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• New Mexico lawmaker pushes for hiring more veterans

  12-08-2022 23:55 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Congresswoman Yvette Herrell has introduced legislation that would prioritize the hiring of veterans. The Veteran Recruitment Act would require the United States Secretary of State to send a plan to the President. Hometown Heroes banners to line Santa Fe streets againThat plan would prioritize the recruitment and hiring of veterans for a number of positions within the Department of Defense, Intelligence, and the State Department. That could include training co
  
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• Proposals now being accepted for Gold King Mine settlement-related projects

  12-08-2022 23:39 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The application process has opened for projects that may be funded with $10 million received as part of the Gold King Mine Settlement. The settlement funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided to the Office of the Natural Resources Trustee is available for projects that restore or replace injured natural resources like river, land, and watershed restoration and conservation, or projects that were impacted by the Gold King Mine release
  
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• Educational assistants in short supply for Albuquerque Public Schools

  12-08-2022 23:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The list of open positions within Albuquerque Public Schools is long. They need everything from bus drivers, nurses, secretaries, and educational assistants. APS is currently down about 200 Educational Assistants. Fewer E.A.'s mean teachers who are already stretched thin, are even more overwhelmed. APS missing 2% of Chromebooks, about $450,000 lossKathy Chavez, the President of Albuquerque Federation of Classified Professionals says there are a lot of t
  
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• Video: Deputies respond to naked man in Los Lunas

  12-08-2022 22:56 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – New video shows how deputy's responded to reports of a naked man in a Los Lunas neighborhood earlier this week. Ryan Romero was found running through yards in the Las Maravillas neighborhood and then hiding in bushes.Albuquerque man accused of breaking into shoe shopSeveral residents captured him on their Ring cameras. He also tried to get into one home. It had neighbors startled and confused. "He's probably loaded with cactus and stickers. Yeah, he is all scr
  
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• New Rio Rancho police officers get bump in pay

  12-08-2022 22:29 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – New Rio Rancho Police Department officers will get paid more than they did before. The city says it has completed a new collective bargaining agreement with the police union. City of Santa Fe, police union agree to officer pay raisesNew officers will now receive $25 an hour, up from $20.80 while dispatch trainees will earn $20 an hour from $17.05. Raises for current officers will also happen at a faster rate and longtime staff will be eligible for retention b
  
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• FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents in Trump search: report

  12-08-2022 21:49 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) — The FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents while conducting the search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The Journal reviewed a three-page list of items that FBI agents took from the Palm Beach, Fla., property on Monday, revealing that they took about 20 boxes of items, binders of photos, a handwritten note and Trump’s grant of clemency to his former adviser Roger Stone, who was convicted in 2019
  
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• East and central New Mexico drying out, west stays stormy

  12-08-2022 20:51 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – We're drying out from east to west across New Mexico this weekend as much drier air arrives around high pressure. Expect partly to mostly sunny skies this weekend in the metro with hotter temps. Highs will reach from 90° into the lower 90s the next few days with the drier weather. Meanwhile, the storms won't disappear but shift to the western areas of NM. Flash flooding will still be possible near the Sacramento Mountains and into the Gila. Look for scattered a
  
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• Man accused of driving though Gallup parade held until trial

  12-08-2022 20:40 via krqe.com
  
  GALLUP, N.M. (KRQE) – Jeff Irving, the man accused of driving drunk though a Gallup parade will remain behind bars until trial. Investigators say his blood alcohol was three times the legal limit when he was caught on camera barreling through the Inter-Tribal Ceremonial Parade. Video shows man drive away from police, through Gallup paradeInvestigators say he then crashed into several vehicles. More than a dozen people, including two police officers, were hurt and investigators say mor
  
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• WHO plans to rename monkeypox over stigmatization concerns

  12-08-2022 20:35 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says it's holding an open forum to rename the disease monkeypox, after some critics raised concerns the name could be derogatory or have racist connotations.
  In a statement Friday, the U.N. health agency said it has also renamed two families, or clades, of the virus, using Roman numerals instead of geographic areas, to avoid stigmatization. The version of the disease formerly known as the Congo Basin will now be known as Clade one or I and the We
  
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• Aerial seeding and mulching to begin on wildfire burn scar

