggests that interest might have waned a bit.While there's no way to know exactly how many firearms are sold in New Mexico, a count of background checks can give a rough sense of how many people are interested in purchasing guns. In New Mexico, you need a background check to purchase a firearm, a rule that applied to firearms bought from retail stores, a
  
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• City Councilor teaming up with APD for community policing conference

  25-05-2022 22:54 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque City Councilor Klarissa Peña is teaming up with the Albuquerque Public Department for a conference on how lowrider culture can bolster community policing.The second annual Cruising Community Policing Conference will begin June 1. It will include meetings, workshops, and discussions from community members and departments across the country.Story continues belowCrime: Albuquerque Police arrest man accused of killing his fatherAlbuquerque: Tw
  
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• DWI charge refiled against former Grants County DA

  25-05-2022 22:36 via krqe.com
  
  SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) – DWI charges have been refiled against former Grants County District Attorney Francesca Estevez. Those charges stem from her arrest in June of 2021. The sheriff says he got a call about a reckless driver heading into Silver City and found Estevez behind the wheel.Story continues belowCrime: State fights to keep APD officer accused of rape behind barsAlbuquerque: Two students accused of bringing guns to Volcano Vista, Cleveland High campusesNew Mexico: New Mex
  
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• Albuquerque Public Schools opening 3 new COVID testing sites

  25-05-2022 22:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Public Schools is opening three new COVID testing sites. Testing at Berna Facio Professional Development Complex ends June 2nd but testing will be available at three APS stadiums.Story continues belowCrime: State fights to keep APD officer accused of rape behind barsAlbuquerque: Two students accused of bringing guns to Volcano Vista, Cleveland High campusesNew Mexico: New Mexico to receive more than $250K in Ford advertising settlementKRQE En Esp
  
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• Joshua Duggar sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on child pornography charges

  25-05-2022 21:57 via krqe.com
  
  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Joshua Duggar, 34, was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for his December 2021 conviction on child pornography charges.Judge Timothy L. Brooks sentenced the former reality TV star in the Western District of Arkansas Federal Court in Fayetteville on the morning of May 25. Duggar was sentenced to 151 months in total.Northwest Arkansas’ Trial of the Century – a look back at Josh Duggar’s case and conviction
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• Santa Fe Police looking for man accused of robbing money courier

  25-05-2022 21:31 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Santa Fe Police Department are looking for a man involved in an armed robbery of a money courier. Police say it happened near the 400 block of St. Michaels on April 14.Story continues belowCrime: State fights to keep APD officer accused of rape behind barsAlbuquerque: Two students accused of bringing guns to Volcano Vista, Cleveland High campusesNew Mexico: New Mexico to receive more than $250K in Ford advertising settlementKRQE En Español: Martes 24
  
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• PNM crews help bring power to Navajo Nation homes

  25-05-2022 21:09 via krqe.com
  
  NAVAJO NATION (KRQE) – PNM is helping bring power to families on the Navajo Nation. A PNM line crew recently traveled to the greater Shiprock area, volunteering on the "Light Up Navajo" project.
  The project is a nationwide utility collaboration project that works to bring power to homes on The Navajo Nation. PNM says more than 14,000 Navajo families do not have electricity. The Navajo Nation, American Public Power Association and Navajo Tribal Utility Authority launched the project in
  
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• Big end-of-the-week warm up

  25-05-2022 20:41 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – High temperatures will stay cooler than normal Wednesday, warming back into the 60s, 70s and 80s. Skies will be sunny and dry for all areas, and the winds will be breezy. North/northwest winds will pick up during the afternoon to around 15-25 mph in most spots, with higher gusts to around 35 mph in the mountains.Forecast Continues BelowNew Mexico: Zozobra organizers search for new voice of Old Man GloomWeird - Off Beat: Chihuahua found with arrow through neck expec
  
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• Boeing spacecraft successfully lands at White Sands

  25-05-2022 20:35 via krqe.com
  
  WHITE SANDS, N.M. (KRQE) – After six days in space, Boeing's Starliner capsule made a successful landing at the White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico Wednesday. The conclusion of the test mission marks a milestone for Boeing, as it seeks to provide a second fully-functional system for NASA to fly crewed missions to and from the space station.NASA reported a successful landing in a Tweet Wednesday, with photos showing all three of the spacecraft's parachutes deployed, along
  
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• Boeing spacecraft slated to land at White Sands Wednesday

