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Actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, arrive in January 2003 at the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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  • Arts & Life

An autopsy confirms Gene Hackman died from heart disease

Hackman was also in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease and likely had not eaten for a long time, according to the new report. The actor, 95, had been in poor health for some time.

April 29, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Former Las Cruces Police officer Brad Lunsford looks toward the gallery during his trial in the fatal shooting of Presley Eze, in Las Cruces, N.M., on Feb. 4.

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  • Law

New Mexico jury convicts former officer in fatal shooting of Black man at gas station

Las Cruces police Officer Brad Lunsford's verdict is the latest outcome in cases that prosecutors have linked to systematic brutality against Black people by members of law enforcement.

February 13, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
This combination of file photos shows Vice President Harris speaking during a campaign rally in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Oct. 26, and former President Donald Trump during a rally Oct. 22 in Greensboro, N.C.

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  • Politics

Harris and Trump are bringing their closing arguments to 2 key Southwest swing states

With five days left until Election Day, the candidates are expected to make a pitch to Latino voters in Arizona and Nevada — and talk about border security, one of the biggest issues for the campaign.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Tamara Keith
Fidel Martinez raises a quarter-acre of chile at his ancestral home in Chimayo, but he only gives it away to family and friends.

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  • National

A rare treat getting rarer: Chimayo Red, New Mexico's 'holy chile'

A beloved heirloom variety of New Mexico red chile commands high prices because of its scarcity. Finding farmers to continue cultivating it has become a challenge.

September 21, 2024
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By:
  • John Burnett
Gabriel Vasquez speaks at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus event welcoming new Latino members to Congress at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 18, 2022. Vasquez is locked in a tight reelection fight against his GOP challenger, Yvette Herrell.

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  • Politics

The contest in one New Mexico swing district mirrors a larger, anxious electorate

Democrats and Republicans both think they can win the state's Second Congressional District — one of the swingiest in the country — where immigration and abortion rights are dominating the debate.

September 21, 2024
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By:
  • Claudia Grisales
Smoke from the South Fork Fire reflects a pink hue during sunrise Tuesday as law enforcement officers turn drivers away on State Road 48 at State 220 because of wildfires burning near Ruidoso, N.M.

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  • National

New Mexico governor declares emergency as thousands flee wildfire

The office of New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham confirmed at least one death as the state of emergency covers the village of Ruidoso and neighboring tribal lands.

June 19, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
This electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS.

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  • Health

CDC says 3 women diagnosed with HIV after receiving 'vampire facial'

Although HIV transmission from contaminated blood through unsterile injection is a well-known risk, the CDC said this is the first documentation of probable infections involving cosmetic services.

April 29, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Melissa Wyaco supervises about two dozen public health nurses who search for patients across the Navajo Nation who have tested positive for or have been exposed to syphilis.

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  • Health

Native Americans are hardest hit by syphilis surge

Rates are so bad in Native American communities that public health experts have asked the federal government to declare an emergency. Inadequate prenatal care may be partly to blame.

March 21, 2024
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By:
  • Cecilia Nowell
The road to the city-run gun range in Albuquerque, N.M. Police think the local culture around guns has changed, and one undercover cop estimates half the cars on the road now carry a firearm.

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  • National

The governor tried banning guns in Albuquerque. The public health emergency continues

N.M. Gov. Michelle Luhan Grisham's temporary ban on guns in the Albuquerque area caused a political firestorm. The ban, since scaled back, faces legal challenges. Meanwhile, shootings haven't stopped.

October 18, 2023
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
Reva Stewart preparing to meet people without housing at a park in Phoenix

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  • Mental Health

Fake 'sober homes' targeting Native Americans scam millions from taxpayers

The scale of a scam to recruit Native Americans into fake treatment for substance in Phoenix and bill the government fraudulently is now emerging. It's huge.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Alice Fordham
Xochitl Torres Small is sworn in as the Department of Agriculture's deputy secretary at USDA in Washington, D.C., on July 17. She was sworn in by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack.

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  • Politics

USDA brings on Xochitl Torres Small, the first Latina deputy secretary

Her promotion comes during a busy time for USDA. There is a farm bill on the Hill as well as a broader focus from Democrats on rural America.

July 18, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Movie-goers evacuate the Century Rio movie theater as officers respond to a shooting at the theater located at 4901 Pan American freeway in northeast Albuquerque, N.M., on Sunday, June 25, 2023.

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  • National

A man is fatally shot in a New Mexico movie theater over a seat dispute

The Albuquerque Police Department filed charges Monday in court against a 19-year-old man in connection with the Sunday evening shooting at a cinema complex next to an interstate highway.

June 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Motorcycles line Main Street in Red River, N.M., on Sunday.

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  • National

3 killed in a shootout at a New Mexico motorcycle rally were rival biker gang members

Three people were killed and five were wounded in a shooting at an annual motorcycle rally in a New Mexico town late Saturday afternoon, the mayor said.

May 29, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Jade Vandiver holds her son Ezra at home in Clayton, New Mexico. Vandiver joined a federally funded rural maternity program while pregnant with Ezra.

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  • Health

This telehealth program is a lifeline for New Mexico's pregnant moms. Will it end?

A federal program in remote New Mexico has helped hundreds of pregnant mothers stay healthy, but it's running out of time and money despite a growing national maternity care crisis.

May 13, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Jane Tribble
Jonathan Mitchell, pictured on April 27 inside the statehouse in Austin, Texas, is credited with devising the legal strategy behind the near-total abortion ban in Texas known as S.B. 8.

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  • National

He helped craft the 'bounty hunter' abortion law in Texas. He's just getting started

The attorney Jonathan Mitchell is known for leveraging the law to achieve his conservative clients' goals — regardless of the potential political fallout.

May 08, 2023
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  • Sarah McCammon
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