• State of New Mexico Suing Google

    New Mexico is suing Google over allegations the tech company is illegally collecting personal data generated by children in violation of federal and state laws. The state attorney general’s office has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court. Attorney General Hector Balderas claims Google is using its education services package

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  • The New Mexico Department of Health Warns of Flu Over Coronavirus

    The New Mexico Department of Health is telling the state’s residents that it’s more important to be concerned about the flu than the virus receiving attention globally. The department said the COVID-19 virus should be subject to “heightened awareness”” but that the flu “remains a more significant illness” in New

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  • Las Cruces Roadrunner Sculpture Receives National Television Exposure

    The City of Las Cruces, Roadrunner sculpture on the City’s West Mesa, has received national television exposure and was recently featured by NBC News. A video story about the Roadrunner sculpture, created by artists Olin Calk and Dan Smith, can be viewed online at NBC’s dateline website. The sculpture is

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  • Dateline NBC To Air Katie Sepich Case – Tonight

    Dateline NBC” will revisit the 2003 rape and murder of New Mexico State University graduate student Katie Sepich. The episode will air at 8 p.m. tonight. The episode tells the story of murder of NMSU student Katie Sepich and the eventual capture of her killer. In 2003, the 22 year

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  • Spending Package To Help Fund Professional Soccer Complex In Albuquerque

    A $528 million capital spending package moving through the Legislature would authorize funding to help plan for a professional soccer complex in Albuquerque and to preserve more open space near the oxbow wetlands on the city’s West Side. But the proposal is also notable for what it doesn’t include. There’s

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  • Pay Raises For New Mexico Teachers To Match State Workers Raises

    Pay raises for New Mexico teachers would be pared back to match the raises for most state workers, road repair money would be reduced and more dollars would be deposited in a new early childhood trust fund under changes to a $7.6 billion budget plan unveiled Tuesday by a key

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  • Flags Across New Mexico To Fly At Half-Staff On Friday

    Flags across New Mexico will fly at half-staff on Friday in honor of U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Rey Rodriquez, who was killed earlier this month in Afghanistan. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered flags lowered Friday in recognition of the Las Cruces native. Rodriguez graduated from Mayfield High School

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  • False Alarm Puts Local High School On Lock Down

    A false alarm put Santa Teresa High School on lock down at the end of the school day yesterday. KVIA TV is reporting an active shooter concern was discovered when Police say a student made a verbal threat about half-hour before school was set to let out for the day.

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  • Little Girl Stabbed in Random Attack At Northeast El Paso McDonald’s

    Police said a 25-year-old man stabbed a little girl at random Tuesday afternoon at an Northeast El Paso McDonald’s. KVIA TV is reporting the man walked into the McDonald’s play area and stabbed the 4- or 5-year-old girl who is listed in stable condition following surgery. The man, was arrested

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  • A New Mexico High School Coach Arrested For Sending Nude Photos To Students

    Another New Mexico coach has been arrested after police say he sent nude photos of himself to four teenage girls, then blackmailed them to give him what he wanted. KRQE TV is reporting this investigation started last month after a 14-year old girl from Pecos High School says the boys’

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Roads Blocked after Domestic Incident and Barricaded Subject

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Press Release from City of Las Cruces Police are investigating a suspected domestic incident off Dona Ana Road that led to the pursuit of a wanted subject who now is believed to be barricaded in a home north of Las Cruces. The Wednesday morning incident has led police to ask residents to avoid the 2200 block of Dona Ana Road

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Weinstein prosecutors increased chance of guilty verdict: Cosby trial attorney

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iStock(NEW YORK) — After four days of deliberating, jurors in the Harvey Weinstein trial have yet to return a verdict and are recessed for the weekend. On Friday, jurors asked Manhattan Supreme Court Judge James Burke about returning a partial verdict on the five counts against Weinstein. “We the jury

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Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, and Bette Midler to reunite for new holiday comedy

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L-R: Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton in “The First Wives Club”; Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — It’s not a First

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Kylie Jenner blocked from trademarking daughter Stormi’s name

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Kylie Jenner with Travis Scott and daughter Stormi; Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Unfortunately for Kylie Jenner, not everyone

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One-third of parents are delaying giving vaccines to their children: Study

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iStock(NEW YORK) — One-third of children between the ages of 19-35 months don’t receive vaccines on time, leaving them vulnerable

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Health experts warn life-saving coronavirus vaccine still years away

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iStock/mrtom-uk(PARIS) — Top health experts from around the world are mobilizing to combat the novel coronavirus that has infected more

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Brother of Chicago Bears legend among 10 charged in illegal gambling scheme

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Sezeryadigar/iStock(CHICAGO) — Casey Urlacher, the brother of Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher, was among those charged this

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2 former Ohio State football players indicted for rape, kidnapping

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Franklin County Ohio Sheriff(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Two former Ohio State University football players accused of kidnapping and raping a woman

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Wells Fargo agrees to $3 billion settlement over fake accounts

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wdstock/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Justice and Wells Fargo have agreed to a $3 billion settlement that includes the

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HGTV’s Leanne Ford debuts new interior line at Crate and Barrel

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Crate and Barrel(NEW YORK) — Leanne Ford has teamed up with Crate and Barrel to bring her design aesthetic into

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