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Department head leaves city for state S.F. lawmaker is planning to introduce bill limiting guns

Ochoa, who was director of Community Health and Safety since ’21 in Webber administration, set to take leadership role at Human Services

saying she loves working for the city and with her colleagues.

“I’m really proud of the work we’ve been able to do together,” she said in an interview Tuesday.

“I think, for me, I looked at making a bigger impact for the people of the state of New Mexico,” she said. “I really was just feeling that my energies and efforts, it would be the right time for me to try to do that at the state level.”

In a statement announcing the move, Ochoa

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Mayor Alan Webber is losing one of his top executives.

Kyra Ochoa, who has served as director of the Community Health and Safety Department since January 2021, is leaving after this week to take a job as one of three deputy secretaries at the New Mexico Human Services Department.

Ochoa called the decision to leave difficult,

she was “very honored and grateful” to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for the opportunity to serve as a member of a team leading such critical work in New Mexico.

“I have a passion for health system improvement and Kyra Ochoa believe in a strong safety net for those in need, especially because we are all stronger when every member of our community has the resources needed to thrive,” she said.

Law would regulate semi-automatic firearms to have permanently fixed rifle magazines that don’t surpass 10 rounds

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As a new bill looking to regulate the sale of semiautomatic rifles holding more than 10 cartridges makes its way across the federal legislative landscape, a Santa Fe lawmaker said she plans to introduce a similar initiative in the upcoming session of the state Legislature.

Rep. Andrea Romero, D-Santa Fe — who unsuccessfully tried to push through a bill that would prohibit the use of assault weapons and magazines capable of holding more than 10 bullets in 2023 — said Monday she is still fashioning the bill with the aid of law enforcement personAndrea nel and legislative legal counsel.

Romero She said it is modeled after the federal Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion Act that U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico and Angus King of Maine introduced in Congress late last year.

That legislation would regulate such guns to have permanently fixed magazines, limited to 10 rounds for rifles.

Romero said her proposed bill, which she hopes to formally file before this year’s 30-day legislative session begins Jan. 16, is “very similar” to the federal legislation.

The idea behind it, she said, is to limit any shooter’s potential to fire more than 10 rounds before he or she has to reload.

Conn.-based firm: PNM merger deal, 3 years in works, worth billions, off after approvals not met by ’24

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Officials grapple with cybersecurity after utility hacks Authorities say Iran-backed cyberattacks are targeting municipal water systems because equipment developed in Israel

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Driana Koffman, right, and other protesters opposed to a merger between Avangrid and Public Service Company of New Mexico gather outside La Fonda on the Plaza during an April 2022 energy summit. Avangrid announced it terminated the deal in a news release early Tuesday morning.

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Avangrid, the Connecticut-based power company that for more than three years had worked to merge with Public Service Company of New Mexico, announced it terminated the deal in a news release early Tuesday morning.

The companies pursued the multibillion-dollar merger — which would have made PNM a subsidiary of Avangrid — despite a rejection of the proposed deal by the state Public Regulation Commission in 2021. Avangrid said in the release it called off the proposal because all the neces-

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack.

It had never had outside help in protecting its systems from a cyberattack, either at its existing plant that dates to the 1930s or the new $18.5 million one it is building.

Then it — along with several other water utilities — was struck by what federal authorities say are Iranian-backed hackers targeting a piece of equipment specifically because it was Israeli-made.

“If you told me to list 10 things that would go wrong with our water authority, this would not be on the list,” said Matthew Mottes, the chairman of the authority that handles water and wastewater for about 22,000 people in the woodsy exurbs around a onetime steel town outside Pittsburgh.

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IN BRIEF 2 dead after man plows SUV loaded with gasoline into New Year’s crowd Two people are dead after a man plowed an SUV loaded with gas canisters into a crowd leaving a New Year’s jam band concert early Monday, according to police in Rochester, N.Y. Authorities identified the driver as Michael Avery, 35, who died overnight Tuesday; police did not provide details about his death. Avery barreled a rented Ford Expedition toward pedestrians walking out of the show at Kodak Arena before hitting a ride-share vehicle and killing its two passengers in a fiery crash, investigators said.

The FBI, which is assisting local police, has “uncovered no evidence of an ideology and no nexus to terrorism either international or domestic so far in the investigation,” said Jeremy Bell, the agent in charge of the bureau’s Buffalo office.

Nine people were injured, including one with life-altering physical injuries, but the rest were expected to make a full physical recovery.

Missing Chinese student was victim of ‘cyber kidnapping’ scam in Utah A 17-year-old Chinese student who went missing in Utah last week has been found unharmed, police said, adding he appeared to be the victim of an elaborate “cyber kidnapping” scheme, a “disturbing criminal trend” in which scammers put people under duress and convince their families they are being held for ransom.

Kai Zhuang, who was living in Riverdale, was discovered “alive but very cold and scared” inside a tent in remote mountains near Brigham City, Riverdale Police Chief Casey Warren said in a statement Sunday. The teen was probably instructed by those conducting the scam to isolate himself, he said.

Liberal South Korean opposition leader recovering after stabbing SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s tough-speaking liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck Tuesday by an unidentified knife-wielding man who attempted to kill the politician during his visit to the southeastern city of Busan, police said.

Lee, 59, the head of the main opposition Democratic Party, was airlifted to a Seoul hospital after receiving emergency treatment in Busan. Lee’s party later said he was recovering at an intensive care unit at the Seoul National University Hospital following a two-hour operation.

The attack happened as Lee walked through a crowd of journalists and others after a tour of the proposed site of a new airport in Busan. The attacker approached Lee, saying he wanted his autograph, then stabbed him in the left side of his neck, senior Busan police officer Sohn Jae-han said in a briefing.

Ethiopian port deal with breakaway republic raises tensions in Africa NAIROBI, Kenya — The government of landlocked Ethiopia has signed a preliminary agreement with Somaliland, a self-declared breakaway republic in northwestern Somalia, granting Ethiopia commercial and military access to the territory’s gateway to the Red Sea — a port deal that threatens to inflame tensions in the tumultuous Horn of Africa region.

In a memorandum of understanding signed with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia on Monday, the leader of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, said he would lease more than 12 miles of sea access for 50 years to the Ethiopian navy. In return, Ethiopia would formally recognize Somaliland as an independent nation.

The biggest objection has come from Somalia, which called the agreement “null and void” and asked both the African Union and the U.N. Security Council to convene meetings on the issue.

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Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association’s longtime leader, speaks at the group’s April convention in Indianapolis. A lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general against LaPierre and three other NRA insiders accuses the gun rights group of decades of corruption.

Longtime NRA leader faces new caliber of challenge New York lawsuit threatens to dethrone scandal-plagued LaPierre

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NEW YORK or decades, Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association’s longtime leader, has been a survivor. He has endured waves of palace intrigue, corruption scandals and embarrassing revelations, including leaked video that captured his inability to shoot an elephant at point-blank range while on a safari.

But now, LaPierre, 74, faces his gravest challenge, as a legal showdown with New York Attorney General Letitia James goes to trial in a Manhattan courtroom. James, in a lawsuit filed amid an abrupt effort by the NRA to clean up its practices, seeks to oust him from the group after reports of corruption and mismanagement.

Much has changed since James began investigating the NRA four years ago. The organization, long a lobbying juggernaut, is a kind of ghost ship. After closing its media arm, NRATV, in 2019, it has largely lost its voice, and LaPierre rarely makes public pronouncements.

Membership has plummeted to 4.2 million from nearly 6 million five years ago. Revenue is down 44% since 2016, according to its internal audits, and legal costs have soared to tens of millions a year.

Even with the NRA moribund, LaPierre’s legacy as a lobbyist, if not as a marksman, remains intact. The gun rights movement has become a bulwark of red state politics during his more than three decades at the group’s helm. In recent years, significant federal gun control measures have been a nonstarter for Republicans despite a proliferation of mass shootings.

LaPierre is among four defendants in the suit brought by James in 2020. Others include John Frazer, the NRA’s general counsel, and Wilson Phillips, a former finance chief. The fourth defendant, Joshua Powell, was the organization’s second-in-command for a time, but later turned against it and even called for universal background checks for those buying guns and

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so-called red flag laws that allow the police to seize firearms from people deemed dangerous.

The Attorney General’s Office has had settlement talks with Powell, a person with knowledge of the case said, but no deal has been announced.

The NRA was founded in New York state in 1871. James seeks to use her regulatory authority over nonprofit groups to impose a range of financial penalties against the defendants and to remove LaPierre, who has been in his job since 1991. Any money recovered would flow back to the NRA. The trial, before state Supreme Court Justice Joel M. Cohen, is expected to last six to eight weeks.

A parade of revelations from recent years will be front and center. LaPierre, for instance, was a regular for more than a decade at a Zegna boutique in Beverly Hills, Calif., where he spent nearly $40,000 of NRA money in a single May 2004 outing. He also billed more than $250,000 for travel to, among other places, Palm Beach, Fla.; Reno, Nev.; the Bahamas; and Italy’s Lake Como. He has argued these were legitimate business expenses.

During his testimony in the 2021 bankruptcy case, LaPierre said he did not know Phillips had received a $360,000-a-year consulting contract after being pushed out of the NRA. He also said he was unaware his personal travel agent, hired by the NRA, was charging a 10% booking fee for charter flights on top of a retainer of up to $26,000 a month. LaPierre’s close aide, Millie Hallow, was even kept on after being caught diverting $40,000 in NRA funds for her son’s wedding and other personal expenses.

The NRA has said it is being persecuted

by New York regulators. The group recently enlisted the support of the American Civil Liberties Union in a federal lawsuit that accuses former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his administration of misusing their authority by dissuading banks and insurers from doing business with the NRA. James, the group has pointed out repeatedly, vowed to investigate the NRA even before she was elected.

Five dead after two planes collide on busy Tokyo runway

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TOKYO — A large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing five people aboard the coast guard plane, officials said.

All 379 people on Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 got out safely before the Airbus A350 was fully engulfed in flames, Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed.

The pilot of the coast guard’s Bombardier Dash-8 plane escaped. The aircraft was preparing to take off to deliver aid to an area affected by a major earthquake on Monday, officials said.

Television footage showed an orange fireball erupting from the Japan Airlines plane as it collided while landing, and the airliner then spewed smoke

from its side as it continued down the runway. Within 20 minutes, all passengers and crew members slid down emergency chutes to get away.

As firefighters tried to put out the blaze with streams of water, the area around the passenger plane’s wing caught fire. The flames spread throughout the plane, which eventually collapsed. The fire was extinguished after about six hours.

Tuesday’s accident was the first severe damage to an Airbus A350, among the industry’s newest large passenger planes. It entered commercial service in 2015. The fire is likely to be seen as a key test case for airplane fuselages made from carbon-composite fibers, such as the A350 and the Boeing 787, instead of conventional aluminum skins.

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Tadayuki Tsutsumi told a news conference late Tuesday the A350 was making a “normal entry and landing” on the runway, without specifying how it collided with the coast guard plane. Noriyuki Aoki, also a managing executive officer at JAL, said the airline maintains the flight had received permission to land from aviation officials.

Police are expected to investigate the accident on suspicion of professional negligence, NHK television reported.

Shigenori Hiraoka, head of the Transport Ministry Civil Aviation Bureau, said the collision occurred when the JAL plane landed on one of Haneda’s four runways where the coast guard aircraft was preparing to take off.

Transport safety officials were analyzing communication between aviation control officials and the two aircraft and planned to interview JAL officials

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Hiraoka praised JAL for “taking appropriate procedures” to safely evacuate all passengers and crew members.

A passenger told NHK television cabin attendants were calm and told everyone to leave their baggage behind, then all lights went off and the temperature inside the cabin started rising.

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As a year of surprising global warmth came to a close, a record high annual average temperature was already assured. Now, some scientists are already speculating: 2024 could be even hotter.

After all, vast swaths of Earth’s oceans were record-warm for most of 2023, and it would take as many months for them to release that heat. An intense episode of the planet-warming El Niño climate pattern is nearing its peak, and the last time that happened, it pushed the planet to record warmth in 2016.

That suggests there will be no imminent slowdown in a surge of global warmth that has supercharged the decadeslong trend tied to fossil fuel emissions.

It could be enough to, for the first time on an annual basis, push average planetary temperatures more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial, 19th century levels, according to Britain’s Met Office. The planet came closer than ever to that dreaded threshold in recent months, providing a first glimpse of a world where sustained levels of that heat would fuel new weather extremes.

But such climate trends can be difficult to predict with precision. After all, at the start of 2023, scientists predicted the year would end as one of the planet’s warmest on record. They didn’t expect it to set so many new precedents — and by record-wide margins.

“The fact that we are in uncharted territory, we don’t actually know what will happen next,” said Carlo Buontempo, director of the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.

El Niño is known to raise planetary temperatures by as much as a few tenths of a degree Celsius, a decent margin for a globally averaged statistic.

That’s because it’s associated with higher-than-average surface temperatures across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, and those waters release heat and steam into the atmosphere.

El Niño typically lasts a year or less, peaking during the winter months and then fading in the spring. While scientists say no two El Niño events are exactly alike, each one brings some predictability to global climate patterns like few other planetary phenomena.

The current El Niño, which began in June, is considered strong and could peak as a historically potent episode some time in the coming weeks or months. It could be on par with a strong El Niño that began in early 2015, peaked that December, and faded by June 2016, on the way boosting 2016 to record warm global warmth.

If that pattern holds true this time, that could mean record high temperatures that have persisted over the past six months surge even higher in the first half of 2024.

One reason El Niño’s warming effect tends to crescendo in its latter months ties back to the effects it has on global weather. The abnormal sea surface warmth and storminess El Niño brings to the central and eastern Pacific has domino effects that lead to drought in other parts of the world, including Indonesia, southeast Asia and southern Africa.

“That sets the stage for higher than normal temperatures over land,” perhaps peaking around February, Kevin Trenberth, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, said in an email. “I expect this to be the case at least for the first 6 months of 2024.”

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Apparent Israeli drone bombing takes out group’s No. 2, may lead to war’s expansion along border

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BEIRUT — An apparent Israeli strike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut killed Hamas’ No. 2 political leader Tuesday, marking a potentially significant escalation of Israel’s war against the militant group and heightening the risk of a wider Middle East conflict.

Saleh Arouri, who was the most senior Hamas figure killed since the war with Israel began, was also a founder of the group’s military wing. His death could provoke major retaliation by Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militia.

The strike hit an apartment in a building in a Shiite district of Beirut that is a Hezbollah stronghold, and Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has vowed to strike back against any Israeli targeting of Palestinian officials in Lebanon.

Hezbollah and the Israeli military have been exchanging fire almost daily over the Israeli-Lebanese border since Israel’s military campaign in Gaza began nearly three months ago. But so far the Lebanese group has appeared reluctant to dramatically escalate the fighting. A significant response now could send the conflict spiraling into all-out war on Israel’s northern border.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the strike was carried out by an Israeli drone, and Israeli officials declined to comment.

The killing comes ahead of a visit to the region by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, even as the United States has tried to prevent a spread of the conflict, repeatedly warning Hezbollah — and its regional supporter, Iran — not to escalate the violence.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press ahead with the assault in Gaza until Hamas is crushed and the more than 100 hostages still held by the militant group in Gaza are freed, which he has said could take several more months. At the same time, Israeli officials have increasingly warned in recent days of stepped-up action against Hezbollah unless its cross-border fire stops.

Israel claims to have killed a number of midlevel Hamas leaders in Gaza, but this would be the first time it has reached into another country to target the group’s top leaders, many of whom live in exile around the region.

Arouri was the deputy of Hamas’ supreme political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, and headed

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People search for survivors Tuesday following a massive explosion in a southern suburb of Beirut. The strike killed Saleh Arouri, the deputy to Hamas’ political leader and who headed the group’s presence in the West Bank and was a liaison with Hezbollah.

the group’s presence in the West Bank. He was also a key liaison with Hezbollah.

Hezbollah called the strike “a serious attack on Lebanon, its people, its security, sovereignty and resistance.”

“We affirm that this crime will never pass without response and punishment,” it said.

Since the Gaza conflict began, Lebanese have feared their country could be pulled into a full-fledged war. Hezbollah and Israel fought a monthlong war in 2006, when Israeli bombardment wreaked heavy destruction in southern Lebanon.

Israel’s air, ground and sea assault in Gaza has killed more than 21,900 people in Gaza, two-thirds of them women and children, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory. The count does not differentiate between civilians and combatants.

Israel announced Monday it would withdraw five brigades, or several thousand troops, from Gaza in the coming weeks. Still, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said it would be a mistake to think Israel is planning on halting the war.

“The feeling that we will stop soon is incorrect,” he said Tuesday. “Without a clear victory, we will not be able to live in the Middle East.”

Fierce fighting has continued in other parts of the Palestinian territory, especially the south,

where many of Hamas’ forces remain intact and where most of Gaza’s population has fled.

Palestinians reported heavy airstrikes and artillery shelling in the southern city of Khan Younis and farming areas to the east. The Palestinian Red Crescent said Israel bombed its headquarters in the city, killing five people. At least 14,000 displaced people are sheltering in the building, it said.

Fighting was also underway in and around the built-up Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. The army issued evacuation orders to people living in parts of nearby Nuseirat camp. A strike Tuesday leveled a building in Nuseirat, killing at least eight people, according to officials at the nearby hospital. Associated Press footage showed people pulling several children out of the wreckage.

In other developments, officials said Israel will defend itself before the United Nation’s top court against charges it has engaged in genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The announcement set the stage for what is likely to be a landmark case in international law.

South Africa launched the case Friday at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, Netherlands. Israel rarely cooperates in international court cases against it, dismissing the United Nations and international tribunals as unfair and biased.

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Israel’s likely killing of Saleh Arouri in Lebanon on Tuesday is the first such assassination of a top Hamas official outside the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in recent years. It comes as officials across the region are worried about the war in Gaza igniting a wider conflagration.

Israeli officials would not comment on whether their forces had targeted Arouri, but officials from Lebanon and the United States ascribed the attack to Israel. A senior U.S. official said it was most likely the first of many strikes Israel would carry out against Hamas operatives connected to the Oct. 7 assault.

“No one is safe if they had any hand in planning, raising money for or carrying out these attacks,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal discussions.

The explosion shattered the tense calm that had prevailed in Beirut ever since Hezbollah, a powerful Lebanese militant group that is a Hamas ally, began clashing with Israeli forces in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack. Unlike southern Lebanon, which has been engulfed by the fighting and has seen tens of thousands of people displaced, Beirut had not been targeted in the conflict.

Videos verified by The New York Times show at least one car engulfed in flames in front of a high-rise building after the explosion, as dozens of people gather in the area. Debris is scattered across the street, and several nearby buildings are damaged.

Israel did not warn the United States about the attack beforehand, but briefed senior American officials when it was underway, a U.S. official said, confirming a report by Axios.

Arouri played a key role in Hamas’ relationships with its regional allies and in increasing Hamas’ military capabilities, according to regional and Western officials. A longtime Hamas operative, he was one of the founders of the group’s armed wing and was linked to a number of attacks on Israeli civilians, including the kidnapping and killing of three teenagers in the West Bank in 2014, which he called a “heroic operation.”

In an interview last year with the Lebanese television channel Al-Mayadeen, Arouri was asked about the possibility Israel might target him. “Just as our people fight back and pay the price and

the group develop some of the capabilities it used in the Oct. 7 attack.

The United States, which considers Hezbollah and Hamas terrorist organizations, had offered a reward of up to $5 million for information on Arouri’s whereabouts.

His work to enhance Hamas’ military prowess also earned him a high spot on Israel’s kill list.

In a deck of playing cards Israel made to help its soldiers identify Hamas leaders, Arouri was depicted as the joker.

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die, we, too, can pay that price,” he said, referring to Hamas’ leadership. “It does not impact me or shake my resolve.”

In 2017, Arouri was elected Hamas’ deputy political head and leader of its West Bank operations.

But he spent much of his time in Beirut, where he served as a liaison between Hamas and Hezbollah.

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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s two largest cities came under attack early Tuesday from Russian missiles that killed five people and injured as many as 130, officials said, as the war approached its two-year mark and the Kremlin stepped up its winter bombardment of urban areas.

Air defenses shot down all 10 of the Russian Kinzhal missiles, which can fly at 10 times the speed of sound, out of about 100 of various types that were launched, said Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief.

But other missiles got through in Kyiv and in Kharkiv, the provincial capital of the northeastern region. In Kyiv and its surrounding region, four people were killed and about 70 were wounded, while in the Kharkiv region, one person was killed and about 60 were hurt, the Interior Ministry said.

The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal is an air-launched ballistic missile rarely used by Russian forces due to its cost and limited stocks. The barrage fired Tuesday was the highest number used in one attack since the start of the war, Ukraine air force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat said.

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by Russia began Friday with its largest single assault on Ukraine of the war, as fighting along the 620-mile front line has subsided into grinding attrition amid winter. At least 41 civilians were killed since the weekend.

At a nine-story Kyiv apartment building where two people were killed, 48-year-old

Inna Luhina was getting ready for work when a blast shattered her windows and she and other family members, including her 80-year-old mother, were struck by flying glass.

More than 100 survivors gathered at a school set up as a temporary shelter.

Iryna Dzyhil, a 55-year-old resident of the same building, said the explosion threw her and her husband from their chairs, and a subsequent fire trapped them on the top floor until emergency crews rescued them via the roof.

“They say they’re hitting military targets, but they’re hitting people, killing our children and our loved ones,” Dzyhil said of the Russians.

Russia fired almost 100 missiles of various types in the attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X, formerly Twitter. He claimed at least 70 were shot down, almost all of them in the Kyiv area, noting Western-supplied air defense systems such as Patriots and NASAMS had saved hundreds of lives.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had launched missile and drone strikes on military industrial facilities in and around Kyiv. Depots storing missiles and munitions supplied by the West also were targeted, it said.

“The goal of the strike has been achieved, all the targets have been hit,” it said without elaborating.

In his nightly address, Zelenskyy said since Dec. 29, Russia has used almost 300 missiles and more than 200 Shahed drones against Ukraine.

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Avangrid pulls the plug the Supreme Court decision was pending, a news release from the company needed to see the PNM stated, but Avangrid instead result of the utility’s pending rate terminated the deal. case before answering questions “With the close of 2023, there about the future. is still no clear timing on the PNM’s stock dropped two and a resolution of the court review of half points Tuesday morning after the New Mexico regulators’ denial Avangrid’s announcement. of the merger nor any subsequent Avangrid is a subsidiary of the regulatory actions,” Avangrid’s Spanish conglomerate Iberdrola. news release said.

Officials from both companies Avangrid spokeswoman Joanie had lobbied intensely to bring the Griffin said the company planned $4.3-billion merger to fruition, to officially pull its Supreme Court while a single Santa Fe-based appeal this week. environmental advocacy group The deal had received support opposed the deal in a long fight from numerous environmental that spanned from the state’s utiladvocacy groups, as well as Gov. ity regulation agency to the New Michelle Lujan Grisham and Mexico Supreme Court. former Attorney General Hector The executive director of Balderas, after months of negotinonprofit New Energy Economy, ations in 2021 that the companies Mariel Nanasi, celebrated the news said would have brought $300 milTuesday morning. She said her lion in rate credits and economic group “slayed a corporate giant development to PNM customers. bent on exploiting New Mexico.”

