The Albuquerque Journal earned a total of fifteen honors from the Society of Professional Journalists’ Top of the Rockies competition, which spotlights excellence across New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. Five of those were first‑place trophies in categories such as Breaking News Story, Head
The life of Narges Mohammadi, a well‑known Iranian human rights defender and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is in serious jeopardy according to her family and the organization she founded. After suffering a heart attack and fainting, she was moved to a hospital in Zanjan, a city far from Tehran. Doctors
A recent security breach drained $292 million from a major DeFi project, sending shockwaves through the crypto lending world. The timing couldn’t be worse. Big money from traditional finance has just started testing blockchain waters. Firms managing trillions are quietly setting up shop in on-chain
The U. S. military clock is ticking. Under the War Powers Resolution, a president can act for 60 days before Congress must sign off on continued fighting. That deadline falls today, yet Washington argues the “hostilities that began on February 28, 2026, have terminated, ” even as a naval blockade st
By the first week of May, exactly two months after the U. S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, the White House declared the fighting "over. " Officially, they called it a terminated conflict. But was it really? Congress had a deadline to receive updates under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, de
The White House recently announced wider restrictions targeting Cuba’s leadership and its supporters. These new rules focus on individuals or groups that help the Cuban government’s security forces or take part in corruption or serious abuses of human rights. They also cover anyone who works with, f
The Southwick-Tolland-Granville regional schools face a familiar problem: how to balance their $30 million budget when towns want deeper cuts. At a recent meeting, the school committee chair admitted the system’s finances could be clearer. He asked locals to understand that school budgets don’t work
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is no stranger to writing big checks for political battles. But if he decides to run for president in 2028, he won’t be footing the entire bill himself. That’s according to people close to his inner circle, who say he’s already testing the waters with national fundraise
Canada has quietly become a leader in organ transplantation, with its medical teams solving tough problems that help patients worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic forced doctors to pause and ask tough questions about what works and what still needs fixing in transplant medicine. While the world was dist
Countries are pushing to make forced marriage a clear crime under international law. This move follows years of court rulings that already called it a crime against humanity. Judges in Sierra Leone, Cambodia, and the International Criminal Court have all ruled on cases where people were forced into
