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NM mom: I followed instincts in chasing abductor
Melissa Torrez didn't even think when teenagers in her apartment complex said a man had just grabbed her 4-year-old girl and drove away. She jumped ...
Mom in NM chases down child abductor; man arrested
A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt and the arrest of the ...
Social media raises concern about Disney trademark
When Lalo Alcaraz learned this week that Disney was seeking to trademark "Dia de los Muertos," the name of the traditional "Day of the Dead" ...
Elon Musk's SpaceX signs lease at NM spaceport
Another space industry heavyweight has signed on to use New Mexico's Spaceport America — Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, ...
Drought across the West spurs resurgence of faith
Along the irrigation canal that cuts through this centuries-old New Mexico town, a small group of churchgoers gathers to recite the rosary before ...
APNewsBreak: NM horse slaughter plant to open soon
The southern New Mexico plant that has been fighting for more than a year for permission to slaughter horses will open soon, unless Congress ...
Police: NM church stabbing sparked by 'Mason' fear
Lawrence Capener was shaking hands with his fellow churchgoers at Sunday Mass, exchanging the traditional peace offerings when people next to him ...
Police: 4 people stabbed at Albuquerque church
A man jumped over several pews at an Albuquerque Catholic church and stabbed several members in the choir area just as Mass was ending Sunday, ...
Feds: Cartel-linked man arrested on NM dance floor
Federal officials say a suspected drug trafficker affiliated with the deadly Sinaloa Cartel couldn't dance his troubles away. Omar Cota was taken into ...
Spanish land grant fight putting hundreds in limbo
Fernando Martinez's family has lived on the Arroyo Hondo Land Grant for more than two centuries, passing property from generation to generation in the ...
NM grapples with tough choices as drought persists
In southern New Mexico, the mighty Rio Grande has gone dry — reduced to a sandy wash winding from this chile farming community to the nation's leading ...
Lawyer: Inspectors clear NM horse slaughterhouse
About 5 miles from this southeastern New Mexico town's famed UFO museum, tucked between dairy farms, is a nondescript metal building that could be ...
Former NM judge enters plea in bribery case
A retired judge accused of soliciting bribes for former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson pleaded no contest Thursday to misdemeanor misconduct, ...
NM motel where Microsoft began being redeveloped
A Route 66 motor lodge in Albuquerque where Bill Gates and Paul Allen lived while launching Microsoft Corp. is being redeveloped into apartments as ...
Actor Wes Studi to be in Western 'Hall of Greats'
Actor Wes Studi is set to become the second Native American inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Hall of Great Western ...
Man accused in 'Breaking Bad' theft arrested again
An Albuquerque man accused of breaking into "Breaking Bad" actor Bryan Cranston's car late last year and stealing a script has been arrested again.
NM school bus crashes into embankment; driver dead
A bus driver died and nine students were injured Monday when a school bus went off a road and lodged in an embankment in northern New Mexico, ...
Craig Neal hired as head coach at New Mexico
New Mexico didn't have to look far to find its next head coach. Craig Neal, who spent the past six seasons as the team's top assistant, was hired ...
NM governor signs space travel liability bill
Gov. Susana Martinez on Tuesday signed into law liability-waiving legislation aimed at saving the state's nearly quarter-billion-dollar investment in ...
Steve Alford takes over as UCLA basketball coach
Steve Alford walked into Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday for the first time since the 1984 Summer Olympics, took his place under the 11 national ...
UCLA hires Steve Alford as new basketball coach
Steve Alford was hired as UCLA basketball coach on Saturday, spurning New Mexico days after he agreed to a new 10-year deal with the Lobos for a ...
End of the line for Roadrunner supercomputer
It's the end of the line for Roadrunner, a first-of-its-kind collection of processors that once reigned as the world's fastest supercomputer. The $121 ...
FBI 'flying saucers' NM memo bureau's most viewed
A single-page FBI memo relaying a vague and unconfirmed report of flying saucers found in New Mexico in 1950 has become the most popular file in the ...
Holy Week pilgrims visit NM shrine under new pope
Tens of thousands of pilgrims are expected during Easter weekend to visit El Santuario de Chimayo, one of the most popular Catholic shrines in the ...
'Breaking Bad' script missing after car break-in
A man accused of breaking into "Breaking Bad" actor Bryan Cranston's car late last year and stealing a script for the popular television show set in ...