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• Pelosi's husband arrested on suspicion of DUI in California

  29-05-2022 23:38
  
  NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, was arrested this weekend on suspicion of DUI in Northern California, police records showed Sunday.
  Paul Pelosi was taken into custody late Saturday in Napa County north of San Francisco, according to a sheriff's office online booking report.He could face charges including driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol content level of 0.08 or higher, the report said.
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• Nancy Pelosi's husband arrested on suspicion of DUI

  29-05-2022 23:29
  
  NAPA, Calif. (KRON) -- Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of Democratic Congresswoman and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was arrested in Napa County late Saturday night, Nexstar's KRON has confirmed.
  According to the Napa County public booking report, Paul Pelosi was arrested at approximately 11:44 p.m. He was booked at 4:13 a.m. for codes 23152(a) and 23152(b) VC, which references the California Vehicle Code that makes it “unlawful for a person who has 0.08 percent or more, by weight, of a
  
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• New Mexico Wine Fest in full swig

  29-05-2022 23:16
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexicans enjoyed a beautiful day while getting a taste of the best wine around at the New Mexico Wine Festival. The event, back in the spring for the first time in two years, included live music and food for event-goers.Story continues belowCrime: APD: 2 in custody after standoff at northwest Albuquerque gas stationAlbuquerque: Lawsuit alleges CYFD cover-up over 4-year-old’s deathKRQE Investigates: “Take down, take down:” An inside look
  
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• 71 Sears stores to close permanently nationwide

  29-05-2022 22:47
  
  (NEXSTAR) - A once-expansive retailer is preparing to close dozens of its locations.At least 71 Sears Hometown stores will be shutting their doors for good in the coming weeks, according to a report from Axios. A list of closing locations was posted on a message board, TheLayoff.com, and many stores have taken to Facebook to inform customers of their impending closure.
  Sears Holding, which also owned Kmart, filed for bankruptcy protection in 2018 but avoided liquidation when Transformco acquired
  
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• Search warrant issued for man with 36k fentanyl pills

  29-05-2022 22:40
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe County deputies are searching for a man they say had tens of thousands of fentanyl pills in his home. Deputies say they executed a search warrant at Hector Gabriel Rascon's home and say they found 36,000 fentanyl pills, a half-pound of cocaine, a gun, and cash. Reward offered for “Shop and Rob Bandit”Rascon was not home during the search and a federal warrant has been issued for his arrest. He has a previous criminal history including multi
  
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• Swiss Kiss: Ericsson gives Ganassi another Indy 500 victory

  29-05-2022 22:06
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marcus Ericsson, once a Formula One backmarker, is now an IndyCar frontrunner.
  And an Indianapolis 500 champion.
  Ericsson became the second Swede to win the Indy 500 on Sunday when he held off some of the biggest names in North American auto racing in front of the largest crowd of his life.
  “It’s the biggest race in the world,” said Ericsson, who called it his biggest victory “by a million miles.”
  The 31-year-old showed up in IndyCar someth
  
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• Swedish driver Ericsson gives Ganassi another Indy 500 win

  29-05-2022 22:06
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marcus Ericsson had to leave Formula One to become a global superstar, a goal achieved Sunday when the Swedish driver won the Indianapolis 500. Ericsson took control of the race late — largely because of teammate Scott Dixon's speeding penalty — and had the win in reach for Chip Ganassi Racing until a crash by teammate Jimmie Johnson with four laps remaining brought out a rare red-flag stoppage at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.IndyCar is among the purest forms
  
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• Sweden's Ericsson gives Ganassi another Indy 500 victory

  29-05-2022 22:06
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marcus Ericsson, once a Formula One backmarker, is now an IndyCar frontrunner.
  And an Indianapolis 500 champion.
  Ericsson became the second Swede to win the Indy 500 on Sunday when he held off some of the biggest names in North American auto racing in front of the largest crowd of his life.
  “It’s the biggest race in the world,” said Ericsson, who called it his biggest victory “by a million miles.”
  The 31-year-old showed up in IndyCar someth
  
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• Gun reform rally held in Albuquerque

  29-05-2022 22:06
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – People in Albuquerque gathered together to call for gun reform after the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. The Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice hosted the rally Saturday and called for gun reform and restorative justice programs.Story continues belowCrime: APD: 2 in custody after standoff at northwest Albuquerque gas stationAlbuquerque: Lawsuit alleges CYFD cover-up over 4-year-old’s deathKRQE Investigates: “Take dow
  
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• This is the average price of a used car in each state

  29-05-2022 22:02
  
  (iSeeCars) - The average one-to-five-year-old car cost an average of $34,392 in April. While this is down slightly from March when the average used car cost an average of $34,449, used car prices remain elevated from the ongoing microchip shortage. Movies in the Park returnsHow much have used car prices risen in recent months? According to iSeeCars.com’s latest analysis of over 1.5 million used car sales in April, used car prices increased 23.9 percent, or $6,631, compared to the same peri
  
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• Santa Fe closes trails for Memorial Day

  29-05-2022 21:44
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The city of Santa Fe closed multiple trails around the town this Memorial Day weekend over concerns of dangerous fire conditions. The Dale Ball, Sun Mountain, La Tierra, MX/BMX, and the Metropolitan Recreation Complex trails are all closed.Story continues belowCrime: APD: 2 in custody after standoff at northwest Albuquerque gas stationAlbuquerque: Lawsuit alleges CYFD cover-up over 4-year-old’s deathKRQE Investigates: “Take down, take down:” A
  
