A man who ran unsuccessfully as a Republican state politician in New Mexico is accused by police of masterminding a shooting spree targeting the homes of Democrats.
Solomon Pena, 39, conspired with and paid four other men to shoot the properties of (...)
Police in the US city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, say they have arrested their "primary suspect" in the killings of four Muslim men.
Muhammad Syed, 51, was held on Monday and is charged with the murders of two of the men. Multiple firearms were (...)
A blown tire on a semi-truck may be to blame for a deadly head-on crash with a commercial passenger bus along Interstate 40 in New Mexico near the Arizona border, according to authorities.
At least seven people were killed in the crash and many of (...)
Authorities say a treasure hunter missing for more than six months has been confirmed dead after searchers found his remains in the New Mexico wilderness west of Santa Fe, according to AP.
Santa Fe Police spokesman Greg Gurule said Tuesday that the (...)
New Mexico and the U.S. Department of Energy have signed $74 million in settlements over dozens of permit violations related to a radiation leak that forced the closure of the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository, according to AP.
The (...)
New Mexico has become the first U.S. state to sue Volkswagen and other German automakers over an emissions cheating scandal that involves millions of cars worldwide, according to AP.
Attorney General Hector Balderas filed the lawsuit in state (...)
Albuquerque police arrested a person of interest on Wednesday in the road rage killing of a 4-year-old girl a day earlier in New Mexico's biggest city, according to Reuters.
The child died after she was shot in the head when the suspect confronted (...)
A helium-filled balloon piloted by an American and a Russian landed safely off the coast of Mexico early Saturday after an audacious, nearly trip across the Pacific Ocean that shattered two long-standing records for ballooning, AP reported.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation says a New Mexico man who fled sex abuse and kidnapping charges 14 years ago has been returned following his capture in Nepal, according to AP.
FBI spokesman Frank Fisher says 47-year-old Neil Stammer arrived (...)
The man who has led the U.S. nuclear security agency since 2007 said he's stepping down next month, AP reported.
Tom D'Agostino announced early Saturday he's leaving the National Nuclear Security Administration, which funds and oversees work at the (...)
Firefighters are battling a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico that has destroyed a dozen cabins and spread smoke across the state, prompting holiday weekend air-quality warnings.
The fire burned early Saturday through remote and rugged (...)
Former world champion Sanya Richards-Ross celebrated her birthday with the fastest 400 meters of the year as Americans sped to four season-leading performances at the US World Indoor Championships trials here Sunday.
Richards-Ross, 27, clocked a (...)
Reigning world indoor champion Bernard Lagat looks in fine shape to defend his title next month after winning the 3,000 meters at the US trials in convincing style Saturday.
Lagat, twice a world gold medalist at the distance, sprinted home in seven (...)
A meteorite that landed in Russia in the 1940s and was recently stolen from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque has been located, according to AP.
KRQE-TV reports that authorities found the rock after a man in Missouri bought it for $1,700. (...)
Bernard Pierce ran for two touchdowns and Chris Coyer threw for 169 yards and a TD to help Temple beat Wyoming 37-15 in the New Mexico Bowl Saturday as college football's bowl season got under way.
The Owls had three interceptions en route to its (...)
Scientists have developed a method for detecting and tracking carbon dioxide deep underground, giving the federal government an important tool as scientists work on ways to keep carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from crowding the atmosphere, (...)
Ivory Williams sprinted to the year's fastest 60m as he clocked 6.49 seconds at the US World Indoor Championships trials Sunday.
The victory was the third in a row on the American indoor circuit for the 24-year-old, who had never previously made a (...)
Former world indoor champion Bernard Lagat used his miler's kick to win the 3,000m at the US selection meeting for next month's IAAF World Indoor Championships Saturday.
Kenyan-born Lagat, twice an Olympic medalist at 1,500 meters, pulled away from (...)
Federal agents seized computers, papers, books and electronic equipment from the home of a former Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear scientist, who last year sought to work on a fusion project with Venezuela but believes the U.S. government is (...)
A large animal attacked a
5-year-old boy while he was hiking with his family in the
New Mexico mountains, seriously injuring him with puncture
wounds to the head, neck and back, authorities said, according to AP.
Jose Salazar Jr. was hiking near (...)