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• Man enters plea for shooting during 2020 statue protest in Old Town Albuquerque

  05-06-2023 23:08
  
  Steven BacaA man charged in connection with a shooting that took place during a volatile protest in Old Town in the summer of 2020 pleaded guilty to several charges and is facing up to two years in prison.Steven Ray Baca, 34, on Friday pleaded no contest to aggravated battery and guilty to unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon and battery charge. He was originally charged with aggravated battery great bodily harm, two counts of battery and unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon.He is facing up to
  
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• We can get to net zero!

  05-06-2023 23:02
  
  I am an optimist and a science fiction fan – hence the reference to one of my favorite quotes from the movie "Galaxy Quest," Never Give Up, Never Surrender. I am also a retired research engineer from Sandia National Laboratories who worked in fusion research. You have to be a card-carrying optimist to work on fusion.Getting to net zero by 2050 is not science fiction. I believe it is possible and important for the United States to get to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. I am not alone in
  
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• Second Plane Carrying Migrants Arrives in Sacramento

  05-06-2023 21:26 via nytimes.com
  
  About 20 migrants, who said they were mainly from Venezuela, arrived on Monday from the same airport in New Mexico where another planeload had taken off Friday.
  
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• Woman, 23, faces charges following alleged hit-and-run that left cyclist dead

  05-06-2023 20:23
  
  Leann Grace BlackhorseAlbuquerque police are charging a woman who allegedly crashed into a cyclist and killed him with vehicular homicide.Investigators were called to the crash early Monday morning, where they say that Leann Grace Blackhorse, 23, was driving to Gallup and ran over a man riding a bicycle in the middle lane of Gibson SE near Yale SE. Police say she was driving a gray Chevrolet Silverado, and drove off after the crash, leaving the cyclist with major injuries.The cyclist died at th
  
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• Top of Mind: Would you feel safe at a game between the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University?

  05-06-2023 19:46
  
  Top of Mind is a weekly question about an issue affecting New Mexicans.THIS WEEK'S QUESTION:Would you feel safe at a game between the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University?Want to participate in Top of Mind? Send your thoughts in 50 words or less to [email protected]. Responses must include your name and city to be published.Or use our form at www.abqjournal.com/top-of-mind-weekly-question-formSubscribe to ABQjournal. Call 505-823-4400
  
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• The stories we love are on the picket line

  05-06-2023 18:00
  It all starts with the writer. In Hollywood, without writers there is nothing. There are no movies, TV series, streaming series, or anything else that is scripted material. It is the writer who comes up with an idea for a story. These thoughts are then committed to paper or, more likely, the computer. This is then where the magic begins. From an initial thought, characters, situations, settings and a story emerge. From someone's imagination, worlds are created, dialogue materializes, events take
  
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• TALK OF THE TOWN: ABQ was right to go strong mayor in ’74, RIP Jerry, Citizens to the rescue

  05-06-2023 17:04
  
  ABQ was right to go strong mayor in '74I WAS a member of the 1974 City Charter committee, chaired by Pete Domenici, which proposed changing the government of Albuquerque from a commission-manager form to a strong mayor-council government. The population of the city was growing, and research indicated larger cities are more effectively governed by the strong mayor-council form. The committee's recommendation was put to a citywide vote and passed by a large margin.My two-plus terms as District 7 c
  
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• Cookie magnate recommends using your voice ‘to right the wrong’

  05-06-2023 17:02
  
  Mike Silva, founder and co-owner of Rude Boy Cookies, takes a bite out of a chocolate chip cookie. (JOURNAL FILE)The up-tempo Rude Boy rhythm that defines ska music is the same cadence that sets the tone for Rude Boy Cookies. As Albuquerque's favorite cookie shop, it is important to be unique, focus on flavor and provide unsurpassed quality.Establishing and growing a small business brings a multitude of challenges and many more opportunities. I surround myself with great people, over communicat
  
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• 4 steps to move the needle on education

  05-06-2023 17:02
  
  To test Microsoft Bing's new AI search capabilities I typed in "What common characteristics do high-performing schools that serve "at risk" students share?"Out popped 1) Strong leadership, 2) Shared vision for academic excellence with high expectations and standards for both students and staff, 3) Accountability and collaboration based on use of data and evidence to inform instruction and intervention decisions, 4) Rigorous and relevant curriculum, 5) Engagement of families and communities.Not s
  
