WASHINGTON / ASSOCIATED PRESS The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country. The DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and […]
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US and Mexico will boost deportation flights and enforcement to crack down on illegal migration
By SEUNG MIN KIM / Associated Press President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are moving swiftly on new steps to crack down on illegal migration that include tougher enforcement on railways, on buses and in airports as well as increased repatriation flights for migrants from both the U.S. and Mexico. The two […]
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Police detain UNM protesters, spray one with chemical agent on encampment’s ninth day
BY SHAUN GRISWOLD / Source NM The University of New Mexico Gaza Solidarity Encampment started its ninth day on Tuesday with part of the camp inside the main campus Student Union Building. By 4 a.m., police destroyed the five tents set up by the group demanding UNM divest from the state of Israel, and New Mexico […]
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College protesters want ‘amnesty.’ At stake: Tuition, legal charges, grades and graduation
By JOCELYN GECKER / Associated Press Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours. But the next evening, the college junior received an email from the university. […]
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New Mexico reaches record settlement over natural gas flaring in the Permian Basin
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN / Associated Press 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 Environment Department has ever reached for a civil oil and […]
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CDC: ‘Vampire facials’ at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico led to HIV infections in three women
By ALEXA ST. JOHN / ASSOCIATED PRESS 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 needles. Federal health officials said […]
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NM to meet with Pueblos in May on Rio Grande governance
BY DANIELLE PROKOP / Source NM The Rio Grande Compact Commission meeting on Friday had a small portion dedicated to describing future meetings with six Middle Rio Grande Pueblos to get tribal perspective on governing the state’s largest river. The three-member commission met for its annual meeting Friday, hearing from legal advisors and New Mexico State […]
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Freight train derailment, fire forces Interstate 40 closure near Arizona-New Mexico line
ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A freight train carrying fuel derailed and caught fire Friday near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, forcing the closure of interstate highway that serves as a key trucking route. No injuries were reported in the midday train wreck east of Houck, the Arizona Department of Transportation said in a […]
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When red-hot isn’t enough: New government heat risk tool sets magenta as most dangerous level
BY SETH BORENSTEIN / Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget about red hot. A new color-coded heat warning system relies on magenta to alert Americans to the most dangerous conditions they may see this summer. The National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday — Earth Day — presented a […]
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Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback
By MATTHEW PERRONE and ZEKE MILLER / Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. In a statement Friday, Biden’s top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, […]