New Mexico news

• Yik Yak social media service can reveal user data to police

  11-11-2015 23:51
  
  WASHINGTON — Internet users of the Yik Yak social media app popular among college students aren’t nearly as anonymous as they believe: Missouri police within hours arrested a student accused of threatening violence, the latest in a string of such arrests at colleges in recent months involving threats of mass violence posted online using the […]
  
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• Lobo volleyball signs pair of “outstanding” recruits

  11-11-2015 23:46
  
  Under ninth-year head coach Jeff Nelson, the University of New Mexico volleyball team has added national letter of intent signees Lauren Twitty and J’Kaylee Clark to its 2016-17 recruiting class today. The pair, both of whom are highly decorated prep volleyball players, signed Wednesday to open the early signing period. They are the first two […]
  
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• Questions, answers about Waco biker case indictments

  11-11-2015 23:31
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A grand jury has now returned indictments alleging that 106 bikers arrested after a deadly shootout outside a Waco, Texas, restaurant were engaged in organized criminal activity. Nine people died and 20 were injured during the May 17 shootout between police and bikers outside a Twin Peaks restaurant, a conflict authorities […]
  
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• University’s support center will be downtown, at least for now

  11-11-2015 23:14
  
  Rapid City, S.D.-based National American University, whose plan to hire hundreds at a new support center in Albuquerque, has a “handshake agreement” to lease about 4,000 square feet of temporary starter space at First Plaza Galeria in Downtown, according to Gemini Rosemont Commercial Real Estate. The university is still looking at Albuquerque’s office market for […]
  
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• Company buys 300 acres next to Santa Fe Opera

  11-11-2015 23:08
  
  The land, purchased by 21 Club Holdings LLC, is the remaining 300 acres that comprises the northern half of the Monte Sereno luxury resort community.
  
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• TCC acquires Digitell stores in NM

  11-11-2015 23:00
  
  All Digitell stores will rebrand as TCC,the largest Verizon Premium Wireless retailer in the U.S.
  
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• Alien taking over at ABQ Brew Pub

  11-11-2015 22:56
  
  5-year-old pub rebranding later this month
  
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• Venus’ twin? Earth-size planet is hot, may have atmosphere

  11-11-2015 22:55
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — There’s a new rocky Earth-size planet on our galactic block, and it’s a sizzler. Astrophysicists on Wednesday revealed the newfound world, GJ 1132b, named after the small nearby star that it orbits. Even though the mercury can hit 450 degrees at this planet, it’s cool enough to have a thick Venus-like […]
  
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• Updated: New Mexico community marks opening of Manhattan Project park

  11-11-2015 22:33
  
  Goal is to preserve sites where atomic bomb was developed
  
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• New Mexico community marks opening of Manhattan Project park

  11-11-2015 22:33
  
  LOS ALAMOS — Residents of a once secret government city in northern New Mexico are marking the beginnings of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park with the opening of a visitor center. A crowd of Los Alamos County elected leaders, military veterans, history buffs and officials with the National Park Service and Los Alamos National […]
  
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• Surviving U.S. power plants will help keep coal demand steady

  11-11-2015 22:16
  
  If you thought that a record loss of U.S. coal-fired power generation means less of the climate-changing fuel will be burned, think again. Power plants with 23 gigawatts of coal-burning capacity will close this year as utilities strive to meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency limits on mercury and other air toxins, according to Bloomberg New […]
  
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• The Latest: Putin orders investigation into doping claims

  11-11-2015 22:12
  
  LONDON — The Latest from the IAAF investigation (all times local): ___ 8:20 p.m. Russia President Vladimir Putin has ordered an investigation into allegations of widespread doping among the country’s sports figures. Putin called for the investigation in a late-night meeting Wednesday with the heads of Russia’s sports federations. The meeting comes in the wake […]
  
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• Global push for end to Syria war seen as most serious yet

  11-11-2015 22:12
  
  BEIRUT — The international community is mounting its most serious effort yet to end the nearly 5-year-old Syrian war, rallying around a second round of talks in Vienna this weekend amid the emergence of a Russian proposal that calls for early elections. But the global push for peace so far excludes any of the Syrian […]
  
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• The Latest: NTSB says no distress calls heard in plane crash

  11-11-2015 22:02
  
  AKRON, Ohio — The latest on the deadly crash of a small plane into an Ohio apartment building (all times local): 3:40 p.m. Officials investigating the fiery Ohio plane crash that killed nine people say a pilot that had just landed at a nearby airport reported hearing no distress calls despite being on the same […]
  