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• What the Voyager space probes can teach humanity about immortality and legacy as they sail through space for trillions of years

  29-05-2022 20:10
  
  (THE CONVERSATION) Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweeping by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, it is now almost 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth in interstellar space. Both Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, carry little pieces of humanity in the form of their Golden Records. These messages in a bottle include spoken greetings in 55 languages, sounds and images from nature, an album of recordings and images from numerous cultur
  
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• How important is the COVID-19 booster shot for 5-to-11-year-olds? 5 questions answered

  29-05-2022 18:00
  
  (THE CONVERSATION) COVID-19 case numbers are rising again in the U.S. – including among children. In mid-May 2022, the Food and Drug Administration authorized a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine for U.S. children ages 5 to 11, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention followed by recommending a booster shot for this age group.Naturally, many parents are wondering about the importance and safety of a booster shot for their school-age children. Debbie-Ann
  
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• LIVE: Marcus Ericsson wins 2022 Indy 500

  29-05-2022 17:12
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- It's race day for the Indianapolis 500!Of the 33 drivers who qualified, only one will emerge victorious. Follow today's race with live updates below:Indy 500 storiesStarting gridDriver milk preferencesRace day schedule3:44 p.m.Marcus Ericsson holds off the challenge from Pato O'Ward to win the 500!
  3:42 p.m. ETThe cars are out of the pits and back on the track for the big finish.3:38 p.m. ETTalking to the NBC broadcast crew, Tony Kanaan says he's got "nothing to lose" on the rest
  
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• Extreme wind, fire danger this afternoon

  29-05-2022 16:22
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – First the record heat Saturday and now, the extreme winds and fire danger for today. We're starting our Sunday with very warm temps across central and eastern NM. We're already seeing temperatures cool northwest to southeast as a cold front is moving through the state. This is all part of a very strong storm system to our northwest which will bring gusty and potentially damaging wind gusts of 45-60+ mph this afternoon. The strongest winds from the jet stream w
  
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• Fire lookout spots Bear Trap Fire, joins fire lines

  29-05-2022 15:54
  
  MAGDALENA, N.M. (KRQE) – The U.S. Forest Service has fire lookout towers spread across the state – staffed and on the lookout for wildfires. The Forest Service has two fire lookouts within the Bear Trap Fire area, the Mount Withington Lookout built in the 50s, and the Grassy Mountain Lookout built in the 60s. More New Mexicans evacuate as Calf Canyon Hermits Peak fire grows"I was the one that saw the fire and called it in, it was initially about five acres," said Kelsey Sims.Sim
  
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• A look at Queen Elizabeth II's style through the decades

  29-05-2022 15:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II just might have the hardest working wardrobe on the planet.“Every outfit worn in public is carefully calibrated to inspire or remind, to signal gratitude or respect, to convey a sense of power or familiarity,” wrote The Mail on Sunday in 2015. “Her Majesty neither sets trends nor follows them — but while she is deaf to the siren call of fashion, she has her own singular style.”From her tiaras, hats and Hermes scarves to her L
  
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• Worry about stagflation, a flashback to '70s, begins to grow

  29-05-2022 14:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Stagflation. It was the dreaded “S word” of the 1970s.For Americans of a certain age, it conjures memories of painfully long lines at gas stations, shuttered factories and President Gerald Ford’s much-ridiculed “Whip Inflation Now” buttons.Stagflation is the bitterest of economic pills: High inflation mixes with a weak job market to cause a toxic brew that punishes consumers and befuddles economists.For decades, most economists didn’t t
  
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• Areas with the fastest-growing home prices near Las Cruces

  29-05-2022 14:00
  
  (STACKER) It goes without saying that the coronavirus pandemic has sparked a wave of uncertainty across myriad industries, and not other market has quite felt its impact like that of real estate.The pandemic has become a driving force behind the continued real estate boom, with high demand for vacation homes and a limited supply of housing that has prompted buyers and investors to bid up prices for affordable properties, causing home prices to skyrocket. The ability to work remotely played a rol
  
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• High wind, heat for Memorial Day weekend

  29-05-2022 02:02
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Our spring weather pattern continues here in the unofficial opening of summer. Another deep trough is barreling across the west bringing us more high, impactful wind gusts all across New Mexico. Peak wind gusts this afternoon reached 60 mph for Las Vegas and 45 mph in Albuquerque. Even stronger southwest wind gusts are in store for Sunday as a cold front moves through the region. Expect widespread gusts 45-60+ mph Sunday afternoon.Forecast Continues BelowNew Mexico
  
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• Evacuee shelters transitioning in Las Vegas

  29-05-2022 01:40
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (KRQE) – As the Calf Canyon-Hermits Peaks fire continues, things are starting to change for those who have been affected by the fire. Shelters are closing some services in Las Vegas and Glorieta, and it's drawing some outcry from the community.  The overnight shelters at the old Memorial Middle School gym in Las Vegas and the Glorieta camp will be closing their doors after being a place for evacuees to find refuge for weeks, but that doesn't mean all services
  
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• Local barbershop, CYFD help kids with school supplies

  29-05-2022 01:03
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque barbershop is helping at-risk kids in the state. On Saturday, Sportclips collected bags and school supplies for kids in CYFD custody.Every year, there are numerous kids in their custody that don't have their own backpacks and are forced to use a trash bag to bring their belongings with them to their new home. The store's manager told News 13 she was a foster kid, so this event is very special to her.Story continues belowCrime: APD: 2 in custod
  
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