New Mexico news

• New hearing on San Juan begins

  13-10-2015 23:46
  
  The hearing on the future of the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington could last up to two weeks.
  
  Read more

• Trial opens for former ABQ school official charged with abuse

  13-10-2015 23:02
  
  DENVER — A man whose hiring led to the resignation of Albuquerque’s school superintendent is on trial in Denver for allegedly sexually abusing two boys. Jason Timothy Martinez was arrested in the abuse case in 2013. Martinez was later hired in Albuquerque, which never completed a background check on him. The incident led to the […]
  
  Read more

• Food startups get new incubator site

  13-10-2015 23:00
  
  The Northern New Mexico Food Hub's Sostenga Kitchen, a business incubator for new food startups, was officially opened Tuesday at a new location in downtown Española.
  
  Read more

• Updated: Investigators say witness saw ex-gridiron star attack jogger

  13-10-2015 22:19
  
  DALLAS — A former star football recruit whose receiving skills once brought him prominence at Texas A&M randomly attacked a jogger, using a “large-bladed knife” to repeatedly strike the man and lodging the weapon in his head, according to police documents. Investigators say Thomas L. Johnson, 21, had recently lost his housing and was angry […]
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• University of Houston hosts Feb. 26 GOP presidential debate

  13-10-2015 22:19
  
  HOUSTON — The University of Houston will host a 2016 Republican presidential debate on Feb. 26, four days before Texas and 11 other states are set to hold Super Tuesday primaries. Texas had previously been selected as a debate site by the Republican National Committee. The University of Houston announced Tuesday it would serve as […]
  
  Read more

• Man charged in wife’s decapitation tells police about attack

  13-10-2015 22:18
  
  PHOENIX — An Arizona man charged with decapitating his wife investigators he was hearing voices when he attacked her and was trying to thwart evil when he later mutilated himself. That’s according to recently released police reports that provide new detail of the gruesome case. The documents include 43-year-old Kenneth Wakefield’s bizarre explanations for why […]
  
  Read more

• Jury: Boy not liable for exuberant hello that injured aunt

  13-10-2015 22:17
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Connecticut jury has rejected a woman’s bid to sue her 12-year-old nephew for injuries she says she suffered from his exuberant greeting at his birthday party four years ago. New York City resident Jennifer Connell claimed the Westport boy acted unreasonably when he leaped into her arms at his 8th-birthday party. […]
  
  Read more

• US draws a line on protecting CIA-backed rebels in Syria

  13-10-2015 22:07
  
  WASHINGTON — The Russian military intervention to prop up Syria’s government has brought new scrutiny of the CIA’s secret support to Syrian rebels fighting Bashar Assad. But how far is the U.S. willing to go to empower its proxies to take on Vladimir Putin’s allies? The answer seems to be: Not very far. “Countering Russia’s […]
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Texas trooper stops Dallas Cowboy back, takes photo

  13-10-2015 22:05
  
  DALLAS — A Texas trooper faces a procedural review for having his photo taken with Cowboys running back Christine (KRIS’-ten) Michael during a traffic stop. Department of Public Safety Sgt. Lonny Haschel (HASH’-el) said Tuesday that Trooper Stephen Lister has apologized for the judgment error. Lister on Sunday stopped a Bentley on a Dallas-area turnpike […]
  
  Read more

• US reports sharp drop in use of force by border agents

  13-10-2015 21:50
  
  SAN DIEGO — The government says U.S. Border Patrol agents and border inspectors used physical force far less frequently in the last year compared with previous years, even as the number of assaults on authorities rose. Customs and Border Protection on Tuesday reported 768 incidents in which authorities used force during the fiscal year that […]
  
  Read more

• Police: Roswell man arrested after reporting wife’s death

  13-10-2015 21:28
  
  ROSWELL — Roswell police say a 78-year-old man was arrested in his wife’s death after he went to a fire station to report that she had been killed. Police say Ignacio Aguirre (ah-GEER’-ee) went to the fire station late Monday night. An officer then took him on to the police department to be interviewed by […]
  
  Read more

• FBI: 20 teens rescued in Colorado, Wyoming in sex sting

  13-10-2015 21:27
  
  DENVER — Authorities in Colorado and Wyoming say they’ve rescued 20 teenage victims and arrested seven pimps as part of an annual crackdown on child sex trafficking. FBI officials on Tuesday announced the results of the yearly operation, which targets the problem nationwide. Across the country, authorities rescued 149 young victims and arrested 153 pimps […]
  
  Read more

• Body of dead man found on railroad tracks in Santa Teresa

  13-10-2015 21:27
  
  SANTA TERESA, N.M. — Dona Ana County authorities say the body of a man who apparently jumped, fell or was thrown from a train has been found on railroad tracks near a Union Pacific facility in Santa Teresa. The Sheriff’s Department says a railroad employee discovered the body Monday night. The identity of the victim […]
  
