New Mexico news

• Air safety directive grounds some flights in Mexico

  26-12-2016 23:39
  
  MEXICO CITY — The Mexican airline Interjet says it’s had to cancel some flights due to a mandatory safety inspection of its Russian-made Superjet 100 aircraft. Russian authorities issued the directive on Dec. 23 after cracks were found in a part on one of the Sukhoi planes. Interjet is among the largest customers for the […]
  
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• Cancer patient donates year’s worth of pizza to food bank

  26-12-2016 23:38
  
  NORTHAMPTON, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man going through treatment for colon cancer won a pizza parlor’s raffle for a year’s worth of free pies and then donated his prize to a food bank. Thirty-six-year-old Josh Katrick, of Northampton, had just completed his eighth round of chemotherapy when he learned he was the winner of a […]
  
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• New $15 million Oklahoma Wildlife headquarters planned

  26-12-2016 23:33
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Construction work is beginning for a new, $15 million Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation facility after the previous headquarters was damaged by a flood in 2013. Demolition is underway at the old headquarters, located about five blocks south of the Oklahoma Capitol. Floodwaters caused about $50,000 in damage to the former headquarters, […]
  
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• Updated: Obama vs Trump: Dispute erupts over who would have won

  26-12-2016 23:17
  
  HONOLULU — In an alternate universe in which President Barack Obama ran for a third term against Donald Trump, who would have won? No surprise: The president and the president-elect disagree. A fresh dispute erupted Monday between Obama and his successor, spurred by Obama’s hypothetical musings that had he run again, he would have been […]
  
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• Updated: Japanese prime minister arrives in Hawaii for memorial visit

  26-12-2016 23:17
  
  PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Hawaii on Monday to recognize the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Abe landed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for the historic visit. He will be the first Japanese prime minister to visit the memorial that honors sailors and Marines killed in the […]
  
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• Updated: Villanova on top of AP poll for fourth straight week

  26-12-2016 19:48
  
  Villanova starts its fourth week as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 and the ranked teams stay the same from the last poll except for Florida, which replaces fellow Southeastern Conference member South Carolina. The Wildcats (12-0) received 56 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel to maintain its big […]
  
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• Updated: Simone Biles soars to AP Female Athlete of the Year

  26-12-2016 19:47
  
  Simone Biles tried to treat the 2016 Summer Olympics like just your average ordinary gymnastics meet. So what if the stage and the stakes were different? The floor was still the floor. The vault still the vault. The uneven bars still uneven. The balance beam still a four-inch wide test of nerves. And the 19-year-old […]
  
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• Woman fatally stabbed near Colorado State Capitol

  26-12-2016 18:18
  
  DENVER — A woman was fatally stabbed Sunday near the state capitol building. Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson says the woman was waiting for a friend at about 2 a.m. Sunday when a man attacked her. She died at the scene, which is about three blocks east of the capitol. Officers say the suspect then […]
  
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• Updated: AP New Year’s poll: Americans hopeful for a better 2017

  26-12-2016 18:18
  
  NEW YORK — A poll finds that Americans are hopeful that things are going to get better for the country in 2017 after a year filled with wrenching politics, foreign conflicts and mass shootings. The annual New Year’s poll by The Associated Press and the Times Square Alliance found that 55 percent of Americans polled […]
  
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• Analysis: Four Cabinet nominations that could blow up in Donald Trump’s face

  26-12-2016 18:18
  
  WASHINGTON – With a 52-to-48 Senate majority next month, Republicans will have power in numbers. But a handful of independent-minded GOP senators could arguably have even more power. Just three Republicans could derail some of Donald Trump’s critical Cabinet-level nominations, which need to be approved by a 51-vote majority of the U.S. Senate. (After Senate […]
  
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• Updated: House fire sends elderly couple to hospital

  26-12-2016 17:49
  
  A residential fire destroyed about 60 percent of a home and sent two elderly residens to the hospita ...
  
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• Give some love to those less-enticing rooms

  26-12-2016 17:23
  
  When it comes to decorating, there are some rooms in the house that get all the love: new granite countertops for the kitchen, curtains and cozy linens in the bedroom, a photo gallery wall in the living room or leading up the staircase. But don’t forget about the more utilitarian rooms of the house. Cultivating […]
  
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• Study underway to examine effects of oil exploration on deer

  26-12-2016 16:57
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. — A years-long study is underway to examine the effects of oil and gas exploration on mule deer in part of northern New Mexico. The Farmington Daily Times reports (http://bit.ly/2i5svv1) that the study examines how oil and gas operations affect deer in the Rosa area to the east of the southern part of […]
  
