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ven when confronted with the chilling case of a robber who’s gotten away with murder, the New Mexico Senate did nothing last winter.

The new year offers these same slow-moving, disorganized politicians a chance at redemption. They make the laws and, on occasion, they need to rewrite an inadequate statute to stave off more injustices.

Here’s the backstory, starting with an awkward overview from Judge Zachary Ives of the New Mexico Court of Appeals: “This case involves an attempted robbery gone horribly

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Does a robbery ever go well for the victim?

The case Ives introduced ended the life of Tyler Lackey, a 24-year-old Army veteran who

served as a combat medic.

Back home in Albuquerque, Lackey and a buddy went out to dinner. In need of money to tip the server, they drove to a cash machine.

Matthew Chavez had parked his car near the ATM. Chavez’s girlfriend, Veronica Trimble, would testify Chavez wanted to rob a nearby restaurant.

Chavez waited in the car while Trimble staked out the establishment. Its customers included children, and Trimble said she worried someone Please see story on Page A-7

Fighting to feed the demand Local food banks: Shrinking federal benefits, high costs combined to create food insecurity surge in 2023

N.M.’s billions aren’t helping slash poverty Some say ‘generous benefit’ programs like Medicaid and SNAP may be keeping people ‘shackled’ to being poor for generations

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Despite investing billions of dollars in income support programs such as food stamps and Medicaid, New Mexico hasn’t moved the needle on poverty rates, consistently ranking among the poorest states in the nation.

A recent report by the Legislative Finance Committee found New Mexico spent more than $10.1 billion of state and federal funds in fiscal year 2023 on programs to subsidize low wages and support people who were unemployed, a $2.6 billion increase over fiscal year 2019.

“Over the same time, poverty levels have remained stubbornly high with poverty rates staying around 18%,” the report states. “In 2022, New Mexico had the highest poverty rate in the nation at 17.6%.”

LFC program evaluator Sarah Dinces told lawmakers last month income support programs, including Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, provide “immediate benefit” to people in or near poverty.

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Amid wars, flood of migrants at border, Biden’s off to a villa

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Beezy Bing, an 18-year volunteer at Bienvenidos Outreach, helps sort fresh fruit into different boxes to be distributed to community members in need Wednesday at the food bank on Fifth Street. During the holiday season, many local food banks see a spike in demand for their services, as gift-buying saps savings and travelers bring more mouths to feed. “It goes really fast,” said Susan Tarver, the organization’s executive director.

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We have such a commitment to providing really nutritious food.”

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n the back room of Bienvenidos Outreach on a recent morning, food stretched toward the ceiling, stacked on shelves and in black milk crates well above head-height.

The rush of nonperishable goods — from clam juice to yellow mustard, masa flour to cooking oil, refried beans to coffee beans — are destined for the Santa Fe food pantry’s clients.

But the shelves are only full for now, said Susan Tarver, the organization’s executive director.

They’ll empty again soon.

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Jill Dixon, deputy director of The Food Depot but it can be gone in less than a month. It goes really fast,” Tarver said.

During the holiday season, many local food banks see a spike in demand for their services, as gift-buying saps savings and travelers bring more mouths to feed.

But in 2023, the holiday sting in November and December came after a uniquely challenging year, one in which shrinking federal benefits and inflated food costs

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combined to create a surge in food insecurity, said Jill Dixon, deputy director of Northern New Mexico food bank The Food Depot.

The past year has pushed local food banks closer to their limits, and Dixon, alongside food bank officials across New Mexico, is hoping state legislators will do something about it during the 2024 legislative session, which begins Jan. 16.

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as a food bank that there is a limit to how much we can do,” Dixon said. “The continued expansion of that perfect storm — seeing more and more people — is more than the charitable food system can sustain. We can’t continue to see the number of people in need increase exponentially forever.”

Beezy and Steve Bing have a system for packing food boxes for Bienvenidos Outreach’s clients, and it was on display Wednesday.

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ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands — As wars rage in the Gaza Strip and Ukraine, migrants stream illegally into the United States in record numbers and an intense 2024 campaign season looms, President Joe Biden is lying low.

Here on tropical St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Biden; the first lady, Jill Biden; and their granddaughter Natalie are spending New Year’s week in a secluded oceanfront villa overlooking the turquoise Caribbean, the president is staying mostly out of the spotlight.

On Saturday, Joe Biden made his first public appearance, venturing out to attend mass at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Christiansted, the largest town in St. Croix. He and Jill Biden later taped an interview with Ryan Seacrest, due to air on New Year’s Eve as part of ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest. In the evening, the president and first lady dined at Too Chez, one of the island’s top restaurants, and he afterward revealed his New Please see story on Page A-4

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At least 4 killed, 2 critically hurt when house explodes in Michigan DETROIT — Four people died and two others were injured Saturday in a house explosion that could be heard miles away, police said.

The explosion happened before 4 p.m. in Northfield Township, about 45 miles west of Detroit. The structure was destroyed, leaving only the basement, Northfield Township Police Lt. David Powell said Saturday.

The blast, which could be heard about 9 miles away, sent debris into the air that landed on both sides of a nearby highway. Neighboring homes were not damaged, Powell said.

Six people were in the home, with four fatalities discovered at the scene and the two surviving victims hospitalized in critical condition.

Authorities have not determined the cause of the explosion.

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N.Y. police sergeant, family found dead in apparent murder-suicide NEW YORK — A husband and wife and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, were found dead in a suburban New York home Saturday in what authorities described as a murder-suicide by a police sergeant.

Police officials said Watson Morgan, a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department, fatally shot his wife, Ornela Morgan, 43, and their sons before taking his own life.

The four bodies were discovered by police just after midnight Friday at the family’s home in New City, a suburb of New York City, after Morgan failed to show up for his evening shift at the Bronxville Police Department. All four had gunshot wounds, police said.

“At this phase in the investigation it is believed that Watson killed his wife and two children, prior to killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” the Clarkstown Police Department said.

Watson, 49, began his career with the New York Police Department in 2000 before joining the force in Bronxville, a village in Westchester County, seven years later, according to a department biography. He was promoted to sergeant in 2016.

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Marco Flores, 30, at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Mass., in September.

Flores has been incarcerated since he was 17 for killing his former neighbor and babysitter, who was accused of raping Flores for years.

As a teen, he killed abuser.

Now he faces deportation After serving sentence, man’s future uncertain as U.S. takes hard line

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BOSTON arco Flores was months away from finishing his prison sentence when an immigration agent showed up last spring at the maximum-security Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, west of Boston, and handed him a sheaf of papers.

The documents confirmed what he had long feared: Upon his release, the U.S. government planned to deport him to his native El Salvador — a place he had not seen since he was 6.

He has been incarcerated since he was 17. Now 30, he had hoped to start a new life when his sentence ended — as an electrical engineer, a husband and a father. But that day in May, he was forced to acknowledge his dreams had next to no chance of becoming reality.

His crime was violent: He killed his former neighbor and babysitter, Jaime Galdamez, 31, who was accused of raping Flores for years beginning when he was 9.

Flores pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in 2013, not understanding what it would mean for his immigration status.

Federal law prioritizes deporting people convicted of crimes, especially those found guilty of killing someone.

Still, he hoped given the circumstances that led him to kill Galdamez, a judge might allow him to stay.

His mother and brother both have legal residence in the United States.

His sister is a citizen and so is his wife, Diana Flores, a childhood friend who had begun writing him after his conviction, eventually leading to a wedding in the prison visiting room.

But at a time when the country has hardened its stance on immigration as record numbers of people cross the border illegally, convicted felons like Marco Flores stand little chance — no matter how much growth and remorse they demonstrate.

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Congo’s sitting president declared winner of delayed, disputed vote KINSHASA, Congo — The president of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, was declared the winner Sunday of the presidential vote in an election marred by severe logistical problems, protests and calls for its annulment from several opposition candidates.

Tshisekedi won more than 13 million votes, or 73% of the total ballots cast, said Denis Kadima, head of the country’s electoral commission.

Just over 18 million people, out of 44 million registered to vote, cast ballots, Kadima said. The provisional results will be sent to the nation’s constitutional court for confirmation.

The results of the election matter not only to Congo’s 100 million people, who are suffering after decades of conflict and poor governance, but also to Western countries that consider Congo a crucial part of their efforts to stem climate change and make a transition to green energy.

Congo produces 70% of the world’s cobalt, a key element in the electric vehicle industry, and has the world’s second-largest rainforest, which absorbs vast amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide.

Denmark’s queen to step down after over 50 years on throne Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, the longest-serving monarch in Europe, unexpectedly declared she would abdicate her throne after more than a half-century, announcing in her New Year’s speech on Sunday her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik, 55, would succeed her.

The 83-year-old Margrethe, the eldest of three daughters of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid, acceded to the throne after her father’s death in 1972 — and after Denmark made a constitutional change to allow female succession, allowing the king to pass over his brother for Margrethe, his eldest child.

Much of the queen’s popularity in Denmark has been tied to her personality and artistic streak. Even after she entered the line of succession at 13, she pursued her interest in art. Her illustrations were adapted for a The Lord of the Rings edition under a pseudonym, Ingahild Grathmer; the book’s publisher approached her after she sent copies to author J.R.R. Tolkien as fan mail in 1970.

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than a traffic infraction.

Among them are parents forced to leave their families behind and beloved community members with successful businesses.

Even the several million young immigrants known as “Dreamers,” who were brought to the United States illegally as small children and often have stellar records of achievement, still have no certain path to permanent residency.

And as record numbers of migrants cross the Southern border, a major political vulnerability for President Joe Biden going into the 2024 election, lawmakers in Washington are discussing proposals to increase deportations and make it harder to win asylum.

“There are millions of people around the world who desperately want to come here legally to contribute something of great value, people with extraordinary abilities, and they can’t do it because they’re waiting in a yearslong backlog,” said David J. Bier, associate director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C. Flores “forfeited his right to decide where he wants to live for the rest of his life,” added Bier, “when he took matters into his own hands.”

Other immigrants convicted of similar crimes have at times avoided deportation.

Solange Anestal, a Boston woman who served 17 years in prison for killing a man who had abused her, faced deportation to Haiti when she completed her sentence in 2020.

Terrified she would be targeted by criminals there, she persuaded a judge to let her stay, aided by a lawyer who took her case for free.

“It might sound sad or crazy,” she said in an interview, “but I would have chosen to stay in prison in America over being deported.” In September, a pair of lawyers agreed to take Flores’ case for free.

Flores’ sentence ended in late December, two years early because he earned time off for good behavior, his wife said.

He was immediately placed into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and sent to a detention center in New Hampshire.

He is still waiting for a new hearing date on his deportation.

Xi says China will ‘surely be reunified’ with Taiwan force if necessary.

“China will surely be reunified, and all Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should be bound by a common sense of purpose,” Xi said in his annual address, according to the official Xinhua

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BEIJING — During his televised New Year’s address, Chinese President Xi Jinping said China would “surely be reunified” with Taiwan, renewing Beijing’s threats to take over the self-ruled island the country considers its own.

Taiwan split from China amid civil war in 1949, but Beijing continues to regard the island of 23 million with its high-tech economy as Chinese territory and has been ramping up its threat to achieve reunification by military

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China has described Taiwan’s Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary

elections as a choice between war and peace. Beijing considers the presidential front-runner, William Lai, who currently serves as vice president from the ruling Democratic People’s Party, a “separatist” and has accused him and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen of trying to provoke a Chinese attack on the island.

On Saturday, Chen Binhua, spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, called Lai a “destroyer of peace” following a televised debate earlier that day in which Lai defended Taiwan’s

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very end-of-year working assumption is the same: Next year will be different.

This is the eternal optimism of business and the never-ending story of innovation. But this time it’s true, certainly when it comes to workplace technology. All sorts of incredible things will be possible at your desk (wherever your desk is), but it will come with a price: possibly the steepest learning curve in knowledge work since the word processor way back in the analog age of the 1970s.

ChatGPT’s arrival a year ago has captured the collective imagination with 100 million users per week, according to its creator, OpenAI. Workers got a taste of what it’s like to ask AI tools to write their emails and summarize documents for them, but in the year ahead these tools will only get more sophisticated and be able to respond to images, voice commands, and potentially carry out more complex tasks with limited human intervention. That has the potential to radically change the day-to-day experience of work.

But as Roy Bahat, head of Bloomberg Beta, which has invested in artificial intelligence since 2014, said at a recent conference, “it’s pretty confusing.” He’s adamant AI tools are a career necessity, telling me on my podcast “Just like when computers were first introduced, skills went on a resume. Saying today you are proficient in AI is a skill.”

Humans do learn how to use technology, and amazingly fast when you think about it. But AI brings a new turn on the tech wheel, and we have to learn it, too. Why? Because the impact of AI on how we work and the jobs we do is as revolutionary as the internet. According to research from McKinsey Global Institute, the earnings boost for some banks is as high as $340 billion, or a 9% to 15% increase in operating profits.

As Peter Miscovich, global future of work leader at real estate firm JLL put it: “Generative AI has risen to become an equal and increasing priority for global organizations in comparison to the enterprise priorities of hybrid working and providing flexible work environments.” But the corporate sector is on the same steep learning curve as you and me. JLL found in a recent survey while generative AI comes in third in a ranking of impact on their industry (clean energy solutions is No. 1), it ranks lowest for “level of knowledge.”

I sought the advice of Henry Coutinho-Mason, co-author of The Future Normal, to explain what’s what in the ever-expanding lexicon of AI. “The next frontier of interactive and query-able chatbots is going to be voice activated not text-led,” he said. “Either way, there are plenty of new things to get your head around such as the correct ‘prompt’ to give generational AI which will only be as good as the information it already stores and receives — just like Google search was back in the day.”

He also explained (patiently) chatbots are only part of the AI equation, albeit a big one. Did you know by this time next year you may have one of your own, an infinitely customized way of creating and using any information you choose in an app with your name or brand on it? Or, if you know how, it might take you only an afternoon to create your own personalized bot.

I’ve written about the importance of authenticity in the debates about generative AI, and “authentic” has been named by Merriam Webster as word of the year for 2023. I predict “immersive” may be a contender in the years to come.

I’m betting Bahat is right. We will get proficient at AI. And humans at work are not done yet.

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Israeli attacks kill 35 in Gaza

Moscow says targets were linked to ‘terrorist attack’ of previous day

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A Palestinian woman beside graves of people killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and buried on the Shifa Hospital grounds in Gaza City on Sunday.

and wounded more than 56,000 others, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza, which does not distinguish between civilian and combatant deaths.

The war has sparked a humanitarian crisis, with a quarter of Gaza residents facing starvation, according to the United Nations.

Israel’s bombardments have leveled vast swaths of the territory, displacing some 85% of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents.

Israel expanded its offensive to central Gaza last week, targeting a belt of densely built-up communities that house refugees from the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation and their descendants.

In the area of Zweida in central Gaza, an Israeli airstrike killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens of others, according to witnesses. The bodies were draped in white plastic and laid out in front of a hospital, where prayers were held before burial.

“They were innocent people,” said Hussein Siam, whose relatives were among the dead.

“Israeli warplanes bombarded the whole family.”

Officials from Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Deir al-Balah said the 13 were among 35 bodies received Sunday.

The Israeli military said it was battling militants in Khan Younis, where Israel believes Hamas leaders are hiding. It also said its forces operating in the urban Shati refugee camp, in northern Gaza, found a bomb in a kindergarten and defused it. Hamas continued to launch rockets toward southern Israel.

Israel has faced stiff resistance from Hamas since it began its ground offensive in late October, and the military says 172 soldiers have been killed during that time.

Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the chief military spokesman, said late Sunday that Israel was withdrawing some forces from Gaza as part of its “smart man-

agement” of the war. He did not say how many, and held out the possibility they would return at a later point in the war.

Israeli media said up to five brigades, numbering thousands of soldiers, would be withdrawn, but it was not immediately clear if that represented a normal troop rotation or a new phase in the fighting. Hagari also said some reservists would return to civilian life to bolster Israel’s wartime economy.

The fighting has pushed much of Gaza’s population south, where people have flooded shelters and tent camps near the border with Egypt. Hundreds of thousands have sought shelter in the central town of Deir al-Balah.

Israel has continued to carry out strikes in both areas.

On Sunday, Israel’s far-right finance minister said it should “encourage migration” from Gaza and re-establish Jewish settlements in the territory, where it withdrew settlers and soldiers in 2005.

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a fresh drone assault on Ukraine after promising strikes on the Russian border city of Belgorod that killed 24 people Saturday “would not go unpunished.”

The Ukrainian Air Force said Sunday it had shot down 21 of 49 drones launched by Russian forces overnight.

The retaliatory Russian attack wounded 28 people in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. A hotel, kindergarten, apartment buildings, shops and administrative buildings sustained damage, according to the regional prosecutor’s office.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had targeted “decision-making centers and military facilities” in Kharkiv.

The ministry said the hit on the Kharkiv Palace Hotel had “destroyed representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate and Ukrainian Armed Forces” involved in the “terrorist attack” in Belgorod.

Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said a British journalist was among the wounded, while public German broadcaster ZDF said Sunday one of its television crews had been in the hotel. A Ukrainian translator was hit by debris and seriously wounded, and one of the team’s security guards also was injured, ZDF said in a statement.

“This is another attack by Russia on the free press,” ZDF Editor-in-Chief Bettina Schausten said.

In the Kyiv region that surrounds Ukraine’s capital, a Russian drone attack caused a fire at a critical infrastructure facility, local officials said. They did not identify the nature of the facility.

Russian troops additionally shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Sunday, killing a 14-year-old boy and leaving a 9-year-old boy hospitalized in critical condition with a brain injury, according to regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin.

On Saturday, shelling in the center of Belgorod killed two dozen people, including three children. Another 108 people were wounded in the strike, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Sunday, making the attack one with the most casualties on Russian soil since the start of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine 22 months ago.