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• Patchwork of laws poses legal quicksand for fantasy sports

  11-11-2015 21:51
  
  SEATTLE — The New York attorney general’s decision that daily fantasy sports betting sites FanDuel and DraftKings are illegal gambling operations in his state is a major blow to the companies, but the multibillion-dollar industry could have more legal headaches yet to come. While the sites have opted not to do business in a handful […]
  
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• The Latest: Missouri professor offers to resign over email

  11-11-2015 21:49
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. — The latest on the protests and turmoil over racially charged incidents at the University of Missouri (all times local): 2 p.m. A University of Missouri professor who challenged his students to show up for class despite fears over racially-motivated threats of violence or risk missing an exam says he has offered his […]
  
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• Trial for couple accused of imprisoning children to begin

  11-11-2015 21:43
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — The trial of a couple accused of imprisoning the wife’s daughters in a Tucson home is scheduled to begin Friday. KVOA-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1iUb4fi ) that Jury selection began Tuesday and it took all day to narrow the prospective jury pool from 200 to 15 in the highly publicized case. Fernando and Sophia […]
  
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• Texan’s lost WWII dog tag found in England, returned

  11-11-2015 21:42
  
  ABILENE, Texas — A pleasant afternoon of tending a garden unearthed quite a surprise for an English couple — and an even bigger one for a family in Texas. Donna Stone answered the phone in her Abilene home on Aug 25. It was 10:15 a.m. here and 4:15 p.m. where the caller was, at home […]
  
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• Immigrant woman leaving church where she stayed 15 months

  11-11-2015 21:42
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — An immigrant woman is going back to her home in Arizona after living in a Tucson church for the past 15 months to avoid deportation. Rosa Robles Loreto moved into Southside Presbyterian Church in August 2014 after being ordered to leave the country. Her case began when she was pulled over for […]
  
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• Man pleads no-contest in 2011 Tucumcari slayings

  11-11-2015 21:41
  
  TUCUMCARI — After four years of court proceedings, a man has pleaded no-contest in the deaths of two Tucumcari men. The Clovis News Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1Mo3rpP ) that Muziwokuthula Madonda entered pleas Tuesday for the March 2011 deaths of 37-year-old Gabriel Baca and 57-year-old Bobby Gonzales. He faces up to 24 years in prison. As […]
  
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• Georgia man acquitted after 29 years files civil rights suit

  11-11-2015 21:41
  
  ATLANTA — A Georgia man says he was frightened into pleading guilty for a murder he didn’t commit after police dangled him off a bridge three decades ago, brought charges against his parents and threatened him with the death penalty. Timothy R. Johnson was 22 in September 1984 when police arrested him and charged him […]
  
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• Suit says woman with swollen lip died after receiving 10 times the proper dose

  11-11-2015 21:00
  
  SANTA FE — A new lawsuit says a Santa Fe woman who went to the hospital here with a swollen upper lip died after she received 10 times the dose of an anti-allergy drug that had been ordered by a physician. Rachel Cox suffered cardiac arrest and died after receiving the incorrect amount of epinephrine, […]
  
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• UNM football: MWC Notebook, week 11

  11-11-2015 20:00
  
  Here’s the 11th installment of the Mountain West Conference Football Notebook, compiled each week by Chadd Cripe of the Idaho Statesman with contributions from beat writers around the league: MOUNTAIN DIVISION AIR FORCE Karson Roberts spent part of his Tuesday going to class and walking around the Air Force Academy with an ESPN crew following […]
  
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• Updated: Police take man into custody after perimeter search in SE ABQ

  11-11-2015 19:55
  
  Albuquerque police took a man who fled in a stolen sports utility vehicle into custody after a two hour perimeter search near San Pedro and Zuni in Southeast Albuquerque Wednesday morning, according to a spokesman. Officer Simon Drobik said the man sped away from police during a traffic stop and crashed a few blocks later. […]
  
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• Updated: Police searching for suspected car thief in SE ABQ

  11-11-2015 19:55
  
  Albuquerque police are searching for an auto theft suspect near San Pedro and Zuni in Southeast Albuquerque Wednesday morning, according to a spokesman. Officer Simon Drobik said the suspect fled from officers during a traffic stop and they have set up a perimeter near California and Bell SE as they conduct a search. A social […]
  
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• Navajo Nation opens San Juan River for livestock

  11-11-2015 19:42
  
  GALLUP — Livestock will again be able to use the San Juan River now that Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye says the river is safe again. Watering activity was suspended in eh wake of the Gold King Mine spill in southern Colorado in August. The Gallup Independent reports (http://bit.ly/1hoDjlp ) that the Navajo Environmental Protection […]
  
