New Mexico news

• US nuclear bomb budget falls short, audit finds

  29-04-2017 23:51
  
  WASHINGTON –– Building new atomic bombs to replace the oldest such weapons in the U.S. arsenal will cost 35 percent more than the Energy Department has budgeted, and production will start two years late, according to an internal department estimate cited in a congressional audit. The estimate for the B61-12 program was produced last fall […]
  
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• Pentagon: blast kills US service member outside Mosul

  29-04-2017 23:32
  
  BAGHDAD — A U.S. service member in Iraq was killed Saturday by an explosive device outside Mosul, according to a statement released by the Pentagon. The Pentagon said the service member died from wounds sustained in an “explosive device blast,” stating further information would be released as appropriate. Saturday’s incident marks the second American military […]
  
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• Weather shuts four Santa Fe museums today

  29-04-2017 22:31
  
  Four state-run museums in Santa Fe were closed today due to the weather, the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs announced. The New Mexico History Museum, New Mexico Museum of Art, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and the Museum of International Folk Art were affected, according to a news release. “We apologize for any […]
  
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• Ellenberg to head NM Democratic Party

  29-04-2017 22:06
  
  ALBUQUERQUE — Retired lawyer Richard Ellenberg won election Saturday as chairman of the state Democratic Party, pledging to heal lingering divisions between the supporters of ex-presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Ellenberg, a Santa Fe resident, secured the endorsement on Saturday of a rival candidate for chairman — Rusty Pearce, a Las Cruces educator […]
  
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• Ex-Baylor athletic director denies mishandling assault claim

  29-04-2017 22:01
  
  WACO, Texas — A former athletic director for Baylor University denies that he failed to properly respond to sexual assault allegations against a football player. Ian McCaw defended himself in a court filing Friday against accusations by Jasmin Hernandez, who was raped by former player Tevin Elliott. Elliott was convicted in 2014 and is serving […]
  
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• Fyer Fest fiasco: Bahamas party becomes huge disappointment

  29-04-2017 21:33
  
  The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism expressed its deep disappointment in how a music, art and culture festival imploded, leaving hundreds stranded and angry. Tourism officials said in a statement that organizers of the Fyre Festival assured them that they’d worked to have a safe and successful event. A team of tourism officials was dispatched to […]
  
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• Updated: Judge says Houston-area bail system unfair to poor offenders

  29-04-2017 21:00
  
  HOUSTON — A judge rebuked Houston-area authorities for imposing a bail system that’s unfair to people arrested for lesser offenses who are detained for long periods because they’re unable to pay for their release. The ruling Friday by Chief U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal was part of a lawsuit from a single mother who was […]
  
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• Updated: In Trump’s absence, ‘nerd prom’ challenged by Bee’s bash

  29-04-2017 18:47
  
  WASHINGTON — Washington’s once-glitzy “nerd prom” is about to get overshadowed. Late-night TV star Samantha Bee was pulling in celebrities for the first “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner” on Saturday — a tongue-in-cheek play on the real bash, where journalists, the president and, in recent years, lots of bold-face names have mingled. But President […]
  
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• Updated: Pope’s timely Egypt visit comforts grief-stricken Christians

  29-04-2017 18:29
  
  CAIRO — Pope Francis wrapped up a brief but deeply symbolic visit to Egypt on Saturday with an open-air Mass for the country’s tiny Catholic community, defying security concerns to show his support for the Christians of this Muslim majority Arab nation who have increasingly become targeted by Islamic militants. Military helicopters flew overhead and […]
  
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• Police: Texas officer faked his own death, fled into Mexico

  29-04-2017 16:51
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Authorities in Texas say a police officer who notified his wife that he planned to kill himself actually faked his own death and fled to Mexico. An arrest affidavit revealed Friday that 29-year-old Austin officer Coleman Martin earlier in the week texted his wife a photo of a note indicating he meant […]
  
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• 3 killed when air ambulance crashes in Texas Panhandle

  29-04-2017 16:51
  
  AMARILLO, Texas — Authorities say three people are dead after an air ambulance crashed overnight in Texas just south of the airport in Amarillo. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Cindy Barkley says the small plane went down about 12:30 a.m. Saturday in an industrial section of the city between Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport […]
  
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• Updated: LA jail adapts amid meth-fueled rise in mentally ill inmates

  29-04-2017 16:50
  
  LOS ANGELES — Perhaps the largest group of mentally ill inmates in the U.S. resides in Los Angeles in one of the world’s largest jail complexes. Over the past seven years, the jail’s population has spiked almost 50 percent — with nearly every inmate having both mental illness and substance abuse problems — and officials […]
  
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• Updated: Trump to NRA: ‘You have a true friend in the White House’

  29-04-2017 08:32
  
  ATLANTA — For nearly a decade, gun owners felt like they were living on pins and needles, worried about gun rights being taken away and feeling as though their way of life was scorned and under attack. All those fears disappeared the moment Donald Trump was elected president and, this weekend, National Rifle Association members […]
  
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• Bridge crossings are the top congested roads

  29-04-2017 08:05
  
  From U.S. 550 in Sandoval County to Bridge Boulevard in Albuquerque, five crossings over the Rio Gra ...
  
