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1 Body Recovered, 2 People Missing After Albuquerque Storm -
Associated Press
One body was recovered Wednesday and the search continued for two other people swept into an arroyo after storms hit Albuquerque, authorities said.
Firefighters pulled a man’s body from the end of a diversion channel on Wednesday morning.
Crews initially responded Tuesday afternoon when three people were seen floating down the diversion channel in northeast Albuquerque after the area was hit with heavy rains.
Swift water rescue units scrambled to the sides of the channel to attempt a rescue but didn’t spot the three people over a two-hour period.
Mexican Wolf Breeding Program Gets Boost From Zoo - By
Fabiola Sánchez Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) Five gray wolf pups born at Mexico City s Chapultepec Zoo are giving a boost to efforts to broaden the endangered species genetic diversity amid continuing efforts to reintroduce the animals to the wild decades after they were reduced to captive populations.
The pups father, Rhi, alerts them every midday to the delivery of breakfast, in the form of chicken and quail meat brought by zookeeper Jorge Gutiérrez, 58.
Gutiérrez has cared for Rhi since he was born, and is now proud to see he has formed a pack with the pups mother, Seje.
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Sen. Joseph Cervantes, D-Las Cruces, joins Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, right, and Allen Sanchez, center, of the New Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops, for a news conference following passage of Senate Bill 5, the extreme risk protection order legislation, in 2020. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
SANTA FE A prominent state senator who supports abortion rights said he was denied Communion by the Catholic bishop in Las Cruces over the weekend “based on my political office.”
Joseph Cervantes, a Las Cruces Democrat and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he has participated in his parish church and the Diocese of Las Cruces including serving as its attorney at times for 50 years, 20 of which have come while he’s served as an elected official.