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• Proposal would abolish New Mexico education secretary

  26-12-2016 16:56
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — A Democratic lawmaker wants to ask voters in New Mexico to approve a proposal that would abolish the job of the state’s education secretary. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/2i7AXJY) that the proposal by Sen. Michael Padilla of Albuquerque would ask voters to amend the state’s Constitution to eliminate the […]
  
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• Las Cruces man pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges

  26-12-2016 16:56
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Las Cruces man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges. Jimmy Alex Barela Jr., 38, faces a sentence ranging from a mandatory 10 years up to life in prison after pleading guilty on Tuesday to possession of methamphetamine and heroin with intent to distribute. Authorities say officers found nearly a […]
  
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• Cuban President Raul Castro faces deep problems in 2017

  26-12-2016 13:57
  
  HAVANA — Alex Romero was delighted when President Barack Obama came to Havana in March bearing the promise of a bright new future. Like so many other Cubans, the 42-year-old state photography shop employee thrilled at the president’s vision of restored ties between the U.S. and Cuba. Families would reunite. A flood of American business […]
  
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• Pop superstar George Michael dies of heart failure at 53

  26-12-2016 11:47
  
  LONDON — George Michael’s moment of liberation followed what seemed at first to be a time of deep humiliation. He was blessed with sensual good looks and an exquisite voice, attributes he used to become first a teenybopper heartthrob and then a mature solo artist with videos that played up his considerable appeal. He kept […]
  
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• Updated: Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel has all sides on edge

  26-12-2016 09:34
  
  NEW YORK — If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama’s approach to Israel, he may have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, his pick for U.S. ambassador. The bankruptcy lawyer and son of an Orthodox rabbi is everything Obama is not: a fervent supporter […]
  
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• Updated: Recounts or no, US elections are still vulnerable to hacking

  26-12-2016 09:30
  
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Jill Stein’s bid to recount votes in Pennsylvania was in trouble even before a federal judge shot it down Dec. 12. That’s because the Green Party candidate’s effort stood almost no chance of detecting potential fraud or error in the vote — there was basically nothing to recount. Pennsylvania is one of […]
  
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• Juárez’s new top prosecutor has his hands full

  26-12-2016 08:05
  
  In October, the month Jorge Nava López arrived in office, homicides spiked to 96, the highest level in years
  
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• Juárez murders up for 1st time since drug war

  26-12-2016 08:05
  
  Toll topped 3,600 in 2010, then kept dropping till this year's 500 deaths
  
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• Bob Frank: ‘It just breaks my heart’

  26-12-2016 08:05
  
  UNM president reflects on tumultuous time at university
  
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• No boost in public campaign funds for 2017 mayor’s race

  26-12-2016 08:02
  
  Without increase, some candidates may bypass public financing and just raise their own money
  
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• KAFB helicopter gunner to be awarded Distinguished Flying Cross

  26-12-2016 08:02
  
  The aircraft lost power and Master Sgt. Gibbs guided the pilots to safety in Afghanistan
  
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• Drinking killing women in record numbers

  26-12-2016 07:30
  
  Women in America are drinking far more, and far more frequently, than their mothers or grandmothers did, and alcohol consumption is killing them in record numbers.
  
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• Updated: From Obama, a final Christmas tribute to the troops he’s led

  26-12-2016 07:16
  
  KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii — For eight years, Barack Obama has led a military fighting in multiple theaters overseas, becoming the only president in U.S. history to serve full two terms with the nation at war. On Sunday, he sought to pay tribute to the men and women who sacrificed along the way in battles that […]
  
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• Updated: Christmas typhoon kills 4, destroys homes in Philippines

  26-12-2016 07:16
  
  BATANGAS, Philippines — A powerful typhoon that spoiled Christmas Day in parts of the Philippines, leaving at least four people dead and destroying homes, roared over a congested region near Manila on Monday with slightly weaker but still-fierce winds, officials said. Typhoon Nock-Ten cut power to five provinces at the height of Christmas celebrations and […]
  
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• Making a home accessible can be costly

  26-12-2016 07:15
  
  Three years ago, when Wayne Sides could no longer walk unassisted due to chronic leg and back pain, he received a manual wheelchair and approval from his insurance firm’s service coordinator to get a
  
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• Russia says focus not on terrorism in plane crash probe

  26-12-2016 07:12
  
  MOSCOW — Russia’s transport minister says a pilot error or a technical fault is likely to be the cause of Sunday’s plane crash over the Black Sea. All 84 passengers and eight crew members on the Russian military’s Tu-154 plane are believed to have died when it crashed two minutes after taking off from Russia’s […]
  