  Read more

• Man jailed in 1992 slaying of rival furniture salesman

  13-10-2015 21:26
  
  CINCINNATI — A man arrested in Arizona in the 23-year-old slaying of a rival furniture salesman will be arraigned on a murder charge Wednesday in Ohio. Court and jail records showed that Sam Perone, 67, was being held without bond in Warren County Jail after waiving extradition. Warren County authorities announced last week that Perone […]
  
  Read more

• Man from Mexico pleads guilty in Texas sex trafficking ring

  13-10-2015 21:26
  
  HOUSTON — A Mexican man accused in 2005 of operating a sex trafficking ring in Texas has pleaded guilty to forcing immigrant girls and women into prostitution. Gerardo Salazar of Mexico City pleaded guilty Tuesday in Houston to four counts of harboring illegal immigrants for the purpose of prostitution. Salazar had faced charges of conspiracy, […]
  
  Read more

• Woman abducted after going with suspect to report burglary

  13-10-2015 21:25
  
  LAS CRUCES — Dona Ana County sheriff’s officials are seeking a man who stole the SUV of an 82-year-old woman who had previously agreed to go to the Sheriff’s Department with him to report a burglary of her home. Officials said the incident Monday began when the woman was mowing her lawn and saw the […]
  
  Read more

• Artist plans to render border fence ‘invisible’

  13-10-2015 21:25
  
  NOGALES, Sonora, Mexico — A California-based artist is leading an effort to paint the border fence that divides the U.S. and Mexico to make it blend in with the landscape. Ana Teresa Fernández and a group of 30 artists and painters began their work on the border fence in Nogales, Sonora and Nogales, Arizona, on […]
  
  Read more

• Small airplane lands on Idaho interstate during rush hour

  13-10-2015 21:24
  
  BOISE, Idaho — A small plane with a single engine that stopped working made a belly landing on a major interstate through Boise at the start of rush-hour traffic Tuesday. The aircraft skidded onto the eastbound lanes of I-84 at about 7 a.m., authorities said. It avoided hitting any vehicles, and no injuries were reported. […]
  
  Read more

• Woman at Tucson bus stop killed when hit by car; driver held

  13-10-2015 19:22
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — A 34-year-old man has been arrested in the death of a woman killed when a car slammed into a bus stop where she was sitting. Tucson police says Colin Patterson allegedly left the crash site on foot Monday but was detained in a nearby apartment complex by at least two witnesses. Police […]
  
  Read more

• Donald Trump to host ‘Saturday Night Live’

  13-10-2015 19:22
  
  NEW YORK — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has agreed to host “Saturday Night Live” next month. NBC said its former “Celebrity Apprentice” host will be the headliner of the Nov. 7 show. It’s the second time he has hosted the venerable comedy institution; he was on the show in April 2004. Trump has been […]
  
  Read more

• French president is looking to sell new ships to Russia

  13-10-2015 19:13
  
  SAINT-NAZAIRE — France is looking to sell new ships to Russia in the future despite the cancellation of a controversial deal for two Mistral-class warships this year, French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday. “Things went well with Russia, which has agreed to cancel the contract. And I even think we’ll get partnerships for new ships,” […]
  
  Read more

• Texan lied to US agents about allegiance to terrorist group

  13-10-2015 19:09
  
  DALLAS — A Texas man has pleaded guilty to lying to U.S. agents about his support for a terrorist group. Bilal Abood (bih-LAHL’ uh-BOOD’), of Mesquite, pleaded guilty Tuesday to making a false statement to a federal agency. He faces up to eight years in prison and a $250,000 fine in the plea deal in […]
  
  Read more

• Taylor Swift leads American Music Awards nominations

  13-10-2015 18:53
  
  NEW YORK — Taylor Swift earned six American Music Awards nominations Tuesday, and if she wins everything she’s up for, the singer will become the most-honored female artist in the show’s history. Ed Sheeran and the Weeknd had five nominations each, trying to win their first awards. Sam Hunt, Nicki Minaj, Sam Smith, Meghan Trainor […]
  
  Read more

• Court reinstates lawsuit over NYPD surveillance of Muslims

  13-10-2015 18:53
  
  PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslim groups in New Jersey after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying any resulting harm came from the city’s tactics, not the media’s reporting of them. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing a judge’s […]
  
  Read more

• Man faces charges in striking of Sunland Park officer

  13-10-2015 18:23
  
  LAS CRUCES — Jaime Sandate, 41, of Sunland Park remained jailed Monday after allegedly running over and injuring a Sunland Park police officer. Sandate was at the Doña Ana County Detention Center facing charges of attempted homicide of a police officer, aggravated battery of a police officer with a deadly weapon, and felonious evasion of […]
  
