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• Trump orders tariffs after Colombia rejects US military deportation flights

  26-01-2025 23:27 via krqe.com
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was ordering tariffs, visa restrictions and other retaliatory measures to be taken against Colombia after its government rejected two U.S. military flights carrying migrants.Trump said the measures were necessary, because the decision of Colombian President Gustavo Petro “jeopardized” national security in the U.S.“These measures are just the beginning,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth
  
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• Settlement reached in lawsuit involving HGTV stars' companies: court records

  26-01-2025 23:25 via krqe.com
  
  BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit involving the couple behind HGTV's "Fixer to Fabulous" just days before the parties were set to go to trial.Matthew and Sarah McGrath filed a lawsuit in February 2023, claiming a house built for them a year earlier had numerous defects and that the companies that built the home had breached a contract.The defendants in the case were Jupiter Rentals and Marrs Construction, both owned by Dave Marrs. Marrs hosts the
  
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• Taylor Swift arrives at Arrowhead for Chiefs-Bills AFC Championship

  26-01-2025 23:19 via krqe.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It's almost time for the AFC Championship, and a familiar face has been spotted walking into Arrowhead Stadium.Just before 4 p.m., Taylor Swift made her appearance at Arrowhead to watch her boyfriend Travis Kelce play what could potentially be his last game at the stadium.
  The Chiefs will play the Bills at 5:30 today, with the chance to reach their third straight Super Bowl. The Chiefs have won 13 out of the 16 games when Swift is in attendance. That includes last week's Divi
  
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• AFC Championship: Chiefs take down Bills to advance to Super Bowl LIX

  26-01-2025 23:17 via krqe.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills to meet in another postseason battle with a trip to Super Bowl LIX on the line.The Chiefs ended up beating the Buffalo Bills in a nail-biter that went right down to the wire. The Chiefs won by just a field goal, 32-29, and will advance to Super Bowl LIX to play the Philadelphia Eagles.B-2 Spirit stealth bomber to provide Arrowhead AFC Championship flyoverThe Chiefs were looking to be the first team in NFL history to make the Super
  
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• AFC Championship: Chiefs-Bills live blog

  26-01-2025 23:17 via krqe.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills are set to meet in another postseason battle with a trip to Super Bowl LIX on the line.
  The two teams are beyond familiar with each other as they meet for the fourth time in the postseason in the last five years. B-2 Spirit stealth bomber to provide Arrowhead AFC Championship flyover
  The Chiefs are looking to be the first team in NFL history to make the Super Bowl after winning back-to-back championships while Buffalo is searching
  
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• Oscars 2025: Where to watch the Best Picture nominees

  26-01-2025 23:10 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — The 97th Academy Awards are just over a month away but there's still plenty of time to catch up with this year's 10 Best Picture nominees. This year's roster features three musicals, three historical dramas, a sci-fi epic, a hard-to-categorize "Pretty Woman" inversion, a Vatican thriller, and a body horror comedy.A few of the following nominees also made our "best films of 2024" list, so check it out for more recommendations you might not see here. The baby names going ‘e
  
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• New Mexico officials speak out on Trump immigration policy

  26-01-2025 22:58 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – As President Trump begins his second term in office, he is making moves on campaign promises, including several attempts to find and deport immigrants who are in the country illegally. It's a move that some law enforcement agencies in New Mexico do not fully support."On day one, I will launch the largest deportation program of criminals in American history," President Donald Trump during his 2024 presidential campaign. This rhetoric has many law enforcement officia
  
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• Vance says gas, grocery prices ‘are going to come down' but will 'take a little bit of time'

  26-01-2025 20:10 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) — Vice President JD Vance said prices will start coming down, but it might not happen immediately in an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”“Prices are going to come down, but it's going to take a little bit of time,” Vance told Brennan in an interview that aired Sunday. “The president has been president for all of five days. I think that in those five days, he's accomplished more than Joe Biden did in four years.&r
  
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• Why does Florida celebrate a fictional pirate?

