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• Chimayo man shot and killed on Sunday: Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office

  29-05-2023 23:23
  
  A 22-year-old man from Chimayo was shot and killed at a residence where several people had gathered on Sunday night.Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to a home at Canada Ancha and El Potrero Road at around 9:45 p.m. by someone who reported that a man had been shot, Juan Rios, a spokesman for the agency, said in a news release.Deputies found that windows at the residence had been shot out, multiple shell casings were found on scene and Jerome Chavez, 22, had been shot and kill
  
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• APD: Man fatally shot in Downtown Albuquerque

  29-05-2023 22:34
  
  A man was fatally shot in Downtown Albuquerque early Monday morning.Gilbert Gallegos, a police spokesman, said that officers were called to the area of Copper and 7th NW shortly after midnight early Monday.A man was found with gunshot wounds. He was transported to a local hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries.No other details were immediately released and police didn't release any information about a suspect.Subscribe to ABQjournal. Call 505-823-4400
  
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• Some tips for Gen Z and beyond to maximize mental health benefits

  29-05-2023 18:02
  
  Dr. Donald TavakoliThis past year, members of Generation Z began to turn 26, which, for many, meant leaving their families' health insurance plans and picking their own for the very first time. As the generation reporting the highest rates of mental health issues, choosing an insurance plan and understanding the benefits associated is essential for access to maximizing your health, including your mental well-being.So, first things first, Gen Z: get familiar with health insurance lingo. Understa
  
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• George Maharis, star of TV’s ‘Route 66’ in the 1960s, dies at 94

  29-05-2023 17:06
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- George Maharis, a stage-trained actor with rough-hewn good looks who became an icon to American youth in the 1960s as he cruised the country in a Corvette convertible in the hit television series "Route 66," has died.Maharis' friend and caretaker Marc Bahan said in a Facebook post that he died Wednesday. Bahan told the Hollywood Reporter, which first reported Maharis' death, that he died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, after contracting hepatitis. He was 94.On "Rou
  
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• Setting record straight on thermometers, metal prices

  29-05-2023 16:02
  
  Dear Car Talk: Can you explain how the thermometers in cars – the ones that show the outside ambient temperature – avoid being influenced by the heat coming off the engine? – MatthewA: The sensors for ambient, outside temperature are all located in front of the radiator, Matthew.And they mostly avoid being affected by engine heat because the sensors are directional. They're pointed away from the engine and toward the air in front of the car.The wind has no effect on measured te
  
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• Biz Bits: Albuquerque Business Journal

  29-05-2023 15:22
  
  City of Vision Eye Care honoredFor its leadership in optometry and delivery of exceptional patient care, City of Vision Eye Care has been named a 2023 Best Practice by CooperVision — one of the world's leading manufacturers of contact lenses. Now in its eighth year, the Best Practices initiative seeks to discover and recognize U.S. eye care practices.City of Vision Eye Care is among 10 honorees chosen as this year's Best Practices after a nationwide search that began last fall. Honorees we
  
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• Business Column: In financial matters, government role has upside and downside

  29-05-2023 15:19
  
  The Sun shines on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, May 27, 2023.  (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)Politics is directly intersecting with the economy — macro, micro, public and personal — in a not-so-rare standoff in Washington, D.C.Senate Republicans are holding out for spending cuts from President Joe Biden and the nation's debt limit hangs in the balance. It has to be raised, leaders say, to avoid a U.S. default on its obligations, which in turn could lead to an economic
  
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• Thank You Veterans: From 1860s Civil War tributes to events at NM cemeteries Monday

  29-05-2023 14:02
  
  Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday of May, honors the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. This year Memorial Day is May 29.History behind holidayThe Civil War ended in the spring of 1865. It claimed more lives than any conflict in U.S. history and resulted in the establishment of the country's first national cemeteries. By the late 1860s a movement began in towns and cities across America to hold springtime tributes to the fallen soldiers. Through community efforts
  
