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Dent's 23 lead New Mexico past UCSB 84-61
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Donovan Dent's 23 points helped New Mexico defeat UCSB 84-61 on Wednesday night. Dent also added eight assists for the Lobos (8-1). JT Toppin scored 18 points and added three blocks. Tru Washington had 17 points and went 7 of 11 from the field. The Lobos...

Senators tackle gun violence anew while Feinstein's ban on assault weapons fades into history
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the first votes new Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich cast was against legislation from Sen. Dianne Feinstein to reinstate an assault weapons ban in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting. In the decade since, as mass shootings have touched almost...

New Mexico hires Bronco Mendenhall as its new football coach; formerly coached BYU and Virginia
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico hired Bronco Mendenhall as its new head football coach Wednesday. The 57-year-old Mendenhall compiled a 135-81 record over 17 seasons at BYU and Virginia and was 7-7 in bowl games before he stepped away from coaching following the 2021 season. ...

Facebook parent sued by New Mexico alleging it has failed to shield children from predators
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Facebook and Instagram fail to protect underage users from exposure to child sexual abuse material and let adults solicit pornographic imagery from them, New Mexico's attorney general alleges in a lawsuit that follows an undercover online investigation. “Our...
Mitchell leads UCSB against New Mexico after 30-point game
UCSB Gauchos (4-2) at New Mexico Lobos (7-1) Albuquerque, New Mexico; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lobos -12.5; over/under is 158 BOTTOM LINE: UCSB visits the New Mexico Lobos after Ajay Mitchell scored 30 points in UCSB's 70-59...

New Mexico governor proposes $500M to treat fracking wastewater
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico would underwrite development of a strategic new source of water by buying treated water that originates from the used, salty byproducts of oil and natural gas drilling, and help preserve its freshwater aquifers in the process, under a proposal from the state's...
Mitchell leads UCSB against New Mexico after 30-point game
UCSB Gauchos (4-2) at New Mexico Lobos (7-1) Albuquerque, New Mexico; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UCSB visits the New Mexico Lobos after Ajay Mitchell scored 30 points in UCSB's 70-59 victory over the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks. The Lobos have...
Powell scores 14 to lead UTEP over D-II's Western New Mexico 90-62
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Zid Powell's 14 points helped UTEP defeat Division II member Western New Mexico 90-62 on Monday night. Powell added six rebounds for the Miners (6-3). Tae Hardy added 12 points while going 4 of 10 (2 for 5 from 3-point range), and he also had five rebounds and...
Court ‘justice stations’ open in New Mexico, Navajo Nation, allowing more remote appearances
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico officials are setting up “justice stations” in the northwestern part of the state including on the Navajo Nation, in order to help people access state courts without traveling as far. State officials said Monday that newly installed judicial...

The year in review: Influential people who died in 2023
Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded over Russia. Prigozhin's Aug. 23 death...
