New Mexico news

• Updated: Judge to decide on delaying ex-officer’s retrial for murder

  23-01-2017 23:25
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. — A judge is considering whether to delay the scheduled March 1 retrial of a former police officer in South Carolina charged with murder in a traffic stop shooting. At a hearing Monday, defense attorneys for Michael Slager repeated their argument that several of their experts can’t be in Charleston in early March […]
  
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• Trump’s federal hiring freeze draws immediate fire from unions

  23-01-2017 23:20
  
  WASHINGTON – Federal labor leaders were ready when President Trump froze government hiring Monday. It was a campaign promise they criticized before the election and did so again shortly after he made good on the pledge. “President Trump’s action will disrupt government programs and services that benefit everyone and actually increase taxpayer costs by forcing […]
  
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• Chamber would consider tax hike as last resort

  23-01-2017 23:18
  
  A major business group says it’s willing to consider tax increases as a way out of New Mexico’s current budget crisis, though only as a last resort. The Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce’s annual Legislative agenda outlines a number of familiar positions, emphasizing measures it says will promote economic development, education and public safety. But […]
  
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• Napolitano returns to work after hospitalization

  23-01-2017 23:17
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — University of California President Janet Napolitano has returned to work after being hospitalized last week following side effects from cancer treatment. Spokeswoman Dianne Klein says Monday that Napolitano returned to work Friday. Klein says she is back to her full schedule and is doing “extremely well.” The UC did not respond to […]
  
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• Becker College mourns death of hockey captain Gerald Owens

  23-01-2017 23:11
  
  LEICESTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts college is mourning the death of a student who starred on the men’s hockey team even after being diagnosed with cancer. Becker College announced Monday senior Gerald Owens had died at age 25. Owens was from Chesapeake, Virginia. He was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2014 while attending Becker. He […]
  
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• Replacing windows for energy efficiency

  23-01-2017 20:40
  
  With energy prices skyrocketing, now is the time to think about how to make your home as energy efficient as it can be. Windows let light and air into your home. Unfortunately, inefficient windows can also bring in the cold, driving up heating costs. Replacing them with new energy efficient replacement windows will make your […]
  
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• Updated: Fans of bull-taming sport attack police station in India

  23-01-2017 19:39
  
  NEW DELHI — Fans of a traditional bull-taming ritual in southern India went on a rampage on Monday, attacking a police station with stones and setting dozens of police vehicles on fire Monday in anger at being forcibly evicted from the beach where they been protesting for the past week in support of the sport. […]
  
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• ‘The Last Jedi’ is the title of the new ‘Star Wars’ film – what does that mean?

  23-01-2017 19:37
  
  Last we saw Luke Skywalker, young Rey had finally found him living like a recluse on Ahch-To at the end of 2015’s “The Force Awakens.” Now, perhaps, will he stand as the last Jedi? Disney announced Monday that the title of its next main-story film in the franchise will be “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” […]
  
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• A 466 million-year-old space collision is still raining shrapnel down on Earth

  23-01-2017 19:37
  
  Roughly 466 million years ago, something huge exploded in space and sent shrapnel raining down on Earth. It was the biggest such cataclysm to happen in our celestial neighborhood in some 3 billion years. An asteroid belt body, roughly as large as Connecticut and made of some of the most ancient material in the solar […]
  
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• Hiroshima’s ex-mayor urges Trump to meet atomic bomb survivors

  23-01-2017 19:36
  
  Another voice has joined the chorus of those pleading with newly inaugurated President Donald Trump to exercise restraint when it comes to use of nuclear weapons by the United States – this time from a Japanese city that has seen firsthand the devastating effects of an atomic bomb. Tadatoshi Akiba, the former mayor of Hiroshima, […]
  
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• 1 burned worker dies after Amarillo construction site fire

  23-01-2017 18:36
  
  AMARILLO, Texas — Officials say one electrical worker has died and another was critically hurt in a fire at a downtown Amarillo construction site. An official with University Medical Center in Lubbock says Roger Copelin suffered severe burns and died Sunday. Spokesman Eric Finley says Keath Garrison was in critical condition Monday in the burn […]
  
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• Man, 18, rescued after 25-foot fall from El Paso mountain

  23-01-2017 18:35
  
  EL PASO, Texas — Emergency responders have rescued a climber who fell about 25 feet from a West Texas mountain and landed on a ledge. An El Paso Fire Department statement says a rescue basket was used to transport the seriously injured 18-year-old man down from McKelligon Canyon late Sunday afternoon. The canyon is part […]
  
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• Colorado moves to eliminate black-market Internet pot ads

  23-01-2017 18:35
  
  DENVER — Weed on Craigslist? It’s widely for sale in Colorado, but a bill moving through the state Legislature aims to crack down on folks who sell weed illegally using online ads. A bill approved unanimously by the state Senate Monday would create a new misdemeanor of advertising pot if the advertiser doesn’t have a […]
  
