New Mexico news

• Seattle group asks USDA to investigate elephant’s death

  03-02-2016 00:06
  
  SEATTLE — A Seattle-based advocacy group on Tuesday asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate the recent death of an Asian elephant at the Oklahoma City Zoo, saying it’s concerned the zoo wasn’t equipped to care for the animal. The elephant, named Chai, was controversially transferred from Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo to the Oklahoma […]
  
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• Mathematician Who Waited 50 Years for Proper Credit for Her Work Has Died

  10-10-2026 11:00 via nytimes.com
  At the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mary Tsingou Menzel’s computer programming helped set the stage for chaos theory and other fields.
  
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• New Mexico and Texas Face Heavy Rain From Hurricane Polo

  29-09-2026 18:46 via nytimes.com
  It will likely be a very wet few days from New Mexico into the Plains.
  
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• New Mexico and Arizona Face Heavy Rain From Hurricane Polo

  28-09-2026 20:48 via nytimes.com
  Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado prepared for heavy rain that could lead to life-threatening flooding.
  
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• Storms and Heavy Rain Soak Parts of the Southwest

  17-09-2026 20:41 via nytimes.com
  Small but fierce storms brought heavy rain to parts of the Southwest on Wednesday, flooding roadways and setting off mudslides.
  
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• The Deadly Truth About Football

  13-09-2026 15:00 via nytimes.com
  Readers respond to front-page articles about the devastating brain disease C.T.E. among N.F.L. players. Also: Unpresidential actions; India’s U.S. policy.
  
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• New Mexico’s Name Is Older Than the U.S. Trump Still Wants to Change It.

  09-09-2026 22:22 via nytimes.com
  President Trump has no authority to change the state’s name, but his suggestion has constituted fighting words to proud New Mexicans.
  
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• Trump Posts Map Suggesting New Mexico Be Renamed as ‘New America’

  07-09-2026 13:54 via nytimes.com
  The suggestion, posted on social media, appeared to be the latest in the president’s efforts to alter geographic names.
  
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• Lake Powell Hits Lowest Level On Record As Water Crisis Continues

  18-08-2026 01:51 via nytimes.com
  Levels in Lakes Mead and Powell have not been so low since 1957, underscoring a water crisis that plagues seven states that rely on the Colorado River.
  
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• What It Will Take to Win the 2028 Democratic Presidential Nomination

  17-08-2026 21:34 via nytimes.com
  A new early calendar will upend how Democrats select their 2028 champion.
  
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• What It Will Take to Win the 2028 Democratic Presidential Primaries

  17-08-2026 20:36 via nytimes.com
  A new early calendar will upend how Democrats select their 2028 champion.
  
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• What It Will Take to Win the 2028 Democratic Presidential Primary

  17-08-2026 19:37 via nytimes.com
  A new early calendar will upend how Democrats select their 2028 champion.
  
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• Democrats Make South Carolina the First Contest in 2028 Presidential Primary Calendar

  15-08-2026 20:27 via nytimes.com
  The party’s membership finalized the new order for the first six states to winnow the candidate field, pushing back Iowa and New Hampshire.
  
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• See Trump’s Plan to Fill the Gaps in the Border Wall

  11-08-2026 11:04 via nytimes.com
  Construction has begun on hundreds of miles of new barriers funded by $47 billion from the president’s signature policy bill last year.
  
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• Lake Mead, the Nation’s Largest Reservoir, Is Smaller Than Ever

  10-08-2026 02:44 via nytimes.com
  Water levels in the reservoir, which sits behind the Hoover Dam, are at record lows. A continued drop would imperil water supplies for millions of people and cut electricity from the dam.
  
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• Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million Fine by New Mexico Judge

  07-08-2026 03:56 via nytimes.com
  The penalty, imposed by a state judge, is on top of a $375 million fine ordered by a jury that found Meta misled users about the safety of its platforms.
  
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• ‘Olmo’ Review: A New Mexican Coming-of-Age Comedy

  06-08-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  Fernando Eimbcke’s film, set in Las Cruces, finds tenderness and turmoil in a 1970s Mexican American household.
  
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• New Mexico Sues Trump Administration for Unredacted Epstein Files in Zorro Ranch Investigation

  05-08-2026 18:35 via nytimes.com
  The Zorro Ranch outside Santa Fe, where Epstein victims said they were abused, is at the center of an ongoing feud between the state and federal government.
  
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• 6 Awe-Inspiring Destinations on U.S. Public Land, but Not in National Parks

  03-08-2026 11:01 via nytimes.com
  You don’t have to brave the crowds at Yellowstone or Yosemite. Feel the awe of slot canyons, lava tubes, gorges and more on other U.S.-owned public land.
  
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• U.S. Raises Threat of Steep Water Cuts in Lower Colorado River Basin

  31-07-2026 17:12 via nytimes.com
  A federal plan would impose drastic water cuts on Arizona, California and Nevada in dry years over the next decade. A legal battle could follow.
  
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• Anchorum Health Foundation plans to build new Santa Fe skilled nursing facility

  30-07-2026 04:45
  
  Developers propose building the new facility on a six-acre parcel on Galisteo Road near S. St. Francis Drive and I-25.
  
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• 5 New Hotels in Vintage Buildings

  27-07-2026 11:06 via nytimes.com
  From a restored warehouse in Seattle to a former prison in Nara, Japan, these accommodations offer intriguing surroundings with modern comforts.
  
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• Democrats Vote to Put South Carolina First in 2028 Primary

  24-07-2026 20:09 via nytimes.com
  The state, along with several others still being chosen, appears set to play an important role in determining the party’s next presidential nominee.
  
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• Bear Dies After Getting Stranded Atop Electric Pole in New Mexico

  23-07-2026 23:03 via nytimes.com
  The animal’s plight alarmed onlookers and highlighted the drought conditions that are forcing wild bears closer to where people live in search of food.
  
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• He’s the Last Great Land Artist You’ve Never Heard Of

  22-07-2026 19:05 via nytimes.com
  Charles Ross spent 50 years building “Star Axis,” a naked-eye observatory in New Mexico. Now his masterwork is ready. How to share it with a changed world?
  
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• Pick Your Favorite $2.5 Million Home

  22-07-2026 11:01 via nytimes.com
  This week’s properties are in Santa Fe, N.M., New Gloucester, Maine, and Lake Forest, Ill.
  
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• Dark Sky Defenders Raise Alarm Along the Border of West Texas

  14-07-2026 11:01 via nytimes.com
  Residents fear that the Trump administration’s plans to build a border wall will threaten the region’s spectacular starry skies.
  
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• Justin and Hailey Bieber Buy $12 Million West Village Condo

  13-07-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  The pop star and his entrepreneur wife bought a condo in a luxury building on the edge of the Hudson River, and other celebrity real estate deals.
  
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• Non-Disclosure: In Roswell, New U.F.O. Docs Are a Declassified Bummer

  11-07-2026 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Roswell’s annual U.F.O. festival was supposed to be full of triumphant “told you so’s” after the Trump administration declassified its alien files. Instead, apparently, the coverup continues.
  
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• U.S. Department of Energy Underestimated Potential Los Alamos Plutonium Leak Danger, Study Finds

  10-07-2026 17:12 via nytimes.com
  An accident at the lab that produces America’s nuclear bomb cores could lead to more fatalities than previously estimated by the federal government, according to new research.
  
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