New Mexico news

• Downtown ABQ getting new pharmacy

  23-12-2016 23:44
  
  Imperial Building, already home to a grocery store, now bringing a drug store
  
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• Updated: Activists gain resolve from civil rights vets post-election

  23-12-2016 23:37
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It became clear to Javier Benavidez that Donald Trump would win the presidency around 2 a.m. after polls closed on Election Day. The Albuquerque activist had helped organize two anti-Trump protests in New Mexico and strongly opposed the Republican’s views on immigration. He went to bed around 4 a.m. and expected to […]
  
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• Elderly pedestrian killed in Yuma

  23-12-2016 23:36
  
  YUMA, Ariz. — Police in Yuma say a 74-year-old man has died after being struck while crossing a street on Friday. Police say a small SVU was headed north on 4th Avenue when it struck the man, who was crossing the street. The man, who has not been identified, was transported to a local hospital, […]
  
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• 2 Houston rappers arrested on drug-related charges

  23-12-2016 23:36
  
  HOUSTON — Two Houston rappers are facing felony drug-related charges after being part of a group of 10 people arrested by police. According to court documents, Paul Michael Slayton, known to his fans as Paul Wall, was arrested Friday in Houston along with fellow rapper Ronald Bryant, known as Baby Bash. The two were charged […]
  
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• State: 40 fired DES workers can get job back

  23-12-2016 23:34
  
  PHOENIX — State officials say they will offer jobs to 40 of the hundreds of Department of Economic Security workers who were fired during the tenuous tenure of its now-departed director. The Arizona Department of Administration announced on Friday that 40 of the workers who were fired by former DES director Tim Jeffries and who […]
  
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• A new Christmas classic? Chewbacca roars out 'Silent Night'

  23-12-2016 21:55
  
  Chewbacca is no Bing Crosby, but the Wookie's rendition of "Silent Night" is adding some "Star Wars" flair to the…
  
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• Breaking: Lymon indicted in murder of APD police officer

  23-12-2016 21:35
  
  A Bernalillo County grand jury indicted Davon Lymon, 35, for the murder of Albuquerque police officer Daniel Webster in October 2015 during a traffic stop on East Central. Lymon was found guilty in federal court earlier this year of being a felon in possession of the .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol used to kill Webster. Webster […]
  
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• Cathy Colvin: NM Realtor of the year

  23-12-2016 21:12
  
  Cathy Colvin takes her many responsibilities on local, regional and national levels extremely seriously. It’s one of the reasons the former president of the REALTORS® Association of New Mexico (RANM) was named the organization’s REALTOR® of the Year. “I was very surprised because I received the award for REALTOR® of the year for the Greater […]
  
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• Assad won back Aleppo, but immense challenges lie ahead

  23-12-2016 20:59
  
  BEIRUT — Hundreds of people returned to eastern Aleppo neighborhoods on Friday to check on their homes after the last opposition fighters left the city, picking through debris and wreckage for personal belongings blasted by years of fighting. In a sign of the immense challenges that still lie ahead for President Bashar Assad, rebels outside […]
  
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• US rig count up 16 this week to 653; Oklahoma adds 6

  23-12-2016 20:58
  
  HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 16 this week to 653. A year ago, 700 rigs were active. Depressed energy prices have curtailed exploration, although the rig count has been rising in recent weeks. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that […]
  
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• Report finds blacks disproportionately arrested in Colorado

  23-12-2016 19:58
  
  DENVER — A first-of-its-kind report says black people in Colorado were arrested at a disproportionate rate last year and were more likely to be sentenced to prison than other racial groups. The report by the state’s Division of Criminal Justice released Wednesday says blacks accounted for 12.4 percent of arrests and summonses in 2015. Yet […]
  
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• Yes! 3-year-old Arizona boy celebrates adoption in viral pix

