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• Bear spotted roaming the streets of New Mexico town

  22-05-2023 22:51
  
  A screen grab shows footage of a bear spotted roaming the streets of Farmington this weekend. (Farmington Police Department via KOAT-TV)A small bear was found roaming the streets of Farmington on Sunday morning, Journal partner KOAT-TV reports.Farmington Police say a concerned person reported a bear sighting near the Walmart. Police say the bear was later observed running toward a hotel and restaurant before going into the parking lot of a mall.New Mexico Game and Fish officers were called, but
  
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• In time for Memorial Day: Do’s and Don’ts to protect kids from mosquitoes

  22-05-2023 22:45
  
  Alex Cvijanovich MD"Quick, get the bug spray, I think it went that-a-way!"This line from a children's song about bug bites always comes to mind when I hear the first mosquito of the season buzzing around my head as I walk in the Bosque.While we are fortunate not to have too many mosquitoes around Albuquerque, they are present, and they carry diseases that can be harmful to all of us. The choices of insect repellents are staggering, and it can be difficult to determine which ones are both safe a
  
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• Former Lobo Hullaby found dead, family says

  22-05-2023 22:13
  
  New Mexico tight end Jaden Hullaby (28) makea a reception at LSU on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Hullaby was reported missing and was found dead over the weekend, family members say. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)Jaden Hullaby, a tight end and running back for the University of New Mexico football team in 2022, has been found dead after being reported missing, according to a social media post from his brother. Hullaby, 21, was first reported missing by family over the weekend. A cause of death has
  
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• Nebraska governor signs 12-week abortion ban, limits on gender-affirming care for minors

  22-05-2023 21:34
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed a bill Monday that bans abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy and restricts gender-affirming medical care for people younger than 19.
  The abortion ban takes effect immediately, while the ban on gender-affirming care takes effect on Oct. 1. The hybrid measure ties together restrictions that Republicans have pursued across the U.S.
  Pillen called the law "the most significant win for social conservative agenda in over a generation of Neb
  
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• When will school start in Fall 2023 for Rio Rancho Public Schools?

  22-05-2023 20:57
  
  Here's the school calendar, including start date, for Rio Rancho Public Schools for 2023-24Rio Rancho Public Schools Calendar 2023-24Official school daysCalendar Committee 23-24SY UpdateList of Important Dates – 190 Day Instructional Monday, July 31, First Day of Contract – PD Day Tuesday, August 1, PD Day Wednesday, August 2, Jump Start Day for 6th & 9th Grades and Elementary Support Day Thursday, August 3, First Day of School for Elementary and Secondary Monday, September 4, La
  
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• Who gets to adopt Native children? A Supreme Court decision will soon answer that question

  22-05-2023 20:42
  
  Veronica Krupnick, age 4, before she entered the foster care system. (Courtesy of Veronica Krupnick)There once was a girl who lived in Corrales and loved collecting butterflies.She would capture perhaps 20 or 30 of them at a time, take them inside, then set them free to fly around her bedroom. Another thing she noticed about herself: Whenever she happened to be on the verge of a big life change, a coyote would appear. "Not like one running across the road," Veronica Krupnick, now 27 years old,
  
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• Albuquerque local business profile: Frank’s Supply Company Inc.

  22-05-2023 20:30
  
  Neil Lovato, inside manager, left, Ron Casias, purchasing manger, Melissa Deaver-Rivera, president and Rick Lamb, marketing manager, pose for a portrait at Frank's Supply Company Inc. in Albuquerque on Wednesday 10, 2023. (Jon Austria/ Albuquerque Journal)It started with getting people the equipment they need to successfully complete a task and, seventy years later, that's still what the company Frank Deaver established is all about."He had an inclination to find the right tool for the job," sa
  
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• Former home of Georgia O’Keeffe and Paul Allen still on the market

  22-05-2023 20:26
  
  4018 Old Santa Fe, Santa FePrice: $15,000,000  This home on the outskirts of Santa Fe — named Sol Y Sombra, which means sun and shadow — was once owned by famous New Mexican artist Georgia O'Keeffe, as well as Paul G. Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft.Across the main house, two guest houses, lodge and studio housing, there are 21 bedrooms and 26 bathrooms. The main house leans into Pueblo-style architecture and hosts formal living and dining rooms, a library, game room
  
