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The number of cases — and deaths — in Bangladesh is staggering. As of Sunday, 528 have died, mostly children. How did this measles outbreak begin? And how is the country responding?
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At Tuesday night's meeting, the Las Cruces Public School Board of Education voted unanimously to rename César Chávez Elementary to Desert Bloom Elementary. -
There have been over 120 dust events that have caused 21 deaths in the corridor since 2012. -
KRWG Public Media is covering contested races around the region ahead of the June 2nd primary. KRWG’s Abigail Salas spoke with Samantha Barncastle, who is a Republican candidate for Doña Ana County Commissioner in District 1. -
Seven Cabins Fire Update: Containment has increased due to hard work by air and ground firefighters.Seamless coordination between night and day crews has strengthened firefighting efforts, allowing crews to build on each other’s progress and increase containment to 15%.
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Three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders had to be quarantined and assessed Wednesday for possible exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a suspected drug overdose. -
Indigenous leaders say that in the Trump administration's rush to build border walls, contractors are desecrating Native American sacred places and cultural sites at an unprecedented pace, more than 170 years after the international boundary split the territories of dozens of tribes. -
The Seven Cabins Fire has exploded to over 12,500 acres as of Monday morning. -
New Mexico produces more oil than any other state besides Texas, and the state's revenue from taxes, royalties and lease sales helps cover the cost of college tuition, all school meals, health insurance and a new initiative for free universal child care.
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Africa races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda. -
The young women make photos that look at life — how it is, how they wish it could be — under Taliban rule. The images are on display at the Photoville Festival in Brooklyn, New York. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with W-U-N-C listener Thomas Hirschman of Durham, North Carolina. and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz. -
There's an effort on Capitol Hill to increase funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which awards funding to houses of worship to harden their defenses. In 2024, roughly a third of those who applied actually received funding.
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