Around the Region – Albuquerque Journal

Around the Region – Albuquerque Journal

The weapons expert in the Alec Baldwin case was hungover on set, prosecutors say

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer was drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the filming...

Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 at 9:12PM
Updated: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 at 7:21AM

Drug deal likely sparked Denver mass shooting after Nuggets' NBA win, police say

DENVER (AP) -- A shooting in downtown Denver amid fans celebrating the Nuggets' first NBA championship win was likely sparked by a drug deal gone wrong, police said Tuesday. The...

Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 at 7:52AM
Updated: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 at 10:10PM

DeSantis recruiters eyed Catholic church for migrant flights that bishop calls 'reprehensible'

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' recruiters set their sights on Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the Texas border city of El Paso in search of asylum-seekers they...

Published: Friday, June 9th, 2023 at 6:25AM
Updated: Friday, June 9th, 2023 at 6:25AM

Colorado's most destructive wildfire caused by embers from old fire, sparks from power line

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Embers from a smoldering scrap wood fire set days earlier outside a home used by a Christian religious communal group along with a sparking power line...

Published: Thursday, June 8th, 2023 at 11:01AM
Updated: Friday, June 9th, 2023 at 12:23AM

Thousands of New Mexicans will have driver's licenses reinstated under new law

State officials confirmed about 308,000 licenses that are currently suspended will be affected,

Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 at 5:31PM

Florida official says migrants flown to California went willingly, disputes claims of coercion

Asylum-seekers, mostly from Colombia and Venezuela, had been picked up in El Paso, Texas, taken to New Mexico and then put on charter flights to California's capital of Sacramento. The flights were coordinated by Florida.

Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 at 5:35PM
Updated: Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 at 8:17PM

US House panel investigates ties between US Interior secretary, environmentalists

Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources are raising concerns about ties between Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and an Indigenous group from her home state that advocates for halting oil and gas production on public lands.

Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 at 6:57PM

Border Patrol wouldn't review the medical file of a girl with a heart condition before she died

HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) -- Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood disorder before she appeared to...

Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 at 6:21AM
Updated: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 at 8:03AM

Revised DACA program again debated before Texas judge who previously ruled against it

HOUSTON (AP) -- A federal judge did not make an immediate decision Thursday on the fate of a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds...

Published: Thursday, June 1st, 2023 at 3:38PM
Updated: Thursday, June 1st, 2023 at 5:21PM

Dog attack victim died from blood loss

May 30--TUCUMCARI -- A jogger encountered the pack of five dogs shortly before they fatally mauled a Tucumcari man in February, and two men approached the bloody scene when the...

Thursday, June 1st, 2023 at 6:23AM