New Mexico authorities are grappling with a growing number of migrants dying in the state's border region, with the remains of more than 100 found in the first eight months of the year in the state.

Authorities say nearly 13,000 utility customers were without electricity for an hour after a hot-air balloon bumped a power line in northeast Albuquerque.

A flotilla of hot air balloons ascended into a clear desert sky on Saturday to kick off a colorful mass ascension at the 52nd annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Hundreds of colorful hot air balloons are scheduled to take off together for the 52nd annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

A civil rights group is suing the city of Albuquerque, its police department and top officials on behalf of a man who was among those arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and later forced to pay bribes to get the charges dropped.

Federal officials have identified more than 50 square miles of government-owned property across the U.S. as having great potential for renewable energy projects.

A top Democrat in the U.S. House says it will take a shift of power in Congress to ensure that legislation is finally passed to extend and expand a compensation program for people exposed to radiation following uranium mining and nuclear testing carried out by the federal government.

A former Michigan football player and Belleville High School star died in a drowning accident at age 22.

Democrats in the state legislative majority have rebuffed calls by New Mexico’s governor to address the “dangerous intersection” of crime and homelessness.

The Supreme Court has rejected a settlement between Western states over the management of one of North America’s longest rivers.

More than 30,000 DTE Energy customers were without power Thursday morning after storms moved through Metro Detroit the night before.

The weeklong heat wave that baked most of the U.S. Southwest in temperatures well into triple digits is on its last legs, but forecasters are still urging people to be cautious.

Las Vegas has set a new record high for the second day in a row and Albuquerque tied its high mark.

From marches and art exhibitions to candlelight vigils, people are gathering across the U.S. to spotlight the high rate of disappearances and killings in Native American communities.

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Federal prosecutors have charged a South Carolina man with carjacking resulting in death and the gunning down of a New Mexico state police officer who had stopped to help him.

Internationally renowned architect and avid motorcyclist Antoine Predock has died at his home in Albuquerque, according to longtime friends.

New Mexico’s largest city is blanketed with a network of cameras, license plate readers and special listening devices that hone in on the sound of gunfire.

New Mexico could become an early political testing ground for an unconventional proposal to make assault-style weapons less deadly.

A federal judge will allow enforcement of a public health order that suspends the right to carry guns at public parks and playgrounds in New Mexico’s largest metro area.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is defending her decision to treat gun violence as a public health epidemic by presenting statistics on recent firearms seizures, reduced reports of gunfire in the Albuquerque metro area and an uptick in jail bookings.

The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is bringing colorful displays to the New Mexico sky.

Scientists charged with making sure the United States' aging stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go, if needed, say they’ll start shipping key components to the Nevada desert next year.

Restrictions on carrying guns in public that are tied to an emergency public health order are going under the legal microscope in U.S. District Court in New Mexico.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has narrowed an order that broadly suspended the right to carry firearms in and around Albuquerque to apply only to public parks and playgrounds where children and their families gather.

A federal judge has blocked part of a public health order that suspended the right to carry guns in public across New Mexico’s largest metro area.

Some demonstrators defiantly wore holstered handguns on their hips or carried rifles in a rally by gun-rights advocates, protesting New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s surprise order to suspend for 30 days the right to carry firearms after two children were recently killed in separate shootings.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she'd welcome a fight after announcing an emergency order to suspend the right to publicly carry guns around Albuquerque.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque has drawn an immediate court challenge Saturday from a gun-rights group.

In a story published Sept. 8, 2023, about New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham suspending the right to carry guns in public, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the governor was flanked by the Albuquerque-area district attorney at a news conference.

Singapore-based Maxeon Solar Technologies plans to build a major solar panel manufacturing plant in Albuquerque, pending approval of a loan application with the U.S. Department of Energy.

The U.S. Department of Justice will be funneling more resources toward addressing the alarming rate of disappearances and killings among Native Americans.

Tens of thousands of people are gathering in New Mexico for what organizers bill as the largest powwow in North America.

New Mexico's governor has signed legislation that calls for banning the storage of spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico, unless the state provides its consent first.

Authorities in New Mexico's largest city say a suspect believed to be connected to at least one of the recent shootings at or near the homes or offices of several elected officials is in custody.

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and others are suing the city of Albuquerque in an effort to stop officials in the state’s largest city from destroying homeless encampments and jailing and fining people who are living on the street.

