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NEW MEXICO

Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 29, 2022
New front line of U.S. abortion battles emerges in New Mexico
Anti-abortion activists hope more will follow the lead of two New Mexican towns to vastly shrink where abortions are still performed, especially in other states controlled by Democrats.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 23, 2019
Leader of armed group at U.S. border boasted of being trained to assassinate Obama and Clinton, says FBI
The leader of an armed group stopping undocumented migrants who cross into the United States from Mexico had boasted that his members had trained to assassinate former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, an FBI agent said in court papers on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2019
FBI arrests leader of 'fascist militia' armed group stopping migrants in New Mexico
The FBI on Saturday said it had arrested Larry Hopkins, the leader of an armed group that is stopping undocumented migrants after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border into New Mexico.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 20, 2018
FBI probe of janitor's child porn led to closure of solar observatory in New Mexico
A mysterious 11-day closure of a New Mexico solar observatory stemmed from an FBI investigation of a janitor suspected of using the facility's wireless internet service to send and receive child pornography, federal court documents showed on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 2, 2018
Teen from squalid New Mexico compound was trained for jihad
A 13-year-old boy who was part of group taken into custody at a squalid New Mexico compound last month has told FBI agents his mother's boyfriend was training him to conduct "jihad" against nonbelievers, according to federal court documents.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2018
Boy, 3, at armed New Mexico desert compound died in ritual exorcism: prosecutor
A young boy whose remains were discovered buried at a New Mexico desert compound died during a ritual ceremony to "cast out demonic spirits," other children found at the remote homestead told investigators, a prosecutor said in court on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2018
Drought creates perfect storm for wildfires across western U.S.
Bigger and more "explosive" wildfires are raging across the U.S. West, with the area burned in Colorado already four times the size of last year's total, as rising temperatures, drought and a buildup of forest fuels supercharge blazes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 26, 2018
Fossil footprints show how humans tracked, killed giant sloth 11,000 years ago
Scientists have uncovered evidence of ancient humans engaged in a deadly faceoff with a giant sloth, showing for the first time how our ancestors might have tackled such a formidable prey.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2018
Los Alamos museum refuses to host A-bomb exhibit, citing stance on nuclear abolition
A museum in Los Alamos, New Mexico, declines to host Japan's traveling exhibition on the atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima because of conflicting stances on nuclear abolition.
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2017
Takata, carmakers sued by New Mexico over dangerous air bags
Takata Corp. and 15 automakers have been sued by New Mexico's attorney general for failing to protect consumers from exploding air bags.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 2, 2016
Plutonium from Japan to be disposed of underground in New Mexico
Plutonium from Japan that is headed to the U.S. will be disposed of at a repository in New Mexico after processing at a facility in South Carolina.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2015
Christmas storms and twisters kill at least 43 in U.S.; more in store
Storms hit the U.S. South, Southwest and Midwest over the Christmas holiday weekend, unleashing floods and tornadoes that killed at least 43 people, flattened buildings and snarled transportation for millions during a busy travel time.
WORLD
Dec 24, 2015
In death knell for MOX project, U.S. to deem 6 tons of plutonium nuclear waste
The U.S. government plans to designate 6 metric tons of surplus plutonium now stored in South Carolina as waste and ship it to a storage facility in New Mexico, according to a preliminary notice filed on a federal website on Wednesday.

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Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
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