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Extreme heat watch: Hot, dry, windy weather hit Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, fireworks restrictions ordered

Extreme heat watch in U. S: A cold front on Sunday will bring winds that could push the fire in new directions before the weather starts stabilizing next week

The Economic Times

New Mexico opens criminal probe of DEA after agents allowed fentanyl shipments to hit streets

New Mexico's attorney general has opened a criminal investigation into claims that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets

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Flowering plants may have recruited dinosaurs long before birds or mammals, with hundreds of fossil fruits revealing an ancient seed-spreading strategy

Fossil discoveries in New Mexico reveal that flowering plants were producing large, animal-attracting fruits millions of years earlier than previously believed, potentially as far back as the age of dinosaurs. This challenges the long-held scientific view that such complex reproductive strategies only emerged after the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs. The…

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DEA asks watchdog to investigate claims that agents permitted fentanyl to hit the streets

The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has asked the U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog to investigate a whistleblower’s claims that DEA agents permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico

The Independent UK

Pluto and the Love, Hate, Longing: What Our Relationship With a Demoted Planet Says About Us

We Gave It a Name, So It Became OursPluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, a 24-year-old farm boy from Kansas working at the Lowell Observatory. An 11-year-old British girl named Venetia Burney suggested the name. Her grandfather passed it along. The International Astronomical Union accepted it. And just…

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New Mexico governor calls for criminal probe of DEA allowing fentanyl shipments to hit streets

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is calling for a criminal investigation into whether federal authorities broke state law by allowing fentanyl pills to reach the streets

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Country star Bailey Zimmerman takes ‘full accountability’ after allegedly trashing hotel room and facing criminal charges

Zimmerman is accused of wrecking his New Mexico hotel room after his May 27 concert was canceled

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'We 100% Got People Killed': DEA Allowed Thousands of Fentanyl Pills on the Streets to Catch Bigger Fish

A DEA agent alleges the agency allowed fentanyl distribution to build cases against major traffickers, sparking debate over law enforcement tactics amid the overdose crisis.

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Bailey Zimmerman faces arrest over trashed hotel room

A warrant has been issued for Bailey Zimmerman's arrest after allegedly causing more than $16,000 damage to a hotel room in New Mexico.

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Bailey Zimmerman's New Mexico Concert Cancelled After £12K Hotel Room Rampage, Now Faces Felony Charges

Country singer Bailey Zimmerman faces felony charges for alleged hotel damage in New Mexico, leading to a concert cancellation. The incident has sparked intense online discussion among fans.

International Business Times UK

DEA Failed To Seize Thousands Of Fentanyl Pills It Was Aware Of, Report Shows

The federal government failed to seize thousands of fentanyl pills in New Mexico that it was monitoring between 2023 and 2025, according to a whistleblower complaint.

International Business Times

Texas Declares Emergency as Flesh-Eating Parasite Returns for the First Time in Nearly 60 Years and Spreads to Pet Dogs

USDA confirms New World screwworm cases across four Texas counties and Lea County, New Mexico. Gov. Abbott activated emergency operations and quarantines are in effect.

Medical Daily

Air Force General Who Vanished After UFO Files Pledge Could Be Hiding in New Mexico, Investigator Claims

The disappearance of Air Force General William McCasland has sparked speculation due to his UFO investigation links, with theories suggesting he may be hiding in New Mexico.

International Business Times UK

DEA let fentanyl flood New Mexico streets as whistleblower warns ‘we got people killed’

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Millions of fentanyl pills, no seizures? DEA faces scrutiny over New Mexico operations

US drug agents reportedly let thousands of fentanyl pills enter New Mexico communities while pursuing larger drug trafficking rings. Critics argue this tactic endangered lives in a state already battling a severe opioid crisis. The DEA defends its actions, stating investigations were court-authorized and aimed at dismantling major criminal organizations,…

The Economic Times

Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit US streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show

DEA agents in New Mexico allegedly allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills onto streets between 2023-2025, prioritizing larger cases over immediate seizures. This tactic, described by one agent as "poisoning our community," potentially endangered lives despite Justice Department guidelines urging seizure when "practicable."

The Independent UK

What a reporter found when uncovering why federal agents allowed a deadly drug to hit the streets

Associated Press journalist Jim Mustian explains how he reported and wrote a story that examined why the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico from 2023 to 2025

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‘We poisoned our community:’ DEA agents blow whistle on controversial fentanyl tactic

This controversial tactic, revealed by three current and former DEA agents and government records reviewed by The Associated Press

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‘Native children belong in Native communities’: tribes decry New Mexico drug-exposed newborn rule

Groups say new directive fails to respect Native sovereignty amid complicated history of Indigenous child removals

The Economic Times

In 2021, a British geologist dated footprints at New Mexico's White Sands to 21,000+ years old: Pushing humans' arrival in North America back 5,000 years

Exciting discoveries at White Sands National Park challenge what we know about North America's past. Unearthed ancient human footprints, estimated to be between 23,000 and 21,000 years old, indicate that humans were present on the continent during the Last Glacial Maximum, contradicting established Clovis-first theories. Combining robust dating techniques and…

Medical Daily

FDA Authorized an OTC Treatment for New World Screwworm in Pets — Here's How to Use Nitenpyram if Your Dog or Cat Is Infested

FDA issued EUA for generic nitenpyram June 11, 2026 to treat New World screwworm in dogs and cats. CDC Level 3 EOC active. 12+ animal cases confirmed in TX and NM.

The Independent UK

GPS went dark before deadly crash sparks new questions over secret military jamming

A medical plane crash that killed four people in New Mexico last month was preceded by a GPS system malfunction, federal investigators have revealed.

The Independent UK

GPS interference from military jamming linked to fatal New Mexico plane crash, report finds

Four people died in the pre-dawn crash on May 14 that sparked a wildfire that burned for weeks

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

Federal investigators say the GPS system on a small medical plane that crashed into a mountainside last month in New Mexico malfunctioned because the military was jamming that signal throughout the area, although pilots were warned ahead of time to expect that

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Epstein Investigators Target JPMorgan Chase, Google and Dozens of Firms in Zorro Ranch Criminal Probe

New Mexico investigators have ordered corporations like JPMorgan Chase and Google to preserve records related to Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch, marking an escalation in the investigation into his illicit operations.

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