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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Police say a New Mexico hip-hop video shoot shut down parts of Route 66 in Albuquerque due to lowriders driving in circles and twerking in the street. KRQE-TV in Albuquerque reports (http://goo.gl/c79Gnr) the unauthorized filming in downtown Albuquerque on Sunday sparked a long block party, snarling traffic and confusing motorists. Albuquerque police […]

FARMINGTON, N.M. — New Mexico officials say the massive mine waste spill in southwestern Colorado last year did not impact the quality of drinking water for most San Juan County residents. The Farmington Daily Times reports (http://bit.ly/2bxwvQw ) that the New Mexico Environment Department’s Drinking Water Bureau informed the Gold King Mine Citizens’ Advisory Committee […]

MADISON, Maine — A parrot that can do a wolf whistle and sometimes sounds like R2-D2 from the “Star Wars” films is on the loose in Maine. Oscar Cornejo tells The Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2bJIaMY ) his 10-year-old Timneh African Grey parrot named Paco became spooked last week and flew off his shoulder. The 10-inch-tall charcoal […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Police stopped traffic on Route 66 in northern Arizona to prevent injuries during a protest against police violence and racial profiling. The Arizona Daily Sun reports (http://bit.ly/2bMC2o9 ) that there were no arrests or criminal citations during the Sunday afternoon protest in Flagstaff. About 30 people gathered at the Coconino County Superior […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. — A drone that flew over Lambeau Field during the Green Bay Packers game last week has been confiscated in a federal investigation. Officials say it’s against the law to fly a drone over the stadium because of the potential for danger. Green Bay Police Commander Paul Ebel says the drone could […]

ULAAN BATAAR, Mongolia — A skin-baring protest by a pair of Mongolian wrestling coaches at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics might have struck some observers as slightly bizarre. Back home in their landlocked Asian nation, however, it’s been praised as the appropriate response to bad refereeing. Mongolian media and the public reacted angrily to the […]

A suspected facilitator for al-Qaida who was captured more than a decade ago and tortured repeatedly at a secret CIA prison in Thailand, including being waterboarded 83 times, appeared Tuesday before a review board to argue for release – his first public appearance since his detention in 2002. Zayn al-Abidin Muhammed Hussein, known as Abu […]

The Washington Post. BOCA RATON, Fla. – In a banquet hall brimming with Republicans preparing to don bibs and tuck into lobsters, Marco Rubio appealed for a second term in the U.S. Senate much like he tried – and failed – to become the party’s presidential nominee. He called the election a “generational choice.” He […]

GENEVA — Russia is banned from the Paralympic Games as punishment for a state-backed doping program, after losing an appeal at sport’s highest court. The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced its urgent verdict Tuesday to dismiss the Russian Paralympic Committee’s appeal against exclusion from the Sept. 7-18 games in Rio de Janeiro. A hearing […]

The Washington Post. The suicide bomb that ripped through a Kurdish wedding in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep over the weekend killed 51 people, roughly half of whom were children, and wounded dozens more. Turkish officials say the assailant acted in the service of the Islamic State. If they’re right, that would make the […]