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☆ Courts Shield Healthcare Staff From Medical Neglect Claims in US Prisons
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-24 | by ( Hannah Beckler | Nicole Einbinder | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +49 min

AdvertisementTogether, the claims describe a US prison medical culture defined by a gross disregard for human life. In dozens of cases in BI's sample, incarcerated people said they were denied emergency medical treatment by corrections officers or medical staff despite obvious medical distress. But according to his complaint and internal grievance files, the prison medical staff denied Kirk's request to be seen at a hospital. In at least a dozen cases BI examined, outside medical authorities, such as hospital doctors, testified that the medical treatment prisoners received was substandard. As Mann's abdominal pain continued over the next two years, according to medical records, prison medical staff ordered X-rays and lab work but did not conduct a thorough oncological screening.

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☆ Invisible and unaccounted for: Why some migrant deaths on the border aren't recorded
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Albinson Linares | Albinson Linares Is A Reporter For Noticias Telemundo Based In Mexico City. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

Oscar Andrade says every day is an opportunity to rescue migrants in the Arizona desert, where temperatures exceeded 110 degrees Fahrenheit this year. For Andrade, the number of sets of migrant remains is a cause for worry. According to the researchers’ data, the largest discrepancies in numbers occurred in 2021 and 2020, when Pima County recorded 225 and 206 migrant deaths, respectively, compared with Border Patrol data, which totaled 78 and 43. Border Patrol changes and their impactMartinez and his team of researchers noted that the discrepancies in the numbers of migrant deaths between coroners' offices and Border Patrol began to increase in 2013 and have not stopped growing. Under a border security initiative that ended in 2012, Border Patrol was responsible for trying to find as many deaths as possible in border counties.

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☆ Goldman says this under-the-radar energy stock has 40% upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Pia Singh | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Permian Resources is primed for strong gains ahead, according to Goldman Sachs. Analyst Neil Mehta initiated coverage on the energy company with a buy rating and 12-month price target of $19, which suggests about 40.6% upside. This year, the stock has lost roughly 1% this year and about 16.7% this quarter amid a rough quarter for the broader energy sector. Permian Resources produces oil and natural gas primarily from the Permian Basin, which is the highest-producing oilfield in the U.S. located in West Texas and southern New Mexico. "We are recommending PR as the stock carries several fundamental elements that position it to outperform peers," Mehta said in a Sunday note to clients.

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☆ Lightning Is Blamed for Deadly New Mexico Fire
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Alexandra E. Petri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Lightning sparked the larger of the two wildfires that have scorched southern New Mexico, leaving at least two people dead, destroying 1,400 structures and ravaging more than 25,000 acres, the authorities said on Wednesday. The blaze, known as the South Fork fire, began June 17 amid sweltering temperatures and was 87 percent contained on Wednesday evening, the Bureau of Indian Affairs said in a news release. “The identification of the point of origin and all evidence and data support lightning as the cause of the fire,” the agency said in a statement. “Human activity and factors did not contribute to the cause.”On June 23, the F.B.I. said that it was offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the “person or persons responsible for starting” the South Fork fire and the Salt fire, the other major fire in New Mexico.

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☆ F.B.I. Offers Reward for Information About New Mexico Wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Alexandra E. Petri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering an award for information about two wildfires in southern New Mexico that left two people dead, prompted the evacuation of thousands and scorched more than 24,000 acres. The agency is offering up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the “person or persons responsible for starting the fires” near the village of Ruidoso, N.M, the agency said in a statement. asked for the public’s help in identifying what sparked the blazes. Margot Cravens, a spokeswoman for the F.B.I.’s field office in Albuquerque, declined to comment on Sunday evening but confirmed that the agency was assisting with the investigation. The South Fork and Salt fires began on June 17 amid sweltering temperatures and were still burning on Sunday evening.

Persons: Margot Cravens Organizations: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mescalero Apache, U.S . Forest Service Locations: New Mexico, Ruidoso, Albuquerque, U.S

CNN —Two fast-growing fires are tearing across a southern New Mexico tribal reservation and converging on a village “like a pair of tongs,” prompting thousands of residents to evacuate, officials say. An estimated 5,000 residents were ordered to evacuate the village area due to the approaching South Fork Fire, New Mexico Forestry spokesperson George Ducker told CNN. A second blaze, the Salt Fire, is also burning on tribal land south of Ruidoso and has scorched 2,000 acres. The South Fork Fire has burned more than 5,000 acres and is zero percent contained, according to an overnight update from the New Mexico Forestry Division. Both fires are acting like “a pair of tongs, and Ruidoso is in the middle,” Ducker said.

