New Mexico news

• Pictures: Dia de los Muertos parade

  16-11-2016 23:52
  
  It’s an Albuquerque tradition. Every year, revelers smear on make-up, fashion elaborate costumes and wind through South Valley streets to honor the dead in one of the country’s most unique parades — Dia de Los Muertos. The event is visually defined by bright yellow marigolds, flashy low-riders and elaborate face paint. This year, Journal photographer […]
  
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• For my 92-year-old dad and uncle, history seems to be repeating itself

  16-11-2016 22:43
  
  My dad, who is 92, often talks about the racial progress that has occurred during his lifetime. The stories are always uplifting but sometimes come with sobering caveats. “I remember when the first black policeman was hired in Shreveport, in 1954,” said Dad, referring to the city in Louisiana where I was born three years […]
  
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• VA whistleblower resigns, citing retaliation

  16-11-2016 22:31
  
  DENVER — A Department of Veterans Affairs employee who told Congress the agency was using unauthorized wait lists for mental health care in Colorado has resigned, saying he was subjected to retaliation for speaking up. Brian Smothers told The Associated Press Wednesday the VA had opened two separate inquiries into his actions and tried to […]
  
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• Texas students chant ‘build a wall’ at border town opponents

  16-11-2016 22:31
  
  SNYDER, Texas — A school official in a small North Texas town has apologized to administrators of a Texas-Mexico border school district after his students chanted “build a wall” during a volleyball match between teams from the two districts. Archer City school Superintendent C.D. Knobloch (NAH’-blahk) said he apologized to Fort Hancock district administrators. He […]
  
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• Sen. Dianne Feinstein will lead Democrats as they take on Trump’s Supreme Court nominees

  16-11-2016 22:27
  
  WASHINGTON – Sen. Dianne Feinstein — who has taken on the gun industry, the CIA and civil-liberties advocates in her own party during her long tenure in the Senate – will lead Democrats’ scrutiny of President-elect Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominees for at least the next two years. Feinstein, D-Calif., was named ranking member of […]
  
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• From France to Canada, countries are reeling from Trump’s climate plans

  16-11-2016 22:27
  
  As Donald Trump prepares to take office in January, climate scientists and activists have begun to speculate about how his presidency could affect the success of the Paris climate agreement. And in fact, just one week in, Trump’s election has already begun to make waves in the dialogue surrounding the international community’s climate efforts. On […]
  
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• Republican Falsehoods About Obamacare

  16-11-2016 21:03 via nytimes.com
  Paul Ryan and others claim that Obamacare is hurting people with Medicare and employer-provided insurance. They’re wrong.
  
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• Updated: Rooney apologizes to England over inappropriate conduct

  16-11-2016 19:59
  
  LONDON — England captain Wayne Rooney has apologized for “inappropriate” conduct after being pictured bleary-eyed at the team hotel between games. England’s all-time top scorer was off-duty when the images were taken of him with wedding guests at the hotel on Saturday night. Rooney’s management team says the striker “fully recognizes that the images are […]
  
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• Updated: Drilling moratorium extended

  16-11-2016 19:59
  
  LONGMONT, Colo. — Boulder County has extended a moratorium on new oil and gas development in unincorporated parts of the county. The Longmont Times Call reports (http://bit.ly/2eGG31i ) that county commissioners voted Tuesday evening to approve a temporary emergency moratorium on the drilling through Jan. 31. The extension gives county staff time to study the […]
  
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• Texas man arrested in Kansas crash that killed woman, girl

  16-11-2016 19:58
  
  JUNCTION CITY, Kan. — A Texas man has been arrested in a head-on Kansas crash that killed a mother and her 5-year-old daughter and critically injured the woman’s son. The 42-year-old Houston driver is jailed in Geary County on $250,000 bond on suspicion of two counts of involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence and […]
  
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• Prosecutors: 10 charged in US-Mexico human smuggling ring