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• Updated: Asian stocks lower in light trading after Christmas

  26-12-2016 06:12
  
  BEIJING — Stock markets in Japan and China declined Monday in light trading after Christmas with most other Asian markets closed. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.8 percent to 3,085.82 and Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 shed 0.1 percent to 19,416.03. Seoul’s Kospi gained 0.1 percent to 2,037 and India’s Sensex retreated 0.8 percent to […]
  
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• Updated: Playoff Picture: Steelers win AFC North, beating Ravens

  26-12-2016 05:16
  
  Pittsburgh won the AFC North in spectacular fashion Sunday, scoring the winning touchdown with 9 seconds remaining to beat archrival Baltimore 31-27. Antonio Brown reached over the goal line after taking in a short pass from Ben Roethlisberger for the 4-yard score. Brown was stood up inside the 1, but somehow extended the ball — […]
  
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• Updated: Pipeline uncertainty illustrates broader concerns for tribes

  26-12-2016 05:07
  
  For hundreds of protesters, it was cause to cheer when the Obama administration this month declined to issue an easement for the Dakota Access pipeline’s final segment. But that elation was dampened by the uncertainty of what comes next: a Donald Trump-led White House that might be far less attuned to issues affecting Native Americans. […]
  
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• Updated: Reactions to the death of superstar George Michael

  26-12-2016 05:03
  
  NEW YORK — Reactions to the death of superstar George Michael, who died Sunday at his home at age 53: ___ “I have lost a beloved friend — the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist. My heart goes out to his family and all of his fans.” — Elton John, on Instagram. ___ […]
  
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• Sports Speak Up! Fire Neal, keep Neal

  26-12-2016 04:34
  
  I AM SORRY, Coach Neal has got to go. He’s had more than enough time to build a Champion and has failed. Excuse after excuse gets to be old news anymore. He can’t teach effort is a bunch of baloney. A good coach damn sure teaches effort or gets rid of those that don’t want […]
  
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• Youth hockey teams headed to Canada

  26-12-2016 04:29
  
  The New Mexico Ice Wolves youth ice hockey club will send three teams to Canada to compete at the International Silver Stick Finals Tournament in January after all three won Regional Silver Stick championships. The Squirt C NM Ice Wolves team (10 years old and under) advanced to play in the Pelham, Ontario Recreational Finals […]
  
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• Cancer treatments that save children’s lives exact a heavy price years later

  26-12-2016 03:00
  
  Many of the children who survive cancer are turning up years later with life-threatening complications.
  
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• Updated: ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ remains a force at the box office

  26-12-2016 02:43
  
  LOS ANGELES — The holiday spirit is strong with “Rogue One,” as the “Star Wars” spinoff continued its stranglehold on the box office for the second consecutive weekend. “Rogue One” took in around $14 million Saturday, placing it on a trajectory to potentially rake in $105 million during the four-day holiday weekend to bring its […]
  
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• Updated: Carrie Fisher spent Christmas in intensive care, but is stable, mother says

  26-12-2016 02:43
  
  LOS ANGELES — “Star Wars” actress Carrie Fisher spent Christmas in intensive care two days after a “cardiac episode” during a flight from London to Los Angeles. Fisher’s mother, entertainer Debbie Reynolds, said on Twitter Sunday that her daughter was stable. Fisher, 60, was taken to the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center shortly […]
  
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• Updated: Israel: humbled Netanyahu places hopes in Trump

  26-12-2016 00:45
  
  JERUSALEM — The Israeli government’s furious reaction to the U.N. Security Council’s adoption of a resolution opposing Jewish settlements in occupied territory underscores its fundamental and bitter dispute with the international community about the future of the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists that there is nothing wrong with his controversial […]
  
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• Updated: Publicist: British singer George Michael dead at age 53

  26-12-2016 00:42
  
  He enjoyed immense popularity early in his career as a teenybopper idol, with hit "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
  
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• Updated: Irving clutch against Warriors again as Cavs win 109-108

  26-12-2016 00:21
  
  CLEVELAND — With another clutch shot, Kyrie Irving took the Warriors on a trip down memory lane. Irving dropped a short, turnaround jumper over Klay Thompson with 3.4 seconds left as the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied just the way they did in June’s NBA Finals to defeat Golden State 109-108 on Sunday in a marquee Christmas […]
  
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• Updated: What to do with unwanted gift cards

  26-12-2016 00:06
  
  Gift cards are a popular present at the holidays — the National Retail Federation says more than half of consumers plan to give one this year. But they aren’t always wanted — research organization CEB TowerGroup estimates that $1 billion of the $130 billion spent on gift cards last year went unused. It could be […]
  
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