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  • TEENAGERS KILLED-SUSPECTS INDICTED

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say three men and a 15-year-old boy have been indicted in the slayings of two Albuquerque teenagers near Rio Rancho last year.Bernalillo County prosecutors announced Thursday that 43-year-old Stephen Goldman Sr., his 20-year-old son Stephen Goldman Jr., 23-year-old Jimmie Akins and the teen remain jailed.
They say Atkins, the teenager and the younger Goldman each are facing charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and tampering with evidence.
Prosecutors say the older Goldman is accused of tampering with evidence.
Authorities say 14-year-old Ahmed Lateef and 15-year-old Collin Romero were reported missing last Dec. 16 after allegedly being kidnapped from a home in the Northeast Heights.
Their bodies were a few weeks later buried in shallow graves.
Authorities say the two teens had been shot, beaten and stabbed.

  • ENDANGERED WOLVES

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Dozens of environmental groups and scientists are asking U.S. wildlife managers to rethink how they plan to ensure the survival of Mexican gray wolves in the American Southwest.Following a loss in federal court, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working on crafting a new rule to guide management of the endangered predators in New Mexico and Arizona.
The coalition says that rule should be based on "an entirely new approach" that incorporates the best science while acknowledging the recovery effort's past shortcomings.
The groups on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and federal wildlife managers.
They're asking that the process to revise the management rule be public and that a wide range of alternatives be considered since the program has faltered over the years.

  • BORDER PATROL-HOSPITALS

MIAMI (AP) — Medical professionals and human rights advocates warn Border Patrol agents are growing their presence at hospitals and creating a chilling effect on immigrant populations around the country.A Border Patrol agent was seen earlier this week freely roaming the hallways of a Miami-area hospital as he waited for a woman who fell ill during her detention. The agent in olive green uniform stepped in and out of the room as the woman received treatment.
Hospitals around the country are struggling with where to draw the line to protect patients' rights while meeting rising immigration enforcement demands in the Trump administration.
The agency that oversees Border Patrol said earlier this year that its agents averaged 69 trips to the hospital a day.

  • COUNTRY SINGER-HOTEL EJECTION

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Country singer Gretchen Wilson was removed from a New Mexico hotel after she performed at a weekend music festival.The Las Cruces Sun-News reported Wednesday that police were called to Hotel Encanto in Las Cruces around 3 a.m. Sunday after numerous noise complaints about Wilson's room.
Police spokesman Dan Trujillo says she and her team left voluntarily.
Wilson took to her Twitter account on Tuesday to criticize the hotel.
According to the "Redneck Woman" singer, she got to her room at 12:30 a.m. and was reprimanded for talking.
She says she was later kicked out "for no reason."
In a 911 call, a hotel employee said Wilson's volume level for talking was the equivalent of yelling.
A representative for Wilson did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
 

  • NCAI MEMBER-OBIT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Juanita Daugomah Ahtone, a longtime National Congress of American Indians member and volunteer, has died.She was 91.
Indian Country Today reports that Ahtone, who was Kiowa, died at home Wednesday in Carnegie, Oklahoma.
Ahtone's father was a founding member of the National Congress of American Indians, the country's largest tribal advocacy organization. She was involved with the group for 46 years and held a range of positions, including chair of its elections and resolution committees.
Ahtone also worked for the Kiowa Tribe for many years and was a past secretary of its tribal council. The tribe said on Facebook that Ahtone was a "treasure" who was idealized for her support of students learning to speak the Kiowa language.
Ahtone was recognized for her service last year at the 23rd National Indian Women's Honoring Luncheon in Washington, D.C.
 

  • BUFFETT DIVESTMENT-CALIFORNIA

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — California regulators are objecting to Berkshire Hathaway's sale of one of its smaller insurance companies, but they may not have much of an argument.The California Department of Insurance said Thursday it is "disturbed" that the sale of Applied Underwriters moved forward without its approval.
One of Applied Underwriters' workers-compensation insurers used to be based in California. Applied Underwriters said that the California Insurance Co. is now domiciled in New Mexico, which did sign off on the deal.
Berkshire and Applied Underwriters said this week that the $920 million sale to company founder Steve Menzies was completed earlier this month after Texas regulators approved it.
Berkshire didn't immediately respond to messages Thursday.
Berkshire rarely sells or closes any of its companies because CEO Warren Buffett prefers holding on to assets.

  • MOUNTAIN WEST-ATLANTIC 10-CHALLENGE

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada will host Dayton and VCU will host UNLV next year in the inaugural Mountain West-Atlantic 10 Challenge Series.They are among 10 basketball games the conferences announced Thursday matching their teams for the 2020-21 non-conference season.
Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson says the partnership will bolster the brand of two conferences with strong basketball traditions. Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette McGlade says playing in four times zones will expand their television exposure.
The new series begins next Dec. 1 with Utah State at Davidson and closes Dec. 6 with Dayton at Nevada. On Dec. 2, UNLV plays at VCU and St. Bonaventure travels to New Mexico.
The others are Dec. 5:
San Diego State at Saint Louis
George Mason at Fresno State
Boise State at Rhode Island
Air Force at Saint Joseph's
Richmond at Colorado State
Duquesne at Wyoming