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• New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority receives $1.3M for weatherization

  22-05-2023 20:25
  
    (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority (MFA) recently received an additional $1,300,000 in funding from New Mexico Gas Company for the New Mexico Energy$mart Weatherization Program. This program aims to offer energy-saving installations and home modifications to homeowners or renters, without any associated costs. The New Mexico Energy$mart Weatherization Program has assisted thousands of New Mexicans to reduce energy costs and improve health and safety conditio
  
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• Advance care planning volunteers can help think through your healthcare wishes

  22-05-2023 19:00
  
  Your health care choices should reflect your wishes and beliefs. (It is always a good) time to discuss those health care choices -- and encourage loved ones to do so as well.Advance care planning is the process of thinking through and talking about your health care wishes so you can confidently create an advance directive. An advance directive is a legal document that makes your health care wishes clear if you were to become injured or sick and could not speak for yourself.At Presbyterian, our A
  
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• Vegans, vegetarians and meat-eaters, oh my! All diets welcome at Bedrock Kitchen

  22-05-2023 18:19
  
  From left, owner Rhoby Shempp and head chef Ashley Heeren, pose outside Bedrock Kitchen in Albuquerque. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)Rhoby Schempp, the owner of Bedrock Kitchen, wants people to know her new restaurant isn't named after "The Flintstones.""It's the literal meaning of the word bedrock: a solid foundation," Schempp said. "We're basically trying to help you have a solid foundation to your day."That's why the restaurant at 5333 4th NW, which specializes in grab-and-go meals, is o
  
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• What if your history class was all about you?

  22-05-2023 18:00
  
  New Mexico was rated 50th last year in education, and the graduation rate for the state was 12% lower than the national graduation rate (New Mexico Ranks and Facts). What can be done to help improve the educational experience for young New Mexicans in Albuquerque?It is understood that one teacher can make or break a student's experience in their education, but one class could do the same for Albuquerque Public School students. This culturally relevant history class is included in the APS curricu
  
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• Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware won’t seek reelection, opening up seat in liberal state

  22-05-2023 17:46
  
  DOVER, Del. (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware announced Monday that he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate.Carper's announcement paves the way for a wide-open contest for the seat he has held since 2001 in heavily-blue Delaware. It also ensures that his unblemished record of never having lost an election during more than four decades in politics remains intact."If I ran for a fifth term in the Senate and won, it would be a record 15 statewide elections," Car
  
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• Carmelo Anthony retires from NBA, after 19-year career, NCAA title, 3 Olympic gold medals

  22-05-2023 17:46
  
  Carmelo Anthony, the star forward who led Syracuse to an NCAA championship in his lone college season and went on to spend 19 years in the NBA, announced his retirement on Monday.
  Anthony, who was not in the NBA this season, retires as the No. 9 scorer in league history.
  Only LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Dirk Nowitzki, Wilt Chamberlain and Shaquille O'Neal scored more than Anthony -- who finishes his career with 28,289 points.
  "Now the time has co
  
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• New tech finding orphaned wells leaking methane in New Mexico

  22-05-2023 17:45
  
  Hari ViswanathanAcross New Mexico and the entire United States, hundreds of thousands of undocumented, orphaned oil-and-gas wells have the potential to pollute water and leak methane and other toxic gases into the atmosphere, contributing to rising global temperatures. The first challenge to plugging these wells is locating them.A methane momentCarbon dioxide gets the spotlight as a heat-trapping greenhouse gas that's driving up average global temperatures, but methane is more than a bit player
  
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• California, Arizona, Nevada offer landmark drought deal to use less Colorado River water — for now

  22-05-2023 17:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a plan to significantly reduce their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years, a potential breakthrough in a year-long stalemate over how to deal with a rising problem that pitted Western states against one another.
  The plan would conserve an additional 3 million acre-feet of water from the 1,450-mile river that provides water to 40 million people in seven U.S. states, parts of Mexico and mo
  
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• Breakthrough proposal would aid drought-stricken Colorado River as 3 Western states offer cuts