Russian authorities accused Ukraine of carrying out the attack, which took place the day after an 18-hour Russian aerial bombardment across Ukraine killed at least 41 civilians.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it identified the ammunition used in the strike as Czech-made Vampire rockets and Olkha missiles fitted with cluster-munition warheads.

It provided no additional information, and The Associated Press was unable to verify its claims.

“This crime will not go unpunished,” the ministry said in a statement on social media.

In an emergency Saturday night meeting of the U.N. Security Council demanded by Russia, envoy Vasily Nebenzya accused Kyiv of a “terrorist attack.” In comments carried by Russian state media, Nebenzya claimed Ukraine had launched “a deliberate act of terrorism directed against civilians.”

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U.S. says helicopters sank 3 Houthi boats in Red Sea

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U.S. military helicopters came under fire from Iranian-backed Houthi fighters in the Red Sea on Sunday morning and shot back, sinking three Houthi boats and killing those aboard, U.S. Central Command said.

The episode was a significant escalation in the Houthis’ attacks in the Red Sea, where they have launched dozens of missile and drone assaults against commercial ships in response to Israel’s war against another Iran-backed group, Hamas.

It was the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began the Yemen-based Houthis have been known to directly target U.S. forces, which have been deployed to the region to protect vessels transiting a crucial waterway for global shipping.

The clash occurred after a commercial container ship was attacked by Houthi fighters in small boats and issued a distress call, prompting U.S. Navy helicopters to respond, the U.S. military said.

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 35 people Sunday, hospital officials said, as fighting raged across the tiny enclave a day after Israel’s prime minister said the war will continue for “many more months,” resisting international calls for a ceasefire.

The military said Israeli forces were operating in Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Younis, and residents reported strikes in the central region, the latest focus of the nearly three-month air and ground war that has raised fears of a regional conflagration.

Also Sunday, an Israeli Cabinet minister suggested encouraging Gaza’s population to emigrate in remarks that could worsen tensions with Egypt and other friendly Arab states.

Israel says it wants to destroy Hamas’ governing and military capabilities in Gaza, from where it launched its Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. The militants killed some 1,200 people after breaking through Israel’s extensive border defenses, shattering its sense of security. They also captured around 240 hostages, nearly half of whom were released during a temporary cease-fire in November.

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weapons and small arms,” Central Command said in a statement on social media. “The U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire in self-defense, sinking three of the four small boats, and killing the crews.”

In recent months, U.S. forces have launched retaliatory attacks in Syria and Iraq against Iranbacked militias that have targeted U.S. troops, and the Pentagon has acknowledged militants were killed in at least one of those strikes. But the U.S. military has not struck directly at the Houthis in Yemen, where they control a large swath of the country’s north, wary of an escalation that could cause the war in Gaza to further inflame the Middle East.

In early December, the destroyer USS Carney shot down three drones during a sustained Houthi attack on commercial ships in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said. One of the drones was heading toward the Carney, though it was not clear at the time if the destroyer was the intended target.

The incident Sunday involved a container ship operated by the shipping giant Maersk that was transiting the southern Red Sea when it came under attack by Houthis, according to statements

by Central Command and by Maersk.

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8:30 p.m. Saturday, when it was about 55 nautical miles southwest of Hodeida, Yemen. The crew “observed a flash on the deck,” Maersk said in an emailed statement.

Two American vessels responded to the ship’s distress call, and one of them, the destroyer USS Gravely, “shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen toward the ships,” Central Command said on social media.

No injuries were reported, and Maersk said its vessel continued traveling north.

Sunday morning, four small boats piloted by Houthis attacked the Maersk ship, getting to within

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More tests may lie in wait for world’s oldest democracy 2024 election could cause all sorts of conflict, including scenarios that have not materialized despite widespread concern since 2020

By Nicholas Riccardi The Associated Press

PHOTOS BY HAIYUN JIANG/THE NEW YORK TIMES

ABOVE: President Joe Biden leaves after attending Mass at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, on Saturday. The president is enjoying a working vacation, a White House official said. BELOW: A motorcade carrying Biden on Saturday in Christiansted. The U.S. Virgin Islands are still working to recover from the hurricanes Irma and Maria

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Year’s resolution.

“To come back next year,” Joe Biden said.

Republicans have roundly criticized Biden’s island getaway, which began just a day after he returned to the White House from spending Christmas with family at Camp David.

Several lawmakers accused the president of failing to address the migrant surge along the southern U.S. border by taking time away.

And Thursday, when the White House announced in the morning that there would be no public events for Biden that day as temperatures hovered in the 80s on St. Croix, an arm of the Republican National Committee pounced.

“Illegal immigrants are pouring across the open southern border by the tens of thousands every day,” the group RNC Research wrote on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, adding that Biden, “on his second vacation in a week — called it a day before noon.”

Julian Zelizer, a historian at Princeton University, said that presidential vacations are virtually always denounced by the opposing party.

But even a commander in chief needs to unwind sometimes, Zelizer noted, and, in this day and age, no president is ever truly unplugged.

“It’s not as if the president takes a vacation like many of us and just sits around on the beach or something,” he said. “They go with their full presidential apparatus, and they’re surrounded by their advisers.”

A White House official described Biden’s trip as a working vacation. Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, accompanied the president to St. Croix and has briefed him multiple times since arriving, the official said, speaking on the con-

dition of anonymity to discuss the president’s schedule.

On Friday, Biden condemned Russia for launching what he called the largest aerial assault on Ukraine since the start of the war, and he issued a statement warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin “must be stopped.”

Asked Saturday if he planned to speak with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine after Russia’s latest attacks, Biden replied, “I speak to him regularly.”

He also called on Congress on Friday to approve national security funding for Ukraine and Israel, which has been tied to negotiations over border and immigration policies, and White House officials said the president was closely monitoring those talks, too.

Many St. Croix residents said that, even though Biden was staying largely out of the public eye this year, they appreciated that his visits have helped highlight the history of the island, which was once home to founding father Alexander Hamilton.

They described it as a quirky, warmhearted island where stray cats are well fed at five-star resorts. In Lin Manuel-Miranda’s musical Hamilton, St. Croix features only as the “forgotten spot in the Caribbean,” from which a

young Hamilton pulled himself out of poverty.

Biden’s visit is his second to St. Croix as president, but the Bidens have traveled there more than a dozen times over the years.

“He loves St. Croix, and we really love having him here,” said Leonore Gillette, a retired schoolteacher who has lived on the island for 45 years.

“We certainly appreciate the infusion of activity,” said Nadia Bougouneau, another longtime resident who works at the Buccaneer, a resort that was filled to capacity with Secret Service agents and members of the media traveling with Biden. The president played on the 18-hole golf course at the resort last year with his grandson Hunter.

Several people, including the governor of the Virgin Islands, fondly recalled Biden’s visits before he was president — and the Secret Service was not blocking miles of roads for security.

Back then, locals and tourists said they would run into him biking, jogging or picking up coffee at Ziggy’s, an island market and gas station on the east end.

“We feel like he’s a Virgin Islander,” Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. said.

“Before he was president, I

would be downtown at night and see him in a restaurant, and I’d be sitting with people and say, ‘That’s Joe Biden.’ And people would say, ‘No way,’ ” he recalled.

These days, the governor said, Biden’s visit gave him a chance to highlight some of the issues facing the U.S. Virgin Islands, which is heavily dependent on tourism and still working to recover from hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Bryan called the islands’ most serious challenge a requirement to match 10% of $15 billion in federal hurricane reconstruction aid. He said the money, and the ability of the Virgin Islands to repair its water systems and other major projects, could be jeopardized because the government cannot afford the $1.5 billion match. The Virgin Islands, home to about 87,000 people, has an annual budget of $1.2 billion.

Still, Bryan said, he does not view Biden’s New Year’s visit as the best time to make his case to the president.

“To be honest, I preferred it when he wasn’t president because he spent more time with me,” he joked, adding that this year, “I really try to stay away from him so he can get a chance to rest, because he’s going to need it to go into this election.”

Over the past three years, the world’s oldest democracy has been tested in ways not seen in decades.

A sitting president tried to overturn an election and his supporters stormed the Capitol to stop the winner from taking power. Supporters of that attack launched a campaign against local election offices, chasing out veteran administrators and pushing conservative states to pass new laws making it harder to vote.

At the same time, the past three years proved that American democracy was resilient.

Former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results failed, blocked by the constitutional system’s checks and balances, and he now faces both federal and state charges for those efforts.

Then the voters stepped in. In every presidential battleground state, they rejected all candidates who supported Trump’s stolen election lies and were running for statewide offices that had some oversight of elections.

The election infrastructure in the country performed well, with only scattered disruptions during the 2022 midterms. New voting laws, many of which are technical and incremental, had little discernable impact on actual voting.

“Voters have stepped up to defend our democracy over the past few years,” said Joanna Lydgate, chief executive officer of States United, which tracks those who refuse to believe in the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election. “State and local officials have done a tremendous job in protecting our free and fair elections.”

So why all the worry? As Lydgate and anyone else who works in the pro-democracy field quickly notes, the big test — what Lydgate calls “the Super Bowl” — awaits in 2024.

Trump is running for the White House again and has been dominating the Republican primary as the first votes approach.

He has called for pardoning those prosecuted for the Jan.

6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, continues to insist falsely that the 2020 election was “stolen” and says he will use the federal government to seek revenge on his political enemies.

Trump has used increasingly authoritarian rhetoric as he campaigns for the GOP nomination. If he wins, allies have been planning to seed the government with loyalists so the bureaucracy doesn’t hinder Trump’s more controversial plans the way it did during his first term.

It’s gotten to the point that Trump was recently asked by conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt whether he planned to be a dictator: “Not at all,” Trump responded. “No, I’m gonna rule as somebody that’s very popular with the people.”

The 2024 election could cause all sorts of conflict, including scenarios that have notably not materialized despite widespread concern since 2020: violence at the polls, overly aggressive partisan poll watchers or breakdowns in the ballot count.

It seems unlikely, though, that Trump could return to the White House if he loses the election. That’s what he failed to accomplish in 2020, and he’s in a weaker position now.

His strategy then was to use Republican dominance in swing state legislatures, governorships and secretary of state offices to try to send slates of fake electors to Congress even though Democrat Joe Biden won those states and captured the presidency.

Since then, Republicans have lost two of those swing state secretary of state offices — in Arizona and Nevada — as well as the governor’s office in Arizona and control of the state legislatures in Michigan and Pennsylvania. In Congress, lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill closing some of the loopholes in the counting of Electoral College votes that Trump tried to exploit to stay in office.

The upshot is it will be far harder for Trump to try to overturn a loss in 2024 than in 2020.

“It’s not to say the risks are gone,” said Rick Hasen, a law professor at UCLA. “It’s to say we’ve successfully fought the last war.”

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Protesters loyal to then-President Donald Trump riot outside the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump is running for the White House again and is the Republican primary front-runner. He has called for pardoning those prosecuted for the Jan. 6 attack.

Recent report: New Mexico’s billions aren’t helping slash poverty Continued from Page A-1

“However, while our state has a generous benefits package, these large investments have not correlated with decreases in the state’s overall poverty rates,” she said.

The LFC report resulted in a pointed discussion among lawmakers about whether the state is keeping poor people “shackled in generational poverty.”

After the presentation, House Minority Leader Ryan Lane, R-Aztec, referenced The Millionaire Next Door, a research-based book about wealth in America.

“In that book, they studied a large group of first generational millionaires,” he said. “By the third generation, almost all of that wealth had dissipated, and what they discovered is those folks who became first generational millionaires, they didn’t want their children to struggle like they struggled, so they made life very easy for their children.”

But part of what had made them successful in the first place was the struggle itself, Lane said.

“I don’t have a problem with social safety nets to an extent — I know that sounds crazy coming from a Republican — but what I find troubling is there

doesn’t appear to be any connection between the social safety net itself and making certain that there’s workplace and educational requirements built into those systems,” he said.

“If we as a state are providing taxpayer dollars to these impoverished families and the results are showing that they remain impoverished, I think that’s where we need to have a gut check about what we’re doing,” he added.

Rep. Rod Montoya, R-Farmington, said it’s his experience all Republicans support what he called a true safety net for people in need or unable to provide for themselves.

“But when it comes to able-bodied people ... it’s a moral issue as to whether or not we stop people from being able to support themselves,” he said. “What we’re stopping people from is from self-determination.”

Montoya and other lawmakers cited the so-called cliff effect, which occurs when an increase in income pushes a household past the eligibility cap for food assistance, child care aid and other public benefits, as an inhibitor.

“For folks who have not been employers, you don’t run into this, but ... how many people come to work that are afraid to work too many hours because

they will lose all of their benefits?” Montoya said.

In a 2018 report, New Mexico Voices for Children described the cliff effect as one step forward, two steps back.

“The cliff effect occurs when an increase in income is enough to disqualify a family from receiving a work support but is not enough to cover the cost of the lost benefit,” the report states.

“The cliff effect leaves many breadwinners having to make the terrible choice between accepting a pay raise and keeping a critical work support, such as child care assistance for their children. In some instances, they choose to decline the raise.”

Sen. George Muñoz, a Gallup Democrat who chairs the Legislative Finance Committee, said lawmakers — and state agencies — need to figure out a solution.

The Human Services Department “is also part of that problem because they keep raising the amount [to qualify for a program], and so as people are more wealthy, they’re still able to get benefits,” he said. “... So there’s less for those people that really need it.”

The LFC report recommends all income support programs have “off-ramps” by increasing copays as income increases.

“The state can also connect those

on income support programs to higher education because increasing degree attainment is highly correlated with increased wages,” the report states.

Lane said he’s lived in low-income housing and has been on food stamps and Medicaid but didn’t receive any guidance on how to break the cycle of poverty.

“When we were at that point in life, we received zero training in terms of how to get off them, how to move and improve your life,” he said.

“Those are things that we had to figure out on our own, but not everybody has the ability to do that,” Lane continued. “As both appropriators and then generally as legislators, I think we have a moral duty to make sure what we’re doing is not keeping people shackled in generational poverty even though we may have the best of intentions.”

Dinces said poverty rates are most affected by labor force participation, wages and educational attainment. New Mexico’s labor participation rate is persistently lower than the nation’s, likely driving the state’s poverty rate, she said.

“Most individuals receiving income supports work but likely not full time and likely not for wages that meet the rise in cost of living,” she said.

Sen. Bill Sharer, R-Farmington, said he was concerned about “support versus employment.”

At a recent meeting in Farmington with the Department of Workforce Solutions and about 30 employers, “we were told there’s about 2,000 jobs in San Juan County ... and about 1,800 people that just don’t want to work,” he said.

Sharer said low wages in some industries disincentivize people from seeking employment.

“If you’re only going to earn a couple of hundred dollars a year more by working versus not working, why have a boss tell you want to do for $300 bucks,” he said. “That’s an issue.”

He added, “Do people need support?

Absolutely,” he said. “I’m not saying that we shouldn’t help people that need help.

We need to help them also by getting them to help themselves.

“It goes back to the old saying, ‘Are you going to give someone a fish or are you going to train them to fish?’ I think what we’re doing is giving them fish.

They don’t know how to do anything else.”

Follow Daniel J. Chacón on Twitter @danieljchacon.

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Judge in Iowa blocks ban on sexual content in library books

By Mitch Smith

The New York Times

PHOTOS BY BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ABOVE: Tameka and her 8-year-old-daughter outside their Atlanta apartment in October. Tameka’s daughter has never attended school and is one of tens of thousands of children nationwide who are not enrolled in any kind of education. BELOW: Tameka’s 8-year-old daughter should be in second grade this year. Nearly everything else in Tameka and her childrens’ lives collapsed during the pandemic.

When paperwork keeps kids out of classrooms For some struggling parents, bureaucratic nightmares follow pandemic absences

By Bianca Vázquez Toness The Associated Press

ATLANTA t’s unclear to Tameka how — or even when — her children became unenrolled from Atlanta Public Schools. But it was traumatic when, in fall 2021, they figured out it had happened.

After more than a year of online learning, students were all required to come back to school.

Tameka was skeptical the schools could keep her kids safe from the coronavirus. One morning, in a test run, she sent two kids to school.

Her oldest daughter, then in seventh grade, and her second youngest, a boy entering first grade, boarded buses.

She had yet to register the youngest girl, who was entering kindergarten. And her older son, a boy with Down syndrome, stayed home because she wasn’t sure he could mask.

After a few hours, one school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. He was no longer enrolled.

Around lunchtime, the other called: Come get your daughter, they told her. She doesn’t have a class schedule.

Tameka’s children — all four of them — have been home ever since.

Thousands of students stopped attending American classrooms — real or virtual — during the pandemic. For some who have

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tried to return, a serious problem has presented itself. Onerous re-enrollment requirements, arcane paperwork and the everyday obstacles of poverty are preventing those children from going back.

“One of the biggest problems that we have is kids that are missing and chronic absenteeism,” says Pamela Herd, a Georgetown University public policy professor.

“I’m really taken aback that a district would set forth a series of policies that make it actually quite difficult to enroll.”

In Atlanta, where Tameka lives, parents must present at least eight documents to enroll their children.

One of them — a complicated certificate evaluating a child’s health — is required by the state.

Most of the others are Atlanta’s doing, including Social Security cards and a notarized residency affidavit.

The district asks for proof of residency for existing students every year at some schools, and also before sixth and ninth grades, to prevent students from attending schools outside of their neighborhoods.

The policy also allows the district to request residency proof after an extended absence. Without that proof, families say, their children have been disenrolled.

Tameka’s kids have essentially been out of school since the pandemic hit in March 2020. Tameka is her middle name. The Associated Press is withholding her full name because she runs the risk of jail time or losing custody because her kids aren’t in school.

Tameka’s partner died of a heart attack in May 2020. His death left her overwhelmed and penniless.

Tameka never graduated from

high school and has never gotten a driver’s license. But her partner worked construction and had a car.