  16-11-2016 19:38
  
  NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors in New York City have charged 10 defendants in a human smuggling ring that they say operated across the Mexico-U.S. border. Six defendants were arrested Wednesday in Texas and another was arrested in Brooklyn. Prosecutors said in a statement and in court papers that the smuggling scheme operated from June […]
  
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• Major new interchange with overpass set to open next week

  16-11-2016 19:38
  
  SURPRISE, Ariz. — A new interchange to reduce congestion along a state highway in a Phoenix suburb is scheduled to open next week. The Arizona Department of Transportation says the overpass carrying Bell Road over Grand Avenue in Surprise is set to open Tuesday. ADOT says the new interchange will reduce traffic delays caused by […]
  
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• Report: Child deaths due to maltreatment increase in Arizona

  16-11-2016 18:08
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona continues to see more child deaths due to maltreatment involving physical abuse, neglect or both. A state review of 2015 child deaths reports that maltreatment accounted for 11 percent of overall deaths as the mortality rate due to maltreatment increased 15 percent from 2014. The report says child fatalities due to maltreatment […]
  
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• Updated: Facebook apologizes for latest metrics errors

  16-11-2016 18:07
  
  NEW YORK — Facebook says it will work with independent companies like Nielsen and comScore to review more of its metrics after it uncovered new problems with the data it provides to advertisers and publishers that use its network. Facebook had apologized to advertisers in September for errors that led to overstating how long users […]
  
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• Obama administration reaches deal to cancel oil leases on lands tied to tribe

  16-11-2016 18:04
  
  The Interior Department announced Wednesday morning a settlement with Devon Energy for the cancellation of leases in Montana for oil and gas drilling on lands considered sacred by the Blackfeet Tribe. “This is the right action to take on behalf of current and future generations,” Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said on the department’s Web site. […]
  
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• Analysis: Marijuana-initiative blunder that could cost California millions

  16-11-2016 18:04
  
  Benjamin Franklin said that taxes, like death, are one of life’s few certainties. But due to a glitch in the technical language of California’s successful marijuana legalization initiative, the state’s pot smokers may prove him wrong. California’s marijuana legalization initiative is designed to raise significant tax revenue for the state. When legal recreational marijuana sales […]
  
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• Updated: Man, woman or more? Tinder now allows users to write in their gender identity

  16-11-2016 18:03
  
  “A lot of times, being transgender, people will want to have sex with you but there’s no promise of a future,” Jazmin Sutherlin, a 35-year-old Washingtonian, said of the challenges of dating as a transgender woman. A nationwide study of LGBTQ singles this year echoed that sentiment. Forty-seven percent of the participants in a Match […]
  
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• Police search for two missing children

  16-11-2016 15:41
  
  Authorities have issued a missing and endangered alert for two children who may have been taken by their non-custodial parent. New Mexico State Police said Skylar Lee and Kayson Kendan Lee were last seen with their biological mother, Kaylen Johnson, Tuesday afternoon near Mariano Lake, northeast of Gallup. They were traveling in a navy blue […]
  
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• Updated: Costa Rica routs US as Americans drop to 0-2 in qualifying

  16-11-2016 15:40
  
  SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Wave after wave of opponents kept overwhelming beleaguered and befuddled Americans. Only these players were Costa Ricans in red jerseys, not Brazilians in yellow or Italians in blue. With one of its worst performances in decades, the United States put itself in a deep — but not insurmountable — hole […]
  
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• Spain about to restore WADA compliance with new doping laws

  16-11-2016 15:40
  
  MADRID — Spain is about to get back in the fight against doping. With political stability finally restored, the country is again in position to become compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency, nearly eight months after it was suspended because of inadequate doping legislation. Spanish authorities say they have everything in place to approve the […]
  
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• Marseille’s image once again dented after attack on player