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• Sleepless in Kyiv: Nighttime Russian air campaign terrorizes citizens in Ukrainian capital

  29-05-2023 08:53
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- The attacks come at night, when most in Kyiv are sound asleep. The sirens wail across the Ukrainian capital, rousing bleary-eyed residents, who, after 15 months of war, have customized individual routines to cope with Russia's latest air campaign.
  In the recent escalation of Russian attacks, Olha Bukhno, 65, a cleaner, says a prayer every night. "Please," she asks, closing her eyes and addressing the heavens, "Let it be quiet."
  By her bedside is a bag packed full of essent
  
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• A Craigslist ad led these locals to start a local chapter of a nonprofit that works to reduce waste and help the hungry using ‘mindful distribution’

  29-05-2023 07:05
  
  A field of produce at Vida Verde Farm in the North Valley of Albuquerque. Food is Free Albuquerque is expanding its produce collection and distribution program, which provides harvested food to more than 90 organizations in New Mexico. (Courtesy of Erin Garrison)Nine years ago, Erin Garrison and a friend were looking for fruit to make preserves.They turned in their hour of need to the internet."We decided to put an ad on Craigslist just to see if people would let two random strangers come in an
  
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• University of Wisconsin project seeks closure for New Mexico family of World War II airman killed in action

  29-05-2023 06:05
  
  Edward Zavala of Raton looks at a photograph of his older brother, Raoul, who was one of nine airmen killed in a kamikaze attack over China on Dec. 7, 1944. A federal agency has been asked to disinter human remains found at the crash site from a national cemetery to test their DNA against that collected from the crew members' families. (Courtesy of Nick Pappas)Raoul Zavala was not supposed to be on the plane that day.But there he was in the early morning hours of Dec. 7, 1944 – the three-
  
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• ‘Then you heard the next volley’: Red River residents react to weekend shooting

  29-05-2023 06:05
  
    People are reflected in the windows of the Bull O' the Woods Saloon on Main Street in Red River N.M., on Sunday, May 28, 2023. Three people were killed in a shootout Saturday during the Memorial Day motorcycle rally. (Chancey Bush/ Albuquerque Journal)RED RIVER — The streets were quiet Sunday evening in this Northern New Mexico town, a sharp contrast from a day earlier when thousands of motorcyclists and tourists filled the roadways and businesses for the 41st annual Red River Memor
  
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• Experts urge caution for recreation on the Rio Grande. Here’s how to stay safe.

  29-05-2023 05:56
  
  David Lane, from the Corrales Fire Department, warns kayakers, Stephanie Gretchen and Eric Garretson about the dangers that the Rio Grande river presents due to the speed and massive amounts of water flowing down the river. The duo ultimately decided against putting their kayak in the river at Siphon Beach. (Mike Sandoval for the Albuquerque Journal)This summer, the Rio Grande is running faster and higher than previous years — an attractive prospect for would-be boaters, looking to take a
  
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• Man charged in connection with fatal shooting of girlfriend

  29-05-2023 05:39
  
  Carlos Gonzalez, courtesy of MDCAfter the death of his 18-year-old girlfriend in a Saturday-night shooting, Carlos Gonzalez, 24, was arrested by Albuquerque Police Department homicide detectives and charged with 2nd degree murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon according to a press release from APD.According to the release, police believe that before the midnight shooting, Rodriguez and Gonzalez were arguing at a relative's baby shower on Sa
  
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• Man charged after fatally shooting girlfriend

  29-05-2023 05:39
  
  After the death of his 18-year-old girlfriend in a Saturday-night shooting, Carlos Gonzalez, 24, was arrested by Albuquerque Police Department homicide detectives and charged with 2nd degree murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon according to a press release from APD.The release details a day of confrontation and conflict between the couple, before Areli Rodriguez was fatally shot.Before the midnight shooting, Rodriguez and Gonzalez were argu
  
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