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Border towns key in close US House races amid wall talk
COLUMBUS, N.M. (AP) — Flashing lights shook William Johnson from a deep sleep around midnight earlier this month when U.S. Border Patrol agents surrounded his home. The 71-year-old retired chef peeked out a window, then waited for a knock at the d...
New Mexico Dem outraises GOP hopeful in key US House race
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Democrat Xochitl Torres Small raised more than three times as much money from July through September as Republican Yvette Herrell in a closely watched U.S. House race in southern New Mexico, according to newly released f...
US lacks Latino historical sites and landmarks, scholars say
GLORIETA PASS, N.M. (AP) — A makeshift memorial to Hispanic Civil War Union soldiers in an isolated part northern New Mexico is a typical representation of sites linked to U.S. Latino history: It's shabby, largely unknown and at risk of d...
Priest accused of child sex abuse behind bars pending trial
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A former New Mexico priest who fled the U.S. decades ago amid allegations of child sex abuse will await trial behind bars, a federal judge decided Tuesday, as his accusers in the audience applauded. Defense attorney Samuel W...
FBI: Solar observatory closed after child porn case opened
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The mysterious closure of a solar observatory in New Mexico earlier this month happened after the FBI opened a child pornography investigation involving a janitor's computer found at the observatory, and agents tracked w...
Fugitive New Mexico priest pleads not guilty to sex abuse
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A fugitive priest who fled the U.S. decades ago amid allegations of child sex abuse has been returned to New Mexico to face charges after being arrested in Morocco last year, federal officials said Friday. Arthur J. P...
US Senate hopefuls vow to help Trinity Test descendants
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's three senatorial candidates are promising to help descendants of families who lived through the Trinity Test — a change that descendants say comes after they've worked to get their stories out. Democratic U.S...
Remains found in New Mexico desert tunnel are missing boy
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Forensic investigators said Thursday they identified the remains of a Georgia boy whose father is accused of abducting him and performing purification rituals on the child as he died at a remote New Mexico desert compound. T...
New Mexico gov hopefuls vow to help Trinity Test descendants
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's gubernatorial candidates are promising descendants of families who lived near the world's first atomic bomb test to help them receive financial support from the U.S. government to compensate for generations of h...
AP-NORC Poll: Latinos see health care communication barriers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 6 in 10 Hispanic adults have had a difficult time communicating with a health care provider because of a language or cultural barrier, and when they do they often turn to outside sources for help, according to a new study con...
Rural students struggle on New Mexico's standardized tests
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some rural New Mexico school districts with sizable Native American student populations continue to struggle on the state's standardized test even as Native Americans statewide show progress and larger school districts near r...
New Mexico races could help decide party control of US House
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico voters selected nominees in two key congressional races that could help determine which party controls the U.S. House and make history in November's general election. Former state Democratic Party leader Debra H...
New Mexico vote in tight races for 2 Congressional seats
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico voters will narrow the field Tuesday in two competitive congressional races, including one in a district along the Mexico border involving a GOP-held seat that Democrats have long targeted. The state's other c...
Report: Drought expands; Oklahoma sees worst conditions
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Drought is tightening its grip across the American Southwest as extreme conditions spread from Oklahoma to Utah, according to new federal data released Thursday. On the southern high plains, Oklahoma remains ground zero for t...
AP Explains: Why US militarization of border isn't new
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — President Donald Trump's promise to use the National Guard to secure the U.S.-Mexico border isn't a new concept and is something the U.S. has done in the past for varying reasons. Both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack O...
US museum stalls Hiroshima exhibit over nuke weapon ban push
A museum in Los Alamos, New Mexico — a once-secret New Mexico city that developed the atomic bomb which helped end World War II — has put an exhibit from Japan on hold because of its theme of abolishing nuclear weapons. The Los Alamos Historical Mus...
AP Explains: Why Latinos and Spanish remain political issue
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An attack on 18-year-old Cuban-American and Parkland activist Emma González for not speaking Spanish by an Iowa Republican congressman's campaign staff highlights the pressures U.S.-born Latinos face on language. "This is how...
Officer who adopted addicted baby says parents recovering
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Albuquerque police officer who drew the praise of President Donald Trump for adopting the baby of a heroin addict said the infant's biological parents are finishing rehab on their way to recovery. Officer Ryan Holets r...
'68 Los Angeles school protesters see link to Parkland teens
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Participants of a 1968 Los Angeles high school walkout over dropout rates, paddle beatings for speaking Spanish and other issues say they are hearing echoes of those protests in the voices of outraged students at Marjory S...
New Mexico residents aim to tell Congress about bomb fallout
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Residents of a New Mexico Hispanic village near the site of the world's first atomic bomb test want to share their stories with Congress about health problems they say are linked to the explosion. The Tularosa Basin D...
AP-NORC Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans say Trump a racist
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half of Americans, including large majorities of blacks and Hispanics, think President Donald Trump is a racist. More than half think his policies have made things worse for Hispanics and Muslims, and nearly half say t...
Facebook joins effort to fight opioid crisis in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Facebook is launching an effort to help fight the opioid crisis in New Mexico — a state that has battled heroin addiction for decades, the social media giant announced Tuesday. The tech company said it will work with New Mex...
New Mexico school shooter left note plotting attack, suicide
AZTEC, N.M. (AP) — A 21-year-old gunman who disguised himself as a student to get into a New Mexico high school where he killed two students had caught the attention of U.S. investigators more than a year ago, authorities said Friday. William A...
Students hid in classrooms during shooting that left 3 dead
AZTEC, N.M. (AP) — Students hid in their classrooms, some behind locked doors or in closets, as a gunman opened fire Thursday inside a New Mexico high school, killing two classmates before he ended up dead. Authorities and other officials in the s...
Police: Gunman disguised himself, randomly killed at school
AZTEC, N.M. (AP) — A 21-year-old gunman who disguised himself as a student to get into a New Mexico high school where he killed two students had caught the attention of U.S. investigators more than a year ago, authorities said Friday. William A...
