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Videos, 911 calls capture frantic response to deadly New Mexico rampage
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Hundreds of frantic calls poured in to dispatchers about a barrage of gunfire and bloodied victims along a busy street during this month's deadly shooting in Farmington, prompting authorities to rush to the chaotic scene not knowing what was in store. ...
Phoenix faces dueling lawsuits over homeless crisis as advocates scramble for more shelter
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix is facing dueling lawsuits as it tries to manage a crisis of homelessness that has converted its downtown into a tent city housing hundreds of people as summer temperatures soar. The city was ordered by the local Superior Court to clear out the downtown...
New Mexico convenes law enforcement commission to disrupt organized crime
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's governor announced a new effort to confront organized crime Wednesday by convening a specialized commission of local prosecutors and leading law enforcement officials. Organized crime in New Mexico has recently spurred the adoption of criminal...
New Mexico homelessness spikes as housing costs surge
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A tally of the homeless population in New Mexico shows an abrupt jump in the number of people living without permanent housing or with no shelter at all, according to the legislative agency focused on budgeting and accountability. A spot-count commissioned by...
Ex-New Mexico State basketball player not facing charges in fatal shooting
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Former New Mexico State basketball player Mike Peake will not face charges in a fatal shooting on a rival college’s campus last year, according to authorities. The Bernalillo District Attorney’s Office said in a statement Monday evening that “the...
New Mexico Supreme Court issues opinion to provides guidance about pretrial detention
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court issued an opinion Monday providing guidance to district courts in deciding pretrial detention requests from prosecutors and clarifying when the judiciary can deny bail under the state’s no-money bail system. The justices...
New Mexican Spanish, a unique American dialect, survives mostly in prayers
HOLMAN, N.M. (AP) — On a spring Saturday afternoon, two “hermanos” knelt to pray in the chapel of their Catholic brotherhood of St. Isidore the Farmer, nestled by the pine forest outside this hamlet in a high mountain valley. Fidel Trujillo and Leo Paul Pacheco’s words...
Fired New Mexico archaeological official sues governor, others
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The former director of the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies is suing state officials, saying his race and gender played a role in his firing. Eric Blinman filed a lawsuit in federal court late Thursday against Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, state...
Videos show gunman saying 'kill me' to onrushing officers in New Mexico rampage
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Videos released Thursday of this week’s deadly rampage in northwest New Mexico recorded a voice said to be the shooter urging police to “kill me” and officers rushing toward the 18-year-old gunman before fatally shooting him outside a church. “He is...
'Rust' weapons supervisor wants charges dropped in Alec Baldwin shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Attorneys for the weapons supervisor on the New Mexico film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer asked a judge Thursday to dismiss her involuntary manslaughter charge, as Baldwin's was last month. The motion filed in Santa Fe County court...
