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FILE - This undated file photo posted on Twitter on June 18, 2020 by Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, shows CITGO oil executives Jose Angel Pereira, from left to right, Gustavo Cardenas, Jorge Toledo, Jose Luis Zambrano, Tomeu Vadell and Alirio Jose Zambrano, standing outside the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, in Caracas, Venezuela. The oil executives jailed in Venezuela more than three years ago on corruption charges were granted house arrest on Friday, April 30, 2021, in a gesture of goodwill toward the Biden administration as it reviews its policy toward the politically turbulent South American country. (Posted on Twitter by Jorge Arreaza/Venezuela's Foreign Ministry via AP File)
Venezuela gives US oilmen house arrest in gesture to Biden

By Joshua Goodman Apr. 30, 2021 08:59 PM EDT

A nurse inoculates a woman with a dose of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine at the Perez Carreno public hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
US weighs policy on Venezuela as Maduro signals flexibility

By Joshua Goodman Apr. 26, 2021 02:03 PM EDT

New Mexico governor's grocery bills prompt calls for audit

Mar. 04, 2021 06:25 PM EST
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Senate Republicans on Thursday asked for a special audit of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s use of a discretionary fund following reports...

FILE - In this Friday, June 5, 2020, file photo, Republican congressional candidate Alexis Johnson awaits final results in New Mexico's primary election outside a public works building where local election officials tallied absentee votes in Santa Fe, N.M. Johnson of Santa Fe has won the Republican primary nomination in New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District. Johnson emerged victorious Saturday in the three-way primary amid a surge in absentee balloting that took several days to tally in the district's most populous county. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)
Northern New Mexico district to pick its 1st congresswoman

By Morgan Lee Oct. 08, 2020 08:32 PM EDT

FILE - This undated file photo posted on Twitter on June 18, 2020 by Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, shows CITGO oil executives, from left, Jose Angel Pereira, Gustavo Cardenas, Jorge Toledo, Jose Luis Zambrano, Tomeu Vadell and Alirio Jose Zambrano, standing outside the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, in Caracas, Venezuela. A Venezuela court has launched the trial for the six oil executives jailed well over two years after being lured to the South American nation and arrested on corruption charges, an attorney confirmed Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (Posted on Twitter by Jorge Arreaza/Venezuela's Foreign Ministry via AP, File)
Houston man jailed in Venezuela feared sick with coronavirus

By Joshua Goodman Sep. 03, 2020 04:55 PM EDT

Spaceport America vets capital projects amid investigation

By Susan Montoya Bryan Sep. 02, 2020 04:25 PM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An investigation into the conduct of Spaceport America's chief executive officer is ongoing and initial findings are expected in the...

FILE - This undated file photo posted on Twitter on June 18, 2020 by Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, shows CITGO oil executives, from left, Jose Angel Pereira, Gustavo Cardenas, Jorge Toledo, Jose Luis Zambrano, Tomeu Vadell and Alirio Jose Zambrano, standing outside the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, in Caracas, Venezuela. A Venezuela court has launched the trial for the six oil executives jailed well over two years after being lured to the South American nation and arrested on corruption charges, an attorney confirmed Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (Posted on Twitter by Jorge Arreaza/Venezuela's Foreign Ministry via AP, File)
American oil execs, held 2 years, go to trial in Venezuela

By Scott Smith Aug. 07, 2020 02:39 PM EDT

FILE - This March 19, 2020, file photo provided courtesy of the White family, shows U.S. Navy veteran Michael White in Mashhad, Iran. White, a Navy veteran detained in Iran for nearly two years, has been released and is on his way home as part of an unusual agreement to free an Iranian-American physician who was prosecuted in the United States, U.S. officials said Thursday, June 4. (Courtesy of the White Family via AP)
Detained US Navy veteran freed by Iran as part of deal

By Matthew Lee And Eric Tucker Jun. 04, 2020 05:06 PM EDT

FILE - This March 19, 2020, file photo provided courtesy of the White family, shows U.S. Navy veteran Michael White in Mashhad, Iran. White, a Navy veteran detained in Iran for nearly two years, has been released and is on his way home as part of an unusual agreement to free an Iranian-American physician who was prosecuted in the United States, U.S. officials said Thursday, June 4. (Courtesy of the White Family via AP)
Detained US Navy veteran freed by Iran as part of deal

By Matthew Lee And Eric Tucker Jun. 04, 2020 11:18 AM EDT

In this Feb. 13, 2020, photo, GOP U.S. House candidate Claire Chase speaks to voters in Los Lunas, N.M. Chase and two other Republican hopefuls seeking the GOP nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small for a key southern New Mexico seat are hitting the airwaves early. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
Democratic nomination eludes ex-CIA operative Valerie Plame

By Morgan Lee And Russell Contreras Jun. 02, 2020 12:18 AM EDT

Virgin Galactic SpaceshipTwo Unity flys free in the New Mexico Airspace for the first time on Friday, May 1, 2020. Virgin Galactic's spaceship VSS Unity has landed in the New Mexico desert after its first glide flight from Spaceport America. The company announced Friday's flight on social media, sharing photos of the spaceship. (Virgin Galactic via AP)
Virgin Galactic posts loss, touts future potential revenue

By Susan Montoya Bryan May. 05, 2020 06:25 PM EDT

Workers at New Mexico meat plant tested for coronavirus

May. 05, 2020 12:07 AM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — More than 400 workers at a meat packing plant in southern New Mexico have been tested after state officials say one employee at the...

Members of an Arizona National Guard unit pause while loading a helicopter with medical supplies to be taken to the remote Navajo Nation town of Kayenta, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Phoenix. The reservation has been hard-hit by the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Top Navajo leaders quarantine as tribe prepares for curfew

By Susan Montoya Bryan And Morgan Lee Apr. 10, 2020 01:53 PM EDT

Police tape cordons off a public basketball court in Santa Fe, N.M., Thursday, April 9, 2020, as state health officials take new precautions to discourage large gatherings and limit the spread of the coronavirus. New Mexico is creating self-isolation centers to house, feed and provide counseling to virus-infected medical personnel and members of Native American communities that have been hard hit by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
Virus infections surpass 1,000 in New Mexico, deaths climb

By Morgan Lee Apr. 10, 2020 10:47 AM EDT