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• USPS workers in Rhode Island charged in mail theft ring; authorities estimate losses to be 'massive'

  16-05-2024 21:22 via krqe.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Federal investigators have broken up a "well-organized and wide-ranging conspiracy" to steal valuables from the mail in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, they announced Wednesday.The alleged conspiracy involved a supervisor and six other workers at the U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center in Providence, Rhode Island, which handles all incoming and outgoing mail for Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.The facility handles roughly 3.5 million
  
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• Record heat possible in New Mexico Thursday

  13-06-2024 00:55 via krqe.com
  
  Temperatures continue to climb this week with record high temperatures possible Thursday afternoon. Rain and thunderstorms return Friday, briefly cooling down high temperatures.Hotter and drier weather continues to move into New Mexico Wednesday. A few isolated storms are still developing today, mainly in eastern New Mexico. These storms will be ending this evening. Temperatures are anywhere from a couple degrees to nearly 20° hotter than Tuesday afternoon as we get closer to the hottest day
  
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• Large apartment companies linked to rental fixing scheme continued to profit this year: Analysis

  13-06-2024 00:42 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) - The six largest publicly traded apartment companies in the U.S. — all of which are linked to a rental price fixing scandal — experienced profit increases during the first three months of the year, according to an analysis from left-leaning watchdog group Accountable US exclusively shared with The Hill.  In the analysis, the companies earned a combined $300 million in profit during the first quarter of the year, in part due to rent increases. Story continues bel
  
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• Advanced satellite instrument aims to track harmful pollutants in Earth's atmosphere

  13-06-2024 00:42 via krqe.com
  
  (WJET/WFXP) – New satellite technology is being developed to track harmful pollutants in Earth's atmosphere.
  According to information provided by the National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been working on a satellite mission that will follow the launch of their Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, or GOES-R series.
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• VIDEO: Convicted teen murderer turns himself in; explains why he escaped jail

  13-06-2024 00:39 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A teen who admitted to two murders, then broke out of juvenile detention, sparked a manhunt last month. Now new video shows the surprise Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office deputies faced when Josef Toney turned himself in and told them why he ran off. Story continues below
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• Mike Scioscia named to Albuquerque Pro Baseball Hall of Fame

  13-06-2024 00:39 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Before his career in Major League Baseball, both as a player and a manager, Mike Scioscia played for and managed the Albuquerque Dukes. Now, 25 years since he was with the team, Scioscia is returning to the Duke City as the newest member of the Albuquerque Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.As a player, Scioscia played 195 games for the Dukes between 1979-1980. He was a consistent threat at the plate where he averaged .334 with 101 RBI. Albuquerque was his l
  
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• 'Party Bus' the bull banned from competing after jumping into Oregon crowd

  13-06-2024 00:37 via krqe.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The 1,400-pound bull that jumped the fences at an Oregon rodeo and charged into the crowd on June 8, injuring at least three people, will never compete in another professional bull riding event, the Sisters Rodeo Association told Nexstar's KOIN on Tuesday.Toward the end of the Sisters Rodeo on Saturday, Party Bus, a 3-year-old bull, leaped over a six-foot tall fence, into a sold-out spectator arena and onto the rodeo grounds. Video shows a woman being flipped in the
  
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• Flight data from two space companies now being added to the FAA

  13-06-2024 00:37 via krqe.com
  
  Data from two space innovation companies is now being shared with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for their "out-of-this-world" flights.Virgin Galactic and Sierra Space vehicles' flight data will now be tracked by the agency in near-real time during their launch and reentry operations. Sony Pictures announces acquirement of Alamo Drafthouse CinemaThat telemetry data – like position, altitude and speed – will be sent to the FAA's  Space Data Integrator (SDI) tool,
  
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• Life360 becomes target of criminal extortion attempt

  13-06-2024 00:34 via krqe.com
  
  (WJET/WFXP)-- Life360, a safety and location services company, was the target of an extortion attempt after sensitive information was stolen from the group's Tile customer support platform.According to a statement on Wednesday, an unknown actor contacted the company claiming that they breached and stole Tile customer information, which quickly prompted an investigation.Life360 stated the affected data includes names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and Tile device identification number
  
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• Suspected vandal of La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs indicted in federal court

  13-06-2024 00:30 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Roughly two years after someone spray-painted a sacred and protected monument southwest of Santa Fe, a suspect is now indicted in federal court.
  "It is a horrible, horrible act of disrespect and cruelty and we were all pretty horrified by it," said Garrett VeneKlasen, northern conservation director of New Mexico Wild—a state-based non-profit focused on water, wildlife, and public lands protection.
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• After New Mexico heat kills migrant, a Mexican national sentenced to 10 years in prison

