New Mexico

Alec Baldwin settled a lawsuit with the family of Halyna Hutchins, nearly a year after the cinematographer was shot and killed on the set of his movie, “Rust.”

An Afghan refugee charged in the shooting deaths of two Muslim men and suspected in the killing of two others will remain behind bars pending trial.

Evidence allegedly tying Shaheen Syed to the murders includes cell tower data, which connect his phone to his father’s and place them both in an area close to the location where Naeem Hussain was murdered.

Chief Harold Medina of the Albuquerque Police Department provided details Tuesday on the arrest of a 51-year-old man who is charged with murdering two Muslim men and is being investigated in the deaths of two others.

The deaths of the four men over the course of several months sparked fear in Muslim communities nationwide.

Police investigating whether the killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque are connected say Sunday they need help finding a vehicle believed to be connected to the deaths.

Police say the killing of a Muslim man on Friday night in Albuquerque may be linked to the ambush shooting deaths of three Muslim men over the past nine months in New Mexico’s biggest city.

New Mexico officials say a drunk man barreled an SUV through a parade that celebrates Native American culture and that least 15 people were injured, including two Gallup police officers. The state police agency said Friday they have no reason to suspect the crime was motivated by hate. The incident stoked fear in the crowd of thousands who lined the...

A vehicle plowed through a crowd during a parade in New Mexico on Thursday.

President Joe Biden says he is escalating federal assistance for New Mexico as it faces its largest wildfire in recorded state history.

President Joe Biden is visiting New Mexico to talk about his administration’s efforts to tackle wildfires as residents smolder with anger over how federal officials allowed planned burns to spread out of control, leading to the largest blaze in recorded state history.

Firefighting managers in northern New Mexico say the flames of the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. have become unstoppable as they advance and burn trees sucked dry of moisture over decades of drought.

In Southern California, a wildfire erupted Wednesday in the coastal community of Laguna Niguel and burned more than 20 homes, many of them multimillion-dollar mansions.

A film production company is contesting sanctions by New Mexico officials for alleged workplace safety violations on the set of “Rust,” where actor and producer Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer in October.

It was one of 50 school shootings in 2017 — and an instance of how missed signals can precede tragedy.

Firefighters in New Mexico’s Rocky Mountain foothills are excavating new firebreaks and clearing brush to keep a massive wildfire from destroying more homes and pine forests. Nearly 300 structures including homes, commercial buildings and barns have already been destroyed. Officials said Monday that the tally will increase as more of the damage is surveyed. More residents were told to evacuate...

Residents of a northern New Mexico city tried to recapture a sense of normalcy as their rural neighbors hunkered down amid predictions of extreme fire conditions.

New Mexico is making child care free for many families for a full year. Historian Anna Danziger Halperin joins Current to talk about the decades-long debate over child care costs and explores whether other states could adopt similar models.

Firefighters have slowed the advance of the largest wildfire in the U.S. as heavy winds relented, while Biden’s disaster declaration brings new financial resources.

Residents of the small northeast New Mexico town have been watching aircraft disappear into a giant plume of smoke to fight a growing wildfire that has burned hundreds of square miles.