New Mexico news

• Intel beats the street again

  14-01-2016 23:56
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Chip giant Intel turned in a third earnings surprise in a row Thursday, with a strong showing in several emerging product lines but a drop in its bread-and-butter line of PC processors, reflecting declining global sales of personal computers. The Santa Clara chip company reported quarterly earnings of 74 cents a […]
  
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• Updated: Southeast Texan arrested in killings of 2 whooping cranes

  14-01-2016 23:46
  
  BEAUMONT, Texas — An 18-year-old man from Southeast Texas was charged Thursday with illegally shooting and killing two whooping cranes, a species which federal officials list as critically endangered. Federal game officials arrested Trey Joseph Frederick the same day at his rural home near Beaumont. Witnesses told state and federal game officials that Frederick shot […]
  
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• Prosecutor: Man walked $1.6M in pills across border on sled

  14-01-2016 23:46
  
  BURLINGTON, Vt. — Authorities say a Canadian man was arrested while pulling a sled carrying more than 180 pounds of prescription pills across the border into the United States. The U.S. attorney’s office says 21-year-old Cedrik Bourgault-Morin (bohr-GOH’ moh-RAN’) was apprehended early Wednesday after he crossed the border from Quebec along a railroad line into […]
  
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• NE Heights assisted living center opens

  14-01-2016 23:21
  
  MorningStar of Albuquerque, a 69-suite assisted living community, is now open.
  
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• Cancer ‘moonshot’ aims to speed fight against No. 2 killer

  14-01-2016 23:19
  
  WASHINGTON — Harking back to America’s triumphant race into space, the Obama administration is launching what it calls a “moonshot” effort to cure cancer. Don’t expect miracles in the administration’s last months in office. “It probably won’t be cured in my lifetime, but I think it’ll be cured in yours,” President Barack Obama told a […]
  
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• Albuquerque man sentenced for defrauding food stamps program

  14-01-2016 23:19
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Albuquerque man has been sentenced to four years of probation and ordered to pay more than $8,300 in restitution for defrauding the federal food stamp program. Federal prosecutors say 47-year-old Wilfredo Lopez was sentenced Thursday. He was one of six defendants charged in a 32-count indictment in August 2014 with the […]
  
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• The Latest: Utility says it understated carcinogen levels

  14-01-2016 23:18
  
  LOS ANGELES — The latest on a natural gas leak in a Los Angeles neighborhood (all times local): 2:10 p.m. The utility whose leaking natural gas well has driven thousands of Los Angeles residents from their homes says it understated the number of times airborne levels of benzene have spiked over the past three months. […]
  
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• Albuquerque man gets life in prison in fatal 2012 shooting

  14-01-2016 23:18
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Albuquerque man has been sentenced to life in prison plus 18 years in connection with a fatal shooting in 2012. Prosecutors say Jason Nowicki’s sentencing Thursday also addressed his other pending cases for kidnapping and trafficking in methamphetamine. Authorities say 54-year-old Eduardo Quintana was gunned down in November 2012 at his […]
  
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• GoPro stock tumbles after weak camera sales

  14-01-2016 22:44
  
  NEW YORK — GoPro had a rough holiday season. The maker of wearable cameras, used by mountain climbers, surfers and other extreme sports fans, said late Wednesday that sales of its devices were weak even as it cut the price of its latest camera in half. The San Mateo, California, company also said it will […]
  
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• Burlington is hiring in ABQ

  14-01-2016 22:30
  
  Burlington will hold job fairs next week in advance of opening a new store at Central and Atrisco in March.
  
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• Stranded Cuban migrants make plans to cross Mexico

  14-01-2016 22:19
  
  MEXICO CITY — Nearly 200 Cuban migrants who recently arrived in southern Mexico after being stranded several months in Costa Rica began making plans on Thursday to travel to the border with the United States. Migrant Manuel Rivero Oliva, reached by telephone early Thursday at a hotel in the southern city of Tapachula, said he […]
  
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• Nambé Pueblo’s ‘convenient’ roadside casino opens on Sunday

  14-01-2016 22:04
  
  Nambé Pueblo will open the doors to its first casino starting Sunday. The Nambé Falls Casino is smaller than its existing competitors – at 7,310 square feet – and has 180 slot machines. A news release calls it “a boutique space” with “one of the most elegant gaming floors in the region” and the most […]
  
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• Arizona’s 2 most populous cities had fewer homicides in 2015

  14-01-2016 22:04
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona’s two most populous cities saw drops in the number of homicides in 2015, with Tucson police taking a hands-on approach on emergency medical care and Phoenix police saying things that help take criminals off the street could be contributing factors. According to preliminary figures, Phoenix had 113 homicides in 2015, down from […]
  
