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Residents in Albuquerque have not forgotten about the homeless man shot and killed by APD. On Sunday, about a hundred people returned to the spot in the foothills where James Boyd lost his life. This Father’s Day marks three months since his death... Andrew Jones says he has been in town for a couple weeks. Jones says he and his family have been putting together their own list of suggestions as the city begins to develop a community policing plan. This Father’s Day, Andrew Jones remembers his brother. James Boyd's friends called him “Abba”, the word for father in Hebrew, a fitting coincidence today or a symbol perhaps. Jones says so many other symbolic coincidences have come out of his brother's story. Even his death has become symbolic. Something, Jones says, happened for a reason. "Because of that, he's made more change in this city than would have happened in who knows how long, had he not sacrificed himself,” said Jones. As Albuquerque prepares to move forward, Jones says his family wants to have a say. At Monday’s city council meeting, Albuquerque leaders plan to take up two key issues related to the DOJ's working relationship with APD. First councilors will discuss whether to spend $220,000 to keep attorney Scott Greenwood on retainer during DOJ negotiations, and whether to spend an additional $150,000 on community outreach. Jones says part of the reason he's here is to work on a list of proposals for APD on behalf of his family. “Everything that, not just me, but our family and citizens here believe need to be done, they will know about,” said Jones He says it’s too early to share the list but it will be presented to the city soon. It could possibly be previewed at tomorrow's meeting. For now, it’s just time to remember, and to be thankful for new connections.

a snapshot of new mexico's deadbeat dad problem. we're talking millions in unpaid child support. stuart dyson spent much of the day crunching new numbers from the state human services department. stu - what did you find? let's deal with one thing right off the top - okay - it's not just deadbeat dads - there are deadbeat moms too - but the fact is that the men vastly outnumber the women. the sad truth is that 41 percent of new mexico's children live in single-parent households - in all too many cases the other parent isn't paying the child support they owe - the total amount for all years is a staggering 717 million dollars! the state has bench warrants out for 733 deadbeats - mostly dads. " i work with a young girl - single mom with 3 kids - her husband has not paid a bit of child support - it's a struggle - something awful! q: What do we need to do to guys like this? a: Well garnish their wages or lock em up - i say put em in jail - ha ha!" " No - cause a lot of times the situation of the dads is they're not in the position that they can pay child support - obviously that's their responsibility so they need to figure out how to make it happen." so who owes the most - here are the top four - there's victor polanco of san juan county - owing 172 thousand dollars - then down in dona ana county there's fernando p. rodriguez owing 218 grand - in second place is gilbert begay of san juan county at 229 thousand dollars - and deadbeatingest deadbeat dad of them all is joe ben junior - also from san juan county - owing 333 thousand bucks - a third of a million dollars! so far this year the state child support enforcement people have collected more than 126 million dollars - on track to beat last year's record of 132 million - happy father's day!

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal will sign new restrictions on abortion clinics into law on Thursday, his office said, a measure critics have said will force three of the state's five clinics to close. The measure requires physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the place where the abortion is performed. Abortion rights advocates say some providers will not be able to meet that standard.

Volunteers help immigrants left at McAllen Central Station

Protesters on Wednesday will gather in front of Target stores across the country, including the company’s flagship store in downtown Minneapolis and at the company’s annual shareholder’s meeting in Dallas, Texas.

awarded 6 million dollars to the family of 27- year-old christopher torres today. he was shot and killed by two a-p-d officers in 2011. including today's ruling-- the city of albuquerque has spent more than 25 million dollars in a-p-d lawsuits in just the past four years. erica zucco is live at a-p-d headquarters to break down the numbers. erica? these spreadsheets show how much the city attorney's office says they've spent on excessive force and wrongful death lawsuits since 2010. albuquerque is self-insured... meaning that money is essentially coming out of your pockets. For us as a family, Christopher's story, the true story of what happened on April 12th, has been known, and his name has been vindicated and justice, thank God, prevailed. it's a ruling that went in the torres' family's favor ... but it was a lawsuit they never wanted to file. i did not want to put my family through this, that's the last thing i wanted. Three years ago i reached out to the mayor, i sent him a letter i said let's sit down, let's see what we can do about this, lets see if we cant work together to try to deal with this problem i got no answer. they felt the only way to get the city's attention and make changes within a-p-d was to sue them ... so they did. over the past four years... dozens of others have done the same. since 2012, the city spent 11.4 million on those lawsuits. in the past four years, that total goes to twenty million. a huge chunk of taxpayer money. but for the torres family... they hope the money changes more than just their lives. This didn't have to happen. He didn't have to die on that day. If it hadn't been for two officers who believed they were Wild West scenario, our son would still be alive theoretically this 6 million dollar award is a suggestion. that's because based on state law, the torres family can only get 400-thousand right now. however if they win a federal civil rights trial in september... the rest of that six million... or possibly more... is their's. live downtown, erica zucco, kob eyewitness news 4.

