KOAT-TV (Albuquerque, NM)

The U.S. midterm elections are less than a month away, with both political parties hoping to retain or gain control of Congress. Midterm elections occur halfway through a president's term, giving voters an opportunity to express their approval or disapproval of the president's agenda by supporting candidates from the president's party or opposing them. Currently, the Republican Party controls both congressional chambers.

Attorneys for Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee's attempt to put her to death via lethal injection last week, will be in court Wednesday as they seek to preserve relevant evidence in her botched execution. Pike has been hospitalized for nearly a week after being injected with two ostensibly fatal doses of pentobarbital, her attorneys said.

Israelis gathered on Wednesday to commemorate the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack that killed 1,200 people, saw 251 taken hostage, and sparked a devastating war in Gaza that has left much of the territory in ruins and its 2 million people living in dire conditions. In southern Israel, families mourned at intersections, bomb shelters, and the site of a music festival that the militants overran three years ago in the deadliest attack against Israel.

Iraq devalued its currency Wednesday, changing the official exchange rate from around 1,300 dinars to the U.S. dollar to 1,500 dinars to the dollar. Related video: Trump expands access to tax-free fuel ahead of midterm elections The country's central bank said in a statement that the new exchange rate had been decided at a meeting of Iraq's Cabinet the night before "to meet the relevant financial, economic and monetary requirements." The previous exchange rate was set in 2023.

The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta is attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors this week, creating a surge in business activity for vendors and local shops. For vendors at the Balloon Fiesta, big crowds mean big business. Zeke Gomez, who has worked with Roadrunner Concessions for the past 15 years, said the event requires significant effort to prepare. "I stock all the material, I build this booth from basically the floor all the way up to everything you see," Gomez said.

(BPT) - Key takeaways: Members of the sandwich generation are often challenged with the cost and concerns of caring for two generations at the same time. Caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's can bring stress, but caregiving also brings joy and connection with loved ones. Family caregivers need help from professional caregivers to understand the neurodegeneration and progressive nature of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases, and to help prevent burnout.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Deshawndre Washington, a fugitive wanted in New Mexico, remains in Lebanon, where his agent claims he is unable to leave due to passport complications. The New Mexico Department of Justice confirmed Washington's fugitive status. His father and agent stated that he is currently in Lebanon, and a social media post shows Washington played in a basketball game there on Oct. 1, leading the game in assists. On Aug.

The acting secretary of the U.S. Army said Tuesday that the man convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, will be executed by firing squad on Dec. 3. In a post on social media, acting Secretary Adam Telle said the execution of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will take place at Fort Hood. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell had said Monday that President Donald Trump had approved the execution of Hasan.

A Wisconsin bride turned her sheepadoodle into a wedding videographer, and the resulting GoPro video ended up stealing the show on social media. Emily Cowles, a Door County, Wisconsin, native, said she and her husband chose to have their wedding there because it feels like "heaven" to her. "Door County is just like heaven. It's my happy place. So, we go back frequently. And yeah, that's where we wanted to get married," she told WBAY's Grace Johnson.

The Department of Justice is attempting to strip citizenship from 40 people in what it calls "the largest denaturalization effort in modern history."