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Border arrests plunge 29% in June to the lowest of Biden’s presidency as asylum halt takes hold

SAN DIEGO (AP) โ€” Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plunged 29% in June, the lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency, according to figures released Monday that provide another window on the impact of a new rule to temporarily suspend asylum. Arrests totaled 83,536 in June, down from 117,901 in May to mark […]

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Jon Jones due in court to face 2 charges stemming from alleged hostility during drug testing

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) โ€” UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones is due in court to face a pair of misdemeanor charges that stem from a drug test at his New Mexico home in March in which he was accused of being hostile. A bond hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in an Albuquerque court on charges that […]

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Judge Cannon dismisses Trump classified documents case over concerns with prosecutor’s appointment

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump in Florida dismissed the prosecution on Monday, siding with defense lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. The decision by U.S. District Judge […]

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Man rams car into anti-Trump protesters in Nob Hill Saturday

Just hours before the world’s attention turned to an apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, Albuquerque police were called to investigate an incident apparently targeting anti-Trump protesters in Nob Hill. Social media posts spread quickly Saturday with reports that two men parked near Central Avenue and Wellesley Drive in Nob Hill […]

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What we know about the 20-year-old suspect in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” The man who officials say tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump was a 20-year-old from a Pittsburgh suburb not far from the campaign rally where one attendee was killed. Investigators were working Sunday to gather more information about Thomas Matthew Crooks of […]

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The Secret Service is investigating how a gunman who shot and injured Trump was able to get so close

By REBECCA SANTANA, MICHAEL BIESECKER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” The U.S. Secret Service is investigating how a gunman armed with an AR-style rifle was able to get close enough to shoot and injure former President Donald Trump at a rally Saturday in Pennsylvania, a monumental failure of one of the agency’s […]

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The Latest: New details emerge about Trump rally shooting suspect

The Associated Press – A shooting at Donald Trump ‘s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania is being investigated as an attempted assassination of the former president and presumptive Republican nominee, law enforcement officials say. Trump called Sunday for unity and resilience as shocked leaders across the political divide reacted to the shooting. The Secret Service said […]

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From Research to Clinical Practice: Applying Lessons Learned from Long COVID Study

By Chris Ramirez, UNM Health After nearly three years of studying the effects of โ€œLong COVIDโ€, a variety of symptoms that linger after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, University of New Mexico clinicians are using research findings to enhance and improve treatment plans for patients.   In late 2021, UNM joined two large national studies of patients through […]