  25-05-2022 20:35 via krqe.com
  
  WHITE SANDS, N.M. (KRQE) – People in southern New Mexico may get a chance to see Boeing's Starliner capsule on its way back to back to Earth Wednesday, as the capsule is slated to land at the White Sands Missile Range. According to a NASA blog post, the space agency and Boeing are targeting a 6:49 p.m. MDT landing at White Sands, ending a six-day mission for the next generation capsule.At 12:36 p.m. MDT, the capsule successfully undocked from the International Space Station. NASA is e
  
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• Craft fair held to help Canossian Sisters

  25-05-2022 20:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Canossian Sisters are having their annual craft fair on May 28 and May 29 at Annunciation Catholic Church Gym. The Canossian Sisters work in hospitals, schools and churches for free and never receive a pension or retirement. This fair is designed to help all the elderly sisters that are retiring or can no longer offer assistance to those in need.Celebrating local at New Mexico Wine FestivalThe Canossian Sisters say, during the pandemic, donations have be
  
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• Celebrating local at New Mexico Wine Festival

  25-05-2022 20:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico Wine Festival is back again for Memorial Day weekend. The festival takes place at Balloon Fiesta Park and will featuring New Mexico wine, live music, arts and craft vendors.Lescombes Family Vineyards announces new style for iconic St. Clair WineThis year garden theme allows them to have new activities, such as paint with wine class, bouquet making and decorating which allows for a lot of handon activities.
  Event take place over Memorial Day w
  
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• Lescombes Family Vineyards announces new style for iconic St. Clair Wine

  25-05-2022 20:19 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) –  Lescombes Family Vineyards, New Mexico's leading winery for more than 30 years, has announced the unveiling of a new look and style of the iconic St. Clair New Mexico brand.Celebrating local at New Mexico Wine FestivalInspired by New Mexico's deep agricultural roots, it honors those who put their hearts and hands into rich soil for generations. Grown at 4,500 feet, this creates warm days and cool nights with a temperature swing of 30 degrees or more.
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• VIDEO: Beto O'Rourke crashes Abbott press conference on Uvalde school shooting

  25-05-2022 20:14 via krqe.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — Texas Democratic candidate for governor Beto O'Rourke crashed Gov. Greg Abbott's press conference Wednesday as the governor was providing an update on the shooting at a Uvalde elementary school that killed at least 21 people Tuesday.O'Rourke walked toward the stage after Abbott's opening statement and could be heard saying "you are doing nothing." Abbott, political leaders to hold update on Texas school shooting WednesdaySen. Ted Cruz responded to O'Rourke's display,
  
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• Beto O'Rourke crashes Abbott press conference on Uvalde school shooting

  25-05-2022 20:14 via krqe.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — Texas Democratic candidate for governor Beto O'Rourke crashed Gov. Greg Abbott's press conference Wednesday as the governor was providing an update on the shooting at a Uvalde elementary school that killed at least 21 people Tuesday.O'Rourke walked toward the stage after Abbott's opening statement and could be heard saying "you are doing nothing."Abbott, political leaders to hold update on Texas school shooting Wednesday
  Sen. Ted Cruz responded to O'Rourke's display,
  
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• Albuquerque man who carjacked elderly couple sentenced to eight years

  25-05-2022 19:56 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico man is headed to prison following a bizarre series of events. It happened in 2021 when the Albuquerque Police Department says Jaycee Miller was standing in the road near UNM Hospital when a couple stopped to avoid hitting him.Police say Miller jumped in the back of their pickup, punched out the back window, and ordered them to drive to a nearby neighborhood. Then, Miller is accused of forcing them out of the pickup, along with their do
  
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• Was New Mexico accurately counted in the 2020 census?

  25-05-2022 19:26 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico's 2020 census count contained relatively few errors, according to a new report by the U.S. Census Bureau. But residents in some other states were over-counted or under-counted.The 2020 census counted 2,075,000 people in New Mexico. After reviewing the data, the Census Bureau estimates that the count is likely representative of the actual population.But six states were undercounted and eight were overcounted, the Census Bureau analysis shows. Texas is amo
  
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• Crash forces eastbound I-40 down to one lane east of Carnuel

  25-05-2022 18:45 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Sheriff's Deputies are on scene of a crash on eastbound I-40 near mile marker 172, east of Carnuel. According to BCSO, eastbound I-40 is down to one lane.
  Heavy delays are expected. No other information is available at this time.I-40 @ Carnuel,10:38 a.m. May 25, 2022 (Courtesy of NMRoads)
  