  23-12-2016 19:57
  
  PHOENIX — A 3-year-old Arizona’s boy celebration of his adoption is a hit on social media. Dezhianna “Dae” Brown’s Twitter post of photos of her adoptive brother Michael had over 55,000 retweets and nearly 140,000 likes by Friday morning. The little boy is now a member of a family living in Phoenix’s Peoria suburb. He […]
  
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• Thieves in Texarkana steal truck, equipment, ATM and cash

  23-12-2016 19:57
  
  TEXARKANA, Texas — Police say a quadruple theft in northeast Texas involved a stolen rental truck, equipment swiped from a construction site, an ATM hauled off and all of the cash inside. Texarkana police on Friday made no immediate arrests in the ATM theft from a Red River Federal Credit Union branch. Police say the […]
  
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• Teenage twins spot rare bird in Colorado

  23-12-2016 19:47
  
  DENVER — Teenage twins and avid birders Jack and Ryan Bushong are credited with the first-ever sighting of a purple sandpiper in Colorado. The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/2i0sDvJ ) that Steven Bushong of Louisville reluctantly braved a blizzard to take his 13-year-old sons on a birding expedition to the snow-packed shoreline of Dillon Reservoir near […]
  
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• Eldest Bundy son wants hearing to challenge detention status

  23-12-2016 19:47
  
  LAS VEGAS — The eldest son of jailed Nevada cattleman Cliven Bundy is again asking to be released from federal custody pending trial in an armed standoff against federal agents near the family ranch in April 2014. A judge in Las Vegas made no immediate ruling after Ryan Bundy argued Friday to reopen his detention […]
  
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• Updated: Holiday splurging not an option for many workers scraping by

  23-12-2016 17:26
  
  ELIZABETH, N.J. — At the brightly lit mall, clothing stores highlight holiday sweaters and big signs tout the sales, while Duquan Allen keeps his expectations in check. Allen, who works full-time cleaning planes at Newark Airport, says his mother doesn’t expect anything big, and he usually gets a hooded sweatshirt. He plans to spend about […]
  
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• Trump comments stoke talk of new nuclear arms race, while press secretary offers explanation

  23-12-2016 17:23
  
  WASHINGTON – For a second straight day, President-elect Donald Trump sent provocative signals Friday about expanding the U.S. nuclear arsenal, while his staff scrambled to temper remarks that suggested a break with four decades of policy charted by presidents of both parties. On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-host Mika Brzezinski relayed a conversation she had directly […]
  
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• Texas gets $160K in child support linked to car registration

  23-12-2016 17:23
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has collected more than $160,000 in back child support since starting a program this year that bars some parents who owe money from renewing vehicle registrations. The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/2hk0dQe ) reported Thursday that December was the first month renewal requests can be denied in the Texas Attorney General’s Office […]
  
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• Updated: Trump: US must ‘greatly strengthen’ nuclear capability

  23-12-2016 17:22
  
  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has re-opened the debate over nuclear proliferation, calling for the United States to “greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability” until the rest of the world “comes to its senses” regarding nuclear weapons. His comments Thursday on Twitter came hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin said strengthening his country’s nuclear […]
  
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• Another Trump tweet jab, again in the defense sector

  23-12-2016 17:21
  
  NEW YORK — Shares of Boeing and Lockheed Martin slipped in early trading a day a tweet from President-elect Donald Trump appeared to pit the two giants in defense industry against one another to lower prices for government contracts. It was just the latest targeted jab at U.S. corporations that may have led to volatile […]
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks are little changed in early trade

  23-12-2016 15:44
  
  NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are little changed in early trading on Wall Street as trading slows down ahead of the Christmas holiday. Energy and materials companies fell shortly after the opening bell Friday, while health care and real estate stocks rose. Cintas, which […]
  
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• Updated: Family of bears likely killed from eating poisonous plant

  23-12-2016 14:07
  
  Game commission officials say a poisonous ornamental shrub likely killed a black bear and her three cubs found dead on…
  
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• Updated: Omogbo leads Rams year after death of parents in house fire

