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• Two men arrested in Belen homicide

  18-06-2022 23:08 via krqe.com
  
  BELEN, N.M. (KRQE) – Belen police are investigating a homicide that happened Friday night. Officers arrived to the area of 1st St. and Mirabel Ave., responding to a shots fired call.They say initial reports were that a man had been shot during a confrontation with two other people who called the police. When police arrived, they located 47-year-old Mauro Pillado in the driver's seat of a white sedan. The driver's side door was open.Story continues belowSports: Albuquerque Academy catc
  
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• Information sought in Santa Fe shooting

  18-06-2022 22:20 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe police are investigating a shooting they say happened Saturday morning. When police arrived at the 600 block of Gomez Street around 6:20 a.m., they located a 70-year-old woman who had been shot in the leg.Story continues belowSports: Albuquerque Academy catcher to try out for USA baseballCommunity: What’s happening around New Mexico June 17 – June 23KRQE En Español: Jueves 16 de Junio 2022Don't Miss: Albuquerque now sending speed cam
  
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• School can't fly BLM, LGBTQ+ flags and be Catholic, MA bishop says

  18-06-2022 20:09 via krqe.com
  
  WORCESTER, Ma. (NEXSTAR) — A Massachusetts school for boys experiencing economic insecurity had its Catholic affiliation revoked on Thursday — after an area bishop said the school's flying of an LGBTQ Pride flag and a Black Lives Matter flag are "inconsistent" with Catholic teachings.In a decree, Bishop Robert J. McManus, of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester, says Worcester-based The Nativity School can no longer call itself "Catholic" and all mass and sacraments are now prohib
  
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• CDC officially recommends COVID-19 shots for children under 5: Here's what to know

  18-06-2022 19:53 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health advisers on Saturday recommended COVID-19 vaccines for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers — the last group without the shots.The advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unanimously decided that coronavirus vaccines should be opened to children as young as 6 months. The final signoff was expected later in the day from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.While the Food and Drug Administration OKs vaccines, it's the CDC that decides who sho
  
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• Curb inflation with 5 credit card perks

  18-06-2022 19:02 via krqe.com
  
  (NerdWallet) - As prices on goods and services continue to rise because of inflation, scaling back expenses isn’t the only way to free up cash to cover essentials. Credit cards can feature valuable perks for new applicants, whether your goal is to pay off debt or save on costs. Even if you already have a card, you may be sitting on targeted offers, rewards, or benefits that could make a difference.Here are some ways to maximize value from a credit card.1. Introductory offersIf you've got g
  
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• Heat-related illnesses kill more people each year than tornadoes, floods

  18-06-2022 17:02 via krqe.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Heat waves, like the ones seen by over 100 million people across the country this week, are the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S. High temperatures, on average, cause more fatalities than other kinds of hazardous weather events, like floods or tornadoes.
  More than 600 people in the United States are killed by extreme heat every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By comparison, the National Weather Service reports that about 8
  
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• Grassroots mojo and 4 other reasons Starbucks workers have been so successful unionizing

  18-06-2022 17:02 via krqe.com
  
  (The Conversation) - Starbucks Workers United won its 100th election on May 27, 2022 – fittingly, in Seattle, the company’s hometown. And the union has notched another 46 victories in the just over two weeks since then. It comes six months after organizers won their first two union victories, in Buffalo, New. York.Although each unionized workplace is small, with a couple of dozen employees apiece, the campaign is already, by my reckoning, one of the most succ
  
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• Deputy: 2 officers had chance to shoot Uvalde school gunman

  18-06-2022 16:49 via krqe.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Two Uvalde city police officers passed up a fleeting chance to shoot a gunman outside Robb Elementary School before he went on to kill 21 people inside the school, a senior sheriff's deputy told The New York Times.That would mean a second missed opportunity for officers to stop Salvador Ramos before the May 24 rampage inside the school that killed 19 children and two teachers. Officials previously said that another officer, with the school district's police, had d
  