  Read more

• Efforts have begun to dissolve Sunland Park

  13-10-2015 18:23
  
  LAS CRUCES — Growing dissatisfaction and frustration with elected leaders in Sunland Park has lead a group of residents to seek to dissolve the city government. That group went to Doña Ana County Clerk Lynn Ellins on Friday with the draft of a petition that proposes to disincorporate Sunland Park. “It was submitted to me […]
  
  Read more

• Apple adds Retina displays to its iMacs

  13-10-2015 17:57
  
  NEW YORK — Apple is adding Retina displays to its iMacs, which will enhance the text and the image quality of photos and videos. The Cupertino, California-based company said its 21.5-inch iMac will have a Retina 4K display, while every 27-inch iMac will have a Retina 5K display. The 21-inch iMac, which starts at $1,099, […]
  
  Read more

• 2 firefighters die after 2 rescued from Kansas City blaze

  13-10-2015 17:50
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two firefighters involved in rescuing two residents from a burning Kansas City building died after a wall collapsed on them, authorities said. Fire Chief Paul Berardi said two other firefighters were injured Monday night as the massive fire engulfed the building comprising businesses and apartments on the city’s northeast side. “They […]
  
  Read more

• Insurgents shell Russian embassy in Syria during rally

  13-10-2015 17:40
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria — Insurgents fired two shells at the Russian embassy in the Syrian capital on Tuesday as hundreds of pro-government supporters gathered outside the compound to thank Moscow for its military intervention. An Associated Press reporter was outside the embassy when the first shell slammed into the compound in central Damascus and smoke billowed […]
  
  Read more

• Candidates face deadline to file campaign finance reports

  13-10-2015 17:36
  
  SANTA FE — Elected officials and candidates for office have until the end of Tuesday to file their latest campaign finance reports with the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office. The reporting period covers spending and donations received during the last six months. Even though state law doesn’t require it, the office’s ethics bureau plans […]
  
  Read more

• New Mexico Supreme Court vacancy attracts 8 applicants

  13-10-2015 17:17
  
  SANTA FE — New Mexico officials will soon meet to consider replacements for retiring state Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Bosson. The Judicial Nominating Commission will meet Oct. 19 to consider applicants for the court vacancy. Bosson is himself a member of the commission that will decide his replacement. A Friday news release from the […]
  
  Read more

• J.C. Penney CEO focused on building customer loyalty

  13-10-2015 17:07
  
  DALLAS — Crowds are following Marvin Ellison around these days. When the J.C. Penney CEO spoke to a gathering of Dallas retail executives on a Wednesday night in September, the turnout was a couple hundred people, more than the local industry group usually gets. The same thing happened earlier last month at the Goldman Sachs […]
  
  Read more

• World’s biggest beer makers agree to join forces

  13-10-2015 16:54
  
  BRUSSELS — The world’s top two beer makers agreed Tuesday to join forces to create a company that would control nearly a third of the global market and threaten to dominate the U.S. by bringing together Budweiser and Miller Genuine Draft. After turning down five offers, British-based brewer SABMiller accepted in principle an improved takeover […]
  
  Read more

• Woman sues nephew, says his exuberant greeting led to fall

  13-10-2015 16:53
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A woman is suing her 12-year-old nephew in Connecticut for $127,000 for injuries she says she suffered from his exuberant greeting at his birthday party four years ago. The Connecticut Post reports (http://bit.ly/1hChTBy ) that New York City resident Jennifer Connell says the Westport boy acted unreasonably when he leaped into her […]
  
  Read more

• Annual quilt festival to be held this weekend

  13-10-2015 16:53
  
  It’s not your great-grandmother’s hobby anymore. Quilting has become a prominent, diverse industry, according to coordinators for the 10th Annual High Plains Quilt Festival scheduled this weekend at the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. “I’d say quilting is growing,” said Robin Gold of Portales. “Quilting in this country alone is a $3.6 billion industry was the last […]
  
  Read more

• santa Fe native shares Zozobra legend

  13-10-2015 16:52
  
  What began as one man venting his frustrations almost 100 years ago has become a personal and sacred tradition for New Mexicans, particularly those from Santa Fe. “We call it the Zozobra bug and once you get bitten by it, there’s nothing like it. You have to burn a 50-foot marionette to try to get […]
  
  Read more

• Workplaces begin to offer expanded parental leave

  13-10-2015 16:51
  
  BALTIMORE — East Coast bank M&T Bank recently announced expanded parental leave benefits for all its employees, joining a flurry of corporate parental leave expansions as employers respond to societal shifts and increasing demands on employees on the job and at home. Companies such as Accenture, Microsoft and Netflix all have announced enhanced policies in […]
  
