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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Yahoo
Wastewater concerns, McDonald's assault charges, Warm and calm weather, Dangerous road, Global business accelerator
Santa Fe teacher, principal, and school counselor put on administrative leave Albuquerque City Council approves program to give gas cards to APD officers Will DWI corruption criminals have to pay victims? St. Pius X hires former UFC fighter as wrestling coach How drone soccer at this Albuquerque school is inspiring students Remains found in Santa Fe National Forest identified as 1950s wrestler, actor Man charged with giving alcohol to 20-year-old who fell from stands at Pirates game [1] Permit hearing for wastewater project near Tesuque draws mixed reaction – Some residents in northern New Mexico are voicing their concerns over a local resort's plan to dump its treated wastewater near a local water source. The Bishop's Lodge Resort in Tesuque is asking the state for a wastewater discharge permit. Residents say it would allow the lodge to release 30,000 gallons per day of partially treated sewage, putting surrounding areas at risk. An attorney for Bishop's Lodge argues their wastewater system is state-of-the-art and safe. A spokesperson for the New Mexico Environment Department says the matter is now in the hands of the cabinet secretary. [2] Judge denies motion to dismiss charges for man accused of assault at McDonald's – Last year, surveillance video shows a man violently beating another customer, leaving him in a coma. Police said Heath Miller was the attacker after a tipster identified him. In a motion, the defense argued that the anonymous tip was not enough probable cause for arrest. The judge denied the defense's motion. She also denied the defense's motion asking for him to be released pending trial. He is charged with aggravated assault. [3] Way-above-normal temperatures & calm weather ahead – High temperatures will hit the 90s for the first time this year on Thursday afternoon in Albuquerque. Winds will stay light as well, with the exception of a few 25 to 30 mph breezes. Moisture will push into eastern New Mexico Wednesday night, bringing a chance for spotty showers to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and far southeast New Mexico. [4] Santa Fe County officials address deadly road near jail – Santa Fe County officials are working to address a stretch of New Mexico Highway 14, outside the county jail, that is considered dangerous for walkers. A New York Times article published last week highlighted how some inmates would choose to walk along the road after being released. The jail is in a a remote area with little-to-no lighting and no sidewalks. In the last ten years, at least five people who have been released have been killed while walking along NM 14. The jail warden says everyone is offered a ride to a designated location once they're released. [5] NMexus Center officially opens at Mesa del Sol – A first-of-its-kind global business accelerator center opened in New Mexico. Mesa del Sol held a ribbon cutting to officially open the NMexus Center. The center is meant to act as a permanent pipeline for foreign investment in the state. There are currently seven companies housed in the center with room to serve up to 40. Right now, there are companies from India, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Yahoo
Judge denies motion to dismiss charges for man accused of assault at Albuquerque McDonald's
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It's a win for prosecutors in the case against a man accused of violently beating someone at a McDonald's seemingly unprovoked. Story continues below Crime: Juveniles wanted for armed robbery arrested after incident at an ABQ high school Digital Show: High-Speed RV chase ends in deadly crash – New Mexico Crime Files Development: Latest step forward for East Mountain's Campbell Ranch Last year, surveillance video shows a man violently beating another customer, leaving him in a coma. Police said Heath Miller was the attacker after a tipster identified him. In a motion, the defense argued that the anonymous tip was not enough probable cause for arrest. Both sides argued their cases to a judge on Tuesday. 'Defense wants the court to gloss over the fact that we have surveillance footage…the state is not solely relying on this anonymous tipster,' said Genia Gonzales, prosecutor for the state. 'If the video was so on point, then we'd be in a different situation,n but the video is not clear, there's no faces in the video, there's no one to ID this person 100%,' said Samuel Jay, Miller's defense attorney. In the end, the judge denied the defense's motion. She also denied the defense's motion asking for him to be released pending trial. He is charged with aggravated assault. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Steelers, Vikings Have Plenty of International History
