Albuquerque's oldest cab company is making a big change to try to take back some of business that's shifted to ride sharing services over the last few years.
A local business was really just a front for a meth distribution center, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Now, the Albuquerque man who runs that company and one of his dealers are facing federal charges.
It's cell phone video of a man roughing up a woman in a parking lot, but what's getting people fired up are the Good Samaritans who jump in and give the attacker a dose of his own medicine.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Immigration officials say an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death of a 7-year-old migrant girl who suffered seizures in custody and later died. Officials say the girl was found Dec. 6 near Lordsburg, New Mexico, by U.S. Border Patrol agents. They say the girl was taken into custody for about eight hours and then began having seizures.
HOUSTON (AP) - While Texas led the nation in the number of inmates executed in 2018, the use of capital punishment in the state continues to decline, according to a new report. The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty said in its year-end review report the drop can be attributed, in part, to prosecutors and the public continuing to turn away from the death penalty.
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of the fatal stabbing and beating death of a woman in Miami-Dade County 26 years ago was executed Thursday night in Florida. Jose Antonio Jimenez, 55, received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 9:48 p.m. at Florida State Prison in Starke. He was sentenced to death for the 1992 killing of 63-year-old Phyllis Minas in her North Miami apartment. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected his last-minute appeal earlier Thursday.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A 7-year-old girl who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her father last week died after being taken into the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol, federal immigration authorities confirmed Thursday.
(BPT) - The holidays are sneaking up on us and, for many people with hectic lives, there are school programs and work holiday parties to attend, trees to decorate, cookies to bake and halls to deck. It seems like there aren't enough hours in the day to do all of that and shop for the perfect gift for everyone on your list, even if you could manage to snag a parking spot at the mall.
A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass Thursday in Ankara, Turkey. The incident killed nine people. Reports say 84 others were injured and sought medical help following the crash.