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• US Navy says Iran Revolutionary Guard fast-attack boats ‘harassed’ ship in Strait of Hormuz

  05-06-2023 16:11
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The U.S. Navy said Monday its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran's Revolutionary Guard "harassed" it.Three fast-attack Guard vessels with armed troops aboard approached the merchant ship at a close distance Sunday afternoon, the U.S. Navy said in a statement. It offered black-and-white images it said came from a U.S. Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon overhead, which showed three small ships cl
  
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• Investment advice: Good practice to ask difficult questions of financial professionals

  05-06-2023 15:04
  
  (Dreamstime/TNS)The U.S. financial industry does not have a full disclosure law, and reportedly over 80 percent of financial professionals are not fiduciaries. (A fiduciary is a high legal standard that requires the financial advisor provide full disclosure of all material facts with the client, including any conflicts of interest.) There is one category of financial advisors who are required to be fiduciaries at all times. These are called Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs). An RIA is an in
  
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• ABQ Journal Business Column: Menaul revival plans, May job numbers

  05-06-2023 14:52
  
    A section of Menaul Boulevard NE. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)The city of Albuquerque's leadership has been talking about a renewal plan for troubled Menaul Boulevard, a well-traveled thoroughfare that wends its way through a varied scene, and is a type of microcosm of the city. It's sometimes pleasant, sometimes blighted. It has industrial, residential, small business sections and eventually spills into the beautiful Menual Trailhead in the foothills to the east of the city. The par
  
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• US releases video showing close-call in Taiwan Strait with Chinese destroyer

  05-06-2023 14:31
  
  BANGKOK (AP) -- The United States military released video Monday of what it called an "unsafe" Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait on the weekend, in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer, forcing the U.S. vessel to slow to avoid a collision.
  The incident occurred Saturday as the American destroyer USS Chung-Hoon and Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal were conducting a so-called "freedom of navigation" transit of the strait between Taiwan and mainland Chin
  
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• Hormone patches or creams for menopause symptoms may have lower blood pressure risk than pills

  05-06-2023 14:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Women often use hormone therapy to relieve hot flashes and other menopause symptoms -- and new research suggests patches or creams may be safer for their blood pressure than pills.
  As women's bodies produce lower levels of reproductive hormones during menopause their risk for heart disease rises. High blood pressure further increases that risk -- but it's not clear whether there's a link with hormone therapy for menopause symptoms.
  Canadian researchers wondered if the way hor
  
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• As India grieves train crash that killed 275, relatives wait for bodies of loved ones

  05-06-2023 14:31
  
  BHUBANESWAR, India (AP) -- Families of the victims of India's deadliest train crash in decades filled a hospital in Bhubaneswar city on Monday to identify and collect bodies of relatives, as railway officials recommended a federal criminal probe of the crash that killed 275 people.
  Distraught relatives of passengers killed in the crash Friday lined up outside the eastern city's All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Meanwhile, survivors being treated in hospitals said they were still trying t
  
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• As India grieves train crash that killed 275, relatives try to identify bodies of loved ones

  05-06-2023 14:31
  
  BHUBANESWAR, India (AP) -- Families of the victims of India's deadliest train crash in decades filled a hospital in Bhubaneswar city on Monday to try to identify the bodies of relatives, as railway officials recommended a criminal probe of the crash that killed 275 people.
  Distraught relatives of passengers killed in the crash Friday lined up outside the eastern city's All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Meanwhile, survivors being treated in hospitals said they are still trying to make sen
  
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• ‘It was tough’: WWII veterans return to Utah Beach to commemorate D-Day

  05-06-2023 14:30
  
  ON UTAH BEACH, France (AP) -- Looking at the vastness of Utah Beach, its sand blowing in strong wind and bright sunshine, made Robert Gibson's memory of D-Day even more vivid.
  "It was tough," the 99-year-old veteran said of the moment when he landed there on June 6, 1944 alongside more than 150,000 other Allied troops.
  Gibson was among dozens of World War II veterans, mostly Americans and British, who traveled to Normandy this week to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, commemorating the decisi
  