Team flags are displayed on the field ahead of the NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings at Wembley Stadium, London, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Nicky Hayes, NFL UK) The last time the Steelers played overseas, they lost to the Minnesota Vikings–sparking a new era of Steelers football. The Pittsburgh Steelers learned on Tuesday they will be playing host to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 4 of their highly anticipated game in Ireland. The contest will make history as the first regular-season NFL game played in Ireland. Ironically, the last time the Steelers played across the pond, they also played against the Vikings. Advertisement Minnesota, of course, was the designated host of that matchup. In the 2013 preseason, the game looked like a promising battle between two fringe playoff teams. The Steelers missed the postseason the previous year while the Vikings managed to squeak in, losing their wildcard battle in Green Bay. Pittsburgh Steelers' chairman Dan Rooney speaks on stage flanked by his son the team president Art Rooney II, right, and players tight end Heath Miller, left, and wide receiver Antonio Brown during an NFL fan rally event in Regent Street, London, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. The Minnesota Vikings are to play the Pittsburgh Steelers at Wembley stadium in London on Sunday, Sept. 29 in a regular season NFL game. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Instead, both teams entered the game 0-3, desperately looking to get their first win of the season. Both the Vikings and Steelers had offensive debuts on tap with Matt Cassell going under center for Minnesota. Pittsburgh debuted what would be the start of a memorable run with the debut of second-round running back Le'Veon Bell. Cassell led the Vikings to a quick 10-0 lead following a 70-yard touchdown strike to Greg Jennings. Ben Roethlisberger would answer by leading the Steelers down the field, which capped off with Bell's first career score–an eight-yard run to cap off an eight-play, 75-yard drive. Advertisement Pittsburgh's defense, going through transition, had a difficult time keeping up with the Minnesota offense, allowing a 60-yard Adrian Peterson touchdown run shortly after. Following another Viking field goal, Roethlisberger's squad found themselves down 20-10 at the half. FILE – In this Oct. 1, 2017, file photo, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell (26) carries the ball during the second half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File) Though Bell scored his second touchdown of the game to open the second half, Peterson answered with a second touchdown run of his own. Eventually, Minnesota pulled ahead 34-17 and staved the Steelers off in a 34-24 victory in London. The loss dropped Pittsburgh to 0-4, and both teams eventually missed the postseason. The Vikings finished 5-10-1, fired head coach Leslie Frazier, and hired Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer as their new head coach. Advertisement The Steelers, however, finished their season 8-8 and barely missed the postseason. Roethlisberger, Bell, and Antonio Brown elevated late in the season, leading to the 'Killer B's' era. The trio, along with a young and rising offensive line, would become a strength for the Steel City. This year, it may be unlikely to see a future ignite like we observed 12 years ago. However, the matchup in Ireland will be a big welcome for the black and gold. Not only for the viewing pleasure of Steelers fans, but the loyalty of the Rooney family to the Emerald Isle. This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Steelers, Vikings Have Plenty of International History
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Widow of designer who died in fiery Tesla crash sues automaker claiming car had ‘defective design'
The family of a man who died when his Tesla crashed into another car and burst into flames is blaming the automaker for the blaze, and accusing the company of knowingly foisting 'defective' and 'unreasonably dangerous' vehicles on an unsuspecting public. Marketing and design executive Heath Miller, 47, was behind the wheel of his new Tesla Model Y in February 2023 when it collided with an oncoming SUV on Long Island's North Fork. The compact electric crossover's lithium-ion battery immediately caught fire, burning for more than two hours at a temperature that reached an estimated 4,000 degrees, according to authorities. Miller was unable to flee the devastating inferno, which was so intense, it kept first responders from getting close enough to save him or his passenger, 55-year-old William Price, Southold Police Chief Martin Flatley told local reporters at the time. The two people in the SUV, physicians Peter Smith, 80, and Patricia O'Neill, 66, were also killed. 