  23-12-2016 12:51
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado State senior Emmanuel Omogbo’s right basketball shoe is a dedication to his parents, their names written in black marker with “RIP” alongside. The left one, a tribute to his niece and nephew. On both, the date — “1-19-2016.” It’s approaching a year since a house fire back in Maryland claimed […]
  
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• Updated: IOC opens 28 new doping cases for Russian Olympic athletes

  23-12-2016 12:51
  
  GENEVA — On yet another doping-tainted day for Russian sport, 28 athletes now face IOC cases linked to cheating at the Sochi Winter Olympics and a major cross-country skiing event was removed from the country. The IOC said Friday it has opened 28 disciplinary proceedings against Russian athletes whose urine samples were likely tampered with […]
  
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• Updated: North Korean defector impressed by Seoul political protests

  23-12-2016 12:50
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — A high-profile North Korean defector told South Korean lawmakers on Friday that the massive protests that led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye still feel strange to him but he sees the demonstrations as the country’s strength. Thae Yong Ho, the former North Korean deputy ambassador to London, said in […]
  
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• Updated: Life sentence for man, 21, in neighborhood mom killing case

  23-12-2016 12:50
  
  LAS VEGAS — A 21-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole on Thursday after pleading guilty to the death of a Las Vegas mother of four who was targeted in a neighborhood cul-de-sac last year. Erich Milton Nowsch Jr. left the courtroom sobbing after he was sentenced for second-degree […]
  
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• China ‘closely following’ Trump comments on nuclear policy

  23-12-2016 12:49
  
  BEIJING — China said Friday that countries with the largest nuclear arsenals should take the lead in disarmament, after President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin said they wanted to strengthen their nations’ nuclear capabilities. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters at a regular briefing Beijing is “paying close attention” to what nuclear […]
  
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• Updated: Berlin truck attack suspect killed in Milan police shootout

  23-12-2016 10:49
  
  ROME — The Tunisian man suspected of driving a truck into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin was killed early Friday in a shootout with police in Milan, ending a Europe-wide manhunt, Italy’s interior minister said. Checks conducted after the shootout showed “the person killed, without a shadow of a doubt, is Anis Amri, the […]
  
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• Updated: What is 'om telolet om?' Meme's origins in Indonesia

  23-12-2016 10:22
  
  What the heck is "om telolet om?" It's a meme that's fanning across social media. It was started by Indonesian…
  
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• In realist foreign policy, Obama found limits

  23-12-2016 09:17
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s foreign policy legacy may be defined as much by what he didn’t do as by what he did. Over eight years, Obama ushered in a new era of diplomacy, re-establishing the United States as the driving force behind fighting climate change and reducing the threat of nuclear weapons. He restored […]
  
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• Questions for Neal, a little love for Davie

  23-12-2016 08:05
  
  Bob Davie found himself surrounded. Folks had tumbled away from the cold bleachers and onto the Univ ...
  
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• School board: Somebody’s gotta do it

  23-12-2016 08:02
  
  Thank goodness Kate Noble, city government's former economic development director, wants to serve on ...
  
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• Fourth Arizona mental health provider leaving NM

  23-12-2016 08:02
  
  Five firms were contracted during Medicaid shake-up
  
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• Cutting carbon emissions within reach

  23-12-2016 08:02
  
  We will solve the challenge of climate change in our lifetimes. It's a daring assertio ...
  
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• ‘Everything falls in place’: Kenyan runner finds a home in Santa Fe

  23-12-2016 07:45
  
  Aliphine Chepkerker Tuliamuk thought her move to Santa Fe would be a temporary stay to boost her training. Instead, it’s turned into home. “Santa Fe has become my home now,” she said. “When I am there, everything falls in place. The higher elevation, rolly terrain, and never-ending dirt trails are a perfect combination for good […]
  
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• Updated: NM Head Start ranks worst in the nation

  23-12-2016 07:37
  
  Low wages are a major factor nationwide
  
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• Updated: Judge follows in the footsteps of her mother, Family Court Judge Susan Conway

  23-12-2016 07:37
  
  Jane Levy earned a master's in counseling psychology, then worked as a child advocate. Now she's 'coming home' to Family Court
  
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• Updated: Get your docs in a row for Real ID license

  23-12-2016 07:37
  
  Check for the documents needed before heading to MVD
  
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• ABQ area Christmas Closings

  23-12-2016 07:36
  
  Christmas schedule for government offices and services
  
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• N.M. losing fourth Ariz.-based provider

  23-12-2016 07:22
  
  Questions about publicly funded system that provides low-income residents with mental health and addiction services.
  
