Albuquerque News

Albuquerque police are investigating what appears to be a drive-by shooting aimed at a home that instead pumped a bullet into a University of New Mexico official who was jogging.

The University of New Mexico says it has reached an agreement in principal with former men's basketball coach Steve Alford over his buyout.

A former Gallup paramedic convicted of raping of an 11-year-old boy in an Albuquerque arroyo was sentenced Friday to more than 40 years in prison after the victim's family gave emotional statements and the victim publicly forgave his convicted attacker in a letter.

An Albuquerque woman has pleaded guilty to identity theft charges that stemmed from the cashing of more than $141,000 in counterfeit checks at stores in five states.

Kayla Price, 4, sits with her mother Charlia Price at their home in Ojo Amarillo on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Albuquerque police say a mother who saw her 5-year-old being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt.

The man charged with kidnapping a little girl Wednesday night was a familiar figure to some residents of her apartment complex who thought he lived there.

The former director of an Albuquerque halfway house for criminal defendants and former inmates has admitted she stole from the federally funded treatment center.

Police in Albuquerque say they want to question David Jesus Hernandez, 31, about the brief abduction of a little girl Wednesday.

Albuquerque police officers search for a suspect who apparently kidnapped a five year old near Near Indian School Wednesday afternoon, May 15, 2013.

The rap artist from Albuquerque, New Mexico known as Jay Tay has released his new breakout single, titled, 'Like E.T.,' on the Ambitious Ink Entertainment music label.

Albuquerque Police Department's Bomb Squad was called out shortly after noon after the explosion.

The most underappreciated of Billy Wilder's handful of masterpieces is 1951's "Ace in the Hole," a cynical gut punch of a flick that positions tabloid journalism somewhere between Dante's eighth and ninth circles of hell.

A woman hit by a car in the Coronado Center parking lot Wednesday afternoon is reported to be in critical condition, according to Albuquerque police.

When Miranda Lambert's most recent album, "Four the Record," debuted on top of Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, Lambert became the first country artist in 47 years to have each of her first four albums debut at number one.

A family was so fed up over a disgusting situation in their home, they called Target 7 for help with their bizarre plumbing situation.

Bernalillo County is imposing new restrictions and prohibitions on outdoor smoking, campfires and open burning in areas of the county outside the Albuquerque city limits.

It will be a day of praying for rain and blessings for fields and community ditches as New Mexico Catholics gather to honor San Ysidro, the patron saint of farmers.

A sci-fi thriller about three college freshmen who disappear while tracking a computer hacker through the Southwest will film in New Mexico.

As Downtown Albuquerque waits for its first grocery store, expected to break ground this fall, the corridor's 7-11 location is set to expand.