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FBI says an infant abducted from New Mexico park has been found safe and suspect is in custody

May. 06, 2024 19:44 PM EDT

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — A Texas man has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two New Mexico women, the wounding of a 5-year-old girl and the kidnapping of an infant, authorities said Monday. Clovis police said the 26-year-old man from the Houston area was taken into...

2 women found dead and 5-year-old girl critically injured in New Mexico park, police say

May. 05, 2024 18:01 PM EDT

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — Two women were found dead and a 5-year-old girl critically injured at a park near Clovis, New Mexico, authorities said Sunday. Meanwhile, police said they are searching for an abducted 10-month-old girl, who is the daughter of one of the victims. No suspect has...

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

May. 05, 2024 17:09 PM EDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was a frigid winter morning when authorities found a Native American man dead on a remote gravel road in western New Mexico. He was lying on his side, with only one sock on, his clothes gone and his shoes tossed in the snow. There were trails of blood...

Many Florida women can't get abortions past 6 weeks. Where else can they go?

May. 05, 2024 02:08 AM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When Florida enacted its six-week abortion ban last week, clinics in several other Southern and mid-Atlantic states sprang into action, knowing women would look to them for services no longer available where they live. Health care providers in North Carolina,...

1 dead, 14 injured after SUV crashed into New Mexico store; driver hit accelerator instead of brakes

Apr. 30, 2024 22:46 PM EDT

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — One person died and 14 others were injured Tuesday after a sports utility vehicle crashed through the front glass wall of a thrift store in Las Cruces, authorities said. First responders said 10 of the injured in Tuesday’s crash were taken to hospitals for...

F-16 fighter jet crashes near Holloman Air Force Base; pilot safely ejects and taken to a hospital

Apr. 30, 2024 17:33 PM EDT

WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK, N.M. (AP) — An F-16 fighter jet crashed west of Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico on Tuesday and the pilot safely ejected, authorities say Base officials said the Fighting Falcon went down near White Sands National Park shortly before noon. ...

New Mexico reaches record settlement over natural gas flaring in the Permian Basin

Apr. 29, 2024 18:08 PM EDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has reached a record settlement with a Texas-based company over air pollution violations at natural gas gathering sites in the Permian Basin. The $24.5 million agreement with Ameredev announced Monday is the largest settlement the state...

'Vampire facials' were linked to cases of HIV. Here's what to know about the beauty treatment

Apr. 29, 2024 15:32 PM EDT

Three women were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report last week, marking the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through cosmetic services using...

Interstate near Arizona-New Mexico line reopens after train derailment as lingering fuel burns off

Apr. 28, 2024 17:47 PM EDT

LUPTON, Ariz. (AP) — Interstate 40 was reopened in both directions Sunday as fire crews continued watch over a controlled burn of remaining fuel from a freight train derailment near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, a local fire chief said. Earlier evacuation orders have now been...

Crews plan to extinguish fire Saturday night from train derailment near Arizona-New Mexico line

Apr. 27, 2024 18:41 PM EDT

LUPTON, Ariz. (AP) — Crews plan to extinguish a fire on Saturday night from a freight train derailment near the Arizona-New Mexico state line that forced the closure of a stretch of Interstate 40. Some wreckage has been removed from the tracks, but about 35 rail cars remain,...