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• David Crosby, founder of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, dies

  19-01-2023 23:47 via krqe.com
  
  (KTLA) - David Crosby, one of the most influential singers and songwriters of the 1960s and beyond, has died at the age of 81, his wife confirmed in a statement to multiple outlets Thursday.“It is with great sadness after a long illness, that our beloved David (Croz) Crosby has passed away,” the statement, shared with Variety, read. “He was lovingly surrounded by his wife and soulmate Jan and son Django. Although he is no longer here with us, his humanity and kind soul will con
  
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• Police open investigation into campaign funds tied to Solomon Peña

  19-01-2023 23:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Facing charges for allegedly planning the shootings at four Albuquerque elected officials homes, former Republican House candidate Solomon Peña is now facing an investigation over campaign contributions. Albuquerque Police detectives believe there may be "potential illegal activity" related to those contributions.The department announced the investigation Thursday. Peña is currently being held in jail awaiting trial on charges related to t
  
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• Inside look at Presbyterian Hospital's new tower

  19-01-2023 23:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The public is getting its first look into Presbyterian's new tower, which officials say will help increase access to patient care. The 11-story tower on the hospital's downtown campus will add 144 beds.They'll be used primarily for patients who need more extensive care but don't need to be in the ICU. There will be medical, surgical, and telemedicine care in the building. There are also healing gardens, peaceful indoor spaces, and a gym. Family of 12-yr-old
  
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• First look at Presbyterian Hospital's new tower

  19-01-2023 23:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The public is getting its first look into Presbyterian's new tower, which officials say will help increase access to patient care. The 11-story tower on the hospital's downtown campus will add 144 beds.They'll be used primarily for patients who need more extensive care but don't need to be in the ICU. There will be medical, surgical, and telemedicine care in the building. There are also healing gardens, peaceful indoor spaces, and a gym. Family of 12-yr-old
  
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• US will resume border wall construction at San Diego park

  19-01-2023 23:19 via krqe.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration agreed to lower part of a border wall planned in the southwest corner of the continental United States, advocates said Thursday, dismissing the concession as a token gesture.Opposition prompted a construction pause in August at Friendship Park, which was inaugurated in 1971 by then-first lady Pat Nixon as a symbol of ties between the U.S. and Mexico. For decades, visitors to the oceanfront park between San Diego and Tijuana could easily converse an
  
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• Suspect arrested in Clovis truck stop stabbing

  19-01-2023 23:00 via krqe.com
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) – A person is now in custody following a fatal stabbing at a truck stop in Clovis. Just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Clovis police were called to the Love's Travel Center on East Mabry off Highway 84. Four people dead in Clovis house fireThat's where they found a 68-year-old woman bleeding from an apparent stab wound to the neck. She was taken to the hospital where she later died.Clovis police say a suspect has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Th
  
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• Suspect in 2014 abductions of 43 students in Ayotzinapa returned to Mexico

  19-01-2023 22:36 via krqe.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) -- The U.S. government has returned to Mexico a man wanted in connection with the 2014 disappearance and abduction of 43 college students.Officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations turned over Alejandro Tenescalco-Mejia to Mexican authorities on Wednesday at the international boundary at the Santa Teresa(New Mexico) Port of Entry, the agency said in a news release. U.S. hands over murder suspect, human trafficking s
  
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• Texas DMV rejects vegan license plate for 'vulgar' phrase

  19-01-2023 22:32 via krqe.com
  
  TEXAS (KXAN) — A Houston resident's proposed license plate has been rejected by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, with the state agency saying the application included a "vulgar" phrase.Catie Cryar applied for a license plate that read "LVTOFU," according to a release from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). A PETA spokesperson said the license plate "does not contain profanity and is 'designed to inspire more people to try tofu.'" New Mexico MVD encouraging people to
  
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• Advocates push Feds to let Mexican gray wolf 'roam free' in northern New Mexico, elsewhere