  16-11-2016 15:40
  
  PARIS — Frank McCourt’s plans to bring Marseille back to the top of French and European soccer could be undermined by local criminals. Winger Florian Thauvin became the latest victim of the southern city’s notorious thieves this week, suffering a vicious attack near his home in a chic neighborhood of the port city. Thauvin was […]
  
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• Updated: Russian official faces corruption charges over World Cup

  16-11-2016 15:39
  
  MOSCOW — Russian investigators are pressing graft charges against a former deputy governor of St. Petersburg linked to the construction of a trouble-plagued stadium that is to host World Cup matches in 2018. The Investigative Committee said in a statement on Wednesday that Marat Oganesyan, the city’s deputy governor in 2013-2015, has been detained on […]
  
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• Medal of Honor recipients are humbled, honored to be on wall

  16-11-2016 08:05
  
  Portraits of two Vietnam War heroes unveiled at Kirtland Air Force Base
  
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• Governor upbeat after meeting with Pence

  16-11-2016 08:05
  
  Martinez 'confident' Trump administration will address NM concerns
  
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• Editorial: EEOC pay claim leaves UNM, public in the dark

  16-11-2016 08:05
  
  U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission letter is sorely lacking in details
  
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• Conservatism isn’t served by always nursing anger

  16-11-2016 08:05
  
  Americans standing on scorched earth that is still smoldering need a respite from furiousness
  
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• A leaking toilet and Watergate

  16-11-2016 08:05
  
  Former tenants seek $1.776 billion in lawsuit against 30 defendants
  
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• Mild November means Ski Apache can’t open on Thanksgiving

  16-11-2016 05:56
  
  Pleasant November weather means Ski Apache can’t open on Thanksgiving Day this year, bad news for the start of the holiday tourism and shopping season. “There’s no possible way we can open,” said Justin Huffmon, who manages marketing for the resort. “It’s 55 degrees up here right now, about the same as it is in […]
  
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• 4 men arrested in 2013 sexual assault of woman

  16-11-2016 05:56
  
  LAS CRUCES – Four men suspected in the 2013 sexual assault of a 27-year-old woman are now facing rape and kidnapping charges, according to the Las Cruces Police Department. Luis F. Orquiz, 25, Rigoberto Enriquez-Rodriguez, 26, Edgar O. Chaparro, 27, and Erik Daniel Lee, 28, were recently arrested on warrants issued earlier this month. They […]
  
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• Village and city strike new agreement on wastewater treatment plant

  16-11-2016 05:55
  
  Reaching an agreement about the division of representation on the Joint Use Board that governs the Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant took years. litigation and arbitration, but officials with the village of Ruidoso and the city of Ruidoso Downs recently accomplished that goal along with others connected to the plant, subject to approval by the New […]
  
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• Farmington police catch DWI fugitive

  16-11-2016 05:54
  
  Thomas Frank, described by state officials as “one of New Mexico’s most wanted DWI fugitives,” has been captured by Farmington police. Frank, 51, who has a mailing address in Farmington, was paroled after his seventh DWI conviction. It was the second time he had skipped out of his supervision. On Nov. 7 shortly after 9 […]
  
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• Man shot, killed by officer in Colorado earlier fled from police

  16-11-2016 05:53
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — A man who was shot and killed by a Grand Junction police officer had fled a traffic stop several days earlier and had two active warrants for his arrest. The Daily Sentinel reports (https://goo.gl/hMmxJy ) 24-year-old Brian Gaither fled after he was seen with a gun in his car Nov. 7. […]
  
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• Cholesterol drug shows promise to help reverse heart disease

  16-11-2016 03:06
  
  NEW ORLEANS — For the first time, a new drug given along with a cholesterol-lowering statin medicine has proved able to shrink plaque that is clogging arteries, potentially giving a way to undo some o
  
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• Updated: US warship diverts to help New Zealand quake evacuation

