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Trial against Meta in New Mexico highlights video depositions by top executives
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (358+ words) New Mexico prosecutors are billing depositions from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram leader Adam Mosseri as centerpieces of the state's case against Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Prosecutors have accused Meta of violating state consumer protection laws....
Massachusetts judge rejects Suffolk Sheriff Steven Tompkins’ bid to toss pot extortion indictment
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (600+ words) The federally charged Suffolk County sheriff has lost his bid to get the pot extortion indictment tossed. A Massachusetts judge on Tuesday rejected a motion by Sheriff Steven Tompkins to dismiss the feds" indictment, which accuses the sheriff of "quid…...
New Mexico’s promise of free child care comes with a fiscal escape hatch
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (788+ words) By MORGAN LEE and SAVANNAH PETERS As parents across the nation grapple with crippling daycare bills that threaten to keep them at home and out of the workforce, political leaders from New York to San Francisco have been angling to…...
Trial against Meta in New Mexico focuses on dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media
3+ week, 4+ day ago (528+ words) It's the first stand-alone trial from state prosecutors in a stream of lawsuits against major social media companies, including Meta, over harm to children, and one that is likely to highlight explicit online content and its effects. Prosecutors told a…...
Colorado River water negotiators appear no closer to long-term agreement
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (664+ words) The river's future was the center of discussions this week at the annual Colorado River Water Users Association conference in Las Vegas, where water leaders from California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming gathered alongside federal and tribal…...
Georgia O’Keeffe’s views of the New Mexico desert will be preserved with conservation plan
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (440+ words) Initial phases of the plan establish a conservation easement across about 10 square miles of land, owned by a charitable arm of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), on the outskirts of the village of Abiquiu. That easement stretches across reservoir waterfront and native grasslands…...
Federal review finds 44% of US trucking schools don’t comply with government rules
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (154+ words) By JOSH FUNK,AP Transportation Writer Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving schools in the U.S. may be forced to close after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with government requirements. The Transportation Department said…...
A drying-up Rio Grande basin threatens water security on both sides of the border
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (817+ words) By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press Today, the Rio Grande-Bravo water basin is in crisis. Without rapid and large-scale action on both sides of the border, the researchers warn that unsustainable use threatens water security for millions of people who…...
Trump nominates former New Mexico lawmaker to lead Bureau of Land Management
4+ mon, 16+ hour ago (554+ words) By MATTHEW BROWN and MORGAN LEE, Associated Press The nominee for the Bureau of Land Management, former Rep. Steve Pearce of New Mexico, must be confirmed by the Senate. The agency manages'a quarter-billion acres" about 10% of land in the U.S. It's…...
Cybertruck fleet to patrol Las Vegas
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (947+ words) LAS VEGAS " The nation's largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and…...