'Usually, with gas engines, they are a lot easier to put out either with water or chemicals,' Flatley said. 'But this fire burned pretty hard and pretty intense.' In a gut-wrenching wrongful death lawsuit filed over the weekend and obtained by The Independent, Miller's widow, Sarah-Mai Miller, says Tesla, whose CEO, Elon Musk, is the richest man on Earth, 'is aware that its vehicles are subject to a phenomenon known as thermal runaway in which its vehicles burst into flames after an impact.' 'While Tesla touts its vehicles as being less prone to catch fire than vehicles with internal combustion engines, they fail to alert consumers that once ignited, its vehicles burn much hotter and longer, making it often impossible for occupants to escape a burning vehicle or for first responders to render aid,' Mai-Miller's complaint contends. 'In this instance, the Tesla… vehicle burst into flames destroying any hope of escape or rescue.' Sarah-Mai and Heath Miller were not only husband and wife, but partners in Chalk 242, an integrated branding agency with offices in Manhattan, Chicago, and Sarasota, Florida. The complaint points to the fire's 'severe intrusion into the passenger compartment,' blaming it on 'the defective design and manufacture of the vehicle,' which allegedly 'lacked adequate and proper occupant protection.' Tesla attorneys and company officials did not respond on Tuesday to The Independent's requests for comment. The world's largest electric carmaker has come under criticism in recent years for allegedly ignoring safety concerns brought to its attention by regulators and grieving relatives alike. The wife of a New Jersey man whose Tesla Model 3 slammed into a tree and exploded sued the company in 2023, claiming her husband survived the crash but died in the raging battery fire that engulfed the car in the moments following. A few years earlier, an Indianapolis woman sued Tesla after her husband, a former FBI agent, was unable to escape his Tesla Model S when it caught fire following an accident, instantly incinerating him. The vehicle's lithium ion battery cells at one point began shooting fiery 'projectiles' at first responders, preventing firefighters from attempting a rescue, according to court filings. And when a Tesla Model 3 driven by a Marine Corps reservist in Colorado went up in flames after striking a tree, the new father couldn't get out and died in the blaze, his widow alleged in a lawsuit filed last year. All blamed poor design by Tesla for causing their husbands' deaths. Sarah-Mai Miller's new lawsuit takes Tesla to task for its contention that the Model Y is 'designed to 'exceed safety standards,'' calling out various features for allegedly failing to work as advertised. On top of the battery issue, Miller's complaint — which suggests, but does not explicitly say, the Model Y was in self-driving mode at the time of the deadly collision — slams Tesla for overselling its camera-based 'Autosteer,' 'Autopilot,' and 'Obstacle Aware Acceleration' systems, claiming the car should have automatically applied the brakes when it sensed the impending accident. In 2021, Tesla did away with the radar and ultrasonic sensors that previously augmented the cameras comprising its 'Tesla Vision' feature, which the complaint says now 'lacks the added safety redundancy of radar or LiDAR sensors used in other autonomous driving systems.' This, according to the complaint, can cause Teslas to become 'confused' under a variety of conditions, and actually cause a crash instead of avoiding one. It claims Tesla officials instead 'exposed' drivers to cars it knew were inherently dangerous, carrying with them 'substantial' risk of injury, even though the company knew there were 'feasible, safer alternative designs,' available at a 'minor' cost, which could have saved Heath Miller's life. (The parents and siblings of a 31-year-old Tesla owner killed behind the wheel of a Model S that crashed while in 'Autopilot' mode sued the company in December 2024 over the feature, which the family's attorney told The Independent was 'not… ready for primetime.') The alleged dangers inherent in a Tesla are not 'not readily recognizable' to buyers, and the company 'failed to warn' customers of the risks, Sarah-Mai's complaint states. In the meantime, she has moved back to her home state of Ohio, where she is cobbling together a new life without the onetime partner she described as a 'stellar man.' On Tuesday, a year to the day since the fatal accident, Sarah-Mai took to Instagram with a message. 'Heath's death has changed me, in just about every way,' she wrote. 'I have had to accept uncertainty in a way I used to fear, I have had to learn how to just exist as an individual in the world (without a partner) for the first time in my life... I miss you, Heathie. I am trying to continue to live life the way we did together, with the quite possibly delusional belief that we couldn't fail.'
