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• Giuliani associate wrote letter asking Trump to give him ‘general pardon’: book

  20-08-2022 23:50 via krqe.com
  
  Maria Ryan, an associate to Rudy Giuliani, requested that he receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a “general pardon” in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot in a letter addressed to the former president, according to a forthcoming book, The New York Times reported.In “Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America’s Mayor,” the author Andrew Kirtzman, who reported on the former Trump attorney for three decades as a journalist, says that Ryan wrote a le
  
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• How I got my student loans forgiven: Legal Director in D.C.

  20-08-2022 23:02 via krqe.com
  
  (NerdWallet) - Search the internet for “student debt stories,” and you’ll easily find dozens of anxiety-ridden tales of student loan borrowers struggling to keep up with enormous debt balances that have swelled out of control due to compounding interest.Very few of those stories, however, end in total debt forgiveness. But that’s exactly what happened with Kristin Eliason, legal director at Network for Victim Recovery of D.C., or NVRDC, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit; she
  
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• Couple on 1st date breaks into church to play piano

  20-08-2022 20:43 via krqe.com
  
  HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A couple's first date in Hendersonville, Tennessee, turned into a church burglary. And then a trip to jail.Police in Hendersonville said the two people, identified as a 19-year-old female and a 20-year-old male, were on their first date when they broke into the Indian Lake Peninsula Church at around 12:50 a.m. on Thursday morning.The couple confessed to the crime, police said, claiming they broke into the church because they wanted to play the piano and thoug
  
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• Flying soon? Here's where airfare has become more - and less - expensive

  20-08-2022 19:02 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) - As COVID pandemic restrictions have lifted, the demand for air travel has soared. Flights have been canceled, luggage has been lost, and, amid high fuel costs, airfare has become expensive. That's especially true at some airports, a new report found.
  Analyzing data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, financial planning website SmartAsset ranked which of the nation's busiest airports have seen the largest increases in airfare compared to this time last year.
  While there are
  
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• Los Angeles strippers could become only unionized dancers in nation

  20-08-2022 18:30 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Strippers who would normally be entertaining patrons inside a Los Angeles topless bar were instead outside on the sidewalk picketing Friday. For the last five months, picketing has become a common occurrence outside North Hollywood's Star Garden Topless Dive Bar. But now, with the backing of a major national union, they are one step closer to making history.The dancers, alongside union members from the Actors Equity Association, gathered for a rally Friday as they make
  
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• Got an extra $11,500? You'll need it to keep up with 2022 prices

  20-08-2022 18:02 via krqe.com
  
  (NerdWallet) - Rising prices (i.e., inflation) are everywhere you look — on the news, at the pump and in the grocery store. We notice these changes when we reach for our wallets, but it’s difficult to grasp what an extra dollar here or several dollars there mean over the course of several weeks, months or an entire year.With prices up 8.5% year over year, household spending — that’s yours and mine — stands to rise by several thousand dollars. Even with the Federal R
  
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• Monkeypox disproportionately affecting people of color, data shows

  20-08-2022 17:58 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) — Monkeypox cases are rapidly rising in the U.S., with cases surpassing 14,000 this week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced an additional supply of the limited vaccine is on the way. Still, medical experts are urging leaders to distribute the medicine to communities that need it.Health officials have delivered messaging on the disease's impact on people in the gay community, but new demographic data shows monkeypox is disproportionately affecting people
  
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• Woman hit by boat propeller on Lake Michigan loses lower legs: 'Unimaginable pain'

  20-08-2022 17:33 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (WGN) — A fun day on Lake Michigan turned to trauma for Lana Batochir when the captain of a nearby boat reversed into the raft she was on with a friend. The boat’s propeller severed Batochir's feet, and she has since needed three surgeries to amputate both legs ten inches below the knee. In the days that followed, Batochir hired attorney Francis Patrick Murphy to investigate what went wrong."They were enjoying a beautiful afternoon," Murphy said of Batochir and her frien
  