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• Monsoon rain breaks dry streak

  18-06-2022 15:39 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Keep the umbrella handy this weekend as more afternoon showers and storms are in the forecast. It'll be fairly similar to Friday with the heaviest rain falling west of I-25 near the Continental Divide. The ABQ metro area will see more late showers once again as we ended our 78-day dry streak, marking the 12th longest in our history. Suddenly we find ourselves in a very different pattern, thanks to a big change in the upper-level winds. They're now more southerly br
  
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• 5 things to know about the Fed's biggest interest rate increase since 1994 and how it will affect you

  18-06-2022 15:30 via krqe.com
  
  (THE CONVERSATION) The Federal Reserve on June 15, 2022, lifted interest rates by 0.75 percentage point, the third hike this year and the largest since 1994. The move is aimed at countering the fastest pace of inflation in over 40 years.Wall Street had been expecting a half-point increase, but the latest consumer prices report released on June 10 prompted the Fed to take a more drastic measure. The big risk, however, is that higher rates will push the economy i
  
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• A celebrated AI has learned a new trick: How to do chemistry

  18-06-2022 15:00 via krqe.com
  
  (THE CONVERSATION) Artificial intelligence has changed the way science is done by allowing researchers to analyze the massive amounts of data modern scientific instruments generate. It can find a needle in a million haystacks of information and, using deep learning, it can learn from the data itself. AI is accelerating advances in gene hunting, medicine, drug design and the creation of organic compounds.Deep learning uses algorithms, often neural networks that are t
  
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• Communities preparing for flooding in Calf Canyon Hermits Peak burn scar

  18-06-2022 06:01 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico has entered monsoon season and while it is a welcome sight in areas where wildfires are burning, it is also causing a lot of worry about flooding.The rain has been falling in San Miguel and Mora counties. FEMA says they're monitoring storms closely and are prepared to evacuate families if they need to. “If we get those kind of big rain events that we sometimes get, it's going to be pretty devastating to certain parts of the community,” said G
  
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• New Mexico bartender named top 15 in the nation

  18-06-2022 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – One of the best bartenders in the nation is right here in New Mexico. After being crowned one of the top 15 in the country, a Santa Fe bartender is competing this weekend to hopefully be crowned the best in the nation and move on to global competition.
  If it has to do with a drink, chances are Weston Simons knows it well. "My first job when I was 15 was a soda jerk at a malt shop in Albuquerque," said Simons. "I've been a barista, I've been a soda jerk, I'
  
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• Corrales musician plays one of the world's rarest instruments at Explora

  18-06-2022 05:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Teens at Explora got to experience one of the rarest musical instruments in the world. Corrales musician Mayling Garcia is one of only ten people in the world who knows how to play the glass armonica. She demonstrated the instrument as part of an educational event for teens spotlighting Benjamin Franklin, who invented the armonica in the 1760s.Story continues belowSports: Albuquerque Academy catcher to try out for USA baseballCommunity: What’s happenin
  
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• Tiny Home Village murals expected to be completed soon

  18-06-2022 05:43 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County's Tiny Home Village will soon have some brand new murals. They're being created by artist Jodie Herrera and are in the welcoming area of the village. Six parks and recreation employees receive One Albuquerque AwardThe murals feature native flowers and the transformation of caterpillars into butterflies. Officials say the murals are expected to be completed by the end of this summer.
  
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• Nonprofit making sure kids in Albuquerque have underwear

  18-06-2022 05:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A nonprofit is helping thousands of children in Albuquerque with a basic need that most people take for granted. Undies for Everyone, based in Houston, Texas, provides underwear for kids in 17 cities across the nation.Learn about the history of chocolate at the NM Natural History MuseumFounder Amy Weis says because poverty is high in Albuquerque, the non-profit has partnered with Children, Youth, and Families Department and Albuquerque Public Schools to dist
  
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• Non-profit making sure kids in Albuquerque have underwear