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• Police seek to ID man in Mickey Mouse shirt after Top Golf shooting

  25-05-2022 18:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police is looking for help identifying a man after someone shot at the Top Golf building last Saturday. According to a CrimeStoppers bulletin, at least one person fired around 11 shots at the entertainment venue from outside after a "disturbance" inside the business.The shooting unfolded after APD says a group of people caused the disturbance. When that group was asked to leave, APD says a red Dodge Charger backed up "directly to the glass e
  
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• Police seek to ID man in Mickey Mouse shirt after shots fired at Top Golf

  25-05-2022 18:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police is looking for help identifying a man after someone shot at the Top Golf building last Saturday. According to a CrimeStoppers bulletin, at least one person fired around 11 shots at the entertainment venue from outside after a "disturbance" inside the business.The shooting unfolded after APD says a group of people caused the disturbance. When that group was asked to leave, APD says a red Dodge Charger backed up "directly to the glass e
  
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• Parkland survivor says Texas shooting gave him flashbacks

  25-05-2022 17:57 via krqe.com
  
  TAMPA, Florida (WFLA) — Heartache swept the nation Tuesday when Americans learned multiple children had been killed in Texas, gunned down in their own classrooms.
  The massacre of at least 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in the Texas town of Uvalde sent shockwaves across the country.
  Throughout the afternoon, more and more details were released, each one worse than the last.The facts were unfathomable. While the massacre prompted endless questions, one was asked over
  
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• Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial live: Kate Moss among rebuttal witnesses for Depp defense

  25-05-2022 16:43 via krqe.com
  
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Supermodel Kate Moss, a former girlfriend of Johnny Depp, denied Wednesday that she had ever been pushed or assaulted by Depp during the course of their relationship.Moss testified as a rebuttal witness in Depp’s libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard.Heard, in her testimony, made a passing reference to Moss and a rumor that Depp had pushed Moss down a set of stairs when they dated. Heard referenced Moss as she described a fight in which she admitted to hi
  
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• Countdown to Indy: Interview with veteran driver Ed Carpenter

  25-05-2022 16:42 via krqe.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- The Greatest Spectacle in Racing is almost here!It's Indianapolis 500 week, with the race set for Sunday, May 29.Our Chris Hagan and Chris Widlic will preview the action with our digital-only show, Countdown to Indy at 12 p.m. ET. STARTING GRID | 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500In today's episode, we'll talk to veteran driver Ed Carpenter, who will start fourth in this year's race.This marks Carpenter's 19th Indy 500. The three-time polesitter has six top-ten finishes and wa
  
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• Deadly Texas school shooting comes just days before end of school year in Uvalde

  25-05-2022 16:31 via krqe.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (Nexstar) — A community is in shock after a senseless act of violence occurred at a Texas elementary school Tuesday.
  Nineteen students and two adults were killed during a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a town about an hour-and-a-half west of San Antonio.
  Students at the school were looking forward to end-of-year parties and summer break."My heart was broken today. We are a small community, and we'll need your prayers to get us through this," said Uvalde
  
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• What's happened with gun laws after other mass shootings?

  25-05-2022 16:11 via krqe.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — "Horrific" is one of the ways leaders nationwide characterized a deadly mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday. And, in addition to prayers and comments on the tragedy, Democratic lawmakers also called for changes as details of the massacre began to unfold."The moment to stop Uvalde was right after Sandy Hook. After Santa Fe High. After El Paso," tweeted Beto O'Rourke, who paused a presidential campaign back in 2019 when a shooter opened fire in
  
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• KRQE Newsfeed: Texas school shooting, Guns on campus, Breezy and mild, Surrenders to police, New voice search

  25-05-2022 15:35 via krqe.com
  
  Wednesday's Top StoriesPNM sued for alleged role in McBride FireAlbuquerque speed cameras begin issuing tickets WednesdayAlbuquerque Isotopes debut robot umpire on TuesdayA family evacuated from Mora worries about what’s nextNew Mexico United adapts to changing venue, plans for new stadiumMan armed with shotgun killed by Doña Ana deputyRussian rockets hit eastern Ukrainian town of PokrovskWednesday's Five Facts[1] 19 kids, 2 adults slain in Texas school shooting - Both a Texas commu
  
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• Quieting down and warming back up

