New Mexico news

• NM home sales pull back in July

  26-08-2016 23:47
  
  The pace of  single-family home sales in July in New Mexico took a step back, but the median price is still on an upward march, especially in the state’s larger counties. That’s according to new figures out this week from the Realtors Association of New Mexico, which depict a real estate market where houses in […]
  
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• Judge blocks transgender bathroom law for 3 plaintiffs

  26-08-2016 23:47
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge has temporarily ruled that the University of North Carolina can’t block two transgender students and an employee from using bathrooms that match their gender identity. U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder on Friday partially granted a preliminary injunction to the students and the employee in response to their lawsuit challenging […]
  
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• Updated: Clinton says controversies behind her; Trump begs to differ

  26-08-2016 23:46
  
  NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton vigorously defended her family’s foundation against Donald Trump’s criticism on Friday and declared she’s confident there will be no new blockbuster accusations on the foundation, her emails or anything else that could undermine her chances of defeating him in November. She said the private Clinton Foundation’s charitable programs would continue […]
  
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• Updated: Mural of assassin Oswald on Dallas building draws scrutiny

  26-08-2016 23:44
  
  DALLAS — A nearly two-story mural of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald recently painted on a Dallas building is drawing criticism for being insensitive. The mural outside a barbershop features Oswald’s black-and-white portrait. He lived in the neighborhood and the owner of the barbershop, Christian Avanti, says the mural is meant only to reflect the neighborhood’s […]
  
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• Updated: Colorful bear statues spring up in Alaska’s largest city

  26-08-2016 23:39
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska’s largest city is home to more than 300 grizzly and black bears and now more than a dozen multicolored ones. Life-size bear statues painted by city artists, part of “Bears on Parade,” are popping up as they’re completed. They’re part of a continuing effort to raise awareness that if you live […]
  
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• US fines airlines for lacking information about compensation

  26-08-2016 22:33
  
  WASHINGTON — The government is fining four airlines for failing to have accurate notices explaining compensation for passengers who are bumped from flights or whose baggage is damaged or lost. The Department of Transportation said Friday that it fined American Airlines $45,000, Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines $40,000 each, and United Airlines $35,000. Under federal […]
  
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• NM film group signs up 500 to promote the industry

  26-08-2016 22:16
  
  Inside Stage 1 at Albuquerque Studios, there have been numerous projects filmed. From housing the interior of Saul Goodman’s office on “Better Call Saul” to the setting for “Independence Day: Resurgence,” the empty space is often transformed to create Hollywood magic. This is also the space where the Film Business Alliance of New Mexico earlier […]
  
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• Isotope Cardullo rewarded with promotion to the Rockies

  26-08-2016 22:00
  
  After spending the previous four seasons playing independent baseball, outfielder/first baseman Stephen Cardullo has been promoted from the Albuquerque Isotopes to the Colorado Rockies.  It’s a Hollywood turn of the script for Cardullo, who was ignored not only by pro scouts but colleges coming out of high school in south Florida, as Bob Christ reported […]
  
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• UNM beach volleyball holds tryouts

  26-08-2016 20:35
  
  The University of New Mexico beach volleyball team will be holding team tryouts on September 13-14 at 2:30 p.m. on the beach volleyball courts located next to the Casas del Rio dorms on the main campus of UNM. In order to try out, all interested students must fulfill a list of requirements before arriving for […]
  
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• The colonel’s secret recipe revealed? Not so fast, says KFC

  26-08-2016 20:05
  
  NEW YORK — Has Colonel Sanders’ nephew inadvertently revealed to the world the secret blend of 11 herbs and spices behind KFC’s fried chicken empire? The company says the recipe published in the Chicago Tribune is not authentic. But that hasn’t stopped rampant online speculation that one of the most legendary and closely guarded secrets […]
  
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• Texas man charged with beheading wife after police visit

