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Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the initial decision: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one.
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Nick Seibel, editor and publisher of the Silver City Daily Press, covers top stories each week on the Silver City Report. This week, Fierro residents go without phone service for a month, Silver Schools still fighting with the federal government to keep grant for mental health programs, and more. -
Constituents caused multiple disruptions and pauses at the BOCC meeting where Project Jupiter representatives were set to give commissioners updates on the AI data center. -
KC Counts talks with representatives of the Surface Water Quality Bureau about harmful algal blooms and how to report, be aware, and stay safe in area lakes. -
An independent police oversight group presented their latest findings to Las Cruces City Council after a review of the Las Cruces Police Department. -
Spiders can be scary but even poisonous spiders provide an essential service to humans and the environment by eating bugs.
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By narrowing the definition of "harm," conservationists said places wildlife call home will now be open to logging, drilling, mining, real estate development and more. -
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, on July 7 as he was driving to a Houston construction job site. -
Stories of people surprised to find their homes inundated by rising rivers illustrate the challenges of trying to bolster early warning systems in a vast, rural area known as Flash Flood Alley. -
The National Interagency Fire Center has confirmed more than 2,100 fires since the beginning of July.
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Blanketing the airwaves with ads about healthcare, Republican candidates who voted to cut federal funding in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are positioning themselves as advocates for lower costs. -
Trump officials say they found 250,000 noncitizens on voter rolls in just four states. Those states don't know where the numbers came from, and some worry what the claims may portend for the midterms. -
Firefighters in the Gironde region of France said the situation had "stabilized", after a week of wildfires caused by a major heatwave across Europe. -
At least 18 migrants have died trying to reach the Spanish territory of Ceuta after thousands of people breached the frontier with Morocco and poured in. The crisis boiled over Thursday and overnight.
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