  12-08-2022 20:12 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Santa Fe National Forest Burned Area Emergency Response team is beginning aerial seeding and mulching on August 14. This operation will take place in the south-central part of the Hermits Peak, Calf Canyon Fire burn scar. In New Mexico, there’s not enough water for everyoneSNSF says the seeding and mulching will help soak up rainfall and help stabilize hillsides and reduce post-fire runoff and erosion. They say the mulch will help protect seeds and lead t
  
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• Vote for America's Best Looking Cruiser calendar

  12-08-2022 19:34 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The 9th Annual American Association of State Troopers "America's Best Looking Cruiser" calendar contest is now underway. New Mexico State Police are in the competition and you can vote for their cruiser as best looking.
  Story continues belowAlbuquerque: Local group petitions to delay Coronado Park closureNew Mexico: Check the list: FBI updates names of missing Native Americans in New MexicoCrime: Rio Rancho police detain person after officer shoots in stolen SUV st
  
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• Montenegro gunman kills 11 on the street; police kill him

  12-08-2022 19:05 via krqe.com
  
  CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) — A man in Montenegro went on a shooting rampage Friday, killing 11 people on the streets of a city before being shot dead, Montenegro state TV reported, quoting police sources.State TV RTCG said the 34-year-old gunman wounded another six people, including a policeman, in the city of Cetinje's Medovina neighborhood, which is near the seat of the former royal government. The city is 36 kilometers (22 miles) west of Podogrica, the current capital of the small Balkan
  
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• Gunman in Montenegro kills 10, then shot dead by passerby

  12-08-2022 19:05 via krqe.com
  
  CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) — A man went on a shooting rampage in the streets of this western Montenegro city Friday, killing 10 people, including two children, before being shot dead by a passerby, officials said.
  Montenegrin police chief Zoran Brdjanin said in a video statement shared with media that attacker was a 34-year-old man he identified only by his initials, V.B.
  Brdjanin said the man used a hunting rifle to first shoot to death two children ages 8 and 11 and their mother, who lived
  
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• American tourist dies in Rio after being hit by stray bullet

  12-08-2022 19:05 via krqe.com
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An American tourist died in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, three days after he was shot during a confrontation between local drug dealers and vigilantes.The U.S Consulate in Rio and hospital Samaritano Botafogo confirmed Trey Barber's death in separate statements. The consulate did not offer more details due to family privacy issues.Barber was initially identified by police and the hospital as 28-year-old Joseph Trey Thomas. He was shot in the neck in an apartment in North
  
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• Roswell man sentenced for fatal Christmas Eve crash

  12-08-2022 19:02 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – A Roswell man, Dommnic Canales-Flores, who was charged in a deadly Christmas Eve crash in 2020 has taken a plea deal. Officials say then 20-year-old Canales-Flores hit and killed 31-year-old Devaney Brunk. Suspect arrested in fatal road rage crash that killed two teenagersOfficials say he was high on meth when he side-swiped a car, then kept driving at speeds of over 100 miles an hour before crashing head-on with another vehicle. The impact killed Brunk, th
  
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• House Democrats advance tax and climate bill, kicking off debate

  12-08-2022 18:55 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) – House Democrats advanced their multi-billion dollar climate, tax and health care bill on Friday, teeing up final passage of the legislation that is key to President Biden’s domestic agenda later in the day.The House approved the rule for the bill, titled the Inflation Reduction Act, in a party-line 219-208 vote, opening three hours of debate equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. Three Republicans and one Democrat did not vote.Final passage is slated for arou
  
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• West Nile Virus detected in Bernalillo County mosquitos

  12-08-2022 18:35 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Mosquitos testing positive for the West Nile Virus have been identified in Bernalillo County according to the City of Albuquerque Environmental Health Department and Bernalillo County Planning and Development Services Department on Friday. A City of Albuquerque press release states the virus was detected through routine mosquito monitoring, which goes on throughout the city as well as unincorporated areas of Bernalillo County.Story continues belowAlbuquerque
  
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• ABQ Collective holding Backyard Market 'til October

