Jan. 5—Northern New Mexico’s “parade of winter storms” — so dubbed by the National Weather Service in a briefing earlier this week — will likely march on through the weekend. As a storm moves southeast from the Gulf of Alaska, residents can expect more snow and freezing temperatures Sunday and Monday, with near-blizzard conditions in […]
A Boise, Idaho, man was shot and injured by Oregon police during a traffic stop earlier this week. Baker City District Attorney Greg Baxter told the Idaho Statesman that Justin Burkeen is receiving treatment for multiple gunshot wounds at a Boise-area hospital after two Baker City police officers shot him. The 30-year-old hasn’t been charged […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued an executive order Friday that will ban all gender-affirming surgeries for minors. The Republican also announced new administrative rules for transgender youth and adults seeking care in the state. DeWine’s order comes a week after he vetoed House Bill 68, which would have banned all gender-affirming care for minors, including […]
Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed a decree that will facilitate granting Russian citizenship to deported Ukrainian children, which, in turn, will allow for adopting them as Russians and changing their identity, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Jan. 5. The Ukrainian authorities have identified over 19,000 Ukrainian children who have been illegally deported to Russia since […]
NASA and Lockheed Martin are finally ready to unveil the new X-59 Quesst, a supersonic jet designed to break the sound barrier without creating a thunderous sonic boom. The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (Quesst) jet has been under construction at Lockheed Martin’s “Skunk Works” facility in Palmdale, California since 2019. The experimental X-59 Quesst is […]
Jan. 5—The Empty Stocking Fund is a long-standing project of The New Mexican. Each year, hundreds of people receive aid from the fund during the holiday season to help cover rent payments, medical bills, utility costs, car repairs, home improvements and other needs. Who it helps: Applicants, who must live within 50 miles of Santa […]
Rishi Sunak had significant doubts about sending migrants to Rwanda when he was chancellor, papers seen by the BBC suggest. They suggest he wanted to scale back No 10’s original plans. They also indicate Mr Sunak was not sure they would stop Channel crossings. They also suggest he was reluctant to fund reception centres to […]
The famous Roddenberry family is headed to the final frontier. The DNA of “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and his wife, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, as well as that of their son, Rod, is set to launch Jan. 8, on the debut liftoff of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket. The main goals of the flight are […]
An 11-member committee of local leaders announced its recommendations for an advanced nuclear power plant in Pueblo during a Jan. 5 press conference at Colorado State University Pueblo. The Pueblo Innovative Energy Solutions Advisory Committee (PIESAC) was established by Xcel Energy to solicit recommendations for clean energy generation following Xcel’s planned closure of the coal-fired […]
As the moon makes its monthly circuit around the sky it often passes in front of stars, blotting them out for as much as an hour or so. Such an event is called an occultation (derived from the Latin word occultāre, which means “to conceal.”), and it can be a startling spectacle, especially if the […]
As authorities and journalists scrambled to uncover information about the shooter who opened fire at an Iowa school on Thursday, far-right figures zeroed in on the likelihood that the assailant was LGBTQ and once again suggested that queer people are more likely to pose a danger to others. Early Thursday morning, a 17-year-old student at […]
New research is focusing on the sulfuric-acid clouds of Venus as a potential abode for life. The new Venus study calls for the start of a new branch of astrobiology and a new branch of organic chemistry. “The search for signs of life beyond Earth is a motivator in modern-day planetary exploration, but life on […]