Environmentalists say the federal government isn’t doing enough to ensure the survival of the Rio Grande silvery minnow as drought tightens its grip on one of the longest rivers in the West.

The Biden administration is no longer accepting applications for federal student loan forgiveness after court orders blocked the program.

Hundreds of hot air balloons lifted off Saturday, marking the start of an annual fiesta that has drawn pilots and spectators from across the globe to New Mexico's high desert for 50 years now.

A primary suspect has been detained in the murders of four Muslin men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, police say.

Police have announced a breakthrough in the killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Authorities have identified the fourth victim in a series of killings of Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the deaths sent ripples of fear through Islamic communities nationwide.

The Rio Grande went dry in Albuquerque last week for the first time in four decades.

A Colombian soccer fan who came to the U.S. as a political refugee is creating a training camp for young people in New Mexico with former players from Colombia as the instructors.

Federal investigators say evidence indicates that a helicopter that crashed in New Mexico after helping fight a wildfire over the weekend descended at a fast rate.

Federal water managers think they have a plan to keep the Rio Grande flowing this summer, but they conceded Thursday it all depends on the weather.

President Joe Biden has nominated veteran health administrator Roselyn Tso to direct the federal Indian Health Service.

Members of a congressional panel focused on civil rights and liberties are acknowledging that more needs to be done to address the disproportionate numbers of Indigenous, Black and other minority women and girls who are missing in the United States.

Around 75,000 New Mexico schoolchildren are missing school Friday for the second day after a cyber attack hit the state's largest school district on Wednesday.

In a story published January 2, 2022, about the rescue of 21 people who were stranded overnight in two tram cars outside Albuquerque, The Associated Press erroneously reported the last name of the Bernalillo County Fire Department spokesperson Lt. Robert Arguellas.

Jordan Mims ran for 165 yards and two touchdown and caught five passes for 71 yards and another score to help Fresno State beat UTEP 31-24 on Saturday in the New Mexico Bowl.

Film industry crew members have narrowly voted to approve a pair of contracts with Hollywood producers.

Former mixed martial arts champion Jon Jones was jailed in Las Vegas after an incident at Caesars Palace that police said led to his arrest on charges of domestic battery and felony damaging a vehicle.

A report from the Federal Aviation Administration shows the pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in New Mexico in June had marijuana and cocaine in his system.

An anti-abortion rights billboard along a New Mexico interstate is tapping the image of a famous Albuquerque police officer to promote its political message.

Storms are moving through Southeast Michigan on Saturday night, triggering multiple tornado warnings.

Storms moved through southeastearn Michigan on Tuesday, July 20, triggering power outages across the region.

Authorities have released the names of a pilot and two couples who died after a hot air balloon they were riding in struck a power line and crashed onto a busy street in Albuquerque.

Democrat Melanie Stansbury has won election to Congress for New Mexico to fill a vacant seat previously held by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.

A special congressional election is testing the pulse of politics in the Albuquerque metro area and a few outlying rural communities at a turning point in the pandemic and economic recovery.

The expanded Child Tax Credit payments start flowing from the federal government in July to roughly 39 million American households.

U.S. wildlife managers have set aside areas in seven states as habitat that's critical to the survival of a rare songbird that migrates each year from Central and South America to breeding grounds in Mexico and the United States.

Female senators took the lead in presenting the Democratic-sponsored bill that would repeal a 1969 ban on most abortion procedures. The law has been dormant since 1973 when the nation's highest court issued the Roe v. Wade decision, overriding state laws that banned or severely restricted access to abortion procedures. Left in place, the statute could go back into effect if the high court eventually overturns the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling. “With uncertainty at the federal level, New Mexico needs to be clear about women’s rights, women’s health care, women’s reproductive choices, abortion and abortion care,” Lujan Grisham said in a video conference with news media. AdSupporters of New Mexico's restrictions on abortions say a repeal would drive valued medical professionals from New Mexico who are conscientious objectors to abortion procedures.

