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NM to meet with Pueblos in May on Rio Grande governance

BY DANIELLE PROKOP / Source NM The Rio Grande Compact Commission meeting on Friday had a small portion dedicated to describing future meetings with six Middle Rio Grande Pueblos to get tribal perspective on governing the state’s largest river. The three-member commission met for its annual meeting Friday, hearing from legal advisors and New Mexico State […]

Posted inHousing & Homelessness, National News, Syndicated

When red-hot isn’t enough: New government heat risk tool sets magenta as most dangerous level

BY SETH BORENSTEIN / Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget about red hot. A new color-coded heat warning system relies on magenta to alert Americans to the most dangerous conditions they may see this summer. The National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday — Earth Day — presented a […]

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Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback

By MATTHEW PERRONE and ZEKE MILLER / Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. In a statement Friday, Biden’s top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, […]

Posted inNational News, Syndicated

A look at the protests about the war in Gaza that have emerged on US college campuses

By The Associated Press Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week’s arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza — and in […]

Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, National News, Syndicated

These people were charged with interfering in the 2020 election. Some are still in politics today

By KATE BRUMBACK / Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — As Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, criminal charges are piling up for the people who tried to help him stay there in 2020 by promoting false theories of voter fraud. At least five states won in 2020 by President Joe Biden have […]

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Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is overturned by New York’s top court

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press / NEW YORK New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein ’s 2020 rape conviction, reversing a landmark ruling of the #MeToo era. The court found the trial judge unfairly allowed testimony against the ex-movie mogul based on allegations that weren’t part of the case. Weinstein, 72, will remain […]

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Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here’s what’s next

By ASSOCIATED PRESS / WASHINGTON The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. In addition to establishing a potentially historic ruling about the scope of presidential power, […]

Posted inAlbuquerque, Education, Syndicated

Missed deadlines lead to $11.5M veto, upending plans for UNM public health school

BY: Austin Fisher / Source NM New Mexico’s flagship research university missed two deadlines to ask for state money to establish an accredited school of public health within the next year to deal with infectious disease pandemics. The lapse means the UNM Health Sciences Center will not receive $11.5 million for the school, placing in limbo […]