  22-05-2023 17:45
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a plan to significantly reduce their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years, a potential breakthrough in a year-long stalemate that pitted Western states against one another.
  The plan would conserve an additional 3 million acre-feet of water through 2026, when current guidelines for how the river is shared expire. About half the cuts would come by the end of 2024. That's less than what fede
  
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• Arizona, California and Nevada propose water cuts from Colorado River to avert forced cuts

  22-05-2023 17:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a plan to significantly reduce their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years.
  The plan would conserve an additional 3 million acre-feet of water from the 1,450-mile river that provides water to 40 million people in seven U.S. states, parts of Mexico and more than two dozen Native American tribes.
  At least half that amount -- or 1.5 million acre-feet of water -- would have to be conserved by
  
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• AI haunted by doomsday science fiction

  22-05-2023 17:14
  
  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)One of the first movies that comes to mind where the AIs take over humanity is "Colossus the Forbin Project," a 1970 ‘shocker'. The worst-case AI scenario has been a Hollywood plot for a long time — before "Colossus' and after. It's part of an array of possibilities for a future world that fiction writers have been tinkering with all along. In "Colossus," the AI teams up with a Russian ‘sentient' computer to blackmail mankind and bring them to their
  
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• In a first, THOR microwave weapon downs drone swarm

  22-05-2023 16:45
  
  The Tactical High-power Operational Responder, or THOR, a high-powered microwave counter drone weapon, stands ready to demonstrate its effectiveness. (Adrian Lucero/U.S. Air Force )A swarm of incoming drones proved no match for the hammer of electromagnetic waves wielded by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Tactical High Power Operational Responder, or THOR, during a field test last month at Kirtland Air Force Base.It's the first time THOR successfully downed multiple targets simultaneously r
  
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• Over huevos, top Dems talk early childhood education

  22-05-2023 16:34
  
  State House Speaker Javier Martínez, D-Albuquerque, second from left, and U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., talk with former Albuquerque City Councilor Alan Armijo, left; former Deputy County Manager John Dantis, second from right; Anthony Santillanes, right, and others before having breakfast at Barelas Coffee House in Albuquerque on Friday (Eddie Moore / Albuquerque Journal)Abowl of chicharrones between them, two of New Mexico's top Democrats - U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and state Hous
  
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• Breakfast chat: Heinrich and Martinez talk early childhood education at Barela’s

  22-05-2023 16:34
  
  State House Speaker Javier Martínez, D-Albuquerque, second from left, and U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., talk with former Albuquerque City Councilor Alan Armijo, left; former Deputy County Manager John Dantis, second from right; Anthony Santillanes, right, and others before having breakfast at Barelas Coffee House in Albuquerque on Friday (Eddie Moore / Albuquerque Journal)A bowl of chicharrones between them, two of New Mexico's top Democrats - U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and state Hou
  
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• The APS school board is taking up next year’s budget on Wednesday. Here’s what the proposal looks like.

  22-05-2023 16:06
  
  It's that time of year.The Albuquerque Public Schools board on Wednesday is expected to vote on its budget for the coming fiscal year, which begins July 1.When the district last presented to the board in April, it was planning to propose an operational spending budget of nearly $928 million — an increase of about $114 million from last year.Last year, the district faced a budget deficit of around $10 million. This year, Executive Director of Budget and Strategic Planning Rosalinda Montoya
  
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• Violence in NM and the South – the correlation

  22-05-2023 15:04
  
  Back in 1960, Paul Anka ruled the pop charts with his saccharine "Puppy Love," although Chubby Checker gave fair warning of what was to come with "The Twist." That year, a TCU sociologist named Austin Porterfield published a short paper noting the correlation between traffic deaths and the homicide rate in selected American locales.The correlation was strong at both the top and bottom of the scale. The states of New England had low rates of both kinds of violent death. Other states had high rate
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street is mixed ahead of talks to avoid U.S. default

  22-05-2023 15:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are moving tentatively Monday, as Wall Street waits to see whether a pivotal meeting in the afternoon will help the U.S. government avoid a potentially disastrous default on its debt.
  The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher after coming off its best week since March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 106 points, or 0.3%, at 33,320, as of 11 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.4% higher.
  The stock market is near its highest level since August, but it's bee
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street holds ahead of pivotal talks to avoid U.S. default

