Bernalillo County commissioners unanimously declared a fentanyl-related state of emergency, expanding the county manager’s powers, unlocking previously unavailable funds, and requesting state assistance in response to overdose deaths.
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Yemen’s former prime minister argues that Taiz’s fate affects Western security, warning that a Houthi breakthrough could jeopardize the Bab al-Mandab strait, the route to Aden, and expose a drone-enabled form of radical terrorism.
IEEE describes new Smart Cities Technical Community services aimed at helping municipalities coordinate standards, share lessons, and engage engineers and residents as smart-city projects expand amid privacy, safety, trust, governance, and uneven-success challenges.
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Kiwanic Club At the Kiwanis October 6 meeting, Los Alamos County Emergency Management Coordinator Lance Fresquez of the Los Alamos Community Preparedness Team (LACPT) gave a presentation on the program’s purpose, structure, training, and goals. The purpose of the program is to prepare local interested volunteer residents to help with outreach on preparedness […]
Los Angeles fire survivors are set to lose case managers early as a California-FEMA dispute continues, adding another obstacle for communities still recovering and awaiting billions in additional federal aid.
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Mansour Abbas, a dentist-turned-lawmaker, helped oust Benjamin Netanyahu once before. Now, he and a Jewish ex-police commander have teamed up to try to do it again.
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Courtesy LANL LANL NEWS RELEASE Over the weekend, a large piece of equipment will be transported to Los Alamos National Laboratory, potentially causing brief traffic delays. A 360-foot-long road train carrying a 63- foot-long, nearly 227-ton rotor will travel through Santa Fe from Old Las […]
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A coalition of New Mexico and western conservation groups this week filed a formal protest against the federal land agency over proposed drilling plans in the Carlsbad area. The plan, the groups contend, violates federal law and disregards the environmental impact it will have on the land, climate and surrounding population.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A local nonprofit had people out hiking Saturday morning to help end hunger. The event is part of the organization's two-month-long fundraising campaign to help people have better food security in the Albuquerque metro area. [...]
Courtesy photo CORO DE CAMARA NEWS RELEASE Coro de Cámara returns this fall for its 38th season of delighting Northern New Mexico audiences with enchanting choral music. On October 24 and 25 at 4:00 p.m., the chamber chorus […]
For as long as nuclear-armed, intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles have existed, strategists and engineers have pursued a seductive idea: a shield effective enough to diminish — or even block — a ballistic missile attack.
In June 2026, I visited Khartoum, my hometown, for the first time since the war broke out in Sudan in April 2023. But the growing drone warfare that is spreading over Sudan threatens the return of hopeful Sudanese
China says it will restrict technology exports, including AI, on national-security grounds, even as U.S.-China talks show progress on AI safety, governance, and a notification mechanism for AI incidents that could threaten national security.
In the final part of our series on the country, Poles tell how wages have soared – along with the cost of living Will military spending help or hinder Poland’s growth story? For some, the Soviet-era Palace of Culture and Science is a drunk confectioner’s nightmare; standing as a relic of oppression that should have been demolished.
David Shoebridge says 47-page document not ‘made by, used by, or seen by’ his office as matter referred to parliamentary standards commission Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Greens leader David Shoebridge has denied knowledge of the existence of an alleged crisis management document on how to deal with allegations against Jordon Steele-John being made public.
According to the most recent Parochial Report published this week by The Episcopal Church, a full half of congregations had an average Sunday attendance of 50 or fewer in 2025. One such program, which focuses specifically on serving the needs of dioceses with rural congregations, is the Iona Collaborative at the Seminary of the Southwest.
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The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) Governing Board convened for the 2026 Christian Unity Gathering, held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oct. 12-16 to discuss pressing concerns facing churches, communities and public life in the United States and around the world.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday evening, Trump said “The Iran war will end very soon. It’s going to end very soon, as soon as I want it to end, it’ll end.” He added that Iran would “never have a nuclear weapon” and that oil prices would “drop like a rock”.
At various times over the last decade, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Britain and Israel have carried out punishing air raids on the rebels — only to see them grow even stronger.
21-year-old was treated on field after injury during game Coach pays tribute to player’s ‘quiet strength’ Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma announced on Thursday that sophomore safety Tyler Ulrich has died five days after sustaining what the school called a “traumatic injury” during a game against Ouachita Baptist.
Why do great ideas and works of art sometimes get forgotten? These are among the questions explored by musician, writer and visual artist David Byrne in his new book, "Sleeping Beauties." Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown recently joined him in Brooklyn for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief secures second place, while Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe rounds out podium dominated by men Cloudstreet, Tim Winton’s sprawling Australian family epic, has been voted Australia’s favourite book in a poll run by ABC Radio National. The broadcaster announced over the weekend the results of a nationwide poll to determine a list of readers’ top 100 Australian books.
For more than three decades, Michael Gove has been a leading figure in British Conservatism. In the latest episode of Radical Thinking, Gove joins Aditya Chakrabortty to discuss the future of the right, his record on Brexit and austerity, and the Spectator’s position on Islam Watch the full episode with Michael Gove here .
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A look back at what we were talking about around this time in previous years: One year ago… my office is obsessed with Taylor Swift my religious family disapproves of my socializing with male colleagues worker stunk up client’s bathroom, then billed her for it Two years ago… my coworker insisted on inviting her sister […]
We’ve heard many stories here over the years of family members involving themselves in a loved one’s job when they shouldn’t — the dad who called to ensure his son’s company had “properly briefed” him on his work travel, the husband who kept calling to complain about his wife’s evaluation, the mom who showed up […]
MIT Technology Review explains that uprating existing U.S. nuclear plants can add zero-emissions power for AI-driven demand faster than new reactors, but likely only three to eight gigawatts nationally—far short of projected data-center growth—and at high capital cost.
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But gigawatts of power are already available for the taking across the U.S. economy in the form of wasted energy from an unexpected source: motors. For one, slashing motors’ power use would free up grid capacity for large electricity users like data centers and electric vehicles, they argue.
An “extremely reliable” informant told authorities about the missing murder weapon, according to newly unsealed records. The informant’s brother told The Times his sibling was at the crime scene.
A girl called Àìná was captured by an African king and later taken to England to become Sarah Forbes Bonetta, protege of the imperial monarch When she was seven years old, Bayo Randle’s great-great-grandmother Sarah Forbes Bonetta was presented to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle as a “diplomatic gift” from an African king.