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• Another teen charged in murder plot at Denver-area school

  14-01-2016 22:04
  
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Two 16-year-old girls have now been charged as adults in an alleged plot to kill classmates at a suburban Denver high school. Prosecutors on Thursday charged Brooke Higgins with two counts of conspiracy to commit murder, saying she researched places where teens could by guns online. Higgins wrote in her journal […]
  
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• The Latest: Video of 2013 Chicago police shooting released

  14-01-2016 22:03
  
  CHICAGO — The latest on the fatal police shootings in Chicago (all times local): 2:55 p.m. Attorneys for the family of a 17-year-old black carjacking suspect shot dead by a white Chicago police officer have released surveillance video showing the January 2013 killing. A federal judge on Thursday lifted a protective order that had barred […]
  
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• Arizona lotto director quits amid questions about state car

  14-01-2016 22:03
  
  PHOENIX — The director of the Arizona State Lottery has resigned after it was revealed that he used a state vehicle for personal use. Gov. Doug Ducey’s office says Tony Bouie quit Wednesday. Spokesman Daniel Scarpinato says Bouie stepped down “in the best interests of the state.” The resignation follows a Phoenix New Times article […]
  
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• Utah man sentenced to prison in fatal crash in New Mexico

  14-01-2016 21:56
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Utah man has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for involuntary manslaughter in New Mexico. Federal prosecutors say 33-year-old Bradford J. Billy, of West Jordan, was sentenced Thursday in Albuquerque to a 46-month prison term followed by three years of supervised release. Billy was arrested in December 2014 […]
  
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• Texas woman charged with neglecting dozens of dogs, horses

  14-01-2016 21:56
  
  DALLAS — A Dallas-area woman faces animal cruelty charges after authorities seized more than 40 dogs and eight horses at her property. Dallas County jail records show Melinda Vinzant was being held without bond Thursday on charges of cruelty to livestock animals and cruelty to non-livestock animals. She’s also facing several warrants related to outside […]
  
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• Yosemite: Famed hotel name to change in trademark dispute

  14-01-2016 21:55
  
  FRESNO, Calif. — Officials at Yosemite National Park say they’re changing names of several historic park buildings and facilities. Park spokesman Scott Gediman said Thursday that the famed Ahwahnee hotel will become the Majestic Yosemite Hotel, among the five name changes. It comes amid an ongoing dispute with Delaware North, the company that lost a […]
  
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• Documents outline details of Ducey’s border strike force

  14-01-2016 21:55
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s new border strike force will be phased in over several years and start with a smuggling interdiction force before adding an investigations team and then a team dedicated to operating in remote areas. Those details were included in a Department of Public Safety plan obtained by The Associated Press […]
  
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• In record Powerball game, a look at winners and losers

  14-01-2016 21:54
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — When the largest-ever lottery prize is finally awarded, the winners and losers will extend well beyond the lucky few who hit the jackpot and the multitudes of disappointed ticket buyers. Here’s a breakdown of how Powerball affects the players, the public and others. ___ WINNER: GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS The biggest Powerball winner […]
  
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• FBI: No evidence man who attacked cop part of organized cell

  14-01-2016 21:54
  
  PHILADELPHIA — The FBI says there’s no indication that the man who ambushed a Philadelphia policeman was part of an organized terror cell. FBI Director James Comey (KOH’-mee) said at a news conference Thursday that the attack also didn’t appear to involve a plot of violence beyond the Jan. 7 shooting that injured Officer Jesse […]
  
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• Scientists spot brightest supernova yet, outshines Milky Way

  14-01-2016 21:53
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered the brightest star explosion ever, a super supernova that easily outshines our entire Milky Way. An international team revealed “the most powerful supernova observed in human history” Thursday in the latest Science journal. The astronomers used a network of telescopes around the world to spot the record-breaking supernova […]
  
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• Doping report: Corruption was ’embedded’ in IAAF

  14-01-2016 21:53
  
  MUNICH — Track and field’s governing body was corrupted from the inside by a “powerful rogue group” led by its president, and they conspired to extort athletes and allow doping Russians to continue competing, a World Anti-Doping Agency probe reported Thursday. Other IAAF leaders were at fault, too, the WADA panel’s damning report said. They […]
  
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• Breaking: APD: Five young people arrested in beating that led to fatal self-defense shooting

  14-01-2016 19:44
  
  Albuquerque police have arrested two teenage boys, two young men and a young woman they say beat a 16-year-old boy before he shot and killed one of his attackers outside a home in Southwest Albuquerque late last year, according to a police spokesman. Officer Tanner Tixier said Juaquin Portillo, 21, Derek Muniz, 20, Ivan Veleta, […]
  