Nanasi called the proposed The power companies had benefits to New Mexico ratepayers announced their agreement to “paltry” in a news release Tuesday, merge in October 2020. The citing Avangrid’s millions in regmerger received approval from ulatory fines and “record of poor Texas utility regulators as well as service” elsewhere, as well as the the Federal Energy Regulatory $29 million in payouts for PNM Commission. After the state Public executives that were proposed as Regulation Commission denied part of the merger agreement. the request in December 2021, “Avangrid and Iberdrola’s own both companies appealed the deci- record of service failures and sion to the state Supreme Court, arrogance towards regulatory which was expected to issue a final oversight caused the rightful rejecruling on the case this year. tion of the merger by the PRC,” Former utility regulators said Nanasi wrote, “and their continuthey rejected the controversial ing failure to properly serve their merger because it was not customers is proof positive that designed to benefit PNM’s roughly the PRC made the right call.”

500,000 customers but to give Other environmental groups, Avangrid and Iberdrola a “strategic including Western Resource Advobeachhead” for its energy activities cates and Sierra Club, supported in the Southwest, according to the the deal after the 2021 negotiations. commission’s 2021 order.

Cydney Beadles, a program “I’m glad,” former commissioner director with Western Resource Cynthia Hall said of Avangrid’s Advocates said in an interview announcement to ditch the Tuesday the group still supported merger. “I think it’s great news for the merger but also felt “all is not New Mexico.” lost” by its defeat, since PNM Hall pointed to economic has made environmental comanalyses of the proposed merger, mitments since the merger talks as well as testimony from expert began that represent progress. witnesses during the commission’s Beadles pointed to the company’s review of the case, that concluded creation of a “chief environmental the deal would have the ultimate officer” position as well as a comeffect of raising rates over time for mitment to decarbonize its energy PNM’s electricity customers. generation by 2040.

Hall and the other four “PNM has put a lot of effort into commissioners were replaced reframing its relationship in the by a three-member, governor-apregulatory community,” Beadles pointed commission in January said. “They have been meeting 2023, after a constitutional amend- regularly with stakeholders like ment passed with voters and the environmental groups, and it Legislature several years earlier. seems they are trying to forge a A few months into their term, new relationship with us.” two newly appointed commisGov. Michelle Lujan Grisham sioners requested the merger case issued a statement on the failed be remanded from the court for merger Tuesday, listing other a “rehearing,” which the court national and international compadenied. The parties then argued nies planning to expand in the state. the case before the court in Sep“The termination of the merger tember. agreement is not the outcome we The most recent extension desired,” Lujan Grisham said in a of the 2020 merger agreement statement, “but I remain confident carried an expiration date of about future investments in our Dec. 31, 2023, with an option for state, including by Avangrid, in the a three-month extension. PNM wind, solar and hydrogen solutions Resources had proposed a further that are powering our state’s clean extension of the agreement while energy transition.

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The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa shows the screen of a Unitronics device that was hacked in Aliquippa, Pa., in November. The hacked device was in a pumping booster station owned by the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa. An electronic calling card left by the hackers suggests they picked their target because it uses components made by an Israeli company.

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The hacking of the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa is prompting new warnings from U.S. security officials at a time when states and the federal government are wrestling with how to harden water utilities against cyberattacks.

The danger, officials say, is hackers gaining control of automated equipment to shut down pumps that supply drinking water or contaminate drinking water by reprogramming automated chemical treatments. Besides Iran, other potentially hostile geopolitical rivals, including China, are viewed by U.S. officials as a threat.

A number of states have sought to step up scrutiny, although water authority advocates say the money and the expertise are what is really lacking for a sector of more than 50,000 water utilities, most of which are local authorities that, like Aliquippa’s, serve corners of the country where residents are of modest means and cybersecurity professionals are scarce.

Besides, utilities say, it’s difficult to invest in cybersecurity when upkeep of pipes and other water infrastructure is already underfunded, and some cybersecurity measures have been pushed by private water companies, sparking pushback from public authorities that it is being used as a back door to privatization.

Efforts took on new urgency in 2021 when the federal government’s leading cybersecurity agency reported five attacks on water authorities over two years, four of them ransomware and a fifth by a former employee.

At the Aliquippa authority, Iranian hackers shut down a remotely controlled device that monitors and regulates water pressure at a pumping station. Customers weren’t affected because crews alerted by an alarm quickly switched to manual operation —

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The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa, Pa., on Dec. 11. The Aliquippa water authority was just one of multiple organizations breached by Iran-affiliated hackers.

but not every water authority has a built-in manual backup system.

With inaction in Congress, a handful of states passed legislation to step up scrutiny of cybersecurity, including New Jersey and Tennessee. Before 2021, Indiana and Missouri had passed similar laws. A 2021 California law commissioned state security agencies to develop outreach and funding plans to improve cybersecurity in the agriculture and water sectors.

Legislation died in several states, including Pennsylvania and Maryland, where public water authorities fought bills backed by private water companies to force them to upgrade various aspects of their infrastructure, including pipes and cybersecurity measures.

Private water companies say the bills would force their public counterparts to abide by the stricter regulatory standards that private companies face from utility commissions and, as a result, boost public confidence in the safety of tap water.

“It’s protecting the nation’s tap water,” said Jennifer Kocher, a spokeswoman for the National Association of Water Companies. “It is the most economical choice for most families, but it also has a lack of confidence from a lot of people who think they can drink it and every time there’s one of these issues it undercuts the confidence in

water and it undercuts people’s willingness and trust in drinking it.”

Opponents said the legislation is designed to foist burdensome costs onto public authorities and encourage their boards and ratepayers to sell out to private companies that can persuade state utility commissions to raise rates to cover the costs.

“This is a privatization bill,” Justin Fiore of the Maryland Municipal League told Maryland lawmakers during a hearing last spring. “They’re seeking to take public water companies, privatize them by expanding the burden, cutting out public funding.”

For many authorities, the demands of cybersecurity tend to fade into the background of more pressing needs for residents wary of rate increases: aging pipes and increasing costs to comply with clean water regulations.

One critic, Pennsylvania state Sen. Katie Muth, a Democrat from suburban Philadelphia’s Montgomery County, criticized a GOP-penned bill for lacking funding.

“People are drinking water that is below standards but selling out to corporations who are going to raise rates on families across our state who cannot afford it,” Muth told colleagues during floor debate on a 2022 bill.

S.F. lawmaker plans to introduce gun control bill manufacture, purchase and use of semi-automatic rifles violates the “It is a change in how we curstate constitution — is unclear. rently operate legally, but in the Lawmakers in both major politlong run if these rifles are being ical parties have been discussing used to fire off rounds at a human the issue in interim committee being, this is where we need to hearings throughout the year. draw the line,” she said in an Sen. Craig Brandt, R-Rio Raninterview. cho, said in an interview Monday She said law-abiding residents he thinks any effort to mimic the who use these weapons must federal bill is bound to end up in come to a reality “we have to court as it violates constitutional reload after 10 rounds.” rights.

Under the federal legislation, Though Romero said her bill is those who own existing semi-auto- aimed at the criminal use of such matic rifles with detachable maga- weapons, Brandt said as a U.S. Air zines would be able to keep them, Force veteran he finds it “offensive transfer them to family members, you want to take away my constior sell them to the government in tutional rights to defend myself buy-back operations. Romero said and the tools I have available to do she foresees her bill including a that.” similar provision.

He said, with some exceptions, Romero said her bill also will the Heinrich-King bill basically include a provision requiring the bans the use of any semi-automatic state Department of Public Safety rifle except for .22-caliber rifles. to put together an online list of Brandt, who said he is working which semi-automatic rifles are on a broad crime-fighting legislalegal and which are not. tive package for this year’s session, Her proposal comes about a said it riles him when Democrats month after Gov. Michelle Lujan talk about wanting to tackle the Grisham said she would favor an state’s crime problem but then assault weapons ban that mirrors come up with legislation that Heinrich’s and King’s bill. Lujan “goes after people’s constitutional Grisham often has called for a ban rights.” on the sale and use of semi-auto“I care more about violent matic weapons in the state. crime, not what weapon was “We are currently reviewing used,” he added.

Rep. Romero’s bill and look forRomero said she knows the proward to working with her and the posal will generate controversy.

Legislature to put forth a robust “For me it’s very clear what we suite of common sense gun laws need to do,” she said. “I hope there in the upcoming session,” Lujan is an understanding of what we Grisham spokeswoman Maddy have seen throughout the nation Hayden wrote in an email Tuesday. with mass shootings and these Gauging Romero’s chances for weapons being used to commit winning enough votes in both these atrocities” that leads to “hard legislative chambers — some conversations about what it is we Democrats and Republicans need to do to protect our communities and our people.” argue placing any limits on the Continued from Page A-1

Department head leaves city for state statement.

“She walks “With the creation of the the walk of a Health Care Authority, we are truly dedicated moving in the right direction public servant to achieving a healthier New every day.”

Mexico for everyone,” Ochoa Slater-Huff, added, referring to the creation who has of a new state agency.

Kathy worked at Slater-Huff Starting in fiscal year 2025, the Human the new Health Care Authority Services will maintain all existing Department for 17 years, said in Human Services Department a statement she was “humbled functions while adding the and honored to serve” as depDevelopmental Disabilities Sup- uty secretary. ports Division and the Division “In my years with HSD, I’ve of Health Improvement from had the privilege to work with the Department of Health, as so many wonderful, thoughtful well as the State Health Benefits and caring people who, through Division, formerly known as collective efforts, have made the Employee Benefits Bureau, such meaningful differences in from the General Services the lives of so many New MexDepartment. icans,” she said. “I look forward The new agency will be to continuing expanding our responsible for health care efforts as we transition into the purchasing and policy, as well Health Care Authority.” as addressing underlying issues The department said Slatthat shape health outcomes, er-Huff’s tenure in the departsuch as poverty and food insement encompasses “pivotal curity, according to the Human roles,” including as marketing Services Department. and outreach manager for the The department on Tuesday state’s Medicaid program and also announced Kathy Slatchief of Medicaid’s Communier-Huff, who has been serving cation and Education Bureau. as an acting deputy secretary Armijo said she was “thrilled” since March, will step into the to welcome Ochoa to her team. role on a full-time basis effec“Kyra’s unwavering dedicative immediately. tion to strengthening safety net “Kathy has many years of programs and her alignment valuable experience within with our core values at HSD HSD,” Human Services Secmake her an invaluable addiretary Kari Armijo said in a tion,” she said.

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Ochoa joined the Webber administration in October 2018 as community services director.

After about 2½ years on the job, she was promoted to lead what was then the new Community Health and Safety Department, which oversees the police and fire departments, as well as emergency management and community services.

“Kyra understood instinctually that Public Health and Safety are two sides of the same coin,” Webber said in a statement.

“Her collaborative work style permeated the department while she was there, and her work on homelessness and [Built] for Zero showed creativity and skillful execution,” he said, referring to an initiative to end homelessness. “She made great strides toward needy individuals finding housing in Santa Fe.” Councilor Jamie Cassutt said in an interview she was impressed with Ochoa’s work during the coronavirus pandemic and her focus on homelessness.

While she will miss Ochoa, Cassutt said, “I am not surprised she is moving on to exciting things.”

Ochoa previously served as the health care assistance program manager for Santa Fe County for four years, according to her LinkedIn account.

Ochoa and Slater-Huff will each be paid $165,000 annually,

the same as the Human Services Department’s third deputy secretary, Alex Castillo Smith.

Marina Piña, a department spokeswoman, said a third deputy secretary position was established in 2021 but hadn’t been filled until now.

“This senior leadership expansion is pivotal as we transition to the New Mexico Health Care Authority,” Piña wrote in an email.

“The HCA aims to serve over half (52%) of New Mexico’s population, including state public employees. The addition of a third Deputy Secretary marks a significant first in HSD’s history, strengthening our capacity to effectively serve New Mexicans under the new state agency,” she added.

Piña wrote the department received Ochoa’s résumé “as she was pursuing a statewide leadership role with the Lujan Grisham administration to advance the health and well-being of the people of New Mexico.”

Ochoa said she felt comfortable leaving the city because she leaves behind a competent team of chiefs and directors.

“They are such strong leaders themselves — they got this,” she said. “They’re doing great work, and I’m confident they can continue that.”

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Harvard president’s departure comes amid dozens of plagiarism allegations, criticism over statements made during antisemitism hearing

led to resignation

By Anemona Hartocollis The New York Times

By Susan Svrluga

The Washington Post

Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday after weeks of criticism of her scholarship and leadership on the campus, saying it would help the university move forward “with a focus on the institution rather than any individual.”

She was the second Ivy League president to resign in the wake of a congressional hearing last month on campus antisemitism, a sign to some of the power that politicians and donors can wield.

Gay was also confronted with dozens of allegations of plagiarism from her academic work. University leaders said last month she did not engage in research misconduct, and some scholars were skeptical of the claims. Some questioned whether Gay — who in July became Harvard’s first Black president — was being held to a different standard because of her race. But critics, and even some who have long supported Gay, said the mounting questions made her position increasingly untenable.

The fallout intensified national debates over freedom of speech, diversity in schools and who should shape education in this country.

In a letter to the Harvard community, Gay called it a singular honor to be a member of the university, “my home and my inspiration for most of my professional career.”

“My deep sense of connection to Harvard and its people has made it all the more painful to witness the tensions and divisions that have riven our community in recent months,” Gay wrote. “Amidst all of this, it has been distressing to have doubt cast on my commitments to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor — two bedrock values that are fundamental to who I am — and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus.”

Gay’s resignation was first reported by The Harvard Crimson. She will return to Harvard’s faculty, the university said. Harvard provost and chief academic officer Alan M. Garber, an economist and physician, will serve as interim president.

In a statement Tuesday, the Harvard Co. said it accepted Gay’s resignation “with sorrow,” and said that while she had acknowledged missteps and has

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Harvard University President Claudine Gay speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill last month in Washington. Gay was the second Ivy League president to resign in the wake of the hearing, a sign to some of the power that politicians and donors can wield.

taken responsibility for them, she had also “shown remarkable resilience in the face of deeply personal and sustained attacks.” Much of that has been “repugnant and in some cases racist vitriol directed at her through disgraceful emails and phone calls,” they wrote, condemning such attacks “in the strongest possible terms.”

The decision came at a tumultuous time at Harvard, as well as universities across the country, as the Israel-Gaza war intensifies divisions, protests, complaints of bigotry and concerns about campus safety.

Gay faced complaints about how she initially handled those tensions, and her remarks during the Dec. 5 congressional hearing about antisemitism on college campuses aroused intense criticism.

At the hearing, Gay, University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill and MIT president Sally Kornbluth declined to state plainly that a call for genocide against Jews would violate their university’s code of conduct. The college presidents repeatedly defended freedom of speech and said they would punish harassment or bullying. But their responses were criticized by many as tone-deaf and overly legalistic.

The House Education and the Workforce Committee opened an investigation into the three schools soon after the hearing, later expanding its inquiry to include the plagiarism allegations against Gay. A letter signed by more than 70 members of Congress called on Harvard, Penn and MIT to remove the presidents. Magill resigned Dec. 9 after pressure from donors, the board of trustees, the Pennsylvania governor and others. Meanwhile, MIT’s governing body has expressed its “full and unreserved support” for Kornbluth.

David A. Thomas, president of Morehouse College who was for many years a Harvard faculty member, said he thought Gay’s resignation likely came down to the question of whether, in this moment, she could effectively lead an institution “which in so many ways represents academia globally.

“She herself admitted that there were aspects of her work that needed to be revised. That’s reality — that’s not racist,” he said. “But it does put in relief the vulnerability of Black female leaders.

When they do ascend to these positions — there will be people who come after them.”

New plagiarism allegations that surfaced Monday against Claudine Gay, leading to her resignation, threatened to mire Harvard deeper in debate over what constitutes plagiarism and whether the university would hold its president and its students to the same standard.

The accusations were circulated through an unsigned complaint published Monday in The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative online journal that has led a campaign against Gay over the past few weeks.

The new complaint added additional accusations of plagiarism to about 40 that had already been circulated in the same way.

Gay has strongly defended her work. “I stand by the integrity of my scholarship,” she said in a statement Dec. 11, when the initial plagiarism charges were being circulated by conservative activists online and the Harvard Co. was considering whether she should remain as president.

“Throughout my career, I have worked to ensure my scholarship adheres to the highest academic standards,” Gay said.

The documents by the unnamed accuser that the Free Beacon links to on its website show 39 examples in the first complaint, rising to 47 in total in the second complaint. Separately, Harvard’s investigations have found instances of inadequate citation in her dissertation and at least two articles.

She has not been accused of stealing big ideas, but rather of copying language in the papers of other scholars.

The new complaint against Gay is preceded by a five-page chronology, written in a tone ranging from somber to sarcastic — under the jaunty salutation, “Happy New Year!” The chronology notes that the unnamed accuser submitted the first batch of allegations to Harvard on Dec. 19.

In one paragraph, the accuser, who seems to be familiar with Harvard’s policies on plagiarism, explains why he or she was unwilling to be identified by name: “I feared that Gay and Harvard would violate their policies, behave more like a cartel with a hedge fund attached than a university, and try to seek ‘immense’ damages from me and who knows what else.”

Sen. Menendez hit with new allegations

By Larry Neumeister The Associated Press

NEW YORK — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez used his international clout to help a friend get a multimillion-dollar deal with a Qatari investment fund, partly by taking actions favorable to Qatar’s government, federal prosecutors said Tuesday in a revised indictment.

The new allegations deepen the legal challenges for Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, who already was charged with wielding his political influence to secretly advance Egypt’s interests.

The superseding indictment in New York said the senator and his wife accepted bribes of gold bars and cash from New Jersey real estate developer Fred Daibes as a reward for several corrupt acts that included his help securing a major investment from the Qatari fund.

Prosecutors said Menendez introduced Daibes to a member of Qatar’s royal family who was also a principal in the investment firm, met personally with Qatari officials and made public statements supportive of Qatar while the real estate deal was being negotiated.

The indictment said the Qatari investor eventually invested tens of millions of dollars in Daibes’ development project, in a deal finalized in 2023.

Adam Fee, a lawyer for Menendez, said in a statement that prosecutors lacked proof of any wrongdoing.

“What they have instead is a string of baseless assumptions and bizarre conjectures based on routine, lawful contacts between a Senator and his constituents or foreign officials. They are turning this into a persecution, not a prosecution,” he said.

“At all times, Senator Menendez acted entirely appropriately with respect to Qatar, Egypt, and the many other countries he routinely interacts with. Those interactions were always based on his professional judgment as to the best interests of the United States because he is, and always has been, a patriot.”

Tim Donohue, a lawyer for Daibes, said he had no immediate comment.

The indictment did not identify the member of the Qatari royal family involved. Messages left with Qatar’s consulate in New York and with its sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority, were not immediately returned.

No new charges were added to the latest version of an indictment that already charged Menendez in a bribery conspiracy that allegedly enriched the senator and his wife with a lux-

public statements supporting the government of Qatar and then provided them to Daibes so he could share them with the Qatari investor and a Qatari government official.

In one August 2021 instance, the indictment said, Menendez used an encrypted messaging application to send Daibes the text of a press release in which he praised the government of Qatar, before texting Daibes: “You might want to send to them. I am just about to release.”

Two months later, Menendez and his wife returned from a trip to Qatar and Egypt and were picked up at the airport by Daibes’ driver, JOSE LUIS MAGANA/ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations the indictment said. The next day, Committee, speaks during a committee hearing last year on Capitol it added, Menendez performed an Hill. Menendez faces a new allegation he used his clout to help a New internet search for “how much is Jersey businessman get a deal with a Qatari investment fund. one kilo of gold worth.”

The Qatari Investment Co. ury car besides the cash and gold. building out a string of luxury signed a letter of intent to enter The allegations involving Qatar waterfront buildings, known a joint venture with a company occurred from 2021 through 2023. as the “gold coast,” in the New controlled by Daibes in May 2022, Jersey town of Edgewater.

Other parts of the indictment the indictment said. Thereafter, it accuse Menendez, 70, and his Along the way, he has mainadded, Daibes gave Menendez at wife, Nadine Menendez, of taking tained cozy relationships with least one gold bar. bribes from two other New Jerlocal officials, which enabled sey businessmen besides Daibes. him to chase off rival developers All have pleaded not guilty. and renege on promises to build Among other things, Menendez affordable housing, according to a is accused of ghostwriting a letter report from the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation. to fellow senators encouraging them to lift a hold on $300 million Daibes already faced federal in aid to Egypt. fraud charges when he was After his September arrest, the arrested in September on charges senator gave up his position as that he paid bribes to Menendez, chair of the Senate Foreign Relaa longtime friend. He was also tions Committee. He has resisted accused of attempting to concalls for him to resign from his vince a federal prosecutor to go Senate seat. easy on Daibes in his bank fraud case.

The indictment contains new details about the relationship The indictment said that while between Menendez and Daibes, the Qatari investment company a powerful New Jersey real estate was considering its investment developer. in the Daibes real estate development, Menendez made multiple Daibes has been credited with

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Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis take part in the third Republican presidential debate Nov. 8 in Miami. A CNN event slated for next week is expected to only include the two candidates.

CNN’s Iowa debate looks to be just DeSantis-Haley

By Maggie Astor

The New York Times

A Republican presidential primary debate CNN plans to host in Des Moines, Iowa, next week will be a one-on-one showdown between Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, who are fighting to emerge from the state’s caucuses as the definitive alternative to former President Donald Trump.

Both DeSantis, the governor of Florida, and Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, are long shots to win the caucuses, given they are trailing Trump in polls of Iowans by more than 30 points on average. But if either one is to have even a small chance of claiming the nomination, that person needs to drive the other out of the race, which they could do — or at least take a first step toward doing — by beating them for second place in Iowa.

Trump did not participate in the official debates sponsored by the Republican National Com-

mittee last year, and he will not participate in the CNN debate in Iowa, either. The Iowa event will be followed by a similar one in New Hampshire. No other candidate qualified by the deadline Tuesday.

Participants needed at least 10% support in three national or Iowa polls that met CNN’s criteria, including at least one poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy; former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, who has largely ignored Iowa in favor of campaigning in New Hampshire; and former Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas did not meet that mark.

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying he wouldn’t participate even if he qualified, Ramaswamy expressed anger at CNN over the network’s fact-checking of the conspiracy theories he advanced during a town-hall event last month and about CNN anchors’ and commentators’ criticism of him.

He also faulted the network

for rejecting some polls the Republican National Committee accepted to qualify candidates for its debates.

He said he would instead do a live show with right-wing commentator Tim Pool on Jan. 10, the night of the debate. Trump is scheduled to participate in his own counterprogramming: a town-hall event that Fox News announced Tuesday.

DeSantis and Haley criticized Trump’s refusal to participate.

“With only three candidates qualifying, it’s time for Donald Trump to show up,” Haley said in a statement. “As the debate stage continues to shrink, it’s getting harder for Donald Trump to hide.”

A spokesperson for DeSantis, Andrew Romeo, said Trump was “scared” to defend his record and said mockingly, “If it would make the debate more inviting, we would gladly agree to make it a seated format where the former president would be more comfortable.”

Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, new research shows, with demand peaking in the past couple of years at times when it looked like the medications might become harder to get.

