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• Updated: House panel’s bill strengthens privacy for older emails

  13-04-2016 23:30
  
  WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee approved a bipartisan bill on Wednesday making it harder for government agencies to get their hands on Americans’ older emails and other electronic data. The legislation would require federal agencies to obtain a warrant before they can force an email service provider, such as Google, to give them access […]
  
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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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• New Mexico Accuses D.O.J. of Obstructing Epstein Ranch Inquiry

  09-07-2026 23:14 via nytimes.com
  New Mexico’s attorney general unveiled a letter he sent last week to the acting U.S. attorney general, Todd Blanche, accusing the Justice Department of withholding critical evidence.
  
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• How Communities Across the U.S. Are Ringing in America’s 250th

  03-07-2026 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Plans include an air show in Texas, 18,500 fireworks in Idaho and a frog-jumping contest in Missouri.
  
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