Protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change
Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country. As the ...
KRQE Blogs26m
Porn-making former University of Wisconsin campus leader argues for keeping his teaching job
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — In a closely watched First Amendment rights case, a former University of Wisconsin campus chancellor who was fired after making pornographic films with his wife prepared to argue ...
Thousands of exploding devices in Lebanon trigger a nation that has been on edge for years
Chris Knayzeh was in a town overlooking Lebanon’s capital when he heard the rumbling aftershock of the 2020 Beirut port blast. Hundreds of tons of haphazardly stored ammonium ...
Senator’s son to appear in court to change plea in North Dakota deputy’s crash death
The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer is scheduled to change his plea on Friday in connection with a fatal crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy last ...
In-person voting for the US presidential contest is about to start as Election Day closes in
The Democratic and Republican national conventions are just a memory, the first and perhaps only debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is ...
1 dead, 1 injured after shooting in Farmington Walmart parking lot
Farmington police said a suspect is dead and a woman was injured after a shooting in the parking lot of West Main Walmart. Police said the 53-year-old suspect targeted ...
Asian stocks follow Wall Street’s rate-cut rally higher, as BOJ stands pat
Asian stocks surged on Friday with Japan’s Nikkei leading regional gains after Wall Street romped to records following the Federal Reserve’s big cut to interest rates. U.S.
Report card shows which New Mexico agencies are doing well and which are struggling
Kids are back in school but it’s the state of New Mexico that’s getting a report card. On Thursday, the Legislative Finance Committee was presented with a ...
Fall-like storm system to bring rain, cooler temperatures back to New Mexico
Storms return to mostly eastern New Mexico Friday. A fall storm system will bring more storms on Saturday, with cooler temperatures by Sunday. It has been another quiet, warm, and dry day across ...
Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher
Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich soil does well at retaining moisture from rainfall and a nearby ...
KRQE Blogs1h
Youth activists plan protests to demand action on climate as big events open in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Activists geared up Friday for protests around the world to demand action on climate change just as a pair of major weeklong climate events were getting underway in New York City. The ...
Rare G.K. Chesterton essay on mystery writing is itself a mystery
When he wasn’t working on mystery stories, and he completed hundreds, G.K. Chesterton liked to think of new ways to tell them. Detective fiction had grown a little dull, the ...