Wayne Taylor left General Motors after 28 years at the end of last season to become a factory Acura program. "We won it with Ricky, and Jordan won the GT class with Corvette, and then the Wayne Taylor Racing program won it overall. Albuquerque won in 2018 driving a Cadillac; Ricky Taylor won in a Cadillac for his father's team in 2017. AdWhen Taylor switched to Acura, he released van der Zande, who was grabbed by Ganassi as the team returned to sports car racing after a one-year hiatus. “Looked like we had the race won right there.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A Virgin Galactic test flight Saturday ended prematurely as the spacecraft's rocket motor failed to ignite and it then glided down safely to its landing site in southern New Mexico. “After being released from its mothership, the spaceship’s onboard computer that monitors the rocket motor lost connection,” CEO Michael Colglazier said in a statement. “As we do with every test flight, we are evaluating all the data, including the root cause assessment of the computer communication loss,” Colglazier said. It's unclear how soon another window will open for Virgin Galactic's next attempt at a powered flight to space. Virgin Galactic has yet to announce a firm date for its first commercial flight.

The footprint of the production hub will grow with a private land purchase and a lease involving state trust land. She said the partnership with Netflix should send a signal that New Mexico is the place to be for film and television production. As part of the proposed investment, Netflix has committed to providing training programs in partnership with the New Mexico Film Office, local universities and industry organizations. Since coming to New Mexico in 2018, Netflix said it has spent more than $200 million, used more than 2,000 production vendors and hired more than 1,600 cast and crew members. Netflix is in production in New Mexico on the original films “The Harder They Fall" and “Intrusion" and is expected to soon begin filming “Stranger Things 4" in Albuquerque.

LULAC, the nation's oldest Latino civil rights organization, voted Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, to postpone its planned national convention in Albuquerque, N.M., in 2021 over uncertainty caused by COVID-19. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)RIO RANCHO, N.M. – The League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest Latino civil rights group in the U.S., has decided to move its 2021 national convention online amid concerns and health orders caused by COVID-19. The state currently limits the number of people at large gatherings and LULAC national conventions typically attract thousands of activists. The group still plans to hold a national convention in Albuquerque in 2023 because the city and the LULAC's local chapters made financial commitments to hold an event in the city. LULAC national conventions and gatherings have attracted presidents, presidential candidates, and international leaders.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Trump administration has sketched out a framework that it hopes will avoid a three-way arms race as a deadline nears for extending the only remaining nuclear arms control deal with Russia and as China looks to expand its nuclear forces. Ambassador Marshall Billingslea, the special presidential envoy for arms control, spoke with The Associated Press about negotiations with Russia while touring some of the top nuclear research labs and production sites in the United States. Signed in 2010, the New START treaty limits the United States and Russia to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers. It represents the only remaining nuclear arms control deal between the two countries after they both withdrew from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty last year. “We need to get the experts together to get comfortable with technical solutions that enable meaningful arms control going forward,” he said, with the goal being security and stability in Europe and Asia.

They're now facing charges in a city that is 10th in the nation for violent crime, ranks No. Since the agents arrived, 16 people in Albuquerque have been charged with offenses involving firearms, drugs, carjacking and other crimes, federal officials have said. The latest non-preliminary federal crime statistics from 2018 show that Albuquerque's crime rate was more than 3.5 times the national average. An Associated Press analysis of violent crime rates per 100,000 people put Albuquerque as No. "Without addressing this inequality in areas like housing, you might see increases in violent crime, Lyons said.

Federal agents wearing camouflage without clear identification hit the streets in Portland to protect federal property amid demonstrations against police brutality. For now, the plan for Chicago and Albuquerque does not seem to include federal agents engaging with protesters. The agents in Kansas City were to investigate homicides, shootings and violent crime in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, officials said. For decades, administrations have dispatched extra federal agents to cities during surges of violence, natural disasters and other crises. But since this weeks announcement about sending additional federal agents, shes struck a cautiously optimistic chord, saying she was encouraged that the U.S. attorneys office would supervise at least some of the agents.

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announced he will send federal agents to Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, to help combat rising crime, expanding the administrations intervention into local enforcement as he runs for reelection under a law and order mantle. Sending federal agents to help localities is not uncommon; Attorney General William Barr announced a similar surge effort in December for seven cities with spiking violence. Indeed, civil unrest escalated after federal agents were accused of whisking people away in unmarked cars without probable cause. The campaign believes the push can help Trump by drumming up support from suburban and older voters who may be rattled by violent images, which have been broadcast often by conservative media outlets. In New Mexico, Democratic elected officials had cautioned Trump against sending in federal agents, with U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich calling on Bernalillo County Sheriff Manny Gonzales to resign for attending the White House event.