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• Breaking: New Mexico to sue EPA over mine spill

  14-01-2016 19:40
  
  New Mexico officials say they plan to sue the federal government and the owners of two Colorado mines that were the source of a massive spill that contaminated rivers in three Western states. The New Mexico Environment Department says it filed a notice Thursday of its intention to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over […]
  
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• Sheriff says 1 of its own stole property

  14-01-2016 19:36
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — The Pima County Sheriff’s Department says it has arrested a former burglary detective accused of stealing items from evidence. The sheriff’s department said that authorities arrested 55-year-old David Tarnow in the San Diego area on Monday on charges of trafficking in stolen property, fraudulent schemes, theft and theft by extortion. Tarnow has […]
  
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• Fort Bragg no longer accepting IDs from 5 states including NM

  14-01-2016 19:35
  
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Some visitors to Fort Bragg will no longer be able to enter with just a driver’s license as identification. Fort Bragg Garrison spokesman Tom McCollum says the military base in North Carolina has begun enforcing the REAL ID Act, a 10-year-old law meant to help prevent the use of fake identification. […]
  
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• Prosecutor: Suspect confessed in prison drone case

  14-01-2016 19:34
  
  CUMBERLAND, Md. — A prosecutor says a Maryland man confessed to participating in a prison smuggling ring that used a drone to fly contraband into a maximum-security state prison. Assistant State’s Attorney Erich Bean gave his opening statement Thursday in the trial of 25-year-old Thaddeus Shortz of Knoxville. Shortz faces 35 counts in what police […]
  
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• Fewer than 100 Guantanamo prisoners left as 10 leave to Oman

  14-01-2016 19:25
  
  MIAMI — Ten prisoners from Yemen who were held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have been released and sent to the Middle Eastern nation of Oman for resettlement, officials said Thursday, portraying it as a significant milestone in the long-stalled effort to shutter the offshore detention center. The release, among the largest on a single day […]
  
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• Gov’t watchdog: many gaps in FDA’s oversight of drug safety

  14-01-2016 19:18
  
  WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is speeding up its review of new drugs, yet often fails to keep track of safety issues with those medicines once they reach patients, according to government investigators. A new Government Accountability Office report released Thursday outlines a host of shortcomings in FDA’s system for tracking drug safety […]
  
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• Rare January hurricane forms in Atlantic, threatens Azores

  14-01-2016 19:17
  
  MIAMI — A rare January hurricane formed far out in the Atlantic on Thursday, and U.S. officials said it was the first hurricane to form in the month of January since 1938. Hurricane Alex’s maximum sustained winds were near 85 mph (140 kph). A hurricane warning was issued for Portugal’s mid-Atlantic Azores Islands, where the […]
  
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• N. Korea slams World Economic Forum for revoking invitation

  14-01-2016 19:16
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Thursday criticized organizers of the World Economic Forum in Davos for revoking an invitation to its delegation in the wake of a nuclear test. The WEF sent an invitation to North Korea last autumn but withdrew it after Pyongyang defiantly conducted what it called a hydrogen bomb test […]
  
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• Updated: Game Commission denies Turner wolf permit

  14-01-2016 18:12
  
  In a unanimous vote, the New Mexico Game Commission has denied an appeal by the Turner Ladder Ranch for a permit to host Mexican wolves as part of a federal species recovery program. Today’s decision ends — for now — a nearly eight-month saga in which the southwest New Mexico ranch owned by media mogul Ted […]
  
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• Fort Bliss says it will no longer accept New Mexico IDs

  14-01-2016 18:11
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, has announced it will no longer accept New Mexico driver’s license as a form of identification from visitors. The El Paso Times reports (http://goo.gl/0Z5zEb) the U.S. Army Base announced the change Wednesday and said it would stop accepting New Mexico IDs because they aren’t in compliance […]
  
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• CU police say shoplifting woman used stun gun on officers

  14-01-2016 18:10
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — University of Colorado police say a woman has been arrested after she used a stun gun on one of the book store’s loss prevention officers and attacked another. The Daily Camera reports (http://bit.ly/1OiIHDh ) that CU police spokesman Scott Pribble says two loss-prevention officers at the CU Book Store say they saw […]
  
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• PM says Turkish artillery hit IS positions in Iraq, Syria

  14-01-2016 18:02
  
  ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish tanks and artillery have attacked Islamic State group positions in Iraq and in Syria in retaliation for the suicide bombing in Istanbul which killed 10 tourists, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Thursday. Close to 200 extremists were “rendered ineffective” — the government’s term for “killed” — in the offensive in […]
  
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• Chamber of Commerce sees many risks for 2016