  26-01-2025 20:06 via krqe.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Every year since 1904, Tampa Bay, Florida, has been invaded by pirates, whether by land or sea, on horseback or by galleon. Sometimes, they even take the Tampa mayor hostage to ransom for the key to the city.The origins of Gasparilla, both invasion and parade, are owed to what Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla call the "last of the Buccaneers," the "legendary" pirate captain José Gaspar.The original Gasparilla Krewe in Tampa Bay says that Gaspar "terrorized the coas
  
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• Researchers studying whether medical cannabis could help late-stage dementia patients

  26-01-2025 20:04 via krqe.com
  
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (WDKY) — University of Kentucky researchers who are involved in a clinical trial on the use of medical cannabis for late-stage dementia patients say the results could be a game changer, especially for those with minimal options.Greg Jicha, M.D., Ph.D., a neurologist and director of clinical trials at UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is involved in the National Institutes of Health-funded and Food and Drug Administration-approved LiBBY Study, which involves looking i
  
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• Shark egg hatches in tank without males, sparking mystery at Louisiana aquarium

  26-01-2025 20:02 via krqe.com
  
  SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — There's a paternity mystery to be solved in Louisiana.Earlier this month, a swell shark egg successfully hatched at the Shreveport Aquarium. The egg was first spotted by the aquarium's team about eight months ago and had been closely monitored.The big question was where it had come from.
  The two female sharks in the tank had not been in contact with a male shark in over three years, the Shreveport Aquarium explained in a press release.
  This, the aquarium said,
  
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• DOGE may target the penny: Why do we still have it anyway?

  26-01-2025 19:59 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — From daylight saving time to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, there are various aspects of the federal government that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its head, Elon Musk, have targeted in order to cut spending.Now, it seems to have a new prey: the penny.In an X post on Tuesday, DOGE (which the Trump administration was immediately sued over on Inauguration Day), wrote that the penny costs more than three pennies to make, costing U.S. taxpayers "over
  
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• IRS expands free tax filing program to new states: Are you eligible?

  26-01-2025 19:55 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Tax season is back again, which means it's time to collect your W-2 and Form 1098, and Form 1099s and start filing. While there are a slew of tax services and professionals that can help you file, for a fee, you may qualify to use a new tax filing program from the Internal Revenue Service.
  Launched last year, Direct File is meant to give you step-by-step assistance and live support — all for free.Initially, the IRS made Direct File available only to government employees i
  
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• What are seed oils, and are they 'poisoning' you?

  26-01-2025 19:50 via krqe.com
  
  (NewsNation) — The debate over whether seed oils are healthy or harmful is intensifying as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken a strong stance against them.Kennedy, who doesn't have a medical degree but is President Donald Trump's nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, has compared seed oils – like canola and grapeseed – to junk food and "poisons.""Seed oils — soy, canola, sunflower, and then, you know, wheat and corn ... Doritos, Cheez-Its. Cap'n&nbs
  
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• Trump says he’s talking with potential investors about the future of TikTok

  26-01-2025 19:46 via krqe.com
  
  ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump hasn’t been shy about sharing his thoughts since taking office, and he added a 20-minute Q&A with reporters aboard Air Force One to the mix Saturday night. He held forth on everything from the color of the presidential plane to the fate of TikTok, Greenland, and Canada.Trump popped into the plane's press cabin while flying from Las Vegas to Florida, where he was staying at his Doral golf cl
  
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• Costco swapping out Pepsi products at food courts, CEO confirms

  26-01-2025 19:33 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Costco is rolling out a big change at its food courts — don't worry, the $1.50 hot dog and soda combo is safe.
  If you enjoyed getting a Pepsi with your hot dog, however, you may have an unpleasant surprise the next time you stop at the food court. Costco is swapping out Pepsi at its soda fountains for Coca-Cola products.CEO Ron Vachris confirmed Costco "will be converting our food court fountain business back over to Coca-Cola" during the company's shareholders meeting on
  
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• This house can protect itself during a wildfire

  26-01-2025 19:29 via krqe.com
  
  (KTLA) - You've seen buildings and homes with fire sprinklers inside ... but what about on the roof?"It does save homes," said Harry Statter of Frontline Wildfire Defense, a company that makes an app and a system that can help defend your home from wildfires.Nexstar's KTLA met up on LA's Westside at a multi-million dollar home equipped with special sprinkler technology installed. As schools in LA reopen, parents worry about harmful ash from wildfiresThe roof-mounted system sprays a combination o
  
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• Maher blames Democrats for Trump’s popularity: He's 'cool now'