  19-01-2023 22:29 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Mexican gray wolf, named Asha, has wandered from Arizona into Northern New Mexico. And advocates are asking the federal government to let her keep going.At issue is the current boundary of the Mexican Wolf Experimental Project Area’s (MWEPA), the area where federal reintroduction and monitoring projects for Mexican wolves is concentrated. The northernmost boundary of that area is Interstate 40. But Asha is currently just east of Taos, far above tha
  
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• Full list: New Mexico Regal movie theater among 39 set to close

  19-01-2023 22:28 via krqe.com
  
  AKRON, Ohio (WJW/KRQE) -- Nearly 40 additional Regal Cinemas locations are expected to close after parent company Cineworld filed for bankruptcy last year.According to a Tuesday U.S. Bankruptcy Court filing, the company plans to reject the leases of 39 locations, including the Santa Fe Stadium 14 in Santa Fe, effective Feb. 15.Netflix launches site showcasing New Mexico film locationsThe Tuesday filing included the following list of locations expected to close after their leases are rejected:Mon
  
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• Diamond Equity hosting grand opening, open house for new housing community

  19-01-2023 21:58 via krqe.com
  
  Are you in the market for a move? and are looking for a new place to live? If so, Diamond Equity ventures wants to be the next place you call home.They focus in adaptable and re-use property taking those properties, renovating them and making them multifamily communities where people will enjoy living. They finished phase one of their renovations and are ready to fill them up. They created a self-sufficient community that is filled with all the amenities that everyone can enjoy such as a gym, tw
  
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• New Mexico Ice Wolves making an impact on the youth in Albuquerque

  19-01-2023 21:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Ice Wolves are bringing the cold to the desert. Coming off their first playoff season last year the team is now making a late-season push to get back to the postseason once again.“3rd Thursday” at the Albuquerque MuseumTwo Ice Wolves players Tony Leahy and Will Howard, shared what they expect for this next season. Leahy said last year was his first season playing and he was surprised to see the fan engagement grow with each ga
  
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• Mountain Dew releases new hot sauce flavor

  19-01-2023 21:17 via krqe.com
  
  (KTLA) – Mountain Dew announced the launch of its new Mountain Dew Baja Blast hot sauce Thursday — but you can't get it in stores.Since only 750 bottles of the hot sauce were made, customers will have to enter a contest to try out the new flavor. The contest is open until Feb. 8, according to the company’s Instagram account.Mountain Dew announced the launch of its new Mountain Dew Baja Blast hot sauce on Thursday. (MTN DEW)Mountain Dew also partnered with iBurn, a specialty sto
  
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• Supreme Court says it hasn't found abortion opinion leaker

  19-01-2023 20:50 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday it has not determined who leaked a draft of the court's opinion overturning abortion rights, but that the investigation continues.Eight months after Politico published its explosive leak detailing the draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, the court said its investigative team “has to date been unable to identify a person responsible by a preponderance of the evidence.&rdquo
  
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• Have you seen this car? Grey sedan sought in Albuquerque Domino's robbery

  19-01-2023 20:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Detectives with the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department are hoping to learn more information about a car used in an armed robbery earlier this month in southwest Albuquerque. On Twitter Thursday, BCSO posted several photos of a grey sedan and a suspect they're seeking in the case. Alec Baldwin and film armorer to be criminally charged in ‘Rust’ movie set shootingBCSO says the robbery happened around 10:30 p.m. on a Saturday. It happened at the
  
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• Suspect in attack on New Mexico State University men's basketball player takes plea deal

  19-01-2023 20:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One of the suspects involved in the attack on New Mexico State University men's basketball player Mike Peake pleaded guilty Thursday. Jonathan Smith took a plea deal and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated battery with great bodily harm and tampering with evidence.Story continues below:Crime: Prosecutors seek to keep Solomon Peña behind bars ahead of trial in shooting caseAlbuquerque: Taos Pueblo artists showcased at Indian Pueblo C
  
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• Carole Baskin of 'Tiger King' says claims her ex-husband is alive are old news