Suddenly, she had four kids to care for by herself, with only government cash assistance to live on. Because her kids were home during the early days of the pandemic, she couldn’t work.

When the kids missed 10 straight days of school that fall, the district removed them from its rolls, citing a state regulation.

Tameka then had to re-enroll them.

Suddenly, another tragedy of her partner’s death became painfully obvious.

He was carrying all the family’s important documents in his backpack when he died. It was never found.

Slowly, Tameka has tried to replace the missing documents.

She says it took more than a year to get Medicaid cards to take her children to the doctor for the health verifications and immunizations the school requires.

When she called for a doctor’s appointment in October, the office said the soonest her children could be seen was December.

She also needs to show the school her own identification and a new lease, plus the notarized affidavit.

Tameka says no one from the district has offered her guidance.

The only face-to-face meeting was in October 2021, when

Tameka sent her kids on the bus, only to learn they weren’t enrolled. A staffer wrote: “Student lost father in May 2020 and only other barrier is uniforms.”

The social worker said the school would take care of the uniforms. “Mom given enrollment paperwork,” the entry ends.

“Our Student Services Team went above and beyond to help this family,” wrote Atlanta communications director Seth Coleman.

In some cities, even during the pandemic, school staff checked on families in person. In Atlanta, Coleman said, the district avoided in-person contact.

But Tameka currently lacks a working phone with a cell plan. An Associated Press reporter has had to visit in person to communicate with her.

The logs provided by Atlanta Public Schools show only one attempt to visit the family in person, in spring 2021. No one was home.

On a typical school day, Tameka’s children sleep late and stay inside watching television.

The youngest, who should be in second grade, has had to settle for “playing school.”

She practices her letters and writes her name. She runs through pre-kindergarten counting exercises on a phone.

Even at 8, she understands it’s not the real thing.

“I want to go to school,” she says, “and see what it’s like.”

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Who should help debt-ridden private school?

By Emily Cochrane

The New York Times

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — On a crisp fall day at Birmingham-Southern College, the students were making their way to class, stealing a few cold minutes under the golden ginkgo trees. Inside the red brick buildings that dot the 192-acre campus, professors were preparing exams for finals week, while administrators readied the first round of acceptance letters for the next school year.

Yet looming over those quintessential scenes of college life was an unsettling question: Would the school even make it to another fall semester?

The private liberal arts school in Birmingham has been plagued by financial instability for years, with the 2009

recession and the coronavirus pandemic exacerbating the consequences of overly ambitious investments and hulking debts.

For many outside the school, its fate is simply about whether a private school that has mismanaged its finances deserves any kind of taxpayer support, especially in a state that has chronically underfunded its public education system. But for alumni and the school’s supporters, it is also a question of whether a classical liberal arts education is still valued at a moment when colleges and universities are facing intense scrutiny over their curricula, admissions and cultures.

Caught in the middle are hundreds of students and professors, drawn to the school’s promise and now forced to reckon with its mistakes.

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Should Birmingham-Southern close, it would be the end of one of the most prominent liberal arts colleges in a state that has very few. Its allies also argue the city of Birmingham would be deprived of a renowned institution that has funneled millions of dollars into the local economy and kept the state’s youth from leaving for opportunities elsewhere.

“If a state like Alabama loses Birmingham-Southern, it’s not good for anybody,” said Daniel Coleman, the school’s president and a former Wall Street executive who used to commute weekly to Chicago and New York from Birmingham.

He added, “It’s easy to complain about flyover country, but if you want to do something about it, you’ve got to support the institutions that are doing things about it.”

A federal judge in Iowa last week temporarily blocked the enforcement of a law backed by Republicans that banned books describing sex acts from public school libraries.

In granting the preliminary injunction, Judge Stephen Locher said the law “makes no attempt to target such books in any reasonable way.”

“Instead, it requires the wholesale removal of every book containing a description or visual depiction of a ‘sex act,’ regardless of context,” the judge wrote. “The underlying message is that there is no redeeming value to any such book even if it is a work of history, self-help guide, award-winning novel or other piece of serious literature.

In effect, the Legislature has imposed a puritanical ‘pall of orthodoxy’ over school libraries.”

Publisher Penguin Random House and bestselling authors John Green and Jodi Picoult were among the plaintiffs who challenged the measure on free-speech grounds.

Locher, who was appointed by President Joe Biden to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, also blocked a portion of the law that imposed limits on instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity before seventh grade. The judge let stand a rule requiring schools to notify parents when a student asks to be called by a new pronoun.

The fight over the Iowa law is part of a broader national debate over how sexuality should be discussed in schools.

Like conservatives elsewhere, Iowa Republicans brushed off concerns about free expression and said the restrictions safeguarded students from harmful materials.

Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, said in a statement on Friday she was “extremely disappointed” in the ruling and “there should be no question that books containing sexually explicit content — as clearly defined in Iowa law — do not belong in a school library for children.”

“The real debate should be about why society is so intent on over-sexualizing our young children,” Reynolds added. “It’s wrong, and I will continue to do my part to protect their innocence.”

Since Reynolds signed the bill into law in May, Iowa school districts have had to assess what selections in their libraries might violate the new rule, which allows for passing references to sex but bans anything that describes or depicts a sexual act.

Republicans nationally have emphasized their objections to a handful of titles, including some about LGBTQ+ people, that contain graphic descriptions of sex. But many other books, including highly regarded ones that are not primarily about sex, were swept up in the Iowa crackdown.

The school system in Nevada, Iowa, removed dozens of well-known titles from its shelves, including 1984 by George Orwell, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Looking for Alaska by Green and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

“You have people yanking books off because they’re afraid they’re going to lose their jobs,” Frederick Sperling, a lawyer for the publisher and authors, said in oral arguments last week at the federal courthouse in Des Moines.

In court, Daniel Johnston, a lawyer in the state attorney general’s office, said it seemed some school districts had removed books not actually banned by the law. But he declined to wade into the compliance of specific titles.

When Locher quizzed him about whether some award-winning literature or nonfiction books that described sexual violence would be banned under the law, Johnston responded it would depend on whether there was a description of a sex act.

As another example, the judge asked about hypothetical history books describing allegations of sexual misconduct against a president or presidential candidate. It would depend on how specific that description was, Johnston said.

Locher said in court the legislation was “one of the most bizarre laws I’ve ever read.” But he pressed plaintiffs’ lawyers about when the government might have an interest in regulating school books, and about why they thought the judiciary should override the wishes of lawmakers.

While the lawsuit filed by the publisher and authors focused on the part of the law restricting books, another case filed on behalf of LGBTQ+ students, their parents and advocates asked the judge to block enforcement of the entire measure.

The passage of the law, known as Senate File 496, further demonstrated the rightward shift of Iowa politics.

Iowa was once a swing state known for relatively moderate politics: former President Barack Obama carried the state twice. But Republicans have dominated at the ballot box over the past decade and now hold large legislative majorities.

SMART BOARD Education news and events SFCC TO HOST EXHIBITION FEATURING INSTRUCTORS’ ART The exhibition Unlimited Breadsticks, featuring the art of SFCC’s drawing and painting instructors, will be on display at the college’s visual arts gallery from Jan. 16 through Feb. 1, with an opening reception from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 18.

The exhibition is free and open to the public during campus hours.

SFCC LIBRARY, IAIA PARTNER FOR CREATIVE WRITING SERIES The Santa Fe Community College Library and the Institute for American Indian Arts’ undergraduate creative writing program are teaming up to present the Writing Generation Series.

The online series, which is free, open to the public and will take place throughout the spring, will

include readings from New Mexico writers and creative sessions intended to allow attendees time to write.

“This series is about giving people time and inspiration to write, building community, amplifying New Mexico voices and giving students across the globe face time with our talented faculty,” said Austin Eichelberger, professor of English and creative writing at SFCC. The series’ first events — a reading session at 6 p.m. on Jan. 24 and a creative session at 6 p.m. on Jan. 31 — will be led by Santa Fe Poet Laureate Ambassador Janna Lopez.

On May 1, the series will conclude with readings from participants.

Registration is available online at surveymonkey.com/r/ WritingGenSpring24.

For more information, contact library director Valerie Nye at valerie.nye@sfcc.edu or 505-4281506.

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HEALTH&SCIENCE Nutrition tips for a healthy New Year

By Alice Callahan

The New York Times

As a health reporter who has been following nutrition news for decades, I’ve seen a lot of trends that made a splash and then sank.

Remember olestra, the Paleo diet and celery juice?

Watch enough food fads come and go, and you realize that the most valuable nutrition guidance is built on decades of research, in which scientists have looked at a question from multiple perspectives and arrived at something like a consensus.

Here are seven science-backed pearls to carry you into 2024.

Eat like a Greek Decades of research supports the Mediterranean diet — which is centered on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, olive oil, nuts, herbs and spices — as one of the healthiest ways you can eat. Its heart-health benefits are numerous, and it has been linked to a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes, cognitive decline and certain types of cancer.

Strong coffee?

ABOVE: A Southern Resident population killer whale surfaces near a research vessel off the San Juan Islands in Washington in September. With drones and infrared cameras, intrepid veterinarians are monitoring the health of wild orcas in the Pacific Northwest.

Some people may experience heartburn, but there’s no evidence drinking coffee on an empty stomach can damage your gastric lining or otherwise harm your digestive system, experts say.

BELOW: A killer whale of the Southern Resident population, consisting of about 75 orcas, swims near Puget Sound in Washington state in September.

The most important meal

PHOTOS BY LOUISE JOHNS/THE NEW YORK TIMES

Nutrition experts say it’s worth prioritizing breakfast — especially if it contains a balanced mix of protein, fiber and healthy fats. Studies have found those who eat breakfast tend to enjoy a range of health benefits over those who do not.

Vets make house calls on killer whales For threatened pod, ‘the health of every single individual is important’

By Emily Anthes

The New York Times

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ne day in September, a team of scientists clambered onto a small boat and set out into the Salish Sea, searching for an endangered population of orcas.

The Southern Resident killer whales, one of several distinct orca communities that inhabit the Pacific Northwest, can be elusive, so the researchers were delighted to find a small pod of them.

But as they drew closer, a putrid smell washed over the boat.

The odor was coming from the clouds of mist the whales were expelling from their blowholes. “Everybody is allowed to have bad breath every now and then, but this was not just bad breath,” said Dr. Hendrik Nollens, vice president for wildlife health at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, who was on the boat. “There was something going on.”

Fetid breath can be a sign of illness or infection, but the cause could have been anything from a tooth abscess to a life-threatening case of pneumonia.

Fortunately, the scientists were armed with an experimental diagnostic tool: a breath-collection drone. The

technology — essentially a flying petri dish that could be steered into an orca’s plume — was still under development, but it was about to face an unexpected, real-world test. “We were concerned,” Nollens said, “and so we launched our drone.”

It’s not easy to perform a veterinary exam on a wild, multiton marine mammal that might surface for only seconds at a time.

But for the past five years, a team of veterinarians, marine biologists and engineers has been developing tools to do just that. Their goal is to perform regular, remote health assessments on each of the Southern Residents — and, if necessary, to intervene with personalized medical care.

It’s an unconventional approach to conservation, which typically aims to shore up the health of populations rather than individual animals. But the Southern Residents, which were listed as endangered in 2005, are in serious trouble, threatened by pollution, boat traffic and plummeting stocks of wild salmon, their preferred food source.

Despite continuing efforts, the population is about 75 whales.

“We’re in a dire, dire situation,” said Dr. Joe Gaydos, science director of the SeaDoc Society, a marine conservation program at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine.

“We’re at that point where the health of every single individual is important.”

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That became painfully apparent five years ago, when another sickly Southern Resident known as J50, or Scarlet, set the project into motion.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration works with a nonprofit organization called SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation and Research to keep tabs on the Southern Residents, using aerial photography to monitor the whales’ size and condition.

In summer 2018, the photographs revealed Scarlet had become shockingly skinny. Behavioral observations suggested she was weak, sometimes falling far behind her pod. Scarlet continued to deteriorate and soon disappeared.

It was an enormous loss not only for the people who had come to love Scarlet but also for the Southern Resident population, which desperately needed young females to survive and

reproduce. Other young orcas had died in recent years, too.

Experts had already been discussing the need to develop techniques to diagnose and potentially treat sick whales, but Scarlet’s death made that pursuit feel urgent.

“We realized, wow, we didn’t have a lot of tools in the toolbox,” Gaydos said. “We were doing, like, Civil War medicine.”

The scientists know that they can’t save the Southern Residents through veterinary interventions alone, but they hope to buy the whales more time while broader conservation efforts continue.

“When we started out, it was a pretty far-fetched idea to say, ‘We’re going to do veterinary exams on wild, free-swimming orcas, and they won’t even know we’re doing it,’ ” Nollens said. “It’s not far-fetched anymore.”

File this as one of the saddest nutrition news stories of 2023. Dark chocolate has some of the highest levels of lead and cadmium — heavy metals that can harm the body — of any food.

Enjoying it in moderation — no more than about 1 ounce per day, experts say — will keep your risk low.

Mix ’em up Pureeing fruits and vegetables in a blender won’t strip them of their vitamins, minerals or fiber. And, somewhat surprisingly, several small studies suggest sipping your fruit in blended form won’t spike your blood sugar any more than when you eat it whole. So go ahead and enjoy your smoothie.

Cottage cheese is back You might associate cottage cheese with fad diets from the 1970s, but it’s a food that has stood the test of time. You can eat it plain or use it as a versatile ingredient in either sweet or savory snacks, and it offers an impressive array of nutrients including protein, calcium and selenium.

FOR THE BIRDS

Food, water, shelter create an inviting winter avian refuge

By Ken Bunkowski

For The New Mexican

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ith winter now upon us, it is time to provide a refuge for the birds and for yourself! It is critical to provide birds with their basic cold weather essentials: food, water and shelter.

When severe weather impacts wild food supplies, many species of birds will turn to bird feeders as a critical source of food. It is during these times feeders play their most important, vital role.

If an extreme, long-duration storm hits our region, a feeding station may mean the difference between life and death for birds.

Freezing temperatures are only one factor birds must survive during the winter season. Wind, storms and wet weather also rob birds of their ability to stay warm, even if temperatures are moderate. The most often-overlooked survival challenge for birds is having to endure a period of darkness of up to 15 hours. Small songbirds must sustain themselves with only their own fat reserves. They may use up to 80% of their fat reserves in one long Design and headlines: John R. Roby, jroby@sfnewmexican.com

and cold winter night. They face a huge challenge in finding enough food to not only make it through each day, but also replacing their fat reserves for the coming night and doing this during limited daylight hours.

Winter tips to help your birds: u Replace old feeders that are damaged, cracked or dangerous. Add a dome cover to feeders to keep birds dry while they dine. Locate feeders out of the wind, on the east or southeast side of the house — or ideally near a row of trees that can provide a perching spot for birds to survey the area and provide sufficient cover for safe refuge from predators and shelter from the wind and weather. Consider adding a ground feeder to attract a greater variety of birds, such as sparrows, juncos, towhees, thrashers, doves, quail and even ravens. Fill it with a high-quality seed blend high in millet. Place the feeder near vegetation (3 feet from bushes or a brush pile) that allows birds a quick hiding place from predators. To attract an even greater variety of fruit and insect-eating birds such as robins and bluebirds, add fruit and mealworms to the ground feeder.

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A Downy woodpecker in a snowstorm.

u During the winter, provide high-calorie and high-fat foods. Consider feeding suet, which is high-energy and pure fat, invaluable in winter when birds need more calories to keep warm.

u Birds need a place to escape the elements.

Place roosting and nesting boxes to provide birds with a warm, dry place to call home. u Birds need water in winter to help stay warm and to properly digest food. Provide a reliable source of water for bathing and drinking. Bathing and preening are especially important in cold weather to keep feathers in top condition to stay warm during cold night temperatures. Research has shown chickadees with well-maintained feathers can sustain a 70-degree layer of insulation between the outside air and their skin. Switch out birdbaths to winter-hardy ones. Add a heater to existing birdbaths or use a heated birdbath. Never add chemicals to unfreeze water because they could be harmful to birds.

Thanks so much for helping our feathered friends make it through the extreme weather conditions of winter!

Ken Bunkowski and his son, Matt, co-owners of Wild Birds Unlimited in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, look forward to sharing the joy that birds bring into our lives.

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on a table. From there, Steve Bing transferred the food into 10 cardboard boxes, adding one of each food to each box.

Once the Bings had completed their work, the boxes moved toward a wall of refrigerators, where other volunteers piled in cold items — ground turkey, cheese, sausages, eggs.

Each box of food includes supplies for around two weeks, Tarver said, and Bienvenidos Outreach also operates programs providing weekday lunches for the homeless and cat and dog food for pet owners.

Tarver has crunched the numbers: 2023’s food distribution numbers are expected to be significantly higher than 2022.

“We’re going to probably break some records,” she said.

In November and December 2023, Bienvenidos handed out about 2,000 boxes of food, compared to 1,664 during the same period in 2022. The same occurred with the organization’s lunch program, which served about 2,300 lunches in November and December 2023 and 1,830 during the two-month period in 2022.

The holiday season brought a “definite increase” in the number of people seeking food from Bienvenidos in 2023, Tarver said. In fact, volunteer Jenny Mier added, demand has spiked during November and December each year for the more than two decades she’s been volunteering with the organization.

The holiday season also comes with an increased awareness of food insecurity, Dixon said.

“We always want to turn our attention to food security stuff around the holidays, I think, because we’re all sort of in the mood to celebrate and come together,” she said. “Maybe that makes us a little more acutely aware of the struggles of people around us ... [or] we feel that pinch a little bit because we have a lot of people to buy presents for or putting together a holiday meal is more expensive than it used to be.

“But really, we’ve been seeing that increased demand since March,” Dixon added.

In 2023, the holiday pinch aggravated existing food insecurity issues in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.

Pandemic-era Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program emergency allotments ended in March 2023, reducing federal food aid by $2 billion per month nationwide and leaving families across New Mexico scrambling for grocery money.

