Today: November 14, 2024
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US wildlife managers capture wandering Mexican wolf, attempt dating game ahead of breeding season

A Mexican gray wolf that traveled far beyond the boundaries set in the Southwestern U.S. for managing the endangered species is back in captivity after being captured Saturday in northern New Mexico

US wildlife managers capture wandering Mexican wolf, attempt dating game ahead of breeding season
Science|Technology|World

Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project

Los Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government’s top-secret Manhattan Project

Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project
Crime|News|US

ACLU lawsuit details DWI scheme rocking Albuquerque police

A civil rights group is suing the city of Albuquerque, its police department and top officials on behalf of a man who was among those arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and later forced to pay bribes to get the charges dropped

ACLU lawsuit details DWI scheme rocking Albuquerque police
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US nuclear repository is among the federally owned spots identified for renewable energy projects

Federal officials have identified more than 50 square miles of government-owned property across the U.S. as having great potential for renewable energy projects

US nuclear repository is among the federally owned spots identified for renewable energy projects
Environment|News|US

Navajo Nation adopts changes to tribal law regulating the transportation of uranium across its land

The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. The move is in response to the revival of a uranium mining operation just south of the Grand Canyon that has drawn much criticism from environmentalists and Native American tribes in the region

Navajo Nation adopts changes to tribal law regulating the transportation of uranium across its land
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'We were expendable': Downwinders from world's 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story

Not many people know the world's first detonation of an atomic bomb was on U.S. soil

'We were expendable': Downwinders from world's 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story
Environment|News|Science|World

Watchdogs want US to address extreme plutonium contamination in Los Alamos' Acid Canyon

Watchdogs are raising new concerns about legacy contamination in Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atomic bomb and home to a renewed effort to manufacture key components for nuclear weapons

Watchdogs want US to address extreme plutonium contamination in Los Alamos' Acid Canyon
Health|News|US

House Democrats dig in amid ongoing fight in Congress over compensation for US radiation victims

A top Democrat in the U.S. House says it will take a shift of power in Congress to ensure that legislation is finally passed to extend and expand a compensation program for people exposed to radiation following uranium mining and nuclear testing carried out by the federal government

House Democrats dig in amid ongoing fight in Congress over compensation for US radiation victims
Crime|News|Sports

Jon Jones fights charges stemming from alleged hostility during a drug test at his home

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has pleaded not guilty to a pair of misdemeanor charges stemming from a drug test at his home in which he was accused of being hostile

Jon Jones fights charges stemming from alleged hostility during a drug test at his home
Environment|News|US

Review of prescribed fires finds gaps in key areas as US Forest Service looks to improve safety

It was the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history

Review of prescribed fires finds gaps in key areas as US Forest Service looks to improve safety
Crime|Entertainment|News

Key players: Who's who at Alec Baldwin's trial for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer

A dozen people were inside a movie set church the day Alec Baldwin shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza during a rehearsal for the Western film “Rust.”

Key players: Who's who at Alec Baldwin's trial for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer
Business|Environment|News|Science|US

Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear power

The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work at a mine less than 10 miles from the rim of the Grand Canyon

Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear power
News|US

No human remains are found as search crews comb rubble from New Mexico wildfires

No human remains have been found after search and rescue crews combed through 1,300 damaged and destroyed structures in a New Mexico mountain community hit hard by a pair of wildfires

No human remains are found as search crews comb rubble from New Mexico wildfires
News|US|World

List of missing residents shrinks as New Mexico village seeks recovery from wildfires

Search and rescue crews have been able to trimdown the list of residents unaccounted for after people fled from a New Mexico mountain village from a pair of fast-moving wildfires

List of missing residents shrinks as New Mexico village seeks recovery from wildfires
News|US

Team combs fire-ravaged New Mexico community for remains of the missing

Residents are returning to a fire-ravaged village in the mountains of southern New Mexico

Team combs fire-ravaged New Mexico community for remains of the missing
Environment|News

Escape from killer New Mexico wildfire was 'absolute sheer terror,’ says woman who fled the flames

With little warning, thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as a pair of wildfires ballooned in a single afternoon

Escape from killer New Mexico wildfire was 'absolute sheer terror,’ says woman who fled the flames
Economy|Environment|News|US

Judge dismisses Native American challenge to $10B SunZia energy transmission project in Arizona

A U.S. district judge has dismissed claims by Native American tribes and environmentalists who sought to halt construction along part of a $10 billion energy transmission line

Judge dismisses Native American challenge to $10B SunZia energy transmission project in Arizona
Business|News|Technology

New Mexico judge grants Mark Zuckerberg’s request to be dropped from child safety lawsuit

A New Mexico judge has granted Mark Zuckerberg's request to be dropped from a lawsuit that alleges his company has failed to protect young users on its social media platforms from sexual exploitation

New Mexico judge grants Mark Zuckerberg’s request to be dropped from child safety lawsuit
Environment|News|US|World

Tribes say their future is at stake as they push for Congress to consider Colorado River settlement

Navajo officials are celebrating the signing of legislation outlining a proposed water rights settlement that will ensure supply from the Colorado River and other sources for three Native American tribes and more security for drought-stricken Arizona

Tribes say their future is at stake as they push for Congress to consider Colorado River settlement
Environment|News|US|World

Native American tribes give unanimous approval to proposal securing Colorado River water

The Navajo Nation Council has unanimously approved a proposed water rights settlement that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress

Native American tribes give unanimous approval to proposal securing Colorado River water
Crime|News|US

As US spotlights those missing or dead in Native communities, prosecutors work to solve their cases

From marches and art exhibitions to candlelight vigils, people are gathering across the U.S. to spotlight the high rate of disappearances and killings in Native American communities

As US spotlights those missing or dead in Native communities, prosecutors work to solve their cases
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|News|US

New trial denied for 'Rust' armorer convicted in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin

A New Mexico judge rejected an effort by a movie set armorer challenging her conviction of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust."

New trial denied for 'Rust' armorer convicted in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin
Environment|News|Science|Technology

New Mexico regulators worry about US plans to ship radioactive waste back from Texas

Top officials were gathering Tuesday in southern New Mexico to mark the 25th anniversary of the nation’s only underground repository for radioactive waste

New Mexico regulators worry about US plans to ship radioactive waste back from Texas
Crime|News|US

Prosecutors charge a South Carolina man with carjacking and the killing of a New Mexico officer

Federal prosecutors have charged a South Carolina man with carjacking resulting in death and the gunning down of a New Mexico state police officer who had stopped to help him

Prosecutors charge a South Carolina man with carjacking and the killing of a New Mexico officer
Crime|News|World

Afghan refugee convicted of murder in a case that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community

An Afghan refugee has been found guilty of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook Albuquerque’s Muslim community during the summer of 2022

Afghan refugee convicted of murder in a case that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community

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