  19-01-2023 20:09 via krqe.com
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – Carole Baskin of Tampa’s Big Cat Rescue has weighed in on renewed press coverage of claims that her former husband is “alive and well” in Costa Rica.Baskin’s comments to Nexstar's CBS 42 came after a New York Post article rehashing claims about the whereabouts of her ex-husband, Jack Don Lewis, who went missing from the family home in 1997.“Carole Baskin says ‘dead’ husband was found alive – but no one noticed,&rdquo
  
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• Alec Baldwin's lawyer responds to Rust shooting charges, calling them 'terrible miscarriage of justice

  19-01-2023 19:33 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Alec Baldwin's legal team has released a statement following the announcement of the criminal charges that will be filed against their client for their roles in the fatal Rust shooting on in 2021.  Alec Baldwin and film armorer to be criminally charged in ‘Rust’ movie set shootingThursday morning, District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altweis announced that Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed will each face two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the de
  
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• Final border wall contract awarded until Texas lawmakers OK more money

  19-01-2023 18:59 via krqe.com
  
  McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) -- The Texas Facilities Commission on Thursday approved a $137 million contract to a Texas company to continue building the state's border wall, at less money than recently awarded to a private border wall builder.This is the fifth contract to be awarded for the state-funded border barrier. Contracts now include building over 31.7 miles of new border wall along the Texas-Mexico border, all in South Texas.But TFC officials said Thursday that they don't anticipate aw
  
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• Get a free happy meal at McDonald's while offer lasts

  19-01-2023 18:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- McDonald's recognizes that prices are high and look to make life a bit simpler by letting kids eat free. Participating McDonald's in the Capital Region are surely offering a deal that you're going to mc'love. Horses at McDonald’s? An odd sight in Las VegasFrom now until March 31, 2023, customers can pick up a free happy meal with a $5 or more purchase on Wednesdays. Customers can take advantage of this deal through the McDonalds app or at participating McDonalds.
  
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• Daughter accused of killing, dismembering parents in Pennsylvania home

  19-01-2023 18:15 via krqe.com
  
  Warning: The details in this story are graphic and may be disturbing for some readers(WPHL) – The gruesome discovery of a dead, dismembered couple in Pennsylvania has led to the arrest of their daughter.Verity Beck, 49, was arrested and charged for the murders of her parents, 73-year-old Reid Beck and 72-year-old Miriam Beck, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele confirmed. Alec Baldwin and film armorer to be criminally charged in ‘Rust’ movie set shootingPolice were
  
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• Report: Fentanyl deaths of children under 14 surging

  19-01-2023 18:11 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (NewsNation) — Children under 14 are dying of fentanyl poisoning at a rate faster than any other age group, according to a new report from Families Against Fentanyl, a nonprofit spreading awareness about the deadly opioid.Between 2019 and 2021, synthetic opioid fatalities led by fentanyl poisonings among U.S. children under 14 years old increased faster than among any other U.S. age group, according to an FAF analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.Infant fenta
  
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• Charlotte FC defender dies after boating accident in Florida, officials say

  19-01-2023 17:56 via krqe.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WJZY) -- Charlotte FC defender Anton Walkes died early Thursday morning after a boat crash in south Florida, the club has confirmed.The incident happened around 3 p.m. Wednesday near the Miami Marine Stadium basin, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a news release.
  FWC officers said Walkes was operating one of the two boats involved in the accident. He was found unconscious and was taken to shore where he received CPR before being taken to the hospital
  
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• Alec Baldwin and film armorer to be criminally charged in 'Rust' movie set shooting

  19-01-2023 17:23 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe County's District Attorney says actor-producer Alec Baldwin and a film armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will each face criminal charges for their roles in a fatal shooting on a New Mexico film set. In a news release sent out Thursday morning, District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altweis announced that Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed will each face two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins.Hutchins was shot to death in O
  
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• Alec Baldwin & film armorer to be criminally charged in 'Rust' movie set shooting

  19-01-2023 17:23 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe County's District Attorney says actor-producer Alec Baldwin and a film armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will each face criminal charges for their roles in a fatal shooting on a New Mexico film set. In a news release sent out Thursday morning, District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altweis announced that Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed will each face two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins.Hutchins was shot to death in O
  