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• ‘It was tough’: World War II veterans return to Utah Beach to mark D-Day’s 79th anniversary

  05-06-2023 14:30
  
  ON UTAH BEACH, France (AP) -- World War II veterans shared vivid memories of D-Day and the fighting as dozens returned to Normandy beaches and key battle sites to mark the 79th anniversary of the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control.
  Looking at the vastness of Utah Beach, its sand blowing in strong wind and bright sunshine, 99-year-old Robert Gibson remembered: "it was tough."
  Gibson landed there on June 6, 1944 alongside more than 150,000 o
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street slips after tepid report on economy

  05-06-2023 14:29
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks are edging lower Monday to begin what could be a quiet stretch following their best week since March.
  The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower in late trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 179 points, or 0.5%, at 33,583, as of 3:10 p.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.3% lower.
  The majority of stocks fell on Wall Street after a report showed growth fell short of economists' forecasts for businesses in the construction, accommodation and other U.S.
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street drifts in early trading as oil rises

  05-06-2023 14:29
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks are drifting Monday to begin what could be a quiet stretch following weeks of gains that rallied Wall Street to the edge of what's called a "bull market."
  The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in early trading, and if it finishes the day where it is, it will be more than 20% above where it was in mid-October. Such a rally would mean the stock market has transformed from its frigid "bear market," where Wall Street's main measure of health fell more than 20% over nine month
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street drifts after tepid report on economy

  05-06-2023 14:29
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks are drifting Monday to begin what could be a quiet stretch following its best week since March.
  The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 81 points, or 0.2%, at 33,681, as of 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% higher.
  The indexes were listless after a report showed businesses in the accommodation, construction and other U.S. services industries grew in May for a fifth straight mont
  
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• Stock market today: Crude prices are up after Saudi cuts, but energy prices way down from last year

  05-06-2023 14:29
  
  Wall Street is relatively flat Monday following last week's last surge propelled by U.S. jobs data that raised new questions about if or when a recession might arrive.Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are essentially unchanged heading into a week with little new data expected from major U.S. corporations or economic indicators from Washington.Energy prices are rising after Saudi Arabia said it will cut output by 1 million barrels per day to support sagging prices.
  
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• Stock market today: Asian stocks rise after Wall St retreats on concern economy weakening

  05-06-2023 14:29
  
  BEIJING (AP) -- Asian stock markets rose Tuesday after Wall Street fell on concern the U.S. economy may be weakening following a report that showed growth in service industries slowing.Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong rose. Sydney retreated. Oil prices declined.
  Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.2% on Monday after an industry group's index of activity in construction, hospitality and other services fell to a three-year low in May. That conflicted with hopes raised by data last week
  
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• Pride becomes a minefield for big companies, but many continue their support

  05-06-2023 14:29
  
  Many big companies, including Target and Bud Light's parent, are still backing Pride events in June despite the minefield that the monthlong celebration has become for some of them.
  Target and Bud Light recently came under fire for their efforts to appeal to the LGBTQ+ community, only to come under more fire when they tried to backpedal.
  But even as they battle the negative publicity, Target and Bud Light haven't pulled away from this year's Pride celebrations. Target is a platinum sponsor of N
  
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• Part of Menaul has become the latest target for redevelopment. But what will that look like?

  05-06-2023 11:52
  
    A stretch of Menaul has been established at the city's 22nd Metropolitan Redevelopment Area. MRA director Terry Brunner said he wants to see the area "come alive" again. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)Last week, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller designated a stretch of Menaul between I-25 and the Diversion Canal as the city's 22nd Metropolitan Redevelopment Area. For decades, the Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency has incentivized development in blighted areas that have been historically over
  
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• Albuquerque city councilors are considering making it easier to build casitas. Here’s how it went when Santa Fe did the same thing.

  05-06-2023 10:46
  
  This Monday, Albuquerque's City Council is set to discuss a plan that would make building casitas more accessible in the city.Albuquerque isn't the first New Mexico city to move forward with such a proposal. In 2019, Santa Fe passed a change to the land use code that removed the requirement that property owners with accessory dwelling units had to live in one of the structures on their land, among other changes.Despite the changes, however, just a handful of casitas have been built in Santa Fe.
  
