WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSres) -- The Center for a Humane Economy issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: * * * Cockfighters continue to act with an impunity, raising millions of birds and staging fights throughout the U.S. * * * After a recent nationwide surge of busts and other police responses related to cockfighting, animal-welfare groups today highlighted their call for passage of the FIGHT Act as a tool to eradicate animal fighting in the United States. The pending legisla  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Federal Reserve System has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on April 24, 2024, entitled "Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company." The notice was issued by Michele Taylor Fennell, Deputy Associate Secretary. * * * The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.225.41 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a b  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: A man is facing federal charges for allegedly murdering his former roommate. Zebadiah Romero, 35, a non-Indian, appeared in federal court for an initial appearance where the Court temporarily detained him pending a detention hearing, which is scheduled for April 25, 2024. Court documents alleges that on October 30, 2023, Romero shot and killed John Doe, an enr  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, U.S. Reps. Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) and Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) convened a roundtable and press conference at Albuquerque's Cuidando Los Ninos to announce the delegation secured $16 million to help end homelessness in New Mexico. Vasquez and Stansbury were joined by organizations from across the state including La Casa Inc, Mesilla Valley Community of Hop  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 26 -- Santa Fe County issued the following news: The Santa Fe Film Office is excited to announce an exciting opportunity for aspiring Pueblo and Indigenous Director-Writers to participate in the tuition free NYU Tisch Graduate Film Summer Workshop. This initiative, in partnership with Santa Fe Community College and the Institute of American Indian Arts, is dedicated to empowering storytellers from diverse backgrounds and amplifying Indigenous voices in the film indus  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 26 (TNSres) -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news release: Daniel C. Dennett, one of the most influential and provocative philosophers of our times, passed away on April 19 at the age of 82 in Portland, Maine. At the time of his passing, Dennett held the position of External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He had recently left Santa Fe, having attended the late-March "Investigating Reality - A Philosophical, Mathematical, and Scientific Exploration" wo  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 25 -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news release: SFI External Professor Karen Willcox (UT Austin), who also serves on SFI's Science Board, recently won the 2024 Theodore von Karman Prize for her contributions to computational science and engineering. The Theodore von Karman Prize was established in 1968 by the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and is awarded every five years to a notable application of mathematics to mechanics or enginee  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 26 (TNSres) -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news release: Standard economic theory is struggling. It relies on faulty assumptions about the world, and it hasn't done the best job predicting the economic impact of major world events, including the global COVID pandemic, argues SFI External Professor Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford) in a new book. But in Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/284357/  more