New Mexico
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New Mexico passes bill to safeguard abortion providers
•Republicans in the legislative minority raised a series of objections during a House floor debate to a bill that aims to protect abortion providers and patients from out-of-state interference, prosecution or extradition attempts.
New Mexico gov. signs bill overriding local abortion bans
•New Mexico has one of the country’s most liberal abortion access laws, but two counties and three cities in eastern New Mexico have recently adopted abortion restrictions that reflect deep-seated opposition to offering the procedure.
New Mexico enacts law to keep guns away from children
•Criminal charges could be brought only if the minor later brandishes or displays the firearm in a threatening way, or uses it to kill or injure someone. The proposal would establish both misdemeanour and felony crimes, with penalties
US border authorities roll out updated pursuit policy
•The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico had criticized Sunday’s crash and called for the agency to prioritize best practices
New Mexico wildfire: 5,000 under evacuation orders as inferno rages
Fp Staff •New Mexico authorities said they suspect the fire, which has torched more than 24 square kilometers of forest and grass, was sparked by a downed power line
New Mexico legislator proposes gun-safety training for actors, crew following Rust shooting tragedy
•The senator said in a statement that he was heartbroken to learn of the death of Halyna Hutchins in October 2021 on the set of #AlecBaldwin show Rust
'A whip, and then a loud pop': A timeline of events leading to Alec Baldwin fatally shooting Rust cinematographer
Fp Staff •"By sundown, the cinematographer of the film was dead, the director injured, and star actor Alec Baldwin distraught over having accidentally shot them both": a picture of the day emerges through affidavits.
Prop gun misfired by Alec Baldwin kills crew member on film set in New Mexico
•The incident occurred on the set of Rust in the southwestern US state, where Alec Baldwin is playing the lead in a 19th-century western
Dracopristis hoffmanorum: ‘Godzilla’ shark discovered in New Mexico gets formal name
•The formal naming announcement followed seven years of excavation, preservation and study.
US Election 2020 New Mexico profile: How state voted in 2016, demographics and more
Fp Research •New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States of America