Feds want psychological tests for parents of separated kids
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is asking that parents of children separated at…
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Churches defend clergy loophole in child sex abuse reporting
By JASON DEAREN and MICHAEL REZENDES Associated Press It was a frigid Sunday evening at the Catholic Newman Center in Salt Lake City when the priest…
Continue Reading Jill Biden hosts White House reading for student poets
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden on Tuesday hosted a reading by this year’s group of National Student…
Continue Reading New Mexico’s repeat child abuse rate among nation’s worst
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New state data shows New Mexico’s repeat rate for child abuse is among the worst in the country, a newspaper reported…
Continue Reading Manchin ends pipeline push, easing path for spending bill
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has abandoned, for now, his push to speed up the permitting process…
Continue Reading Arizona abortion clinics send women to other states
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — When an Arizona judge ruled last week that prosecutors can resume enforcing a…
Continue Reading New Mexico legislators weigh changes to harassment policies
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State legislators in New Mexico are reconsidering how they evaluate complaints of sexual…
Continue Reading Pelosi: US has to do more to help with wildfire recovery
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that the federal government has to do…
Continue Reading New Mexico lawmaker removed from committee over allegations
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto has been removed from his position as chairman of the New Mexico Finance Authority interim…
Continue Reading Albuquerque church security guard killed, suspect arrested
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of a security guard at an Albuquerque church, authorities said…
Continue Reading ‘Eco-warrior’ and Earth First! co-founder Dave Foreman dies
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Dave Foreman, a self-proclaimed eco-warrior who was a prominent member of the radical environmentalism movement and a…
Continue Reading New Mexico St. runs for 353 yards in 45-26 win over Hawaii
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Star Thomas had 144 yards rushing and a touchdown on 11 carries, Jamoni Jones scored on runs of 3 and 2 yards and New…
Continue Reading Abilene Christian cruises past Western New Mexico 34-7
ABILENE, Texas (AP) — Ethan Long threw two touchdowns passes, Rovaughn Banks Jr. and Jermiah Dobbins each had more than 100 yards rushing and…
Continue Reading LSU survives Daniels’ injury scare in romp over New Mexico
By DAVID FOLSE II Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The LSU defense held New Mexico to 88 total yards and the Tigers survived an injury…
Continue Reading US awards $73M contract for Navajo-Gallup water project
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — The federal government has awarded a $73 million contract to construct pumping plants as part of an ongoing project to bring…
Continue Reading New Mexico allows funds for prosecutions in ‘Rust’ shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has granted funds to pay for possible prosecutions connected to last year’s fatal film-set shooting of a…
Continue Reading Electric demand to outpace capacity for New Mexico utilities
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico regulators are concerned about the ability of the state’s largest…
Continue Reading Evaluations highlight concerns, harm at state health centers
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new evaluation of state-operated hospitals for veterans, the mentally ill and the elderly describes inadequate oversight…
Continue Reading New Mexico candidate removes gun-for-$100 donations offer
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s Republican nominee for secretary of state has removed an online campaign…
Continue Reading Governors races take on new prominence, with higher stakes
By SARA BURNETT and JOHN HANNA Associated Press HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Governors races often are overshadowed by the fight for control of Congress…
Continue Reading New Mexico braces for exodus from Medicaid insurance
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is bracing for a rapid exodus of up to 100,000 people from subsidized Medicaid…
Continue Reading Climate-fueled wildfires worsen danger for struggling fish
By JOHN FLESHER and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press AMALIA, N.M. (AP) — Biologist Bryan Bakevich unscrewed the top of a plastic bucket and…
Continue Reading Increase in Venezuelan migration is felt across US
By ACACIA CORONADO and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — It cost Nerio two months and everything he had to get from…
Continue Reading New Mexico previously bused migrants during Trump years
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — When migrants overwhelmed cities and shelters in New Mexico in 2019, Democratic Gov. Michelle…
Continue Reading Cowboys for Trump cofounder appeals ban from public office
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico politician and Trump supporter who was removed and barred from elected office for…
Continue Reading New Mexico Supreme Court upholds habitual offender ruling
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Defendants must be informed about the possibility of facing additional prison time if their plea agreement involves multiple…
Continue Reading US officials: Border crossings soar among Venezuelans
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico soared in August,…
Continue Reading New Mexico man, cousin arrested in Kansas in a homicide case
TOME, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man and his cousin have been arrested in Kansas in connection with the shooting death of a woman that is being…
Continue Reading US officials say that border crossings soared in August among Venezuelans, Cubans, Nicaraguans
SAN DIEGO (AP) — US officials say that border crossings soared in August among Venezuelans, Cubans,…
Continue Reading Police: 4 randomly stabbed in Albuquerque, suspect arrested
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police on Monday released the name of a suspect who has been arrested after allegedly stabbing and wounding four people in…
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