  22-05-2023 15:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are moving tentatively Monday, as Wall Street waits to see whether a pivotal meeting in the afternoon will help the U.S. government avoid a potentially disastrous default on its debt.
  The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in early trading after coming off its best week since March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 17 points, or 0.1%, at 33,409, as of 9:45 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.4% higher.
  The stock market is near its highest level since Au
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street ends mixed ahead of talks to avoid U.S. default

  22-05-2023 15:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks drifted to a mixed close as Wall Street waits to see whether a pivotal meeting later in the day will help the U.S. government avoid a potentially disastrous default on its debt. The S&P 500 closed little changed Monday. The Dow slipped 0.4% and the Nasdaq rose 0.5%. Big Tech was continuing its strong run for the year so far, including Meta Platforms. Even a record fine from the European Union couldn't slow it. Micron Technology was on the losing end after China accus
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street drifts in a tight range as talks on avoiding a U.S. default continue

  22-05-2023 15:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are movingly tentatively as Wall Street waits to see whether a pivotal meeting in the afternoon will help the U.S. government avoid a potentially disastrous default on its debt. The S&P 500 was little changed in early trading Monday after coming off its best week since March. The Dow and the Nasdaq composite were also flat. The stock market is near its highest level since August, but it's been mostly drifting within a tight range for weeks as several big worries weig
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street drifts higher amid debt ceiling talks

  22-05-2023 15:00
  
  Wall Street is trading small gains and losses early Monday as a deadline nears to reach a deal to avoid a federal default.
  Dow and S&P futures rose less than than 0.1% before the bell.There's a pivotal meeting set for later in the day at the White House between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on the debt ceiling. A default on the U.S. debt would almost surely cause a recession in the American economy, which would have damaging effects on economies worldwide."It seems pr
  
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• Stock market today: Stocks are mixed as Wall Street waits to hear on Washington

  22-05-2023 15:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks drifted to a mixed finish Monday, as Wall Street waited for the results of a pivotal meeting meant to avoid a potentially disastrous default on the U.S. government's debt.
  The S&P 500 was at a virtual standstill after flipping between small gains and losses through the day. It edged up by 0.65, or less than 0.1%, to 4,192.63. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 140.05 points, or 0.4%, to 33,286.58, and the Nasdaq composite rose 62.88, or 0.5%, to 12,720.78.
  The sto
  
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• An Iranian nuclear facility is so deep underground that US airstrikes likely couldn’t reach it

  22-05-2023 15:00
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Near a peak of the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, workers are building a nuclear facility so deep in the earth that it is likely beyond the range of a last-ditch U.S. weapon designed to destroy such sites, according to experts and satellite imagery analyzed by The Associated Press.
  The photos and videos from Planet Labs PBC show Iran has been digging tunnels in the mountain near the Natanz nuclear site, which has come under repeated sabotage attacks amid T
  
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• What it would mean for the global economy if the US defaults on its debt

  22-05-2023 14:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the debt crisis roiling Washington were eventually to send the United States crashing into recession, America's economy would hardly sink alone.
  The repercussions of a first-ever default on the federal debt would quickly reverberate around the world. Orders for Chinese factories that sell electronics to the United States could dry up. Swiss investors who own U.S. Treasurys would suffer losses. Sri Lankan companies could no longer deploy dollars as an alternative to their o
  
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• Tim Scott set to announce launch of his 2024 GOP presidential campaign

  22-05-2023 14:59
  
  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- As he launches his presidential campaign on Monday, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is officially wading into a GOP primary battle already largely dominated by two commanding figures: former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  Scott, the only Black Republican senator, will make his campaign announcement in his hometown of North Charleston after making it official last week with the Federal Election Commission. The late morning event is taking pl
  
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• Tim Scott launches 2024 presidential bid seeking optimistic contrast with other top rivals

