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Denver Police plan to encrypt radio traffic this spring

DENVER – Denver Police plan to encrypt the department’s radio traffic, blocking public access. The Denver Post reports that the department will require news media to sign an ag...

DATE: Feb 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque police: Man is accused of extreme animal cruelty

ALBUQUERQUE – Police in Albuquerque say a man has been accused of extreme animal cruelty after the alleged beating of a dog. According to court documents obtained by KOB-TV, Gabri...

DATE: Feb 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Source of fall romaine outbreak a mystery, US regulators say

NEW YORK – U.S. food regulators say they weren’t able to identify a contamination source for a food poisoning outbreak that prompted them to warn people to avoid romaine lettuce this fall . ...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, star of ‘Downfall,’ dies at 77

BERLIN – Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, who played Adolf Hitler cooped up in his Berlin bunker in “Downfall” and an angel in Wim Wenders’ “Wings of Desire,” has died. He was 77. German n...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

KKK hoods found in Denver-area yearbook from 1978 to ’80

DENVER – A review of Denver-area yearbooks in recent decades found photos of students wearing Ku Klux Klan-style hoods for several years at one suburban high school and students in blackface...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawmakers: U.S. budget measure includes $50M for Amtrak route

SANTA FE – Lawmakers say a federal budget compromise approved by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump provides $50 million of additional federal funding to maintain Amtrak rail pass...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico shuns proposal to raise royalty rates on oil

SANTA FE – New Mexico state legislators shunned a proposal to increase the maximum royalty rate for oil and natural gas production on state trust lands that generate money for public schools...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. judge sets conditions of release for ex-priest

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico judge has set conditions of release for a former Catholic priest accused of kidnapping and raping a 6-year-old boy in the 1980s. KOB-TV reports a judge ...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sheriffs fight gun bills with ‘sanctuary county’ resolutions

ALBUQUERQUE – A handful of rural counties in New Mexico are passing resolutions saying they will not require their sheriffs to enforce a sweeping slate of gun-control proposals that have gon...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico library killer sentenced to life in prison

CLOVIS, N.M. – A New Mexico teenager convicted of opening fire and killing two people at a public library will spend decades in prison before being eligible for parole under a sentence impos...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. teen planned to shoot ex-girlfriend at school, documents say

ALBUQUERQUE – A note found in a 16-year-old boy’s pocket indicated that he had planned to kill his ex-girlfriend and others on Valentine’s Day, when he fired a gunshot inside his high school...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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