her daughter in a small cemetery near espanola. but the woman's family says the wish isn't happening because the cemetery is on land that now belongs to santa clara pueblo. kai porter is here with the family's fight to lay their loved one to rest kai? for two years the family has been trying to bury the woman's ashes next to her daughter's grave. but these days, the land is off limits to the public. this is where espanola ends... and santa clara pueblo begins. the cemetery is right here. and the family now needs permission from the pueblo to get in. trt - 2:18 oc - With her daughter 00-06 / 19-38 1:49-2:17 "this is a picture of my sister. and her husband and her stepson." nancy henry's sister sue passed away two years ago. sue always wanted to be buried with her only daughter christie -- who died shorty after birth in 1974. "she told us she said the only thing I'm ever going to ask of any of you is to bury me with Christie... when i go. i want to be with my daughter. i couldn't hold her in the hospital. i want to be buried with her .... and I'll hold her in heaven." christie was buried in a small cemetery just east of espanola. forty years later it now sits on tribal land... behind this locked gate on the other side of that water tower. you can see the cemetery on google maps. it's that small square outline -- not far from the where epanola ends and santa clara pueblo begins. "i want to dig a hole, place my sister's ashes in that hole. cover it up and set a head stone. that's all i want to do. we're not asking to hold a service. we're not asking for a religious thing. we just want to take Suzie home." but santa clara pueblo has repeatedly denied their requests to do that. nancy says dozens of her other family members are also buried there. and her sister should be too. " i will do whatever i have to do to get them to wake up and see we're not asking them to spend a dime. we're asking them to turn a key. that's all we're asking them to do." edward calabaza with santa clara pueblo says it's up to the tribal council and the request was denied for cultural reasons. "we do look for resolutions in this case. we understand this is a woman's dying wish. we understand this is a grieving family. we understand they want to make things right. we don't want to close our doors we want to have open conversations with this family but at this point the tribal council feels the matter is closed." meantime -- nancy and her family say they won't give up. "just let me send my sister home... with her daughter..." nancy now lives in roswell... but her whole family's originally from espanola. she says her great grand parents... her grandparents... along with several aunts and uncles are also buried in that cemetery. back to you.

FOR ALVIN BERG AND VINCE NELSON, 30 YEARS OF WAITING IS FINALLY OVER.

Judges in Milwaukee and Dane counties are marrying gay couples for a second day following a federal judge's ruling overturning Wisconsin's same-sex marriage ban. More than 60 couples were married in each county Friday, as courthouses stayed open late following the judge's decision earlier that day.

It wasn't supposed to work this way, but since the Affordable Care Act took effect in January, Norton Hospital has seen its packed emergency room become even more crowded, with about 100 more patients a month. That 12 percent spike, many of whom aren't actually facing true emergencies — is spurring the Louisville hospital to convert a waiting room into more exam rooms.



General Motors Co will hold a news conference on Thursday at which it is expected to release the findings of the company's internal probe into why it took so long to discover a defective ignition switch linked to at least 13 deaths. GM has scheduled a company town hall for Chief Executive Mary Barra, followed by a news conference and a call with analysts to provide an update on the faulty switch, which resulted in the recall of 2.6 million cars.

Controversial practices in Veterans Affairs medical facilities across the country have ignited a nationwide outcry, and it appears the 'secret waiting list' has struck home.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- In the first case of its kind in Missouri, a company will have to pay fines for violating the state's 'Do Not Call' list laws.

