45th Albuquerque balloon fiesta set for weekend launch
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The 45th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is set to begin Saturday and is expected to draw close to a million visitors to central New Mexico. Here are some key things...
View ArticleNew PBS documentary spotlights Latino voting rights advocate
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Willie Velasquez isn't as well-known as other Latino activists like Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales. ......
View ArticleNew PBS documentary spotlights Latino voting rights advocate
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Willie Velasquez isn't as well-known as other Latino activists like Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales. ......
View ArticleSan Antonio family accused of using barbershops to smuggle heroin expected to...
Prosecutors charge members of the Gonzalez family transported millions of dollars of heroin through San Anotnio and supplied the Texas Mexican Mafia. ......
View ArticleHow a barbershop chain helped move millions of dollars in heroin into the San...
Prosecutors said the ring transported millions of dollars of heroin through San Antonio and supplied the Texas Mexican Mafia. Seven of the group’s Acapulco barber shop locations will be forfeited. ......
View ArticleNew Mexico colleges grappling with cuts fear new proposal
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Months after seeing funding cuts, university officials in New Mexico expressed concern Tuesday over a GOP-led House proposal that would slash more money from state colleges...
View ArticlePence's 'Mexican thing' remark draws ridicule from Latinos
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Latino scholars and activists are criticizing Republican Mike Pence for referring to "that Mexican thing," at the vice presidential...
View ArticlePence's 'Mexican thing' remark draws ridicule from Latinos
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Latino scholars and activists are criticizing Republican Mike Pence for referring to "that Mexican thing," at the vice presidential debate as he tried to brush aside criticism...
View ArticleSan Antonio man accused in school district bribery scheme pleads not guilty
Samuel Mullen, formerly the chief financial officer of Mullen Pension & Benefits Group, is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a kickback scheme. ......
View ArticleSoldier arrested in San Antonio, charged in killing of wife
An Army soldier stationed in San Antonio and his girlfriend were arrested here Thursday in connection with the killing of his wife — a National Security Agency employee whose 5-month-old daughter was...
View ArticleBandidos’ “enforcer” scheduled to plead guilty in San Antonio court
Justin Cole Forster, the motorcycle club’s reputed national sergeant-at-arms, is scheduled for a change of plea hearing in San Antonio. ......
View ArticleNew Mexico Gov. Martinez says she will not support Trump
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, the nation's only Latina governor, said Saturday she will...
View ArticleAPNewsBreak: New Mexico Gov. Martinez to not 'support' Trump
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Republican New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, the nation's only Latina governor, says she will not support Donald Trump for president. ......
View ArticleGary Johnson says he forgives ex-cabinet member in pot spat
Libertarian presidential candidate and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson said he forgives a former state public safety secretary who famously resigned over Johnson's stance on legalizing marijuana...
View ArticleColumn: Kid does it all, even with one eye on back home
CHICAGO (AP) -- A single sheet of paper sat on Willson Contreras' chair in front of his locker when the Chicago Cubs rookie showed up for practice on Friday. It was a form letter asking players to list...
View ArticleFBI says San Antonio soldier killed wife and left baby in her arms
Army Sgt. Maliek Kearney, 35, was denied bail, accused of killing his estranged wife, Pfc. Karlyn Ramirez of Del Rio, after they had separated and lived on the East Coast. ......
View ArticleCartel money launderer Mauricio Sánchez Garza pleads guilty
Mauricio Sánchez Garza, a Mexican businessman who had investments in San Antonio and is accused of laundering money for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s Sinaloa Cartel, faces up to 20 years in prison when...
View ArticleInside the Libyan Detention Centers Where Humanity Ceases to Exist
The good news is that Africa has people who want to work. In fact, according to the International Monetary Fund, by 2035 the number of people reaching working age in Africa will exceed the number in...
View ArticleU.S. confirms 11th fatality linked to Takata airbags
A 50-year-old woman who died after a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata’s airbag inflators. The U.S. NHTSA confirmed the woman’s death this week but didn’t release her...
View ArticleJudge Yolanda Uresti reprimanded for incompetence
Judicial disciplinary body said Justice of the Peace Yolanda Uresti was not candid in an investigation that looked into some of her actions in eviction cases and her Facebook page. ......
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