  16-11-2016 02:11
  
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The first U.S. warship to visit New Zealand in more than 30 years was traveling toward a small coastal town on Wednesday to help in the evacuation of hundreds of stranded tourists and residents. The USS Sampson had been due in Auckland but changed course to help those stuck in Kaikoura […]
  
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• 911 Pulse calls reveal terror inside club

  16-11-2016 02:08
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — They had been hiding from the shooter in a Pulse nightclub bathroom for about two hours. “One guy’s about to pass away,” a man told an emergency dispatcher. ” … We gave him a cup of water to drink out of the sink. We have a number of people. No one saw […]
  
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• Updated: That's no house cat: Nevada police find 3 tigers in backyard

  16-11-2016 01:51
  
  Authorities say a woman who asked them if it was legal to keep tigers at home in rural Nevada was…
  
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• Retired instructor won District 10 write-in race for Public Education Commission

  16-11-2016 01:48
  
  In a race where results weren’t immediately available on election night, Tim Crone of Española won the District 10 position on the state Public Education Commission, easily defeating Santa Fe attorney and lobbyist Anthony Justin Trujillo in a battle between write-in candidates. Crone, 69, a retired anthropology and sociology instructor at Northern New Mexico College, […]
  
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• Santa Fe SWAT team gets wrong guy for robbery, but suspect goes to jail anyway

  16-11-2016 01:45
  
  SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Police Department’s SWAT team arrested a man they thought was the suspect in yet another Santa Fe gas station robbery Monday afternoon, but it turns out officers had the wrong guy — at least as far as the robbery goes. According to a Santa Fe Police report, a Caucasian […]
  
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• Updated: Somber Romo: Prescott has earned right to be Cowboys QB

  16-11-2016 01:28
  
  FRISCO, Texas — Tony Romo stopped a reporter in the middle of what appeared to be the first question in his first meeting with the media since August. The Dallas quarterback brought a statement, and he wasn’t going to answer any questions Tuesday. The 36-year-old coming off his fourth back injury in less than four […]
  
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• Kris Kobach, immigration hard-liner, could be Trump’s attorney general

  16-11-2016 01:23
  
  WASHINGTON — Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state whose hard-line immigration stance has caught the attention of President-elect Donald Trump, could be a candidate for attorney general. Kobach, already a member of Trump’s transition team, advised Trump on immigration policy, one of the Republican’s top priorities, throughout the campaign and added Trump’s promise to […]
  
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• County approves room tax hike for Las Vegas NFL stadium

  16-11-2016 01:23
  
  LAS VEGAS — The Clark County Commission has approved an ordinance to enact an increase in the local hotel room tax to help fund construction of a huge stadium they hope will bring the NFL’s Raiders to Las Vegas. Commissioners also approved ordinances Tuesday to enact tax increases to pay for 315 new police officers […]
  
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• After complaints, Trump-branded buildings being renamed

  16-11-2016 00:15
  
  NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s name is being stripped off three New York City luxury apartment buildings after hundreds of tenants signed a petition saying they were embarrassed to live in a place associated with the Republican president-elect. About 600 residents of the three rental towers in Trump Place signed the online petition. The company […]
  
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• Senate Democrats come out swinging against Trump

  16-11-2016 00:05
  
  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats embraced their role as the loyal opposition to Donald Trump, with several using the chamber’s first post-election session to criticize the president-elect for fomenting divisions in U.S. society. The Democrats have said they are willing to work with Trump on areas of common ground. But Minority Leader Harry Reid used floor […]
  
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• Updated: NTSB finds Ride the Ducks crash due to broken axle

  16-11-2016 00:01
  
  SEATTLE — The National Transportation Safety Board ruled on Tuesday that the probable cause of the 2015 Ride the Ducks crash that killed five people and injured 69 was a mechanical failure and improper maintenance, as well as loopholes in federal oversight. A lack of protections for the passengers, including seatbelts and “severely deformed” seats, […]
  
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