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• Get paid $1K to taste Trader Joe's fall products — here's how

  20-08-2022 17:32 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Love Trader Joe's, or just a fan of autumnal treats? You could be the perfect candidate for the opportunity to try all of Trader Joe's new fall products — and get paid $1,000 for it. It goes without saying that you must love pumpkin, of course.FinanceBuzz, a financial tips and recommendations site, is now hiring a "pumpkin spice pundit" to undertake a fall feast of Trader Joe's items like pumpkin-centric ravioli, samosas and waffles. Desserts like cinnamon rolls and apple
  
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• Student loans are on hold — should you pay anyway?

  20-08-2022 17:02 via krqe.com
  
  (NerdWallet) - Payments are currently suspended, without interest, for most federal student loan borrowers through Aug. 31, 2022. This policy does not apply to private student loans.Borrowers can still make payments to lower their debt during this period of suspended payments, called a forbearance. According to the latest federal data, a total of 500,000 borrowers (about 1.16% of all 42.9 million federal loan borrowers) continued making payments during the pause.  Contact your servicer if y
  
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• Most extreme temperatures in the history of every state

  20-08-2022 17:00 via krqe.com
  
  (STACKER) - On July 9, 2021, California's Death Valley reached 130 degrees Fahrenheit, according to an automated measuring system there, representing one of the highest temperatures ever recorded on the planet. The world record, also recorded at Death Valley, was 134 degrees in July 1913.More than 210 degrees Fahrenheit separates the highest and the lowest temperatures on record in the United States, the third-largest country in the world. As some states are infamous for having blistering h
  
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• Chemical tanker, cargo ship crash near southwestern Japan

  20-08-2022 16:53 via krqe.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese chemical tanker ship crashed into a cargo ship off the coast of southwestern Japan, the coast guard said Saturday.No one was injured among the six Japanese crew members aboard the tanker Ryoshinmaru and 14 Chinese crew members aboard the Belize-registered cargo ship Xin Hai 99.Early Saturday's crash was under investigation and both ships were anchored in the area, about 3.5 kilometers (2.2 miles) off the coast of Wakayama prefecture, according to a Kushimoto Coast G
  
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• Soggy Saturday ahead

  20-08-2022 16:08 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Good Saturday morning everyone! We're seeing widespread rain across the state bringing some locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding. Some areas in the south-central mountains already collected 1-2" overnight Friday into this morning. A band of heavier rain and weaker storms is currently moving through the Roswell area. All of this is pushing northeast. This afternoon's heaviest rain will set up over the eastern plains where an additional 2-3" will fall. So grab t
  
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• The most reliable new and used cars for 2022

  20-08-2022 16:02 via krqe.com
  
  (iSeeCars) - Reliability is important when you’re selecting a vehicle. Even if you don’t plan on keeping your car until you can’t drive it anymore, it’s comforting to know that your vehicle could outlast other cars on the road. After all, the cars with the best long-term reliability remain on the road because their drivers can depend on them and don’t want to give them up.Whether you want an efficient compact car or a hard-working truck, there are a number of vehicl
  
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• Is ice cream better for you than pizza? Study suggests so

  20-08-2022 16:02 via krqe.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) -- So which takes the cake as the healthiest: ice cream or pizza? A new study is ranking more than 8,000 foods in order from least healthy to the most healthful.“Once you get beyond ‘eat your veggies, avoid soda,’ the public is pretty confused about how to identify healthier choices in the grocery store, cafeteria, and restaurant,” said the study’s lead and corresponding author, Dariush Mozaffarian.
  The study, conducted by a scientific team at Fr
  
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• States with the most untapped wind energy potential