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• Zoning change could bring more casitas to Albuquerque

  05-06-2023 10:38
  
  The view from Chris Kennedy's Mesa del Sol casita. He built the casita last year as a passive-income source. (Courtesy of Chris Kennedy)Three years ago, Karmen Luevano and her partner both wanted to move out of their parents' houses.The apartments in their price range seemed unsafe or looked rundown, Luevano said. And, Luevano had a dog, further complicating the search.But the couple eventually found the perfect place: a casita near the university. The casita is affordable — Luevano and h
  
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• Ukraine trying to end battlefield stalemate; Russia says it repelled some attacks

  05-06-2023 10:09
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukrainian forces were making a major effort to end months of a battlefield stalemate and punch through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day, with Russian officials saying on Monday that Moscow's forces have foiled at least one assault.Kyiv authorities said their forces were indeed increasing offensive operations and making gains, but suggested some of the Russian announcements were misinformation as speculation grows about a widely anticipated coun
  
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• Ukraine trying to end battlefield stalemate in what may be start of counteroffensive

  05-06-2023 10:09
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukrainian forces were making a major effort to end a battlefield stalemate and punch through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day Monday, in what may herald the start of a long-anticipated counteroffensive after 15 months of war.
  Russian officials seemed to be trying to portray the Ukrainian attacks as the start of the counteroffensive, saying that Moscow's forces foiled at least one assault. While not explicitly confirming such a large-scale effor
  
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• Russia says Ukraine is launching major attacks; Kyiv accuses Moscow of misinformation

  05-06-2023 10:09
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukrainian forces were making a major effort to punch through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day, a Moscow-installed official said Monday as Russia's Defense Ministry declared that it had foiled an assault in an illegally annexed region of the invaded country.Kyiv authorities suggested the attack reports were a Russian misinformation ruse as the Ukrainian military prepares for a widely anticipated counteroffensive.Vladimir Rogov, an official in th
  
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• Russia claims Ukraine is launching major attacks; Kyiv accuses Moscow of misinformation

  05-06-2023 10:09
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Moscow officials claimed that Ukrainian forces were making a major effort to punch through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day Monday. Kyiv authorities didn't confirm the attacks and suggested the claim was a Russian misinformation ruse.Vladimir Rogov, a Moscow-installed official in southeast Ukraine's partly-occupied Zaporizhzhia province, said fighting resumed there early Monday after Russian defenses beat back a Ukrainian advance the previous d
  
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• Russia claims it thwarted Ukrainian attacks in provinces annexed by Moscow

  05-06-2023 10:09
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Russian officials said their forces thwarted large Ukrainian attacks in two provinces of Ukraine illegally annexed by Moscow. The Ukrainian military suggested the Russian reports were part of a misinformation campaign as Kyiv prepares for an anticipated counteroffensive.Russia's Defense Ministry said in a rare early morning video released Monday that its forces pushed back a "large scale" assault Sunday at five points in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk province, one of four regi
  
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• Fragile responsibility: Profoundly ill children could get more in-home treatment under judge’s ruling

  05-06-2023 09:00
  
  Christina Martinez and her four year old daughter Mercedes "Kiki" Garcia watch TV at their home in Rio Rancho. Mercedes has a tracheostomy and is connected to a monitor 24-7. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)SANTA FE — Just weeks after saying goodbye, the family of Amariz Cortez is still coming to terms with a medical saga they never expected.Amariz Cortez, who was 10 years old when she died May 12, was diagnosed in 2017 with Rett syndrome, a rare genetic neurological disorder that, as th
  
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• Stock market today: Asian stocks follow Wall St up after strong US jobs report

  05-06-2023 06:44
  
  BEIJING (AP) -- Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Monday after strong U.S. hiring data coupled with scant wage gains suggested a possible recession might be further away, but also that inflationary pressures are weakening.
  Tokyo's benchmark gained almost 2%. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul also rose.Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index leaped 1.5% on Friday, putting it on the verge of entering what traders call a "bull market" after rising nearly 20% in seven months.
  Government dat
  