  18-06-2022 05:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A non-profit is helping thousands of children in Albuquerque with a basic need that most people take for granted. Undies for Everyone, based in Houston, Texas, provides underwear for kids in 17 cities across the nation.Learn about the history of chocolate at the NM Natural History MuseumFounder Amy Weis says because poverty is high in Albuquerque, the non-profit has partnered with Children, Youth, and Families Department and Albuquerque Public Schools to dis
  
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• Six parks and recreation employees receive One Albuquerque Award

  18-06-2022 05:22 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Some outstanding people were recognized on Friday with the One Albuquerque Award. They include six parks and recreation employees that reported and tried to stop a bosque fire last month.While working at Barelas Railroad Park, they saw a woman who was setting fires there. They not only called 911, but tried to put one of the first fires out with a fire extinguisher.
  Story continues belowSports: Albuquerque Academy catcher to try out for USA baseballComm
  
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• FBI searching "man in brown bandit" suspected in Clovis bank robbery

  18-06-2022 04:40 via krqe.com
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) – The FBI and Clovis Police are looking for the "man in brown bandit" who they say robbed a bank just after 10 a.m. Friday. They say the man entered WaFd Bank on North Prince St. near East Manana Blvd. and demanded money. FBI looking for “out of gas robber” accused in Albuquerque bank robberyHe is described as having a light complexion, between 5 foot 9 inches tall and 6 feet tall, with tattoos on the left and right sides of his neck. The FBI is offerin
  
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• Otero County Commissioners certify primary election results

  18-06-2022 04:15 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Otero County Commissioners have certified their primary election results after the courts ordered them to do so. The commission held an emergency vote Friday to meet the certification deadline. They originally voted not to certify, citing concerns about the accuracy of vote tabulation machines. Pojoaque residents on the lookout for mountain lion seen on videoThe Secretary of State's office said there was no evidence of election irregularities and that the commissio
  
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• Santa Fe man accused of raping six-year-old girl

  18-06-2022 04:01 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Santa Fe man is accused of raping a six-year-old girl with autism. According to court documents, Keith MacGregor was dating the girl's mother and sexually assaulted the child multiple times. Thieves get creative by drilling into gas tanks as fuel costs soar The 60-year-old was arrested and booked into jail Thursday. MacGregor is expected to see a judge next week.
  
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• FBI looking for "out of gas robber" accused in Albuquerque bank robbery

  18-06-2022 03:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The FBI and Albuquerque Police Department are looking for a man they say robbed a bank Friday. They say it happened just before 12:30 p.m. at the Bank of the West on Dr. Martin Luther King Ave. NE near Edith Blvd. NE. They say the man demanded money and then left that bank. BCSO’s focus on retail theft garners nearly 70 arrestsHe is described as Hispanic, about 6 foot 2 inches tall, and 160 pounds. He was wearing a black bandana, a white tank top, khak
  
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• KRQE En Español: Viernes 17 de Junio 2022

  18-06-2022 02:57 via krqe.com
  
  Los funcionarios estatales advierten que las inundaciones podrían afectar las áreas con cicatrices de quemadura
  Con toda la lluvia esperada tambien llega la preocupación. Inundaciones devastadoras podrían afectar las áreas afectadas por los recientes incendios forestales. Hoy funcionarios estatales hablaron de cómo se están preparando. El servicio meteorologico nacional dice que emitirán advertencias de inundaciones repentinas y haran todo
  
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• Thieves get creative by drilling into gas tanks as fuel costs soar

  18-06-2022 01:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – As gas prices continue to skyrocket, a gallon of fuel is closing in on $5 a gallon in New Mexico. Now, desperate thieves are looking to steal it right from the victim's gas tanks, leaving some drivers without fuel, transportation, and thousands of dollars.Local mechanics say it is a growing problem. David Shulz, Owner of Klinks Auto Repair says he's repaired around six cars with fuel tank damage. "We've had a few of them where they've come in damaged the bot
  
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• State officials warn flooding could affect burn scar areas

