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Lucas Morton, center, pleads not guilty to child abuse charges in state district court in Taos, N.M., Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018.
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August 08, 2018 - 9:06 pm

Prosecutor: Man at compound trained kids for school shooting

TAOS, N.M. (AP) — A father arrested at a ramshackle New Mexico compound where 11 children were found living in filth was training youngsters to commit school shootings, prosecutors said in court documents obtained Wednesday. The allegations against Siraj Ibn Wahhaj came to light as authorities...
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Gary Johnson
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File
August 05, 2018 - 8:21 am

Libertarian Party courts Gary Johnson for Senate run

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Former New Mexico governor and unsuccessful presidential candidate Gary Johnson received a formal invitation Saturday to run for the U.S. Senate under the Libertarian Party banner. The central committee of New Mexico's Libertarian Party offered Johnson the party's nomination...
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Reactor operator Chris Mitchell explains the control room at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant in Lacey, New Jersey, the oldest nuclear plant in the country, in 2004.
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Ian Bush
July 31, 2018 - 1:24 pm

Oldest power plant in US will be decommissioned decades earlier than planned

OCEAN COUNTY, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — The Oyster Creek nuclear plant in Ocean County is scheduled to shut down this fall, but it wasn't supposed to be fully dismantled until 2078. Now, a Camden company wants to dramatically accelerate that timeline. Officials from Holtec International said the...
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416 Fire, right, and the Burro Fire, left, northwest of Durango, Colo.
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June 12, 2018 - 11:40 am

Extreme fire danger forces another national forest to close

By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Extreme fire danger prompted officials to shut down a sprawling forest that includes some of Colorado's most stunning mountains in a region that attracts tourists from around the world, a rare tactic also being used in neighboring states as the U.S...
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