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• Updated: Why Trump will find it hard to make American economy greater

  23-01-2017 18:02
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s economic plans are nothing if not ambitious: Annual growth of 4 percent — or more. A diminished trade gap. The creation of 25 million jobs over 10 years, including the return of good-paying factory positions. It all adds up to an immense challenge, one that Trump aims to achieve mostly […]
  
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• Updated: Rubio to back Tillerson for secretary of state

  23-01-2017 18:02
  
  WASHINGTON — Sen. Marco Rubio said Monday that he will support President Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of state despite reservations about the former Exxon Mobil CEO as the Republican lawmaker backed away from any challenge to the new president. In a statement posted on Facebook, the Florida senator and former GOP presidential rival […]
  
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• Updated: McDonald’s sales dip in US, underscoring comeback challenges

  23-01-2017 16:38
  
  NEW YORK — McDonald’s is trying stage a comeback, but still has plenty of work to do in its flagship U.S. market. The world’s biggest burger chain said U.S. sales dipped 1.3 percent at established locations for the final three months of 2016. Its performance was better overseas, and the sales figure rose globally. The […]
  
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• US stock indexes edge lower in early trading; oil slides

  23-01-2017 16:37
  
  U.S. stock indexes edged lower in early trading Monday as investors pored over the latest crop of company earnings. Energy companies were down the most as crude oil prices headed lower. Utilities led the gainers. Traders also had their eye on the White House as President Donald Trump reaffirmed plans to slash regulations on businesses. […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Trump to nominate Wilson for Air Force post

  23-01-2017 16:37
  
  WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 10:30 a.m. President Donald Trump is planning to nominate Heather Wilson as secretary of the Air Force. A White House statement said Monday that Wilson, a former New Mexico congresswoman and president of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, would be the […]
  
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• Updated: El Chapo’s new home: a jail that held mobsters, terrorists

  23-01-2017 16:35
  
  NEW YORK — In the heart of bustling lower Manhattan sits one of the country’s most secure federal lockups — and the new home of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Guzman, who pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges he ran one of the world’s biggest drug-trafficking operations, can expect to be kept […]
  
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• Scientists at Alabama university set sights on the moon

  23-01-2017 16:35
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The University of Alabama in Huntsville is aiming for the moon with a $237 million proposal to NASA. The university hopes to lead a satellite mission to the moon to study supernovae, Al.com reported (http://bit.ly/2k5Dx34 ). Astrophysicist Richard Miller is the lead author of the proposal that involves UAH and nine other […]
  
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• Updated: Trump properties face global terror risk with presidency

  23-01-2017 12:28
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Businesses around the world bearing U.S. President Donald Trump’s name face an increased risk now that he is in the White House, security experts warn, especially as several are in areas previously targeted by violence. As Trump remains a brand overseas, criminal gangs or militants could target buildings bearing his […]
  
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• Updated: Who went for that joyride with a Vienna street car? And why?

  23-01-2017 12:21
  
  Who went for that joyride with a Vienna street car? And why? The trolley was brought to a stop after…
  
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• Updated: Former employee who took Vienna tram for joyride apprehended

  23-01-2017 12:21
  
  Vienna public transit authorities have found the man who went for a joyride with a Vienna street car. But they…
  
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• Updated: For India’s typewriters, the ribbon may have finally run out

  23-01-2017 11:31
  
  NEW DELHI — The end is coming, though admittedly it may not look that way at 10 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, when dozens of young Indians have arrived for morning classes at Anand Type, Shorthand and Keypunch College, and every battered Remington is clattering away. Looking around the cramped classrooms, you might think that […]
  
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• Updated: 19 die amid apparent winter tornadoes, other storms in South

  23-01-2017 09:32
  
  ADEL, Ga. — A vast storm system that kicked up apparent tornadoes, shredded mobile homes and left other destruction scattered around the Southeast has claimed at least 19 lives during its two-day assault on the region. Authorities said Monday at least 15 deaths occurred in south Georgia alone, including seven from an apparent winter twister […]
  
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• Updated: 18 die amid apparent winter tornadoes, other storms in South

  23-01-2017 09:32
  
  ADEL, Ga. — First there was the roar of the wind, then mere seconds to scoop up her grandson and run: Bridgit Simmons and her family knew the weekend storms that claimed more than a dozen lives around the South were threatening. They had heard storm warnings all day Sunday, but that afternoon it all […]
  
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• Updated: Trump begins first week in office with outreach

  23-01-2017 09:21
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is set to meet with congressional leaders from both parties to discuss his agenda, as he enters his first official week in the White House and works to begin delivering on his ambitious campaign promises. Trump has said that he considers Monday to be his first real day in office. […]
  
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• Intellectuals dismiss ideas of potential science adviser

  23-01-2017 08:05
  
  David Gelernter's ideas offend many in scientific fraternity
  
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• Former City Councilor Tina Cummins dies at age 53

  23-01-2017 08:05
  
  Former official is described by brother as an engaging, well-read, well-traveled woman
  
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• Editorial: Don’t give protesters power to price free speech out at UNM

  23-01-2017 08:05
  
  Colleges and universities should be havens for free speech and the exchange of ideas. Especially con ...
  