  26-01-2025 19:24 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) — Comedian Bill Maher said Democrats are at fault for President Trump’s "cool" status following his first full week in office. “Here’s how bad the Democrats f----d up: Trump is cool now,” Maher declared during a Friday episode of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” “He’s not just the most powerful guy in the world and just made himself like the richest, he’s actually kind of [cool] at 78!”The comedian cited ra
  
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• 'Galloping Goats' help clear out Albuquerque little league fields

  26-01-2025 18:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A local group is getting ready for the upcoming baseball season by clearing out the fields from all those delicious weeds. "They're very competitive eaters. So they'll fight each other over food, so if one of them wants something, the other one's always want it. So they work pretty quick," says Lucas Goodrum, Herd Manager with Galloping Goats Youth Ranch. Albuquerque Isotopes release 2025 scheduleKids from the Mile High Little League joined in on the event.
  
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• Albuquerque library hosts 'Reading Room Rumble'

  26-01-2025 18:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With battle lines drawn and a set stage, the Central and Unser library hosted the beloved Reading Room Rumble Saturday. The event gives kids the chance to compete in several different Esports including Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart, and Rocket League, along with newer additions of Marvel Rivals and Tetris. Legislative bill would cut funding for New Mexico public libraries that ban booksThose behind the event say they want to continue to make Esports a social
  
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• Thieves break into local non-profit twice within nine days

  26-01-2025 17:49 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Thieves broke into a local non-profit not once, but twice within nine days. The Harbor, a New Mexico Dream Center facility in southeast Albuquerque, was victim to several burglaries, causing nearly 2-thousand dollars’ worth of damages and stolen goods. A financial burden, putting an even greater strain on already limited resources."So, when you do break into a nonprofit, most nonprofits work really on kind of a shoestring budget. And so, in looking at
  
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• ABQ Bicycling community, friends and family honor Chuck Malagodi at memorial service

  26-01-2025 17:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – He was a man who impacted thousands of people in New Mexico with his love for bicycling and the outdoors. Saturday, those close to him came together to celebrate the life of Chuck Malagodi, following his death in a hit-and-run crash last Sunday."Chuck was an amazing person," said Ashely Aceves, a long-time friend of Malagodi's.More than 200 bicyclists gathered at Balloon Fiesta Park this weekend, riding off on a 10-mile ride in memory of Malagodi to kick off
  
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• Winter storm on its way

  26-01-2025 06:29 via krqe.com
  
  A warming trend of temperatures will be continuing through the weekend. At the same time, a winter storm is making its way towards New Mexico.
  A low pressure system is currently centered over central California. Throughout the day and through tomorrow morning this low pressure will continue to strengthen. The system is causing southwesterly flow over New Mexico. This upper level flow of the jet stream is pulling warmer air into the state. This is leading to warmer temperatures across the state.
  
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• World's Largest Matanza held in Valencia County

  26-01-2025 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  BELEN, N.M. (KRQE) – Hungry New Mexicans from near and far followed the scent of roasted red chile and chicharrónes to Belen for the World's Largest Matanza. Whether you came for the food, or the friendly competition, Valencia County's matanza is a welcomed sight to many and a coveted tradition for families.
  "We've got to bring the community together. Some place, at least one day a year where people can get along, you know, food brings people together," said Organizer Fernando
  
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• Pair of UNM freshman set collegiate history at MLK invitational

  26-01-2025 03:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The UNM track and field team kicked off its home indoor season with a bang. During the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational on Saturday, two UNM runners set collegiate records.Both the men's and women's mile races were dominated by UNM. Freshman Collins Kiprotich won the men's race with a time of 3:53.40 and fellow freshman Pamela Kosgei won the women's race with a time of 4:30.67. Not only are both times program and facility records, but they both came i
  
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• Lobo women's basketball falls to Fresno State

  26-01-2025 02:50 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Lobo women's basketball team suffered a 64-77 loss to Fresno State on Saturday. The difference in the game was a poor fourth quarter where the Lobos didn't play hard enough, according to head coach Mike Bradbury.After taking a seven point lead into the final quarter, nothing seemed to go right for UNM at the end. The Lobos only made two field goals and recorded a total of two rebounds during the fourth quarter. Fresno State outscored the Lobos 27-7d
  
