Tetairoa McMillan’s record performance lifts No. 21 Arizona to 61-39 win over New Mexico
AP Sports Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — New Mexico had a plan in place to slow Tetairoa McMillan, one that included multiple coverages against…
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Seth McGowan’s late TD run lifts New Mexico State over Southeast Missouri State 23-16 in opener
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Seth McGowan scored on a 3-yard run with less than two minutes to play to rally New Mexico State to a 23-16 victory over…
Continue Reading Border arrests are expected to rise slightly in August but are hovering near 4-year lows
Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico during August are expected to rise slightly from July, officials…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation adopts changes to tribal law regulating the transportation of uranium across its land
Associated Press The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of…
Continue Reading Afghan refugee accused in a case that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community reaches plea agreement
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Afghan refugee who was convicted earlier this year of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook…
Continue Reading New Mexico looking for a new state Public Education Department secretary for K-12 schools
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is looking for a new state Public Education Department secretary for K-12 schools. Again. Arsenio Romero resigned…
Continue Reading Errol Morris examines migrant family separation with NBC News in ‘Separated’
AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Filmmaker Errol Morris turned his lens toward the U.S. government’s border policies and family separation in…
Continue Reading Death toll is now 9 in listeria outbreak tied to Boar’s Head deli meat, CDC says
AP Health Writer At least nine people have died after being infected with listeria from Boar’s Head deli meats tied to a massive recall last…
Continue Reading Salmon will soon swim freely in the Klamath River for first time in a century once dams are removed
Associated Press For the first time in more than a century, salmon will soon have free passage along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a…
Continue Reading Social platform X edits AI chatbot after election officials warn that it spreads misinformation
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The social media platform X has made a change to its AI chatbot after five secretaries of state warned it was…
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Kroger and Albertsons defend merger plan in federal court against US regulators’ objections
Associated Press Writers PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Supermarket chain Albertsons told a federal judge Monday that it might have to lay off workers,…
Continue Reading Kroger and Albertsons hope to merge but must face a skeptical US government in court first
AP Business Writer The largest proposed grocery store merger in U.S. history is going to court. On one side are supermarket chains Kroger and…
Continue Reading ‘We were expendable’: Downwinders from world’s 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story
Associated Press LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — It was the summer of 1945 when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan, killing thousands of…
Continue Reading Jones, Humphrey run wild in final minutes and Montana State stuns New Mexico 35-31
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Adam Jones scored on a 93-yard dash and Scottre Humphrey added a 4-yard run for the go-ahead score as Montana State scored…
Continue Reading Senators demand the USDA fix its backlog of food distribution to Native American tribes
Associated Press A bipartisan group of senators is demanding immediate action from USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsack after several tribal nations…
Continue Reading Google agreed to pay millions for California news. Journalists call it a bad deal
Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Google will soon give California millions of dollars to help pay for local journalism jobs in a…
Continue Reading Judge blocks Arizona lithium drilling that tribe says is threat to sacred lands
Associated Press A federal judge has temporarily blocked exploratory drilling for a lithium project in Arizona that tribal leaders say will harm land…
Continue Reading Triple-digit temperatures scorch Texas as millions across Southwest under excessive heat warnings
Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Summer heat scorched Texas and the Southwest on Wednesday, pushing Phoenix to nearly 90 consecutive days of…
Continue Reading Nevada Supreme Court declines to wade into flap over certification of election results, for now
Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Supreme Court declined Tuesday to wade into an electoral controversy despite pleas from the…
Continue Reading Authorities investigate death of airman based in New Mexico
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities have started investigating the death of a 28-year-old airman who was based at Cannon Air Force Base…
Continue Reading Dry desert heat blasts much of the US Southwest despite some cooling rain in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) — Daytime desert heat is blasting much of the U.S. Southwest, but some monsoon rain spelled brief weekend relief for the city of…
Continue Reading Phoenix police detail cases included in DOJ report outlining excessive force, racial discrimination
PHOENIX (AP) — The city of Phoenix and its police force have launched a new website in response to a recent scathing U.S. Justice Department report…
Continue Reading Border arrests drop 33% to a 46-month low in July after asylum restrictions take hold
WASHINGTON (AP) — Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plummeted 33% in July to the lowest level since September 2020, a result of…
Continue Reading Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will lose same amount of Colorado River water next year as in 2024
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will continue to live with less water next year from the Colorado River after the…
Continue Reading Watchdogs want US to address extreme plutonium contamination in Los Alamos’ Acid Canyon
Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Watchdogs are raising new concerns about legacy contamination in Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atomic…
Continue Reading Head of Theodore Roosevelt National Park departs North Dakota job
Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The top official of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota has left her position, but details…
Continue Reading As Colorado River states await water cuts, they struggle to find agreement on longer-term plans
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is expected to announce water cuts soon that would affect some of the 40 million people…
Continue Reading Takeaways: Harris’ approach to migration was more nuanced than critics or allies portray it
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As thousands of immigrants approached the U.S. border in early 2021, President Joe Biden tapped his…
Continue Reading Presented with rise in border crossings, Kamala Harris chose a long-term approach to the problem
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, watching tens of thousands of migrants from Central America reach the U.S.-Mexico border…
Continue Reading House Democrats dig in amid ongoing fight in Congress over compensation for US radiation victims
Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A top Democrat in the U.S. House says it will take a shift of power in Congress to ensure that…
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