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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday.
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El Rito Media Publisher Josh Byers covers top stories each week on Alamogordo NOW. -
Scott Brocato recently spoke with Dr. Alyssa Benavides, Managing Director of the Office of Professional Education at Texas Tech Health El Paso; and Dr. Christiane Herber-Valdez, TTHEP’s Assistant Vice-President of Academic Affairs, about the Borderland Dental Leaders: Building Bridges program. -
Recent CDC guidance altered longstanding guidance that encouraged hepatitis B vaccinations for newborns. -
The Las Cruces Suicide Prevention Task Force is opening enrollment for their next Survivors of Suicide Support Group, an 8-week support group that begins January 20th. Scott Brocato spoke with Athena Huckaby, chair of the Las Cruces Suicide Prevention Task Force, about the task force and the SOS support group. -
The hiker is receiving treatment and did not require hospitalization.
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More than 400 calls for help across Kerr County last summer when devastating floods hit during the overnight hours on the July Fourth holiday. -
Without rapid and large-scale action on both sides of the border, the researchers warn that unsustainable use threatens water security for millions of people who rely on the binational basin. -
Lubbock's crosswalk was first installed in 2020 and is near the Buddy Holly Center, a downtown museum with exhibits honoring Lubbock’s most famous native son. -
Earlier this year, seven states were told to agree to a framework for a river plan by Nov. 11. That deadline passed Tuesday with no announcement of a deal or even details about sticking points.
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Mass firings, buyouts and heightened uncertainty led to an exodus of federal workers in 2025. More than 300,000 employees will be out of the government by the end of December. -
In its push for more immigrant detention space, the Trump administration is reopening shuttered prisons in several states. Many of these facilities, closed amid allegations of abuse and mismanagement. -
After years of shortages and economic collapse, Venezuelans face fresh uncertainty as Trump threatens an oil blockade — but many say they're too exhausted to do anything but endure. -
The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China. -
Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from Vietnam to Iraq, has died. He was 91.
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