  20-08-2022 16:00 via krqe.com
  
  (STACKER) - Wind power is generated when kinetic energy from turbine propellers is converted to mechanical energy.Even though wind isn’t always present, turbines can still actively generate energy 90% of the time. Turbines typically need to be located at higher elevations, where winds tend to be steadier and stronger, but there are alternate ways to utilize wind energy alongside other renewable sources, as has been shown with projects in Oregon and Nevada. Turbines can also be placed on of
  
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• APD investigates uptown homicide

  20-08-2022 15:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police are investigating a shooting that happened early Saturday morning near 6250 Indian School Rd. NE that left one person dead. Officers responded to a call around 4:00 a.m. from Kaseman Hospital that a man had been taken there with at least one gunshot and had died from his injury.Story continues belowTrending: Is chile a dying industry in New Mexico?Community: What’s happening around New Mexico August 19 – August 25Entertainment:
  
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• FBI search of Trump's home: 5 things we learned this week

  20-08-2022 15:25 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) – Former President Trump could be facing mounting legal troubles as new details emerge about the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation that prompted an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate. Trump has called for the release of more information tied to the search, an effort that corresponds with bashing the agency for what he claims is a politically motivated attack. Meanwhile, the DOJ has fought to limit how much information will come out about an ongoing investigati
  
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• What is listeria? A microbiologist explains the bacterium behind recent deadly food poisoning outbreaks

  20-08-2022 15:00 via krqe.com
  
  (THE CONVERSATION) Bacteria do, and will, end up in food. Everyone eats – intentionally or unintentionally – millions to billions of live microbes every day.Most are completely harmless, but some can cause serious illnesses in humans. Because of these potential pathogens, there is a long list of foods to avoid, including uncooked eggs, raw fish, and unwashed fruits and vegetables, particularly for pregnant women. The foods themselves are not bad, but the same cannot be
  
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• What's to be done about biomedical research studies that don't stand up to scrutiny?

  20-08-2022 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  (THE CONVERSATION) What if I told you that half of the studies published in scientific journals today – the ones upon which news coverage of medical advances is often based – won’t hold up under scrutiny? You might say I had gone mad. No one would ever tolerate that kind of waste in a field as important – and expensive, to the tune of roughly US$30 billion in federal spending per year – as biomedical research, right? After all, this is the crucial work tha
  
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• Friday Night Football Band of the Week - Belen

  20-08-2022 08:07 via krqe.com
  
  BELEN, N.M. (KRQE) – The Belen Eagles hosted the Los Lunas Tigers for the 2022 chile roaster game. The rivalry between the Valencia Country teams was only intensified as it was the game to kick of the start of the new high school football season, and the Eagles band knew they had to get the crowd fired up. Friday Night Football – Week 1This is the first season that the band has not had to battle COVID restrictions, and they are thankful to start a normal football season. The ban
  
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• Friday Night Football - Week 1

  20-08-2022 08:01 via krqe.com
  
  Excitement in Class 6ANEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The La Cueva Bears traveled to Rio Rancho for a rematch of last year's semi final matchup. The Rams ended La Cueva's 2021 season, and the start to 2022 was a much different story as the Bears cruised to a 30-7 victory."You know, there's a lot of things we did right, but its the first game of the season you know we are going to see a lot of mistakes on both sides of the ball," said La Cueva head coach Brandon Back. "We just got to find a way to
  
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• Record monsoon moisture to bring heavy rain across parts of New Mexico

  20-08-2022 06:27 via krqe.com
  
  Record monsoon moisture will bring widespread showers and thunderstorms across the state this weekend. The heaviest rain will fall Friday night through Saturday, with flash flooding possible.
  A broad area of heavy rain will develop across southwestern New Mexico late tonight and will spread north and east through the overnight. A Flood Watch is in effect for nearly the entire southern half of the state through the weekend. The Flood Watch will expand to Albuquerque and parts of eastern and north
  
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• Albuquerque man says someone tried to scam him after his vehicle was stolen

