New Mexico news

• Oh, the humanity! Dion’s runs short on ranch

  24-01-2017 21:41
  
  Brace yourselves, Albuquerque: We are in the midst of a Dion’s ranch shortage. The Albuquerque pizzeria chain has temporarily suspended dressing-making operations as it completes upgrades to its production facility, and some of its 23 stores have already begun serving substitute dressing. The company has not said exactly when it will have a fresh supply […]
  
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• Updated: Syria’s motley crew of fighters now at negotiating table

  24-01-2017 21:27
  
  BEIRUT — Regardless of whether the talks in the freezing Kazakh capital provide a path forward for peace in Syria, there was one definite and tangible outcome: The country’s ragtag army of rebels has found a place at the negotiating table, literally. For the first time, more than a dozen rebel representatives were invited to […]
  
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• Updated: Appeals court to decide future of California carbon auctions

  24-01-2017 21:26
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Businesses looking to invalidate California’s fee for carbon pollution took their arguments to a state appeals court Tuesday in a case that could determine the future of one of California’s signature efforts to combat climate change. With a central piece of Gov. Jerry Brown’s legacy on the line, lawyers for the state […]
  
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• The new theory about how Oakland’s deadly Ghost Ship warehouse fire started

  24-01-2017 21:25
  
  The leader of the Ghost Ship artist collective housed in an Oakland, Calif. warehouse has come under intense scrutiny since a massive blaze engulfed the building, killing three dozen people. But Derick Ion Almena’s defense team, led by a prominent San Francisco lawyer, released a report Monday saying the fire did not start inside the […]
  
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• ‘La La Land’ is now among the most celebrated movies ever

  24-01-2017 21:25
  
  “La La Land” just joined one of the most elite groups in Hollywood. Tuesday’s Academy Awards announcement netted the musical 14 nominations, tying it with “Titanic” and “All About Eve” for most ever. Does “La La Land” really belong within those ranks? Damien Chazelle’s boy-meets-girl musical starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling follows the ups […]
  
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• Peyton Manning reportedly will speak at Republican retreat featuring President Trump

  24-01-2017 19:33
  
  In the nearly one year since he retired from the NFL, Peyton Manning has spent most of his time doing advertisements and watching football games as a VIP spectator. Now, he’s making a little room for politics. The former quarterback is scheduled to join speakers that include President Trump, Vice President Pence and British Prime […]
  
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• Mom who lost 6 children in house fire released from hospital

  24-01-2017 19:32
  
  BALTIMORE — Fire officials say a woman who lost six of her nine children in a house fire in Baltimore has been released from the hospital. The fire department said in a news release Tuesday that Katie Malone was released on Friday from the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where she was taken after the […]
  
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• Three men raped a woman in Sweden on Facebook Live

  24-01-2017 19:31
  
  It was broadcast, live, to thousands of viewers: three men in an apartment, raping a young woman. The men could be heard saying, “You have been raped” and “Three against one,” according to Swedish newspaper Expressen. The Facebook Live video was uploaded to a closed group of thousands of users on Sunday. Soon after, police […]
  
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• Flint water has fallen below federal lead limit

  24-01-2017 19:29
  
  LANSING, Mich. — Flint’s water system no longer has levels of lead exceeding the federal limit, a key finding that Michigan state environmental officials said Tuesday is good news for a city whose 100,000 residents have been grappling with the man-made water crisis. The 90th percentile of lead concentrations in Flint was 12 parts per […]
  
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• Updated: Bills to reinstate New Mexico’s solar tax credit move ahead

  24-01-2017 19:27
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bipartisan efforts are making headway in the New Mexico House and Senate to reinstate a tax credit that spurred nearly a quarter billion dollars of investment in roof-top solar and related jobs before expiring last year. A Senate panel on Tuesday endorsed one of three identical bills that call for renewing the […]
  
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• ‘New-age outsourcer’ provides helping hands for tech startups

  24-01-2017 16:49
  
  LOS ANGELES — The gig: Bryce Maddock, 30, is co-founder and chief executive of TaskUs, a company that describes itself as “a progressive, new-age outsourcer” that handles customer service, call-center operations and other functions for startups as well as established firms. Revenue reached $80 million in 2016, up from $6 million in 2013, Maddock says. […]
  
