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• Balloon Fiesta Pilot Briefing 2024 - Day 8

  12-10-2024 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –Saturday, October 12 is the eighth day of the 52nd Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The Pilot Briefing will begin at 6 a.m. where pilots will get an update on the weather and flying conditions for the day ahead.
  Saturday, October 12
  5:45am Drone Light Show, sponsored by Sandia Resort & Casino6:00am Dawn Patrol Show, presented by Route 66 Casino Hotel and RV Resort6:30am Krispy Kreme Morning Glow7:00am Mass Ascension, powered by ExxonMobil8:00-no
  
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• Rufus Wainwright blasts Trump playing 'Hallelujah' at town hall: 'The height of blasphemy'

  15-10-2024 22:15 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) - Rufus Wainwright says he's "mortified" that his version of "Hallelujah" was played at former President Trump's town hall this week, calling it "the height of blasphemy."The 51-year-old "Gay Messiah" singer said in a social media message posted Tuesday that he was "horrified" to learn his 2001 cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" was part of the playlist at the Trump campaign event a night earlier.Trump cut questions short at the town hall following two lengthy i
  
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• Single mother identified as New Jersey train operator killed in crash with tree

  15-10-2024 22:12 via krqe.com
  
  TRENTON, NJ (WPHL) — The New Jersey Transit train operator killed after the train struck a tree on the tracks Monday has been identified as a single mother of three by an attorney representing her family.
  Just after 6 a.m. Monday, the train, traveling from Trenton toward the Roebling Station in Mansfield Township, New Jersey, struck the tree on the New Jersey River Line Light Rail.Its operator, 41-year-old Jessica Haley of Levittown, Pennsylvania, died while nearly two dozen passengers wer
  
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• These New Mexico breweries won awards at the Great American Beer Festival

  15-10-2024 22:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Great American Beer Festival wrapped up in Denver, CO on October 11, and some New Mexico breweries took home some medals. Albuquerque's Tractor Brewing, Boxing Bear Brewing, and Quarter Celtic Brewpub shined bright among the 300 entries.The competition was broken down by category and in the Sweet Stout or Cream Stout Category, New Mexico breweries almost dominated. Tractor Brewing won gold with their Mustachio Milk Stout and Boxing Bear's Chocolate Milk
  
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• NHC monitoring 2 disturbances in the Atlantic and Caribbean | Tracking the Tropics

  15-10-2024 22:08 via krqe.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — With Florida's Gulf Coast left reeling after back-to-back major hurricanes, our Tracking the Tropics team explains what could spare the region from experiencing a third storm within a month.Watch the latest edition of Tracking the Tropics in the video player above. ‘Not adequate time’ to take down crane that collapsed during Milton, developer says
  Atlantic DisturbanceA disturbance in the Atlantic could become a tropical depression as the system begins to mo
  
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• Jets acquire Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams, AP sources say

  15-10-2024 22:07 via krqe.com
  
  The New York Jets have agreed to terms to acquire disgruntled wide receiver Davante Adams from the Las Vegas Raiders, reuniting him with quarterback Aaron Rodgers, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.The Jets are sending a conditional third-round pick in next year's draft that could become a second-rounder, but it is pending a physical, one of the people told the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the teams didn't announce the deal.NFL Network was the first
  
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• Michigan to pay $13M after shooter drill terrified psychiatric hospital for kids

  15-10-2024 21:49 via krqe.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A judge has approved a $13 million settlement in a lawsuit over an unannounced active shooter drill at a Michigan psychiatric hospital for children, an event that terrified kids and staff and caused them to scramble for cover, text family and urgently call 911.Someone at the front desk declared through a speaker system that two armed men were inside the state-run Hawthorn Center in suburban Detroit and that shots were fired, attorney Robin Wagner said.It wasn't true, but the
  
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• Long lost sisters meet for the first time in person

  15-10-2024 21:31 via krqe.com
  
  Honolulu, (KHON) — Two long-lost sisters who met for the first time in person say their love will continue even after this life.Jeanette R. Santos searched for her biological father her whole life. He had moved from the mainlandU.S. to be stationed in Honolulu and that's all she knew about him."My mother met him ... and she finally got pregnant and then went back to the States. And they never communicated no more," stated Santos.Santos also always longed for a sister. At 90 years old, her
  
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• One-quarter of applicants ruled out colleges because of states' political climate: Poll

  15-10-2024 21:18 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Just over a quarter — 28 percent — of students ruled out a school because of the politics, policies or legal situation in the college or university's state, according to a new poll from the Art and Science Group.Out of that group, about two-thirds decided to exclude certain schools at the beginning of their search, the organization found.It is not more likely for a conservative or liberal to exclude schools due to the political climate of the state, the poll shows, but
  
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• Cooler and Rainier weather coming tomorrow