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• Antelope Wells border crossing waits for final mile of paved road in Mexico

  23-01-2017 08:05
  
  Sleepy port's traffic has roughly doubled in five years, but connection to key highway is lacking
  
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• A dose of reality awaits con artist Trump

  23-01-2017 08:05
  
  Lasting change does not come because you yell at a problem
  
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• New speaker was instrumental in helping Dems take back House

  23-01-2017 07:05
  
  Fundamental differences exist between Gov. Susana Martinez and the Democrats
  
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• New Senate majority leader hits the ground running

  23-01-2017 07:05
  
  Wirth: 'The first (few) days have been like drinking from a fire hose'
  
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• Updated: Protesters take control of Mexican border crossing with US

  23-01-2017 06:55
  
  TIJUANA, Mexico — Protesters took control of vehicle lanes at one of the busiest crossings on the U.S. border Sunday to oppose Mexican gasoline price hikes, waving through motorists into Mexico after Mexican authorities abandoned their posts. Motorists headed to Mexico zipped by about 50 demonstrators at the Otay Mesa port of entry connecting San […]
  
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• Updated: The FBI ran a child porn site to catch predators, and now the accused are crying foul

  23-01-2017 06:21
  
  Federal prosecutors defend the agency's decision to secretly hijack website for two weeks as part of a sting operation
  
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• Sports Speak Up! recruiting, hall of fame

  23-01-2017 05:15
  
  CONGRATS TO COACH Davie for successfully recruiting OT Dylan Weaver (6’5″ 275 lbs) from Farmington’s Piedra Vista HS. Los Lunas HS RB O’Maury Samuels (Michigan); NMMI DL Nate Anderson (Missouri); & NMMI duel threat QB Jordan Ta’amu (Mississippi) got away but there are still a few gems out here in New Mexico. Thanks for working […]
  
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• Asian shares mixed after Trump inauguration, dollar weakens

  23-01-2017 04:52
  
  BEIJING — Japanese stocks tumbled while Chinese markets gained Monday after Donald Trump took office as U.S. president and promised “American first” policies, adding to concerns about the threat of protectionism. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.9 percent to 9,412.54 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 0.7 percent to 23,051.68. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 […]
  
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• Ex-Lobo Granger has a happy homecoming

  23-01-2017 04:37
  
  He felt at home. Sure, Saturday night was the first college basketball game former Lobo and former NBA All-Star Danny Granger had called as part of a courtside broadcast team. But he said something just felt familiar about it all because it was in the Pit. “This is like home for me,” said Granger, the […]
  
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• Defensive lineman commits to Lobos

  23-01-2017 04:33
  
  The New Mexico Lobos’ 2017 football recruiting class grew to 14 over the weekend with the commitment of Mesa (Ariz.) Community College defensive lineman Aaron Blackwell. Blackwell, listed at 6-foot-3 and 292 pounds, announced his commitment via Twitter. At Mesa last fall, Blackwell was in on 42 tackles with 6½ sacks and 11 tackles for […]
  
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• Updated: Size of women’s marches stir hopes in Democrats

  23-01-2017 04:32
  
  Alex Ellison, a senior at Boston’s Emerson College, was thrilled by what she saw at the women’s marches. She called her uncle, and Rep. Keith Ellison listened as the niece he’d struggled to get involved in the 2016 campaign described how inspiring it was to be surrounded by women, fighting for a cause. “I was […]
  
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• Updated: 1 dead, multiple hurt in Texas shopping mall shooting

  23-01-2017 02:07
  
  SAN ANTONIO — A robbery inside a San Antonio shopping mall ended with shots fired on Sunday, leaving one person who tried to intervene dead, three others shot and another two people taken to hospital with non-shooting injuries, police and fire officials said. Police Chief William McManus said two suspects robbed a jewelry store at […]
  
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• Updated: Man rescued after getting lost in snowy Rocky Mountain park

  23-01-2017 00:34
  
  ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. — Search teams have rescued a 58-year-old North Dakota man who got lost in Rocky Mountain National Park and spent a frigid night in deep snow. Park spokeswoman Kyle Patterson says two visitors who were skiing in the area found him Saturday after he became lost on Friday. He was […]
  
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