  12-08-2022 17:43 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For the last four years, the ABQ Collective has been growing the business sector here in the Duke City. Their upcoming backyard market will continue to do just that.Story continues belowAlbuquerque: Local group petitions to delay Coronado Park closureNew Mexico: Check the list: FBI updates names of missing Native Americans in New MexicoCrime: Rio Rancho police detain person after officer shoots in stolen SUV stopKRQE En Español: Jueves 11 de Agosto 20
  
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• Is polio spreading again? Virus detected in NYC's sewage

  12-08-2022 17:24 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The polio virus has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday.The presence of the poliovirus in the city's wastewater suggests likely local circulation of the virus, the city and New York state health departments said.Story continues belowAlbuquerque: Local group petitions to delay Coronado Park closureNew
  
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• Anne Heche 'not expected to survive' after car crash, rep says

  12-08-2022 16:05 via krqe.com
  
  (NewsNation) —  Actor Anne Heche "is not expected to survive" after a fiery car crash last week left her in a coma, a representative for the family said in a statement released Thursday.Heche’s car crashed Aug. 5 into a home located on the west side of Los Angeles. The vehicle erupted into flames and firefighters pulled Heche, who was alone, from the car.
  According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, around 60 firefighters responded to the scene. The cause of the crash is still
  
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• New DOT rule could make air travel less hellish: How it could help you

  12-08-2022 15:21 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – The Department of Transportation has proposed a new package of rules that would make it easier for Americans to get their money back when things go wrong in air travel.
  DOT says it has received "a flood" of complaints from travelers who have had their plans disrupted by COVID-19 and pandemic-related fallout, and lost money due to non-refundable ticket purchases.
  Story continues belowAlbuquerque: Local group petitions to delay Coronado Park closureNew Mexico: Check the list: FBI
  
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• Radio crew gunned down, stores firebombed as violence erupts in Juarez

  12-08-2022 15:00 via krqe.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) -- Violence erupted Thursday afternoon in Juarez, Mexico, with a radio crew gunned down outside a pizzeria and assailants firebombing several convenience stores.Around 8 p.m., armed individuals attacked a Little Caeser's Pizza restaurant on Ejercito Nacional Avenue in South Juarez, where a radio station was broadcasting live, promoting the restaurant on-air.3 inmates die as rival gangs clash inside Juarez prison
  Mexican media said the gunmen shot and killed four em
  
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• BioPark's Obon Festival returns to Botanic Garden

  12-08-2022 14:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A traditional Japanese festival is returning to the Albuquerque BioPark this weekend. The Obon Festival features traditional dancing and demonstrations and allows guests to decorate flowing lanterns before releasing them onto the pond inside the botanic garden.
  Story continues belowAlbuquerque: Local group petitions to delay Coronado Park closureNew Mexico: Check the list: FBI updates names of missing Native Americans in New MexicoCrime: Rio Rancho poli
  
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• KRQE Newsfeed: Fatal road rage arrest, Gallup parade video, Drier weekend, Sanctioned homeless camp, School shaving policy

  12-08-2022 14:50 via krqe.com
  
  Friday's Top StoriesAlbuquerque Police releases Muhammad Syed arrest videoMan accused of repeatedly breaking conditions of release stays out of jailAlbuquerque man charged with child abuse released from jailVideo: Deputies talk to family of toddler found wandering at night in AlbuquerqueRio Rancho police detain person after officer shoots in stolen SUV stopNew Mexico State Police investigating fatal police shooting in Eddy CountyVideo: Marshawn Lynch found asleep behind wheel, car tire missingFB
  
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• Drier weekend and higher temperatures across New Mexico

  12-08-2022 14:43 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Showers and storms are moving southeast through the Gila and lower Rio Grande Valley this morning. Rain will dissipate throughout the morning commute, and the rest of the state will see plenty of sunshine to start the day. Drier air moves into the state today, keeping eastern NM completely dry. The middle Rio Grande Valley and Four Corners will also be very dry today. Isolated storms will be possible in the northern and south central mountains, and scattered shower
  
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• FBI agents found dozens of classified documents in Mar-a-Lago search: sources

  12-08-2022 14:18 via krqe.com
  
  (NewsNation) — FBI agents found dozens of classified documents during their search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago on Monday, sources confirmed to NewsNation.
  Investigators discovered classified documents in two areas: Trump's personal office above a ballroom and in a storage room near the pool. Sources say there were "boxes everywhere," with some containing Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI). Those are considered some of the highest level of classified documents.Since the docum
  
