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Mom who couldn’t give her 26- week-old foetus a funeral he deserved welcomes court’s decision By Staff Reporter Nokuthula Mabuza Durban - Keshnie Mathi was unable to give her son the funeral he deserved when she miscarried six years ago, and she has not come to terms with this. “I didn’t get a chance to bury my son Aaron, to hold him, or even to see him, although he would have been the size of a grapefruit,” said Mathi, 39, of Johannesburg. She said she was glad the Pretoria High Court had ruled last week that women who miscarried at 26 weeks or less of pregnancy cou...

Jersey Shore man charged with DUI Scott Powell, 56, of 414 Elm St., Jersey Shore, allegedly had a BAC of .253% after being pulled over for swerving across lanes of traffic on Allegheny Street Dec. 11 of 2020. Powell allegedly swerved into the opposite lane of traffic and cross the double yellow line on Allegheny Street before it drifted back onto the far-right side of the road before once more swerving into the opposing traffic lane. Powell allegedly swerved across the double yellow line twice and almost hit a parked car, according to Brandy Perchinski, a Tiadaughton Valley Police officer....

By Dillon Mullan, Santa Fe New Mexican | February 21, 2021 Leaders of Black communities and organizations in New Mexico are asking for public apologies and stronger condemnation of recent remarks and actions by Republican lawmakers that dozens of African Americans say represent long-standing systemic racism in the Roundhouse. Earlier this month during a confirmation hearing, Senate Minority Leader Greg Baca, R-Belen, questioned Cabinet nominee Sonya Smith’s ability to represent New Mexicans while leading the Department of Veterans Services as a Black woman. “Do you expect after your time...

Feb. 20—Leaders of Black communities and organizations in New Mexico are asking for public apologies and stronger condemnation of recent remarks and actions by Republican lawmakers that they say represent systemic racism in the Roundhouse. Earlier this month, Senate Minority Leader Greg Baca, R-Belen, questioned Cabinet nominee Sonya Smith's ability to represent New Mexicans while leading the ...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Fencing went up around the Roundhouse this year, a precautionary measure given reports of potentially violent protests at state capitols around the country. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – Black community groups said Saturday that they are calling on New Mexico legislative leaders to censure two legislators and remove them from committee assignme...