  25-05-2022 14:52 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Wednesday morning is very chilly! Temperatures are in the 30s and 40s for most of the state. High temperatures will stay cooler than normal Wednesday, warming back into the 60s, 70s and 80s. Skies will be sunny and dry for all areas, and the winds will be breezy. North/northwest winds will pick up during the afternoon to around 15-25 mph in most spots, with higher gusts to around 35 mph in the mountains.
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• Hyundai recalls thousands of cars over exploding seat belt tighteners

  25-05-2022 14:51 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Korean automaker Hyundai is recalling 239,000 cars because the seat belt parts can explode and injure vehicle occupants.
  Three injuries have been reported, two in the U.S. and one in Singapore.
  Government regulators said that the driver’s and front passenger’s seat belt pretensioners, which tighten the belts in preparation for a crash, can explode upon deployment and send shrapnel throughout the vehicle.Park outside: Ford recalls SUVs because engines can catch
  
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• Families mourn, worry in wake of elementary school shooting

  25-05-2022 14:46 via krqe.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Distraught families gathered at a local civic center and turned to social media to mourn and to make desperate pleas for help finding missing children as the death toll in a gruesome school shooting at a Texas elementary school rose to at least 19 students and two teachers.By nightfall, names of those killed during Tuesday's attack at Robb Elementary School in the town of Uvalde began to emerge. One man at the civic center walked away sobbing into his phone “she
  
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• One of the teens accused in Albuquerque gas station murder surrenders to police

  25-05-2022 14:20 via krqe.com
  
  One of the teens allegedly connected to a murder at an Albuquerque gas station has turned herself in. Police say 17-year-old Caprice Sicilia has turned herself in and was booked into the Bernalillo County Detention Center Monday.Police say Sicilia and four others, 19-year-old Diamond Salazar, 16-year-old Adam Sedillo, 15-year-old Estevan Lucero, 16-year-old Ty Gallegos, allegedly killed Kayla Montano at the Maverik Gas Station on 3737 Princeton Dr. NE back on March 25, 2022. Two students accused
  
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• Live updates | Trump to speak at NRA convention in Texas

  25-05-2022 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he'll “deliver an important address to America” at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Texas on Friday.The Republican leader posted on his social media network Wednesday that “America needs real solutions and real leadership in this moment, not politicians and partisanship.”
  Houston's Democratic mayor, Sylvester Turner, says some people want the city to cancel the NRA meeting, but he says they
  
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• Live updates | Texas GOP to attend NRA convention in Houston

  25-05-2022 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The National Rifle Association holds its annual convention in Houston, Texas, starting on Friday. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner says some people want the city to cancel the meeting, but he says they can't break the contract.
  The greater question, Turner says, is why Texas politicians still plan to speak there after the shooting in Uvalde. Gov. Greg Abbott and Sen. Ted Cruz have been scheduled to address a leadership forum sponsored by the NRA’s lobbying arm.&ldq
  
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• Live updates | Gunman posted on Facebook before attack

  25-05-2022 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The governor of Texas says the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school warned on social media minutes before the attack that he was going to shot up a school.Gov. Greg Abbott says the shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, used an AR-15 in the attack Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.About 30 minutes before the shooting, Ramos made three social media posts. According to the governor, Ramos posted that he was going to shoot his gra
  
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• Live updates | Germany has tough gun laws and school attacks

  25-05-2022 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — BERLIN — German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser sharply condemned the Texas school massacre, saying she's shocked by the “terrible bloodshed."“It is horrific that so many children and a teacher were killed. And it is terrible how powerful the gun lobby still is in the USA — despite so many terrible crimes,” Faeser tweeted on Wednesday.Germany has a strict weapons law, and its authorities must enforce it decisively, she said.
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• Live updates | 19 kids, 2 teachers slain in school shooting

  25-05-2022 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — HARTFORD, Conn. — Schools around the country have increased security as a precaution after the killings of 19 children and two teachers in Texas.In Connecticut, where the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting killed 20 first graders and six educators, state police said they were sending extra troopers to schools Wednesday, although no specific threats had been received.“This assault on the most innocent of our citizens is deeply disturbing and heartbre
  
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• Live updates | 19 kids, 2 adults slain in school shooting

  25-05-2022 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — UVALDE, Texas — Uvalde community members arrived early Wednesday at a civic center where families learned the fate of their loved ones the night before. Volunteers arrived with Bibles and therapy dogs.A minister says he prayed with families of victims in a hospital waiting room after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers inside an elementary school classroom in Texas.Uvalde Memorial Hospital said 13 children were taken there. Another hospital reported a 66
  