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• What's happening around New Mexico August 12 - August 18

  12-08-2022 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Check out community events happening from Aug. 12 - Aug. 18 around New Mexico.Albuquerque
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  July 1 - Aug. 17 - Sunflower U-Pick at Big Jim Farms - Sunflower U-Pick will start July 1st and we will be open every day throughout the Summer and Fall. Big Jim Farms is open daily now until the end of October from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Located in the scenic valley of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque. No Pets. Bring sunscreen, a hat, & bottled water.
  Aug. 1 - 26 - Wilson
  
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• Longstanding shaving policy in Hobbs Municipal Schools stirs up controversy

  12-08-2022 05:55 via krqe.com
  
  HOBBS, N.M. (KRQE) –A policy that's been around for more than 30 years in one New Mexico school district is stirring up new controversy. All male students in the Hobbs School District must have clean, shaven faces. It's a rule already facing backlash heading into the first day of school.
  "A couple of my male friends in school got sent into the restrooms with one of the little cheap dollar store razors to go shave," Chey Ann Rusk said.
  Rusk, a former Hobbs High School student, remember
  
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• New Mexico State Police investigating fatal police shooting in Eddy County

  12-08-2022 05:29 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police are investigating a fatal shooting involving the Eddy County Sheriff's Office. Details are limited but they say the suspect died and that deputies were not injured.It happened near West Texas Street and Happy Valley Rd. in Carlsbad. This is a developing story, KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.
  
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• Program aims to bring broadband internet to more New Mexicans

  12-08-2022 05:20 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – More New Mexicans will soon have access to broadband internet. The Connect New Mexico Pilot Program will award $123M in grants to cover 75% of total project costs for broadband in unserved and underserved areas in the state. "Internet for all is more than just the connection, it's about making sure that connection is affordable, that the people have the devices that they need, and that they have the skills to use it when they turn it on," said Andy Burke, Special R
  
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• Hometown Heroes banners to line Santa Fe streets again

  12-08-2022 05:01 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Hundreds of banners honoring New Mexico veterans will once again line Santa Fe streets. The removal of the Hometown Heroes banners caused an uproar after officials took them down citing safety concerns about whether the light poles could support them. First New Mexico woman to become a U.S. Marshal honored in PhoenixSince then, the city has worked with the light pole manufacturer to establish how to hang the banners safely. The Santa Fe city council is hol
  
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• Los Ranchos residents speak out against development at meeting

  12-08-2022 03:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Los Ranchos residents packed their village council meeting Wednesday to speak out against high-density developments in their neighborhood. It was largely against a multi-use development called "The Village Center" that is already in the works. Los Ranchos residents upset over new developmentThe development, at the southeast corner of Osuna and 4th Street, is slated to feature a grocery store, restaurants, and retail spaces. It will also include more than 200
  
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• KRQE En Español: Jueves 11 de Agosto 2022

  12-08-2022 02:27 via krqe.com
  
  La policía de Rio Rancho detiene a una persona después de que un SUV fue robada
  El SUV que fue robado esta mañana ya fue localizado. Todo comenzó alrededor de las 8:15 a.m cuando los oficiales intentaron una parada de tráfico en un vehículo robado. El SUV entró en una casa en Meadowlark Lane cuando los oficiales trataron de tomar al sospechoso en custodia, el conductor comenzó a golpear a un vehículo de la policía. Luego, cuan
  
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• Albuquerque Police releases Muhammad Syed arrest video

  12-08-2022 02:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department has released video showing the arrest of a man suspected of killing at least two Muslim men. Muhammed Syed, 51, was arrested Monday night off of I-40 in Santa Rosa. Suspect arrested in murders of Albuquerque Muslim menThe police video released Thursday evening shows the moments APD officers placed Syed in cuffs. A second video shows officers walking Syed into the main Albuquerque Police station.Syed's arrest has been the sub
  
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• Suspect arrested in fatal road rage crash that killed two teenagers

