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New Mexico senators plan visit to border detention facility

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Democratic U.S. Senate delegation plans to travel to the border with Mexico to highlight objections to President Trump’s policy of separating immigrant children from ...

DATE: Jun 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hailstorm kills hundreds of fish near Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Officials say hundreds of fish were killed last week during the devastating hailstorm that hit areas near Colorado Springs. The Gazette reports the storm...

DATE: Jun 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Distillery has new bourbon flavored by beaver secretion

TAMWORTH, N.H. – Beaver-flavored whiskey, anyone? A New Hampshire distillery has a new bourbon, Eau De Musc, flavored partly by the secretion from a beaver’s castor sacs. ...

DATE: Jun 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Yelp shuts down teachers’ account sharing student reviews

BOSTON – Yelp is shutting down accounts used by a Boston teacher to post rave restaurant reviews written by her third-grade students. The reviews were part of an assignment design...

DATE: Jun 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Florida’s Jackson Kowar strikes out 13, Gators eliminate Texas from College World Series

Mississippi St. blasts North Carolina

DATE: Jun 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

World Cup Roundup: Senegal sinks Poland for first African win at World Cup

Japan, Russia pick up three points with wins

DATE: Jun 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

N.M. congressional candidate blames Congress for family separations

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Republican congressional candidate in a district along the border with Mexico is blaming Congress for an immigration crisis that has led to the separation of immigran...

DATE: Jun 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Panel: Nuclear contamination found on worker at weapons lab

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Reports from an independent safety panel show radioactive contamination was found on a worker’s hands and other places at a nuclear weapons lab in New Mexico — the latest ...