DETROIT President Donald Trump initially announced announced he plans to send federal agents to Kansas City, Chicago and Albuquerque as part of an initiative to quell recent violence in cities across the country. Trump announced the expansion of Operation Legend on Thursday, adding Detroit, Cleveland and Milwuakee to the list. RELATED: President Trump announces plan to send federal agents to Detroit to quell recent violenceIn 2019, U.S. Attorney General William Barr came to Detroit to announce a partnership between multiple federal agencies called Operation Relentless Pursuit. The federal agents coming to Detroit will be a part of that. RELATED: Portlands mayor tear-gassed by US agents as protest ragesDuggan said federal agents assisting in getting illegal firearms off Detroit streets would be helpful. Trump has come under fire for the deployment of federal agents with elected officials questioning his motives.

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2019, file photo, National Nuclear Security Administration administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty talks about her agency's work to reduce global nuclear threats during a business conference in Albuquerque, N.M. Lisa Gordon-Hagerty will visit New Mexico Thursday, July 16, 2020 as part of a nationwide tour of the federal government's nuclear security operations. Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty spoke with The Associated Press during a stop in New Mexico. The visit coincides with the 75th anniversary of the Trinity Test, which marked the worlds first atomic explosion. The latest round of funding for the plutonium project is being hashed out now by Congress. Some lawmakers are concerned that the nuclear agency hasn't developed a master schedule that outlines all the activities related to plutonium pit production.

(Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A 31-year-old man has been arrested in a shooting that happened as protesters in New Mexicos largest city tried to tear down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistador outside the Albuquerque Museum, police said Tuesday. The shooting prompted the city to announce that the statue would be removed until officials determine the next steps. Police in a statement said detectives arrested Stephen Ray Baca and that he was jailed on suspicion of aggravated battery. In 1998, someone sawed the right foot off the statue an incident that weighed in the decision to stash away the statue. Tony Valerio, 65, rushed to the site after a neighbor alerted him that the statue was being taken down.

(AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)ALCALDE, N.M. A man was shot Monday night as protesters in New Mexicos largest city tried to tear down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistador outside the Albuquerque Museum. The man was taken to a hospital but his condition was not immediately unknown, said Albuquerque police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos. A forklift pried the massive bronze statue of Oate on horseback from a concrete pedestal. Plus, I don't feel like risking my sheriff's deputies or state police to defend it.The Oate statues have been a source of criticism for decades. In 1998, someone sawed the right foot off the statue an incident that weighed in the decision to stash away the statue.

Judge Alisa Hart issued 22-year-old Nehemiah Griego's long-awaited sentence Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, saying he could become eligible for parole after 30 years. Griego was 15 when authorities say he plotted the killings at his family's Albuquerque-area home. Judge Alisa Hart sentenced 22-year-old Nehemiah Griego after his attorney sought a sentence that would have let him continue treatment while on probation. Deputies said Griego first shot his mother in her room as she slept. Griego must serve at least 30 years on charges of child abuse resulting in death before becoming eligible for parole.

The 69-year-old was hospitalized in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before being transferred to a nearby VA hospice facility. (CNN) - When a veteran was admitted to hospice care last week, he had only one last wish: to say goodbye to his beloved dog, Patch. The 69-year-old was hospitalized in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before being transferred to a nearby VA hospice facility. Because Vincent has no family in the area, his 6-year-old Yorkshire Terrier mix was taken to Albuquerque's Animal Welfare Department. A palliative care social worker called and told Ricci that Vincent didn't have much time left -- maybe just a few days.

Referees in Albuquerque are calling foul on parents' behavior at soccer games. Many even call it referee abuse-The New Mexico Youth Soccer Association has started putting up signs at games reminding spectators to behave. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Referees in Albuquerque, New Mexico are calling foul on parents' behavior at soccer games. Dave Lauben, who oversees scheduling for high school games, said that is an all-time low. Sally Marquez, executive director of the New Mexico Activities Association, recently sent a letter to all high school soccer coaches.

Albuquerque PD(CNN) - As Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins on Oct. 1, the Albuquerque Police Department is showing its support by painting a new patrol car bright pink -- the official color of breast cancer awareness. "Our mission with the car is to create breast cancer awareness, and acknowledge the fight against all cancer," Albuquerque police said in a Facebook post. Police stations across the nation are embracing pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the most common cancer for women in the United States, regardless of race or ethnicity. In the US, 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.