  22-05-2023 14:59
  
  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott launched his presidential campaign on Monday, offering an optimistic message he hopes can contrast the two figures who have used political combativeness to dominate the early GOP primary field: former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  Scott, the Senate's only Black Repubican, made the announcement in his hometown of North Charleston at Southern University, his alma mater and a private school affiliated with the Sou
  
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• How damage from a US debt default could cascade across the global economy

  22-05-2023 14:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the debt crisis roiling Washington were eventually to send the United States crashing into recession, America's economy would hardly sink alone.
  The repercussions of a first-ever default on the federal debt would quickly reverberate around the world. Orders for Chinese factories that sell electronics to the United States could dry up. Swiss investors who own U.S. Treasurys would suffer losses. Sri Lankan companies could no longer deploy dollars as an alternative to their o
  
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• Biden gets low ratings on economy, guns, immigration in AP-NORC Poll

  22-05-2023 14:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- As President Joe Biden embarks on his reelection campaign, just 33% of American adults say they approve of his handling of the economy and only 24% say national economic conditions are in good shape, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
  Public approval of Biden's handling of the economy remains low in a time of high inflation, a difficult housing market and concerns about a potential U.S. government debt default. American
  
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• No debt ceiling agreement in White House meeting, though Biden and McCarthy call talks productive

  22-05-2023 14:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy declared they had a productive debt ceiling discussion late Monday at the White House, but there was no agreement and neither side appeared to be giving ground as Washington strained to raise the nation's borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially chaotic federal default.It's a crucial moment for the Democratic president and the Republican speaker, just 10 days before a looming deadline to raise the debt limit.As soon a
  
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• No agreement yet on debt ceiling, but Biden, McCarthy say they’re optimistic after meeting

  22-05-2023 14:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he had a productive debt ceiling discussion with President Joe Biden late Monday at the White House, but no agreement yet as Washington strains to strike a budget compromise and raise the nation's borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially chaotic federal default.It's a crucial moment for the Democratic president and the Republican speaker, just 10 days before a looming deadline to raise the debt limit.As soon as June 1 the U.S. could sta
  
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• Biden ‘optimistic’ on debt ceiling as White House negotiation with McCarthy underway

  22-05-2023 14:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden said he was "optimistic" of making progress on debt ceiling talks as he opened a critical meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy late Monday at the White House, a pivotal moment as Washington works to strike a budget compromise and raise the nation's borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially chaotic federal default.It's a crucial conversation for the Democratic president and the Republican speaker, just 10 days before a looming deadline to raise th
  
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• Biden, McCarthy to meet on debt ceiling, time to ‘get moving’ to resolve standoff

  22-05-2023 14:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are to meet late Monday at the White House at a pivotal moment as Washington works to strike a budget compromise and raise the nation's borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially chaotic federal default.McCarthy told reporters midday at the Capitol that "decisions have to start being made" since "we're 10 days out" from the deadline.
  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said that as soon as June 1 the U.S. could start ru
  
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• Biden, McCarthy to hold pivotal meeting on debt ceiling as time to resolve standoff grows short

  22-05-2023 14:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are set to meet at the White House at a pivotal moment as Washington works to strike a budget compromise and raise the nation's borrowing limit in time to avert a devastating federal default.The meeting Monday afternoon between the Democratic president and the new Republican speaker will be critical as they race to prevent a looming debt crisis. After a weekend of start-stop talks, both men appeared upbeat as they face a de
  
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• Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to US

  22-05-2023 14:57
  
  LONDON (AP) -- The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine Monday and ordered it to stop transferring users personal information across the Atlantic by October, the latest salvo in a decadelong case sparked by U.S. cybersnooping fears.
  The penalty of 1.2 billion euros is the biggest since the EU's strict data privacy regime took effect five years ago, surpassing Amazon's 746 million euro fine in 2021 for data protection violations.
  Meta, which had previously warned t
  
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• Local chef Marc Quiñones went to ‘Hell’ and back

  22-05-2023 08:02
  
  Marc Quiñones, executive chef at Level 5 at Hotel Chaco began his position on March 7. (Jon Austria/Journal)Copyright © 2023 Albuquerque JournalMarc Quiñones finds solace in nature.Before an expected long day at work, the Albuquerque chef will take to the streets and go for a miles-long run. If running isn't in the cards, he will head to the bosque and walk.Either way, this time is for a reset.Quiñones, who turns 42 this month, has also looked to nature to help guide t
  