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• Dent, Jr. Joseph shine in Lobos win at UNLV

  26-01-2025 02:50 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For the first time since 2018, the UNM men's basketball team has won a road game against UNLV. The Lobos toppled the Runnin' Rebels 75-73 on Saturday afternoon.Donovan Dent led the charge with 34 points, his most against a conference opponent and his third 30-point outing of the season. This time, he had plenty of help in the paint. Nelly Jr. Joseph recorded 22 points and 18 rebounds, including seven on offense.
  Jr. joseph's role down low played a crucial ro
  
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• Dozens of schools attend 5th Annual School Fair

  26-01-2025 02:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Families around Albuquerque had the chance to explore a variety of education options Saturday, looking for the right fit for students. Over 60 schools were at the Embassy Suites in northeast Albuquerque for the Fifth Annual School Fair. NM Supreme Court clears way for discrimination lawsuit against Albuquerque Public SchoolsParents were able to get information about different schools and educational options around the Albuquerque metro area. "Charter schools
  
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• Dozens of schools attend 5th Annual Fair

  26-01-2025 02:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Families around Albuquerque had the chance to explore a variety of education options Saturday, looking for the right fit for students. Over 60 schools were at the Embassy Suites in northeast Albuquerque for the Fifth Annual Fair. NM Supreme Court clears way for discrimination lawsuit against Albuquerque Public SchoolsParents were able to get information about different schools and educational options around the Albuquerque metro area. "Charter schools are pu
  
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• Village of Los Ranchos names new mayor

  26-01-2025 02:12 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Village of Los Ranchos has named a new mayor months after their previous mayor died while in office. In May of last year, village officials announced the death of Mayor Joe Craig, who became mayor just four months earlier.Now, in a Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday, the village elected former Albuquerque City Chief Administrative Officer Lawrence Rael as the new mayor. Rael served for over 34 years in Albuquerque and retired in 2023. Controversial development i
  
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• APD releases more info on Friday's officer-involved shooting

  26-01-2025 01:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department (APD) has released more information on a shooting that left an officer injured and a suspect dead early Friday. According to APD, officers responded to an apartment complex on Montgomery near Carlise around 1:30 a.m. to a man wandering around the property.Police say when they arrived, the man, identified as 23-year-old Anthony Willimas, shot at officers, hitting a sergeant in the leg. Other officers fired back, killing Willi
  
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• Woman who sparked 2024 Amber Alert pleads 'no contest' to charges

  26-01-2025 01:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque woman who police say rammed an officer's car with her child in her vehicle is taking a plea deal. Back in April, Angelique Sanchez was seen with her son at the Human Services Department near Menaul and I-25.Sanchez did not have legal custody of the boy, who was reported missing several days earlier by his legal guardians. When state police approached her, they say Sanchez rammed the officer's car and nearly struck them when she sped away. Man
  
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• Black History Month movie celebration at AMC Theatres

  26-01-2025 01:09 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (PIX11) – AMC Theatres is inviting movie lovers to celebrate Black History Month with films told through the lens of African-American writers, directors, and actors.The movie theater chain will bring back seven fan-favorite films from the past year for the month of February. Tickets for each show are already available to purchase online.  Spirit Airlines updates dress code, tattoo policy for passengersHere’s a list of the films playing for Black History Month at AMC The
  
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• State of Texas: 'Whatever it takes,' State leaders vow to support Trump border security, deportation efforts

  26-01-2025 01:07 via krqe.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) - Only minutes after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump praised Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security policies and promised Texas would have support from Washington now that he was in office.“He was a very popular governor and now he's an unbeatable governor because of [his] border policies," said Trump about Abbott, in remarks at the Capitol following his inauguration.To back this up, the president signed 10 immigration-relate
  
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• NMSU basketball player's trialdate sees another delay

  26-01-2025 01:04 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – The trial for the last former New Mexico State University (NMSU) basketball player suspected in a hazing scandal will be delayed once again. Prosecutors say Deshawndre Washington and two other teammates hazed and sexually assaulted some of their former teammates while playing for the NMSU Men's Basketball Team.The two other suspects, Kim Aiken Jr. and Doctor Bradley, recently took plea deals in the case. They agreed to testify against Washington. NMDOJ releas
  
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