  15-10-2024 21:01 via krqe.com
  
  Active weather is picking up across New Mexico today. It will be lasting through the weekend.
  A backdoor cold front will be making its way through New Mexico this evening. This front will be bringing strong wind gusts and much cooler temperatures. Due to these expected conditions the National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for parts of central New Mexico and a Freeze Watch for parts of the Northern Mountains. Both of these will be in place through the early morning of Wednesday Octob
  
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• Albuquerque Fire Rescue shares artwork for new station

  15-10-2024 20:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Fire Rescue is giving a look at new artwork that could soon be featured at a new fire station at Coronado Park.
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• APD: Pedestrian killed in overnight crash

  15-10-2024 19:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian. APD says the crash happened overnight near Central and San Mateo.Rare comet can be seen in New Mexico sky, local experts explainPolice say a man in a wheelchair was crossing Central when he was struck by a green Lexus sedan. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene by Albuquerque Fire Rescue. Police interviewed the driver who said he did not see pedestrian un
  
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• Documentary premiere a part of Kirtland 'Unity Day'

  15-10-2024 19:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Film Office (NMFO) has announced an upcoming release – "Honor Song." Officials say it's a documentary highlighting the extraordinary contributions and sacrifices of Native American veterans throughout U.S. history. New Mexico Film Office to host Film and Television SummitThe New Mexico Veterans Memorial will be hosting a premiere of the film on November 2, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It will coincide with Kirtland Air Force Base's Nativ
  
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• Mexican court workers block traffic at US port of entry

  15-10-2024 19:39 via krqe.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Dozens of demonstrators carrying banners and signs on Tuesday morning blocked passenger vehicle traffic on the Juarez, Mexico, side of the Bridge of the Americas. A smaller contingent held a similar protest at the Paso del Norte Bridge but did not block traffic.The protests began around 8 a.m. Demonstrators and Mexico’s National Guard reached an agreement to lift the blockade at BOTA and let motorists cross into the U.S. before 11 a.m.Sheinbaum inheri
  
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• Extra check coming to some Social Security recipients in November: Here's why

  15-10-2024 19:38 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — It may be hard to believe, but November is fast approaching. With it will come Election Day, Thanksgiving, and, for some 7 million Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries, an extra check.
  It's all thanks to a quirk in the 2024 calendar.
  SSI recipients typically receive one payment a month from the Social Security Administration, which oversees the program. These checks are usually dispersed on the first day of the month, but when that day falls on a weekend or a holiday, the
  
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• ‘Unbelievable’: 11 family members killed by Helene flooding in North Carolina

  15-10-2024 19:36 via krqe.com
  
  BUNCOMBE CO., N.C. (WJZY) – “I don’t know how it kept standing,” said Bryan Craig, pointing to what you might call the Craig family tree in North Carolina's Garren Creek Community.“I can walk to that oak tree and get a sense of where everything was. Because everything where I grew up is gone,” he told Nexstar's WJZY.The area known as Craigtown in Buncombe County is largely unrecognizable in the wake of Hurricane Helene.(Credit: WJZY)Thirteen people were killed
  
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• Esperanza Shelter commemorating Domestic Violence Awareness Month

  15-10-2024 18:21 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Esperanza Shelter in Santa Fe is commemorating by expanding public education on the topic and how New Mexicans can work together to improve the lives of survivors.
  Esperanza Shelter is a shelter in Santa Fe for those threatened by domestic violence. Domestic violence is not always physical and can present itself in many ways. As part of domestic violence awareness month, Esperanza Shelter is helping raise aw
  
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• WATCH: World record holder chalks up another win at pumpkin weigh-off

  15-10-2024 17:26 via krqe.com
  
  HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Minnesota horticulture teacher remained the reigning champion Monday of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California where his massive gourds have won the top prize four years in a row.Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, beat his closest competitor by 6 pounds (2.7 kilograms) to clinch the victory at the 51st World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco.Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minn., middle, celebrates after hi
  
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• Man allegedly killed by son,19, in California was renowned photojournalist

  15-10-2024 17:23 via krqe.com
  
  (KTLA) -- In a bizarre twist to a grisly crime on a popular hiking trail in the San Gabriel Mountains where a 19-year-old man allegedly stabbed his father to death, the victim has been identified as a well-known, award-winning war photographer, photojournalist and professor at the University of the Arts London.  On Oct. 12, deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to the area around Mt. Baldy Road near Stoddard Canyon Falls in California just before 3:
  
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• Suspected 'murder hornet' found in Washington State

  15-10-2024 17:18 via krqe.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A northern giant hornet, an invasive species native to Asia that’s capable of devastating local honeybee populations, was possibly found on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State.The northern giant hornet, sometimes nicknamed the "murder hornet," is also the same species as the previously-spotted "Asian giant hornet," but entomologists had settled on a new official name in 2022, the Associated Press reported at the time.The northern giant hornet found in the
  
