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FILE - Smoke rises from a fire after a small medical plane crashed in a mountain range outside Ruidoso, N.M., on May 14, 2026. (KOAT via AP, File)

Military jamming disrupted a medical plane’s GPS system before it crashed last month in New Mexico

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

FILE - Republican gubernatorial candidate Duke Rodriguez talks with a voter in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

Judge considers arguments in challenge to New Mexico’s universal childcare program

By Savannah Peters - Associated Press

Former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, speaks during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Savannah Peters)

Decades in the making, Deb Haaland’s political rise spurs both inspiration and scrutiny

By Savannah Peters and Susan Montoya Bryan - Associated Press

This undated file photo shows the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. (The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Missing nuclear lab worker found dead

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland campaigns along a roadside in San Felipe Pueblo, N.M., on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

New Mexico voters choose party nominees for governor as revenue soars from oil boom

By Savannah Peters - Associated Press

New Mexico State Police Chief Matt Broom, center, provides updates during a news conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Friday, May 22, 2026 about an investigation into the deaths of three people in Torrance County and a potential fentanyl exposure for first responders who answered the call. The investigation is ongoing. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Fentanyl, meth found at house where New Mexico responders got sick after answering overdose call

By Susan Montoya Bryan and Matthew Browns - Associated Press

A New Mexico State Police emblem is displayed on podium during a news conference, March 16, 2024, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Jon Austria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

3 dead in New Mexico and first responders treated for exposure to unknown substance, officials say

Associated Press

Former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, a Democratic candidate for governor of New Mexico, greets people outside a candidate forum in Rio Rancho, N.M., on April 28, 2026, ahead of a June 2 primary election. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico politicians grapple with oil windfall from Iran war that’s both ‘awesome’ and awkward

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

FILE - A recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deposition is played for the jurors on March 4, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool, File)

New Mexico seeks child safety restrictions on Meta apps and algorithms in trial’s 2nd phase

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

Visitors take photos at a sign outside Meta headquarters March 26, 2026, in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Meta raises raises specter of shutting down service to New Mexico in legal clash over child safety

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

Alec Baldwin emcees the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala at New York Hilton Midtown on Dec. 9, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Alec Baldwin says ‘Rust’ tragedy left him wanting to retire, stay home

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

Lawyers for the plaintiff watch on a laptop as a recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deposition is played for the jurors on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

Lawmakers say verdicts against Meta, Google give momentum for bill to protect kids online

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Lori Schott, center, is embraced as she holds up a photo of her daughter Annalee Schott, after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Verdicts against Meta, YouTube validate concerns long raised by parents, child safety advocates

By Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

Lori Schott, center right, embraces Mary Rodee after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Juries find social media platforms knowingly harmed children

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Linda Singer, an attorney representing the plaintiff, left, shakes hands with attorney Kevin Huff, representing Meta, after they made closing arguments, Monday, March 23, 2026, in state court, in Santa Fe, N.M., in a trial where the social media conglomerate is accused of misleading its users about how safe its platforms are for children. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, Pool)

What could come next for other social media firms as a jury finds Meta platforms harm children

By Barbara Ortutay and Kaitlyn Huamani - Associated Press

Linda Singer, an attorney representing the plaintiff, left, shakes hands with attorney Kevin Huff, representing Meta, after they made closing arguments, Monday, March 23, 2026, in state court, in Santa Fe, N.M., in a trial where the social media conglomerate is accused of misleading its users about how safe its platforms are for children. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, Pool)

As New Mexico jury finds Meta platforms harm kids, social media companies await more legal decisions

By Barbara Ortutay and Kaitlyn Huamani - Associated Press

A recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deposition is played for the jurors on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

New Mexico jury finds Meta violated consumer protection law at trial about child safety

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

A recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deposition is played for the jurors on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

Landmark trial in New Mexico to decide whether Meta misled users about children’s safety risks

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

A recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deposition is played for the jurors on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

Jurors wade through daunting evidence in high-stakes Meta trial about social media risks to children

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press