An American Airlines flight headed for Chicago had to come back to ABQ after a man tried to open an emergency exit. 

Everyone knows someone who’s fallen victim to The Land of Entrapment, but jeez. 

The City of Albuquerque says the increased number purple-hued street lights is due to a manufacturer defect. 

“Right, of course,” we said, as we quickly changed out of our crushed velvet Prince costume.

A private company successfully landed a craft on the moon for the first time since 1972. 

A new place to colonize, cool, cool, cool. 

An Albuquerque man says an APD officer sent him to the attorney implicated in the DWI scandal under the guise of getting his belongings back after being arrested. 

It’s getting increasingly difficult to convince tourists that Better Call Saul is purely fiction. 

APD is hosting a STEM event where kids can learn the ins and outs of DNA testing, fingerprinting and drones. 

In our day, we only had the D.A.R.E program to teach us how to be narcs. 

National media descended on Santa Fe to cover the manslaughter trial for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer for the film Rust. 

And yet, many will still be surprised to learn we’re in the U.S.

PETA protested the opening of the new Whole Foods location for selling coconut milk. One of the group’s members said it’s because in Thailand they use the forced labor of monkeys to harvest coconuts. 

Wait, what?

Days after he flew through a red light and plowed into another car, APD Police Chief Harold Medina showed up to a press conference unveiling new measures to protect pedestrians. 

That’s a bold strategy, let’s see if it pays off for him. 

This story is a staff report from The Paper.