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• Updated: What Trump’s trade and geopolitical moves mean for China

  24-01-2017 16:44
  
  BEIJING — With his rejection of an Asian trade pact, U.S. President Donald Trump has tackled the first in a promised series of far-reaching policy changes that could inadvertently give China room to assert itself as a regional leader and worsen strains over the South China Sea and Taiwan. The U.S. departure from the Trans-Pacific […]
  
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• Updated: Trump picks deregulation advocate to run FCC

  24-01-2017 16:37
  
  President Donald Trump has named Ajit Pai, an advocate of deregulation and a critic of the government’s net neutrality rules, as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Pai’s new position will give him control over the nation’s most powerful telecom and cable regulator, with a 2-to-1 Republican majority that is widely expected to […]
  
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• Updated: Former UN chief falters as he prepares to run for president of South Korea

  24-01-2017 16:36
  
  DAEJEON, South Korea – Since Ban Ki-moon returned to South Korea this month – to a hero’s welcome, his arrival at Seoul’s main airport broadcast live on television – the former U.N. secretary general has gone through all the steps required to run for the presidency. But, as the career bureaucrat is quickly finding out, […]
  
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• Three Trump nominees confirmed, but still no deal for the others

  24-01-2017 16:36
  
  WASHINGTON – Five days into President Donald Trump’s term and senators still have no agreement to consider several more of his picks to lead Cabinet departments. The delays are unprecedented, given that the previous two presidents had at least seven nominees confirmed on their first day in office, and magnify the Trump administration’s slow announcement […]
  
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• Updated: Oscars go gaga for ‘La La Land’ with record-tying 14 nods

  24-01-2017 14:42
  
  The candy-colored love letter to musicals “La La Land” has landed a record-tying 14 Academy Awards nominations, matching it with “Titanic” and “All About Eve” for most nominations ever. “La La Land” has earned nods for best picture, its stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, its songs and its 32-year-old writer-director, Damien Chazelle. The other […]
  
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• Updated: Cab driver praises John Elway, then learns he's driving him

  24-01-2017 12:49
  
  A cab driver in Washington got a surprise after mentioning to a group of passengers that John Elway was his…
  
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• Eurozone economy starts 2017 with steady growth

  24-01-2017 11:28
  
  LONDON — A survey shows that the economy of the 19-country eurozone began 2017 with relatively strong growth. The so-called purchasing managers’ index, a gauge of activity in the manufacturing and services sectors, edged down to 54.3 points in January from the previous month’s 54.4, which was the highest level since mid-2011. The survey, published […]
  
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• Updated: UK government loses Brexit case, must consult Parliament

  24-01-2017 11:23
  
  LONDON — Britain’s government must get parliamentary approval before starting the process of leaving the European Union, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, potentially delaying Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans to trigger negotiations by the end of March. The 8-3 ruling forces the government to put a bill before Parliament, giving pro-EU politicians a chance to […]
  
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• Updated: ‘Get up. We’ve got to get out’: Storms kill 20 in the South

  24-01-2017 09:41
  
  ADEL, Ga. — Bonnie and Wayne Collier were jolted awake in their mobile home by a cellphone weather alert early Sunday. They jumped up, turned on the TV, saw a tornado warning and decided to run. “We heard the Code Red,” said Bonnie Collier, 65. “He told me, ‘Get up. We’ve got to get out.” […]
  
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• Updated: Trump’s bridge-building eclipsed by false voter fraud claim

  24-01-2017 09:37
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s efforts to build bridges and push through his agenda have been overshadowed once again with his continued fixation on the election and more false claims. During a bipartisan reception with lawmakers at the White House late Monday, Trump claimed the reason he’d lost the popular vote to his Democratic rival […]
  
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• Updated: Trump bridge-building overshadowed by false voter fraud line

  24-01-2017 09:37
  
  WASHINGTON — Even as President Donald Trump starts reaching out to lawmakers and business and union leaders to sell his policies, he’s still making false claims about election fraud. During a bipartisan reception with lawmakers at the White House Monday evening, Trump claimed the reason he’d lost the popular vote to his Democratic rival was […]
  
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• Updated: Analysis: Trump’s trade plans to test his deal-making skills