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• New Mexico contingent strong for JOs in Texas

  05-06-2023 06:17
  
  Las Cruces' Joscelyn Olayo-Munoz, who has won multiple national amateur boxing titles, will seek another this week in Lubbock, Texas.
  Courtesy of Joscelyn Olayo-Munoz/Danny MelendrezThe population of Lubbock, Texas has taken a major uptick the past few days as more than 1,100 amateur boxers - plus coaches, parents, et al - have come to the Llano Estacado for USA Boxing's National Junior Olympics and Summer Festival.New Mexico is well represented.According to the USA Boxing website, 21 New Mexic
  
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• Meateor Burgers to close at end of June

  05-06-2023 05:20
  
  From left, Danielle Lamphier, Chris Wetterlund and Alex Lamphier. Wetterlund and Alex Lamphier co-own Meateor Burgers, which will close at the end of the month. (Courtesy of Danielle Lamphier)When Alex Lamphier and Chris Wetterlund opened Meateor Burgers in October 2020, they had one goal: making the simple things delicious. The menu had just six items: four burgers, a rotating burger of the month, and fries."We were just trying to keep it simple and straightforward and produce a really good bu
  
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• Hey MVD, where’s my license plate sticker?

  05-06-2023 05:13
  
  IS MY STICKER IS IN THE MAIL?I had this question recently after renewing my vehicle registration online.I realized I had not received the license-plate sticker over the Memorial Day weekend, and I remembered the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division had emailed me a temporary registration, complete with the instruction if "you have not received your registration in the mail within 15 business days, please click the contact us link at mvd.newmexico.gov or call at (888) 683-4636."So I did both, plus c
  
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• The beautiful and acrobatic ash-throated flycatcher prefers shade

  05-06-2023 05:07
  
  The beautiful and acrobatic Ash-throated Flycatchers have a pale lemon colored belly, a cinnamon tail with dark tips, grey wing bars and small, brown, narrow beaks.
  
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• ‘Fashion’s for everyone’: New men’s clothing boutique opens in Old Town

  05-06-2023 04:38
  
  A display of clothes and accessories at Above Snakes. (Courtesy of Adrift a Dream Photography)Throughout a decade working for the tech industry, Nadia Mousleh traveled to cities large and small around the U.S. There was one constant between them — while there were always a plethora of women's clothing boutiques, there was another untapped market."There's no men's boutiques — ever!" Mousleh exclaimed.Mousleh wanted to change that in Albuquerque with her new shop, Above Snakes, at 414
  
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• Plant-peddling bus puts down roots in Old Town

  05-06-2023 04:17
  
  Viva la Plant Shop owners Matt Vinson and Iris Valenzuela, along with their dog Roxy, hang out outside their shop in Old Town (Jon Austria/ Albuquerque Journal)Visitors to the Rail Yards Market might be familiar with a pastel blue bus with colorful plant paintings. The ceiling is covered with faux foliage, and real plants are tucked into every nook and cranny of the vehicle. A chihuahua with cockeyed ears named Roxy is a frequent rider.The motto of Viva la Plant Bus is "buenas vibras" — o
  
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• Police searching for suspect in woman’s slaying

  05-06-2023 02:46
  
  Albuquerque police are searching for a man who they said killed his ex-girlfriend this weekend.Police said they responded to the home of Julian Falero, 20, at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday because he was reportedly holding his ex-girlfriend against her will. He lived on the 200 block of San Clemente NW in the North Valley.Police said in a news release that when officers arrived on scene a suspect, believed to be Falero, fired a weapon. A woman was found deceased at the residence with at least on gunshot w
  
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• APD: Three killed at house party

  05-06-2023 02:35
  
  Three people were killed at a home during a party on the 4400 block of Hilton NE early Sunday. (Ryan Boetel/Albuquerque Journal)Three young adults were killed and a girl was injured at a shooting during a party in northeast Albuquerque early Sunday morning.It took place at a home on the 4400 block of Hilton NE shortly after midnight on Sunday, said Gilbert Gallegos, a police spokesman. Two 18-year-old men and a 20-year-old man were killed, and a 17-year-old girl was injured.Dozens of shots were
  
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