Nearly 8,000 households in Santa Fe County — and nearly 150,000 households across New Mexico — receive SNAP benefits, according to the Santa Fe Data

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Susan Tarver, executive director at Bienvenidos Outreach, stands near the canned goods and supplies that will be distributed to community members in need at the food bank Wednesday.

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For SNAP recipients, the shift back to normal was dramatic: During the era of emergency allotments, a family of three could receive a maximum of $740 in SNAP benefits per month, according to the New Mexico Human Services Department. By April 2023, the same family would receive an average of just $335 per month, less than half their pandemic-era federal food benefits.

For some Santa Feans, the emergency allotments made the difference between a diet of canned beans and packaged ramen and consuming fresh fruits and vegetables.

As SNAP benefits decreased, food prices increased. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated all food prices would increase by nearly 6% in 2023 — less growth than 2022, but still above historically average rates.

And as food costs increased, donations to New Mexico’s food banks decreased.

The Santa Fe-based Food Depot’s food budget lays bare the effects of increasing food prices. In 2019, the food bank budgeted $250,000 for purchasing food, Dixon said. The organization budgeted $6.5 million for the same line item in 2023.

At the state level, New Mexico made some significant strides toward eradicating hunger. Most notably, state lawmakers passed legislation providing free

breakfast and lunch to all public school students.

That’s a great step, Dixon said, but there’s more to be done to ensure other vulnerable populations — like seniors and residents of rural communities — can access food.

So Dixon, like other food bank officials, is looking to the 2024 legislative session for possible solutions to the compounding challenges food banks are facing.

In November, the New Mexico Association of Food Banks, which includes five major food banks across the state, compiled a list of requests for the session, requests that include an additional appropriation of $5 million to purchase more shelf-stable food and combining food and nutrition programs under one state agency.

Crucially, the food banks also requested increasing SNAP eligibility to 200% of the federal poverty level, allowing more New Mexicans to buy their own food using federal assistance and decreasing the burden on food banks.

“We have such a commitment to providing really nutritious food — you go to our distributions and you’re going to see eggs and fresh produce and protein items and delicious bread,” Dixon said.

“That’s so important to us, and we don’t want to be put in a position where we have to reduce how much food we provide or the quality of the food we provide to people across our communities.”

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might be hurt in a stickup.

They spotted Lackey at the cash machine, and he became Chavez’s target.

As Lackey inserted his bank card in the machine, Chavez, wearing a mask, approached from behind, his left hand in a pocket.

Lackey was licensed to carry a concealed pistol. He turned toward the masked man and drew his weapon, forcing the interloper to retreat to his car.

Perhaps intent on detaining the robber or even trying to make a citizen’s arrest, Lackey followed Chavez. Both Chavez and his girlfriend at that point claimed they meant no harm.

“We’re just kidding. We’re just playing,” Chavez said, according to court records.

Words meant nothing, as the confrontation escalated to violence.

Chavez pulled a gun from the car’s center console. He fired two or three shots that killed Lackey.

Chavez sped away, but he was captured and put on trial. His strategy was to go on the offensive by arguing he killed Lackey in self-defense.

Jurors didn’t buy Chavez’s account.

They convicted him of second-degree murder, a verdict that did not stand.

Defense lawyers claimed the trial judge violated established law. They persuaded Ives and two other judges on a panel of the appellate court to overturn Chavez’s conviction.

“New Mexico law required the district court [judge] to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter, and the court’s failure to do so deprived Defendant of a fair trial,” Ives stated.

“Whether Defendant committed voluntary manslaughter rather than murder was a question for the jury, and the district court erred by deciding, as a matter of law, that the killing was not voluntary manslaughter.”

Raúl Torrez, then the Albuquerque-area district attorney, now the state attorney general, disagreed. His DA’s office had this response: “It is hard to understand how someone who attempts to rob an innocent person at gunpoint is entitled to a self-defense instruction or a step down to voluntary manslaughter after the victim defends himself.”

But force of law was on the side of Chavez. He will receive a new trial, a nightmare for relatives of Lackey.

“We have to do it all over again,” said Liz Frank, Lackey’s mother.

She told me no one else should have to go through what her family is endur-

ing. To that end, Frank and others listened to J. Miles Hanisee, one of the judges on the appellate panel.

Hanisee wrote a concurring opinion in favor of reversing Chavez’s conviction. But Hanisee also made a recommendation.

“It is the role of either our New Mexico Supreme Court or the New Mexico Legislature to repair imperfections in law, and I urge either or both to do so,” he stated.

Hanisee even pointed to standards California and Pennsylvania use to prevent lawbreakers from claiming self-defense when they kill someone.

The New Mexico Supreme Court didn’t review the case, a decision Frank found perplexing.

But Sen. Moe Maestas, D-Albuquerque, became an ally. Maestas last year introduced a bill to change the definition of voluntary manslaughter to prevent defendants such as Chavez from employing it.

The bill would have clarified that heat of passion or a sudden quarrel do not cover any conduct occurring during the commission of a felony or an attempt to escape after commission of felony.

Frank and other advocates of the measure called it the Tyler Lackey

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Law banning most guns in public takes effect amid legal challenge The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — A California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places will take effect on New Year’s Day, even as a court case continues to challenge the law.

A U.S. district judge issued a ruling Dec. 20 to block the law from taking effect, saying it violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and deprives people of their ability to defend themselves and their loved ones.

But on Saturday, a federal appeals court put a temporary hold on the district judge’s ruling.

The appeals court decision allows the law to go into effect as the legal fight continues. Attorneys are scheduled to file arguments to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in January and in February.

The law, signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, prohibits people from carrying concealed guns in 26 places including public parks and playgrounds, churches, banks and zoos.

The ban applies regardless of whether the person has a permit to carry a concealed weapon.

One exception is for privately owned businesses that put up signs saying people are allowed to bring guns on their premises.

“This ruling will allow our common-sense gun laws to remain in place while we appeal the district court’s dangerous ruling,” Newsom posted to X, formerly Twitter, after the appeals court acted Saturday. “Californians overwhelmingly support efforts to ensure that places like hospitals, libraries and children’s playgrounds remain safe and free from guns.”

The California Rifle and Pistol Association sued

to block the law. When U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney granted a preliminary injunction blocking the law, he wrote that the law was “sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court.”

Carney wrote that gun rights groups are likely to succeed in proving it unconstitutional, meaning it would be permanently overturned.

The law overhauls California’s rules for concealed carry permits in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, which set several states scrambling to react with their own laws. That decision said the constitutionality of gun laws must be assessed by whether they are “consistent with the nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

Newsom has said he will keep pushing for stricter gun measures.

Newsom has positioned himself as a national leader on gun control while he is being increasingly eyed as a potential presidential candidate.

He has called for and signed a variety of bills, including measures targeting untraceable “ghost guns,” the marketing of firearms to children and allowing people to bring lawsuits over gun violence. That legislation was patterned on a Texas anti-abortion law.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta appealed Carney’s decision. Bonta, a Democrat, said that if the district judge’s ruling to block the law were allowed to stand, it “would endanger communities by allowing guns in places where families and children gather.”

Memorial Bill. Maestas’ proposal cleared one Senate panel before dying in the Judiciary Committee.

One of the many weaknesses of the New Mexico Legislature is its members introduce too many bills. In last’s year’s 60-day session, members of the House of Representatives proposed 550 bills and senators introduced 537 more.

Meaningful legislation can be strangled by sheer volume and an unwillingness by lawmakers to prioritize bills.

That’s why matters of little importance can overtake weighty measures.

The Legislature in 2011 approved a bill establishing an official state necklace — the Squash Blossom.

Legislators dawdled for more than a decade, until 2022, before abolishing one of the nation’s weaker criminal laws, a six-year statute of limitations on second-degree murder.

Legislators might claim clarifying the law on voluntary manslaughter can’t be achieved in this year’s 30-day session.

But I once watched both legislative chambers approve a complicated bill for corporate tax cuts in only 40 minutes.

Lawmakers can be as fast or as slow as they want. In this case, lethargy might make it easy for another criminal to kill in the name of self-defense.

Ringside Seat is an opinion column about people, politics and news. Contact Milan Simonich at msimonich@sfnewmexican. com or 505-086-3080.

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 Fe and must provide documents that provide proof of their identity, are considered without regard to race, age, ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation. Applications are closed.

How it works: Applications for funding are vetted. Members of the Empty Stocking Committee review requests, meet with each qualifying applicant to examine records of outstanding bills or other needs. If a request is approved, the committee sends a check directly to the service supplier. Requests can be as much as $2,500 per household depending on the need.

2023 goal: $399,000.

This holiday charity project, which began in 1981, is jointly administered by the Santa Fe Community Foundation, Enterprise Bank and Trust, the Salvation Army, Presbyterian Medical Services, The Life Link, Habitat for Humanity, Esperanza Shelter, Youth Shelters and Family Services, Gerard’s House and a private individual.

To donate: Make your tax-deductible donation online by visiting santafenewmexican.com/empty_stocking or mail a check to The New Mexican’s Empty Stocking Fund c/o The Santa Fe Community Foundation, P.O. Box 1827, Santa Fe, 87504-1827. Cash and coin donations are always welcome. Those can be dropped off at the offices of the newspaper at 150 Washington Ave., Suite 206. Donors can request to remain anonymous.

If you can provide a service such as roofing or home repairs, contact Habitat for Humanity at repairs@santafehabitat.org. If you can contribute food, clothing, toys, housewares, furniture, firewood or other items or services, call the Salvation Army at 505-988-8054.

DONATIONS Anonymous: $150 Anonymous: $200 Anonymous: $200 Anonymous: $200 Anonymous: $200 Anonymous: $206.19 Anonymous: $206.19 Anonymous: $206.19 Anonymous: $210 Anonymous: $250 Caroline Inoue: $100 Amy and Vahl Jackson: $100 John and Sara Bienvenu Fund: $1,000 TJ and Valerie Jones: $500 Robert and Cynthia Kahn — In memory of Riette Mugleston: $300 Larry and Linda Kehoe — In memory of Tom McCalmont: $100 Warren and Helen Kennedy: $200 Eslee Kessler: $100 Kent Kirkpatrick and Bob Brady: $200 Barbara Klein and CB Bowlds: $200 Judy Klinger — In memory of Anita Sanders: $50 Ron Kwok and Karen Buxbaum: $750 Sylvia LaMar and Rod Mehling — In honor of our sisters: $500 Valerie Lapcinski and Phil Lowry: $1,004 Las Chicas Literarias de Santa Fe: $700 Thomas Lauer: $100 Kitty and Richard Leaken — In memory of Kathryn Leaken: $200 Lucy Lippard: $200 Shelley and Patrick Longmire: $103.09 Carmen Lopez and Daniel Yohalem: $257.73 Diane Lotti: $500 Bret Luboyeski: $100 Helene Madonick and Laura Einstein: $257.73 Gayatri and Tony Malmed: $250 Eileen Mandel — In memory of Truel West: $150 Nancy and Gary Maner: $103.09 Diana C. Martinez: $51.55 Carla McConnell: $500 Cumulative total: $336,693.20

FUNERAL SERVICES AND MEMORIALS MARIA ARMIJO Our angel, Maria Armijo Romero, was greeted into God’s Kingdom by her brother Carlos Romero, Grandpa Andy Nava, and her aunts Gertrude, Marina Gurule, and by her eternal love, Jim Morrison. She lost her battle to cancer at the age of 42, on December 4th, 2023. Maria received her wings, and 10 days later greeted her grandma Dolores Nava when she received her own wings. Taken all too soon, her life and legacy lives on through her daughter Erykah, her Mother Debbie, her sister Felicia, her nieces Heaven, Angel, and Persephone, and nephews Andrew and Azrael, who miss her dearly. She is also survived by special aunts Jane and Loyola Gurule, cousins Camille and Doug, and several other aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Maria was looking forward to her new career with the state after previously working as a certified pharmacy technician. She also spent years at Genzyme Genetics and also spent time as a caregiver, with many patients who adored her.

She was always very caring and giving to those in her life, whether work or her personal life. She was always an open ear and a shoulder to cry on for those she cared for. She would drop anything she was doing if someone needed her.

She was an example of a free-spirited and beautiful individual that taught us self-love in her own way. She was the type of friend to love you no matter your choices and whether she agreed with them. She would never look down or differently at someone for their faults or imperfections, instead of seeing the best in all individuals she met.

Maria has blessed all of us with her radiant self. Gifting each of us with special memories that will forever fill our hearts and leave imprints on our souls. Not one day will go by without a memory of your presence. From now on, we celebrate the beautiful life Maria lived before becoming our Angel.

A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, January 2nd at Santa Maria De La Paz at 1:30pm.

Interment will follow on Wednesday, January 3rd at 1pm at Rosario Cemetery where she will be buried with her brother Carlos.

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A world of New Year traditions to celebrate

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n the first day of 2024, the sun rose as it always does — a welcome sight to those individuals who are not nursing headaches and sick stomachs after a raucous end to 2023. Yet sunrise Jan. 1 has its own special meaning. It’s a new day for a new year.

Traditions vary — many people eat collard greens and black-eyed peas for New Year’s to bring luck. Why? At some point, the greens represented the color of money and the peas the color of coins. Eat it, and your finances will flourish. Or so it was once thought. That’s far from the only New Year’s tradition. They are prevalent across the world.

In Scotland, there is “first-footing,” where the first person to enter the house on New Year’s Day is thought to bring luck (or not, depending on who it is). In Greece, there is a tradition of smashing a pomegranate to usher in the new year, breaking it into 13 pieces. Those represent the 12 months of the year with an extra piece for luck.

Here, in Northern New Mexico, we don’t

neglect New Year’s traditions.

On the first day of the year in northern villages, it once was common to honor individuals bearing variations of the name Emmanuel, a name for the savior meaning “God is with us.” Babies born on New Year’s Day were given that name — similar to parents naming a newborns to honor the saint on the day of their birth. Across the villages, musicians would go from house to house to serenade people with names such as Manuel, Manuela, Emmanuel, and so on.

Imagine the fun of having the whole town essentially singing “Happy Birthday” to you.

In Ranchos de Taos, Los Comanches still dance early on New Year’s Day, starting at San Francisco de Asís Church and then visiting people with the names associated with Emmanuel. The dancers carry on the tradition each New Year’s Day. Not all norteño New Year’s traditions are for one day only, either. Like many places across the world, the beginning of a new year was serious business.

In an agricultural society, as Northern

New Mexico historically was, little was as important as the weather. January was the month to figure out what would happen the rest of the year, using a complicated — and ancient — process known as las cabañuelas, which translates into “little huts” in English.

The method also is used throughout Latin America and parts of Texas and in Spain, where the tradition began.

In Northern New Mexico, las cabañuelas works this way — it’s complicated and requires careful recording of the natural world. Over the 31 days of January, observers watch carefully to predict what would happen the other 11 months. Jan. 1-12 represents the months of year; the 13th-24th are the months in reverse, starting at December and ending in January; on the 25th-30th, each day is divided into two parts, with the morning of Jan. 25 standing in for January and the afternoon for February, and so on; on Jan. 31, the 24 hours each represent a month from one to 12 and then from 12 to one again. The methods could vary, of course, depending on the region.

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Energy officials grant more time to comment on LANL power line plan, Dec. 28 I’m all for ‘getting it right,’ but there doesn’t seem to be good enough reason to extend this again and again. We have got to move forward with high transmission lines across this country that will connect and deliver more renewable sources.

Keep the progress moving.” Cole Munson The implementation of these transmission lines and renewable energy projects are absolutely essential. As these projects get closer to coming to fruition, the assessment of environmental and public impact of course need to considered. Let’s just hope this extra time is constructive in a way that will promote forward progress.” Nicole Acosta This proposed power line is necessary for addressing the lab’s growing energy needs as well as providing backup for critical systems. While meeting these demands is vital, it’s equally important to balance progress with environmental preservation and public concerns.” Rose Berkley

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THE PAST 100 YEARS From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Jan. 1, 1999: Today The New Mexican begins its 150th year of service to Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico.

We’ve done something special to mark this special occasion. We’ve redesigned the nameplate at the top of the page.

The new nameplate was custom-designed by Jim Parkinson, who has drawn typefaces and nameplates for leading publications around the country.

Parkinson created The New Mexican nameplate only after researching the history of the newspaper’s typography. The new design is at once contemporary in its look and true to the tradition of the paper and the city.

By recording the weather at certain times and days, forecasters make predictions and plan accordingly. The tradition is fading from use David F. García, an anthropologist, writes in an essay at lasacequias.org. That’s the website for the New Mexico Acequia Association.

As he writes, like with so many traditions across the world, the close observation of nature helped the people who lived off the land: “Knowing where the sun rose and set on the horizon in addition to where the resolana or the sombrillo was located on a particular property was and continues to this day to be a necessary knowledge that a farmer must know to make best use of their land. It obliges farmers to become better attuned to their senses and become better observers of their natural world.”

Whether that helps predict the weather, it sure makes life more enjoyable — having an awareness of the clouds, the animals, the coming and going of moon and sun. All keep us in the moment, which, in the end, is all any of us have. This year or any other.

Happy New Year.

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Two books that could help you understand our America

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recent letter to the editor (“Liz Cheney’s book,” Letters to the Editor, Dec 27) exhorted Republicans to wake up. The writer listed about five subjects needing attention and suggested people read Liz Cheney’s book, Oath and Honor: A Memoir and A Warning. I am reading that book now.

I find it well-written and full of startling facts that reveal many machinations that were going on with Republican politicians. Another book I discovered is The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta.

It paints an expansive and profoundly troubling portrait of the American evangelical movement. I recommend both of these books.

Aria White

Santa Fe

Stop the burns President Joe Biden has introduced a $50 billion plan, claiming it will protect homes from wildfire.

Instead, it is a massive increase in cutting, burning and logging, all to reduce fuels — which isn’t useful.