  20-08-2022 06:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – "We're really just asking ourselves, yeah, there's a low cost of living but can we afford the crime that happens in this city." Ben Renfro has had not one, but two cars stolen from his home near Central and Tramway in the past two years. The last theft was Tuesday, but this time he took matters into his own hands."I have heard stories of people losing their cars and reaching out to APD and having it be a very long process to find it, if ever, and so I j
  
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• New Mexico launches campaign to recruit early childhood caretakers

  20-08-2022 06:00 via krqe.com
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) –  Across New Mexico, there is a desperate need for early childhood care givers, and the state is launching a new campaign to fill those thousands of positions.  The Early Childhood Care and Education Department has a new plan to find those people, whether it's a head start teacher, a caretaker, or a home visitor. NM school districts say increased teacher salaries helping shortagesThe campaign, called Developing Futures, includes TV ads, and billboards. The
  
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• Video: Arrest of suspect accused of stealing Corrales fire truck

  20-08-2022 04:53 via krqe.com
  
  CORRALES, N.M. (KRQE) – New video shows the moments police apprehended the driver of a stolen Corrales fire truck. The Corrales Fire Department was responding to a medical call at a home Tuesday morning when they say Dennis Chavez hopped in and took off. Cibola County deputies seize large amount of fentanyl, methAbout an hour later, the Laguna Police Department spotted the truck on I-40. They threw out spike strips but the truck kept going. Eventually, it got off the freeway and crash
  
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• New charges filed against man accused of during through Gallup parade

  20-08-2022 04:20 via krqe.com
  
  GALLUP, N.M. (KRQE) – Prosecutors have added new charges against Jeff Irving who is accused of driving his SUV through the middle of a Gallup parade. Investigators say Irving was drunk when he barrelled through the Intertribal Ceremonial Parade earlier this month and injured more than a dozen people including police officers. APD: Body cam footage shows suicide by copMost of his original charges were misdemeanors for leaving the scene of an accident. Now, as prosecutors build the
  
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• New charges filed against man accused of driving through Gallup parade

  20-08-2022 04:20 via krqe.com
  
  GALLUP, N.M. (KRQE) – Prosecutors have added new charges against Jeff Irving who is accused of driving his SUV through the middle of a Gallup parade. Investigators say Irving was drunk when he barrelled through the Intertribal Ceremonial Parade earlier this month and injured more than a dozen people including police officers. APD: Body cam footage shows suicide by copMost of his original charges were misdemeanors for leaving the scene of an accident. Now, as prosecutors build the
  
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• Taos Pueblo man indicted for aggravated sexual assault

  20-08-2022 03:49 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Amadius Archuleta, 22, has been indicted for aggravated sexual assault. According to court records, in July, Archuleta contacted a 14-year-old girl through Instagram. Archuleta then allegedly met with the girl later that evening at an abandoned house and smoked marijuana and gave her alcohol. Los Lunas man could serve decades for child pornOfficials say the victim told Archuleta she was 14 but they say he forced her to have sex with him. If convicted, Archulet
  
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• Experts say drivers can be cautiously optimistic about falling gas prices

  20-08-2022 03:39 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Drivers are getting some relief as gas prices go down. AAA says the national average for a gallon of gas is now just below $4.  Climate bill’s unlikely beneficiary: US oil and gas industryAs we roll into election season, the Biden administration hopes drivers are pumped by the drop in prices. "65 consecutive days of decline, so yes a bit of much-needed breathing room," White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein said. Bernstein says President Jo
  
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• Organizations pitch in to clean up ball field in the South Valley

  20-08-2022 03:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Young baseball and softball players in the South Valley will soon get a new practice field. Non-profit organizations are pitching in to clear debris and renovate an old field. “What I recall, is a young person who lives in this area, saying that he really wanted a safe space to play with him and his siblings,” says Sarah Azibo with United Way of Central New Mexico. A field in the south valley is getting a make-over, in order to give you
  
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• The Syed family's encounters with police