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They came from across the country to walk the halls of Congress and show lawmakers the human cost of the U.S. nuclear weapons program. They call themselves “downwinders” — a global community of people who lived near nuclear testing sites. In America, more than 100 nuclear devices were exploded in aboveground tests in New Mexico and Nevada between 1945 and 1962. The 1990 legislation has provided billions of dollars to people exposed to harmful radiation during U.S. nuclear tests or while mining uranium. A bill currently stalled in Congress would extend the law and expand compensation to nearly all Americans whose documented health struggles are linked to the nuclear weapons program.

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White Sands officials warned online that the wait to enter the gates could be as long as two hours. Visitors also are being warned to come prepared as Trinity Site is in a remote area with limited Wi-Fi and no cell service or restrooms. Scientists and military officials established a secret city in Los Alamos during the 1940s and tested their work at the Trinity Site some 200 miles (322 kilometers) away. While the lore surrounding the atomic bomb has become pop culture fodder, it was part of a painful reality for residents who lived downwind of Trinity Site. The notoriety from “Oppenheimer” has been embraced in Los Alamos, more than 200 miles (321 kilometers) north of the Tularosa Basin.

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☆ Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Los Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government's top-secret Manhattan Project. The mission calls for modernizing the arsenal with droves of new workers producing plutonium cores — key components for nuclear weapons. James Owen, the associate lab director for weapons engineering, has spent more than 25 years working in the nuclear weapons program. Alexandra Martinez, 40, grew up in nearby Chimayo and is the latest in her family to work at Los Alamos. The film put the spotlight on Los Alamos and its history, prompting more people to visit over the summer.

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Los Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government’s top-secret Manhattan Project. The community is facing growing pains again, 80 years later, as Los Alamos National Laboratory takes part in the nation's most ambitious nuclear weapons effort since World War II. The mission calls for modernizing the arsenal with droves of new workers producing plutonium cores — key components for nuclear weapons. Alexandra Martinez, 40, grew up in nearby Chimayo and is the latest in her family to work at Los Alamos. Some of the hand-written notes touch on the complicated legacy left by the creation of nuclear weapons.

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☆ New Mexico lawmakers were 'taken by surprise' by their governor's temporary gun-carrying ban in Albuquerque
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Most lawmakers from the state, all Democrats, carefully sought to distance themselves from the order. AdvertisementAdvertisement"We have to find all the legal pathways that we possibly can to curb gun violence in our communities," Vasquez told Insider. "The governor is taking action and starting a conversation about addressing the epidemic of gun violence in our communities. The order has drawn national media attention, with even some Democrats and gun control activists criticizing Lujan Grisham's efforts as unconstitutional. Two Republican state lawmakers have called for the governor's impeachment, an effort that's dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled legislature.

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☆ Opinion | What ‘Oppenheimer’ Doesn’t Tell You About the Trinity Test
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Tina Cordova | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

July is a hard month for a lot of us here in New Mexico, where thousands of people’s lives were upended by the test of the world’s first nuclear bomb. The people of New Mexico were the first human test subjects of the world’s most powerful weapon. The three-hour movie tells only part of the story of the Manhattan Project, which developed the bomb, and conducted the test code-named Trinity that day in July. It does not explore in any depth the costs of deciding to test the bomb in a place where my family and many others had lived for generations. The area of southern New Mexico where the Trinity test occurred was not, contrary to the popular account, an uninhabited, desolate expanse of land.

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Compounding the dangerous effects of the heat wave will be abnormally warm overnight temperatures that will provide little to no relief from the heat, the prediction center said. The heat wave is expected to get worse before it gets better, with no relief in sight before early next week. In the meantime, more than 90 record high temperatures could be broken this week from Texas to Missouri to Florida. The state has been experiencing the heat wave for more than two weeks. Eric Gay/APTemperature records already brokenThe intensifying heat wave has already brought record-breaking temperatures to Texas.