The Environmental Protection Agency will unveil a sweeping proposal Monday that will require deep cuts in carbon emissions from power plants, including a 30% national target by 2030. The EPA draft rule, a major plank of President Obama's initiative to fight climate change, will require states to develop and implement plans to cut power plant emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide.



Many thought a controversial practice by the Albuquerque Police Officer's Union had stopped. But now we know that officers involved in critical incidents are still getting reimbursed for trips to get away from the stress, despite the Mayor's calls to stop it. That practice has been around for as long as the Union has. Officers involved in something like a shooting can get reimbursed for up to $500 dollars in hotel costs or travel expenses to get away from the public attention. In 2012, this practice came under fire and many thought it stopped. But it never did. Union President Stephanie Lopez says they have no plans to stop it. Lopez says it's important to support the officers. "We try to do as much as we can to provide that camaraderie and that unity as well," Lopez said Thursday. The Albuquerque Mayor's office released this statement about the matter: "The Mayor strongly condemned this practice in the past and he continues to condemn it today. While the Mayor and the City cannot dictate how the union spends its dues, the Mayor urges the union to end this practice now." The Albuquerque Police Department said in a statement that Chief Eden was not aware of the practice and was "very disturbed" to learn about it. Lopez said they feel the officers are under attack from the public after a critical incident, and need to get away from the scrutiny. "If an officer feels that during the time that their name is being hit in the media or there's negative attention being brought on them, and it seems now that it's been worse more so with Anonymous and all these other activists that we've had involved, it's never been that bad before," Lopez said. "But when they're getting negative publicity, we want them and their family to have the ability to not be around." Lopez said this is not just for officers involved in shootings. It is also a benevolence pay to help with funeral expenses if an officer loses an immediate family member. The Union has also used the money to help with travel expenses for officers who have sick children in out-of-state hospitals.

A Turkish Twitter user was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Thursday for using a handle that was deemed religiously offensive. The user, Allah, or @CenabiAllah, was charged with “humiliating the religious values accepted by a part of the people," according to Turkish news website Hurriyet Daily News. Prosecutors in Muş province went after the use, whom Hurriyet says is a teacher named "Ertan P."—for using the name of God in his Twitter handle and for tweeting messages against the government.

Richard Martinez's only child, 20-year-old Christopher Michaels-Martinez, was killed in the shooting rampage Friday in Isla Vista, California. But he doesn't want your sympathy. I don’t give a s--t that you feel sorry for me,” he said in an interview with The Washington Post What Martinez wants, instead, is this: "Get to work and do something." The former criminal defense lawyer, who grew up on a farm with guns, has become an unlikely face in the nation's gun control debate, turning grief into rage into action.



about criminals using social media for their dirty work. it turns out police are also using it to stop them. tonight we've learned how bernalillo county sheriff's deputies tracked down two missing teenagers who were raped in a motel room -- and brought them to safety in a matter of hours. erica zucco is live in the newsroom with the tactic they used -- and how you can help catch the man deputies say assaulted the teens. erica? the girl sent a facebook message to a family member saying she needed help but when they sent a message back-- she never responded. deputies worked with facebook and a cell phone company to lead them to where the message came from -- and to the girls. deputies say after running away... two teenage girls took an offer of free food, shelter and alcohol from 51-year-old teddy burnell and 35-year-old robert carr. Just because they made the choice to run away doesn't mean they deserve whatever these other predators have in store for them. deputies say the girls accused carr -- who they knew as "jaco" -- of raping them. one of the girls was able to get to a phone and send a facebook message to a family member... who called deputies... who then emailed facebook. We sent an emergency request to them saying, this person is in danger, they're a child, we need to find out where they logged in from as soon as possible. facebook tracked the message to an internet account and phone number belonging to "teddy burnell." deputies called the number and got ahold of the girls. they met with one of them near the walgreens at coors and sequioa. the girl led deputies to the other missing teen-- and teddy burnell. They were with complete strangers who absolutely did take advantage of their situation in a violent way. One of those people who is still at large that we're looking for. both teens are now with their parents. this is the man they're looking for, robert carr. deputies say he goes by different names, too and has a violent criminal history. deputies say if you see him, call 911. back to you.

Officials say the kids had no right to be on the property