The United States is housing or prepared to house Afghan nationals fleeing their country at seven military bases in America, military officials announced Friday. Four bases had already been tapped to temporarily provide shelter for refugees: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, Fort Lee in Virginia, Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, and Fort Bliss in Texas. The…
US Taps Three More Military Bases to House Afghan Refugees, Expands Upper Limit to 50,000
August 27, 2021
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Hatch Chile Fever
“First I turn the heat way up. Then I dial it back down.” Hoisting a 40-pound burlap sack of green chiles into the gas-fired roaster at Chile Fanatic in Hatch, New Mexico, Jesus Soto explained how he prepares the surrounding valley’s famous peppers. The flames roared; chiles tumbled in the rotating wire cage; the thick,…
13-Year-Old New Mexico School Shooting Suspect to Remain in Custody
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—A 13-year-old New Mexico boy accused of shooting and killing a classmate will remain in custody pending trial. A Children’s Court judge agreed with prosecutors during a virtual hearing Tuesday and ordered the boy to remain at the Bernalillo County Youth Services Center. The boy is charged with an open count of murder and…
New Mexico Sets New Mask Mandate, COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements
New Mexico is reinstating a statewide mask mandate for almost all public indoor spaces, regardless of vaccination status, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.) announced on Tuesday. The new rule, issued by Acting Health Secretary David R. Scrase, applies to everyone in the state aged 2 and older. Masks have to be worn in all indoor public settings—except when…
1 Dies in New Mexico School Shooting; Student Detained
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—One student was killed and another was taken into custody Friday after a shooting at a middle school near downtown Albuquerque during the lunch hour, police said. The gunfire at Washington Middle School marked the second shooting in New Mexico’s largest city in less than 24 hours. Albuquerque is on pace to shatter its…
1 Killed in New Mexico School Shooting; Student Detained
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—One student was killed and another was taken into custody Friday after a shooting at a middle school near downtown Albuquerque during the lunch hour, police said. The gunfire at Washington Middle School marked the second shooting in New Mexico’s largest city in less than 24 hours. Albuquerque is on pace to shatter its…
Rural New Mexico School Board Suspended for Rejecting COVID-19 Guidelines
The board of a rural school district in New Mexico, which voted to continue rejecting the state’s COVID-19 policy guidelines for its schools in the upcoming fall semester, has been suspended by the state’s education department. “The NM PED [Public Education Department] today suspended the 5-member Floyd Municipal Schools board for twice voting to disregard…
New Mexico House Democrat Resigns Amid Criminal Probe Into Racketeering, Money-Laundering
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Bob Odenkirk Says He Had a Small Heart Attack, Will Be Back
ALBUQUERQUE—“Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk said Friday that he “had a small heart attack” but will “be back soon.” The 58-year-old actor took to Twitter to make his first public statement since collapsing on the show’s Albuquerque, New Mexico, set on Tuesday. “Hi. It’s Bob,” Odenkirk tweeted. “Thank you. To my family and friends…
New Mexico House Majority Leader Under Criminal Investigation, Racketeering, Money Laundering
New Mexico House Majority Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton, a Democrat, is under criminal investigation by the Attorney General’s Office on allegations of racketeering, money laundering, receiving illegal kickbacks, and other violations, officials said this week. Investigators from the Attorney General’s Office searched Stapleton’s Albuquerque office on Tuesday and her home on Wednesday, according to arrest warrants. They…
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