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George RR Martin Can't Build Castle Library in New Mexico
“Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin won’t be able to build a seven-sided, castle-style library at his compound in Santa Fe that drew objections from neighbors.
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Joseph Wilson, Diplomat Who Defied the Bush Administration Over Iraq, Dies at 69
Former U.S. diplomat Joseph Wilson, whose then-wife Valerie Plame was outed as a CIA agent as apparent payback for his defiance of the Bush Administration during the run-up to the Iraq War, died Friday. Wilson, who was 69, died of organ failure at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Plame told NBC News.
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Rich Father-in-Law Has Helped, Complicated O'Rourke's Career
Beto O’Rourke was running for the El Paso City Council in 2005 when he asked to meet with the illustrious real estate investor William Sanders. Sanders had earned a fortune and a reputation as a brilliant businessman in Chicago before returning to his remote hometown on the West Texas-Mexico border. He thought the aspiring politician was there to solicit a...
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Everything Beto O'Rourke Said During Night 1 of the Democratic Debate in Miami
Listen to everything Beto O’Rourke said during the first night of the Democratic presidential debates in Miami, FL.
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Virginia Beach Shooting Reignites Debate Over Gun Laws
Friday’s mass shooting in Virginia Beach is reigniting debate over gun laws. Twelve people were killed when a city employee opened fire in a government building. Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that more laws aren’t the solution. Presidential candidates, however, are calling for action.
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Mass Shootings Transform How America Talks, Prays, Prepares
Pardeep Singh Kaleka has surveyed the landscape of an America scarred by mass shootings. Seven years ago, a white supremacist invaded a Sikh temple in Wisconsin and killed six worshippers — among them Kaleka’s father, who died clutching a butter knife he’d grabbed in a desperate attempt to stop the shooter. Now, whenever another gunman bloodies another town, Kaleka posts...
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Native American Artist Charlene Holy Bear is Reinventing Vans for a New Generation
It’s hard to miss Charlene Holy Bear in a crowd — if you’re looking down, anyway. When the Native American artist goes out in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she’s often wearing a pair of hand-beaded Vans. They’re a wearable work of art that prompt second glances wherever she goes, and also a walking advertisement, since Holy Bear beads the shoes...
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AP: Security Industry Sells Lawmakers on School ‘Hardening'
Security companies spent years pushing schools to buy more products — from “ballistic attack-resistant” doors to smoke cannons that spew haze from ceilings to confuse a shooter. But sales were slow, and industry’s campaign to free up taxpayer money for upgrades had stalled.
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School Year to Begin at Santa Fe School Where Gunman Killed 10
Students in Santa Fe, Texas, will begin a new school year Monday with additional security measures in place following a mass shooting in May that left 10 people dead.
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Santa Fe High School Seniors Graduate, Honor Shooting Victims
The graduates and attendees at Friday’s ceremony paid tribute to the 10 students and teachers who died in last month’s mass shooting at the Texas school.
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Sanders Tears Up Fielding Question From Child on Gun Violence in Schools
The White House press secretary responded that the administration will be meeting this week “to discuss the best way forward and how we can do every single thing within our power to protect kids in our schools.”
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Teacher Out of Hospital After Stopping School Shooting
An Indiana science teacher was released from a hospital a day after he was shot while tackling an armed student inside his classroom, a congresswoman said Saturday. Republican U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks posted a video on Twitter saying she met Jason Seaman during a visit to Noblesville West Middle School. “He is that hero teacher who stopped the shooter from...
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The Victims of the Santa Fe High School Massacre
A substitute teacher whose lust for life and love of family is among the first confirmed victims of Friday’s mass shooting at a Texas high school.
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In Deadly School Shooting, a Confession but Motive a Mystery
The 17-year-old suspected of killing 10 people at a Texas high school has confessed, authorities said, but his motivation for the attack remains unclear. In the wake of the Friday shooting, various reports have surfaced that Dimitrious Pagourtzis was bullied. The mother of one victim said her daughter recently rejected the young man’s romantic advances. But police have not yet...
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Listen to Police Scanner Audio During Texas Shooting
Listen to police audio during the shooting at Santa Fe High School in southern Texas Friday morning. Ten people were killed when a student opened fire in a classroom, police said.
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Toyota, Hyundai Recall Roughly 110,000 Vehicles
Toyota and Hyundai have recalled roughly a combined 110,000 trucks and sport utility vehicles, including the 2018 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia, and the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe and Santa Fe Sport.
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Napa Model Railroad Rumbles Toward a Murky Future
After nearly five decades winding through miniatures mountains, rustic towns and train yards, the model trains of the Napa Valley Model Railroad Historical Society are now winding their way through courtrooms. On Wednesday, the historical society squared off in a Napa courtroom against the operators of the Napa Valley fairgrounds who want to evict the railroad as part of a...
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Experts Try to Keep Georgia O'Keeffe Paintings From Fading
Chemical reactions are gradually darkening many of Georgia O’Keeffe’s famously vibrant paintings, and art conservation experts are hoping new digital imaging tools can help them slow the damage. Scientific experts in art conservation from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the Chicago area announced plans this week to develop advanced 3-D imaging technology to detect destructive buildup in paintings by O’Keeffe...
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‘His Life Really Is the Stuff of Opera': Bay Area Composer Reimagines Steve Jobs' Life as an Opera
Steve Jobs’ life story has been remade into Hollywood films, musicals and now an opera. Rife with tension and contradictions, composer Mason Bates said the tech mogul’s story was made for the stage.
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Hyundai Recalls Hundreds of Thousands of Vehicles Over Hood Latches, Warning Lights
Hyundai is recalling almost 600,000 vehicles in the U.S. to fix hood latch and parking brake warning light problems. The largest recall covers more than 437,000 Santa Fe and Santa Fe Sport SUVs from 2013 to 2017. A cable for the secondary hood latch can corrode and fail to latch. That could let the hood fly up if the primary...