Medication abortion accounts for more than half of all abortions in the U.S., and typically involves two drugs: mifepristone and misoprostol. A research letter published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at requests for these pills from people who weren’t pregnant and sought them through Aid Access, a European online telemedicine service that prescribes them for future and immediate use.

Aid Access received about 48,400 requests from across the U.S. for so-called “advance provision” from September 2021 through April 2023.

Requests were highest right after news leaked in May 2022 the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade — but before the formal announcement that June, researchers found.

Nationally, the average number of daily requests shot up nearly tenfold, from about 25 in the eight months before the leak to 247 after the leak. In states where an abortion ban was inevitable, the average weekly request rate rose nearly ninefold.

“People are looking at looming threats to reproductive health access, looming threats to their reproductive rights,

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Bottles of abortion pills mifepristone, left, and misoprosto.

Thousands of women stocked up on the abortion pills just in case they needed them, according to new research published Tuesday.

and potentially thinking to themselves: How can I prepare for this? Or how can I get around this or get out ahead of this?” said Dr. Abigail Aiken, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin and one of the letter’s authors.

Daily requests dropped to 89 nationally after the Supreme Court decision, the research shows, then rose to 172 in April when there were conflicting legal rulings about the federal approval of mifepristone. The Supreme Court is expected to rule on limits on the drug this year.

Co-author Dr. Rebecca Gomperts of Amsterdam, director of Aid Access, attributed this spike to greater public awareness during times of uncertainty.

Researchers found inequities in who is getting pills in advance.

Compared with people requesting pills to manage current abortions, a greater proportion were at least 30 years old, white,

had no children and lived in urban areas and regions with less poverty.

Advance provision isn’t yet reaching people who face the greatest barriers to abortion care, said Dr. Daniel Grossman, an OB-GYN at the University of California, San Francisco, who was not involved in the research.

“It’s not surprising that some people would want to have these pills on hand in case they need them, instead of having to travel to another state or try to obtain them through telehealth once pregnant,” he added in an email, also saying more research is needed into the inequities.

Recently, Aiken said, some other organizations have started offering pills in advance.

“It’s a very new idea for a lot of folks because it’s not standard practice within the U.S. health care setting,” she said. “It will actually be news to a lot of people that it’s even something that is offered.”

Daily requests dropped to 89 nationally after the Supreme Court decision, the research shows, then rose to 172 in April when there were conflicting legal rulings about the federal approval of mifepristone.

Children’s online safety bills are in works online safety.

Several states, including children’s “Instead of the internet being New Mexico, aiming designed for adults, the default would be that it’s designed in a to add new restrictions

choices companies make when designing their products and thus targets conduct, not speech.

Rocha said the ruling could set a safe manner where children and “dangerous precedent” any safety teens can be online and freely requirements would curtail free

By Cristiano Lima access content and services expression.

The Washington Post without looming risks of harm,” Still, she said, advocates and said Rocha, whose group is spear- state lawmakers are working on A group of state legislators heading calls for the legislation changes to their bills in other and children’s safety advocates at the state level. The founder of states to make the legislation including some in New Mexico are planning a renewed campaign 5Right is Beeban Kidron, a British “stronger against illegal attack” baroness who is pushing for U.S. while they await a final verdict in to import British digital safelegislators to replicate the U.K.’s guards for kids into the United the California case. That includes own age-appropriate design code by expanding on key definitions States as they look to ward off rules. legal challenges from the tech and tightening the assessment The tech trade association industry. requirements to tackle the court’s NetChoice, whose lawsuit led to After California passed an concerns about the law’s enforceonline safety law in 2021 — styled the California law being halted, ability. after child protection rules in the has argued the law violates the Meetali Jain, director of the United Kingdom — lawmakers First Amendment by restricting Tech Justice Law Project advoin several other states, including speech. NetChoice also has cacy group, said the updates Maryland and Minnesota, introargued the law is “unconstitu“primarily clarify definitions and duced their own versions. tionally vague” in describing address so-called vagueness that The law, known as the Caliwhat constitutes the “best intersome critiqued” in the California fornia Age-Appropriate Design ests of children” and would force law, including by more clearly Code, requires digital services to companies to engage in “invasive defining what is in the best inter“prioritize” the well-being of chil- data collection” by requiring ests of a child. dren when developing products them to estimate the age of users.

According to draft proposals and vet those tools for potential NetChoice counts tech compa- obtained by The Post, state risks before rolling them out. nies including Meta, Google and officials in Minnesota, Maryland California’s legislature passed the Amazon as members. (Amazon measure unanimously, a sign of founder Jeff Bezos owns The the growing political consensus Post.) over ways social media platforms In the California ruling, U.S. and other sites may expose District Court Judge Beth Labson children to harmful content and Freeman largely sidestepped may manipulate them through the group’s criticisms that the product features. law is too vague, but she found Breakfast Lunch and More But the campaign was dealt a NetChoice was likely to succeed major blow in September when a in showing it regulates protected federal judge temporarily blocked speech and violates the First the law and said it probably does Amendment. The federal judge “not pass constitutional muster.” also found the law’s requirement That case is pending. that platforms estimate the age A separate group of state child of children on their services was safety laws requiring platforms to “likely to exacerbate” concerns vet users’ ages and attain parental around children’s privacy rather consent to let teens access their than help prevent harm. sites also faces legal challenges.

Proponents have pushed back 420 Catron Street Legislators and advocates are on the judge’s assertion the forging ahead, however, reviving law probably infringes on free Cafecatron.com efforts to get the U.K.-style prospeech, arguing it only affects the tections into law while attempting to thwart industry criticism that the approach would expand data collection and impose ambiguous restrictions on businesses, according to interviews with negotiators and documents obtained by The Washington Post.

Nichole Rocha, head of U.S. affairs for the 5Rights Foundation, a London-based nonprofit that advocates for digital safety principles for children, said the proposals would usher in a “complete paradigm shift” for

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COMING SUN. 1/7/24 It’s a new year and everyone’s hoping for mucho prospero in the months ahead. To see what might be coming, we asked some of the city’s top realtors and builders and others what they see for Santa Fe’s future. We also asked one of last year’s favorite roomies, Chef Johnny Vee, for tips on entertaining at home. Which he gladly offered up. In addition, this month’s favorite roomer is artist Joanne LeFrak, who, ironically, unlike Chef Johnny, spends most of her me-time in her kitchen. (Go figure.)

Elsewhere, Saguna Severson talks with La Fonda ambassador and woman about town Jenny Kimball, and Ylise Kessler takes stock of AI in art.

And this month’s cover home is . . . just . . . well, beyond.

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Forecast calls for snow starting Thursday First storm could dump 4-6 inches, with more cold blasts expected across N.M.

By Robert Nott

rnott@sfnewmexican.com

Planning to take down outdoor holiday decorations this week? You might want to tackle the chore before Thursday, when a snowstorm is expected to

arrive in Santa Fe. Meteorologists expect a storm moving in from the West Coast to bring between 4 and 6 inches of snow to the area.

The chance for precipitation Thursday, including rain, snow or a mix of the two, was 80% as of Monday.

There will be a “parade of storms bringing unsettled weather to the Land of Enchantment,” said meteorologist Daniel Porter of the National Weather Service in Albuquerque during a brief-

ing Tuesday.

Temperatures dipping below freezing later this week likely will keep the snow around for a while, he added.

The first possible snowstorm of the new year for New Mexico follows a week between Christmas and the year’s end that brought little snow anywhere in the state, Porter said.

The Thursday snowfall could lead to some moderate traffic problems, including road closures.

The storm is expected to move out

of the area Friday, but it could kick off a series of snowstorms, with another following as soon as Sunday. The trend is part of the El Niño weather pattern, which usually leads to a hotter, drier summer in the Southwest, followed by wetter than normal conditions in the fall and winter.

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he annual race for relevancy and recognition began Tuesday at the state Capitol, an event posing great risk to the public.

New Mexico’s 112 legislators were unleashed to begin filing bills for their 30-day session starting Jan. 16.

I’ll read the hundreds of bills and resolutions lawmakers drop before the deadline for introductions at the end of this month.

Many of their measures will be as impenetrable as The Sound and the Fury and equally fun to decipher. The single pleasure in reviewing all legislation is discovering what dangers and deal-making are buried in the verbiage.

With only a month to make hay, and law, the wisest strategy would be for each caucus in the Legislature to get behind a few bills of importance. The most obvious would be cutting pork from the budget of a state beset by poverty.

But with an additional $3.4 billion flowing to the Legislature from the oil industry, the opposite might happen.

In times of plenty — meaning plenty of money for state government — legislators are disposed to press for their pet projects or the wish lists of their favorite contributors.

Another offshoot of robust revenue is certain lawmakers might file 15 or 20 spending bills, though they know most of the proposals are sure to die.

Self-editing never has been a strong suit of state politicians.

Other motives exist for pursuing legislation that cannot pass.

Republicans, the minority party in the Senate and the House of Representatives, can hunt for headlines by filing bills to restrict abortions and reinstate the death penalty.

Both of those ideas are bound for the legislative graveyard, but a sponsoring lawmaker can highlight the attempt in his or her reelection campaign this year.

Proposing legislation is easy enough.

Then-Rep. Zach Cook, R-Ruidoso, once told me he introduced a bill written by the staff of his hometown horse-racing track. The measure called for a tax break at select venues, most notably the track in Ruidoso Downs.

Legislators also will waste time on bills that receive publicity and make a few voters happy.

Sen. Pete Campos, D-Las Vegas, in 2019 proposed making Chile Verde Rock

by Uvaldo Olonia the official state chile song. Campos’ legislation failed.

That opened the way for a counterproposal last year by four state representatives, two Democrats and two Republicans. They introduced a bill to designate Lenny Roybal’s Red or Green as the official state chile song.

So important was the matter it advanced to the full House of Representatives for a vote in the final two weeks of the session, when minutes are precious. House members approved the bill 65-0. But it died in the Senate, a case, no doubt, of legislation too hot to handle.

In the realm of vegetables, debating a tune about chile is small potatoes. The stakes are higher when advocacy groups push legislators to make an enormous expenditure based on specious projections of economic growth.

During the past three years, a handful of Democratic lawmakers have introduced bills to create a state-owned bank at a risk of at least $100 million. Because the state will have billions this winter, they might try again.

Boosterish New Mexico legislators always prattle about North Dakota being the only state with a public bank.

If a frigid, sparsely populated state can operate a public bank, why shouldn’t New Mexico bolster its economy in the same way?

These lawmakers always omit that publicly operated banks have failed in at least 11 other states.

Legislators in Vermont closed a stateowned bank in 1812 after owning it for only six years. The loss to taxpayers was $3 billion in today’s dollars.

Much more recently, Delaware’s government had 77% interest in a bank that became a drain on the state treasury.

Lawmakers spent more than $50 million in six years trying to prop up Farmers Bank of Delaware before selling it in 1981 to a private company.

Other state banks failed in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia.

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Anna Mendoza dresses her newborn baby girl, Kamila, in their hospital room Tuesday at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center. Kamila is one of four babies born at Christus on New Year’s Day.

Late night lands 1st 2024 newborn Several babies born in Santa Fe on Jan. 1

By Carina Julig

cjulig@sfnewmexican.com

K

ersti Passig was sleep deprived on New Year’s Day — but not because she had been up all night

partying.

Instead, the Las Vegas, N.M., resident spent the early hours of 2024 giving birth to her and her husband’s first child, who arrived at 4:27 a.m.

Jan. 1, making him the first baby born this year at Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center and one of a handful born in Santa Fe on New Year’s Day. “I said the only reason I wanted to stay up all night is for a New Year’s baby, and I sure did stay up all night long — for about two days,” said Passig.

Her water broke Saturday night, and she and husband, Cade Passig, traveled to Santa Fe to give birth, since Las Vegas doesn’t have a labor and delivery ward. After 26 hours of labor, she had a cesarean section.

“It was long, but he was worth it,” she said of the process — and the outcome, who goes by the name of William Hardy Passig.

Mikayla Vigil and Nick Maples watch their newborn baby girl, Kenzlee Maples, sleep Tuesday in their hospital room at Christus.

The couple plans to call him by his middle name. Cade’s first name is also William.

The couple picked the name Hardy because it was unique and also “the only name we really could agree on,” Kersti Passig said.

Her husband works as a cattle rancher, and Passig is a nurse.

While she has attended several births, she said she’s never worked specifically in labor and delivery.

“I feel like as a nurse you should know all these things, and I didn’t feel

like I knew anything about having a baby,” she said with a laugh. “It’s been a whole new experience.”

While being a medical professional can be “a blessing and a curse” when going through a procedure, Passig said she felt very well cared for at Presbyterian.

She was waiting to get discharged Tuesday afternoon, and said she was looking forward to sleeping in her own bed.

Her son’s birth is something she had been awaiting “for a long time.”

“It was a great way to ring the new year in,” she said.

At Christus St. Vincent Medical Center, four babies were born Monday. The number of Jan. 1 babies varies year to year, hospital spokeswoman Monica Taylor said, with none some years and several in others.

One of this year’s babies is Kenzlee Maples, the first child of Mikayla Vigil and Nicholas Maples. The couple live in Santa Fe, where Maples works in sales at AT&T and Vigil works as a virtual assistant.

“She’s the cutest little thing,” Maples said, gazing down at his sleeping daughter Tuesday afternoon.

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FEMA faces new lawsuit over wildfire claims

By Phaedra Haywood phaywood@sfnewmexican.com

The federal agency responsible for doling out funds to people who suffered losses in the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire faces another lawsuit, this one filed by more than a dozen claimants who allege officials misrepresented claim deadlines and delayed relief.

The lawsuit, filed recently in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, names the Federal Emergency Management Agency and its New Mexico claims office director, Angela Gladwell, as defendants, accusing them of failing to process claims within a required 180-day time frame.

The 15 plaintiffs say FEMA has “unilaterally decided” the 180-day period to notify claimants of a

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compensation offer starts not when a claim is submitted but after FEMA has “acknowledged” the claim, which can be as long as five months after it was filed.

This has resulted in ethical violations, including FEMA providing preferential treatment to certain wildfire victims and delaying payments to others who “desperately” need to repair or rebuild homes, forcing them to spend money on alternative housing and litigation, the lawsuit alleges.

The agency “is not even complying with its own arbitrarily applied deadline,” the lawsuit adds. It says FEMA has not responded to any claims filed by the plaintiffs, even though more than 180 days have passed since FEMA acknowledged them.

The plaintiffs filed their claims at various times between Feb. 10 and June 23, 2023, the lawsuit says, and all of them were acknowledged June 28, meaning

the claimants were due responses no later than Dec. 22; the date came and went without offers from FEMA. FEMA’s New Mexico information center declined to comment on the lawsuit but offered some explanation for irregularities related to claims processing.

“We have identified a flaw in our reporting system which impacted the timeline management of some cases,” the agency wrote in an unsigned email Tuesday. “While this has impacted some claims, we are addressing the issue, and are calling the parties involved to notify them and discuss available steps to process their claims as quickly as possible. As has been true from the beginning, the Claims Office team is committed to ensuring that claims are processed Please see story on Page A-8 SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM

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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.

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Licenses revoked for 2 cannabis groups The New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department’s Cannabis Control Division, which oversees the cannabis industry in the state, announced Tuesday it has revoked the licenses of two producers in Torrance County.

According to a news release, Bliss Farm and Native American Agricultural Development Co. have been “ordered to immediately stop all commercial cannabis activity.” The companies also must pay $1 million in fines each, the news release said.

They are accused of exceeding plant count limits, failing to use the state’s mandatory plant tracking system and practicing “unsafe conditions, among other violations.”

Compliance officers with the Cannabis Control Division issued 17 citations for violations at Bliss Farm and eight citations for violations at the Native American Agricultural Development Co. The news release said the agency “revoked six licenses to date and has levied more than $2.3 million in fines related to illegal activity.”

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Forecast calls for snow starting Thursday Continued from Page A-7

including Santa Fe, Sunday or Monday, meteorologist Scott Overpeck said.

With cold and snow come additional health risks, such as hypothermia.

The meteorologists urge New Mexicans to bundle up and

take extra care when navigating wintry weather.

Areas at higher elevations around both Santa Fe and Albuquerque could see more snow, they said.

The weather service warned Thursday’s storm could severely affect travel through Raton Pass.

The meteorologists urge New Mexicans to bundle up and take extra care when navigating wintry weather.

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New Mexico’s government already has a workable system of backing public works projects through its state Finance Authority. Why should there be any interest in gambling public money on a state-owned bank with the same mission as an existing agency?

Perhaps the bank would appeal to connected companies and consultants hoping to enrich themselves by setting up the institution. Would they worry about the bank’s longterm prospects once they left town?

There’s an even better question: How could a state-owned bank even be considered when the New Mexico Constitution’s anti-donation clause prohibits funding any public or private corporation?

The first of this year’s bills should be online by Wednesday.

They will lack the style of Kurt Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury.

The element of danger might be similar.

Ringside Seat is an opinion column about people, politics and news. Contact Milan Simonich at msimonich@sfnewmexican.com or 505-986-3080.

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Kenzlee was due Jan. 21, but Vigil was induced early after developing preeclampsia — a complication — during her pregnancy.

After 34 hours of labor, Kenzlee was born at 8:27 p.m.

“I thought she would be early, but not that early,” Vigil said.

Vigil heard the name Kenzlee a long time ago from someone close to her “and it kind of just stuck,” Maples said.

The couple had a hunch the new arrival would be a girl. Both wanted to name her Kenzlee from the day they found out Vigil was pregnant.

That big news also happened on a holiday — Mother’s Day. Maples said he’s curious to see how the couple’s cat and two dogs react to Kenzlee.

“They were our first fur babies,” he said.

While Kenzlee arrived early, Kamila Romero was a few days late.

Due Friday, she arrived at

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Mikayla Vigil and Nick Maples watch their newborn baby girl, Kenzlee Maples, sleep Tuesday in their hospital room at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center. Maples said he’s curious to see how the couple’s cat and two dogs react to Kenzlee. “They were our first fur babies,” he said.

1:26 p.m. Monday after just two hours of labor.

“She wanted to be a New Year’s baby, I guess,” said mother Anna Mendoza.

Mendoza and father Luis Romero live in Santa Fe, where she works at Maria’s Kitchen

and he at Las Campanas as an equipment operator. The couple chose the name Kamila because it’s unique.

“We usually pick names you don’t really hear a lot,” Mendoza said.

Mendoza has two older

daughters who are 9 and 12; she said they are very excited to meet their new sister.

After almost a decade without a newborn, she described Kamila’s birth as “starting again.”

“It’s nice,” she said. “And I love babies.”

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as quickly as possible and every impacted New Mexican receives the maximum eligible compensation.”

The plaintiffs are represented by attorneys from the Singleton Schreiber law firm, including former State Auditor Brian Colón.

They are asking the court to order FEMA to comply with the deadline, to declare the 180-day period starts when a claim is submitted, and to order the agency to immediately pay claims submitted more than 180 days ago.

The plaintiffs’ collective claims total nearly $17 million in losses, Colón said in an interview Tuesday.

“Included in that are people who had total losses of their homes and were displaced and have to be able to begin rebuilding because they haven’t been able to get even a partial payment,” he said.

Among the group are three generations of one family in which one person from each generation lost a home — including a grandmother in her 90s who “doesn’t have time to wait for FEMA to do its job anymore,” Colón added.

Colón said the firm has dozens more clients in the same position and plans to file a similar claim on their behalf later this week.

“The clock is ticking and FEMA continues to fail the people of Northern New Mexico,” he said.

The Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire began as two prescribed burns set by the U.S. Forest Service in January and April 2022.

The blazes combined to become the state’s largest ever wildfire, scorching about 341,000 acres in the mountains east of Santa Fe, destroying hundreds of homes and displacing thousands of residents in rural villages throughout the area.

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Max Pacheco, a volunteer firefighter, crosses a stream in 2022 near an area devastated by the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.

A new lawsuit has been filed against FEMA over claims wildfire compensation has been delayed.

The federal government set aside nearly $4 billion last year to pay claims related to the fire.

As of Dec. 21, FEMA had paid $276 million to 880 claimants who suffered losses, according to the agency’s website.

FEMA has faced multiple lawsuits in the past year from people

who accuse the agency of making it difficult to access relief funds.

One accused the agency of failing to provide public records requested by claimants and another alleged federal officials pressured people who suffered losses to accept settlements without talking to their lawyers.

FUNERAL SERVICES AND MEMORIALS WILLIE MAE DEAN DAVIS Willie Mae Dean Davis, better known to friends and family as Billie, was born on April 8, 1932, in Opal Arkansas to Marvin and Dovie Davis.

When she was 15 years old, Billie and her family made Santa Fe their home.

In 1952, Billie was entered into a military beauty contest with 600 other girlfriends and wives of soldiers and won that contest. She was flown to Frankfurt, Germany, where she married our dad, Nolia (Dub) Hartley.

Included in the prize was their wedding and a honeymoon tour of Europe. They stayed in Germany until his discharge later that year. In 1955, they started their family, two daughters Brenda and Sandie and their son Brad.

On December 7, 1974, after rekindling friendships from her past, Billie married the love of her life, Robert (Wayne) Hansen Sr. and gained three step children; Carolyn, Robert Jr and Lisa. She loved entertaining, enjoyed spending time with her family, helping make unforgettable memories of her children and grandchildren. She loved art, fishing, photography, adventures and singing with her sister and brother.

Billie was a kind and graceful woman who treated those around her as if they were all a part of her family.

She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Wayne Hansen, sister Jean Hansen, her children as well as 11 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren. She also has numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents Marvin and Dovie Davis, her brother Jimmy Davis and her grand daughter Cristal Noyes.

Rivera Family Funerals and Cremations 417 East Rodeo Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone: (505) 989-7032 riverafamilyfuneralhome.com

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FRANCISCO RAMON TALAMANTE Francisco Ramon Talamante, 38, passed away suddenly on December 25, 2023. He was born on August 2, 1985, in Santa Fe, NM to Leroy “Ramon” Talamante and Maria Talamante whom he loved very much.

Francisco is survived by his Mother Maria Talamante, his loving Wife Chelsea Talamante and six beautiful children; Isabella 18, Andres 15, Dominic 13, Luciano 9, Stevon 9 and Raelynn 5. His Brother Pedro Talamante, Destinee, Layla and Gabriel, as well as his youngest Brother Diego Talamante. His Sister-in-Law Michelle Rodriguez (Nick), Miranda, Nicki. His Aunts Charlene Talamante (Fernando), and family, Stella Talamante, Eva Gonzalez and family. Uncles Pete Talamante (Tracy) and family, Silviano Talamante, Duane Talamante, Rick Anchondo (Mareanne). Special Cousins Natalie Gonzalez (Fernando) and family, Jacob Talamante (Shawna) and family, JJ Romero and family and many more special cousins and so many special friends.

Francisco was a provider and his family was his pride and joy. He expressed and showed them that daily. He touched the hearts of so many people in more ways than one. He was a man of tremendous knowledge and loved to share with all that he knew. You only had to meet Francisco once for him to create a lasting impression. He showed unconditional love for everyone. He could always make everyone in the room laugh. Throughout his life he made a positive impact on those who knew him. He was always someone to turn to and lean on no matter the situation. Francisco will be tremendously missed, and all the beautiful memories created will be cherished dearly by those that knew him!

Services will be held on January 9, 2024, at 11:00am, at Rivera Funeral Home, Santa Fe, NM 87505.