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• Albuquerque Isotopes debut robot umpire on Tuesday

  25-05-2022 13:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – As Major League Baseball continues to experiment with an automated ball and strike (ABS) system, the Albuquerque Isotopes are the latest minor league team to use it. The "robot umpire" was in use for the 'Topes series in Salt Lake, and makes its debut at Isotopes Park this week against Round Rock.Story continues belowCrime: Police search for five teens accused in Albuquerque gas station shootingAlbuquerque: Shea Serrano project begins filming in Albuquerque,
  
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• Texas school massacre continues states' grim run of mass shootings

  25-05-2022 11:46 via krqe.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Once again, one of America's deadliest mass shootings happened in Texas.Past shootings targeted worshippers during a Sunday sermon, shoppers at a Walmart, students on a high school campus and drivers on a highway. Among the latest victims were 19 children in the small town of Uvalde, west of San Antonio, where on Tuesday a gunman opened fire inside an elementary school in the nation's deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade.Each of those tragedies in Texas &m
  
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• Bernalillo County Animal Shelter seeking donations

  25-05-2022 06:34 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The county animal shelter says it has an overabundance of cats and dogs and needs help with pet supplies. Items most in need are towels, fleece blankets, washcloths, and flat sheets.
  You can make donations at the Animal Care and Resource Center on 2nd St. The shelter is also changing its hours, it will now be open Tuesday through Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  
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• Bernalillo County plans for East Mountain community support center

  25-05-2022 06:29 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County is leasing space in the East Mountains to provide better behavioral health services there. The county will create a community support center in the old Just Imagine Gallery in Tijeras. Services will include emotional support and short-term mentorship for mental health issues.
  Story continues belowCrime: Police search for five teens accused in Albuquerque gas station shootingAlbuquerque: Shea Serrano project begins filming in Albuquerqu
  
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• Ukrainian woman returns to country with donations from New Mexicans

  25-05-2022 06:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque woman is making her second trip to Ukraine. In March, Diana Horak and her daughter went to get her mom out of the war torn country. Now she's returning with hundreds of pounds of donations from New Mexicans who saw her story and wanted to help.
  After KRQE News 13's story aired, Horak says an Albuquerque woman tracked her down and asked if she'd be going back. Horak says she didn't have any intention of returning to Ukraine. "I was thinkin
  
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• A family evacuated from Mora worries about what's next

  25-05-2022 06:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –A family's house is still standing despite the Hermit's Peak Calf Canyon fire burning all around it - but they say their worries are far from over. Kristen Duran has been displaced by the wildfire for more than a month. Her home is now an Albuquerque hotel room she shares with her two kids.
  She shares her fears about the long road to recovery. “From Romeroville to Angel Fire to now Albuquerque, and we're hoping to finally go home at the end of this week
  
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• New Mexico United blows out shorthanded Phoenix Rising

  25-05-2022 06:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico United put a flurry of goals through the net Tuesday night to exact revenge and route Phoenix Rising FC 7-0. It was the first meeting between the two clubs since they played a pair of games in Phoenix with Phoenix winning both and knocking New Mexico out of the Open Cup.
  Phoenix played Tuesday's match with at least 8 of their academy players in the lineup. Eleven people in the Phoenix organization were still in quarantine for COVID, which pre
  
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• Man armed with shotgun killed by Doña Ana deputy

  25-05-2022 05:35 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – The Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office says the man shot and killed by a deputy over the weekend was making suicidal threats, but that they approached the situation thoughtfully and carefully. During a press conference on Monday, Doña Ana County Sheriff Kim Stewart said it all started when neighbors called 911 saying 56-year-old Carlos Gamboa was making suicidal comments.Story continues belowCrime: Police search for five teens accused in Albu
  
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• Perins Peak Fire burns 70 acres in Durango, pre-evacuation order in place

  25-05-2022 05:05 via krqe.com
  
  DURANGO, Colo. (KRQE) – The Parins Peak Fire began around 4:45 p.m. on May 24, 2022, in Durango, Colorado. The Perins Peak Fire is burning on Bureau of Land Management land. Responding agencies include Durango Fire Protection District, U.S. Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management. A pre-evacuation order is in place for County Road 208 and the Dry Fork and Rock Ridge subdivisions as well as County Road 206 to Highway 160.Start Date: May 24, 2022Location: Perins Peak, San Jua
  
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