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• Lawyer: Gun used by child who shot teacher was 'secured'

  19-01-2023 17:02 via krqe.com
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia said Thursday that the gun he used had been “secured" and that one of his parents usually accompanied him in class but did not the week the shooting occurred.The family's statement was released by an attorney and did not elaborate further on where the 9mm handgun was kept. The family also was not identified.
  “Our family has always been committed to responsible gun ownership and keepi
  
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• Big Game Bound: Bengals-Bills rematch highlights Divisional Round

  19-01-2023 17:01 via krqe.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS – One of the consistent storylines of this NFL season has been just how competitive the games have been this year.Five of the six Wild Card games last week were within one score in the fourth quarter. More of the same is expected for this weekend’s four Divisional matchups.The round starts with the top seed in the AFC, Kansas City, hosting Jacksonville on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET. The number one seed in the NFC, Philadelphia, then hosts New York in the nightcap.Sunday&rs
  
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• Lobos OC, Bryant Vincent, is in Van Tate's Sports Office

  19-01-2023 16:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – UNM Lobos new offensive coordinator Bryant Vincent is hoping to give his new team a boost. After finishing last in the nation in total offense the last two seasons the Lobos are hoping to have a reversal of fortune in 2023.
  Vincent is in the Sports Office this week talking about his plans to revamp the Lobos offense. He also talks about some of the talent that he has to work with. The former UAB offensive coordinator did not come alone. His former UAB quarte
  
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• Albuquerque zero-fare bus program could continue

  19-01-2023 16:21 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Albuquerque's zero-fare bus program may stay in place until June. During Wednesday night's meeting councilors combined three bills into one.Story continues below:Crime: Prosecutors seek to keep Solomon Peña behind bars ahead of trial in shooting caseAlbuquerque: Taos Pueblo artists showcased at Indian Pueblo Cultural CenterEntertainment: Three New Mexico cities ranked in MovieMaker Magazine’s annual listNew Mexico: New Mexico Court of Appeals gets new
  
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• SF art gallery owner filmed spraying homeless woman with hose has been arrested

  19-01-2023 16:09 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Shannon Collier Gwin, the art gallery owner who was filmed hosing down a homeless woman last week, was arrested on Wednesday, the San Francisco Police Department said.
  San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that Gwin is facing a misdemeanor battery charge for the alleged "intentional and unlawful spraying of water on or around a woman experiencing homelessness."
  Gwin was arrested Wednesday afternoon, on the 700 block of Montgomery Street, which is w
  
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• New Mexico lawmakers hope to make prosthetics more accessible

  19-01-2023 16:08 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Two lawmakers are sponsoring a bill that would help amputees in New Mexico. The bill would make it easier and more affordable for amputees to get prosthetics designed for physical activity.Backlog of projects: New Mexico has $3.3 billion in outstanding capital fundsKyle Stepp had his leg amputated in October 2020 after a mountain biking crash. Callaway Lewis lost her leg in February 2021 during a rock climbing accident. Both now need a prosthetic leg to get around,
  
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• Santos denies performing as a drag queen

  19-01-2023 15:59 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Embattled first-term Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has denied reports that he competed in a drag queen beauty pageant in Brazil as he is currently facing a slew of federal investigations into accusations of lying and possible issues with campaign fundraising. “The most recent obsession from the media claiming that I am a drag Queen or “performed” as a drag Queen is categorically false," Santos wrote in a tweet on Wednesday, lashing out at the media for continue
  
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• Rio Rancho planning roundabout at busy intersection

  19-01-2023 15:44 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Rio Rancho has plans for another road improvement project. Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull says the project will try and tackle the intersection at Idalia and Loma Colorado by putting in a roundabout.Three New Mexico cities ranked in MovieMaker Magazine’s annual listAs the city of Rio Rancho continues to grow, they say it is a major demand trying to keep up with the roads. "There are road projects going on all over the city," said Hull. In the past few year
  
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• Utah surgeon, others accused of destroying vaccines, giving fake shots to children