JOHN HESCH

APRIL 10, 1937 - DECEMBER 16, 2023 La Porte - Houston, TX - John(Phil) Hesch, age 86, passed away on December 16, 2023. He was born April 10, 1937 in Santa Fe, NM. John (Phil) served in the Navy and retired from the Navy. After his military service, he pursued a career as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) John obtained his Master’s degree from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). He was a dedicated professional and served his country with

honor.

John is survived by his daughter, Luana Hubacker, and his son, John A. Hesch, 7 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son, Paul A. Hesch, his sister, Connie Hesch, and his grandson, Phillip Hesch. A private ceremony will be held in his memory.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to a Charity of your choice. John Hesch will be deeply missed by his family, friends, and all who knew him. May his soul rest in peace.

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

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Adios, Avangrid — But what comes next?

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he Avangrid merger with Public Service Company of New Mexico is no longer. Which says a lot about the key players in this sad saga: Avangrid: its parent company, Spainbased Iberdrola; and PNM. What had seemed like a sure thing — a massive transaction backed by the governor, legislators, big business and even many environmentalists — finally ran out of time after the state Public Regulation Commission refused to approve the $4.3 billion merger proposed in 2020.

Regulators believed the deal would be too risky for utility consumers and turned it down in 2021. The legal and regulatory disputes remain unresolved.

For Avangrid, the coming of 2024 without a deal meant it finally was time to move on. It’s hardly a surprise: Big business waits for no one, let alone the slow-moving gears of New Mexico’s political and regulatory machinery.

The deal had an expiration date, Dec. 31, — a time by which regulatory approvals needed to be in hand for the purchase of PNM Resources Inc. Five federal agencies and the

Texas public utility commission had given the merger a green light; only New Mexico approval remained outstanding. Although the PNM board had approved extending the time period, Avangrid bowed out.

An appeal of the original PRC decision was heard by the state Supreme Court in September, but no decision had been handed down. The uncertainty apparently caused Avengrid to walk away. That, and soaring interest rates as compared to when the deal was announced.

Instead, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday the company will focus on the more than $9 billion in capital projects it has lined up.

Avangrid, based in Connecticut, is focusing on expanding its portfolio of clean-energy projects, including U.S. offshore wind projects. Money will be invested in expanding renewable energy, just not in New Mexico.

The collapse of the merger means a lot won’t be happening in New Mexico.

Opponents of the merger called out Avangrid’s “quality of service” as one reason to stop the transaction. They also pointed to problems at Avangrid’s parent company, Iberdrola, where the corporation’s chairperson had

been under criminal investigation. A Spanish court shut down the investigation regarding ties between Spanish companies and a scandal-ridden police officer in June 2022, and Iberdrola maintained its innocence.

Now, PNM officials will have to plan a path forward without the big infusion of cash; the transaction included retiring $4 billion of the utility’s debt in addition to the purchase price.

That debt remains, along with the necessity of investing in renewable energy, whether adding solar or wind or building electric vehicle charging stations, all while continuing to move away from fossil fuel emitting plants.

Under the state’s Energy Transition Act, New Mexico is seeking to meet a statewide renewable energy standard of 50% by 2030 for New Mexico investor-owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives. Is it possible without massive outside investment? We will find out.

When the deal was announced, PNM bigwigs were clear: They believed the fast-changing utility landscape demanded a player with more resources than their company could offer. The company lacked the resources to compete; thus the search for a

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Proposed solar facility south of Santa Fe in limbo, Jan. 1 In addition to being a permanent blight upon our land, 600 acres of black surface operating at 20% efficiency means that the remaining 80% of solar energy will be released as heat flowing off of this array.” Kathy Fish If the new plans comply with fire safety, then what does it matter Rancho Viejo is a windy area. This seems like the old and tired story that change is needed but not in my neighborhood. All the electric cars, all electric homes: Where do you think the needed power comes from?” Kathy Longinaker

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THE PAST 100 YEARS From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Jan. 3, 1924: Jones Seeks Million For Farm Loans In New Mexico Washington, D.C., Jan. 3 — An appropriation of $1,000,000 for long-term loans to farmers in the drought stricken areas of New Mexico was proposed in a resolution today by Senator Jones, Democrat, New Mexico.

Jan. 3, 1949: New faces appeared today at the statehouse, notably in the corporation commission’s, attorney general’s, and secretary of state’s offices and land commissioner’s offices.

Three changes were made in the corporation commission’s personnel. Max G. Theel became chief clerk of the franchise tax division replacing Rebecca D. Baca, Richard Tadager, state clerk replacing Joe B. Garcia and Ray Andrew replacing Lorenzo Burciaga as chief clerk of the motor transportation division.

Jan. 3, 1974: Residents of Northern New Mexico dug out in below zero temperatures this morning in the wake of a blizzard which dumped from 10 to 24 inches of snow across the northern part of the state during the past two days.

Schools which had been planning to reopen following the holidays, remained closed. Schools in Santa Fe, Española, Pojoaque, and Las Vegas planned to remain closed until Monday.

Jan. 3, 1999: Last again.

New Mexico, long at the bottom of national rankings of economic indicators and drunken-driving statistics, is now the last state in the country without a law requiring public notice of where convicted sex offenders live.

Since 1995, New Mexico has required sex offenders to register with the sheriff’s office when they move into a community. But the Legislature has not passed a “Megan’s Law” giving the public access to the information.

buyer. PNM sold the benefits of the merger on the basis of Avangrid’s intention to bring $300 million to New Mexico through customer rate credits, forgiveness of past-due bills, new job commitments, economic development funds and other benefits.

That won’t happen now. Delay killed the merger. But there’s a likelihood history also played a role. The list of PNM critics, if not enemies, has grown through the years — whether due to its fraught relationship with the previous iteration of the commission or its predictably tone-deaf insistence that its needs, and only its needs, should be a key consideration on big issues that eventually, inevitably, also affect ratepayers.

Some of that sludge, through the years, had to have been a factor when the merger was turned down in 2021, thus starting the legal, political and bureaucratic delays that led to the deal’s eventual undoing.

Now, PNM has to reassess its options.

The question remains: how to move New Mexico into renewable energy, provide consistent power for customers and maintain reasonable utility rates? All of that just got harder.

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Take a look at Kansas City as model for parking downtown

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hose responsible for parking, perhaps even our mayor, need to get in touch with the parking people, or better yet, the mayor, of Kansas City, Mo. They also have a plaza. It’s really not at all like our Plaza but fills the same purpose: a place where people come together; a place to eat, drink and be entertained. Oh, and here’s the important part: They have lots of parking there. Lots. On the street and in many parking garages. And it’s all free. Yes, free. What a novel concept (“Downtown parking plan aims to boost some workers,” Dec. 30). Oh, and Kansas City has free public transportation. Buses, trolleys and streetcars. Thank you, Mayor Quinton Lucas.

I think the essential problem is those in charge of parking here are convinced that cars are a passing fad and will disappear sometime soon. Well, no.

They are here and are not about to go away. This city needs to join the 21st century, realize cars are here to stay and that both locals and visitors need to be able to park downtown with minimum fuss or cost.

Sheila Hartney

Santa Fe

Autocracies redux Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley played dumb when asked what the cause of the Civil War was. I’m sure if you asked followers of former President Donald Trump why we entered World War II, they would suddenly be citizens of the “Untied States of Amnesia” (as Gore Vidal remarked) and forget it was about defeating evil right-wing autocracies who did not believe in the rule of law.

Autocracies that unleashed the immense power of the state to punish and eliminate their enemies. That used unrelenting propaganda and misinformation to shape the public will. And to use violence and the threat of violence against all who opposed them.

Germans in the 1930s were cultured and well-educated. When I was growing up, I could never figure out how so many could be fooled into following someone like Adolf Hitler. The last eight or nine years has enlightened me. In 1787, Elizabeth Willing Powel asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” Franklin replied, “A republic,

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

if you can keep it.” As true today as it was then.

Ira Agins

Santa Fe

AI reigns supreme The buzz is that AI will take over. Sorry, it already has. No, not artificial intelligence, the other AI, astonishing ignorance. It began with President Richard Nixon lying to all of us about Vietnam peace deals. Then President Ronald Reagan came along with his trickle-down economics and the slow death of the middle class. Don’t ignore the death blow under Reagan to good, reliable, useful information with the killing of the Fairness Doctrine, assuring ignorance for all forever (except the billionaires who can afford the truth). Then came President George W. Bush who deceptively funneled our resources into Afghanistan and Iraq on another astonishing lie.

Now, we get more tax breaks for the uber wealthy, streaming and flooding lies about corrupt democracy. Our population gobbles up the misinformation and relishes the dominance of AI. Brian Woods

Santa Fe

It’s settled Regarding the article (“Scientists wonder if climate change is speeding up,” Dec. 27): I am confused by the misleading headline of this article. It seems clear throughout the piece that scientists agree climate change is real and that the world is heating up. There is no wondering about it. The subtitle of the article that 2023 is the hottest year on record attests to that fact.

Cited climate scientist, James E. Hansen, in the article made those facts crystal clear in his 1980 testimony to members of Congress. Did they listen? No. Wondering is no longer a factor on this issue. We must know, believe and do something about it every day to forestall the humanitarian disaster that will befall our young ones in the second half of this century.

Carol Kravetz

Santa Fe

ostalgia is a powerful political tool. Wielding nostalgia for a bygone era — one that is invariably mischaracterized — is a favorite weapon for fascist movements (Make America Great Again), harking back to a time before their nation was “polluted” by malign forces. In the United States, such nostalgia none-too-subtlety appeals to white Christian nationalism. Even in a more benign form (e.g., “Politics didn’t used to be so mean,” “Remember the days of bipartisanship?”) plays on faulty memories. If you really go back to study U.S. history, you would find two things: The past was worse, and conflict has always been the norm.

The past was simply not “better” by any objective standard. Economically, we were all a lot poorer. “In 1960, there were roughly 400 vehicles per 1,000 Americans, about half of today’s car ownership rate. In other words, a family in 1960 could afford a car on one income, but today they would have two cars,” Matthew Yglesias wrote. Tom Nichols has written extensively on the politics of false memory. (“Times are always bad. Nothing gets better. And the past 50 years have not been a temporary economic purgatory but a permanent hell, if only the elites would be brave enough to peer through the gloom and see it all for what it is,” he wrote.

“This obsession with decline is one of the myths surrounding postindustrial democracy that will not die.”)

Crime was higher by a lot in the 1970s. Poverty, child mortality, deaths from virtually any major disease, workplace injuries, high school dropout rates, etc., were all much worse in the 1950s. Also, kids got polio; Jim Crow was in full swing; gays had to be in the closet, and no one had cellphones, home computers or microwave ovens.

Very few people had air conditioning or could afford to fly.

You might rightly decry income inequality today. However, since 2007, income inequality has been on the decline.

The 1930s? The Great Depression. You prefer the 1940s?

World war. Then came McCarthyism and the Cold War. The 1960s? Riots, assassinations, the Vietnam War. You get the point. Though those who rail against modernity, urbanity, pluralism, tolerance and personal freedom in service of an authoritarian perch would like to turn back the clock, a perusal of history suggests now is the best time to be alive.

And that brings us to the myth of bipartisanship, unity and frictionless politics. From the get-go, politics in America was vicious. The Washington Post’s review of H.W. Brands’s latest book, Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics, reminded us that “they all hastened to assume the worst of one another: Jefferson, watching the government amass power and assume state debt, concluded that Hamilton’s Federalists were royalists and corrupt financiers who had been plotting “to betray the people’ since independence.” In turn, “Federalists, conversely, thought Republicans ideologically deranged to the point of near-treason. Blind infatuation with a hostile (and anarchic) France, faith in state sovereignty, Luddite opinions on public debt — all of these seemed like symptoms of a deeper mania among Jefferson’s followers.”

You can flip through the history of presidential insults, devastating feuds and congressional violence. None of this suggests we ever enjoyed a sustained halcyon period of unity. To be certain, we had brief interludes when World War II united the country and when the ideological gaps between the parties were not as vast. However, we “got things done” mostly when one party (in modern times, usually Republicans) got wiped out in elections, leaving Democrats to construct the New Deal and the Great Society. Republicans vilified Democrats every step of the way (even testing out a coup against Franklin D. Roosevelt).

What we have not had before is a president who rejected democracy and wound up indicted on 91 criminal counts. So yes, four-times-indicted former President Donald Trump was worse than every president who preceded him. The resulting venom, violence and loss of faith in elections have taken a heavy toll on our democracy.

So, as we look forward to 2024 be wary: Nostalgia, especially nostalgia for a time of less freedom, less opportunity and fewer rights for many of us, is the stuff of snake-oil salesmen. Instead, bet on American progress.

Jennifer Rubin is a columnist for The Washington Post.

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POLLEN COUNTS Santa Fe .Severity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3, . . . .Low ... .Allergens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juniper ......

Albuquerque .Severity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3, . . . .Low ...

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Source: https://pollen.com

TODAY'S UV INDEX + 10 8 6 4 2 0

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The UV index forecasts the ultraviolet radiation coming from the sun. The higher the number the more risk of sun damage to your skin.

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Few Snow Showers.

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Scattered Snow.

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Wind: WNW 10 mph

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Farmington 48 / 29

Raton 46 / 25

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Las Vegas 49 / 24

Albuquerque 49 / 31

Truth or Consequences 57 / 33

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Denver 48/23

Albuquerque 49/31 Phoenix 65/42

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The Northeast will see party to mostly cloudy skies with the highest temperature of 49 in Baltimore, Md. The Southeast will experience mostly cloudy skies with isolated showers, highest temperature of 74 in Miami, Fla. In the Northwest there will be partly to mostly cloudy skies with isolated rain, highest temperature of 54 in Coos Bay, Ore. The Southwest will see mostly cloudy skies with isolated rain, highest temperature of 68 in Oro Valley, Ariz.

WEATHER HISTORY

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W City 46/26 sh 40/27 rs 26/6 sn 55/28 pc 57/32 pc 30/8 sn 31/18 sn 35/24 sn 27/15 ss 42/27 rs 31/20 sn 47/26 sh 37/18 sn 35/21 sn 45/26 rs 34/15 sn 34/19 sn 54/30 mc 51/28 sh

Las Vegas Lordsburg Los Alamos Los Lunas Portales Raton Red River Rio Rancho Roswell Ruidoso Santa Rosa Silver City Socorro T or C Taos Tucumcari Univ. Park White Rock Zuni

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W 47/21 s 49/24 s 49/32 pc 58/31 s 44/28 s 40/26 pc 54/24 s 49/29 pc 49/32 mc 57/29 s 50/25 pc 46/25 s 38/5 pc 38/14 s 50/23 s 46/29 pc 54/34 mc 58/32 s 46/32 mc 49/28 pc 51/28 pc 55/27 s 55/33 pc 50/29 pc 54/32 pc 53/30 pc 56/37 pc 57/33 pc 45/10 pc 43/21 pc 50/28 pc 55/29 s 58/45 pc 58/33 s 44/28 s 43/26 pc 48/20 s 50/24 pc

34/16 sn 46/23 sh 30/19 sn 40/25 sn 46/26 rs 31/20 sn 26/7 sn 37/24 sn 54/29 mc 37/22 sn 40/24 rs 36/24 ss 45/28 rs 50/28 sh 33/15 sn 42/26 rs 51/28 sh 33/18 sn 34/17 sn

Jan. 3, 1777 - An overnight freeze enabled George Washington and his troops to flank the British at Trenton, cross their lines at Princeton and seek security in the hills of northern New Jersey.

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New Orleans 53/39

Mexico City 73/56

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Monterrey 67/56

Carlsbad 58 / 31

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Hermosillo 71/53

New York 45/34

Detroit 36/25

St. Louis 43/25

Hobbs 57 / 34

Alamogordo 55 / 34

Boston 44/29

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Chicago 34/27

Omaha 35/21

La Paz 70/62

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Las Vegas 53/38

Roswell 58 / 32

Las Cruces 58 / 33

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Los Angeles 59/44

Clovis 56 / 29

Ruidoso 49 / 28 Sillver City 50 0 / 29

Billings 37/20

Santa Fe 43 / 27 Pecos 46 / 25

Gallup G 4 / 21 49

Seattle 49/44

Clayton 53 / 27

Los Alamos 40 / 26

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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.

For a complete list of requirements call: 955-4225 http://www.santafenm.gov/water_conservation

0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very Unhealthy, 301-500, Hazardous

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Wind: S 10 mph

WATER STATISTICS

.Tuesday's . . . . . . . . rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 .. . . . . . . . Forecast Today's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 ..

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Los Alamos Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" ....

The following water statistics of January 1st are provided by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons).

Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 3.994 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 1.946 City Wells: 0.0 Buckman Wells: 0.684 Total production: 6.624 Total consumption: 6.289 Santa Fe reservoir inflow: 0.52 Reservoir storage: 272.22 Estimated reservoir capacity: 21.31%

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Taos Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" ....

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Santa Fe Airport Temperatures .High/low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48°/23° ......

Normal . . . . . . . high/low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43°/18° ...... . . . . . . .high Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55° . . . in . . 2006 .... . . . . . . .low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0° . . in . . 2011 ....

Record Santa Fe Airport Precipitation .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... .Month . . . . . to . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . . month Normal . . . . . .to . . date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.03" ....

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Normal . . . . . . . year . . . . to . . date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.03" .... .Last . . . year . . . . .to. .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.17" ....

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What’s next for characters entering public domain?

Wilhelm II and Tigger, too?

Copyright issued in 1928 ends for Disney, other works

Tigger was also liberated Monday and could soon be reunited with Winnie-the-Pooh in the reborn character’s next slasher film. In a preview of what could be awaiting other 95-year-old icons, the silly old bear became a sledgehammer-wielding monster in Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey. The sequel is slated for February.

“The original All Quiet on the Western Front was OK, but the horror of modern warfare will be much better illustrated with a crossover remake where Mickey and Tigger trick the Kaiser into getting his head stuck in a mop bucket,” said Zhubin Parang, co-executive producer for The Daily Show. (All Quiet on the Western Front, the original German version of the novel, also entered the public domain.

By Sopan Deb

The New York Times

If you’re the creative type and you’re struggling to come up with your next idea, do not fear: Some big works, including the original version of Mickey Mouse, entered the public domain Monday in the United States.

And if, on the other hand, you prefer your Disney characters to be cute, cuddly and never-changing, well ... you might want to stop reading.

In 2024, thousands of copyrighted works published in 1928 entered the public domain, after their 95-year term expired.

This means those characters and stories can be remade — on the page, stage or screen — without permission.

“It’s important for the preservation of our cultural record, for meaningful access to older works for inspiring future creativity,” said Jennifer Jenkins, director for the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law School.

The créme de la créme of this year’s public domain class are Mickey Mouse and, of course, Minnie, or at least black-and-white versions of our favorite

Peter Pan, others VIA THE NEW YORK TIMES

A scene from the 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie. This version of the Mickey Mouse character entered the public domain Monday.

squeaky rodents that appeared in Steamboat Willie. The Walt Disney Co. is famously litigious, and this copyright only covers the original versions of the

character. The New York Times reached out to some writers, producers and directors to you a taste of what might be unleashed in this strange new world.

There’s J.M. Barrie’s stage version of Peter Pan; or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up, the D.H. Lawrence novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Virginia Woolf’s Orlando: A Biography, Wanda Gág’s picture book Millions of Cats and more.

Bob Greenblatt, a producer of the Broadway-bound musical Smash, called for a new stage adaptation with Daniel Radcliffe as Peter, Lindsay Mendez as

Wendy and Jonathan Groff as Captain Hook. Actor Nik Dodani had a Peter Pan film idea, too. “When Wendy meets Peter, a charismatic and seemingly ageless young man, she is drawn into a nightmarish journey of obsession, unveiling the sinister truth behind his eternal youth,” Dodani said.

Music, books Musical compositions, like the original version of “Mack the Knife,” which was written in German for a play by Bertolt Brecht called The Threepenny Opera and musical recordings, including “Dippermouth Blues,” featuring Louis Armstrong, were also freed Monday.

Gordon Greenberg, who will direct a Huey Lewis-inspired Broadway musical this spring, said this was an opportunity to “reimagine some classics from new points of view.” Playwright Lindsey Ferrentino proposed a mashup of titles.

“Maybe a production of Threepenny Opera with the character of Mackie Messer recast as Mickey Mouse. Very Brechtian,” Ferrentino said. “Don’t ask me to write it though.”

The steamy Lady Chatterley’s Lover sparked a lot of interest. Neil Meron, a producer of the Broadway musical Some Like It Hot, suggested “a gender-fluid immersive” musical adaptation with a score from Sam Smith.

Island tortoise marks 191st year as oldest land animal

By Cathy Free

Special to The Washington Post

On New Year’s Day, Joe Hollins celebrates his ancient buddy, Jonathan the tortoise, the world’s oldest living land animal.

Jonathan is now 191 years old — or so.

“He could actually be older,” said Hollins, 66, explaining that Jonathan’s age is a conservative estimate.

Hollins is a veterinarian who has cared for the elderly tortoise and three other land tortoises on St. Helena Island since 2009.

Last year, St. Helena’s governor, Nigel Phillips, gave Jonathan an unofficial hatch date of Dec. 4, 1832, but Hollins still celebrates on New Year’s Day. “It’s not his birthday, but cele-

brating his year of age, whatever that may be,” Hollins said.

On his big day, Hollins expects Jonathan to roam slowly, very slowly, to find fresh clover and then indulge in a late afternoon nap. His slowness is a reflection of his species rather than his vitality.

As Jonathan enters his 192nd year, he still shows a zest for life.

He formed a relationship with another tortoise named Fred, then thought to be Frederica, more than 25 years ago, and now sometimes tries to mate with him and a tortoise named Emma, Hollins said.

“As a vet, I can tell you it’s only us humans who get hung up on gender distinctions,” Hollins said. “Animals are less picky.”

The Seychelles giant tortoise has already beat the average 150-year life expectancy for a land tortoise by several decades, but Hollins is hopeful he’ll be greeting visitors well into his third century at the governor’s residence on St. Helena, a British territory about 1,200 miles off the coast of Africa.

With the exception of Greenland sharks, which are estimated to live at least 250 years, “it astounds me to think there is no living creature on the surface of this planet that was in existence before him,” said Hollins.

In 2023, he wrote a book about his caretaking adventures Vet at the End of the Earth which was published by Duckworth Books in the United Kingdom. Hollins

said there are plans to have it published in the United States in late 2024.

The first part of his book focuses on the complexities of caring for Jonathan.

When Hollins arrived on the island more than 14 years ago, he said Jonathan was in poor health with cataracts, a crumbly beak and a thin reptilian hide.

Hollins said he began feeding Jonathan fresh fruits and vegetables to supplement the calories he received from grass and hay, and the tortoise’s sharp beak grew back and his health dramatically improved.

He said he has been enamored with shelled reptiles since he cared for smaller varieties as a child when he was growing up

in the U.K. “I love this extraordinary animal to bits,” he said about Jonathan. “It is the greatest of privileges to look after him.”

Jonathan is a 400-pound chelonian who is blind and no longer has a sense of smell, but is otherwise healthy with excellent hearing and finds his way around by sound.

A photo taken between 1882 and 1886 shows him grazing on the grounds outside the governor’s mansion, and a letter mentions when he came to St. Helena in 1882 from the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean, he was “fully grown.”

