Garcia’s Kitchen hit fifth time with gas theft
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Garcia’s Kitchen is running out of patience and gas after a thief got creative while stealing it right out of their catering vans. Now they’re offering a reward for information leading to his arrest. The owners say someone is stealing the gas out of their catering vans and it happened for a…
Oil and gas drilling and fracking permits in Los Padres forest are nixed by feds
In early April, two federal agencies canceled permits to drill eight new oil and gas wells that included the potentially polluting use of chemical fracking on land within the southeastern portion of the Los Padres National Forest. Oil exploration planned since 2013 in an area within the Sespe Oil Field, four miles north of Fillmore…
The Audible: What’s better than playoff time in L.A.? (Maybe free chicken?)
Jim Alexander: Before we get into what really is the best time of the year in this town – three playoff series going pretty much concurrently – one last charming NBA regular-season moment courtesy of the People’s Choice, Boban Marjanovic. It was last weekend’s Clippers-Houston season finale. The game was pretty much decided, the season…
NBA Playoffs 2024: How to Watch the Lakers vs. Nuggets & Bulls vs. Heat Plus Other Games Without Cable
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Excited for the NBA playoffs? The NBA Play In-Tournament wraps with two games scheduled for Friday (April 19). Friday’s double header…
Risk management wants more funds to cover lawsuit settlements in New Mexico
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Millions of dollars in state payouts: Risk management asked the legislature for more money to cover lawsuit settlements. Will it be enough to cover the growing number of lawsuits the state is facing? The General Services Department reports funds managed by the Risk Management Division continue to dry up. It is driven by…
Cannabis seizures at checkpoints by US-Mexico border frustrate state-authorized pot industry
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol is asserting its authority to seize cannabis shipments — including commercial, state-authorized supplies — as licensed cannabis providers file complaints that more than $300,000 worth of marijuana has been confiscated in recent months at highway checkpoints in southern New Mexico. New Mexico’s Democratic governor says the…
FAA investigates Rockies after deleted video shows coach in cockpit during flight
A social media post has prompted an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and United Airlines after a Colorado Rockies coach was seen sitting in the cockpit of a chartered flight while in the air. The FAA confirmed in a statement to Fox News Digital that the incident, which came to light in a…
National Guard delays Alaska staffing changes that threatened national security, civilian rescues
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Air National Guard has delayed its plan to downgrade the status of about 80 members of its Alaska unit, a move that would have threatened national security and civilian rescues in the nation’s most remote state. The Alaska Air National Guard confirmed the delay in an email to The Associated…
Chicago’s response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents
By MATT BROWN CHICAGO — The closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black neighborhood it served, symbolizing a city indifferent to their interests. So when the city reopened Wadsworth last year to shelter hundreds of migrants without seeking community input, it added insult to injury. Across Chicago,…
dict.fromkeys() method in Python
Thefromkeys() method of dicttype is used to create a new dictionary with keys from a given iterable and values pre-filled with a specified default value. The syntax is as shown below: dict.setdefault(iterable, value = None) The items in the created dictionary has the elements from the iterableas keys and the specified valueas the default value….
No perjury charges for British soldiers accused of lying in Bloody Sunday probe
Fifteen British soldiers who allegedly lied to an inquiry into Bloody Sunday, one of the deadliest days of the decades-long Northern Ireland conflict, will not face perjury charges, prosecutors said Friday. There was insufficient evidence to convict the soldiers or a former alleged member of the Irish Republican Army about their testimony before an inquiry…
Japanese autoworkers narrowly escape suicide bomber in Pakistani port city
A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Friday, police said. They narrowly escaped the attack but three bystanders were wounded. Separately, an Afghan Taliban religious scholar was killed in an attack in the southwest of Pakistan the previous day. The attack on…