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• Treatment of immigrants fuels resistance to Trump

  29-04-2017 08:02
  
  Arturo Hernandez, like so many millions of immigrants, came to the United States in order to forge a ...
  
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• Editorial: NM tax reform a start for positive economic news

  29-04-2017 08:02
  
  The steady stream of bad economic news for New Mexico is a harsh reiteration of themes we've heard f ...
  
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• New: Lobo point guard Harris will transfer to Arkansas

  29-04-2017 06:39
  
  Jalen Harris, the 6-foot-1 point guard from North Carolina who started 18 games for the University of New Mexico this past season, will be one-and-done for the Lobos. Harris announced on his Twitter page late Friday he will be transferring to play for the Arkansas Razorbacks, where he was on a recruiting visit the past […]
  
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• Spring sports: Lobo baseball shut out in opener vs. Aztecs

  29-04-2017 06:31
  
  SAN DIEGO — After scoring double-digit runs for five consecutive games, the University of New Mexico baseball team failed to scratch out even one in Friday’s opener of three-game series at San Diego State. Brett Seeburger and three relievers shut out the Lobos (24-18-1, 14-3-1 Mountain West) on four hits in a 4-0 Aztecs victory […]
  
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• Ray Perry, father of Energy Secretary Rick Perry, dies at 92

  29-04-2017 06:24
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Joseph “Ray” Perry, the father of U.S. Energy Secretary and former Texas governor Rick Perry, has died. He was 92. Jo Pogue of Smith Family Funeral Home in Haskell said the Haskell resident died at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene after a short illness. The elder Perry spent decades as a rural […]
  
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• Updated: Famed Houston lawyer Richard ‘Racehorse’ Haynes dies at 90

  29-04-2017 06:22
  
  HOUSTON — Houston lawyer Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, famed for his flamboyant but successful trial defenses of millionaire and billionaire clients in some of Texas’ most notorious murder cases, has died at age 90. Haynes died early Friday at his home surrounded by family in the East Texas town of Trinity after years of declining health, […]
  
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• EPA website removes climate science site from public view after two decades

  29-04-2017 06:22
  
  WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday evening its website would be “undergoing changes” to better represent the new direction the agency is taking, triggering the removal of several agency websites containing detailed climate data and scientific information. One of the websites that appeared to be gone had been cited to challenge statements made […]
  
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• Study: GOP health care overhaul would burden N.M.

  29-04-2017 06:00
  
  New Mexico state government would be compelled to pay an additional $3 billion from 2020 to 2026 to maintain current levels of Medicaid coverage and services.
  
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• Nine qualify for Albuquerque’s mayoral ballot

  29-04-2017 01:20
  
  Nine of 16 candidates seeking to be Albuquerque’s next mayor have qualified to get their names on the Oct. 3 ballot. Mayoral candidates who have qualified are: • Former Bernalillo County Commissioner Deanna Archuleta • Former state Democratic Party chairman Brian Colón • Bernalillo County Commissioner Wayne Johnson • Businessman Ricardo Chaves • University of […]
  
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• BBB Offers Tips on Hiring a Mover

  29-04-2017 01:09
  
  BBB offers the following tips on preparing for a move, finding a trustworthy moving company, and avoiding scams:
  
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• Aggie men in fourth place at WAC golf championship

  29-04-2017 01:00
  
  MESA, Ariz. – The New Mexico State men’s golf squad completed the first round of play at the WAC Championship on Longbow Golf Course. Friday’s opening day of competition at the conference tournament saw the Aggies finish in fourth place out of seven with an 18-hole total of 299 (+15).   Two Aggie golfers sit […]
  
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• Santa Fe judge allows wage-theft enforcement suit to continue

  29-04-2017 00:56
  
  SANTA FE — District Court Judge David K. Thomson on Friday rejected a motion by the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions to dismiss a lawsuit filed claiming the department was not enforcing state wage theft laws. The lawsuit was filed in January by four people who say they were victims of wage theft and […]
  
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• Lobo softball squanders five-run lead, falls to San Jose State

  29-04-2017 00:53
  
  The University of New Mexico softball team got out to a quick 5-0 lead in the first but ended up falling to San Josè State 7-6 on Friday afternoon. The Lobos are now 20-21 on the year and 6-10 in the Mountain West. “We got out to a lead but we have to hold the […]
  
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