On a tortoise timeline, that means he was at least 50 years old, Hollins said, noting Jonathan

JOE HOLLINS VIA THE WASHINGTON POST

Jonathan indulged Joe Hollins with a selfie in 2020.

is St. Helena’s most famous resident since Napoleon was exiled to the island in 1815 after losing the Battle of Waterloo.

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COLLEG E FO O TBALL

CFP 1.0 changed the game, for better and for worse Sea change was considered necessary step in evolution of postseason

By Ralph D. Russo The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — The four-team playoff changed college football. Not just the postseason and crowning of a national champion that finally could be called undisputed.

College Football Playoff 1.0, which wraps up a 10-year run Monday night when No. 1 Michigan (14-0) faces No. 2 Washington (14-0) in the national championship game, created a new standard for success — and failure — for teams and conferences. It helped the rich and powerful become more rich and powerful, further nationalized a sport with regional roots and was an imperfect but necessary step in the

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evolution of the postseason.

“I think what’s coming is going to be better, but this worked really well,” said Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick, one of the architects of the 12-team system that goes into effect next season.

But not without unintended consequences.

5:30 p.m. on ESPN — College Football Playoff championship: No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 2 Washington, NRG Stadium, Houston

The positive

Michigan fans cheer from the stands Monday before the Rose Bowl semifinal against Alabama in Pasadena, Calif.

Michigan won 27-20 in overtime and will face Washington on Monday in the CFP championship in Houston.

A four-team playoff made sense for college football when it was conceived in 2012, following 16 years of the Bowl Championship Series, which was implemented in 1998 and birthed from the Bowl Coalition and Bowl Alliance earlier in the 1990s.

The BCS gave only two teams a chance to win a national championship in the postseason and

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Lobos drop MWC opener Anemic offense, foul trouble help to doom UNM in road game against No. 13 Colorado State

By James Barron

jbarron@sfnewmexican.com

For almost 40 years, Gene Mortensen was the voice of Los Alamos Hilltoppers athletics.

Mortensen’s baritone voice was a welcoming sound on The Hill and across Northern New Mexico. He spent 38 years broadcasting Los Alamos sports, first with the now defunct KRSN-AM, then online with the Los Alamos Daily Post. He also was a public address announcer for state basketball tournament games in The Pit from 1997 until the coronavirus pandemic.

Mortensen died on Christmas Eve, his 88th birthday. Mike Maez-Cote, one of Mortensen’s several color commentators over the years, said Mortensen suffered a fall over the summer and never recovered from it.

His last broadcast was the Class 4A State Baseball Tournament in May when Albuquerque Academy swept the Hilltoppers in the opening round.

“The thing about Gene was that he was talking to a thousand people at a time,” Maez-Cote said, “but when you listened to him, you felt like he was talking to you. That’s what drew people to him, that he was able to make those one-on-one connections.”

That quality was a big reason Mortensen was an inductee to the New Mexico Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2010 and earned the organization’s Excellence in Broadcasting award for small-market radio stations for his play-by-play work in 2020. He earned the award along with son-in-law Mike Katko in what was their final broadcast as a Please see story on Page B-3

LOGAN NEWELL/THE COLORADOAN VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Colorado State guard Isaiah Stevens, left, brings the ball up as New Mexico guard Jaelen House defends in the first half of Tuesday’s game in Fort Collins, Colo. The Lobos lost 76-68 in both teams’ Mountain West Conference opener.

By Will Webber

wwebber@sfnewmexican.com

FORT COLLINS, Colo. onference play is a different animal, particularly on the road with an opponent ranked among the nation’s best.

With points at a premium and zero flow on offense, the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team walked into a meat grinder against No. 13 Colorado State, losing 76-68 in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams Tuesday night in Moby Arena.

Lobos guard Jaelen House spent most of the night watching from the bench, one foul piling on top of another. He played just seven minutes in the first half and wasn’t much of a factor in the final 20 minutes.

The team’s other star guard, Jamal Mashburn Jr., didn’t fare much better. He struggled in his second game back from a thumb injury that kept him out five weeks, finishing with 13 points while missing 10 of his 15 shots. Both he and House hit some

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contested shots in the waning moments to cut what was a 17-point deficit down to six.

Mashburn said he passed up on a handful of his patented mid-range jumpers because his timing still isn’t where he wants it to be.

“I’m going to be honest — it was me, it was all me,” he said. “Second game back and basketball’s all about a rhythm.”

House’s struggles had more to do with whistles than mindsets. The team’s top lockdown defender in the backcourt, he picked up two fouls in the first seven minutes and hit the bench for a handful of possessions. The Lobos missed seven straight shots without him and CSU went on a 10-0 run to take a lead it never relinquished.

Mashburn said the Lobos felt House’s absence, particularly since House is one of the rare players capable of putting the clamps down on Colorado State’s all-MWC guard Isaiah Stevens.

“It puts us in a bind, but I mean [House] was able to get back in the game and not foul out,” Mashburn

SATURDAY ON TV Wyoming (8-6, 1-0 MWC) at New Mexico (12-2, 0-1), 8 p.m. in The Pit TV: CBS Sports Network Radio: KKOB 770 AM Live stats: GoLobos.com/mbbstats

said. “But, yeah, it’s tough when you got a great defensive player out of the game like that.”

House checked back in at the 7:23 mark of the first half and got his third foul just 12 seconds later, sending him right back to the bench for the remainder of the half.

The Rams (13-1, 1-0) took full advantage.

“Yeah it hurt; when he’s on the court we’re obviously a lot better,” said UNM coach Richard Pitino.

“He picked up that fourth foul [and] it really, really hurt us so he’s got to find a way to defend without fouling.”

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Falling short in playoffs won’t cut it for quarterback Jackson, Ravens Baltimore QB in contention for another AP NFL MVP award despite being 1-3 in playoffs

By Rob Maaddi The Associated Press

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amar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens played their best football in the biggest games of the regular season.

Now, they’ve got to do it in the playoffs.

Jackson has been one of the NFL’s top players for several years, but the Ravens are just 1-3 in the playoffs with him.

This season seems different. The Ravens have not only beaten the better teams, they’ve dominated them.

Jackson boosted his chances for his second AP NFL MVP award with back-to-back sensational performances in lopsided wins over the 49ers (12-4) and Dolphins (11-5) to help the Ravens (13-3) secure the AFC’s No. 1 seed.

He threw for 573 yards and seven touchdowns with a 145.3 passer rating and ran for 80 yards in the two games as the Ravens outscored both teams 89-38.

In five games this season against teams that currently have 11 wins, Jackson has completed 90 of 125 passes (72%) for 1,339 yards, 13 TDs and two picks with a 134.7 passer rating. The Ravens were 4-1 in those games with average margin of victory of

27 points and each win by at least 14.

Overall, Jackson has a career-high 3,678 yards passing with 24 TDs, seven interceptions and a 102.7 passer rating. He’s also run for 821 yards and five scores. He had 36 TD passes, 1,206 yards rushing and seven TDs on the ground in 2019 when he was the NFL MVP. But the Ravens were knocked out of the playoffs in the divisional round after earning the top seed that season.

That won’t cut it this time.

“We gotta finish the season the right way,” Jackson said.

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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, front, celebrates with Patrick Ricard after their touchdown against the Miami Dolphins during the second half of Sunday’s game in Baltimore. NICK WASS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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

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Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts. All times local.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 4:30 p.m. FS1 — Seton Hall at Providence 5 p.m. ACCN — Georgia Tech at Florida St. 5 p.m. BTN — Rutgers at Ohio St. 5 p.m. CBSSN — Dayton at Davidson 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Louisville at Virginia 6 p.m. ESPN — Clemson at Miami 6:30 p.m. FS1 — Xavier at Villanova 7 p.m. ACCN — NC State at Notre Dame 7 p.m. BTN — Indiana at Nebraska 7 p.m. CBSSN — St. Bonaventure at VCU 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Stanford at UCLA 7 p.m. ESPNU — Rice at Tulane 8 p.m. PAC-12N — California at Southern Cal 8:30 p.m. FS1 — Fresno St. at San Diego St.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL 2 p.m. ESPN — Under Armour Next All-America Game: Team Fire vs. Team Ice, Orlando, Fla. NBA 6:30 p.m. ABC — Chicago at New York 8 p.m. ESPN — Miami at L.A. Lakers NHL 5:30 p.m. TNT — New Jersey at Washington SOCCER (MEN’S) 1 p.m. CBSSN — The Italian Cup: Cremonese at AS Roma, Round of 16 TENNIS 4 p.m. TENNIS — United Cup Quarterfinals; Brisbane-ATP/WTA, Auckland-WTA, Hong Kong-ATP Early Rounds 4 a.m. Thursday TENNIS — United Cup Quarterfinals; Brisbane-ATP/WTA, Auckland-WTA, Hong Kong-ATP Early Rounds

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 5 p.m. ESPNU — Charlotte at South Florida

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Cleveland at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 11 a.m.

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

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Dallas at Washington, 2:25 p.m.

Denver at Las Vegas, 2:25 p.m.

Kansas City at L.A. Chargers, 2:25 p.m.

L.A. Rams at San Francisco, 2:25 p.m.

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Buffalo at Miami, 6:20 p.m.

PLAYOFF SCENARIOS WEEK 18 AFC

CLINCHED: Baltimore Ravens (13-3) — AFC North division title, No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage, Kansas City Chiefs (106) — AFC West division title, Cleveland Browns (11-5) — playoff berth, Miami Dolphins (11-5) — playoff berth BUFFALO BILLS (10-6) at Miami (11-5); Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC Buffalo clinches AFC East division title with: -BUF win Buffalo clinches playoff berth with: -BUF tie OR -PIT loss or tie OR -JAX loss or tie OR -HOU-IND tie HOUSTON TEXANS (9-7) at Indianapolis (9-7); Saturday, 8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC Houston clinches AFC South division title with: -HOU win + JAX loss or tie Houston clinches playoff berth with: -HOU win OR -HOU tie + JAX loss + PIT loss or tie INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (9-7) vs. Houston (9-7); Saturday, 8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC Indianapolis clinches AFC South division title with: -IND win + JAX loss or tie OR -IND tie + JAX loss Indianapolis clinches playoff berth with: -IND win OR -IND tie + PIT loss or tie JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (9-7) at Tennessee (511); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS Jacksonville clinches AFC South division title with: -JAX win OR -JAX tie + IND-HOU tie Jacksonville clinches playoff berth with: -JAX tie + PIT loss or tie OR PIT loss + DEN loss or tie + HOU-IND doesn’t end in tie MIAMI DOLPHINS (11-5) vs. Buffalo (10-6); Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC Miami clinches AFC East division title with: -MIA win or tie PITTSBURGH STEELERS (9-7) at Baltimore (133); Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC Pittsburgh clinches playoff berth with: -PIT win + BUF loss OR -PIT win + JAX loss or tie OR -PIT win + HOU-IND tie OR -PIT tie + JAX loss + HOU-IND doesn’t end in tie OR -JAX loss + DEN win + HOU-IND doesn’t end in tie CLINCHED: San Francisco 49ers (12-4) — NFC West division title, No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage, Detroit Lions (115) — NFC North division title, Dallas Cowboys (11-5) — playoff berth, Los Angeles Rams (9-7) — playoff berth, Philadelphia Eagles (11-5) — playoff berth ATLANTA FALCONS (7-9) at New Orleans (8-8);

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

AFC

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

AFC

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

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

NFC

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

NFC

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

NFC

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

NFC

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

NFC

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

NFC

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

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

DIV

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

DIV

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

DIV

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

DIV

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

DIV

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

Subject to change. Check with schools regarding tickets and game times and dates. Send changes to sports@sfnewmexican.com.

Wednesday Girls basketball — Capital at St. Michael’s, 7 p.m.

Thursday Boys basketball — Northern Rio Grande Tournament at Española Valley: first round, McCurdy vs. Mesa Vista, 10 a.m.; Mora vs. Peñasco, 1 p.m.; Pecos vs. Questa, 4 p.m.; Dulce vs. Escalante, 7 p.m.

Horsemen Shootout at St. Michael’s: round robin, Española Valley vs. Abq. Bosque School, 5:30 p.m.; Crownpoint vs. St. Michael’s, 7 p.m.

Panther Invitational at Jal: first round, Academy for Technology and the Classics vs. Loving, 3:45 p.m.

Cuba Invitational: round robin, Coronado vs. Cuba, 6:30 p.m.

Portales Shootout at Portales: round robin, Pojoaque Valley vs. Portales, 7 p.m; Farwevll (Texas) vs. Las Vegas Robertson, 2:30 p.m.

Rio Rancho at Capital, 7 p.m.

Abq. Sandia Prep at West Las Vegas, 7 p.m.

Girls basketball — Northern Rio Grande Tournament at Española Valley: first round, Mora vs. Peñasco, 8:30 a.m.; Pecos vs. Questa, 11:30 a.m.; Dulce vs. McCurdy, 2:30 p.m.; Escalante vs. Mesa Vista, 5:30 p.m.

Panther Invitational at Jal: round robin, Academy for Technology and the Classics vs. Loving, 2 p.m.

Cuba Invitational, round robin, Coronado vs. Cuba, 5 p.m.

Portales Shootout at Portales: round robin, Carlsbad vs. Las Vegas Robertson, 4 p.m.; Pojoaque Valley vs.

Portales, 5:30 p.m.

Santa Fe High at Abq. Atrisco Heritage Academy, 7 p.m.

West Las Vegas at Abq. Sandia Prep, 6:30 p.m.

Taos at Aztec, 7 p.m.

Friday Boys basketball — Northern Rio Grande Tournament at Española Valley: semifinals, Pecos/Questa winner vs. Peñasco/Mora winner, 4 p.m.; McCurdy/Mesa Vista winner vs. Dulce/Escalante winner, 7 p.m.; Pecos/Questa loser vs. Peñasco/ Mora loser, 10 a.m.; McCurdy/Mesa Vista loser vs. Dulce/Escalante loser, 1 p.m.

Horsemen Shootout at St. Michael’s: Española Valley vs. Crownpoint, 5:30 p.m.; Abq. Bosque School vs. St. Michael’s, 7 p.m.

Panther Invitational at Jal: semifinal/ consolation, Academy for Technology and the Classics vs. New Mexico Mili-

Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS Atlanta clinches NFC South division title with: -ATL win + TB loss DALLAS COWBOYS (11-5) at Washington (4-12); Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX Dallas clinches NFC East division title with: -DAL win OR -DAL tie + PHI tie OR -PHI loss GREEN BAY PACKERS (8-8) vs. Chicago (7-9); Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS Green Bay clinches playoff berth with: -GB win OR -GB tie + SEA loss or tie + NO loss or tie OR -GB tie + SEA loss + TB loss OR -GB tie + SEA tie + TB loss or tie OR -MIN loss or tie + SEA loss + TB loss OR -MIN loss or tie + SEA loss + NO loss MINNESOTA VIKINGS (7-9) at Detroit (11-5); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX Minnesota clinches playoff berth with: -MIN win + GB loss + SEA loss + TB loss OR -MIN win + GB loss + SEA loss + NO loss NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (8-8) vs. Atlanta (7-9); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS New Orleans clinches NFC South division title with: -NO win + TB loss or tie OR -NO tie + TB loss New Orleans clinches playoff berth with: -NO win + SEA loss or tie + GB loss or tie OR -NO tie + SEA loss + GB loss PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (11-5) at N.Y. Giants (511); Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS Philadelphia clinches NFC East division title with: -PHI win + DAL loss or tie OR -PHI tie + DAL loss SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (8-8) at Arizona (4-12); Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX Seattle clinches playoff berth with: -SEA win + GB loss or tie OR -SEA tie + GB loss + TB loss or tie OR -SEA tie + GB loss + NO loss or tie TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (8-8) at Carolina (214); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX Tampa Bay clinches NFC South division title with: -TB win OR -TB tie + NO loss or tie Tampa Bay clinches playoff berth with: -TB tie + SEA loss + GB loss or tie

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCORES, SCHEDULE

Rose Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal Pasadena, Calif.

No. 1 Michigan 27, No. 5 Alabama 20, OT Allstate Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal New Orleans No. 2 Washington 37, No. 3 Texas 31

MONDAY, JAN. 8

CFP National Championship Houston No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 2 Washington, 5:30 p.m.

Cleveland Chicago Detroit

Artesia 58, Carlsbad 41 Centennial 66, Valencia 65 EP Chapin, Texas 75, Alamogordo 44 Los Lunas 49, Farmington 31 Santa Fe 70, St. Pius X 56 Taos 62, Gallup 46 Texline, Texas 84, Raton 40

GIRLS

L

7 10 15 19 20

Miami Orlando Atlanta Charlotte Washington

19 19 13 8 6

14 14 19 24 26

Milwaukee Indiana

24 18

9 14

SOUTHEAST

CENTRAL

W

W

L

L

6 10 21

L

PCT

GB

W

20 19 16 11 5

14 15 15 22 28

Minnesota Oklahoma City Denver Utah Portland

24 23 24 15 9

8 9 11 19 23

L.A. Clippers Sacramento Phoenix L.A. Lakers Golden State

20 19 18 17 16

12 13 15 17 17

NORTHWEST

PACIFIC

W

W

MONDAY’S GAMES

L

.588 .559 .516 .333 .152

— 1 2½ 8½ 14½

.750 .719 .686 .441 .281

— 1 1½ 10 15

PCT

L

GB

PCT

GB

.625 .594 .545 .500 .485

— 1 2½ 4 4½

New York 112, Minnesota 106 Toronto 124, Cleveland 121 Houston 136, Detroit 113 Indiana 122, Milwaukee 113 Denver 111, Charlotte 93 Utah 127, Dallas 90 Phoenix 109, Portland 88 L.A. Clippers 121, Miami 104

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Phila. 110, Chicago 97 New Orleans 112, Brooklyn 85 Oklahoma City 127, Boston 123 Memphis 106, San Antonio 98 Charlotte 111, Sacramento 104 Golden State 121, Orlando 115

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Washington at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Houston, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Chicago at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Portland at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Utah, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Miami at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m.

Orlando at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

PCT

GB

.788 .697 .545 .441 .394

— 3 8 11½ 13

.576 .576 .406 .250 .188

— — 5½ 10½ 12½

.727 .563

— 5½

PCT

PCT

FAVORITE

Pittsburgh Houston

FAVORITE

at NEW ORLEANS at CINCINNATI at DETROIT Jacksonville Tampa Bay at NEW ENGLAND Seattle at GREEN BAY at L.A. CHARGERS Philadelphia at LAS VEGAS at SAN FRANCISCO Dallas Buffalo

THURSDAY’S GAMES

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Utah at Boston, 5 p.m.

New York at Phila., 5:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Chicago, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Houston, 6 p.m.

Portland at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Miami at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Denver, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Golden State, 8 p.m.

Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

30 8-14 0-3 3-11 2 3 27 3-5 1-4 1-2 3 4 36 4-9 2-3 0-3 9 4 19 5-8 0-0 0-4 1 4 32 5-15 1-1 0-1 2 2 25 2-4 0-0 0-2 1 0 17 1-4 0-0 1-3 0 2 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0

17 7 10 14 13 5 2 0 0 0

200 28-60 4-11 5-26 18 20 68

GB

GB

TOTALS

Amherst 71, Wesleyan (Conn.) 66 Charleston (WV) 76, Georgian Court 60 Clarkson 83, SUNY-Canton 70 Colby 88, Maine Maritime 74 Creighton 77, Georgetown 60 Emerson 66, Johnson & Wales (RI) 63 Endicott 95, Gordon 66 Hartford 63, New England 62 Harvard 76, Albany (NY) 71 Ithaca 73, Carnegie Mellon 69 Johns Hopkins 72, Rochester 53 Lasell 97, Dean 69 Md.-Eastern Shore 95, Clarks Summit 37 Mount St. Vincent 72, Sarah Lawrence 62 Nichols 98, Roger Williams 77 North Carolina 70, Pittsburgh 57 Purdue 67, Maryland 53 SUNY-Morrisville 91, Hartwick 82 Sage 77, Penn College 64 Saint Joseph’s (Maine) 84, Bates 80 St. John’s 86, Butler 70 St. Joseph’s (LI) 81, Old Westbury 66 Suffolk 79, Curry 66 Tufts 79, Colby Sawyer 50 UConn 85, DePaul 56 Vermont 71, Brown 70 W. New England 82, Wentworth 73 Wake Forest 84, Boston College 78

2 0 1 0 8 1 1 1 0 0

0 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 0 0

SOUTHWEST

Baylor 98, Cornell 79 Incarnate Word 83, Our Lady of the Lake 74 SMU 66, Charlotte 54 Sam Houston St. 93, Dallas 53 UAB 78, UTSA 76

Academy of Art 65, Hawaii Pacific 51 Fort Lewis 116, Navajo Tech Skyhawks 67 Regis 88, Colo.-Colo. Springs 62 UNLV 112, Bethesda 56 Utah St. 88, Air Force 60 Wyoming 75, San Jose St. 73

21 10 12 6 18 3 2 0 4 0

200 26-53 18-21 7-36 14 14 76

Percentages: FG .491, FT .857.

3-Point Goals: 6-19, .316 (Cartier 2-4, Lake 2-6, Stevens 1-2, Palmer 1-5, Scott 0-2).

Akron 73, N. Illinois 51 Bethany Lutheran 77, Central College 73 Bowling Green 92, E. Michigan 90, OT Buffalo 76, Cent. Michigan 64 Davenport 113, East-West 63 Drake 88, Illinois St. 71 Greenville 131, Principia 127, OT Illinois 96, Northwestern 66 Kansas St. 62, Chicago St. 55 Kent St. 82, Ball St. 69 Lake Superior St. 98, Kuyper Cougars 66 Macalester 90, Northwestern (Minn.) 72 S. Illinois 73, Belmont 63 St. Cloud St. 99, Minn.-Morris 52 Toledo 86, Ohio 77 W. Michigan 83, Miami (Ohio) 74 Walsh 86, Ohio Dominican 50 Winona St. 90, Crown (Minn.) 69 Wisconsin 83, Iowa 72

FAR WEST

FG FT REB COLORADO ST. MIN M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS 3-5 1-4 0-0 3-7 6-7 0-10 0-0 0-1 7-7 0-2 0-0 1-4 0-0 2-4 0-0 0-3 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1

TUESDAY’S SCORES EAST

MIDWEST

MEN NO. 13 COLORADO STATE 76, NEW MEXICO 68

26 8-12 24 5-11 33 3-5 32 2-6 35 5-10 17 1-6 12 1-2 10 0-0 5 1-1 5 0-0

— —

SOUTH

Milwaukee at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

Denver at Golden State, 8 p.m.