  18-06-2022 00:57 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – With the much needed rain coming to our state, devastating flooding could hit the areas affected by recent wildfires. State officials spoke on Friday about how they are preparing.
  Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham was joined by members of the National Weather Service, National Guard, and Forest Service who are all warning residents near burn scars to be on high alert. Rain acts differently in a fire zone than in other areas.KRQE's Wildfire Coverage"The reason th
  
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• Rain across the state as monsoon pattern settles in

  18-06-2022 00:57 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Another active monsoon day across New Mexico. This active monsoon pattern will continue through the weekend and into next week with daily afternoon thunderstorms across the western half of the state.
  Scattered showers and storms have once again developed Friday afternoon along and west of the central mountain chain. These storms will continue to move northward through the evening. A few storms will still be ongoing into the early overnight hours before taperin
  
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• Monsoon storms continue through the weekend

  18-06-2022 00:57 via krqe.com
  
  Another active monsoon day across New Mexico. This active monsoon pattern will continue through the weekend and into next week with daily afternoon thunderstorms across the western half of the state.
  Scattered showers and storms have once again developed Friday afternoon along and west of the central mountain chain. These storms will continue to move northward through the evening. A few storms will still be ongoing into the early overnight hours before tapering off.
  Our active monsoon pattern wi
  
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• Learn about the history of chocolate at the NM Natural History Museum

  18-06-2022 00:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new exhibit all about chocolate has opened at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. The traveling exhibit looks at the evolution of chocolate. Visitors will be able to learn the biology behind cacao, which chocolate is derived from, all while standing under a life-sized cacao tree.Story continues belowSports: Albuquerque Academy catcher to try out for USA baseballCommunity: What’s happening around New Mexico June 17 – June
  
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• Two New Mexican fighters are part of UFC Fight Night

  18-06-2022 00:37 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Two New Mexican fighters will enter the octagon for UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Austin, Texas. Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone and Tim "The Dirty Bird" Means will represent the land of enchantment, both with something to prove. Boxing event at golf course honors late Johnny TapiaFor the co-main event of the evening, Cerrone looks to end his six-fight losing streak against Joe Lauzon. Cerrone is fighting for the first time in over a year and is extra motivated following
  
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• Community of longtime nightmare neighbor want him to clean up his act

  18-06-2022 00:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – He is called a nightmare neighbor. Residents say junk has been piling up—like dishwashers, and a semi-truck—in the front yard next to them. Some in the Inez neighborhood wonder when this ordeal will be over.
  The president of the neighborhood association, Maya Sutton, says they've tried to combat the eyesore from every avenue they can through the city. Sutton says even though an end may be in sight, it's been years since residents have had a clear
  
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• VIDEO: 5 boys arrested for shooting gel pellet guns at Artesia park

  18-06-2022 00:24 via krqe.com
  
  ARTESIA, N.M. (KRQE) - Police departments around the country are warning parents about buying their kids Orbeez guns. News 13 got a look at how those guns landed five New Mexico boys in big trouble.Five boys, five gel pellet guns – the types that have caught the attention of police everywhere because of a TikTok challenge that encourages random shootings. Artesia police say the boys, ages 10 to 12, along with their 16-year-old ringleader, were caught shooting the pellets at a girl's s
  
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• Albuquerque Police Department moves into historic building downtown

  18-06-2022 00:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police Department officers have a new place to work in downtown Albuquerque. APD has moved into the first floor of the Rosenwald building at Fourth and Central. The new downtown public safety center gives officers downtown a place to do things like file police reports. Albuquerque police officer injured in crash with an alleged drunk driverA city official tells KRQE News 13 tells us they still have to the APD logos on the windows. There were
  
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• Albuquerque police investigating crash at Lomas and San Mateo

  18-06-2022 00:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is investigating a serious injury crash at Lomas and San Mateo. They say two people who were on a motorcycle were critically injured and taken to the hospital.Several lanes of traffic are closed. Drivers are urged to avoid the area. This is a developing story, KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.
  
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