  26-08-2016 19:42
  
  BELLMEAD, Texas — Police say a Texas man is accused of beheading his wife just hours after officers visited the couple for a welfare check. Bellmead police Sgt. Kory Martin says officers visited 23-year-old Davie Dauzat and his 21-year-old wife, Natasha, on Thursday at their mobile home in Bellmead after a relative called police. Officers […]
  
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• Police seek man who posed as Uber driver, attacked woman

  26-08-2016 19:39
  
  ATLANTA — Atlanta police investigating a woman’s report that she was sexually assaulted by an Uber driver say they now believe the suspect posed as a driver to lure her into his car, the most recent of several attacks by phony Uber drivers around the nation. Within the past 12 months, police in Chicago, Washington, […]
  
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• How amphetamine use may be affecting our waterways

  26-08-2016 19:39
  
  New research has added to the growing body of evidence that the chemicals we put in our bodies often end up in our waterways — with noticeable consequences. A new study, published this week in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, explores what happens when amphetamine ends up in the ecosystems encompassing streams and it […]
  
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• Husband: Texas woman’s treatment in China amounts to torture

  26-08-2016 19:34
  
  DALLAS — The husband of a business consultant detained for more than a year by Chinese authorities says her treatment amounts to torture. Jeff Gillis said Friday that Phan “Sandy” Phan-Gillis is in failing health and her suffering meets the United Nations’ definition of torture. The State Department last month said Chinese authorities informed the […]
  
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• Updated: US wants to force lower speeds on truck and bus drivers

  26-08-2016 17:36
  
  DETROIT — The U.S. is seeking to forcibly limit how fast trucks, buses and other large vehicles can travel on the nation’s highways. A new proposal Friday would impose a nationwide limit by electronically capping speeds with a device on newly made U.S. vehicles that weigh more than 26,000 pounds. Regulators are considering a cap […]
  
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• Updated: Billionaire Richard Branson survives bike crash

  26-08-2016 17:12
  
  LONDON — Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson said Friday he thought he was going to die after flying head first off his bicycle in the British Virgin Islands. The Virgin Group boss hit a hump in the road on Virgin Gorda, one of the islands in the Caribbean, catapulting him into the road. The 66-year-old posted […]
  
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• Updated: SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth with station science, gear

  26-08-2016 16:56
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth on Friday with scientific gifts from the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins waved goodbye as the Dragon slowly flew away Friday morning. Six hours later, the spacecraft parachuted into the Pacific, just off Mexico’s Baja California coast. It’s loaded with 3,000 pounds […]
  
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• Updated: SpaceX Dragon heads back to Earth with station science, gear

  26-08-2016 16:56
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX Dragon capsule headed back to Earth on Friday with a load of science experiments and gear from the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins waved goodbye as the Dragon slowly flew away, aiming for a splashdown in the Pacific, just off Mexico’s Baja California coast. It’s loaded with […]
  
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• Updated: Rebels, civilians evacuating long-besieged Damascus suburb

  26-08-2016 16:56
  
  DARAYA, Syria — Syrian rebels and their families began evacuating a long-besieged Damascus suburb Friday as part of an agreement reached with the government following four years of grueling airstrikes and siege that left the suburb in ruins. The surrender of Daraya, which became an early symbol of the nascent uprising against President Bashar Assad, […]
  
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• Ultra-marathon runner reunited with stray dog from Gobi race

  26-08-2016 16:56
  
  LONDON — An ultra-marathon runner has been reunited with the stray dog that accompanied him through part of a grueling desert race in China and then went missing. Dion Leonard says the stray befriended him as he took part in the 250-kilometer (155-mile) Gobi March race, part of the 4 Deserts race series. The dog […]
  
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• Obama to create the largest protected place on the planet, off Hawaii

  26-08-2016 16:55
  
  WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will create the largest protected area on the planet Friday, by expanding a national marine monument off the coast of his native Hawaii to encompass 582,578 square miles of land and sea. The move, which more than quadruples the size of the Papahanaumokuakea (pronounced “Papa-ha-now-moh-koo-ah-kay-ah”) Marine National Monument that President […]
  
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• Fact Checker: How many Trump products were made overseas? Here’s the complete list.