  Read more

• Clovis among top 10 cities in state for burglaries

  13-10-2015 16:51
  
  Clovis may be breaking bad after ranking among the top 10 cities in New Mexico for burglaries per capita and surpassing Albuquerque, according to 2014 statistics from the FBI. The bureau’s statistics listed New Mexico as the top state in the nation for burglaries per capita, and listed Taos as number one in the state […]
  
  Read more

• Scholars urge more research on future of Colorado River

  13-10-2015 16:19
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — A coalition of scholars across the West is urging the federal government to partner with the National Academy of Sciences to study the future of the Colorado River, including if climate change is leading to reduced stream flow. Twenty-three scholars from Western universities sent a letter Tuesday to Interior Secretary Sally […]
  
  Read more

• CU-Boulder gets $1 million for NASA to make space videos

  13-10-2015 16:19
  
  LONGMONT, Colo. — The University of Colorado is receiving $1 million from NASA to develop educational videos about space-related discoveries that will be distributed to planetariums across the nation. The Times-Call reports (http://bit.ly/1k0289b ) that the money will go to the Boulder university’s Fiske Planetarium, where staff and students will produce two- to four-minute videos. […]
  
  Read more

• Man released after 28-year-old murder conviction overturned

  13-10-2015 16:18
  
  DALLAS — A man imprisoned for 28 years for the 1987 slayings of two people in Dallas was released Monday after his conviction based on now-discredited bite-mark analysis was overturned. Steven Mark Chaney was sentenced to life in prison after a dentist told a Dallas County jury in 1989 there was a 1 in a […]
  
  Read more

• AP Exclusive: Clinton server’s software had hacking risk

  13-10-2015 16:18
  
  WASHINGTON — The private email server running in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s home basement when she was secretary of state was connected to the Internet in ways that made it more vulnerable to hackers, according to data and documents reviewed by The Associated Press. Clinton’s server, which handled her personal and State Department correspondence, appeared to […]
  
  Read more

• Ready to debate: A guide to the Democratic 2016 candidates

  13-10-2015 16:17
  
  WASHINGTON — The Republican presidential contest has been aflutter for months, but now it’s time for the Democrats to spread their wings before a big national audience. Their first debate is Tuesday night on CNN. Grab your binoculars and bring along this field guide to the candidates. ___ HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON Key features: Nearly everybody […]
  
  Read more

• Playboy to stop running pictures of completely naked women

  13-10-2015 16:17
  
  NEW YORK — Playboy is about to find out how many people really do read it for the articles. The magazine that helped usher in the sexual revolution in the 1950s and ’60s by bringing nudity into living rooms — or at least sock drawers — all over America announced Tuesday that it will no […]
  
  Read more

• Jerusalem attacks kill 3 as wave of violence escalates

  13-10-2015 16:16
  
  JERUSALEM — A pair of Palestinian men boarded a bus in Jerusalem and began shooting and stabbing passengers, while another assailant rammed a car into a bus station before stabbing bystanders, in near-simultaneous attacks Tuesday that escalated a monthlong wave of violence. Three Israelis and two attackers were killed. The Jerusalem attacks, along with two […]
  
  Read more

• Dutch Safety Board: Buk missile downed MH17 in Ukraine

  13-10-2015 16:16
  
  GILZE-RIJEN AIR BASE, Netherlands — The missile that downed Malaysia Airlines flight 17 exploded less than a meter from the cockpit, killing the crew inside instantly and breaking off the front of the plane, the Dutch Safety Board said Tuesday as it presented the results of an official probe into the crash in eastern Ukraine. […]
  
  Read more

• Turkey bans rally by activists mourning colleagues

  13-10-2015 16:15
  
  ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities on Tuesday banned a protest rally and march by trade union and civic society activists who lost friends and colleagues in Turkey’s bloodiest terror attack, but hundreds of people defiantly gathered for the protest. The two suicide bombings on Saturday came amid political uncertainty in the country — just weeks […]
  
  Read more

• Jerusalem hospital copes with treating victims and attackers

  13-10-2015 16:15
  
  JERUSALEM — As a wave of violence sweeps across Jerusalem, victims and perpetrators are often surprised to be reunited — at each other’s bedside in the city’s largest emergency ward. The Hadassah Medical Center prides itself on checking politics at the door and treating Palestinian attackers and Jewish victims alike. But the tensions on the […]
  
  Read more

• Sneakerz goes dark

  13-10-2015 14:55
  
  Bar tells Facebook fans there has been a liquor license "lapse"
  
  Read more

• Suits ID ex-priests accused of abuse

  13-10-2015 08:05
  
  Recent lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Santa Fe identify two former priests whose names have sur ...
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsNewMexico_ on Twitter!