  13-06-2024 00:24 via krqe.com
  
  DOÑA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – In the summer of 2023, Border Patrol found several migrants traveling in the desert in Doña Ana County. One died of heat exposure, and now 40-year-old Rafael Radillo-Bernal has received a federal prison sentence for his role in the incident.Law enforcement found Rafael Radillo-Bernal, a Mexican national, traveling with several migrants in the New Mexico desert after Texas Department of Public Safety Officers received a tip from a group
  
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• Replica of Vietnam Veterans Memorial to be unveiled in Angel Fire

  13-06-2024 00:04 via krqe.com
  
  ANGEL FIRE, N.M. (KRQE) – A smaller-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall will soon be unveiled in Angel Fire. The New Mexico Department of Veterans' Services says the replica will be located on the northeast corner of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the hill overlooking the Moreno Valley. PNM offering free home energy use inspections for customersLike the national wall, the replica will feature black granite panels with the more than 58,000 names of American service me
  
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• PNM offering free home energy use inspections for customers

  12-06-2024 23:20 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – PNM is looking to help customers out with a free home energy checkup. Customers can learn how to keep their energy bills lower during a season that usually sees the highest power usage. Special pronghorn and oryx hunts offered to New Mexico veterans and military membersPNM offers both an in-home and video call option for those who are interested in learning more. Appointments can be scheduled online or by calling 1-855-775-6491.
  
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• PNM offering free home energy inspections for customers

  12-06-2024 23:20 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – PNM is looking to help customers out with a free home energy checkup. Customers can learn how to keep their energy bills lower during a season that usually sees the highest power usage. Special pronghorn and oryx hunts offered to New Mexico veterans and military membersPNM offers both an in-home and video call option for those who are interested in learning more. Appointments can be scheduled online or by calling 1-855-775-6491.
  
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• Special pronghorn and oryx hunts offered to New Mexico veterans and military members

  12-06-2024 22:57 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Wednesday marks the opening for three special military and veteran hunting applications in New Mexico. The New Mexico Game and Fish Department said injured service members can apply for one of ten special oryx hunting authorizations on White Sands Missile Range.Resident Purple Heart recipients and active duty military stationed in the state can apply for authorizations for pronghorn hunting on Melrose Air Force Base. The application deadline for all three applicati
  
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• Santa Fe City Council expected to vote on what to do with two statues

  12-06-2024 22:24 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe City Council is expected to vote on a resolution to bring two important statues back into public sight. Last month, Mayor Alan Webber announced he wants to bring back a statue of Don Diego de Vargas that was removed in 2020 after national protests tied to historical monuments. He also wants to decide on the placement of two Tesuque runners who alerted other tribes about the uprising against the Spanish. Santa Ana Pueblo reacquires 60,000 acres of landI
  
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• Santa Fe City Council expected to vote on what to do with statues

  12-06-2024 22:24 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe City Council is expected to vote on a resolution to bring two important statues back into public sight. Last month, Mayor Alan Webber announced he wants to bring back a statue of Don Diego de Vargas that was removed in 2020 after national protests tied to historical monuments. He also wants to decide on the placement of two Tesuque runners who alerted other tribes about the uprising against the Spanish. Santa Ana Pueblo reacquires 60,000 acres of landI
  
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• NTSB: 'Poor maintenance' contributed to BCSO helicopter crash

  12-06-2024 21:50 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (KRQE) – The National Transportation Safety Board has released the final report detailing what caused the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office "Metro 2" helicopter to crash. The crash happened on July 16, 2022, and killed all four crew members, in Chapelle near Las Vegas, New Mexico.
  According to NTSB, the probable cause of the accident was "due to poor maintenance." The report states that the starter-generator input gear failed due to fatigue. The failure the
  
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• New Mexico man sentenced for beating friend to death

  12-06-2024 21:23 via krqe.com
  
  SAN JUAN COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A man from New Mexico was sentenced to prison for beating his friend to death in a drunken altercation. Tyrone Atcitty Nez, 34, of Sanostee, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.According to court documents, the victim went to Nez's house to help fix the water heater in June 2022. During the visit, the two drank and were roughhousing. At one point, Nez beat his friend unconscious.Story continues below
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• Santa Ana Pueblo reacquires 60,000 acres of land

