Virgin Galactic rocket ship ascends from New Mexico
Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to...
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Counties without coronavirus are mostly rural, poor
As the coronavirus rages across the United States, mainly in large urban areas, more than a third of U.S. counties have yet to report a single positive test result for...
2 El Paso victims die at hospital, raising death toll to 22
Two more victims of the mass shooting at a crowded Walmart in El Paso, Texas, over the weekend died at a hospital on Monday, raising the death toll for the...
Trump’s sanctuary city idea could help some immigrants stay in the country
An idea floated by President Donald Trump to send immigrants from the border to "sanctuary cities" to exact revenge on Democratic foes could end up doing the migrants a favor...
New Mexico bill would create first state-run pot shops in U.S.
New Mexico would become the first U.S. state to set up its own government-operated marijuana stores and subsidize medical cannabis for the poor under a bill brokered between Republicans and...
3 from New Mexico compound freed as charges tossed
A judge on Wednesday dismissed child neglect charges against three of five people arrested at a remote desert compound in northern New Mexico where 11 children were found living in...
Kids at New Mexico compound near Colorado border were trained to commit school shootings, prosecutor says
For months, neighbors worried about a squalid compound built along a remote New Mexico plain, saying they brought their concerns to authorities long before sheriff's officials found 11 hungry children...
Ties to Donald Trump haunt lone GOP candidate for New Mexico governor
Republicans are pinning their hopes for keeping hold of the governor's office in New Mexico on a mild-mannered congressman who helped Donald Trump win his district along the U.S. border...
Experts work on high-tech fix for fading Georgia O’Keeffe paintings
Art conservation experts hope new digital imaging tools can help them slow damage to Georgia O'Keeffe paintings -- and the vast majority of 20th Century paintings hanging in museums.
U.S., Mexico reach deal to conserve Colorado River water
The United States and Mexico unveiled an agreement Wednesday to preserve the overtaxed Colorado River, including spending millions of dollars on conservation and environmental projects and drawing up plans to...