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• Deutsche Bank agrees to pay $7.2 billion to settle mortgage-abuse case

  23-12-2016 05:31
  
  German financial giant Deutsche Bank said it will pay $7.2 billion to settle a landmark mortgage-abuse case with the Department of Justice. If approved, the proposed settlement could help dampen concern about a conflict facing incoming President-elect Donald Trump, whose company has borrowed more than $300 million from the troubled Germany. The settlement, the bank […]
  
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• Fourth Arizona behavioral health provider leaving N.M.

  23-12-2016 03:00
  
  SANTA FE — Another of the Arizona behavioral health companies brought in three years ago after the Martinez administration ousted local providers says it will leave New Mexico. Valle del Sol gave notice to state officials in a letter dated Wednesday that it is terminating its agreements and wants to pull out as soon as […]
  
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• Obama shuts down Bush-era Muslim registry to keep Donald Trump from using it

  23-12-2016 00:53
  
  WASHINGTON — In 2001, Roskana Mun was a 16-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant living in one of New York City’s most diverse neighborhoods. After 9/11, the U.S. government started tracking foreign Muslim men and boys, and Mun’s neighborhood changed as men were detained and in some cases deported. “Women had to juggle raising a whole family and […]
  
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• Updated: AP: Eric Trump Foundation flouts charity standards

  23-12-2016 00:50
  
  A charity operated by one of Donald Trump’s sons flouts philanthropic standards by financially benefiting charities connected to the Trump family and members of the charity’s board, an Associated Press investigation shows. The AP found that Eric Trump has exaggerated the size of his foundation and the donations it receives. At the same time, the […]
  
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• AP: Eric Trump Foundation flouts charity standards

  23-12-2016 00:50
  
  A charity operated by one of Donald Trump’s sons flouts philanthropic standards by financially benefiting charities connected to the Trump family and members of the charity’s board, an Associated Press investigation shows. The AP found that Eric Trump has exaggerated the size of his foundation and the donations it receives. At the same time, the […]
  
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• Updated: Trump says he wants to ‘greatly strengthen and expand’ US nuclear capability

  23-12-2016 00:40
  
  President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday called for the United States to expand its nuclear arsenal, after Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country’s nuclear potential needs fortifying, raising the specter of a new arms race that would reverse decades of efforts to reduce the number and size of the two countries’ nuclear weapons. In a […]
  
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• Trump says he wants to ‘greatly strengthen and expand’ U.S. nuclear capability

  23-12-2016 00:40
  
  President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday called for the United States to expand its nuclear arsenal, after Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country’s nuclear potential needs fortifying, raising the specter of a new arms race that would reverse decades of efforts to reduce the number and size of the two countries’ nuclear weapons. In a […]
  
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• Trump, Obama on possible collision course over Israeli settlement vote

  23-12-2016 00:38
  
  President-elect Donald Trump warned the Obama administration Thursday against a possible abstention in a key U.N. Security Council vote that would declare illegal all Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory in the West Bank and the mostly Arab East Jerusalem. The resolution, initially scheduled for a 3 p.m. vote, urges Israelis and Palestinians to commit to […]
  
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• Hit-and-run driver in funeral hurts motorcycle officer

  23-12-2016 00:36
  
  SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio police officer has been hurt when his motorcycle was struck by a car that had been part of the funeral procession he was escorting. Authorities say the driver of the car that hit him got out, apologized to the fallen officer and then fled. Police say the collision late […]
  
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