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• Wall Street Journal editor gives advice to New Mexico graduates

  22-05-2023 06:05
  
  Emma Tucker, Wall Street Journal editor (Olivia Kuykendall/UWC-USA)MONTEZUMA – Don't rush life. Know that your career will take twists and turns. Don't be afraid to take on new challenges.Those are just a few words of advice offered by Emma Tucker, the Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief, to the 118 students that made up the United World College-USA's class of 2023.Tucker, from London, was herself a graduate nearly 40 years ago from the two-year boarding school in Montezuma, New Mexico, t
  
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• Combat sports notes: Las Cruces’ Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship called off — for now

  22-05-2023 05:31
  
  Austin Trout, left, and Diego Sanchez, right, battle in the ring during the KnuckleMania 3 Bare Knuckle Fight Championship at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, N.M., Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (Chancey Bush/ Albuquerque Journal)A June 16 Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship card at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, approved by the New Mexico Athletic Commission at its April meeting, will not happen.BKFC spokesman Bernie Bahrmasel characterized the cancellation in an email to the Journal as a timi
  
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• Former Bernalillo County sheriff wants to make Ukraine safer by teaching de-mining

  22-05-2023 05:18
  
  Former Bernalillo County sheriff Darren White, with a team of de-miners, in a field 30 miles from the Russian border. (Courtesy of Darren White)Darren White is back from Ukraine now, in the comfort of his Albuquerque home, watching the nightly news in English and feeling a little guilty.Last month, he was in Kharkiv, watching churchgoers file into Orthodox Easter Sunday Mass as air raid sirens wailed.Out in the countryside, he saw the carcass of a Ukrainian military vehicle presumed to have hit
  
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• Former Bernalillo County sheriff teaches land-mine removal in Ukraine

  22-05-2023 05:18
  
  Former Bernalillo County sheriff Darren White, with a team of de-miners, in a field 30 miles from the Russian border. (Courtesy of Darren White)Darren White is back from Ukraine now, in the comfort of his Albuquerque home, watching the nightly news in English and feeling a little guilty.Last month, he was in Kharkiv, watching churchgoers file into Orthodox Easter Sunday Mass as air raid sirens wailed.Out in the countryside, he saw the carcass of a Ukrainian military vehicle presumed to have hit
  
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• Road Warrior: readers want to stop speeders

  22-05-2023 05:11
  
  SUGGESTIONS TO SLOW HIGHWAY SPEEDERS:After New Mexico State Police explained its speed enforcement on Interstate 25 between Albuquerque and Santa Fe in a recent column, several readers have offered their tips:One suggests adding "speed cameras. They would catch all speeders. No need for a shoulder to pull drivers over to cite them. Ensure safety of law enforcement officers, because they don't have to stand like sitting ducks, waiting to be killed by speeders."And Kent Argubright adds "if the goa
  
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• Too-tall semi backs up on Montaño; who you gonna call?

  22-05-2023 05:08
  
  WHO HANDLES A MONTAÑO EMERGENCY? 911:Terry Ihnat shares in an email "a couple of months ago my husband and I were traveling east on Montaño from Coors, over the river but before the Rio Grande Boulevard overpass, when we encountered a semi-truck backing up toward Coors."The Rio Grande Boulevard overpass is too low for semis, and semis are not permitted on Montaño at all going east from Coors, hence the issue."This was a dangerous issue for eastbound traffic since the semi wa
  
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• Farmington woman killed in crash in Albuquerque

  22-05-2023 02:38
  
  A Farmington woman was killed in a car crash in the Albuquerque area on Sunday afternoon.New Mexico State Police said in a news release that officers were called to a crash involving multiple vehicles on Interstate 40 in Albuquerque at around 2 p.m.A woman driving west in a Toyota passenger vehicle began to slide because of bad weather. She sideswiped Flora Garcia, a 64-year-old Farmington woman who was driving a 2008 Ford passenger vehicle.Garcia's vehicle began to spin counterclockwise and was
  
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