  19-01-2023 15:30 via krqe.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KTVX) – A Utah plastic surgeon, his neighbor, and two others are facing charges in connection with allegations that they gave people fake vaccination cards and destroyed government-provided COVID-19 vaccinations.
  They are also accused of giving children fake COVID-19 shots.According to court documents, Dr. Michael Kirk Moore Jr., 58, and three others allegedly ran a scheme out of Plastic Surgery Institute of Utah Inc. to defraud the United States and the Centers for D
  
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• KRQE Newsfeed: Guns on campus, Abortion ordinances, Quiet and cold weather, Rust shooting announcement, Indoor track

  19-01-2023 14:46 via krqe.com
  
  Thursday's Top Stories
  Nob Hill icon, former ‘Mannie’s’ building demolishedRoundhouse Roundup: Project frustration, Budget choicesTwo friends buy three horses after they suspect abuseThree New Mexico cities ranked in MovieMaker Magazine’s annual listAlbuquerque lawmakers want answers on pricey artificial fieldState legislator proposing bill banning flavored tobacco in New MexicoNew Mexico man pleads guilty to police chase, other charges droppedAPD hoping to curb illegal e
  
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• Quiet and cold Thursday before next winter storm

  19-01-2023 14:41 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – This morning is very cold across the state, with temperatures starting in the negatives, single digits, teens and twenties. Skies are clear and winds are mostly calm, other than a breeze in the central highlands. Thursday will be a quiet and cool day. Winds will even lighten across the state, thanks to high pressure.Forecast Continues Below
  Albuquerque: Nob Hill icon, former ‘Mannie’s’ building demolishedLegislature: Backlog of projects: New
  
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• AP Top 25 Movies, ranking 2022's best: What made the cut?

  19-01-2023 14:03 via krqe.com
  
  With hundreds of new movies released each year, many of us depend on the expertise of film critics to help curate our own watching — a thoroughly communal yet deeply personal experience.To honor the supporting role that entertainment journalism can play in this beloved pastime, The Associated Press on Thursday unveiled its inaugural AP Top 25 Movies list.The AP Top 25 Movies ranking is a distinctive honor roll of films released in 2022, as determined by a truly representative panel of 26 o
  
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• Roundhouse Roundup: Project frustration, Budget choices

  19-01-2023 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Thursday, legislators begin digging into the massive budget for the upcoming year. At stake is billions of dollars that could fund projects across the state.Thanks to some favorable economic conditions, including high prices of oil and gas resulting from the war between Russia and Ukraine, New Mexico has had a massive influx of cash. This year, the state has around $3.6 billion above and beyond recent previous years. Data shows improvements in child wellbe
  
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• Flavored cannabis marketing criticized for targeting kids

  19-01-2023 11:57 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — When New York's first licensed recreational marijuana outlet opened last month, the chief of the state's Office of Cannabis Management, Chris Alexander, proudly hoisted a tin of watermelon-flavored gummies above the crowd.Outside the Manhattan shop, he displayed another purchase — a jar containing dried flowers of a cannabis strain called Banana Runtz, which some aficionados say has overtones of “fresh, fruity banana and sour candy.”Inside the store run by
  
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• Albuquerque lawmakers want answers on pricey artificial field

  19-01-2023 06:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque city councilors are demanding answers from the Keller Administration about the future of an artificial indoor field. It comes after Larry Barker uncovered how the turf – funded by the City of Albuquerque – came to sit in Rio Rancho."I think it would be great to make sure the funds stay in Albuquerque that belong to Albuquerque," says City Councilor Brook Bassan. Albuquerque city councilors, grilling the parks and rec director about wh
  
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• Snow returns to New Mexico Friday

  19-01-2023 06:24 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Quieter weather returning, only briefly, before another storm arrives Friday. Snow chances will return to parts of New Mexico with colder temperatures.
  Snow has tapered off from across New Mexico tonight. Strong winds in eastern New Mexico are also dying down from earlier today. Thursday will see a break between storms with quieter but cool weather across the state.
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• State attorney general to push back against county abortion bans