  26-08-2016 16:55
  
  “Trump’s products have been made in 12 other countries.” –man in Clinton campaign ad, “Shirts” — The Hillary Clinton campaign has at least two ads attacking Donald Trump for outsourcing the production of his merchandise. Given Trump’s rhetoric against companies shipping jobs outside of the United States — he’s vowed not to eat Oreo cookies […]
  
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• Updated: SAfrican judge denies appeal for harsher Pistorius sentence

  26-08-2016 15:35
  JOHANNESBURG — A South African judge on Friday dismissed an appeal by prosecutors for a harsher sentence against Oscar Pistorius who was found guilty of murder for killing his girlfriend in 2013. Judge Thokozile Masipa said the state’s appeal to extend the six-year sentence against the 29-year-old double amputee Olympic sprinter had a limited prospect […]
  
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• Updated: 3 Olympic silver medalists named in Germany squad

  26-08-2016 15:35
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany — Three of the Olympic silver-medal team were called up by Germany on Friday for the friendly against Finland and the World Cup qualifier against Norway. The three include Hoffenheim defender Niklas Suele, who is making his national team debut. The others are midfielders Julian Brandt of Bayer Leverkusen and Max Meyer of […]
  
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• Belarus Olympic weightlifter faces ban over sample tampering

  26-08-2016 15:35
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary — A Belarusian weightlifter who was mysteriously withdrawn from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics has been suspended for alleged “urine substitution” in a doping sample. The International Weightlifting Federation says Stanislav Chadovich is provisionally suspended awaiting a ruling on allegations of using substitute urine to fool a drug test. He could be banned […]
  
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• Barcelona wants to sign striker Paco Alcacer from Valencia

  26-08-2016 15:35
  
  BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona’s sports director says it is trying to secure the transfer of Spain striker Paco Alcacer from rival Valencia. Robert Fernandez says the Liga champion wants Alcacer to reinforce Barcelona’s already top-class attack formed by Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Neymar. Fernandez says “it will be Paco Alcacer or nobody.” The transfer […]
  
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• Portugal starts World Cup qualifying without injured Ronaldo

  26-08-2016 15:34
  LISBON, Portugal — Cristiano Ronaldo will sit out Portugal’s first games since it won the European Championship as he continues his recovery from a knee injury sustained in that tournament’s final. The Portugal captain hasn’t yet played this season for his club Real Madrid, and wasn’t called up on Friday for Portugal’s friendly against Gibraltar […]
  
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• Updated: Strong aftershocks rattle devastated Italian earthquake zone

  26-08-2016 08:50
  
  AMATRICE, Italy — Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike Friday as hopes began to dim that firefighters would find any more survivors from Italy’s earthquake. The first funerals were scheduled to be celebrated for some of the 267 dead. Some of hard-hit Amatrice’s crumbled buildings suffered more cracks after the biggest aftershock of […]
  
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• Updated: Car bomb attack in Turkey kills 8 police; 45 wounded

  26-08-2016 08:42
  
  ANKARA, Turkey — Kurdish militants on Friday attacked a police checkpoint in southeast Turkey with an explosives-laden truck, killing at least eight police officers and wounding 45 other people, the state-run news agency reported. The attack struck the checkpoint some 50 meters (yards) from a main police station near the town of Cizre, in the […]
  
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• Updated: Car bomb attack in Turkey kills 11 police; 78 wounded

  26-08-2016 08:42
  
  ANKARA, Turkey — Kurdish militants on Friday attacked a police checkpoint in southeast Turkey with an explosives-laden truck, killing at least 11 police officers and wounding 78 other people, the state-run news agency said. The attack struck the checkpoint some 50 meters (yards) from a main police station near the town of Cizre, in the […]
  
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• Short films, long odds: Team gets international distribution deal through TV channel

  26-08-2016 08:05
  
  Opportunities are everywhere–just ask Scott Takeda.
  