  20-08-2022 02:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In the past five years the Syed family has lived in Albuquerque, police have encountered them more than a few times. The Albuquerque Police Department released videos to KRQE showing several of the family's run-ins with their agency.
  APD has interrogated or arrested the Syed family, specifically Muhammad Syed, Adil Syed, and Shaheen Syed, more than a dozen times in the last five years. Videos and court records show those three are accused of attacking their
  
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• New Mexico highlighted in congressional report on 'dire problem of election misinformation'

  20-08-2022 01:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Legislators in Washington, D.C. point to New Mexico as an example of how election misinformation and disinformation can spread. A recent report by the U.S. House of Representatives' main investigative committee points to Otero County, New Mexico as a case study in "fraudulent audits.""The Committee investigated two such audits: in Maricopa County, Arizona, and Otero County, New Mexico," the report notes. "In both cases certain Republican elected officials in
  
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• KRQE En Español: Viernes 19 de Agosto 2022

  20-08-2022 01:34 via krqe.com
  
  Autoridades buscan a hombre acusado de apuñalar y prender un incendioComenzamos con una historia en desarrollo. Hay una busqueda en el bosque en este momento de un hombre que apuñaló a una mujer repetidamente a lo largo de un sendero del bosque. Los agentes dicen que fue un ataque al azar y que la mujer está sufriendo lesiones que amenazan su vida. Sucedió cerca de la segunda calle y Woodward. El bosque se ha saturado de diputados y policías que buscan a
  
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• Bernalillo County renews push to build out the sports complex at Mesa del Sol

  20-08-2022 01:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County is again pushing to build out the sports complex at Mesa del Sol. More funding for the project will be on the November ballot as part of the county’s $40M bond package. Right now there are six fields out there, the plan is for about twenty more. Officials break ground on kitchen training facility in BarelasThe bond will also add much-needed facilities like bathrooms, locker rooms, concessions, parking, and landscaping. It’s all
  
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• Heavy rain, flash flooding possible across all of New Mexico Saturday

  20-08-2022 00:58 via krqe.com
  
  Record monsoon moisture will bring widespread showers and thunderstorms across the state this weekend. The heaviest rain will fall Friday night through Saturday, with flash flooding possible.
  Heavier rain is returning to the southern half of New Mexico Friday as a deep surge of monsoon moisture begins to move into the state. A Flood Watch is in effect for nearly the entire southern half of the state through the weekend. The Flood Watch will expand to Albuquerque and parts of eastern and northern
  
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• APD: Body cam footage shows suicide by cop

  20-08-2022 00:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 has received the video of a deadly police shooting back in June. Albuquerque Police Department officers responded to a disturbance call in the Andaluz Hotel. As officers were wrapping up that call, Frank Baty drove up to the scene on 2nd street and appeared to be holding a gun. He told officers he wanted them to shoot him. Body cam footage showed the moment officers opened fire killing the 58-year-old.Police say before the video was rolling he t
  
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• Albuquerque CBD store owner frustrated after latest break-in

  20-08-2022 00:35 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –The owner of My CBD on San Pedro near Paseo after her store was broken into once again. Hunter Kelly says a man broke in early Friday morning through the back door. They say he shut the breakers off so the alarm didn't go off when he broke in but they still caught him on camera. They say he took an estimated $15,000 worth of products and money from the register. BCSO: Man arrested after dangerous chaseKelly says her shop has been broken into three times and s
  
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• Los Lunas man could serve decades for child porn

  20-08-2022 00:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Martin Perea, 42, of Los Lunas pleaded guilty in district court on August 17 to child pornography charges. According to a Department of Justice press release, Perea was indicted by a federal grand jury back in August of 2015.Court documents say on July 1, 2015, the victim's mother found pornographic content of Perea and the victim on a memory card from Perea's cell phone. When the victim's mother confronted Perea about the content, he fled to Spokane, Washin
  
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