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• Geraldo Rivera backing Harris: Trump 'cannot be trusted to honor the Constitution'

  15-10-2024 17:16 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Television personality Geraldo Rivera revealed Monday that he is backing Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump in the election, now less than a month away.“Former President Trump is a sore loser who cannot be trusted to honor the Constitution,” Rivera, once an ally of the former president, wrote in a lengthy post on social platform X. “That is why I am voting for Kamala Harris to be our 47th President.”The former Fox News personalit
  
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• Daughter of Wendy Rose holds out hope as search for missing hiker continues in Alabama forest

  15-10-2024 17:14 via krqe.com
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — David Rose had tried calling his daughter, Dana, while she was at work.
  He then texted her."Mom is missing. Call me back."Dana Rose, center, with her parents, David and Wendy Rose, following her high school graduation. (Courtesy of Dana Rose)Dana didn't know what that meant. It was unlike Vendula Rose to leave without anyone knowing where she was. On Sept. 20, Rose had traveled from their home in Marysville, Ohio to Alabama for some hiking. Having briefly lived in
  
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• Convicted killer Susan Smith charged after speaking with filmmaker

  15-10-2024 17:11 via krqe.com
  
  GREENWOOD, S.C. (WSPA) - Convicted killer Susan Smith has been convicted of a disciplinary charge weeks before her parole hearing.Smith, of Union County, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her children in Oct. 1994.
  The SC Department of Corrections confirmed with 7NEWS that on Aug. 26, Smith was charged with communicating with a victim and/or witness. She was convicted Thursday, Oct. 3, of an internal disciplinary charge after speaking with a documentary filmmaker while in prison.
  
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• Trump plays music for supporters after medical emergencies cut town hall short

  15-10-2024 17:08 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) - Former President Trump cut questions short at a town hall event with supporters in battleground Pennsylvania Monday night, after two lengthy interruptions because of medical episodes.Instead, the former president opted to play several of his favorite songs for the crowd.Trump held the event alongside South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) in Oaks, Pa. — once floated as a potential vice presidential pick — where he repeatedly made clear the commonwealth was the key to his elec
  
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• NMSU offering AI for beginners online course

  15-10-2024 16:29 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State University is giving people the chance to get a better understanding of artificial intelligence. NMSU's online campus is offering a new AI for beginners micro-learning course.
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• Santa Fe police arrest man accused of armed robbery

  15-10-2024 16:06 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe police arrested a man accused of armed robbery while armed with a machete on Monday.Story continues below
  Space: Rare comet can be seen in New Mexico sky, local experts explainNews: Drafted New Mexico bill aims to change guidelines on how board grants paroleNews: Valencia County Sheriff’s Office releases footage of fatal deputy-involved shootingNews: Some Bosque trails in Albuquerque to be closed for maintenance
  Just after 9 a.m. Monday, off
  
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• Albuquerque police investigate fatal overnight shooting

  15-10-2024 15:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police are investigating an overnight shooting that left one person dead. APD says officers were sent late Monday night to the 400 block of Eubank Blvd. NE to reports of a shooting. APD tracks down suspect in teen’s murder after finding car on Facebook MarketplaceAPD says officers arrived on scene and found a male victim who had been shot. The victim was taken to the University of New Mexico Hospital and later died from his injuries. APD ho
  
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• 2024 Santa Fe Film Festival begins this week

  15-10-2024 15:48 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Santa Fe International Film Festival is kicking off Wednesday, October 16. The festival says there will be a total of 184 films shown over the five-day event.Story continues below
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• KRQE Newsfeed: Family killed, Suspects arrested, Cooler and windy, Damaged trash bins, Comet sighting

  15-10-2024 14:38 via krqe.com
  
  Tuesday's Top Stories
  The Investigators Behind Human Smuggling In New MexicoABQ teen honored by First Lady as ‘Girls Leading Change’ honoreeAPD tracks down murder suspect after finding car on Facebook Marketplace2 arrested for defrauding customers in AlamogordoNew Mexico law enforcement participating in National Drug Take Back DayMassive meat recall includes hundreds of products sold at Walmart, Target, more
  Tuesday's Five Facts[1] Man kills three family members at home in Tijeras, B
  
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• The Investigators Behind Human Smuggling In New Mexico

  15-10-2024 14:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Between gun trafficking, targeting the fentanyl supply chain, and investigating human smuggling operations, there's an agency operating in the shadows to crack down on illegal activity spilling across New Mexico's border. Special Agent In Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) El Paso Division, J.T. Stevens, joins Chris and Gabby this week to discuss the complexities of HSI missions.SAC Stevens shares details about the uptick in human smuggling sta
  
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