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  • DALLAS, TEXAS – SEPTEMBER 25: Law enforcement vehicles are stationed at the entrance of a U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) detention facility following a shooting on September 25, 2025 in Dallas, Texas. A detainee was killed and two others were critically injured in a sniper attack on September 24th at the detention facility alongside Interstate 35. Reports have identified the gunman as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, who was later found dead from a self-inflicted gun wound. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Politics

    Emergency services were called by staff at ICE’s largest detention facility almost once a day for five months straight

    By The Associated Press, Michael Biesecker, and others
  • Zuckerberg walks away from the courthouse surrounded by people in suits.Law

    ‘That’s not what we’re trying to do’: Mark Zuckerberg rejects claims that Facebook and Instagram are addictive at New Mexico social media trial

    By Morgan Lee and The Associated Press
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    Mark Zuckerberg, Adam Mosseri’s words used against them in never-before-seen videos airing in addiction trial

    By Morgan Lee and The Associated Press
  • A newly built warehouse is seen on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, in Social Circle, Ga., where officials are concerned about U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s plans connected to a $45-billion expansion of immigrant detention centers. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)Politics

    At least 20 communities with large warehouses are stealth targets for massive ICE detention centers. ‘There was absolutely no warning’

    By Heather Hollingsworth, Morgan Lee, and others
  • grishamPolitics

    New Mexico’s historic move to give universal child care to parents in the state is paid for by an oil and gas windfall

    By Morgan Lee, Savannah Peters, and others
  • hegsethPolitics

    Pete Hegseth’s plan to test anti-cartel lasers shut down the El Paso airport for a full day, sources say

    By Seung Min Kim, Ben Finley, and others
  • New MexicoEnvironment

    ‘It’s so dystopian. It’s sad’: The Rio Grande River is so dry that Texas, Colorado and New Mexico are squabbling over groundwater

    By Susan Montoya Bryan, Morgan Lee, and others
  • Lujan GrishamPolitics

    New Mexico declares state of emergency as ‘surge in criminal activity’ sweeps the state

    By Morgan Lee and The Associated Press
  • CAPTION CORRECTS THE ID – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, center, watched by Governors Larry Rodin of South Dakota, right, and Jared Polis of Colorado, talks about priorities for affordable housing and public lands in Santa Fe, N.M., on Monday, June 23, 2025, at a meeting of the Western Governor’s Association. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)Politics

    GOP wants to unload 3,125 square miles of federal public land but western governors aren’t convinced

    By Morgan Lee and The Associated Press
  • Border Patrol personnel deploy tear gas during a demonstration over the dozens detained in an operation by federal immigration authorities a day earlier in Paramount section of Los Angeles Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)Politics

    Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops over governor’s objections to LA to quell protests

    By Michelle L. Price, Eric Thayer, and others
  • A slew of police cars surround a plane crash in ArizonaLifestyle

    2 dead after a pair of small planes collide on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona

    By Morgan Lee, Sejal Govindarao, and others
  • FILE – Measles and tetanus vaccine vials are ready to be administered at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, on March 8, 2019. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP)Health

    Texas and New Mexico have measles outbreaks. Here’s what to know about vaccines and the disease

    By Devi Shastri, Morgan Lee, and others
  • Migrants who were deported from the U.S. to Mexico are transported to a shelter, as they cross the El Chaparral bridge in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)Politics

    Trump move to deport ‘millions and millions’ of immigrants could quickly max out ICE’s detention center beds

    By Morgan Lee, Stephen Groves, and others
  • FILE – Actor Alec Baldwin attends his trial for involuntary manslaughter for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie “Rust,” July 12, 2024, at Santa Fe County District Court in Santa Fe, N.M. (Ramsay de Give/Pool Photo via AP, File)Finance

    Alec Baldwin is suing for malicious prosecution after judge dismisses case against him in fatal ‘Rust’ set shooting

    By Morgan Lee and The Associated Press
  • Alec BaldwinFeatures

    Prosecutors withdraw appeal against Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting on set of ‘Rust’

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