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• A twist for Paris climate talks: Al Gore the optimist

  11-11-2015 19:35
  
  NASHVILLE, Tennessee — After decades of raising alarms about global warming, former Vice President Al Gore is now raising hopes. As a top-level international climate summit starts later this month in Paris, Gore — who helped negotiate the 1997 climate treaty that didn’t control the problem — is sure this time will be different. “I’m […]
  
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• Veterans Day memory: Navajo code talker recalls role in WWII

  11-11-2015 19:32
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Roy Hawthorne recalls his time served during World War II with pride, effortlessly sharing his native Navajo language as he shows off how he used codes to trick the Japanese. The 89-year-old Hawthorne served as a Navajo code talker with the U.S. Marine Corps from 1943 to 1945, hopping from island […]
  
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• Updated: Art collective gets $60,000 allocation from city of Santa Fe

  11-11-2015 19:30
  
  SANTA FE — Meow Wolf, a Santa Fe arts collective, will receive $60,000 from the city of Santa Fe, provided it meets economic development benchmarks. The resolution passed by the City Council on Tuesday by an 8-0, with City Councilor Bill Dimas abstaining, is to support Meow Wolf’s “The House of Eternal Return,” a 20,000-square-foot […]
  
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• How Veterans Day is commemorated around the United States

  11-11-2015 19:13
  
  Ninety-seven years ago, an armistice ended World War I, which was then the greatest conflict the world had ever seen. Armistice Day became Veterans Day in the 1950s and now commemorates the spirit of all U.S. military members. A look at how the day is being observed across the country: ___ PARADES OF PRIDE Parades […]
  
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• US troops didn’t have eyes on Afghan hospital before attack

  11-11-2015 19:11
  
  WASHINGTON — Immediately after the U.S. killed at least 30 people in a devastating airstrike on a charity hospital, Afghanistan’s national security adviser told a European diplomat his country would take responsibility because “we are without doubt, 100 percent convinced the place was occupied by Taliban,” according to notes of the meeting reviewed by The […]
  
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• Updated: Trump: It’s ‘beautiful’ to watch GOP rivals drop out

  11-11-2015 18:53
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Donald Trump is just fine with eight candidates on the debate stage, and he wouldn’t mind if a few more disappear before the next one. “We started off with 17, and one by one by one they’re disappearing,” Trump told a New Hampshire crowd on Wednesday morning. “It’s a beautiful thing to […]
  
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• Syrians express opposition to Russian plan to end conflict

  11-11-2015 18:52
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria — A Russian proposal to end Syria’s conflict that would include early presidential elections faced opposition from both sides on Wednesday, as deep divisions remained over the fate of President Bashar Assad. Syrian legislator Sharif Shehadeh, a member of the ruling Baath party, told The Associated Press there will be no presidential vote […]
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: GOP candidates flub some figures in debate

  11-11-2015 18:29
  
  WASHINGTON — Ben Carson botched the economic effect of minimum wage increases. Jeb Bush again pitched a dubious target for economic growth. Marco Rubio, in a tale about plumbers and philosophers, undersold the value of a college education. And Ted Cruz showed just how hard it can be to name government agencies when, just like […]
  
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• Official seeks $123,000 after university mascot jumps on him

  11-11-2015 18:25
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — A suburban Phoenix official has filed a claim against Arizona State University, saying the school mascot seriously injured his back when the costumed character leapt on him at a football game soon after surgery. The Arizona Republic reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1MnQVXi ) that Tempe City Councilman David Schapira is seeking more than $96,000 […]
  
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• Obama visits Arlington National Cemetery to honor veterans

  11-11-2015 18:17
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is urging the nation to keep veterans in their thoughts long after Veterans Day and ensure that they receive the care and benefits they’ve earned. During a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, the president is noting some of the problems that veterans have faced in receiving health care […]
  
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• Israel suspends meetings with EU over settlement labeling

  11-11-2015 18:16
  
  BRUSSELS — Israel’s deputy foreign minister says the government will suspend a series of ongoing meetings with the European Union to protest the EU’s decision to begin labeling exports from West Bank settlements. Tzipi Hotovely said Wednesday that Israel was sending a “very strong message” of displeasure. “We say you can’t be involved in what […]
  
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• Help wanted: Book looks at 50 ‘Cats on the Job’

  11-11-2015 17:50
  
  LOS ANGELES — Dogs work. Cats sleep, purr and preen. At least that is what dog people would have you believe. Author Lisa Rogak set out to discover what cats really spend their time doing. The result is her book called “Cats on the Job.” She found that dogs do what you want, but cats […]
  