  19-01-2023 06:01 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Attorney General Raul Torrez is ready to take action against New Mexico towns with abortion bans. "There shouldn't be any misunderstanding, the right to reproductive health care is protected in this state," says Torrez. "My office is prepared to defend that right and we are going to do everything that we can to guide local governments about their limitations of their authority."Hobbs and Clovis approved ordinances that require providers to follow a decades-old fede
  
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• West Mesa teachers demand school board tackle school's gun issue

  19-01-2023 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Public School teachers gave the school board an earful tonight – demanding the board address the rising number of guns on their campuses. It was not planned for tonight, but the board heard from several West Mesa High School teachers during the public forum, calling for the board to step up because nothing seems to be working and they don’t feel safe.“Because I don’t want to die before I retire.”“I don’t
  
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• Egg seizures up at border crossings as prices soar in U.S.

  19-01-2023 05:21 via krqe.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – At $3.40, a 30-count carton of eggs is a steal in Juarez, Mexico, these days. Unfortunately, federal law prohibits Americans from bringing raw eggs or poultry across the border. That has not stopped people from trying as the price of eggs skyrockets in the United States.U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports a 108 percent increase in seized egg products and poultry at ports of entry from Oct. 1 to Dec 31 of last year. The price of a dozen eggs rose
  
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• El Paso man accused of killing 2 in Chaparral crash

  19-01-2023 05:19 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – An El Paso man is charged with killing two people in a Chaparral crash and fleeing the scene on foot Tuesday afternoon. James Patrick Woods, 37, is charged with two counts of Homicide by Vehicle, Failure to Render Aid, Resisting and Evading Arrest, Immediate Notice of an Accident, and Open Container.According to affidavits obtained by KTSM, Doña Ana County Deputies were dispatched to Mile Marker 1 on Highway 213 in Chaparral to reports of a three-vehicle cra
  
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• Activists want National Guard, DPS out of El Paso

  19-01-2023 05:17 via krqe.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Migrant advocacy groups want the Texas National Guard out of El Paso, and they’re also calling on local officials to pass a resolution opposing Gov. Greg Abbott’s use of taxpayers’ money to fund Operation Lone Star.In a Wednesday news conference, the groups led by Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) accused Abbott of surging Texas Department of Public Safety troopers to the region not to safeguard border communities, as he says, but to
  
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• Coffee lovers rejoice: DoorDash will soon deliver Starbucks across the U.S.

  19-01-2023 05:15 via krqe.com
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — It's official: We're lazy.
  Some mornings, it feels like you don't have enough energy, even to get up and get your own cup of coffee. Soon, you'll be able to have that coffee delivered right to your door.DoorDash and Starbucks are expanding their delivery partnership to all fifty U.S. states this year.Major motion picture to be filmed at Ohio restaurant
  Starbucks said they will offer 95 percent of the items found on in-store menus through DoorDash. Additionally, they w
  
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• John and Eric Dodson looking to leave mark on BKFC

  19-01-2023 04:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – As the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) returns to New Mexico next month for Knuckle Mania 3, plenty of local fighters will step into the squared circle. Brothers John and Eric Dodson already made quite the first impression during their bare-knuckle debuts in August, both winning by knockout, but they have even bigger goals to leave the Dodson name in BKFC history as the first brothers as champions. Diego Sanchez ready to get primal in BKFC ‘B
  
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• Albuquerque's indoor track making city hub for events

  19-01-2023 04:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The city's investment in a new indoor track back in 2019 is paying major economic benefits. The $2.5 million investment was completed in 2021, replacing the old track which had been bought in 2005.Now, Albuquerque is becoming a hub for indoor track in the United States with four regular season meets along and two national events planned this year. Officials say it's a chance to show off Albuquerque to those who aren't familiar with the city. ABQ Convention C
  
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• APD hoping to curb illegal exotic pets

  19-01-2023 03:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is addressing concerns about a rise in reports of exotic animals illegally being kept as pets. Most recently, police came across a tiger cub in a dog crate in southeast Albuquerque while investigating a shooting last week.That cub is now in the care of the BioPark zoo. It is not the same tiger police were looking for when they raided a home near Old Town back in September, where they found an alligator but no tiger.Story con
  
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