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MORGAN LEE

MORGAN LEE

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Crime|Election|Political|US

Democratic prosecutor in crime-torn Albuquerque launches bid for New Mexico governor

A Democratic district attorney in the eye of New Mexico’s tempest over crime and accountability is running for governor in the state as the National Guard prepares to deploy to New Mexico's largest city to shore up public safety

Democratic prosecutor in crime-torn Albuquerque launches bid for New Mexico governor
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|US

A court is allowing the release of most records in the Gene Hackman death investigation

A New Mexico court has cleared the way for the release of investigative records from the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, as long as depictions of the deceased couple are blocked from view

A court is allowing the release of most records in the Gene Hackman death investigation
Americas|Crime|US

3 killed and 15 hurt in a shooting at a park in New Mexico’s Las Cruces

Police in New Mexico say three people have been fatally shot and 15 others were injured during an altercation at a park in the desert city of Las Cruces

3 killed and 15 hurt in a shooting at a park in New Mexico’s Las Cruces
Americas|Crime|US

Teens are charged with murder in the hit-and-run of a bicyclist posted on social media

Police say a 13-year-old boy has been charged with murder in an apparently deliberate hit-and-run of a bicyclist heading to work in Albuquerque

Teens are charged with murder in the hit-and-run of a bicyclist posted on social media
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World

US transfers immigrants out of Guantanamo Bay to Louisiana as court weighs legality

Authorities have removed U.S. immigrants from detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay as a federal court in Washington weighs a challenge by civil rights advocates to holding immigrants at the offshore military station

US transfers immigrants out of Guantanamo Bay to Louisiana as court weighs legality
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|Health|US

Gene Hackman's estate asks court to block release of death investigation records

The estate of deceased actor Gene Hackman is seeking to block the public release of autopsy and investigative reports related to the deaths of Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa, especially photographs and video

Gene Hackman's estate asks court to block release of death investigation records
Americas|Crime|Political|US

Immigration officials defend authority to hold migrants at Guantanamo Bay

U.S. immigration and military authorities say that immigrants from 27 countries were being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba, while revealing new details of conditions of confinement and defending the government’s authority to transfer and hold immigrants to the military base

Immigration officials defend authority to hold migrants at Guantanamo Bay
Arts|Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|Health|US

Gene Hackman died at home a week after wife Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus, authorities say

Forensic experts came to a simple but heartrending conclusion about the manner of death for 95-year-old actor Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman died at home a week after wife Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus, authorities say
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|US

Gene Hackman's dog was misidentified as other mysteries swirl around actor's death

One discrepancy in the death of actor Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and one of their three beloved dogs has been resolved after authorities mistakenly identified the deceased dog as a German shepherd

Gene Hackman's dog was misidentified as other mysteries swirl around actor's death
Americas|Political|US

Nearly 200 Venezuelan migrants are flown home from Guantanamo Bay, with a layover in Honduras

Nearly 200 Venezuelan immigrants to the U.S. have returned to their home country after being detained at Guantanamo Bay in a flurry of flights that forged an unprecedented pathway for U.S. deportations

Nearly 200 Venezuelan migrants are flown home from Guantanamo Bay, with a layover in Honduras
Crime|US|World

2 people are dead in a small plane collision at a southern Arizona airport

A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona has killed two people

2 people are dead in a small plane collision at a southern Arizona airport
Health|Science|US

Measles cases continue to rise in rural parts of West Texas, with 124 confirmed

The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 124 cases across nine counties

Measles cases continue to rise in rural parts of West Texas, with 124 confirmed
Political|US

More than a dozen state attorneys general challenge Musk and DOGE’s authority

Attorneys general from 14 states are challenging the authority of billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to access sensitive government data and exercise “virtually unchecked power.”

More than a dozen state attorneys general challenge Musk and DOGE’s authority
Americas|Crime|Political|US

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

A police officer has been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man during a 2022 confrontation at a New Mexico gas station

Crime|Political|US

Officers plead guilty in DWI police corruption probe in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Two former Albuquerque police officers have agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of racketeering, extortion and accepting bribes in a sweeping corruption investigation into a scheme that allegedly allowed people arrested for driving while intoxicated to evade conviction, according to court records

Americas|Political|US

Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump's policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk

Demonstrators have gathered in cities across the U.S. to protest the Trump administration’s early actions

Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump's policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk
Economy|Election|Environment|Political|US

Deb Haaland made history as Interior secretary. Now she’s running for governor of New Mexico

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is running for the Democratic nomination for governor in New Mexico after championing conservation and clean energy during her tenure as Interior secretary under President Joe Biden

Deb Haaland made history as Interior secretary. Now she’s running for governor of New Mexico
Business|Crime|Economy|Political|US

Immigrant detention beds may be maxed out as Trump moves to deport 'millions and millions'

President Donald Trump’s promise to deport “millions and millions” of immigrants will hinge on securing money for detention centers

Immigrant detention beds may be maxed out as Trump moves to deport 'millions and millions'
News|Political|US|World

Bill Richardson is mourned in New Mexico after globe-trotting career, lies in state at Capitol

Friends and admirers of former Gov. Bill Richardson are mourning the hard-charging politician whose career spanned the globe, from mountain villages of northern New Mexico as a youthful congressman to the United Nations and a litany of countries on unofficial diplomatic missions that often helped free imprisoned Americans

Bill Richardson is mourned in New Mexico after globe-trotting career, lies in state at Capitol
Crime|News|US

New Mexico governor amends order suspending right to carry firearms to focus on parks, playgrounds

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has narrowed an order that broadly suspended the right to carry firearms in and around Albuquerque to apply only to public parks and playgrounds where children and their families gather

New Mexico governor amends order suspending right to carry firearms to focus on parks, playgrounds
Americas|Asia|Business|Economy|Finance|Political|US

State governors from Arizona, New Mexico seek stronger economic ties with Taiwan

Governors from the Southwestern United States are pursuing stronger business ties with Taiwan in hopes of attracting new foreign investments and jobs to their landlocked states

State governors from Arizona, New Mexico seek stronger economic ties with Taiwan
Crime|News|US

Weapons charges dropped in 2018 raid on family compound in desert that turned up child's remains

Two firearms charges have been dismissed amid preparations for a trial against an extended family arrested in a 2018 law enforcement raid on a ramshackle desert compound in northern New Mexico and the discovery of a young boy’s decomposed body

Weapons charges dropped in 2018 raid on family compound in desert that turned up child's remains
News

Jury selection opens in terrorism trial of extended family members dating to 2018 New Mexico raid

Jury selection has begun in the trial of several members of an extended family who face trial on kidnapping and terrorism charges linked to a law enforcement raid on their squalid New Mexico encampment in 2018

Jury selection opens in terrorism trial of extended family members dating to 2018 New Mexico raid
News|US

New Mexico trial begins over allegations that Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map

Accusations that New Mexico’s Democratic-led Legislature unfairly diluted the vote of a politically conservative oil-producing region with its redistricting map have gone to trial

New Mexico trial begins over allegations that Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map
Crime|News|US

Abduction and terrorism trial after boy found dead at New Mexico compound opens with mom's testimony

Federal prosecutors presented tearful testimony Tuesday from the mother of a sickly toddler who was whisked away from his Georgia home by relatives without her permission to a remote desert encampment in northern New Mexico where he died

Abduction and terrorism trial after boy found dead at New Mexico compound opens with mom's testimony

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