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• Tourists vacate Egypt after Russian plane crash

  11-11-2015 17:49
  
  SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — Tourism bookings in Egypt’s main Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh have plunged in the wake of a Russian plane crash, officials said Wednesday, amid fears the airliner may have been downed by a bomb. Some 80 percent of reservations have been cancelled and at least 40 percent of tourists have […]
  
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• Cruces council election heads for recount

  11-11-2015 17:41
  
  LAS CRUCES — Two City Council candidates who lost the Nov. 3 election by a handful of votes have asked for a recount of a third of the city’s 15 polling places. Eli Guzman lost the city’s District 1 seat to Kasandra Gandara by 18 votes. Richard Hall lost the District 4 seat by an 11-vote margin […]
  
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• Express Scripts sues Horizon, fight over prescriptions grows

  11-11-2015 17:38
  
  The drugmaker Horizon Pharma is questioning its relationship with an Express Scripts business after the pharmacy benefits giant sued Horizon for about $140 million and dumped a pharmacy that dispenses its drugs. Shares of Horizon Pharma Plc plunged Wednesday after it said it will re-evaluate its relationship with the Express Scripts Accredo specialty pharmacy, which […]
  
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• EU presses African nations to accept migrants back

  11-11-2015 16:48
  
  VALLETTA, Malta — The European Union has come up with a plan to help reduce the number of migrants: expel some who don’t qualify for asylum and give them EU papers to fly to Africa, calling on African countries to let them travel onwards to their home. A top African Union official called the idea […]
  
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• Tech review: Lost something? Tile can help you find it

  11-11-2015 16:47
  
  I wish I had all the time back that I’ve wasted looking for my keys. My wife doesn’t even ask what I’m looking for as we head out of the house — she knows. It’s usually my keys or my phone. So what can technology do to help? I’ve been testing the Tile (www.thetileapp.com), a […]
  
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• Navajo Technical University expands distance education

  11-11-2015 16:46
  
  CROWNPOINT, N.M. — The federal government has awarded nearly $480,000 to the Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, New Mexico, to expand opportunities for education on the vast reservation. The grant for distance learning in telemedicine comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The department’s state director in New Mexico, Terry Brunner, and university President Elmer […]
  
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• ACLU warns about “iron justice” in New Mexico public safety bills

  11-11-2015 16:46
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico is urging state lawmakers to think through various public safety proposals and consider their possible effects on civil rights. ACLU-NM executive director Peter Simonson said the state needs “smart justice, not iron justice” as lawmakers promise to introduce all sorts of criminal justice legislation. […]
  
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• Colorado town voted best toilets in nation

  11-11-2015 16:45
  
  MINTURN, Colo. — When nature calls while out in nature, Minturn’s Eagle Town Park has been voted the best restroom to use in the country. The Vail Daily reports (http://bit.ly/1MWEB6c ) that Minturn’s modern park bathrooms were named on Tuesday the best in the United States. The public restrooms were crowned in Cintas’ America’s Best […]
  
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• Fast-moving system sprinkles snow on Rockies, menaces Plains

  11-11-2015 16:44
  
  DENVER — A strong storm system dropping light snow on Denver was making travel hazardous as it headed east Wednesday morning, menacing the Plains with heavy snow and threatening turbulent weather — even tornadoes — in Iowa, Missouri. Colorado troopers reported several crashes on windy, icy Interstate 25 near the Wyoming border, and flights have […]
  
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• Online threats heighten tensions at University of Missouri

  11-11-2015 16:43
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri police said Wednesday they have arrested a suspect accused of making online threats against black students and faculty, threats that added to racial tensions on campus that resulted in the departure of two senior university officials. Police did not release a name but said the suspect was not on […]
  
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• Las Cruces candidates seek partial recount

  11-11-2015 16:43
  
  LAS CRUCES – Two candidates who lost narrow races in last week’s Las Cruces election are seeking a partial recount of the results. Filing applications for recounts were: Richard Hall, who lost by 11 votes to Jack Eakman in the City Council District 4 race Eli Guzman, who lost by 18 votes to Kasandra Gandara […]
  
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• Holiday hires will deal with growing number of online shoppers

  11-11-2015 16:43
  
  SEATTLE — Across the country and in cities like Seattle, holiday hiring for the big shopping season is expected to reach about the same level as last year — but with some crucial differences. The nature of those jobs is shifting, with more people doing their shopping online and expecting quick deliveries. Amazon is expected […]
  
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