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Cillian Murphy wins his first best actor Oscar for role in ‘Oppenheimer' biopic

Mar. 10, 2024 23:53 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cillian Murphy called himself a “very proud Irishman” after he trotted onstage to claim his first-ever Oscar for portraying the man who created the atomic bomb in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic “Oppenheimer.” “I'm a little overwhelmed,” said...

Southwest winter storm moves into New Mexico; up to foot of snow possible in northeast mountains

Feb. 10, 2024 18:51 PM EST

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A series of slow-moving winter storms that wreaked havoc in Southern California and left 3 feet (91 centimeters) of snow in northern Arizona made its way Saturday into New Mexico, where a stretch of U.S. highway south of the Colorado line was closed and as much as a foot (30...

US nuclear agency isn't consistent in tracking costs for some construction projects, report says

Jan. 25, 2024 19:11 PM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. agency in charge of maintaining the nation’s nuclear arsenal is not consistent when it comes to tracking the progress of small construction projects, making it difficult to prevent delays and cost overruns, congressional investigators said in a report released Thursday....

Latest federal court order favors right to carry guns in some New Mexico public parks

Jan. 23, 2024 22:28 PM EST

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A U.S. District Court judge is standing by her decision to block portions of a public health order from New Mexico's governor that would suspend the right to carry firearms in many public parks in the Albuquerque area, with appeals pending before a higher court. ...