Red flag laws get little use as shootings, gun deaths soar
By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press Chicago is one of the nation’s gun violence hotspots and a seemingly ideal place to employ Illinois’…
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Minnesota opens with 38-0 win over Kill, New Mexico State
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jerry Kill’s unexpected return to Minnesota with his rebuilding team was a predictably…
Continue Reading New assessments show New Mexico students still struggling
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Most New Mexico students are not proficient when it comes to math, science or…
Continue Reading New Mexico judiciary endorses elimination of some court fees
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s judiciary has endorsed the elimination of court fees for traffic violations and…
Continue Reading New Mexico Supreme Court details ruling on stream access
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday detailed its legal reasoning for a…
Continue Reading Lawyers: Eastman advised to plead the Fifth in Georgia probe
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for John Eastman, a lead architect of some of Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in power…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor pledges $10M for new abortion clinic
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor on Wednesday signed a new executive order that pledges $10…
Continue Reading Researchers: Pretrial detention plans wouldn’t reduce crime
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Legislative proposals intended to make it easier to keep certain criminal defendants in jail while awaiting trial would…
Continue Reading Federal fugitive fatally shot by police in Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia are investigating the fatal police shooting of a federal fugitive. Virginia State Police said…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor issues pardons to 6 people
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday pardoned six people for convictions ranging from fraud and larceny to…
Continue Reading Lawmakers ask about self-sufficiency of New Mexico spaceport
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some members of a legislative financial oversight committee asked Monday whether…
Continue Reading Supreme Court climate ruling could impact nuclear waste case
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on climate change could have implications for a range of…
Continue Reading Authorities ID teen girl killed in Arizona school van crash
SANDERS, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a teenage girl who died when a school van was hit from behind by a semi-truck in…
Continue Reading Albuquerque woman accused of embezzling $175K from employer
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An Albuquerque woman is accused of embezzling more than $175,000 from her former employer over a six-year span, according to…
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Lee sparks Nevada to 23-12 victory over NMSU in opener
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Devonte Lee ran for two second-quarter touchdowns and Nevada turned back New Mexico State 23-12 in a season opener on…
Continue Reading New Mexico man charged with supporting Islamic State group
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man has been arrested and charged with trying to provide material support to the Islamic State group and…
Continue Reading NAACP supports removal of Cowboys for Trump cofounder
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The NAACP is supporting efforts to bar a New Mexico-based county commissioner from public…
Continue Reading New Mexico Supreme Court dismisses inmates’ COVID lawsuit
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court is upholding a lower court decision to dismiss a lawsuit that sought to release prison inmates…
Continue Reading Afghan refugee enters not guilty plea in Muslim slayings
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A lawyer for an Afghan refugee accused in the Albuquerque slayings of three Muslim…
Continue Reading Eastern Kentucky player charged with robbing postal carrier
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Eastern Kentucky defensive back Marquae Kirkendoll has been charged with robbing a postal carrier in New Mexico and is no…
Continue Reading USDA scattering rabies vaccines for wildlife in 13 states
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun scattering millions of packets of oral…
Continue Reading Rare Nevada fish to get full review for possible US listing
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials say there’s enough evidence a rare fish along the California-Nevada…
Continue Reading ‘Forever chemicals’ pose urgent concern in New Mexico
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top environmental regulator on Thursday warned state lawmakers that…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor tests positive for COVID
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday morning and was receiving an antiviral drug treatment.…
Continue Reading Pecos River rises as New Mexico towns prepare for flooding
LAKE ARTHUR, N.M. (AP) — Authorities in eastern New Mexico on Wednesday warned residents of continued flooding along the Pecos River. Storm runoff…
Continue Reading New Mexico won’t deny law licenses over immigration status
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico will no longer deny licenses to practice law solely because of an applicant’s…
Continue Reading Record-setting wildfire in New Mexico declared contained
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — More than four grueling months and $300 million later, the federal government has…
Continue Reading Hopi teens see need for skateboarding park, make it happen
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press VILLAGE OF TEWA, Ariz. (AP) — They skateboarded on basketball courts and in parking lots, through highway…
Continue Reading 2 women arrested in alleged child abuse case in New Mexico
TEXICO, N.M. (AP) — Two women in eastern New Mexico have been arrested for allegedly beating children in their care and chaining them to their beds…
Continue Reading Heavy rain floods streets across Dallas-Fort Worth area
By JAMIE STENGLE and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Heavy rains across the drought-stricken Dallas-Fort Worth area on Monday caused…
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