  24-01-2017 09:35
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he was protecting jobs as he officially pulled out from the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. But his ability to help the U.S. economy might depend on whether Trump can strike better deals on his own. Most analysts say the 12-nation agreement, the product of years of negotiations during […]
  
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• Updated: Italy avalanche death toll climbs to 12 with 17 missing

  24-01-2017 08:24
  
  FARINDOLA, Italy — The death toll from an avalanche in central Italy has climbed to 12, with 17 people still missing under a mountain resort buried by tons of snow and rubble. Firefighters located five more bodies overnight and the search was continuing Tuesday in hopes that someone might still be alive six days after […]
  
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• Updated: Asian stock indexes mixed as Trump uncertainties mount

  24-01-2017 07:17
  
  TOKYO — Asian shares were mixed Tuesday as uncertainty mounted over U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade and regulatory policies. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 0.6 percent to 18,787.99. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.7 percent to 5,650.10. South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.2 percent to 2,062.24. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.2 percent to 22,942.03, […]
  
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• Updated: Florida man accused of stabbing his dog for barking too much

  24-01-2017 04:23
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Frustrated with his dog’s barking, a Florida man stabbed the animal with a kitchen knife while it was held in a cage, police said. Michael O’Brien of Sunrise took the heavily bleeding Husky to an animal hospital in Cooper City after a witness insisted, but he told the veterinarian that the […]
  
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• Updated: An airline passenger got kicked off a plane after a rant at a Trump supporter

  24-01-2017 04:22
  
  In last week’s storm of political angst, two people on opposite sides of the divide were trying to leave the East Coast Saturday evening. Only one of them made it. Scott Koteskey would later tell a radio show that an unidentified woman was interrogating anyone in a Trump shirt as they boarded the Alaska Airlines […]
  
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• Updated: Texas judge calls protesters ‘a million fat women’ in Facebook post

  24-01-2017 04:21
  
  DALLAS — An East Texas judge wrote, and later deleted, a post on Facebook on Monday that referred to the people who marched in nationwide protests Saturday as “a million fat women.” “Just think about this,” wrote Judge Bailey Moseley, who serves on Texas’ 6th Court of Appeals in Texarkana. “After just one day in […]
  
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• Updated: House OKs revised solvency measure

  24-01-2017 04:16
  
  Bills go back to Senate for approval of changes
  
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• NMAA docks West Las Vegas basketball

  24-01-2017 03:49
  
  One of the top Class 4A boys basketball teams has been handed four losses for games it had not yet played after it was caught in a third-party video-taping incident last week. West Las Vegas, which reached the state tournament championship game a year ago before falling to Hope Christian 67-42, was given losses for […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Venus Williams into Australian Open semifinals

  24-01-2017 03:22
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia — The Latest on Tuesday from the Australian Open (all times local): 1:05 p.m. The oldest woman in the singles draw at the Australian Open is through to the semifinals: 36-year-old Venus Williams beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 7-6 (3) at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday. She is the oldest woman to advance this […]
  
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• Pedestrian killed in Sunday night accident ID’d

  24-01-2017 03:20
  
  SANTA FE — Police identified Michael Chavez, born in 1962, as the victim of a fatal vehicle-versus-pedestrian accident Sunday night near the intersection of Cerrillos Road and Zafarano Drive. A 62-year-old driver told police that he hit Chavez as he was leaving Blue Corn Cafe around 9 p.m., according to an incident report. The driver […]
  
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• Santa Fe judge finds no bias in ‘depraved mind’ murder indictment

  24-01-2017 03:04
  
  SANTA FE — A Santa Fe District Court judge denied a motion Monday to quash an indictment of one of the men charged with the “depraved mind” murder of a Cerrillos woman last year, ruling there was no bias shown in the grand jury proceedings that returned the indictment. Philip Zaman and Khristopher Marshall are […]
  
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• Trump will keep nuke agency administrator, for now

  24-01-2017 02:59
  
  SANTA FE – The agency that oversees the nation’s nuclear labs still has a boss. Last week, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico sent a letter to now-President Donald Trump saying his transition team had not asked the top officials of the National Nuclear Security Administration to stay on until Trump named new leaders. […]
  
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