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• Nevada Wolf Pack wants to win back Fremont Cannon

  26-08-2016 08:05
  
  In December, Nevada and Colorado State–two schools from the same conference, the Mountain...
  
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• Monarchs dominate Jaguars in all facets of the game

  26-08-2016 08:05
  
  It was a shutout. Only, not.Either way, it certainly felt like one Thursday night for...
  
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• Martin releases Aggies’ depth chart for Miners

  26-08-2016 08:05
  
  The New Mexico State University football team released its depth chart Thursday for the its Sept. 3...
  
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• Lobo men’s soccer team hopes to build on great preseason

  26-08-2016 08:05
  
  Pretty much the only fault one could find in the New Mexico Lobo men's last three outings is that th ...
  
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• Updated: Trump will ‘make America hate again,’ Clinton says

  26-08-2016 04:52
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Hillary Clinton said Thursday that Donald Trump has unleashed the “radical fringe” within the Republican Party, including anti-Semites and white supremacists, dubbing the billionaire businessman’s campaign as one that will “make America hate again.” Trump rejected Clinton’s allegations, defending his hard-line approach to immigration while trying to make the case to minority […]
  
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• Updated: Clinton says Trump will ‘make America hate again’

  26-08-2016 04:52
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Hillary Clinton said Thursday that Donald Trump has unleashed the “radical fringe” within the Republican Party, including anti-Semites and white supremacists, dubbing the billionaire businessman’s campaign as one that will “make America hate again.” Trump rejected Clinton’s allegations, defending his hard-line approach to immigration while trying to make the case to minority […]
  
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• Mylan boosts EpiPen patient programs, stands firm on price

  26-08-2016 03:00
  
  The maker of EpiPens offered patients more help to pay for its costly emergency allergy shots but didn’t budge Thursday on the $608 price.
  
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• For some, quake rattles deeper fears

  26-08-2016 01:43
  
  ACCUMOLI, Italy – In this 12th-century town, as many as 70 percent of the homes were vacant in the off-season. There were fewer people on the streets. Numerous teenagers had left for good. And that was before the earthquake. As the search continued in the hard debris and as hopes dimmed that rescuers would find […]
  
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• Temporary shelter in New Mexico to house immigrant children

  26-08-2016 01:34
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — Children who immigrated alone to the United States will soon be housed at a Fort Bliss complex in New Mexico’s Dona Ana County. The children are scheduled to arrive at the temporary shelter early next month. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials say the facility will have the capacity for […]
  
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• Controversial Texas county chairman out, state GOP says

  26-08-2016 01:34
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Republican Party says a GOP chairman for the county that includes the state capital is out of a job after filing as a write-in candidate for president of the United States. Robert Morrow embarrassed Texas Republicans when he was elected head of the GOP in heavily Democratic Travis County in […]
  
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• Fort Campbell: Soldier in custody after firing shots

  26-08-2016 01:21
  
  FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Army officials say a 101st Airborne Division soldier fired two shots at Fort Campbell and then fled in his vehicle before being apprehended by military police. Fort Campbell spokesman Robert Jenkins said in a news release that the soldier entered a hangar at Campbell Army Airfield about 11:30 a.m. Thursday and […]
  
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• Owners slam competing plan for Flying Star reorganization

  26-08-2016 01:19
  
  The fight over Flying Star’s future continued this week with the Albuquerque cafe chain’s owners slamming a proposal to sell the business as a “smoke and mirrors” proposition that would come at the expense of the very people proposing it — the unsecured creditors in Flying Star’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. Jean and Mark Bernstein […]
  
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• Did coup plotters stall Turkey’s Syria mission?

  26-08-2016 01:18
  
  ISTANBUL – The Turkish government had been planning for more than a year to send troops into Syria to fight the Islamic State before it did so this week, but the intervention was opposed by military officers who later participated in July’s failed attempt to overthrow the government, a senior Turkish official said Thursday. He […]
  
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