Even though an insurance industry group said, “Tree cutting [and burning] is ineffectual against these raging wildfires because the embers easily fly … and spark new fires.”

“Any thinning in mature and old growth forests … will put more emissions into the atmosphere than the fires they hope to prevent,” said Dominick DellaSala, chief scientist for Wild Heritage. The U.S. Forest Service’s analyses of these projects do not address their health, carbon or climate impacts. Both U.S.

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland seem to be pleased with this $50 billion logging plan. Contact your elected officials and tell them to stop the burns.

Jan Boyer

founder, OnceAForest.org Santa Fe

How to help?

Not seen by me a year ago: People sleeping along Alameda Street. Others sleeping by the statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe as worshipers exited from Mass.

Seeing a congregation of unhoused people in an enclosed area by the same church. Seeing overloaded shopping carts alongside dozens of folks along a block on De Vargas Street. At noon last week, I saw a person sleeping on the sidewalk just feet from The Interfaith Community Shelter at Pete’s Place. What can I do?

Cathi Haga

Santa Fe

Do better Come on, Santa Fe! I was out to celebrate Christmas Eve on Canyon Road and was disappointed big time. There were a ton of people, and not one portable toilet. Lots of strollers, dogs and ice, with people slipping and falling. The bus to and from was the only thing thought out. Much room for improvement.

Barbara Winters

Rowe

hat’s the point of New Year’s Day in January?

There’s no difference between one winter day and another. My friends think New Year’s should be the solstice, an actual astronomical event. But why toast the shortest day?

Pagans celebrated the new year at the Spring Equinox.

This makes sense. With the collective roar of joy when daylight saving time rolls in, wouldn’t folks keep their exercise resolutions if the year began in March when it’s nicer outside?

The only good thing about February is that it’s short.

By March and April, I’ve gone from winter agoraphobia to acute claustrophobia. I’m desperate for a sunny beach, but flights are booked up and hotel rates are astronomical due to spring break.

April 1 was the old New Year’s Day. Celebrate allergy and windy seasons? Ha. By this point, I would kill to get outside in the sun, but sneezing and itchy eyes keep me indoors. May begins the fire season, and smoke keeps me from smelling the flowers. I spend the month facing an air purifier. I’m going stir-crazy.

It’s June. Finally I’m alive! The days are long. It’s summer again. COVID-19, flu and pollen counts are down. I’m off to Mount Shasta, Calif., magnet for mountain climbers, UFOs and seekers. The views are spectacular, and there is so much green. A lower altitude means I can hike and climb, something that takes the wind out of me here, even though I’ve been acclimated for 30 years. I paddle the entire length of Castle Lake in an inner tube so I can dive off tall granite rocks. I make memories to last the rest of the year. If you haven’t been to Mount Shasta, don’t go. No one goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.

Back in Santa Fe by mid-July, I’m wasting time trying to figure out how to live in Shasta forever, something I’ve pondered for 30 years. The 50 feet of snow there is too much for an old lady. What? I’m old already? I’m not moving up there to slip on ice and break a hip.

Finally, by August, I’ve reacclimated to the altitude, and I start making pilgrimages to Abiquiú Lake with a picnic basket and my inner tube to swim. I practically drown laughing.

It’s gorgeous in the early evening with the sun low, reflecting gold on the water. I’m happy to be a New Mexican again.

By the end of August, deadly algae closes down the lake.

Chamisa pollen is starting, and summer is almost over.

Suddenly, I realize there have been no monsoons! Dread of global warming. Dread of a COVID-19 uptick. Dread of winter. Do I get my flu shot now or wait? I am vaccinefatigued. I’ve started grinding my teeth again.

September means the onset of vaccine season. It’s a lost month for me because of my proinflammatory immune system, which is all cheerleader with no defensive linebacker. This plays out as and being down for the count a good two weeks for each shot.

What? It’s October already? Days are shorter, and dread is longer. I’m sorting out my winter clothes because preparation decreases anxiety. Halloween was my favorite holiday until 2020. Now, costumes boxed, I hunker down with bingeable shows and lights out. There’s no trick or treating in my neighborhood. That’s OK. I’ve forgotten to buy candy.

November kicks off holiday season, where we exchange viruses. Everyone is dropping like flies by Christmas.

When the festivities die down, it’s January again. I’m another year older, but, hey, we’re halfway to June!

Lisa Manis has lived in Santa Fe for 30 years as a writer, artist and spiritual healer.

M Y VIEW BRIAN REMPEL

Thanks for giving to me and the community, Peggy: You’ll be missed

I

met Peggy 40 years ago, when I was 10 years old. My mother moved my younger brother and I to Santa Fe in 1980. We lived just off of Osage, on Osage Circle. Book Mountain was an easy bike ride away (at the original location) for a 10-year-old. Peggy’s store had a decent selection of used comic books back then, and that’s what attracted me.

When I was 15, Peggy gave me my first job at Book Mountain. I worked evenings after school and weekends off and on until I was 18. I credit working for Peggy with teaching me a proficiency with math that serves me well to this day. All store transactions were handwritten and brain calculated, just as they are now.

I learned much more than just math

Editorial page editor: Inez Russell Gomez, 505-986-3053, igomez@sfnewmexican.com, Twitter @inezrussell

working for Peggy. Her contributions to my upbringing and to this community as a whole go far beyond Book Mountain. Many articles could be written about them. She even ran for mayor at one point.

However, what no article can capture is what an honest, kind and generous person Peggy is. While her rough-

around-the-edges exterior may be off-putting to some, Peggy shares many similarities to another strong, influential woman who helped shape me into who I am today, my late mother.

I’m happy that Book Mountain will continue to be a vital part of this community. I’ve met Nathan Center, and he seems to be well-suited to the task of

running the store. I’ll certainly continue to be a customer and to sing the praises of Book Mountain. At the same time, it hurts my heart just a little knowing that Peggy won’t be there to greet me when I walk in.

Brian Rempel has lived and worked in Santa Fe for over 43 years.

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RONNIE ROD RIG UE Z , 1960 -2023

Basketball star was ‘determined to be special’ Rodriguez, one of first inductees of Latino Basketball Association Hall of Fame, helped mons earn their first state title in 1978 Dem

By Ja ames Barron

jbarron@sfnewmexican.com

R Ronnie Rodriguez was more than just a member of one of thee most storied state championship boys basketball teams in Santa Fe — the 1977-78 Demons squad.

Rodriguez was one of the more accomplished Latino baskeetball players in the nation, having earned All-State honors ass a Demon and an all-conference nod at New Mexico Ju unior College in 1980 that he parlayed into a two-year s stint at the College of Santa Fe. Rodriguez also spent nine years playing professionally i Mexico and was a constant presence in adult men’s in basketball leagues locally and regionally. His accomplishments led him to be a part of the inaugural group inducted into the Latino Basketball Association Hall of Fame in 2005.

He is a big reason the Rodriguez family name resonates in Northern New Mexico, along with his dad, leg-

The fron nt page e of th he sporrts secttion in th he Marrch, 12, 11978, issu ue of The New Mex xican.

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COLLEG E FO O TBALL PL AYOFF

COURTESY SANTA FE HIGH

Ronnie Rodriguez, right, a key member of Santa Fe High’s 1977-78 state championship boys basketball team, died Dec. 25 at the age of 64.

NFL BALTIMORE 56, MIAMI 19

Ravens take AFC North

Lamar Jackson’s perfect passer rating helps Baltimore rout Miami to clinch division title, top seed in AFC

RYAN SUN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy throws to wide receiver Cornelius Johnson during practice Friday in Carson, Calif. Michigan is scheduled to play against Alabama on New Year’s Day in the Rose Bowl, a semifinal in the College Football Playoff.

Semifinals could set betting records

By Mark Anderson

The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Sportsbook director Jay Kornegay is anticipating massive crowds at Westgate’s Las Vegas location this weekend and Monday to bet on the two College Football Playoff semifinal games.

Part of it is timing. Last season’s games were on New Year’s Eve; this season’s are on New Year’s Day. The other part is the field. Michigan, ranked first by the CFP committee, faces No. 4 Alabama in the Rose Bowl and No. 2 Washington plays No. 3 Texas in the Sugar Bowl.

“We expect the handle to double, possibly triple, what we did last year mainly because the games are being played on New Year’s Day rather than New Year’s Eve,” said Kornegay, Westgate’s vice president of race and sports operations.

“Certainly, the participants have huge fan bases.”

Kornegay said the betting increase not only will happen at the Las Vegas book, but at its locations throughout the country. Westgate has books in eight states besides Nevada.

“The volume level is going to be cranked up probably like we’ve never seen it before,” Kornegay said. “So we’re certainly looking for possible records during this year’s playoff games.”

Tide rolls in Michigan opened as a 21/2-point favorite at Caesars Sportsbook, but Please see story on Page B-3

TODAY ON TV 10 a.m. ESPN2 — The ReliaQuest Bowl: Wisconsin vs. LSU, Tampa, Fla. 11 a.m. ABC — The Cheez-It Citrus Bowl: Iowa vs. Tennessee, Orlando, Fla. 11 a.m. ESPN — The Vrbo Fiesta Bowl: Liberty vs. Oregon, Glendale, Ariz.

3 p.m. ESPN — College Football Playoff Semifinal: The Rose Bowl: Alabama vs.

Michigan, Pasadena, Calif.

6:45 p.m. ESPN — College Football Playoff Semifinal: The All-State Sugar Bowl: Texas vs. Washington, New Orleans Alternate TV feeds are available. See the schedule on Page B-3.

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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, right, runs against Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Zach Sieler during the second half of Sunday’s game in Baltimore. The Ravens routed the Dolphins 56-19 and secured their first AFC North title since 2019.

By Noah Trister

The Associated Press

BALTIMORE amar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens clinched a division title and the top seed in the AFC. There’s no mathematical way to tell if the star quarterback wrapped up the MVP award, too, but his fans made their views on the topic clear.

Serenaded throughout by “MVP!” chants, Jackson threw for 321 yards and five touchdowns as the Ravens eviscerated the Miami Dolphins 56-19 on Sunday. Baltimore won its first AFC North title since 2019, when Jackson was named MVP. He might be closing in on that honor again.

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“He played a perfect football game in terms of the passing game,” coach John Harbaugh said.

The stat sheet agreed. Jackson went 18 of 21 without an interception. He finished with a perfect passer rating of 158.3.

Jackson missed the end of the past two Baltimore seasons because of injuries. Now the Ravens can rest him voluntarily next week if they want, although Harbaugh was noncommittal on that.

Baltimore (13-3) has won six straight, and the Ravens rolled through a grueling December stretch that included games against the Rams, Jaguars, 49ers and Dolphins.

“I don’t know if I’ve seen a more impressive performance in a game. I’m not sure I’ve seen a more impressive performance in a season to date,” said

Harbaugh, whose team will have a first-round bye before hosting its postseason opener. “Obviously we have a lot more to do. We’ve got a lot of work to do in front of us, but this is a mature football team.”

Miami (11-5) is also postseason bound, but now the winner of next weekend’s Dolphins-Bills game will take the AFC East. Miami was without two offensive stars in receiver Jaylen Waddle (ankle) and running back Raheem Mostert (knee, ankle).

And now the Dolphins face another potentially significant injury. Linebacker Bradley Chubb — with his team down 30 points — had to be carted off with 3:05 remaining after hurting his knee.

That raised obvious questions about why Chubb Please see story on Page B-2

K ANSA S CIT Y 25 , CIN CINNATI 17

Butker kicks Chiefs to AFC West title in win over Bengals

By Dave Skretta

The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs have grown accustomed to wrapping up the AFC West by the middle of December.

Turns out they’re perfectly fine with clinching it on New Year’s Eve. Amid an up-and-down season in which the Chiefs have been forced to rely on their defense while their high-profile offense sputtered, Patrick Mahomes and Co. still managed to clinch their eighth consecutive division championship Sunday with a comefrom-behind 25-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals — their opponent in each of the past two AFC title games.

Harrison Butker was a career-best

6 for 6 on fieldgoal attempts, Mahomes had 245 yards passing and a touchdown, and Isiah Pacheco ran for a career-best 130 yards to help Kansas City (10-6) secure Harrison the No. 3 seed for the Butker playoffs.

“Obviously, we’re not winning this in Week 12 or Week 13 like before. We had to battle through adversity and find a way to win,” said Mahomes, who went over 4,000 yards passing for his sixth consecutive year as the starter. “Now you’re in the playoffs, it’s one game, single elimination, and I think we can play with anybody.”

Sports editor: Will Webber, wwebber@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Eric J. Hedlund, ehedlund@sfnewmexican.com

The Bengals (8-8), fighting to avoid postseason elimination, led by 10 early but found themselves trailing 25-17 when Butker hit the last of his field goals — a 46-yarder through blustery wind — with 2:59 remaining in the game.

Four of Butker’s six field goals were from at least 43 yards, including his 54-yarder in the first half.

With one last chance, Bengals quarterback Jake Browning hit Tyler Boyd over the middle to convert a long fourth down and get them into Kansas City territory. But back-to-back sacks

by George Karlaftis and Chris Jones ultimately dashed their hopes.

Browning finished with 197 yards passing and a touchdown. Joe Mixon ran for 65 yards and had the TD reception.

“Every guy left it all on the field,” Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor said. “It was an emotional game. Physical game.

All the things we knew would happen, happened. You have to give Kansas City credit. They got it done down the stretch.”

The Bengals and Chiefs are accustomed to playing high-stakes games when the weather turns frigid, meeting for down-to-the-wire nail-biters in each of the past two AFC championship games. And they are usually accompanied by plenty of trash talk, be it from fans, elected officials or — in the case this past week — players such as Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase.

The animosity usually spills onto Please see story on Page B-2 SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM

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THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

NFL WEEK 17 NFL EXPANDED GLANCE

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x-Miami Buffalo e-N.Y. Jets e-New England

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11 10 6 4

SOUTH

5 6 10 12

W

Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville e-Tennessee

NORTH

*-Baltimore x-Cleveland Pittsburgh e-Cincinnati

3-4-0 5-3-0 5-2-0 1-7-0

6-5-0 7-4-0 6-5-0 3-8-0

3-2-0 2-3-0 3-2-0 2-3-0

3-2-0 3-2-0 4-1-0 0-5-0

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T

PCT

PF

PA

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AWAY

AFC

NFC

DIV

HOME

AWAY

3 5 7 8

0 0 0 0

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.813 .688 .563 .500

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10 8 7 5

6 8 9 11

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L

T

11 11 5 4

5 5 11 12

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L

L

T

PCT

PF

PA

T

PCT

PA

.688 .688 .313 .250

471 423 239 319

PF

.500 .500 .438 .125

354 339 304 236

PCT

0 0 0 0

PF

.688 .467 .467 .438

T

PCT

.750 .563 .500 .250

PF

471 383 343 310

SUNDAY, JAN. 7

14 10

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ARI

3 6

7 10

35 31

PHI

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17 37

First Quarter Chi: Moore 7 pass from Fields (Santos kick), 8:47.

Second Quarter Chi: Fields 9 run (Santos kick), 14:14.

Atl: Allgeier 75 pass from Heinicke (Koo kick), 14:00.

Chi: R.Johnson 2 run (Santos kick), 4:02.

Third Quarter Chi: FG Santos 22, 11:56.

Atl: FG Koo 38, 8:29.

Chi: FG Santos 42, 1:10.

Fourth Quarter Atl: Heinicke 24 run (Koo kick), 12:22.

Chi: FG Santos 42, 4:59.

Chi: Herbert 1 run (Santos kick), 3:39.

A: 61,752.

ATL

15 307

AFC

3-2-0 3-2-0 4-1-0 0-5-0

NFC

DIV

2-3-0 3-2-0 2-3-0 2-3-0

3-2-0 3-2-0 3-2-0 1-4-0

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AWAY

AFC

NFC

DIV

HOME

AWAY

8-0-0 6-2-0 3-4-0 1-6-0

5-2-0 4-3-0 2-5-0 5-3-0

HOME

5-2-0 5-3-0 5-3-0 2-5-0

3-5-0 5-3-0 2-7-0 3-6-0

4-5-0 4-4-0 2-6-0 0-9-0

AWAY

6-3-0 3-5-0 5-3-0 2-6-0

AWAY

7-2-0 4-4-0 3-5-0 2-7-0

CAROLINA JACKSONVILLE

First downs 32 17 Total Net Yards 449 275 Rushes-yards 40-221 23-91 Passing 228 184 Punt Returns 2-29 0-0 Kickoff Returns 3-74 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-99 Comp-Att-Int 25-31-1 19-24-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-4 0-0 Punts 0-0.0 2-58.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-25 4-49 Time of Possession 39:39 20:21 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Arizona, Conner 26-128, Carter 7-61, Murray 5-24, Moore 2-8. Philadelphia, Swift 1361, Hurts 8-25, Gainwell 2-5.

PASSING: Arizona, Murray 25-31-1-232. Philadelphia, Hurts 18-23-1-167, Gainwell 1-1-0-17.

RECEIVING: Arizona, Dortch 7-82, McBride 6-48, M.Wilson 4-35, Moore 3-26, Higgins 2-21, Demercado 1-9, Carter 1-6, Conner 1-5. Philadelphia, Goedert 5-47, A.Brown 4-53, Gainwell 4-15, D.Smith 3-30, Jones 2-34, Swift 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

7 14

5-0-0 3-2-0 3-2-0 5-0-0

8-3-0 5-6-0 5-6-0 3-8-0

HOME

PA

DIV

5-2-0 3-4-0 2-6-0 3-5-0

4-3-0 4-4-0 5-3-0 2-5-0

277 357 382 434

8-3-0 8-3-0 6-5-0 3-8-0

3-2-0 4-1-0 1-4-0 2-3-0

AFC

8-3-0 7-4-0 4-7-0 2-9-0

4-1-0 4-1-0 2-3-0 0-5-0

NFC

3-2-0 2-3-0 3-2-0 1-4-0

DIV

5-6-0 6-5-0 4-7-0 1-10-0

AFC

AFC

2-3-0 2-3-0 2-3-0 1-4-0

3-2-0 3-2-0 3-2-0 1-4-0

NFC

4-1-0 2-3-0 1-4-0 1-4-0

DIV

7-4-0 5-5-0 6-4-0 6-5-0

3-2-0 2-2-0 2-2-0 2-3-0

NFC

DIV

10-1-0 7-4-0 6-5-0 3-8-0

JACKSONVILLE 26, CAROLINA 0

First Quarter Ari: FG Prater 28, 5:09.

