YOU WONT BELIEVE: 4 - What They Never Told You

Voters in seven states are deciding on 13 property tax measures this year

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Ballotpedia · Sep 4

In 1948, a male rhesus monkey named Albert was launched on a V-2 rocket by the US towards space but the mission failed and the animal did not survive the flight

In 1948, a male rhesus monkey named Albert was launched on a V-2 rocket by the US towards space in an early animal flight test. Albert I reached about 39 miles, but the rocket did not reach the Kármán line. His life signs were not recorded, and the mission failed.…

The Economic Times · Sep 3

In 1997, Ted Turner opened his New Mexico ranch to endangered Mexican wolves; the facility became a major breeding centre for animals released into the wild

In 1997, Ted Turner’s Ladder Ranch in south-central New Mexico became part of an ambitious attempt to rescue the Mexican wolf from extinction. Rather than treating his vast ranchland simply as private property, Turner helped create a wolf management facility where endangered animals could be housed, bred and prepared for…

The Times of India · Sep 3

Invasion of the Robot Teachers

New Mexico required kindergarten through second-grade students to learn literacy skills from a purple-haired AI avatar called Amira. Parents are pushing back.

Reason · Sep 2

CNN founder Ted Turner’s New Mexico ranch helped save North America’s rarest large tortoise, growing its population from 30 to about 800

For thousands of years, the Bolson tortoise had been missing from the grasslands of New Mexico. Then a private ranch offered the species something it had not had in generations: space to start again. What began with just 30 captive tortoises grew into a population of roughly 800 through a…

The Times of India · Sep 2

Family pays tribute to New Mexico man killed by bear: ‘He was a strong person’

Relatives of Benjamin Halona remember his career as wildlife firefighter and his zeal for selling tamales

The Guardian - US · Sep 2

New Mexico man shoots cousin dead after argument over which enchiladas had hotter green chile

A New Mexico man shot his cousin dead after a drunken argument over the spiciness of green chile on their enchiladas escalated into a physical fight and then a fatal shooting at an Albuquerque apartment complex, according to police and court documents. Ervin Joaquin Gutierrez, 22, was arrested on an…

The Times of India · Sep 2

This Texas basin was once dismissed as a ‘graveyard’. Now its oil economy supports 853,924 jobs and generates billions in economic activity across the US

A century ago, the Permian Basin was hardly the place anyone would have picked as an engine of the American economy. Early observers were so unimpressed by parts of the landscape that the region was dismissed as a “graveyard” according to WorldOil. Today, the same stretch of West Texas and…

The Times of India · Sep 1

New Mexico Becomes the First State Released from a Screwworm Zone as Texas Detections Continue Near the Border

USDA lifted New Mexico's only screwworm-infested zone after no new cases since June, while Texas detections continue near the Rio Grande.

Medical Daily · Sep 1

In 1996, CNN founder Ted Turner bought a reported 558,000-acre New Mexico ranch; conservation work expanded its bison herd and restored about 30 miles of streams

In 1996, Ted Turner took over Vermejo Park Ranch, sparking a transformative restoration journey. The management strategically wove conservation with sustainable land practices, implementing projects that rejuvenated the bison population and enhanced riparian zones. Efforts also included restoring native trout and rehabilitating wetlands, solidifying Vermejo Park Ranch as a prominent…

The Times of India · Sep 1