The Independent
18-02-2025
- Automotive
- The Independent
Widow of designer who died in fiery Tesla crash sues automaker claiming car had ‘defective design'
The family of a man who died when his Tesla crashed into another car and burst into flames is blaming the automaker for the blaze, and accusing the company of knowingly foisting 'defective' and 'unreasonably dangerous' vehicles on an unsuspecting public. Marketing and design executive Heath Miller, 47, was behind the wheel of his new Tesla Model Y in February 2023 when it collided with an oncoming SUV on Long Island's North Fork. The compact electric crossover's lithium-ion battery immediately caught fire, burning for more than two hours at a temperature that reached an estimated 4,000 degrees, according to authorities. Miller was unable to flee the devastating inferno, which was so intense, it kept first responders from getting close enough to save him or his passenger, 55-year-old William Price, Southold Police Chief Martin Flatley told local reporters at the time. The two people in the SUV, physicians Peter Smith, 80, and Patricia O'Neill, 66, were also killed. 'Usually, with gas engines, they are a lot easier to put out either with water or chemicals,' Flatley said. 'But this fire burned pretty hard and pretty intense.' In a gut-wrenching wrongful death lawsuit filed over the weekend and obtained by The Independent, Miller's widow, Sarah-Mai Miller, says Tesla, whose CEO, Elon Musk, is the richest man on Earth, 'is aware that its vehicles are subject to a phenomenon known as thermal runaway in which its vehicles burst into flames after an impact.' 'While Tesla touts its vehicles as being less prone to catch fire than vehicles with internal combustion engines, they fail to alert consumers that once ignited, its vehicles burn much hotter and longer, making it often impossible for occupants to escape a burning vehicle or for first responders to render aid,' Mai-Miller's complaint contends. 'In this instance, the Tesla… vehicle burst into flames destroying any hope of escape or rescue.' Sarah-Mai and Heath Miller were not only husband and wife, but partners in Chalk 242, an integrated branding agency with offices in Manhattan, Chicago, and Sarasota, Florida. The complaint points to the fire's 'severe intrusion into the passenger compartment,' blaming it on 'the defective design and manufacture of the vehicle,' which allegedly 'lacked adequate and proper occupant protection.' Tesla attorneys and company officials did not respond on Tuesday to The Independent 's requests for comment. The world's largest electric carmaker has come under criticism in recent years for allegedly ignoring safety concerns brought to its attention by regulators and grieving relatives alike. The wife of a New Jersey man whose Tesla Model 3 slammed into a tree and exploded sued the company in 2023, claiming her husband survived the crash but died in the raging battery fire that engulfed the car in the moments following. A few years earlier, an Indianapolis woman sued Tesla after her husband, a former FBI agent, was unable to escape his Tesla Model S when it caught fire following an accident, instantly incinerating him. The vehicle's lithium ion battery cells at one point began shooting fiery 'projectiles' at first responders, preventing firefighters from attempting a rescue, according to court filings. And when a Tesla Model 3 driven by a Marine Corps reservist in Colorado went up in flames after striking a tree, the new father couldn't get out and died in the blaze, his widow alleged in a lawsuit filed last year. All blamed poor design by Tesla for causing their husbands' deaths. Sarah-Mai Miller's new lawsuit takes Tesla to task for its contention that the Model Y is 'designed to 'exceed safety standards,'' calling out various features for allegedly failing to work as advertised. On top of the battery issue, Miller's complaint — which suggests, but does not explicitly say, the Model Y was in self-driving mode at the time of the deadly collision — slams Tesla for overselling its camera-based 'Autosteer,' 'Autopilot,' and 'Obstacle Aware Acceleration' systems, claiming the car should have automatically applied the brakes when it sensed the impending accident. In 2021, Tesla did away with the radar and ultrasonic sensors that previously augmented the cameras comprising its 'Tesla Vision' feature, which the complaint says now 'lacks the added safety redundancy of radar or LiDAR sensors used in other autonomous driving systems.' This, according to the complaint, can cause Teslas to become 'confused' under a variety of conditions, and actually cause a crash instead of avoiding one. It claims Tesla officials instead 'exposed' drivers to cars it knew were inherently dangerous, carrying with them 'substantial' risk of injury, even though the company knew there were 'feasible, safer alternative designs,' available at a 'minor' cost, which could have saved Heath Miller's life. (The parents and siblings of a 31-year-old Tesla owner killed behind the wheel of a Model S that crashed while in 'Autopilot' mode sued the company in December 2024 over the feature, which the family's attorney told The Independent was ' not… ready for primetime.') The alleged dangers inherent in a Tesla are not 'not readily recognizable' to buyers, and the company 'failed to warn' customers of the risks, Sarah-Mai's complaint states. In the meantime, she has moved back to her home state of Ohio, where she is cobbling together a new life without the onetime partner she described as a 'stellar man.' On Tuesday, a year to the day since the fatal accident, Sarah-Mai took to Instagram with a message. 'Heath's death has changed me, in just about every way,' she wrote. 'I have had to accept uncertainty in a way I used to fear, I have had to learn how to just exist as an individual in the world (without a partner) for the first time in my life... I miss you, Heathie. I am trying to continue to live life the way we did together, with the quite possibly delusional belief that we couldn't fail.'