Phi: J.Jones 12 pass from Hurts (Elliott kick), :42.

Second Quarter Phi: S.Brown 99 interception return (Elliott kick), 11:44.

Ari: FG Prater 34, 1:50.

Phi: J.Jones 22 pass from Hurts (Elliott kick), :24.

Third Quarter Ari: M.Carter 6 pass from Murray (Prater kick), 8:42.

Ari: Conner 5 pass from Murray (M.Wilson pass from Murray), 2:01.

Fourth Quarter Phi: Goedert 9 pass from Hurts (Elliott kick), 9:55.

Ari: M.Wilson 5 pass from Murray (Prater kick), 5:30.

Phi: FG Elliott 43, 2:33.

Ari: Conner 2 run (Prater kick), :36.

A: 69,879.

CHICAGO 37, ATLANTA 17

5-4-0 5-4-0 5-3-0 2-6-0

7-1-0 3-4-0 4-3-0 3-5-0

NFC

5-0-0 4-1-0 1-4-0 0-5-0

Rushes-yards 24-134 37-192 Passing 173 240 Punt Returns 2-27 2-19 Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-54 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 4-9 Comp-Att-Int 13-33-4 20-32-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-7 3-28 Punts 3-42.667 4-48.75 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 1-15 5-55 Time of Possession 22:46 37:14 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Atlanta, Robinson 15-75, Heinicke 4-46, Allgeier 5-13. Chicago, Herbert 18-124, Fields 1145, R.Johnson 7-21, V.Jones 1-2.

PASSING: Atlanta, Heinicke 10-29-3-163, Ridder 3-4-1-17. Chicago, Fields 20-32-0-268.

RECEIVING: Atlanta, D.London 4-56, Jefferson 3-19, Robinson 3-11, Allgeier 1-75, Pruitt 1-14, Pitts 1-5. Chicago, Moore 9-159, Tonyan 3-40, R.Johnson 3-38, Scott 2-15, Herbert 2-5, C.Johnson 1-11.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: Atlanta, Koo 50, Koo 42.

Chicago, Santos 55.

Atlanta at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Miami, 11 a.m.

Chicago at Green Bay, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Dallas at Washington, 11 a.m.

Denver at Las Vegas, 11 a.m.

Houston at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Kansas City at L.A. Chargers, 11 a.m.

L.A. Rams at San Francisco, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at New England, 11 a.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 11 a.m.

15 0

310 325 325 407 375 331 299 362

Arizona 35, Philadelphia 31 Baltimore 56, Miami 19 Buffalo 27, New England 21 Chicago 37, Atlanta 17 Houston 26, Tennessee 3 Indianapolis 23, Las Vegas 20 Jacksonville 26, Carolina 0 L.A. Rams 26, N.Y. Giants 25 New Orleans 23, Tampa Bay 13 San Francisco 27, Washington 10 Pittsburgh 30, Seattle 23 Denver 16, L.A. Chargers 9 Kansas City 25, Cincinnati 17 Green Bay at Minnesota, 6:20 p.m.

ARIZONA 35, PHILADELPHIA 31

305 401 397 480

PA

431 333 314 351

SUNDAY’S GAMES

3 14

PA

282 386 317 385

Cleveland 37, N.Y. Jets 20 Saturday’s Games Dallas 20, Detroit 19

3 7

6-2-0 8-1-0 5-4-0 5-3-0

358 343 305 334

0 0 0 0

L

PF

263 331 314 370

.625 .500 .438 .313

T

5 8 8 9

PCT

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

8 8 9 14

473 382 287 335

6-3-0 4-4-0 4-5-0 4-4-0

AFC

4-1-0 3-2-0 1-4-0 2-3-0

AWAY

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First downs Total Net Yards

DIV

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HOME

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0 7

NFC

7-4-0 6-5-0 3-8-0 4-7-0

PA

*-San Francisco 12 4 0 x-L.A. Rams 9 7 0 Seattle 8 8 0 e-Arizona 4 12 0 e-Eliminated from playoffs x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division *-clinched home-field advantage

ATLANTA CHICAGO

AFC

4-4-0 3-4-0 2-5-0 3-5-0

334 392 343 347

W

ARIZONA PHILADELPHIA

AWAY

354 377 357 277

11 7 7 7

WEST

7-1-0 7-2-0 4-5-0 1-7-0

.563 .563 .563 .313

8 8 7 2

NORTH

HOME

PCT

0 0 0 0

PF

PA

370 297 352 349

T

x-Dallas x-Philadelphia e-N.Y. Giants e-Washington

y-Detroit Green Bay Minnesota Chicago

482 430 251 233

7 7 7 11

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST

New Orleans Tampa Bay Atlanta e-Carolina

PF

.688 .625 .375 .250

L

y-Kansas City e-Denver e-Las Vegas e-L.A. Chargers

SOUTH

PCT

0 0 0 0

9 9 9 5

13 11 9 8

WEST

T

CHI 22 432

0 3

0 6

0 10

0 7

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First Quarter Jac: FG McManus 35, 8:36.

Second Quarter Jac: FG McManus 26, 7:18.

Jac: FG McManus 24, 2:45.

Third Quarter Jac: Etienne 62 run (McManus kick), 11:56.

Jac: FG McManus 34, 3:00.

Fourth Quarter Jac: Etienne 1 run (McManus kick), 4:16.

A: 67,233.

CAR

0 26

JAC

First downs 7 16 Total Net Yards 124 317 Rushes-yards 15-57 35-155 Passing 67 162 Punt Returns 2-9 2-17 Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-22 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-27 Comp-Att-Int 19-32-1 17-24-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 6-45 3-16 Punts 6-49.5 3-46.667 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-24 1-15 Time of Possession 26:31 33:29 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Carolina, Hubbard 11-45, Sanders 2-10, Young 1-2, Smith-Marsette 1-0. Jacksonville, Etienne 16-102, Bigsby 10-32, Beathard 3-24, D. Johnson 3-0, Barkley 3-(minus 3).

PASSING: Carolina, Young 19-32-1-112. Jacksonville, Beathard 17-24-0-178.

RECEIVING: Carolina, Thielen 6-38, Hubbard 4-26, Smith-Marsette 3-12, Sanders 2-12, Mingo 2-0, Chark 1-18, Tremble 1-6. Jacksonville, Engram 6-60, Ridley 4-39, Agnew 2-53, Etienne 2-16, Farrell 1-7, Washington 1-2, Strange 1-1.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

L.A. RAMS 26, N.Y. GIANTS 25

L.A. RAMS N.Y. GIANTS

7 0

7 10

6 6

6 9

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First Quarter LAR: K.Williams 4 run (Havrisik kick), 3:07.

Second Quarter NYG: W.Robinson 24 run (Crosby kick), 13:03.

LAR: Kupp 5 pass from Stafford (Havrisik kick), 1:44.

NYG: FG Crosby 31, :00.

Third Quarter LAR: K.Williams 2 run (kick failed), 10:17.

NYG: Slayton 80 pass from T.Taylor (kick failed), 4:39.

Fourth Quarter NYG: FG Crosby 32, 13:24.

LAR: K.Williams 28 run (kick failed), 12:03.

NYG: Olszewski 94 punt return (pass failed), 3:27.

A: 75,517.

LAR

NYG

First downs 22 17 Total Net Yards 391 389 Rushes-yards 23-105 20-105 Passing 286 284 Punt Returns 0-0 4-108 Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 2-22 Comp-Att-Int 24-34-2 27-41-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-31 6-35 Punts 5-57.4 5-44.4 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-28 7-65 Time of Possession 30:11 29:49 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: L.A. Rams, K.Williams 20-87, Nacua 2-19, Stafford 1-(minus 1). N.Y. Giants, Taylor 6-40, Barkley 12-39, W.Robinson 1-24, Gray 1-2.

PASSING: L.A. Rams, Stafford 24-34-2-317. N.Y. Giants, Taylor 27-41-1-319.

RECEIVING: L.A. Rams, Robinson 6-92, Higbee 6-62, Nacua 5-118, Kupp 4-27, K.Williams 2-14, Rivers 1-4. N.Y. Giants, W.Robinson 6-55, Waller 5-51, Slayton 4-106, Bellinger 4-39, Hyatt 3-25,

SF: Aiyuk 17 pass from Purdy (Moody kick), 9:20.

A: 64,424.

Barkley 3-19, Hodgins 1-18, Gray 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: N.Y. Giants, Crosby 54.

SF

INDIANAPOLIS 23, LAS VEGAS 20

LAS VEGAS INDIANAPOLIS

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7 3

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First Quarter Ind: Taylor 5 run (Gay kick), 12:11.

Las: FG Carlson 40, 5:57.

Second Quarter Ind: Pierce 58 pass from Minshew (Gay kick), 3:53.

Third Quarter Las: Adams 4 pass from O’Connell (Carlson kick), 6:31.

Ind: FG Gay 38, 1:17.

Fourth Quarter Ind: FG Gay 33, 7:34.

Las: FG Carlson 33, 4:35.

Ind: FG Gay 45, 3:11.

Las: Adams 1 pass from O’Connell (Carlson kick), :43.

A: 65,538.

LAS

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IND

First downs 26 16 Total Net Yards 370 349 Rushes-yards 25-84 29-134 Passing 286 215 Punt Returns 1-3 0-0 Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 30-47-0 15-23-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-13 1-9 Punts 5-37.4 3-49.667 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 7-54 5-52 Time of Possession 33:44 26:16 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Las Vegas, White 20-71, Bolden 2-6, Abdullah 1-4, O’Connell 2-3. Indianapolis, Taylor 21-96, Sermon 5-32, Goodson 1-3, Minshew 2-3.

PASSING: Las Vegas, O’Connell 30-47-0-299. Indianapolis, Minshew 15-23-0-224.

RECEIVING: Las Vegas, Adams 13-126, Meyers 6-56, White 5-35, Hooper 3-28, Tucker 2-36, Abdullah 1-18. Indianapolis, Pittman 5-46, Downs 2-53, Alie-Cox 2-18, Sermon 2-9, Pierce 1-58, Mallory 1-19, Granson 1-13, Taylor 1-8.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: Indianapolis, Gay 49.

BALTIMORE 56, MIAMI 19

MIAMI BALTIMORE

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First Quarter Mia: C.Wilson 8 pass from Tagovailoa (J.Sanders kick), 11:00.

Bal: Jus.Hill 20 pass from L.Jackson (Tucker kick), 6:39.

Mia: FG J.Sanders 27, 3:39.

Second Quarter Bal: Edwards 1 run (Tucker kick), 6:56.

Mia: FG J.Sanders 38, 3:10.

Bal: Flowers 75 pass from L.Jackson (Tucker kick), 2:58.

Bal: Likely 35 pass from L.Jackson (Tucker kick), 1:24.

Third Quarter Bal: Likely 7 pass from L.Jackson (Tucker kick), 13:29.

Fourth Quarter Mia: Achane 1 pass from Tagovailoa (pass failed), 13:57.

Bal: Ricard 4 pass from L.Jackson (Tucker kick), 9:38.

Bal: Gordon 7 run (Tucker kick), 4:11.

Bal: Kolar 19 pass from Huntley (Tucker kick), 2:28.

A: 71,196.

MIA

BAL

First downs 20 24 Total Net Yards 375 491 Rushes-yards 25-154 32-160 Passing 221 331 Punt Returns 0-0 1-6 Kickoff Returns 3-74 2-101 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-34 Comp-Att-Int 22-38-2 19-22-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-16 1-9 Punts 3-52.667 2-35.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 5-37 7-45 Time of Possession 29:37 30:23 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Miami, Achane 14-107, J.Wilson 3-21, Tagovailoa 2-14, Brooks 4-12, White 1-0, T.Hill 1-0. Baltimore, Edwards 16-68, Hill 3-48, Jackson 6-35, Gordon 6-10, Huntley 1-(minus 1).

PASSING: Miami, Tagovailoa 22-38-2-237. Baltimore, Jackson 18-21-0-321, Huntley 1-1-0-19.

RECEIVING: Miami, T.Hill 6-76, Achane 4-30, Smythe 3-54, J.Wilson 3-13, C.Wilson 2-27, Berrios 2-10, Ingold 1-18, J.Hill 1-9. Baltimore, Hill 5-64, Bateman 4-54, Flowers 3-106, Likely 2-42, Agholor 2-18, Beckham 1-33, Kolar 1-19, Ricard 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

BUFFALO 27, NEW ENGLAND 21

NEW ENGLAND BUFFALO

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First Quarter NE: Reagor 98 kickoff return (Ryland kick), 14:48.

Buf: FG Bass 35, 12:07.

Buf: J.Allen 1 run (Bass kick), 6:37.

Buf: FG Bass 24, 2:16.

Second Quarter Buf: R.Douglas 40 interception return (Bass kick), 12:36.

NE: Zappe 17 run (Ryland kick), 9:44.

Third Quarter Buf: J.Allen 1 run (Bass kick), 10:42.

Fourth Quarter NE: Elliott 6 run (Ryland kick), 11:01.

A: 70,772.

NE

BUF

First downs 16 19 Total Net Yards 294 281 Rushes-yards 24-103 37-127 Passing 191 154 Punt Returns 1-2 2-18 Kickoff Returns 2-120 2-42 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 3-50 Comp-Att-Int 16-26-3 15-30-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-18 1-15 Punts 4-44.0 6-48.167 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0 Penalties-Yards 2-20 4-32 Time of Possession 27:08 32:52 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: New England, Elliott 14-39, Zappe 5-37, Harris 2-15, Douglas 3-12. Buffalo, Cook 1648, J.Allen 11-44, Ty.Johnson 5-22, Shakir 1-10, Diggs 1-5, Murray 1-0, K.Allen 2-(minus 2).

PASSING: New England, Zappe 16-26-3-209. Buffalo, J.Allen 15-30-1-169.

RECEIVING: New England, Gesicki 4-35, Douglas 3-31, Thornton 3-24, Harris 2-54, Reagor 1-39, Parker 1-15, Elliott 1-6, P.Brown 1-5. Buffalo, Kincaid 4-87, Shakir 4-39, Diggs 4-26, Davis 2-21, Cook 1-(minus 4).

MISSED FIELD GOALS: New England, Ryland 47.

NEW ORLEANS 23, TAMPA BAY 13

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First Quarter NO: J.Johnson 4 pass from Carr (Grupe kick), 7:04.

Second Quarter NO: Hill 22 pass from Carr (Grupe kick), 1:53.

NO: FG Grupe 45, :09.

Third Quarter NO: FG Grupe 28, 4:25.

Fourth Quarter TB: Palmer 22 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin kick), 7:50.

NO: FG Grupe 38, 3:48.

TB: Godwin 47 pass from Mayfield (pass failed), 1:37.

A: 65,741.

NO

TB

First downs 20 13 Total Net Yards 310 349 Rushes-yards 35-108 15-57 Passing 202 292 Punt Returns 2-27 2-21 Kickoff Returns 2-41 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 2-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 25-34-0 22-33-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 2-17 Punts 6-44.667 5-41.4 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 5-31 5-38 Time of Possession 36:38 23:22 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: New Orleans, Williams 19-58, Kamara 10-45, Prentice 1-7, Hill 2-1, Carr 3-(minus 3).

Tampa Bay, R.White 11-42, Edmonds 3-16, Mayfield 1-(minus 1).

PASSING: New Orleans, Carr 24-32-0-197, Hill 1-2-0-11. Tampa Bay, Mayfield 22-33-2-309.

RECEIVING: New Orleans, J.Johnson 8-90, Williams 4-13, Olave 3-26, Hill 2-30, Shaheed 2-14, Kamara 2-4, Moreau 1-13, Prentice 1-7, Bowden 1-6, Perry 1-5. Tampa Bay, Edmonds 5-40, Palmer 4-84, R.White 4-24, Godwin 3-81, Evans 3-70, Otton 2-10, Thompkins 1-0.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

SAN FRANCISCO 27, WASHINGTON 10

SAN FRANCISCO WASHINGTON

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Indianapolis Colts cornerback Jaylon Jones, right, loses his helmet as he tackles Las Vegas Raiders running back Ameer Abdullah during the first half of Sunday’s game in Indianapolis.

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First Quarter SF: FG Moody 38, 8:06.

SF: D.Samuel 2 pass from Purdy (Moody kick), 1:30.

Second Quarter Was: FG Slye 47, 12:05.

Was: McLaurin 3 pass from Howell (Slye kick), 4:33.

SF: FG Moody 22, :19.

Third Quarter SF: Mitchell 2 run (Moody kick), 5:44.

Fourth Quarter

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WAS

First downs 28 12 Total Net Yards 408 225 Rushes-yards 39-184 14-62 Passing 224 163 Punt Returns 2-17 1-2 Kickoff Returns 1-28 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 2-3 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 22-28-0 17-28-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 1-6 Punts 2-38.0 3-52.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-20 5-40 Time of Possession 38:13 21:47 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: San Francisco, Mitchell 17-80, McCaffrey 14-64, Samuel 3-35, Purdy 1-4, Mason 2-3, Darnold 2-(minus 2). Washington, Robinson 9-44, Gibson 4-19, Howell 1-(minus 1).

PASSING: San Francisco, Purdy 22-28-0-230.

Washington, Howell 17-28-2-169.

RECEIVING: San Francisco, Aiyuk 7-114, Samuel 5-37, McCaffrey 4-27, Kittle 3-29, Juszczyk 3-23.