Cartier Scott Clifford Lake Stevens Palmer Mbemba Jackson Kya.Evans Johnson

38 43

WOMEN TUESDAY’S SCORES EAST

Davidson 69, La Salle 50 North Texas 74, Temple 63 Penn St. 95, Northwestern 55 Rhode Island 70, George Mason 68 UMass 76, Dayton 66

SOUTH

East Carolina 82, UTSA 54 Grambling St. 159, Ambassadors 18 Mercer 70, Kennesaw St. 54

MIDWEST

Purdue 77, Rutgers 76

SOUTHWEST

Tulsa 72, Tulane 54

OPEN

TODAY

3½ 1½

3½ 3½ 3½ 3 4 1½ 3 2½ 3 7 2½ 3 13 3

3 6 3 5½ 5½ 2½ 2½ 3 3 5½ 2½ 3 13½ 3

O/U

UNDERDOG

(36½) (47½)

at BALTIMORE at INDIANAPOLIS

O/U

UNDERDOG

(42½) (38½) (45½) (40½) (37½) (30½) (47½) (44) (35½) (41½) (37½) (42½) (45½) (49½)

Atlanta Cleveland Minnesota at TENNESSEE at CAROLINA N.Y. Jets at ARIZONA Chicago Kansas City at N.Y. GIANTS Denver L.A. Rams at WASHINGTON at MIAMI

O/U

UNDERDOG

O/U

UNDERDOG

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

FAVORITE

OPEN

Michigan

TODAY

4½

4½

(55½)

Washington

NBA WEDNESDAY FAVORITE

LINE

Milwaukee at CLEVELAND Oklahoma City at MEMPHIS at HOUSTON at MINNESOTA at DALLAS at NEW YORK L.A. Clippers at UTAH at L.A. LAKERS at SACRAMENTO

3½ 9 1½ 1½ 6½ 6½ 11 8½ 3 7½ 6½ 4

(258½) (239½) (248½) (231½) (222½) (223½) (234½) (220½) (233) (239½) (226½) (233)

at INDIANA Washington at ATLANTA Toronto Brooklyn New Orleans Portland Chicago at PHOENIX Detroit Miami Orlando

COLLEGE BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY FAVORITE

Team Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: None.

Blocked Shots: 6 (Clifford 2, Jackson, Lake, Mbemba, Scott).

Turnovers: 15 (Clifford 4, Stevens 3, Cartier 2, Mbemba 2, Jackson, Johnson, Lake, Palmer).

Steals: 10 (Stevens 3, Clifford 2, Jackson 2, Scott 2, Mbemba).

Technical Fouls: None.

30 33

TODAY

MONDAY CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HOUSTON

Boys basketball — Northern Rio Grande Tournament at Española Valley: championship, 7 p.m.; third place, 4 p.m.; fifth place, 1 p.m.; seventh place, 10 a.m.

Horsemen Shootout at St. Michael’s: Abq. Bosque School vs. Crownpoint, 5:30 p.m.; Española Valley vs. St. Michael’s, 7 p.m.

ATC at Panther Invitational at Jal: TBA Cuba Invitational: round robin, Coronado vs. Roy, 3:30 p.m.

Portales Shootout at Portales: round robin, Lovington vs. Pojoaque Valley, 2:45 p.m.; Las Vegas Robertson vs.

Portales, 5:30 p.m.

Clovis at Santa Fe High, 7 p.m.

West Las Vegas at Thoreau, 3 p.m.

Girls basketball — Northern Rio Grande Tournament at Española Valley: championship, 5:30 p.m.; third place, 2:30 p.m.; fifth place, 11:30 a.m.; seventh place, 8:30 a.m.

Panther Invitational at Jal: round robin, Academy for Technology and the Classics vs. Eunice, 4 p.m.

Cuba Invitational: round robin, Coronado vs. Roy, 2 p.m.

Portales Shootout at Portales: round robin, Carlsbad vs. Pojoaque Valley, 1 p.m.; Las Vegas Robertson vs. Portales, 4 p.m.

West Las Vegas at Los Alamos, 2:30 p.m.

Wrestling — Santa Fe High, Capital, Los Alamos, Española Valley, West Las Vegas, Las Vegas Robertson at The Conflict at Cleveland (Rio Rancho Events Center), 9:30 a.m.

NEW MEXICO COLORADO ST.

OPEN

4 1½

SUNDAY

Saturday

Alabama St. 84, Johnson 53 Auburn 88, Penn 68 Berea 72, Covenant 54 Birmingham Southern 74, Millsaps 54 Delta St. 99, Shorter 85 Duke 86, Syracuse 66 FAU 79, East Carolina 64 Grambling St. 84, CBS Ambassadors 72 Greensboro 83, Piedmont 65 LaGrange 83, Belhaven 76 Livingstone 71, Converse 65 Mississippi College 76, Lee 70 Montevallo 72, Christian Brothers 68 Murray St. 85, Ill.-Chicago 73 Pfeiffer 71, Johnson & Wales (NC) 67 Tennessee 87, Norfolk St. 50 Trinity (FL) 82, Schreiner 81 Union (Tenn.) 90, Auburn-Montgomery 84 Valdosta St. 82, West Florida 73 West Georgia 91, West Alabama 65

Percentages: FG .467, FT .364.

3-Point Goals: 8-17, .471 (House 4-5, Mashburn 2-4, Toppin 1-2, Baker 1-3, Amzil 0-1, Dent 0-1, Washington 0-1).

Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: 1.

Blocked Shots: 2 (Joseph, Mushila).

Turnovers: 10 (House 4, Dent 3, Joseph, Mashburn, Toppin).

Steals: 10 (Baker 2, Dent 2, House 2, Amzil, Joseph, Mashburn, Toppin).

Technical Fouls: None.

NBA W

.545 .429 .091

New Orleans Dallas Houston Memphis San Antonio

TOTALS

Artesia 51, Carlsbad 30 Cleveland 62, Capital 34 EP Riverside, Texas 46, Centennial 33 Farmington 63, Aztec 28 Mayfield 57, Silver 31 Piedra Vista 49, Los Lunas 39 Wolfforth Frenship, Texas 61, Portales 12

26 23 18 15 13

15 20 30

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Toppin Joseph Dent House Mashburn Baker Amzil Washington Mushila Appelhans

BOYS

ATLANTIC

18 15 3

FG FT REB NEW MEXICO MIN M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS

PREP BASKETBALL

Boston Phila.

New York Brooklyn Toronto

NFL SATURDAY

DIV

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

SOUTHWEST

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

SPORTS BETTING LINE

tary Institute/Eunice, 3:45 p.m.(semifinal)/2 p.m.(consolation) Cuba Invitational: round robin, Coronado vs. Tohatchi, 3:30 p.m.

Portales Shootout at Portales: round robin, Pojoaque Valley vs. Las Vegas Robertson, 4 p.m.

Wagon Mound at Tierra Encantada, 5 p.m.

Belen at Los Alamos, 7 p.m.

Taos vs. Bloomfield, 4 p.m.

Girls basketball — Northern Rio Grande Tournament at Española Valley: semifinals, Mora/Peñasco winner vs. Escalante/Mesa Vista winner, 5:30 p.m.; McCurdy/Dulce winner vs. Pecos/Questa winner, 2:30 p.m.; consolation, Mora/Peñasco loser vs. Escalante/Mesa Vista loser, 11:30 a.m.; McCurdy/Dulce loser vs.

Pecos/Questa loser, 8:30 a.m.

Panther Invitational at Jal: round robin, Academy for Technology and the Classics vs. Jal, 5:30 p.m.

Cuba Invitational: Bloomfield vs.

Coronado, 2 p.m.

Portales Shootout at Portales: round robin, Las Vegas Robertson vs. Pojoaque Valley, 2:30 p.m.

Abq. Bosque School at Monte del Sol (Fort Marcy), 6 p.m.

Los Alamos at Belen, 6:30 p.m.

Wrestling — Santa Fe High, Capital, Los Alamos, Española Valley, West Las Vegas, Las Vegas Robertson at The Conflict at Cleveland (Rio Rancho Events Center), 10 a.m.

68 76

LINE

Yale at UNC ASHEVILLE at WINTHROP at PROVIDENCE George Mason at COLGATE Loyola Chicago at FLORIDA STATE at VIRGINIA at WOFFORD at OKLAHOMA STATE at GEORGE WASHINGTON at UMASS Saint Joseph’s (PA) Dayton at CITADEL at RADFORD at INDIANA STATE at LAFAYETTE at BUCKNELL at OHIO STATE Presbyterian at NAVY at UNC GREENSBORO at AMERICAN at EAST TENNESSEE STATE Marshall at SAMFORD at NORTH DAKOTA Clemson Bradley at OMAHA Montana Eastern Washington at VILLANOVA NC State at NEBRASKA at MISSOURI STATE St. Thomas at VCU at TULANE at WEBER STATE at SACRAMENTO STATE at UCLA at DENVER at MONTANA STATE at USC at SAN DIEGO STATE

5½ 8½ 2½ 5½ 3½ 12½ 1½ 3½ 13½ 15½ 17½ 4½ 1½ 6½ 4½ 1½ 1½ 14½ 1½ 6½ 8½ 1½ 2½ 2½ 1½ 4½ 4½ 9½ 1½ 2½ 8½ 2½ 1½ 6½ 7½ 4½ 4½ 2½ 3½ 4½ 8½ 6½ 1 3½ 8½ 1 8½ 16½

UNDERDOG

at HOWARD South Carolina Upstate Longwood Seton Hall at LA SALLE Loyola (MD) at SAINT LOUIS Georgia Tech Louisville VMI Chicago State Fordham Duquesne at RHODE ISLAND at DAVIDSON Western Carolina High Point Evansville Army Holy Cross Rutgers at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN Boston University Furman Lehigh Mercer at UL MONROE Chattanooga Northern Colorado at MIAMI (FL) at VALPARAISO Northern Arizona at NORTH DAKOTA STATE at SOUTH DAKOTA Xavier at NOTRE DAME Indiana Northern Iowa at IDAHO Saint Bonaventure Rice South Dakota State UMKC Stanford Idaho State Oral Roberts Cal Fresno State

NHL WEDNESDAY FAVORITE

LINE

New Jersey Toronto

UNDERDOG

-150 -205

at WASHINGTON at ANAHEIM

HOCKEY NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC

GP W L OT PTS GF GA

Boston Florida Toronto Tampa Bay Detroit Montreal Buffalo Ottawa

36 23 7 37 23 12 34 17 10 39 18 16 37 17 16 37 16 16 38 15 19 32 14 18

6 2 7 5 4 5 4 0

52 118 92 48 111 94 41 124 118 41 127 135 38 132 128 37 106 128 34 111 132 28 111 112

36 25 10 1 38 21 13 4 37 17 10 10 37 19 13 5 35 18 11 6 35 19 14 2 36 18 14 4 39 12 19 8

51 122 101 46 130 118 44 114 124 43 111 104 42 85 102 40 121 125 40 110 97 32 120 144

METROPOLITAN GP W L OT PTS GF GA

N.Y. Rangers Carolina N.Y. Islanders Philadelphia Washington New Jersey Pittsburgh Columbus

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL

GP W

PACIFIC

GP W

Colorado Winnipeg Dallas Nashville Arizona St. Louis Minnesota Chicago

38 36 36 38 36 36 36 37

24 23 22 21 19 18 16 11

L OT PTS

11 9 10 16 15 17 16 24

3 4 4 1 2 1 4 2

51 50 48 43 40 37 36 24

L OT PTS

GF GA

139 121 131 119 111 105 111 87

115 90 111 116 103 118 116 140

GF GA

Vancouver 36 23 10 3 49 136 93 Vegas 38 22 11 5 49 127 106 Los Angeles 33 20 8 5 45 116 80 Edmonton 35 19 15 1 39 128 112 Seattle 38 15 14 9 39 102 114 Calgary 37 16 16 5 37 110 121 Anaheim 36 13 23 0 26 93 122 San Jose 37 9 25 3 21 75 153 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

MONDAY’S GAME

Seattle 3, Vegas 0

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Boston 4, Columbus 1 Carolina 6, N.Y. Rangers 1 Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3 Winnipeg 4, Tampa Bay 2 Calgary 3, Minnesota 1 Nashville 3, Chicago 0 Montreal 4, Dallas 3 Edmonton 5, Philadelphia 2 Colorado 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, OT Florida 4, Arizona 1 Ottawa at Vancouver, late Detroit at San Jose, late Toronto at Los Angeles, late

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

New Jersey at Washington, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Buffalo at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Chicago at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Boston, 5 p.m.

Calgary at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Florida at Vegas, 8 p.m.

Ottawa at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Carolina at Washington, 5 p.m.

Chicago at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BOSTON RED SOX — Claimed RHP Max Castillo off waivers from Kansas City.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Named Ryan Flaherty bench coach, Darren Holmes bullpen coach, Mark Strittmatter major league field coordinator and John Mallee assistant hitting coach.

CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with RHP

LINE

+125 +168

Frankie Montas on a one-year contract. Designated C Austin Wynns for assignment.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released LB Caleb Johnson from the practice squad.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Released RB Jacob Saylors from the practice squad.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed DB Jeremy Lucien to the practice squad.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Placed WR Jonathan Mingo on injured reserve. Promoted G J.D. DiRenzo from the practice squad to the active roster. Signed RB Mike Boone to the practice squad.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed LB Sam Kamara to the practice squad. Release P Matt Haack and G Joey Fisher from the practice squad.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed OL La’el Collins to the practice squad.

DENVER BRONCOS — Signed TE Johnny Lumpkin to the practice squad.

DETROIT LIONS — Waived DL Isaiah Buggs. Resigned F Jason Cabinda to the practice squad.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed CB Anthony Johnson to the practice squad.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Promoted WR Juwann Winfree from the practice squad to the active roster. Signed TE Eric Tomlinson to the practice squad.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed OL Chandler Brewer to the practice squad. Placed DL Henry Mondeaux on the practice squad injured reserve.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed DT Matt Dickerson to the practice squad.

LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Placed T Cole Fotheringham on the practice squad injured reserve.

Signed TE E.J. Jenkins to the practice squad.

LOS ANGELES RAMS — Placed CB Shaun Jolly on injured reserve. Signed QB Dresser Winn to the practice squad. Released LS Alex Matheson from the practice squad.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed LB Abraham Beauplan to the practice squad.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Released WR Jontre Kirklin from the practice squad. Signed G Colby Gossett to the practice squad.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed OT Tyre Phillips on injured reserve.

NEW YORK JETS — Waived RB Dalvin Cook.

Released OL Rodger Saffold from the practice squad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed DT Matthew Gotel, DE Hamilcar Rashed and DB Christian Young to the practice squad.

WASHINGTON COMMANDERS — Signed CBs Jace Whittaker and D’Angelo Mandell and WR Davion Davis.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS — Recalled G Matthew Murray from Texas (AHL).

MINNESOTA WLD — Recalled F Sammy Walker from Iowa (AHL). Placed F Vinni Lettieri on injured reserve.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Reassigned F Alexis Gendron from Lehigh Valley (AHL) to Drummondville (QMJHL).

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Reassigned RW Vinnie Hinostroza and D Ryan Shea to Wilkes-Barre/ Sctanton (AHL). Activated RW Bryan Rust from injured reserve.

SEATTLE KRAKEN — Assigned D Jaycob Megna to Coachella Valley (AHL).

SOCCER Major League Soccer COLORADO RAPIDS — Waived D Danny Wilson and F Sam Nicholson.

NEW ENGLAND REVOUTION — Re-signed M Emmanuel Boateng to one-year contract.

PORTLAND TIMBERS — Transferred F Yimmi Chara to Columbian side Junior FC. MLS NEXT Pro COLORADO RAPIDS 2 — Signed M Marlon Vargas to a one-year contract.

National Women’s Soccer League NJ/NY GOTHAM FC — Signed D Tierna Davidson to a contract through 2026.

ORLANDO PRIDE — Signed M Evelina Duijan to a one-year contract.

UTAH ROYALS FC — Signed M Agnes Nyberg to a two-year contract.

COLLEGE CAMPBELL — Named Braxton Harris head football coach.

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When the Boston Celtics were winning championships with Larry Bird and Kevin McHale in the 1980s, they were notoriously tough to beat at home. The old Boston Garden could be oppressively hot, and a rowdy home crowd added another obstacle.

Buildings in the NBA aren’t like that anymore, but the current Celtics are on their own impressive run at home.

Boston is 16-0 at TD Garden.

With its corporate name and modern feel, that arena doesn’t have the mystique of the old Garden, but it does house a fine basketball team that is trying to leave its own mark on Celtics history.

“We got the best fans in the league,” guard Derrick White said last month when asked about receiving “MVP” chants.

“I know I’m not the MVP, but it’s always cool to hear.”

Forgive Boston fans for getting a little carried away. At home at least, the Celtics look worthy of quite a few honors.

Amazingly, Boston’s perfect home record nearly ended last week against a team trying to halt an even longer streak. The Detroit Pistons took a 21-point lead in the second quarter before the Celtics came all the way

back to win 128-122 in overtime on Thursday night. It was a record-tying 28th straight loss for the Pistons, and Boston would have been a most unlikely place for them to finally win.

Detroit did end the streak two nights later at home against Toronto. That was a night after the Celtics had also defeated Toronto at home, again barely keeping their streak alive with a 120-118 victory. Boston’s next home game is Friday against Utah. Minnesota, in town next week, could provide a significant test.

What’s interesting about this run by the Celtics is that overall, home-court advantage isn’t nearly what it used to be in the NBA. Last season, the home team won 58% of the time in the regular season. That number is around the same this season.

Back in the late 80s, that figure was north of 65%. In the 1950-51 season, it was 74%.

In some ways, the Celtics themselves have reflected the overall state of home-court advantage in the NBA. In 1954-55 — when home court was a huge deal — Boston went 21-5 at home and 4-22 on the road.

In 1985-86, the Celtics set a record by going 40-1 at home.

Then they went 10-0 at home in the playoffs en route to the championship.

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Nowadays, nobody feels that unbeatable at home. Even Denver, with its difficult altitude, lost seven home games during the regular season in 2022-23, then another in the postseason on its way to the title. Whether it’s because of more comfortable travel, less intimidating venues or other reasons, winning on the road is a good bit more common now.

That’s not to say nobody can put up a dominant home record anymore. San Antonio matched Boston’s record by going 40-1 in 2015-16, losing only to Golden State in its next-to-last home game — a victory the Warriors needed while closing in on the all-time wins record of 73.

Of course, those Spurs then dropped two of their three home games during a second-round playoff loss to Oklahoma City.

There are signs that homecourt advantage isn’t as big a factor anymore in the postseason either.

From 1983-94, home teams were undefeated in Game 7s.

And after Washington beat Seattle in 1978, no road team won Game 7 of the NBA Finals until LeBron James and Cleveland did it at Golden State in 2016.

These days, however, home court assures nothing in a Game 7. Last season, two road teams won in that scenario — Golden State at Sacramento and Miami at Boston. That was, remarkably, the fourth time in the past two decades that the Celtics have dropped a Game 7 at home. It also happened in 2005 against Indiana, 2009 against Orlando and 2018 against Cleveland.

In that span, no other team has lost more than two Game 7s at home.

So Boston’s dominance at TD Garden is noteworthy, but the Celtics know as much as anyone that they can’t take it for granted when they start the postseason.

Thunder end Celtics’ six-game win streak OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 36 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder held off the NBA-leading Boston Celtics 127-123 on Tuesday night for their Thunder 127 fifth straight win.

Celtics 123 Josh Giddey had 23 points, eight rebounds and six assists, and Chet Holmgren added 14 points, seven assists and four blocks for the Thunder, who entered the night with the league’s fourth-best record.

Kristaps Porzingis scored 34 points and Jayson Tatum had 30 for the Celtics, who had won six straight and 11 of 12.

Oklahoma City has won eight of nine.

During that stretch, the Thunder have beaten defending champion Denver twice, ended the Los Angeles’ Clippers win streak at nine, beaten Minnesota — the top team in the West — by 23, and now topped the Celtics.

76ERS 110, BULLS 97 In Philadelphia, Joel Embiid had 31 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in his return from a sprained right ankle, Tyrese Maxey scored

21 points and the 76ers beat Chicago.

Embiid missed all four games on the 76ers’ holiday road trip, and they went 2-2. One of those games was in Chicago just three nights earlier, a 105-92 loss in which the Sixers never led in the second half.

Embiid is the reigning NBA MVP for a reason.

With the big man back, the Sixers turned this into an early blowout against a Bulls team that had played well recently without injured guard Zach LaVine. LaVine can return to the lineup as early as Friday. Even the two-time All-Star wouldn’t have helped much in this one as the Bulls fell to 10-6 this season without him.

GRIZZLIES 106, SPURS 98 In Memphis, Tenn., Ja Morant had 26 points, 10 assists and a fourth-quarter dunk over Victor Wembanyama, Desmond Bane added 24 points and the Grizzlies used a second-half spurt to beat San Antonio.

Santi Aldama added 13 points and 11 rebounds for Memphis, which snapped a three-game losing streak.

Wembanyama led the Spurs with 20 points, seven rebounds and four blocks. Keldon Johnson finished with 19 points, along with six rebounds and four assists. Julian Champagnie and Jeremy Sochan scored 12 points apiece.

WARRIORS 121, MAGIC 115 In San Francisco, Stephen Curry scored 36 points and delivered on key plays in the fourth quarter to help Golden State snap a three-game losing streak with a victory over Orlando.

Curry scored or set up 13 straight Warriors points in a four-minute stretch late in the fourth quarter that gave Golden State its first win in three tries on a season-high, seven-game homestand.

HORNETS 111, KINGS 104 In Sacramento, Calif., Terry Rozier scored 14 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter after missing a game due to illness, and Charlotte beat the Kings to snap an 11-game losing streak.

Rozier added six assists and Charlotte outscored Sacramento 36-26 in the final period, finishing the game on a 10-0 run. Miles Bridges had 27 points and P.J. Washington added 17.

PELICANS 112, NETS 85 In New Orleans, CJ McCollum scored 16 points, Herb Jones added 14 and the Pelicans routed Brooklyn for their third straight victory and eighth in 11 games.

Jose Alvarado scored 13 points and Jonas Valanciunas had 11 points and 12 rebounds for New Orleans, which opened the game on a 9-0 run, never trailed and led by as many as 32 points.

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While the reaction from Lobos fans back home might be fatalistic after opening the conference schedule with a loss, Pitino exercised caution. There are still 17 games left in the regular season.

“Yeah, that’s not my mindset,” Pitino said of the roof caving in.

“We’re siting at 12-2 after 14 games.

Colorado State’s a terrific team.

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All things considered it could have been much worse at the midway point. The Lobos (12-2, 0-1) trailed 33-30 at halftime despite the fact they’d missed seven of eight free throws, Mashburn had only two points on 1-for-8 shooting, House was a non-factor and the team had scoring droughts of four-plus and three-plus minutes.

The free throw shooting was particularly troubling considering CSU missed just one of their attempts in the first half and their entire starting lineup combined for only three fouls in the first 20 minutes.

House started the second half on the bench, replaced by Jermarl Baker Jr. The foul issues continued early on, though, as Nelly Junior Joseph got his third less than a minute into the second half. House’s fourth foul came when he wrapped his arm around a CSU player and took him to the ground.

As the game progressed, CSU’s student section grew increasingly irritated with House. The taunts came heavy and hard as the game dragged on.

Colorado State started to pull away midway though the second half as Patrick Cartier and Stevens combined for 39 points and forward Nique Clifford had a double-double with 12 points

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and 10 rebounds.

Pitino said the play of his three-guard lineup is a work in progress given Mashburn’s status, coupled with the fact that freshman Tru Washington is still battling an illness that had him vomiting on the sidelines in the

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Pitino said CSU’s defense committed two defenders to the ball and loaded up on Mashburn’s midrange game, something he expects his guard will see on film and learn from before the next game.