  12-06-2024 20:45 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – More than 60,000 acres of land is being given back to the Pueblo of Santa Ana. Officials from the Bureau of Indian Affairs signed the land into the trust for the Tamayakwikee Nee Puu.Story continues below
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• Record breaking heat forecasted for much of New Mexico

  12-06-2024 20:28 via krqe.com
  
  A few isolated short-lived storms will be possible again this afternoon, mainly along and just east of the central mountain chain. High pressure moves directly over New Mexico Thursday afternoon, and that will bring us our hottest day this week. Many areas in New Mexico and southern Colorado will flirt with record high temperatures, but records will likely be broken in the Rio Grande Valley and southwest New Mexico. Highs will climb into the 90s and 100s across most of the state.A storm will mov
  
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• 2024 Black Business Summit returns to Albuquerque

  12-06-2024 19:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Saturday, June 15 is the 2024 Black Business Summit in Albuquerque. The event is free to attend and will held from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the convention center.Story continues below
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• Gallup woman to serve 5 years probation after drunk driving crash killed son

  12-06-2024 19:04 via krqe.com
  
  GALLUP, N.M. (KRQE) – A 27-year-old woman from Gallup was sentenced in federal court after a drunk driving crash that killed her 8-month-old son in 2022. Mariah Chapo will serve five years of probation, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says.Chapo pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter after driving while intoxicated with her son unsecured in the back seat of her vehicle, the DOJ says. Chapo rolled the vehicle, and her son died at the scene. Albuquerque Police officer arrested for
  
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• New Mexico Game & Fish close Tres Piedras shooting range

  12-06-2024 19:01 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish announced an upcoming closure of the Tres Piedras shooting range. The closure is due to road repairs and range maintenance between June 24-28. Esquibel Prescribed Fire planned for Carson National ForestOfficials say no public access will be allowed during the time. People can contact Shooting Program Coordinator Cody Johnston via email at [email protected].
  
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• Isotopes homestand features Mariachis, fireworks

  12-06-2024 19:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Isotopes are back in town for a homestand against the El Paso Chihuahuas. The homestand features a Mariachis game, fireworks and a Juneteenth celebration.Story continues below
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• Pamela Smart accepts responsibility for husband's 1990 killing for the first time

  12-06-2024 18:43 via krqe.com
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for plotting with her teenage student to have her husband killed in 1990, accepted full responsibility for his death for the first time in a videotaped statement released Tuesday as part of her latest sentence reduction request.Smart, 56, was a 22-year-old high school media coordinator when she began an affair with a 15-year-old boy who later fatally shot her husband, Gregory Smart, in Derry, New Hampshire. The shooter was fr
  
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• Coach USA to sell assets; files for bankruptcy

  12-06-2024 18:39 via krqe.com
  
  (WJET/WFXP) — Bus company Coach USA announced Tuesday that it plans to sell its assets and has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.Coach USA operates under several brands, including Megabus, Coach Canada, Dilon's Bus Company, Coach USA Airport Express and Go Can Galder. Coach USA's approximately 2,070 buses carry millions of passengers through North America every year.Applesauce maker files Chapter 7 bankruptcy amid lead recall lawsuitsAccording to court documents, the company currently holds
  
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• Sprinkler play taking place at four Albuquerque parks this week

  12-06-2024 18:36 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque Parks & Recreation Department (PRD) will activate sprinklers for kids to play in at four parks on Thursday.
  The following parks will host sprinkler play from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.:
  Quigley Park – 2801 San Pedro NE (Northeast Quadrant)Briar Ridge Park – 7601 Mallard NW (Northwest Quadrant)Mesa Verde Park – 7900 Marquette SE (Southeast Quadrant)Alamosa Park – 1100 Bataan SW (Southwest Quadrant)
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• New Mexico lawmakers in Congress want to offer $30,000 grants for first-time homeowners

  12-06-2024 18:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico's housing prices outrank many other locales, but some of the state's representatives in Congress are trying to help first-time homebuyers with a $30,000 grant.The idea is laid out in the Home of Your Own Act, recently introduced by Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), Jim Costa (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
  
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• Albuquerque man pleads guilty to selling guns, machine gun conversion devices

  12-06-2024 17:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A 20-year-old Albuquerque man pleaded guilty to dealing firearms without a license and selling machine gun conversion devices. Albuquerque man in the ICU after seemingly random attack at fast-food restaurantRachel and Joe Jasso | Photos provided by law enforcement
  Federal investigators said that Joe Jasso used Instagram to sell the illegal devices used to convert semi-automatic guns into fully automatic machine guns. On Feb. 3, 2023, undercover det
  
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