  14-01-2016 17:53
  
  WASHINGTON — America’s most influential business lobby says American businesses are facing numerous risks and few upsides as they enter 2016. Thomas Donohue is president and CEO of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Donohue says companies face regulatory overreach, the threat of terrorism and war overseas, and cyber theft. Still, he’s not predicting a […]
  
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• New: New Mexicans are golden with Oscar noms

  14-01-2016 17:45
  
  The Oscar nominations are in. While “The Revenant” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” came out with the most nods, there are a few New Mexicans in the running for the golden statuette. For the second time in three years, Santa Fe native Joshua Oppenheimer is nominated for the documentary feature category for the film, “The […]
  
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• Heinrich: Prosecute “extremists” occupying Oregon wildlife refuge

  14-01-2016 17:28
  
  Sen. Martin Heinrich is not amused. The freshman Democratic senator this morning released a letter he wrote to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, urging the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute a group of armed Oregonians who have seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. “Unfortunately, the attack on the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is only the latest […]
  
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• Wikipedia gets another source of cash for 15th birthday

  14-01-2016 17:11
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Wikipedia is getting another source of cash for its 15th birthday, expanding beyond fundraising drives that have already poured $250 million into the Internet’s leading encyclopedia. The additional money will come from a new endowment created for Wikipedia, whose website started Jan. 15, 2001 and is now overseen by the nonprofit Wikimedia […]
  
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• Suited lawyers rally against Greek pension reform

  14-01-2016 17:11
  
  ATHENS, Greece — Several thousand lawyers, many wearing ties or high heels, have marched to parliament to protest a planned overhaul of the pension system by the country’s leftwing government. Chanting “No retreat till we’re vindicated,” the lawyers came from associations around Greece that are calling on the government to scrap key provisions outlined in […]
  
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• Former judge found guilty of embezzlement in Las Cruces

  14-01-2016 17:09
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A former El Paso County, Texas, judge has been found guilty of embezzlement in New Mexico. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports (http://bit.ly/1Ok8DhD ) that a Las Cruces jury on Wednesday found Anthony Cobos guilty of one county of embezzlement over $20,000 after he was accused of defrauding a couple of more […]
  
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• FEMA denies appeal for NM emergency team status

  14-01-2016 17:08
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Federal officials have denied New Mexico’s appeal to keep federal status and funding for its elite search and rescue team. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/1nl3n4D ) that the Federal Emergency Management Agency ruled last week that the New Mexico Task Force 1 team will no longer be one of […]
  
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• Immigrant groups ‘monitoring’ New Mexico for possible raids

  14-01-2016 17:07
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Immigrant advocacy groups say they are monitoring New Mexico for possible raids by federal immigration authorities. Advocates say they’ve received no reports of raids in New Mexico targeting immigrants suspected of being in the illegally but are preparing families on how to handle them. Isaac De Luna from the Albuquerque-based Center for […]
  
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• Real estate Q&A: When the home doesn’t appraise

  14-01-2016 17:05
  
  Q: After a long search, we finally found a home. We outbid the other interested parties and are under contract to close later this month. But our lender just told us that the house did not appraise for the purchase price. What can we do? –Arlo A: When you take out a mortgage, your lender […]
  
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• Pittsburgh carjackers run away from stick-shift vehicle

  14-01-2016 17:05
  
  PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police are searching for two would-be carjackers who apparently can’t drive a stick-shift. Police have been looking for the pair since Tuesday night, when one of them tapped on a 28-year-old driver’s side window with a gun. The two ordered the man out of his car and demanded money. When the victim […]
  
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• Five die in fiery crash along Phoenix interstate

  14-01-2016 17:04
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities say five people were killed when an SUV went off a Phoenix freeway overpass. Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Raul Garcia says the SUV failed to slow enough at the top of an Interstate 10 off-ramp to make a turn Wednesday night. Garcia says the victims were believed to be an […]
  
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• The Mortgage Professor: Life annuities and HECM reverse mortgages as tools for protecting retirees

  14-01-2016 17:03
  
  My article last week discussed the longevity annuity as a tool for protecting retirees heavily dependent on a stock of financial assets against the risk of running out of money. The retiree in my example was 65 and had assets of $600,000 from which he could draw $3,000 a month until reaching age 100, at […]
  
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• Texas court reverses 7 online ‘dirty talk’ convictions

  14-01-2016 17:03
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — The top criminal court in Texas has reversed the convictions of seven men who were sentenced to prison for talking dirty to minors online. A 2013 Texas Court Criminal Appeals decision overturned a 2005 law criminalizing sexually explicit online communication with minors. The court ruled that the law was written so broadly […]
  
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