Blame dad: FS1 pushed Tuesday’s tipoff back 15 minutes to accommodate the St. John’s-Butler game, which ran a little longer than expected thanks to a long first half. St. John’s is coached by hall of famer Rick Pitino, an avid Lobos fan who has a vested interest in UNM. Kid done good: J.T. Toppin had 17 points and 11 rebounds, making him the first Lobos freshman to post a double-double in an MWC game since Hugh Greenwood in 2010. He’s the first Lobo freshman to ever have a double-double in an MWC opener.

Familiar face: Colorado State’s roster includes former Lobo Javonte Johnson. A starter for most of the last two seasons at UNM, the 6-foot-7 guard transferred to CSU for his final year.

He has settled into a reserve role with the Rams, coming off the bench in 13 of the team’s 14 games and averaging 2.8 points in just 7.5 minutes. He played only five minutes in Tuesday’s game, never attempted a shot and had his lone drive to the basket stopped when Mashburn swatted the ball out of hands for a turnover.

“I’ve been going up against that in practice, I know what move he likes to get to and he knows the moves I like to get to,” Mashburn said.

“That’s my guy, I wish him well.”

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What happened: The Demons overcame a slow start Tuesday by outscoring the host Sartans 19-8 in the second quarter to take a 30-23 lead. Santa Fe High senior guard Lukas Turner played a big role in the turnaround, scoring 11 of his team’s final 13 points of the first half. The Demons hit three straight 3-pointers to open the second half and push the margin to 39-28 on Sam Soveranez’s triple. St. Pius X cut the lead to nine points, but no closer after that.

Top players: Turner finished with 24 points to lead Santa Fe High, while Sam Soveranez added 14. Christian Herrera and Joe Gonzales each had 13.

What’s next: Santa Fe High (9-1) takes on Clovis at home Saturday.

What happened: After a 23-day break, the Blue Griffins needed a can of WD-40 to remove the rust. The host Coyotes jumped out to a 9-1 lead, but Prep outscored them 29-12 in the rest of the first half to take a 30-23 halftime lead.

The margin grew to 54-24 after three quarters before Blue Griffins head coach Joe Vigil emptied his bench. “We put the press on and sped them up,” Prep head coach Joe Vigil said. “That turned them over a little bit.”

Top players: Mitch Grover led the Blue Griffins with 23 points, while Van Anderson and Morgan Field each added 14. Cottonwood Classical had Kaedon Petties score 21 points, while Camilo Torrez added 10.

What’s next: Prep (3-3) plays Miyamura in the opening round of the Gallup Invitational on Thursday.

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What happened: The Jaguars only found themselves down 26-15 at the half, but the offense again stalled as the Storm pulled away in a nondistrict game in Rio Rancho. The Storm padded their lead to 42-22 through three quarters by outscoring Capital 16-7.

Top players: Annica Montoya had a team-high 15 points to lead the Jaguars.

What’s next: Capital (2-7) plays at St. Michael’s on Wednesday.

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NFL fines Panthers owner $300,000 for tossing drink at Jaguars fans The NFL has fined Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper $300,000 for tossing a drink at fans in Jacksonville toward the end of a game Sunday.

The league called Tepper’s conduct “unacceptable” in a statement released Tuesday.

“All NFL personnel are expected to conduct themselves at all times in ways that respect our fans and favorably reflect on their team and the NFL,” the statement said.

Tepper’s reaction came after rookie quarterback Bryce Young threw an interception with less than three minutes to play in a 26-0 loss to the Jaguars.

“I am deeply passionate about this team and regret my behavior on Sunday,” Tepper said in a statement. “I should have let NFL stadium security handle any issues that arose. I respect the NFL’s code of conduct and accept the League’s discipline for my behavior.”

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duo, which Katko said spanned exactly 30 years.

“We started and ended it like that,” Katko said. “It was really cool. That was just really cool.

It’s unexpected, one of those quirks of history.”

Mortensen was one of many distinguished voices in Northern New Mexico over the past 40 years, a group that included recently retired Santa Fe broadcaster Carl Twibell, the late Al Garcia, Sports Primo’s Aaron Abeyta, plus Rudy Sisneros and Richard Garcia at Española’s KDCE-AM. Twibell said Mortensen had more than just a great voice; he had a warm, inviting personality that made any game involving the Hilltoppers special.

“He was one of those guys you wanted to be around and we got to see him quite a bit,” Twibell said. “When we went up there for games, and he’d be there, and we would always talk before a game.”

Sisneros and Twibell both said Mortensen was more than generous with his time and information. He carried extra copies of the Hilltoppers’ starting lineup or a roster — always immaculately typed, Twibell said — he was ready to give to the media at a moment’s notice.

“I always appreciated that,” Sisneros said. “He was very knowledgeable about the game and very passionate about Los Alamos sports. This is sad news.”

Mortensen grew up in Albuquerque, graduated from St. Mary’s High School and was a three-sport star (track and field, football, basketball).

He was a graduate of the University of New Mexico, where he met his wife, Dorothy Gail Mortensen. The pair were

married in 1954 and moved to Los Alamos in 1969, where he worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory as an analytical chemist.

According to a 2014 story in the Los Alamos Daily Post, Mortensen got his start as a PA announcer for Los Alamos Little League games. His broadcasting career began with soccer at KRSN in 1985.

Over time, the story says, he broadened his reach to all Los Alamos sports and he began doing PA work at the state basketball tournament in 1997 and continued until 2022.

Katko said Mortensen didn’t get paid for broadcasting games for most of his career, but he did it for the pure love of sports and the Los Alamos community.

“He loved high school basketball, high school football — well, high school sports in general,” Katko said. “He just was dedicated to it. There’d be things going on, and we’d go, ‘Come on, dad.’ And he was like, “I got a game tonight. I’ll meet you guys up after the game.’ ” Mortensen was married for 54 years to Dorothy Gail Mortensen before she passed away in 2010 while listening to her husband broadcast a game.

His signature sign-off was to tell his wife, whom he affectionately called “Sweetie Pie,” he was coming home. It was a tradition he continued even after her death.

Maez-Cote said those signoffs were sometimes difficult for Mortensen.

“He was deeply in love with his wife — to remember him after every game for that long,” Maez-Cote said. “That speaks volumes of their relationship and how he felt about her.”

Katko said the family has not set dates for Mortensen’s memorial services.

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Washington offensive lineman Roger Rosengarten carries the championship trophy Monday after the Sugar Bowl semifinal against Texas in New Orleans.

Washington won 37-31.

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often produced unsatisfying results. The four-team playoff fixed that.

“We were able to eliminate any real controversy about who the champion was because it was decided on the field,” said Bill Hancock, who was the first executive director of the BCS before moving into a similar role with the CFP. It’s easy to forget now, but the idea of a playoff was shunned by so many in college football at the time that merely uttering the “P” word was taboo.

There was no serious consideration given to going bigger than four. When the conference commissioners finally decided to move to a playoff, it was going to be the smallest possible version, even though it was a enormous change.

“It was a 100% expansion from two to four and have that experience; see how it worked,” Swarbrick said.

Hancock said: “It was the obvious next step in the world of 2012, when all we’d ever known was the coalition, the alliance and the BCS for 22 years.”

The CFP debuted in 2014 and was a smash hit, drawing record television ratings for ESPN, with New Year’s Day semifinals in the Rose and Sugar bowls. And it produced the type of champion that never would have been possible before when an Ohio State team that suffered a bad early season loss peaked late and won it all as the last team in the field.

“Whether it’s broadcast ratings, total attendance, whatever it may be, the game has never been more popular. And I think you have to give some credit to the playoff system for helping to make that happen,” Swarbrick said.

But that first season also immediately put unintended consequences into the focus when the Big 12 was thrown into a near-crisis because co-champions Baylor and TCU were leapfrogged by Ohio State and the conference was left out.

The negative “It hurt conference brands,” American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco said. “Because if you didn’t make a four-team playoff, man, there’s some problem with your conference.”

None more than the Pac12, among the Power Five conferences. The Pac-12 made the field just three times in 10 years, including a six-year drought from 2017-22 that was snapped by Washington.

To draw a direct line from CFP exclusion to the demise of the Pac-12 would be an overstatement.

“No, I don’t think you could go that far,” Aresco said. “On the other hand, did it help the Pac-12? No, of course not.”

Even before the CFP, there had been a delineation of conferences in college football.

The four-team playoff draw a more stark line and led to new nomenclature: Power Five and Group of Five conferences.

As hard as Aresco pushed back against those terms, they became ubiquitous, and it became apparent the CFP was mostly for the Power Five.

AAC champion Cincinnati in

2021 is the only school from a Group of Five conference to reach the final four.

“We looked at it as a P5 invitational at some point,” Aresco said.

The CFP generated hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue, the vast majority of which went to the Power Five conferences.

The CFP seemed to create a self-perpetuating cycle that reinforced the idea that certain teams and conferences were superior. The Southeastern Conference never had a team left out, put two teams in the field twice and its teams won six of the first nine CFP titles.

Over 10 years, only 15 teams made the CFP, as the very top tier of programs capable of winning a national championship seemed to shrink.

“A lot of the same teams kept making it, which gave them a huge advantage in recruiting and probably had a somewhat deleterious effect on some of the other schools that were competing with them,” Aresco said. “Because if you’re in the playoff time and time again, kids want to play in it.”

Swarbrick disagrees. He said the consolidation of elite talent is a trend across all college sports over the last couple of decades that just happened to coincide with the four-team CFP. That consolidation also led to a load of playoff blowouts.

Only seven of 20 semifinals and three championship games have been decided by 10 points or fewer.

The decision by the conferences to accommodate bowl tradition, especially when it came to the Rose Bowl, and not play the four-team semifinals on Jan. 1 annually was an admitted mistake.

That decision kept down CFP viewership and conceded New Year’s Day as college football’s biggest showcase.

As many, most notably Alabama coach Nick Saban, predicted, the prestige of the bowls took a massive hit. Especially the top tier of games that were supposed to be rewards for playoff contenders who missed out.

Instead, they became consolation prizes, distorted by player opt-outs and coaching changes. The nadir came last weekend when a shell of an unbeaten Florida State team that was left out of the CFP lost to Georgia in the Orange Bowl by 60 points.

Nick Carparelli, a former Big East administrator who was part of the discussions that led to the creation of the four-team CFP, is now the executive director of Bowl Season.

“Bowl season is different, but it’s still important,” he said.

Aresco and Swarbrick said expansion ideally would have come much sooner, but that is far from consensus. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey has often said his conference would have been fine with it staying at four.

Unlike the BCS, which became a punching bag for critics over 16 years, the postseason system itself was not constantly under attack over the last 10 years.

“I don’t remember a groundswell after three, four or five years to do something different,” Hancock said. “We just didn’t have enough years to evaluate.”

Over 10 years, only 15 teams made the CFP, as the very top tier of programs capable of winning a national championship seemed to shrink.

DENVER arrett Stidham and Russell Wilson traded places Sunday, but many of the problems that Sean Payton complained about when he made the switch last week remain ingrained in the Denver Broncos’ sputtering offensive operation.

Burned timeouts. False starts.

Red zone hiccups. Goal-to-go stalls. Wild throws.

Payton praised Stidham’s poise and overall play in leading the Broncos (8-8) to their first sweep of the Los Angeles Chargers (5-11) since 2019 with a grinding 16-9 win Sunday in Denver.

“I thought it went pretty good,” Payton said after Stidham won his first NFL game by going 20 of 32 for 224 yards and a touchdown — thanks to Lil’Jordan Humphrey eluding five tacklers and gaining 40 yards after the catch on his spinning, sidestepping and ultimately diving 54-yard score — with no interceptions and two sacks.

Payton also had kind words for the man he benched, calling Wilson a true pro for the way he handled losing his starting job despite ranking sixth in the league with 26 TD passes.

“Russ has been fantastic this week,” Payton said. “Look, I think this idea that he and I, or we, don’t have a good relationship, or he’s not a fit, all of that stuff comes from people farther away from our program. You

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guys are close to it. I think the further away people are from the program, the more they just jump to a narrative. It is what it is, but he’s approached this week like we expected — like a pro.”

Payton confirmed Monday that Stidham will start the season finale Sunday in Las Vegas and that Wilson will dress as the backup, prepared to play if necessary. The Broncos are out to snap a seven-game skid against the Raiders (7-9) and halt a sixyear run of losing records.

Payton wants to see more out of Stidham in the finale as he prepares to navigate quarterback options for 2024 when parting ways with Wilson would trigger massive, record-setting dead money charges over the next two years that would impact the team’s roster building.

“No. 1, our job is to score,” Payton said. “We had opportunities in the tight red [zone] yesterday and certainly down at the 1-yard line. That’s the first thing.

I thought Jarrett did a good job — after seeing the tape— with his decisions, the ball security, and all those things you want to see from that position. The big play to LJ [WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey] was a heck of a play by LJ and the protection was good.

There were a lot of positives to build off.”

What’s working Humphrey stepped up with Courtland Sutton (concussion) and Marvin Mims Jr. (hamstring) inactive. His 54-yard catch-and-run was the Broncos’ second-longest scoring play of

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contract all parties signed 14 months earlier and which kicks in next season.

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the season.

What needs work Humphrey’s TD aside, the offense lacks threats over the middle with the absences of WR Tim Patrick and TE Greg Dulcich. Patrick tore an Achilles tendon in training camp after missing all of 2022 with a torn ACL and Dulcich has only played in parts of two games because of recurring hamstring injuries that have sidelined him for 21 games in his two NFL seasons.

Stock up OLB Jonathon Cooper had a sack, a tackle for loss and a quarterback hit Sunday. For the season, he has a team-high 81/2 sacks.

Stock down GM George Paton and team owner Greg Penner, who have been silent on Wilson’s comments Friday that the Broncos threatened to bench him midseason if he didn’t adjust the injury guarantee in the $245 million

Payton said he felt good about the availability of RT Mike McGlinchey (ribs) for the finale but that S Delarrin Turner-Yell was heading to IR with a torn ACL.

Key number 12 — Games with double-digit tackles for ILB Alex Singleton, who had 11 stops Sunday, including seven solo. That ties him with Zach Thomas (2005) and Foyesade Oluokun (2021) for the most games in a season with double-digit tackles this century.

Singleton’s 162 tackles are eight shy of LB Michael Brooks’ 1992 total, which is the most by a Denver defender in the past 32 years.

Next steps The Broncos visit Las Vegas on Sunday where they’ll try to snap a seven-game losing streak to the Raiders and finish 4-2 in the division for the first time since 2015, the previous time they had a winning record against the AFC West.

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By Tales Azzoni

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MADRID — The Spanish player kissed on the lips by the soccer president at the Women’s World Cup final appeared in court on Tuesday to testify in the sexual assault case against the former official.

Jenni Hermoso was at the Madrid court to give her version of the kiss by Luis Rubiales following Spain’s victory over England in the final in Sydney in August.

“Everything went well,” Hermoso told reporters afterward. “The judicial process will continue its course, and thanks for the support that many of you had given to me.”

The incident sparked outrage across the soccer world and ignited one of the worst crises in the history of the sport in Spain. It also led to a boycott of the national team by the World Cup-winning players, and to the eventual resignation of Rubiales despite his denial of wrongdoing and his allegation that the kiss was consensual.

Hermoso was expected to reiterate in court her allegations that the kiss was unwanted and Rubiales and his staff tried to pressure her and her family to downplay the incident that tarnished Spain’s first Women’s World Cup title.

The testimony was behind close doors and the court did not release any details about her statements. Spanish media said Hermoso

asked the judge to keep her court appearance as private as possible. She arrived wearing a gray coat and waved to journalists before entering the court through one of its main entrances along with her lawyers.

Jenni Spanish state proseHermoso cutors accused Rubiales of sexual assault and coercion, alleging he tried to convince Hermoso and her relatives to publicly downplay the kiss.

The judge is also hearing testimony from other World Cup-winning players, coaches and Luis Rubiales federation officials, before deciding whether to start a trial.

Among those being investigated for allegedly trying to pressure Hermoso was former Spain women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda and other former federation officials.

Rubiales previously denied wrongdoing to the judge who imposed a restraining order on him not to contact Hermoso.

The 33-year-old Hermoso, the record scorer for Spain’s women’s team, said last

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Wounded birds That 10-1 start for the Philadelphia Eagles is a distant memory.

Four losses in the past five games knocked the Eagles out of the running for the NFC’s No. 1 seed and likely into a wild-card spot.

Blowing a 21-6 halftime lead in a 35-31 loss to lowly Arizona cost Philly control of the NFC East and now the Eagles need Dallas to lose to Washington to have a shot at winning the division.

Fans are calling for coach Nick Sirianni’s job, even though he’s 34-16 with three playoff appearances, including a Super Bowl trip, in three seasons.

They’ve wanted offensive coordinator Brian Johnson fired for a while. First-year defensive coordinator Sean Desai already lost play-calling duties to Matt Patricia.

A.J. Brown is not happy with the offensive play-calling and refusing to talk to reporters to avoid criticizing coaches. Anonymous players have questioned Jalen Hurts’ leadership.

Things most definitely aren’t sunny in Philadelphia.

“We’re all frustrated,” Sirianni said.

Despite their troubles, the Eagles are capable of going on a run. They beat Dallas, Miami, Buffalo and Kansas City this season before losing to the 49ers, Cowboys, Seahawks and Cardinals. If they somehow get back on track, they’ll be a tough out in the playoffs.

Winning the south The Tampa Bay Buccaneers blew their first chance to clinch a third straight NFC South title. A four-game losing streak prevented the Jacksonville Jaguars from securing a second consecutive AFC South title until Week 18.

Both teams are in excellent position to do it this week. The Buccaneers (8-8) visit the woeful Carolina Panthers (2-14). The Jaguars are on the road at Tennessee (5-11).

If the Buccaneers stumble, the Falcons-Saints winner takes the division. If the Jaguars slip up, the Texans-Colts winner takes the crown.

The teams that come out of the South in both conferences could be home underdogs in the wild-card round.

year she received threats in the fallout from the kiss, though she did not elaborate.

Hermoso became somewhat of a celebrity in Spain after coming forward to denounce the kiss and help promote a “Me Too” movement in the country. She was one of the New Year’s Eve presenters on public television Saturday, calling for a 2024 with more equality. Hermoso announced this week that she will play for Mexican club Tigres after a stint with Pachuca.

The boycott of the national team ended last year after players were given guarantees of change within the federation following the intervention of government officials.

Based on a sexual consent law passed last year, Rubiales could face a fine or a prison sentence of one to four years if found guilty, according to the prosecutors’ office in Madrid. The new law eliminated the difference between “sexual harassment” and “sexual assault,” sanctioning any unconsented sexual act.

FIFA banned Rubiales for three years until after the men’s 2026 World Cup. His ban will expire before the next women’s tournament in 2027.

He resigned as the federation president and as a UEFA vice president Sept. 10 amid mounting pressure in Spain from lawmakers and players. One day later, UEFA thanked Rubiales for his service.

The AFC South winner will host the Cleveland Browns (11-5). The NFC South winner will host either the Eagles or Cowboys.

One year later On Jan. 2, 2023, Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field and needed to be resuscitated after undergoing a cardiac arrest. Hamlin made a remarkable recovery and has played in five games this season.

The NFL and other major sports leagues and leading health advocacy organizations launched the Smart Heart Sports Coalition in March 2023 in response to Hamlin’s cardiac arrest. The coalition’s goal is for every state across the country to adopt life-saving policies that will prevent fatalities from sudden cardiac arrest among high school athletes and others.

Those policies are: ◆ An Emergency Action Plan for each high school athletic venue that are widely distributed, posted, rehearsed, and updated annually. ◆ Clearly marked automated external defibrillator (AEDs) at each athletic venue or within 1-3 minutes of each venue where high school practices or competitions are held. ◆ CPR and AED education for coaches.

Since the coalition’s work began, five states have moved to enact one or more of the policies, including New Mexico, Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana and California.

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A leisurely breakfast of Cherry-Walnut Lemon Scones.

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Scones make great start to day and year H

ow will you spend the first days of the new year?

We try to make them reflect what we want to experience in the months to come.

Start with a leisurely breakfast featuring these scones.

Their texture is tender and almost crumbly, the lemon flavor is mild and pleasing, and the sweet cherries and bitter walnuts contribute nicely contrasting tastes and textures.

They’ll make sure we begin the year feeling pampered and satisfied.

Use high-quality butter and dried cherries that are soft and flavorful. Spoon and level the flour and don’t overwork the dough if you want the light, lovely texture that’s so important to the scones’ success. Scones are best on the day they’re made, but they freeze well, so either eat them or freeze them soon after baking.

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This Winter Salad is a nook-and-cranny salad, meaning no gentle tossing required. Just spoon the dressing over the top and call it a day.

Dish with nuts, pears, goat cheese turns simple meals special

W

e are entering the season where I make a big pot of soup at least once a week. It makes lunches and dinners easy, and soup is the most warmth-inducing food I can think of.

And what’s the perfect accompaniment? A crisp, wintry salad.

This winter salad is a nook-andcranny salad, meaning no gentle tossing required. Just pile it all in a bowl, spoon the dressing over the top and call it a day.

And this particular combination of a bright and savory dressing paired with ripe pears, crunchy winter greens, piñon nuts and fresh goat cheese is an easy way to make a simple soup dinner feel, well, special.

You can use any kind of fresh goat cheese. But this time, I used one of my favorite cheeses on the planet, Humboldt Fog. It’s a soft, ripe goat cheese from Cypress Grove with a thin line of vegetable ash running through the middle of each wheel.

You can also use your favorite kind of nut: Cashews, pecans and pistachios would all be great options.

This recipe will make more vinaigrette than you’ll need for this salad, so I recommend cleaning extra greens for salad-making throughout the week. You can also plate this individually or family style by arranging everything on a large platter and serving the dressing on the side.

When it comes to greens, here I use arugula, cabbage and romaine.

This decision was based on a combination of what was available and what I had on hand.

I love using two to three varieties of greens in a salad to add variances in flavor and texture, so don’t feel shy about creating a combo that sounds delightful to you. Other greens to consider include radicchio, endive, spinach, mustard greens, beet greens, escarole, kale, chard and pea or sunflower shoots.

WINTER SALAD Makes: 4-6 servings plus around 1 cup of dressing; total time: 20 minutes For the vinaigrette: 1-2 shallots, depending on size, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped ¼ cup freshly squeeze lemon juice ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon honey 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves, finely chopped Pinch of salt and pepper For the salad:

3 cups arugula 3 cups sliced napa cabbage 3 cups romaine lettuce, chopped 1 large ripe pear, sliced ¼ cup piñon nuts, lightly toasted 4 ounces fresh goat cheese Preparation: To make the vinaigrette, whisk all ingredients together and store in the refrigerator for up to a week. If the oil has solidified in the fridge, pull the vinaigrette out of the refrigerator a half-hour before using so the oil can warm up a bit.

To make the salad, place the arugula, cabbage and romaine in a salad bowl.

Top with pear slices, piñon nuts and goat cheese. Stir vinaigrette and spoon over the top of everything.

Crack extra salt and pepper over the top if you want.

Marianne Sundquist is a chef, writer and co-founder of Stokli, celebrating nourishing goods from the high desert (stokli.com). Find her on Instagram @marianne__sundquist and email her at marianne@stokli.com.

Makes 12-16 scones; total time: 60 minutes.

Works at any elevation.

