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The U.S. government long saw giving international aid as a way to build goodwill throughout the world. Did it work? And what does the reducing of foreign aid mean for that effort now?
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Tim Z. Hernandez will be reading from his latest book, “They Call You Back: A Lost History, a Search, a Memoir,” Friday night at 7:30 at NMSU’s CMI Theatre as part of the Nelson-Boswell Reading Series. Scott Brocato recently spoke with Hernandez about the book. -
Nick Seibel, editor and publisher of Silver City Daily Press, talks about a business recovering from a fire, the Town of Silver City cutting funding to local events and COBRE Consolidated Schools getting ready to chose the next superintendent. -
The Las Cruces City Council held the first city council meeting of the month and passed resolutions regarding increased income from the gross receipts tax. -
As climate change increases water scarcity, researchers at New Mexico State University are exploring how saffron fares in central and southern parts of the state and how to integrate the crop with others already grown there.
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The girl and her mother crossed the border near El Paso last September. -
UFOs, or the notion of them, have been around a long time. Here’s a look at how the various iterations of the subject have unfolded since World War II. -
As a warm winter with poor skiing conditions gave way to early springtime record heat, snow is vanishing from all but the highest elevations in the West. -
Tina Peters is serving a nine-year prison term after being convicted of state crimes for sneaking in an outside computer expert to make a copy of her county's election computer system during a software update in 2021.
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While marveling at Artemis II's mission, NPR's film critic went down a rabbit hole about moon-themed movies. Most have nothing to do with space. -
Harrison Hill's book The Oracle's Daughter is a story about the terror of losing the self — but it's also, gratifyingly, a story about finding the way back to it. -
The U.S. fertility rate continued its slide to historic levels, due to plunging teen pregnancies and far more women delaying motherhood into their 30s and 40s. -
The priciest concessions at the Masters, beer and wine, cost just $6 each. The Georgia golf tournament prides itself on a simple and affordable menu, even as ticket prices continue to climb. -
People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of spillover diseases from those pangolins, giant rats and other exotic critters.
April 8, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
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Expert warns Middle East energy infrastructure will take months to recover
DACA recipient detained by ICE while delivering milk to premature daughter in NICU
U.S.-Iran ceasefire tested by Strait of Hormuz tension and Israel’s war in Lebanon