  12-08-2022 01:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An arrested has been made in a deadly road rage crash that killed two teenage girls in Albuquerque. Police say 27-year-old Roger Wilson rammed another car along Central near Tingley back in June. Alyssa Salazar and Alize Henson, both 14, died on scene. The driver and another male were taken to the hospital.Story continues belowAlbuquerque: Albuquerque seeing uptick in burglars removing entire windowsNew Mexico: 40 days of clean water left in Las Vegas,
  
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• Los Lunas naked man charged with stealing package in broad daylight

  12-08-2022 01:44 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – You may have heard of packages being stolen from someone's porch. But have you heard of someone taking a package while naked?That's what surveillance video shows happened in broad daylight, Monday in the Las Maravillas neighborhood of Los Lunas, New Mexico. Around 4:00 p.m., a Ring doorbell camera captured an unclothed man running across a yard. A police report says that man allegedly drove a vehicle into a park, chased people in the neighborhood, then took a
  
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• Online shopping prices fall for first time in 2 years - especially in these categories

  12-08-2022 01:35 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Gas prices are easing and inflation shows signs of cooling – but wait, there's more good news: online shopping prices fell for the first time in two years, according to new data from Adobe Analytics.On Tuesday, Adobe released its latest Digital Price Index report, which showed that July's prices fell 1% year-over-year and 2% on a monthly basis. It was the first recorded period of deflation after 25 months in a row of rising prices for goods, Adobe found.So if you opted no
  
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• Albuquerque approves first Safe Outdoor Space on Menaul and I-25

  12-08-2022 01:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –  On Wednesday, the city of Albuquerque approved the first Safe Outdoor Space for homeless encampments at Menaul and I-25 and by next month, as many as 50 people could be calling the location home.
  “We're hoping maybe as early as 30 days but it could be 45. It was very exciting to find out that Albuquerque is making the step in the right direction because I think it's going to make a big difference,” said Agni Kudra, with Dawn Legacy Pointe,
  
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• New Mexico State University adding to growing list of licensed products

  12-08-2022 01:25 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State University is adding to its evergrowing list of licensed products. NMSU is rolling out its own branded water called Wobble on the Water in support of New Mexico State athletics.Story continues belowAlbuquerque: Albuquerque seeing uptick in burglars removing entire windowsNew Mexico: 40 days of clean water left in Las Vegas, city under stage 7 restrictionsCrime: Suspect accused of murdering Muslim men makes first appearance in courtKRQE En Esp
  
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• Albuquerque man charged with child abuse released from jail

  12-08-2022 01:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Thomas Candelaria, 23, has been charged with child abuse after medical staff found multiple injuries on his girlfriend's young son. According to court documents, the 18-month-old had a fractured skull, as well as a broken jaw and arm. There were also signs of choking. Video shows man drive away from police, through Gallup paradeThose injuries are alleged to have happened while the boy was in the care of Candelaria back in November. Investigators say non
  
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• Bernalillo County deputies search for suspects in Allsup's armed robbery

  12-08-2022 01:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office deputies are searching for two suspects behind an armed robbery early Thursday morning. They say the two men walked into the Allsup's in Paradise Hills with guns and pointed them at the clerk. Albuquerque man accused of breaking into shoe shopDeputies did not say what they stole but they were seen leaving in a four-door gray Audi. Anyone with information is asked to contact BCSO.
  
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• Video: Deputies talk to family of toddler found wandering at night in Albuquerque

  12-08-2022 00:49 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New video shows the aftermath after a three-year-old was found walking alone in the middle of the night trying to get into a neighbor's home and his mother was nowhere to be found around 4:30 in the morning of July 24.Deputies found the little boy in a neighborhood near Atrisco and Arenal in Southwest Albuquerque. He was found wearing only a diaper and a blanket in the middle of the night. A neighbor pointed them in the right direction and when they fou
  
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• Man accused of repeatedly breaking conditions of release stays out of jail

  12-08-2022 00:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man charged in a 2019 rape remains out of jail despite breaking his conditions of release over and over. Prosecutors went back in front of a judge, this morning, asking him to get Anthony Casiquito off the streets, but their request was denied again.
  This is the seventh time the District Attorney's Office has asked a judge to put Anthony Casiquito back behind bars, saying he's failing to comply with the rules by using drugs and drinking. Bernalillo Co
  
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