For the scones: 3 cups bleached all-purpose flour, spoon and level ¾ cup superfine sugar, preferably Baker’s 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon peel 1 teaspoon salt 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold 1 cup soft dried cherries ½ cup walnuts, chopped to the size of the cherries ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons half-and-half or light cream 1½ tablespoons lemon juice For the glaze: 2 tablespoons superfine sugar 1 tablespoon lemon juice Preparation: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, with a rack in the center. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Make the dough: Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, grated peel and salt in a mixing bowl or food processor. Whisk (or pulse) until well blended. Cut the butter into small pieces, add them, and rub the mixture between your fingertips (or pulse) until the butter blends with the rest of the ingredients and the dough looks like coarse meal. If using a food processor, transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl.

Stir in the cherries and nuts until evenly distributed. Add a ½ cup half-and-half (or light cream) and the lemon juice and toss with a fork until large, moist clumps are formed and no dry ingredients remain. It may be necessary to add more halfand-half, a little at a time, to reach this consistency.

Form the scones: Dump the dough out of the bowl onto a sheet of waxed paper, knead it very gently a few times, gather it into a ball, divide it in half, and lightly pat each half into a round 6 inches in diameter and 1-inch high. Cut each round into 6 or 8 equal-sized wedges. (To get the best rise as the dough bakes, cut the dough with a sharp knife, slicing straight down with a quick motion; don’t saw or wiggle the knife.)

Prepare for baking: Transfer the wedges to the parchment-lined cookie sheet. If you want the edges of the baked scones to be soft, remake the circle, placing the wedges so their edges touch. If you want the edges of the baked scones to be crisp, separate the wedges by about an inch so air can circulate around them. In a small bowl, make the glaze by whisking the sugar and lemon juice until the sugar dissolves completely. Brush the glaze on the tops of the wedges.

Bake and cool: Bake until the tops are lightly golden (they won’t brown much because of the glaze) and a toothpick inserted in the middle of one of the scones comes out clean.

If you’re baking 12 of them, start checking after about 15 minutes; check earlier if you formed 16 scones. When baked, slide the scones onto a rack to cool.

Serve and store: Present them warm, with butter and jam, or cool completely and freeze, wrapping each scone airtight.

Defrost and reheat in a 325-degree oven until warm to the touch.

Vera Dawson is a high-elevation baking instructor and author of three high-altitude cookbooks (available at Garcia Street Books in Santa Fe). Contact her at veradawson1@ gmail.com.

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To support this the January 3, 2024 B-8 THE SANTA FE NEW regulatory MEXICAN effort, Wednesday, Request for Proposal Potential Offerors may (RFP) announced submit written questoday is to select one tions to the Contact or more individuals or Person as to the intent firms (Potential Offer- or clarity ors) that are capable of this RFP until 4 p.m. of providing legal and MST on January 15, technical support to 2024. Potential Offersubmit their OCD for its Class VI ors shall LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS primacy effort, with proposals electronithe goal that it can ob- cally in PDF format to LEGAL #92001 tain primacy over the Mr. Rikala at the above email address no later permitting, PUBLIC NOTICE administration, and than 5 p.m. MST on REQUEST FOR oversight over Class VI January 31, 2024. ProPROPOSALS Wells from the EPA. posals must be subGiven the complexity mitted in the format ISSUED BY THE STATE of the Class VI primacy specified OF NEW MEXICO, process, OCD seeks above in Section IV, ENERGY, MINERALS potentially multiple Proposal Contents and Format, of the RFP. AND NATURAL Offerors capable of RESOURCES completing the tasks Proposals must be reDEPARTMENT, outlined in Section III, ceived by the stated OIL CONSERVATION Scope of Work, of the date and time to be EMNRD DIVISION RFP. For-profit, non- considered. shall not accept proFOR RULEMAKING profit, and SUPPORT SERVICES governmental entities posals received after this date and shall are eligible to apply. make absolutely no The State of New Mexico, Energy, Minerals Potential offerors may exceptions for proposand Natural Resources view and download als not received by the Department (EMNRD), the RFP from the OCD’s appointed time.

Oil Conservation Divi- webpage: sion (OCD) wishes to https://www.emnrd.n This public notice is obtain primacy over m.gov/ocd/rfps/. given pursuant to Class VI carbon dioxide sequestration Questions regarding NMSA 1978, Section wells (Class VI Wells) this RFP may be sent 13-1-113. The Procurement Code, NMSA from the United States to: 1978, Sections 13-1-28 Environmental Protection Agency Ward Rikala, Adminis- through – 199 imposes civil and misdemeanor (EPA) pursuant to the trative Supervisor applicable EMNRD, Oil Conserva- criminal penalties for its violation. In requirements of tion Division addition, New Mexico Federal Safe Drinking Wendell Chino Water Act (SDWA), 42 Building 1220 South criminal statutes impose felony U.S.C. 300f et seq., and Saint Francis Drive penalties for bribes, other applicable fedSanta Fe, NM 87505 gratuities, and eral laws rules and Telephone: kickbacks. regulations.

(505) 584-0170 Ward.Rikala@emnrd.n Pub: Dec 13, 2023, Jan To support this m.gov 3, 2024 regulatory effort, the Request for Proposal Potential Offerors may (RFP) announced submit written questoday is to select one tions to the Contact or more individuals or Person as to the intent firms (Potential Offer- or clarity ors) that are capable of this RFP until 4 p.m. of providing legal and MST on January 15, technical support to 2024. Potential OfferOCD for its Class VI ors shall submit their primacy effort, with proposals electronithe goal that it can ob- cally in PDF format to tain primacy over the Mr. Rikala at the above permitting, address no later Continued... and email Continued... administration, than 5 p.m. MST on oversight over Class VI January 31, 2024. ProWells from the EPA. posals must be subGiven the complexity mitted in the format of the Class VI primacy specified process, OCD seeks above in Section IV, potentially multiple Proposal Contents and Offerors capable of Format, of the RFP. completing the tasks Proposals must be reoutlined in Section III, ceived by the stated Scope of Work, of the date and time to be RFP. For-profit, non- considered.

EMNRD profit, and shall not accept progovernmental entities posals received after are eligible to apply. this date and shall make absolutely no Potential offerors may exceptions for proposview and download als not received by the the RFP from the OCD’s appointed webpage: time. https://www.emnrd.n m.gov/ocd/rfps/.

This public notice is given pursuant to Questions regarding NMSA 1978, Section this RFP may be sent 13-1-113. The Procureto: ment Code, NMSA 1978, Sections 13-1-28 Ward Rikala, Adminis- through – 199 imposes trative Supervisor civil and misdemeanor EMNRD, Oil Conserva- criminal penalties tion Division for its violation. In Wendell Chino addition, New Mexico Building 1220 South criminal statutes Saint Francis Drive impose felony Santa Fe, NM 87505 penalties for bribes, Telephone: gratuities, and (505) 584-0170 kickbacks.

Ward.Rikala@emnrd.n m.gov Pub: Dec 13, 2023, Jan 3, 2024 Potential Offerors may submit written questions to the Contact Person as to the intent or clarity of this RFP until 4 p.m.

MST on January 15, 2024. Potential Offerors shall submit their proposals electronically in PDF format to Mr. Rikala at the above email address no later than 5 p.m. MST on January 31, 2024. Proposals must be submitted in the format specified above in Section IV, Proposal Contents and Format, of the RFP. Proposals must be received by the stated date and time to be considered.

EMNRD shall not accept proposals received after this date and shall make absolutely no exceptions for proposals not received by the appointed time.

LEGAL #92045

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To Place A Legal Notice Call 986-3000

COUNTY CLERK, SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO ON DECEMBER 8, 1978 IN PLAT BOOK 67, PAGE 8 AS DOCUMENT NO. 431,232. (the “Property”) as the same is shown and designated on the plat thereof, filed in the office of the County Clerk of Santa Fe County,LEGALS New Mexico including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes. If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control. THE FOREGOING SALE will be made to satisfy a judgment rendered by the above Court in the above entitled and numbered cause on December 12, 2023, being an action to foreclose a Mortgage on the above described property.

Plaintiff’s Judgment, which includes interest and costs, is $230,199.70 and the same bears interest at 6.19% per annum through the date of sale.

The Plaintiff and/or its assignee has the right to bid at such sale and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, together with any additional costs and attorney’s fees, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale Continued... and reasonable receiver and Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens and interests not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments, taxes and utility liens that may be due. Plaintiff, its attorneys, and the Special Master disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property and property title status “as is,” in its present condition subject to the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of, or title status to, a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, substandard conditions or code violations, if any, any unforeclosed liens, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above described real property subject to a one (1) month right of redemption held by Defendant Borrowers or their assignee upon entry of an order approving sale, and subject to the entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale. Witness my hand this 18th day of December 2023.. By: /S/ Robert Doyle Robert Doyle Special Master Legal Process Network PO Box 51526 Albuquerque, NM 87181 505-417-4113

forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, together with any additional costs and attorney’s LEGALSfees, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale and reasonable receiver and Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens and interests not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments, taxes and utility liens that may be due. Plaintiff, its attorneys, and the Special Master disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property and property title status “as is,” in its present condition subject to the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of, or title status to, a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, substandard conditions or code violations, if any, any unforeclosed liens, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the foregoing sale may be postponed Continued... and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above described real property subject to a one (1) month right of redemption held by Defendant Borrowers or their assignee upon entry of an order approving sale, and subject to the entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale. Witness my hand this 18th day of December 2023.. By: /S/ Robert Doyle Robert Doyle Special Master Legal Process Network PO Box 51526 Albuquerque, NM 87181 505-417-4113

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST, Plaintiff, v.

LEGALS THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES OR LEGATEES OF AGNES G. MOSES, DECEASED; THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Defendant(s). Case No. D1 0 1 - C V- 2 0 2 1 - 0 1 9 2 4 NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 14, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. the undersigned Special Master will, at the main entrance of the Santa Fe County Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Ave. Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, sell all the right, title and interest of the abovenamed Defendants in and to the hereinafter described real estate to the highest bidder for cash. The property to be sold is located at 2713 Calle Serena, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is particularly described as follows: LOT SIXTEEN (16), BLOCK ONE (1), LA VILLA SERENA, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, AS SHOWN ON PLAT FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO ON DECEMBER 8, 1978 IN PLAT BOOK 67, PAGE 8 AS DOCUMENT NO. 431,232. (the “Property”) as the same is shown and designated on the plat thereof, filed in the office of the County Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, moContinued... bile homes. If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control. THE FOREGOING SALE will be made to satisfy a judgment rendered by the above Court in the above entitled and numbered cause on December 12, 2023, being an action to foreclose a Mortgage on the above described property.

Plaintiff’s Judgment, which includes interest and costs, is $230,199.70 and the same bears interest at 6.19% per annum through the date of sale.

The Plaintiff and/or its assignee has the right to bid at such sale and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in Pub: Dec 27, 2023, Jan lieu of cash. NOTICE IS 3, 10, 17, 2024 FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, together with any additional costs and attorney’s fees, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale and reasonable receiver and Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens and interests not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments, taxes and utility liens that may be due. Plaintiff, its attorneys, and the Special Master disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property and property title status “as is,” in its present condition subject to the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal Pub: Dec 27, 2023, Jan property, affixture of 3, 10, 17, 2024 any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of, or title status to, a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, substandard conditions or code violations, if any, any unforeclosed liens, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above described real property subject to a one (1) month right of redemption held by Defendant Borrowers or their assignee upon entry of an order approving sale, and subject to the entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale. Witness my hand this 18th day of December 2023.. By: /S/ Robert Doyle Robert Doyle Special Master Legal Process Network PO Box 51526 Albuquerque, NM 87181 505-417-4113

land, deactivation of, or title status to, a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, substandard conditions or code violations, if any, any unforeclosed liens, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, LEGALS if any.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above described real property subject to a one (1) month right of redemption held by Defendant Borrowers or their assignee upon entry of an order approving sale, and subject to the entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale. Witness my hand this 18th day of December 2023.. By: /S/ Robert Doyle Robert Doyle Special Master Legal Process Network PO Box 51526 Albuquerque, NM 87181 505-417-4113

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF LOS ALAMOS IN THE PROBATE COURT

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LEGALS LEGAL #92091 NOTICE OF HEARING: Members of the public are invited to provide comment on hearings for the issuance of or transfers of liquor licenses as outlined below. This Hearing will be conducted telephonically. To attend the Preliminary Hearing, dial 505 312-4308 and enter meeting number: 483 661 281# on the date and time of the hearing. To provide written public comment send by email to assigned Hearing Officer, Tammy M. Sandoval at Tammy.Sandoval@rld. nm.gov.

A hearing will be held on January 8, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. a.m. regarding Application for a Restaurant A Liquor License to Sidhu G Restaurants, LLC, doing business as India House, located at 2501 Cerrillos Rd., Santa Fe, NM 87505.

Pub: Jan 3, 2023 LEGAL #92045

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST, Plaintiff, v.

THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES OR LEGATEES OF AGNES G. MOSES, DECEASED; Continued...

THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Defendant(s). Case No. D1 0 1 - C V- 2 0 2 1 - 0 1 9 2 4 NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 14, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. the undersigned Special Master will, at the main entrance of the Santa Fe County Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Ave. Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, sell all the right, title and interest of the abovenamed Defendants in and to the hereinafter described real estate to the highest bidder for cash. The property to be sold is located at 2713 Calle Serena, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is particularly described as follows: LOT SIXTEEN (16), BLOCK ONE (1), LA VILLA SERENA, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, AS SHOWN ON PLAT FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO ON DECEMBER 8, 1978 IN PLAT BOOK 67, PAGE 8 AS DOCUMENT NO. 431,232. (the “Property”) as the same is shown and designated on the plat thereof, filed in the office of the County Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes. If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control. THE FOREGOING SALE will be made to satisfy a judgment rendered by the above Court in the above entitled and numbered cause on December 12, 2023, being an action to foreclose a Mortgage on the above described property.

Plaintiff’s Judgment, which includes interest and costs, is $230,199.70 and the same bears interest at 6.19% per annum through the date of sale.

The Plaintiff and/or its assignee has the right to bid at such sale and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, together with any additional costs and attorney’s fees, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale and reasonable receiver and Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens and interests not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments, taxes and utility liens that may be due. Plaintiff, its attorneys, and the Special Master disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property and property title status “as is,” in its present condition subject to the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal Pub: Dec 27, 2023, Jan property, affixture of 3, 10, 17, 2024 any mobile or manu-

THOMAS W. NEWTON, Deceased.

No.991

LEGALS

AMENDED NOTICE NOTICE TO TO CREDITORS CREDIT ORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Harriet Cols has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-entitled estate.

All persons having claims against the estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of any published notice or sixty (60) days after the date of mailing or other delivery of this notice, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to the Personal Representative. c/o Atkinson & Kelsey, P.A., P.O. Box 3070, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87190, or filed with the Probate Court of Los Alamos County at 1000 Central Avenue, Los Alamos, Pub: Dec 27, 2023, Jan New Mexico.

Date November 20, 3, 10, 17, 2024 2023 LEGAL #92059 /s/LUCY H. SINKULAR STATE OF NEW MEXICO Atkinson & Kelsey, P.A. COUNTY OF LOS Attorney for The Estate of Thomas W. ALAMOS IN THE PROBATE Newton P.O. Box 3070 COURT Albuquerque, NM IN THE MATTER OF THE 87190 505/883-3070 ESTATE OF THOMAS W. NEWTON, PUB: Dec. 27, 2023 Jan. Deceased.

3, 2024 No.991 AMENDED NOTICE NOTICE TO TO CREDITORS CREDIT ORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Harriet Continued...

Cols has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-entitled estate.

All persons having claims against the estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of any published notice or sixty (60) days after the date of mailing or other delivery of this notice, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to the Personal Representative. c/o Atkinson & Kelsey, P.A., P.O. Box 3070, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87190, or filed with the Probate Court of Los Alamos County at 1000 Central Avenue, Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Date November 20, 2023

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ACROSS 1 Places for light bites 6 Grand ___ (French wine designation) 9 Tosses up, as an easy question 13 Make into legislation 14 Talking point?

15 Gumbo green 16 Thinking A or B … hmm …

18 Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer-winning graphic novel 19 Awakens 20 Bottomless chasm 21 Have tired muscles 23 Thinking A … no, B … no, A 25 Toot one’s horn 27 ___ Lingus 28 Alternative to an Airbnb 29 “It’s going to have to wait” 34 Adroit 38 Modern term for the psychological exhaustion showcased in this puzzle’s theme 41 Raisins, sometimes, for a snowman 42 Iconic logo in athletic apparel

43 Peruvian singer Sumac 44 “Targeted” things on the internet 46 In accordance with 48 Thinking A … but also thinking B? Gah! 55 Very small, informally 56 Window blind elements 57 Super conductors?

59 “___ only” (store sign) 60 Thinking A … B …maybe even C? 63 Carpet measurement 64 Traditional Hanukkah gift 65 Pique 66 Musical symbol for silence 67 A man of ___ word 68 Matter of debate DOWN 1 Corporate V.I.P. 2 Author Patchett 3 “Like that’s ever gonna happen!”

4 REPEATS, repeats, repeats …

5 Acronym whose “E” stands for “engineering” 6 Tilts

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22 ___ Island (which is actually a peninsula) 24 Rolling Stones album “Get Yer ___ Out!” 26 “Indeed!,” quaintly 30 Bette Midler’s “Divine” nickname 31 What might help wrap up a gift …or a performance 32 Spanish number 33 Airport served by BART, for short 35 Ancient readers of the Book of the Dead 36 Running on ___ 37 A little emotional, say

7 Big name in printers and copiers 8 Get value from 9 Hall-of-Fame coach who purportedly said “Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit” 10 Approves 11 Paleontologist’s tool 12 Impudent 14 Arnaz who loved Lucy 17 “Select” or “chosen” quantity 20 What visitors to Niagara Falls are often in 21 Tolerate

39 “Hey, caught ya!”

40 Hip-hop article 45 Twice 32-Down 47 In myth they allure, but on the street they alert 48 “Titanic” award 49 Emergency signal 50 Zaps, in a way 51 National Gallery of Art architect 52 Spots for polish 53 Bad impression?

54 Fast, bygone jet, for short 58 Language spoken along the Mekong 60 “Eww!” 61 Letters for debtors 62 Bread for a patty melt

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

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HOROSCOPE The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024: You are energetic and persistent, and can overcome incredible odds. This is a wonderful year to socialize and enjoy life!

MOON ALERT: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Libra.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Perhaps it’s the fever of the new year, but for whatever reason, you’re pumped to deliver! You make a fabulous

impression on others now.

Tonight: Compromise.

don’t push yourself too hard.

Tonight: Relax at home.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH There are two areas of your life that you might have to juggle today: At this time of year, you want a change of scenery, which means you want to travel and “get away from all this.” Tonight: Get organized.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH This is a productive week for you, and today is a productive day because you’re keen to communicate to others.

The pace of your days is accelerating. Tonight: Meaningful discussions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Even though you’re in the mood to play and schmooze today, you also want to get a lot done. Count on the cooperation of others. Tonight: Schmooze!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH This is a good day to accomplish what you want if you’re in the entertainment world, professional sports or the hospitality industry. However, most of you also want to goof off today. Tonight: Check your money.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH You’re keen to accomplish a lot today. However, you might need more rest. This is the one time of year when you need naps and more sleep. Therefore,

CRYPTOQUIP

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You’re empowered because today the Moon is in

TODAY IN HISTORY

your sign, which gives you a slight edge over all the other signs. Tonight: You call the shots.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You’re busy with appointments, errands, short trips, plus increased reading, writing and studying. Today you might choose to work alone or behind the scenes. Tonight: Enjoy solitude.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH This is an excellent day for a heart-to-heart discussion with a friend or a member of a group. Hopefully, your goals will agree, especially if you’re in an organization. Tonight: Be friendly!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Someone might approach

you today to help them or speak on their behalf. They might want you to represent their best interests with someone in authority. Tonight: Respect authority.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH This is a good day to schmooze with friends and work with groups, especially in conferences or organizations.

Nevertheless, you will also want to break away and do your own thing. Tonight: Explore!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH This is a popular day!

You look good to others, especially bosses and authority types. In fact, some of you might strike up a flirtation with a boss. Work with groups today.

This is how you will get the most done. Tonight: Check your finances.

SHEINWOLD’S BRIDGE

THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

D EA R A N N I E

Generosity is taken for granted Dear Annie: My husband and I are in our mid-60s and have been married for 45 years.

We had our children early in our marriage and made many sacrifices to make sure our daughter and son had all the benefits of a well-rounded childhood. Because this took up most of our discretionary income, rarely did my husband and I eat out, and we took very inexpensive vacations, if we went anywhere. During our early marriage, we pursued higher education and worked our way into well-paying jobs.

About 25 years ago, we received the first of what’s ended up being numerous inheritances. We have continued to be generous to our children, who are now in their late 30s. We paid for their college and gave them a substantial amount of money for down payments on their first homes. We have four grandchildren and have invested enough money in our state’s college savings plan that they will have very little, if any, college debt.

When my father died eight years ago, we gave each of our children a Christmas present that was enough to pay off their mortgages. That may have been a mistake.

I feel that every Christmas since has been a disappointment. We’re very practical, so we give checks. The checks seem insignificant in comparison to the “big one,” and I’m sure our gifts are a huge disappointment. The biggest problem of all is that my husband and I feel guilty spending money on traveling, a hobby we love. I suspect that my daughter, in particular, feels that I’m wasting her money.

How much do parents owe adult children? What about our grandchildren? Their parents aren’t saving money, and I don’t see much chance that they’re going to get the kind of benefits that our children have received. Should we cut back on our spending so we can give them down payments for homes when they get to that stage in their lives?

— To Give or Not to Give Dear TGONTG: Please, step away from the checkbook. Your adult children don’t need another cent. What they do need, sorely, is some sense. To continue giving them cash is to rob them of valuable experience and life lessons.

You’ve already given your grandchildren immense advantages, as well. If and when the time comes that they want to buy houses, they can work hard (using those great college educations for which you paid) and set aside the money for a down payment, just like millions of other Americans.

Enjoy your retirement. Take as many trips you want, and don’t take any guilt-tripping from your kids. If you get the itch to be generous with your wallet, donate to folks who need it. Charity Navigator (charitynavigator. org) is a great resource.

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: BRIDGES

(Manhattan-Brooklyn)

body of water does

Answer________

the bridge span?

5. Mackinac Bridge

(Venice, Italy). Answer: Rio de Palazzo.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. George Washington Bridge (N.Y.-N.J.) Answer________ 2. London Bridge (London, England) Answer________

KENKEN

3. Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls)

Rules

Answer________

• 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.

4. Brooklyn Bridge

What river or

(e.g., Bridge of Sighs

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2024. There are 363 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On Jan. 3, 1959, Alaska became the 49th state as President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation.

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(Michigan) Answer________ 6. Sunshine Skyway Bridge (Florida) Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL 7. Ponte Vecchio (Florence, Italy) Answer________ 8. Confederation Bridge (Canada) Answer________ 9. Rialto Bridge (Venice, Italy)

GRADUATE LEVEL

Answer________

ANSWERS: 1. Hudson River. 2. Thames River. 3. Niagara River.

4. East River. 5. Straits of Mackinac. 6. Tampa Bay. 7. Arno River. 8. Northumberland Strait. 9. Grand Canal.

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?

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