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Thousands expected to flock to New Mexico atomic bomb test site amid ‘Oppenheimer' fanfare
Trinity Site is usually closed to the public because of its proximity to the impact zone for missiles fired at White Sands Missile Range. But twice a year the site opens to spectators.
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Albuquerque hot air balloon lands in neighbor's backyard
The balloon was part of the annual Albuquerque Balloon Festival.
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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta brings colorful displays to New Mexico sky
The fiesta, with more than 500 balloons filling the sky, has morphed into one of the most photographed events in the world.
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More than 500 balloons fill the sky for Albuquerque annual festival
Hundreds of thousands of visitors stop by every year for the 9-day international balloon festival in New Mexico.
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Los Alamos is buzzing with activity as US gov't modernizes its nuclear arsenal
Los Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government’s top-secret Manhattan Project.
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North America's largest and rarest tortoise species finds new home in New Mexico
Dozens of people gathered for the release Friday of 20 more adult tortoises on the property, which is already home to 23 of them as well as dozens of juvenile ones
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Wandering bull moose captured in downtown Santa Fe and moved to habitat in northern New Mexico
Authorities say a wandering bull moose was captured in downtown Santa Fe on Tuesday and relocated to a suitable habitat in northern New Mexico.
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Bull moose captured in downtown Santa Fe
Officers relocated a bull moose that had wandered into downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico, in one of the southernmost sightings of a moose in the state.
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New Mexico governor suspends right to carry firearms in Albuquerque, sparking legal fight
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque has drawn an immediate court challenge Saturday from a gun-rights group.
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Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico ranch is sold for an undisclosed price to a newly registered company
An attorney for Epstein’s estate, Daniel Weiner, confirmed Tuesday that the ranch had been sold for an undisclosed price, and the proceeds would be used to administer the estate and pay creditors.
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Virgin Galactic flies its first tourists to the edge of space
Virgin Galactic took its first space tourists on a long-delayed rocket ship ride, including a former British Olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean.
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Biden vows to compensate New Mexico residents sickened by nuclear weapons radiation after 1945 testing
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he’s open to granting assistance for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing, including in New Mexico, where the world’s first atomic bomb was tested in 1945.
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Father, 14-year-old son charged after teen allegedly uses dad's gun to kill girl in New Mexico
A father and his 14-year-old son were charged after the teen allegedly used his dad’s gun to kill a girl in New Mexico on Friday, according to the New Mexico Department of Public Safety.
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US Forest Service burn started wildfire that nearly reached Los Alamos, New Mexico, agency says
The U.S. Forest Service says its own prescribed burn started a 2022 wildfire that nearly reached Los Alamos, New Mexico.
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In a nod to Oppenheimer's legacy, US officials vow to prioritize cleanup at nuclear lab
The price tag for cleaning up waste from the once top-secret Manhattan Project and subsequent Cold War-era nuclear research at Los Alamos National Laboratory has more than doubled in the last seven years.
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A new HIV case has been linked to vampire facials at a New Mexico beauty spa
Former clients of a beauty spa in New Mexico are being urged to get tested for blood-borne infections after a new HIV case was linked to “vampire facials” at the spa.
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A man was fatally shot in a New Mexico movie theater over a seat dispute
An argument over seating at an Albuquerque movie theater escalated into a shooting that left a man dead and sent frightened filmgoers scrambling to flee, police said Monday.
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Three Dead and Several Injured After Shooting at Biker Rally in New Mexico Resort Town
Red River Mayor Linda Calhoun said in a video posted on Facebook that the shooting around 5 p.m. resulted in three fatalities and five victims were transported to hospitals in Denver, Albuquerque and nearby Taos.
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New Mexico Gunman Who Killed 3 Roamed Street and ‘Randomly Fired' at Cars and Houses, Police Say
The police chief of Farmington, New Mexico says it appears an 18-year-old man who shot and killed three people and wounded six others fired at random as he roamed the neighborhood.
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At Least 3 Dead in New Mexico Shooting
Multiple people were injured, according to police.