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☆ For a Chile Con Queso Like No Other, Head to Southern New Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Maggie Hennessy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Martinez, Ms. Martinez’s son and a fourth-generation manager with his brother Michael Martinez, said he feels as duty bound to safeguard his grandmother’s recipe, as he does Chope’s thick-battered chiles rellenos and sturdy enchiladas. “Do you know what sazón means?” Mr. Martinez said. “Sazón means, like, the culture, the tradition, and the style of cooking all come together and create the flavor. That’s kind of what it means; that’s why it tastes so good.”An El Paso native, the chef John Lewis grew up eating at Chope’s, a straight shot up Interstate 10, every other Saturday. “Chope’s version exactly translates to how it’s read: It’s chiles with cheese.” He has tinkered with the simple dish for years and now serves a version at his New Mexican restaurant, Rancho Lewis, in Charleston, S.C.

☆ Lending to consumers has dropped as banks move quickly to further tighten credit standards after the failure of SVB, Fed survey says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Carla Mozée | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Dallas Fed survey in March showed a drop in total loan volume and a tightening of lending standards. Banking outlooks "continued to deteriorate," the regional Fed bank said. The Dallas Fed released its March survey this week. At the same time, a gauge of credit and lending standards indicated lenders such as banks and credit unions further tightened access to funding. Banking outlooks "continued to deteriorate" in March, the Dallas Fed said.

☆ The US oil and gas sector is stagnating as production slows amid low energy prices
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Wednesday Dallas Fed survey illustrated a slowdown in the US oil and gas sector to start 2023. Energy executives said oil production continued to increase but at a slower rate, the survey showed. "Growth in the oil and gas sector slowed to a crawl in the first quarter, as firms' faced increasing costs." "Our respondents also expressed a worsening view of the near-term outlook for the energy sector." March's financial tumult, starting with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, rattled the energy sector this month because it shifted broader economic outlooks, according to Gregory Brew, oil analyst at Eurasia Group.

Early voting turnout data suggests Latino voters were crucial in flipping the Republican district and electing Democratic Latino officials in the nation’s most heavily Hispanic state. Barreto has been tracking Latino voters' influence in contested races nationwide. While ballots are still being counted in New Mexico, Barreto estimates that 67% of all Latino registered voters in the 2nd Congressional District (about 134,100 Latino voters) participated in the 2022 midterm election. Democratic Rep. Melanie Stansbury comfortably prevailed against Michelle Garcia Holmes, a Republican Latina, to represent the state's 1st Congressional District. Follow NBC Latino on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Rep. Yvette Herrell was defeated by Democrat Gabriel Vasquez in New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District. The 2nd District encompasses western portions of of Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico. Republican New Mexico Rep. Yvette Herrell lost her bid for reelection against Democrat Gabriel Vasquez in New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District. 2022 General EmbedsNew Mexico's 2nd Congressional District candidatesHerrell, a Cherokee, joined the ranks of the very few Native Americans in Congress following her victory in 2020. Voting history for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional DistrictNew Mexico's 2nd Congressional District encompasses the city of Las Cruces, the second largest city in the state, and western portions of Albuquerque, the largest.

☆ The Day the Sun Rose Twice: A Tour of Atomic New Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Nina Burleigh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

About an hour southeast of the Trinity Site, I reached Three Rivers Petroglyph site, the largest rock art site in the Southwest. Around 600 years ago, the Jornada Mogollon people etched 21,000 images of flora and fauna, people and crypto-beasts into the basaltic rubble along the foothills of the Sacramento. Alamogordo is 15 minutes east of the White Sands National Park, 275 square miles of gypsum dunes that form one of the world’s most breathtaking natural wonders. The park is open to camping and hiking for a $25 fee. After a breakfast of Hatch green chile eggs (a word to the wise: pack the Pepcid), I drove an hour west on U.S. 70 to the White Sands Missile Range Museum, just inside the gate to White Sands Missile Range.

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☆ Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell faces off against Democrat Gabriel Vasquez in New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Yvette Herrell is running against Democrat Gabriel Vasquez in New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District. The 2nd District encompasses western portions of of Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico. New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District candidatesHerrell, a Cherokee, joined the ranks of the very few Native Americans in Congress following her victory in 2020. The 58-year-old New Mexico native ran for the seat in 2018, but was narrowly defeated by her opponent, Democratic attorney and former Rep. Xochitl Torres Small. Voting history for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional DistrictNew Mexico's 2nd Congressional District encompasses the city of Las Cruces, the second largest city in the state, and western portions of Albuquerque, the largest.

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