Washington, McLaurin 4-61, Robinson 4-32, Samuel 3-33, Thomas 3-20, Gibson 2-17, Bates 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

HOUSTON 26, TENNESSEE 3

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First Quarter Hou: FG Fairbairn 28, 7:17.

Second Quarter Hou: Jordan 12 pass from Stroud (Fairbairn kick), 10:10.

Hou: Rankins 13 fumble return (Fairbairn kick), 10:02.

Hou: FG Fairbairn 38, 4:17.

Ten: FG Folk 53, :00.

Third Quarter Hou: FG Fairbairn 27, 9:35.

Fourth Quarter Hou: FG Fairbairn 51, 5:33.

A: 71,517.

TEN

HOU

First downs 11 20 Total Net Yards 187 312 Rushes-yards 21-53 28-111 Passing 134 201 Punt Returns 2-22 2-30 Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-21 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-26-0 24-32-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 6-50 1-12 Punts 5-49.6 3-51.667 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-15 1-6 Time of Possession 26:49 33:11 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Tennessee, Henry 12-42, Ward 3-11, Spears 6-0. Houston, Singletary 16-80, Pierce 8-16, N.Collins 1-7, Stroud 1-4, Metchie 1-4, Ogunbowale 1-0.

PASSING: Tennessee, Tannehill 16-20-0-168, Levis 2-6-0-16. Houston, Stroud 24-32-0-213.

RECEIVING: Tennessee, Hopkins 7-72, Spears 4-29, Okonkwo 3-34, Burks 2-11, Moore 1-32, Rader 1-6. Houston, N.Collins 7-80, Woods 4-58, Singletary 3-6, Jordan 2-19, Schultz 2-19, Hutchinson 2-8, Brown 1-8, Metchie 1-8, Pierce 1-5, Saubert 1-2.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

PITTSBURGH 30, SEATTLE 23

PITTSBURGH SEATTLE

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Cardinals rally past Eagles, disrupt Philly’s playoff path The Associated Press

RAMS 26, GIANTS 25

PHILADELPHIA — James Conner ran for a 2-yard touchdown with 32 seconds remaining, Kyler Murray threw three TD passes, and Cardinals 35 the Arizona Eagles 31 Cardinals rallied from a 15-point deficit to stun Philadelphia 35-31 on Sunday and disrupt the Eagles’ playoff path.

The Eagles Kyler Murray (11-5) could have won the NFC East with wins against Arizona and the New York Giants next week. Now, Dallas can win the division with a win next week at Washington, and San Francisco has locked up the top seed in the conference.

In East Rutherford, N.J., Kyren Williams ran for 87 yards and a career-best three touchdowns, and Los Angeles beat New York, clinching a playoff berth hours later when Seattle lost to Pittsburgh.

Matthew Stafford threw for 317 yards and a touchdown but also had his first two interceptions in the last five games as the Rams (9-7) held on to win their third straight and sixth of seven.

49ERS 27, COMMANDERS 10 In Landover, Md., Brock Purdy bounced back from the worst game of his career to throw two touchdown passes, and San Francisco clinched the top seed in the NFC by beating Washington.

Philadelphia’s stunning home loss to Arizona, combined with Detroit’s defeat at Dallas on Saturday, allowed the 49ers (12-4) to secure a first-round bye and home-field advantage.

BILLS 27, PATRIOTS 21

First Quarter Pit: Warren 18 run (Boswell kick), 1:47.

Second Quarter Sea: K.Walker 13 run (Myers kick), 13:50.

Pit: FG Boswell 39, 10:27.

Sea: Smith-Njigba 12 pass from G.Smith (Myers kick), 5:30.

Pit: Harris 9 run (Boswell kick), 1:36.

Third Quarter Sea: FG Myers 43, 10:47.

Pit: Harris 4 run (Boswell kick), 6:57.

Fourth Quarter Sea: FG Myers 42, 13:30.

Pit: FG Boswell 26, 7:07.

Pit: FG Boswell 21, 4:31.

Sea: FG Myers 24, 2:01.

A: 68,735.

In Orchard Park, N.Y., Josh Allen ran for two touchdowns, cornerback Rasul Douglas returned one of his two interceptions for a score, and Buffalo beat New England, setting up a showdown at Miami next weekend for the AFC East title.

The three-time division champion Bills (10-6) have already defeated the Dolphins (11-5) this season, and Miami blew a chance at clinching the division title by getting blown out at Baltimore.

First downs 25 17 Total Net Yards 468 369 Rushes-yards 46-202 15-88 Passing 266 281 Punt Returns 1-6 0-0 Kickoff Returns 2-56 3-82 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-24-0 23-33-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 1-9 Punts 1-46.0 3-53.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 2-10 4-25 Time of Possession 37:33 22:27 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pittsburgh, Harris 27-122, Warren 1375, Rudolph 6-5. Seattle, Walker 10-53, Smith 3-33, Charbonnet 2-2.

PASSING: Pittsburgh, Rudolph 18-24-0-274. Seattle, Smith 23-33-0-290.

RECEIVING: Pittsburgh, Pickens 7-131, D.Johnson 4-76, Warren 4-23, Freiermuth 3-44. Seattle, Metcalf 5-106, Fant 5-59, Charbonnet 5-39, Walker 3-22, Parkinson 2-38, Smith-Njigba 1-12, Lockett 1-10, Bobo 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

SAINTS 23, BUCCANEERS 13

PIT

SEA

KANSAS CITY 25, CINCINNATI 17 CINCINNATI KANSAS CITY

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First Quarter Cin: FG McPherson 34, 6:21.

KC: Pacheco 8 pass from Mahomes (Butker kick), 2:58.

Second Quarter Cin: Mixon 7 pass from Browning (McPherson kick), 11:29.

Cin: Browning 1 run (McPherson kick), 6:23.

KC: FG Butker 54, 3:44.

KC: FG Butker 43, :35.

Third Quarter KC: FG Butker 27, 4:31.

Fourth Quarter KC: FG Butker 24, 14:09.

KC: FG Butker 48, 6:18.

KC: FG Butker 46, 2:59.

A: 73,565.

CIN

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KC

First downs 20 15 Total Net Yards 263 373 Rushes-yards 32-104 22-132 Passing 159 241 Punt Returns 1-1 2-37 Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 19-33-0 21-29-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 6-38 2-4 Punts 4-47.5 1-57.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 3-20 3-39 Time of Possession 34:17 25:43 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Cincinnati, Mixon 21-65, Browning 7-32, C.Brown 3-5, T.Williams 1-2. Kansas City, Pacheco 18-130, Mahomes 4-2.

PASSING: Cincinnati, Browning 19-33-0-197. Kansas City, Mahomes 21-29-0-245.

RECEIVING: Cincinnati, Mixon 4-22, Chase 3-41, Hudson 3-38, D.Sample 3-21, Boyd 2-29, C.Brown 2-23, Higgins 1-19, Irwin 1-4. Kansas City, Pacheco 7-35, Rice 5-127, Gray 3-17, Kelce 3-16, Ju.Watson 1-41, James 1-6, Valdes-Scantling 1-3.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

DENVER 16, L.A. CHARGERS 9

L.A. CHARGERS DENVER

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First Quarter Den: FG Lutz 32, 3:55.

Second Quarter LAC: FG Dicker 36, 9:43.

Den: Humphrey 54 pass from Stidham (Lutz kick), 6:37.

Den: FG Lutz 43, 1:53.

Third Quarter LAC: FG Dicker 50, 6:20.

Fourth Quarter Den: FG Lutz 20, 11:19.

LAC: FG Dicker 52, 1:17.

A: 76,228.

LAC

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In Tampa, Fla., Derek Carr threw for 197 yards and two touchdowns, and New Orleans moved into a tie atop the NFC South by halting Tampa Bay’s four-game winning streak.

Tampa Bay can still repeat as NFC South champion by winning at division rival Carolina next week.

The Saints (8-8) close with a division game at home against Atlanta.

DEN

In Seattle, Najee Harris rushed for a season-high 122 yards and bullied his way into the end zone for a pair of touchdowns, and Pittsburgh beat Seattle to keep its playoff hopes alive.

The Seahawks (8-8) had their two-game win streak snapped and while they weren’t eliminated from the postseason, they will need a victory and a lot of help in Week 18.

JAGUARS 26, PANTHERS 0 In Jacksonville, Fla., Travis Etienne scored twice, including a 62-yard TD that was his longest run of the season, and Jacksonville blanked Carolina to end a four-game skid.

Jacksonville can clinch the division with a victory next weekend.

A loss to the Titans would hand the AFC South to the winner of the Houston-Indianapolis game.

TEXANS 26, TITANS 3 In Houston, C.J. Stroud threw for 213 yards and a touchdown in his return from a concussion, and Houston rolled past Tennessee.

COLTS 23, RAIDERS 20 In Indianapolis, Gardner Minshew threw a touchdown pass, Jonathan Taylor ran for a score, and two late defensive penalties helped Indianapolis beat Las Vegas to stay in the AFC playoff chase.

Indy (9-7) remained in a firstplace tie atop the AFC South with Houston and Jacksonville. The Colts host the Texans next week.

BEARS 37, FALCONS 17 In Chicago, Justin Fields threw for 268 yards with a touchdown pass and a rushing TD in what could be his final home game for Chicago, which dealt Atlanta’s playoff hopes a big blow.

BRONCOS 16, CHARGERS 9 In Denver, Jarrett Stidham threw for 224 yards and a touchdown in his first start in place of the benched Russell Wilson, and Denver beat Los Angeles.

Denver was eliminated from the playoffs because Kansas City beat Cincinnati.

Ravens take AFC North Continued from Page B-1

was still in the game.

“There’s times like this one where I would like a time machine for sure,” Miami coach Mike McDaniel said.

Jackson had more touchdown passes than incompletions. That’s a feat Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa also accomplished in a 70-20 win over Denver in Week 3.

Jackson also had a perfect passer rating against Miami in 2019. He joins Tom Brady (against Detroit) as the only quarterbacks with two perfect ratings against the same team, with a minimum of 20 attempts.

“I love the guy,” Ravens linebacker Patrick Queen said.

“He proved everything he had to prove. If anybody else saying otherwise, they just don’t like Lamar. That’s what it is. They don’t like us, they don’t like Bal-

timore, they don’t like Lamar.”

This matchup featured Miami’s top-ranked scoring offense and Baltimore’s topranked scoring defense. In the early going, the Dolphins had the upper hand. They scored on the game’s first drive when Tagovailoa threw an 8-yard pass to Cedrick Wilson Jr. Jackson answered with a 20-yard scoring strike to Justice Hill.

Miami would have had another touchdown on its second drive, but Tyreek Hill bobbled the ball in the end zone and the Dolphins kicked a field goal.

The Ravens took the lead for good in the second quarter when Gus Edwards capped an 89-yard drive with a 1-yard scoring run. After another Miami field goal, Jackson immediately found Zay Flowers open deep for a 75-yard touchdown that made it 21-13.

Butker kicks Chiefs to AFC West title Continued from Page B-1

First downs 17 16 Total Net Yards 301 313 Rushes-yards 24-86 33-101 Passing 215 212 Punt Returns 1-12 1-14 Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 24-38-0 20-32-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 2-12 Punts 4-46.0 5-48.6 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-48 7-49 Time of Possession 26:14 33:46 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: L.A. Chargers, Ekeler 13-46, Stick 5-31, Everett 1-6, D.Davis 1-2, Kelley 2-2, Niemann 1-0, Spiller 1-(minus 1). Denver, McLaughlin 8-44, J.Williams 15-41, Perine 4-10, Stidham 6-6.

PASSING: L.A. Chargers, Stick 24-38-0-220. Denver, Stidham 20-32-0-224.

RECEIVING: L.A. Chargers, Erickson 7-98, Doss 5-25, Everett 4-31, Johnston 3-29, Smartt 2-23, Spiller 2-10, Ekeler 1-4. Denver, Johnson 4-27, Jeudy 3-54, McLaughlin 3-18, J.Williams 3-17, Humphrey 2-69, Perine 2-16, Krull 2-14, Trautman 1-9.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: L.A. Chargers, Dicker 50.

Denver, Lutz 48.

STEELERS 30, SEAHAWKS 23

the field, too. Midway through the second quarter, Chase and Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed got into a heated argument, and eventually a teamwide scrum resulted in offsetting personal foul penalties.

“I just be under people’s skin sometimes, I guess,” Chase said afterward. “Just trash talking.

(He) can’t handle it.”

The Bengals jumped ahead 10-7 when an 81/2-minute drive resulted in a field goal and a 61/2-minute march ended in Mixon’s touchdown catch.

Cincinnati then got the ball back when Trey Hendrickson ran right around rookie right tackle Wanya Morris, stripped Mahomes from behind and Sam Hubbard was there to pounce on the loose ball.

Pass interference on Sneed in the end zone set up Browning’s 1-yard TD run.

“It wasn’t the smoothest early,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said.

Butker’s first field goal got the Chiefs within 17-10, though, and they had a chance to take the lead when Mahomes saw Marquez Valdes-Scantling wide open on their next possession.

But yet another dropped pass — the NFL-leading 40th by Kansas City this season — forced the Chiefs to settle for another field goal to trail 17-13 at the break.

But as the Chiefs’ defense stiffened in the second half, their offense began showing signs of life.

They stuffed the Bengals on fourth-and-1 at the Kansas City 6, then drove 82 yards for Butker’s third field goal. And when the Bengals had to punt again, Mahomes hit Rashee Rice for 67 yards to set up Butker’s chip shot and give the Chiefs the lead. Two more field goals gave them some breathing room in the closing minutes.

THE WEATHER ALMANAC

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7 DAY FORECAST FOR SANTA FE

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Allergens Source: https://pollen.com

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL 10 a.m. ESPN2 — The ReliaQuest Bowl: Wisconsin vs. LSU, Tampa, Fla. 10 a.m. SECN — The ReliaQuest Bowl: Wisconsin vs. LSU, Tampa, Fla. (Command Center) 11 a.m. ABC — The Cheez-It Citrus Bowl: Iowa vs. Tennessee, Orlando, Fla. 11 a.m. ESPN — The Vrbo Fiesta Bowl: Liberty vs. Oregon, Glendale, Ariz.

11 a.m. ESPNU — The Vrbo Fiesta Bowl: Liberty vs. Oregon, Glendale, Ariz. (Command Center) 3 p.m. ESPN — College Football Playoff Semifinal: The Rose Bowl: Alabama vs. Michigan, Pasadena, Calif.

3 p.m. ESPN2 — College Football Playoff Semifinal: The Rose Bowl: Alabama vs. Michigan, Pasadena, Calif. (Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show) 3 p.m. ESPNEWS — College Football Playoff Semifinal: The Rose Bowl: Alabama vs. Michigan, Pasadena, Calif. (SkyCast) 3 p.m. ESPNU — College Football Playoff Semifinal: The Rose Bowl: Alabama vs. Michigan, Pasadena, Calif. (Command Center) 3 p.m. SECN — College Football Playoff Semifinal: The Rose Bowl: Alabama vs. Michigan, Pasadena, Calif. (Alabama Radio: Hometown Call) 6:45 p.m. ESPN — College Football Playoff Semifinal: The All-State Sugar Bowl: Texas vs.

Washington, New Orleans 6:45 p.m. ESPN2 — College Football Playoff Semifinal: The All-State Sugar Bowl: Texas vs.

Washington, New Orleans (Field Pass) 6:45 p.m. ESPNEWS — College Football Playoff Semifinal: The All-State Sugar Bowl: Texas vs. Washington, New Orleans (SkyCast) 6:45 p.m. ESPNU — College Football Playoff Semifinal: The All-State Sugar Bowl: Texas vs.

Washington, New Orleans (Command Center) HORSE RACING 12:30 p.m. FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races IIHF HOCKEY (MEN’S) 4 a.m. Tuesday NHLN — World Junior Championship: TBD, Quarterfinal, Gothenburg, Sweden NBA 1 p.m. NBATV — Minnesota at New York NHL 1 p.m. TNT — Winter Classic: Vegas vs. Seattle, Seattle TRUTV — Winter Classic: Vegas vs. Seattle, Seattle SOCCER (MEN’S) 1 p.m. USA — Premier League: Newcastle United at Liverpool TENNIS 4 a.m. TENNIS — United Cup Group Stage; Brisbane-ATP/WTA, Auckland-WTA, Hong KongATP Early Rounds 4:30 p.m. TENNIS — United Cup Group Stage; Brisbane-ATP/WTA, Auckland-WTA, Hong KongATP Early Rounds 4 a.m. Tuesday TENNIS — United Cup Group Stage; Brisbane-ATP/WTA, Auckland-WTA, Hong Kong-ATP Early Rounds

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Jan. 1, 1864 - Snow, gales and severe cold hit the Midwest. It was the most bitterly cold New Year's day on record with afternoon high temperatures of 16 below zero at Chicago and 25 below at Minneapolis.

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The Northeast will see partly cloudy skies with the highest temperature of 52 in Pocomoke City, Md. The Southeast will experience partly to mostly cloudy skies with isolated rain, highest temperature of 72 in Miami, Fla. In the Northwest there will be partly cloudy skies with the highest temperature of 56 in Myrtle Point, Ore. The Southwest will see partly cloudy skies with the highest temperature of 67 in Oro Valley, Ariz.

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St. Louis 40/25

Albuquerque 49/30

La Paz 76/66

Detroit 34/28

Chicago 35/27

Omaha 34/25

Hermosillo 72/54

Roswell 49 / 32

Las Cruces 59 / 34

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Boston 37/24

Minneapolis 30/26

Billings 46/23

Santa Fe 42 / 27 Pecos 45 / 26

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Seattle 46/38

Clayton 47 / 29

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A partial list of the City of Santa Fe's Comprehensive Water Conservation Requirements currently in effect: No outside watering from 10am to 6pm from May 1 to October 31.

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0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very Unhealthy, 301-500, Hazardous Source: www.airnow.gov

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The following water statistics of December 28th are provided by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons).

Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 3.995 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 1.857 City Wells: 0.0 Buckman Wells: 0.847 Total production: 6.699 Total consumption: 6.969 Santa Fe reservoir inflow: 0.97 Reservoir storage: 282.98 Estimated reservoir capacity: 22.15%

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Basketball star was ‘determined to be special’ Continued from Page B-1

endary head coach Bobby Rodriguez, and brothers David, Billy, Mark and Ernie. Ronnie Rodriguez, the eldest of the Rodriguez brothers, died Christmas night at the age of 63 at his Santa Fe home, Ernie Rodriguez said.

Ernie Rodriguez said his brother set the bar high in the family, but it was one the brothers cherished and respected.

“Of course, we came trying to be like Ron,” Ernie Rodriguez said. “Trying to take his example and be special.

That was Ron from the jump. He was somebody that was determined to be special. I mean, he was he had a whole row of Punt, Pass and Kick first-place trophies. I think he had four. Every year he’s winning the city Punt, Pass and Kick competition.”

Rodriguez parlayed those skills on the football field as a quarterback for St. Michael’s, which he attended from 1972-77, and on the basketball court as a combo guard/forward. He transferred to Santa Fe High for his senior year in 1977-78 after his dad was let go at St. Michael’s.

Rodriguez was a key reserve, then a starter late in the season for the Demons as they went 29-2 and beat Albuquerque High for the program’s only state championship.

Patrick Walker, who was a co-captain on the Demons team, said Rodriguez was a talented athlete — he was 6-foot-3, 190 pounds — who could

do just about anything on the court.

Walker added it took him some time to find his place on a talented squad that had lost in the opening round of the 1977 4A tournament a year earlier, but his energy and versatility made the Demons even better.

“He brought a mid-range jumper, which was a huge asset for us,” Walker said. “And he played above the rim like most of the team. We only had two guys that weren’t up around the rim and Ronnie just brought a whole other level.”

Rodriguez also had a way of drawing a crowd by the way he played. Walker said he stepped on the court with a quiet intensity but was soft-spoken and friendly to foe and teammate alike.

Ernie Rodriguez said his brother emphasized the importance of conditioning to everyone in the family, and the workouts he and his brothers went through were intense.

“We ran up Sun Mountain I don’t know how many times,” Ernie Rodriguez said. “And we did thousands and thousands of push-ups and jumped rope and squats and all the various things. The thing he told me one time, he said, ‘Ern, you gotta make sure you’re the best because you’re always gonna be going against the best. So you can’t leave room for error.’ ” Legendary head coach Lenny Roybal, who guided the Santa Fe High and CSF teams on which Rodriguez played, said he could play just about

any position on the court. He was an instrumental part of the CSF program as it rose to prominence in the early 1980s after spending two years at New Mexico Junior College, where he was a Western Junior College Athletic Conference first-team selection in his last season.

The Knights reached the NAIA District 7 Tournament championship in Rodriguez’s senior year before losing to Western New Mexico in 1982. CSF reached the Elite Eight of the NAIA Tournament the following year, but Roybal said Rodriguez helped set the tone.

“He was an all-around basketball player,” Roybal said. “He could score, he could rebound, he could play defense, he can handle the ball. He was a great team player.”

Mark Senteney, who played with Rodriguez on numerous adult men’s teams over the span of 30 years, said he loved to play and played in leagues across the North and even in Colorado.

Rodriguez and his brothers also competed regionally in Latino Basketball Association tournaments around the Southwest and California. In a 2005 New Mexican story, Rodriguez said opposing players always took note when “the Rodriguez brothers” showed up to an event.

Senteney said Rodriguez also made sure other players he competed against and within New Mexico, like himself, also took part in those

Semifinals could set betting records Continued from Page B-1

the number was bet down to 11/2 as Alabama money rolled in. Caesars even moved the line to a pick ‘em at one point with about 75% of the bets coming on the Tide.

But the book took a nearly $80,000 wager from a professional bettor on the Wolverines to push the line back to 11/2.

“So that tells me Michigan should be a slight favorite in this one,” said Joey Feazel, who heads college football betting for Caesars. “But the public is very heavy handed on the Crimson Tide.”

Westgate has had a similar experience. Michigan also opened as a 21/2-point favorite. It got bet down to a

point after Tide action came in before the Wolverines moved to 2-point favorites.

“Just based off of history, we know that Alabama money is going to show up,” Kornegay said.

FanDuel Sportsbook, which lists Alabama as a 11/2-point underdog, has seen 81% of bets and the handle go on the Tide to win outright and 69% of bets and 75% of the money on them to cover the spread.

The other semi The betting line for the TexasWashington game hasn’t seen quite the swings. The Longhorns have typically been 4- or 41/2-point favorites.

But like the other semifinal, most of

the action is on the underdog.

At FanDuel, 78% of bets and 64% of the handle are on Washington to win outright, and 69% of bets and 72% of money are on the Huskies — 41/2-point underdogs — to cover the spread.

Grading the field Feazel is grateful that undefeated Florida State didn’t make the playoff field. The Seminoles scraped by at the end of their season after quarterback Jordan Travis injured his leg Nov. 18.

“Without Jordan Travis, they were really a shell of what they once were,” Feazel said. “ I’d still say Georgia would be better than Texas or Washington if we were to put up a line in

tournaments. Even more, Rodriguez was always a wanted player by other teams that were short-handed and he had a hard time turning them down.

“We would go to Las Vegas, Nev., and everyone would want to be on his team,” Senteney said. “Sometimes, teams would be short [players on their roster] and they would ask Ronnie to play in the 40-and-over [division] and then the open division.

We were playing so many games, and that kinda takes its toll after a while.”

Rodriguez played professionally in Mexico for several years before settling into his job as a stonemason.

Ernie Rodriguez said he did work in many of the high-priced homes in Santa Fe and took great pride in it.

“They worked on Gene Hackman’s house, they worked on a number of the big-dollar mansions,” Ernie Rodriguez said. “He took a lot of pride in his rock work and the tremendous creativity and attention to detail it took.”

Walker said that work affected Rodriguez’s health, especially his lungs, as he got older. Ernie Rodriguez said his brother also suffered complications from hip replacement surgery a few years ago. Until then, Rodriguez remained very active, participating in 3-on-3 basketball tournaments and bowling in the Senior Olympics.

Ernie Rodriguez said the family is still working out details on memorial funeral services, but anticipates they will happen soon.

a hypothetical matchup. The same as Oregon would be favored over Texas and Washington as well, even though Washington beat them twice.”

That’s not to say he disagreed with how the playoff field was assembled.

“There are games you have to win in order to compete for championships,” Feazel said. “I wouldn’t fault the committee for making the decision in how they do the seeding.”

Looking ahead Whichever team wins the Rose Bowl will be favored by FanDuel in the national championship Jan. 8 at Houston.

Michigan would be favored by seven points over Washington and by three over Texas. Alabama would be favored by 61/2 points over the Huskies and 21/2 over the Longhorns.

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NOTICE is hereby given that on December 1, 2023, Denise Lynch, 10 Via La Puente, Galisteo, NM, 87540, filed Application No. RG24383 into RG-A0527 with the OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER for Permit to Change an Existing Water Right in the Upper Rio Grande Underground Water Basin in the State ofLEGALS New Mexico.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of this estate. All persons having claims against this estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the undersigned personal representative in care of its attorney, Carol A. Neelley, Carol Neelley, P.C., 233 Johnson Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, or filed with the First Judicial District Court, 225 Montezuma Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501.

Dated: September 13, 2023 Heritage Trust Company of New Mexico By: Alyssa M. Trujillo, Trust Officer 233 Johnson Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 Telephone: (575) 758-7700 E m a i l : atrujillo@htrust.com Prepared by: /s/ Carol A. Neellev Carol A. Neelley Carol A. Neelley, P.C. 233 Johnson Street Santa Fe NM 87501 Telephone: (505) 982-9231 Facsimile: (505) 983-8317 Attorney for Heritage Trust Company of New Mexico Pub: Dec 25, 2023, Jan 1, 8, 2024

LEGALS LEGAL #92043 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-PB-2023-00288 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JUANITA ELLIBEE, DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that STEVEN L. WOODARD has been appointed personal representative of this estate. All persons having claims against this estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or within sixty (60) days after mailing or other delivery of this notice, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented either to: 1) the undersigned personal representative at his attorney’s address as listed below; or 2) filed with the First Judicial District Court at the following address: 225 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501.

DATED: December 14,2023 Respectfully submitted, HURLEY TOEVS STYLES HAMBLIN & PANTER PA By: Electronically signed lsi Mandeep S. Talwar Mandeep S. Talwar, Esq. Affomeys for Personal Representative PO Box 31670 Albuquerque, NM 87109 (505) 888-1188

Santa Fe County is the County affected by the diversion and in which the water has been or will be put to beneficial use. This notice is ordered to be published in the Santa Fe New Mexican.

The applicant proposes Changing the Place and Purpose of Use and the Point of Diversion for OSE File No. RG-24383 currently permitted for irrigation on 0.7 acre of land.

RG-24383 diverts from a point located at 35º23’42.10”N Latitude and 105º56’44.39”W Longitude on land owned by the applicant at 10A Via La Puente, Galisteo, NM. The proposed move-to point of diversion is domestic well RGA0527 located at 35º23’39.84”N Latitude and 105º56’43.98”W Longitude also on land owned by the applicant at 12 Via La Puente, Galisteo, NM. The applicant proposes transferring a diversion amount of 2.1 acre-feet per annum to well RGA0527 for use on lands of 10 B Via La Puente and 12 Via La Puente in Galisteo, NM. The Purpose of Use is proposed to change from domestic and irrigation purposes to irrigation and commercial use on 3.81 acres of land. No increase in diversion amount is proposed.

To view the application and supporting documentation contact the State Engineer District Office to arrange a date and time for an appointment located at Water Rights Division, District VI, 407 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, NM.

Pub: Dec 25, Jan 1, 8, Any person, firm or 2023 corporation or other entity asserting standLEGAL #92024 ing to file objections or protests shall do so in STATE OF NEW MEXICO writing (objection COUNTY OF SANTA FE must be legible, FIRST JUDICIAL signed, and include DISTRICT COURT the writer’s complete name, phone number, NO. email address, and D-101-DM-2023-00687 mailing address). If the protest does not JANET MANDELL include the complete MARIANO AND name, phone number, MICHAEL FOUST email address, and MARIANO, mailing address, it Petitioners. may be deemed invalid and not accepted IN THE MATTER OF THE for filing unless KINSHIP Protestant provides GUARDIANSHIP OF with the protest an afI.A.S., A Child, and fidavit stating that it Concerning LILY does not have one of ARTEMISIA WATSON the above-listed eleAND GRANT ments/requirements SCHNEIDER, (phone number, mailRespondents. ing address, email address, etc.).

The NOTICE OF PENDENCY objection to the apOF ACTION proval of the application must be based on: STATE OF (1) Impairment; if imNEW MEXICO to Grant pairment, you must Schneider specifically identify Respondent. your water rights; Greetings: and/or (2) Public WelYou are hereby noti- fare/Conservation of fied that Janet Mandell Water; if public welMariano and Michael fare or conservation of Foust Mariano, water within the state Petitioners, filed a Pe- of New Mexico, you tition to Appoint Kin- shall be required to ship Guardians for provide evidence I.A.S., Born in 2009, showing how you will against you in the be substantially and above-entitled court specifically affected. and cause. Unless you The written protest enter your appearance must be filed, in tripliand written response cate, with the State in this case on or be- Engineer, District VI, fore thirty (30) days Bataan Memorial after the last date of Building, Room 102, PO publication, a Box 25102, Santa Fe, judgment by default NM 87504-5102 on or will be entered against before Friday, March 1, you.

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Facsimiles (faxes) will be acName and address of cepted as a valid Petitioner or Peti- protest if the hard tioner’s attorney: Julie copy is hand-delivered A. Wittenberger, Attor- or mailed and postney, Cuddy marked within 24& McCarthy, P.O. Box hours of the facsimile.

4160, Santa Fe, NM Mailing postmark will 875002-4160. be used to validate the 24-hour period.

Pub: Dec 18, 25, 2023, Protests can be faxed Jan 1, 2024 to the Office of the State Engineer, (505) LEGAL #92092 827-6682. If no valid NOTICE is hereby given protest or objection is that on December 1, filed, the State Engi2023, Denise Lynch, 10 neer will evaluate the Via La Puente, Galis- application in accorteo, NM, 87540, filed dance with the proviApplication No. RG- sions of Chapter 72 24383 into RG-A0527 NMSA 1978. with the OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER This notice of publicafor Permit to Change tion is also posted on an Existing Water the Office of the State Right in the Upper Rio Engineer website at: Grande Underground http://www.ose.state.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH This is a laid-back day, and you want to relax. You intend to do exactly what you want. Actually, because the Moon is in your fellow Earth sign today, you might pull this off. Tonight: Plans change.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Jan. 1, 2024: You’re energetic and like to plan for future goals. This year is about new beginnings, adventures, major changes and new opportunities!

MOON ALERT: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Virgo.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH This is the perfect day to hide at home and relax among familiar surroundings. You want to kick back and recuperate from the insanity of the holidays. Tonight: Family surprise.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Today you’re high-viz, which means people notice you.

Meanwhile, you might have the

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Although you don’t feel like working today, you’re keen to communicate with others

because you have something to say. Tonight: New ideas.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Today you want to take it easy. You want to catch your breath before this exciting new year begins. Quite likely, you’re focused on money and cash flow more than usual, which is a good idea. Tonight: Check your belongings.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH This exciting new year begins with the Moon in your sign, which must be a good omen. Certainly, you will have an edge over all the other signs today, that’s for sure. Tonight: Surprise!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Now that last year’s festivities are over, today you

need to recuperate and relax.

More than any other sign, you are affected by your immediate surroundings. Tonight: Restless feelings.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH A conversation with a friend, probably a female, might be a pleasant exchange today.

You have relatively low energy, especially with respect to working to earn money. Tonight: New contacts?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH It’s a strong day because Mercury, Venus and Mars are all in Sagittarius.

(Mom always liked you best.)

Furthermore, today is the last day of Mercury retrograde in your sign. This means you’re starting this year with confidence! Tonight: Listen to authority.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Like Sagittarius, you are beginning this year from a position of strength because the Sun is in your sign. You want adventure and stimulation!

Tonight: Travel changes.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Take it easy today. Don’t push the river. Even relations with friends and groups are a bit confusing and almost not worth the effort. Tonight: Check your finances.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH This is a friendly, laidback day. Your best choice is to relax if you can do this. In dealings with parents, bosses and authority figures, be very careful. Confusion is likely. Do not volunteer for anything. Tonight: Feisty relationships.

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Greet the new year with optimism Dear Annie: When I was growing up, my father used to tell my brothers and sisters and me how important it was to set New Year’s resolutions. He would write down one or two goals for the coming year, and then periodically tell us how he was doing over the months that followed. Some years he failed, but more often than not, he managed to reach his goals.

What I remember most about him was his optimism. No matter how bad the year, he was always convinced that the future would be better. It has been six years since he died, and I miss him every day. But I especially miss him during the holidays, when he would tell us to expect great things in the upcoming year.

Too many people are cynical these days, and most of my friends scoff at the idea of setting New Year’s resolutions. I don’t care, though, because of my dad. I love setting them and being happy with my progress, regardless of whether I reach all my goals.

When I have children of my own, I plan to pass along this tradition. I am writing to share my story and to ask for your thoughts about New Year’s resolutions. — Inherited Optimist Dear Optimist: It sounds like your father was a wonderful man and that his optimistic outlook was invaluable in your upbringing. I’m going to use your letter as an opportunity to offer 10 suggestions for reaching your New Year’s resolutions: 1. Write down your resolutions. This will help you focus.

2. Be practical with your goals. Setting small, realistic goals will help you build confidence to seek greater goals later.

3. Watch how you speak to yourself about yourself and your progress. Positive self-talk is a must.

4. Set aside some uninterrupted time to really think about what it is that you would like to achieve in 2024.

5. Don’t beat yourself up if you slip. Live one day at a time. If you backslide, start anew the next day.

6. Track your progress. Even small victories are worth celebrating.

7. Reward yourself when you have achieved any of your goals.

8. Stay the course even if it challenges you. It takes 21 days for a new behavior to become a habit and six months for it to become part of your personality, so be patient and kind to yourself.

9. Spread the news. Tell your friends and family members about your goals so that they can hold you accountable. Partnership leads to progress. If a friend or family member has the same goal, then you could work to achieve it together.

10. Be persistent and never give up.

Your father is right. This next year will be our best ever! Happy New Year, everyone!

SUPER QUIZ Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Subject: WHO WAS THE FIRST? (e.g., First person

CRYPTOQUIP

TODAY IN HISTORY

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to walk on the

Answer________ 5. First person to run a mile in under four minutes.

moon. Answer: Neil

Answer________

Armstrong.)

6. Created the world’s first vaccine.

Today is Monday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2024. There are 365 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states shall be “forever free.”

FRESHMAN LEVEL

Answer________

1. First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL 7. Both the first woman nominated and

2. First person to

first confirmed to the

travel into outer space.

U.S. Supreme Court.

Answer________

Answer________

3. First woman to

8. First persons to

serve as the British

climb Mount Everest.

prime minister.

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Answer________

Answer________ 9. The first person to fly faster than the

Rules

GRADUATE LEVEL 4. First woman to

• Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 6 without repeating.

• The numbers within the heavily outlines boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.

• Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

receive a Nobel Prize.

speed of sound in level flight.

Answer________

ANSWERS: 1. Amelia Earhart. 2. Yuri Gagarin. 3. Margaret Thatcher.

4. Marie Curie. 5. Roger Bannister. 6. Edward Jenner.

7. Sandra Day O’Connor. 8. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. 9. Chuck Yeager.

SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? (c) 2024 Ken Fisher

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