On the local front, Albuquerque police are investigating a deadly downtown stabbing [2], while Rio Rancho earned recognition as the 41st best place to live in the U.S. [14] and Farmington's Animas River wave returned to action [13]. Nationally and globally, tensions escalated in the Middle East as Iran rejected a ceasefire proposal amid approaching deadlines [3], the Artemis II crew broke Apollo 13's distance record by traveling farther from Earth than any humans before [16], and 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' kicked off the year's biggest box office opening with $372.5 million globally [1].
