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Dennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.
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A look back at the week's top stories and interviews from KRWG Public Media. Learn about ballot proposals to support soil and water conservation and pay legislators and a whole lot more. -
A U.S. federal judge in El Paso granted a preliminary injunction Friday that halts all construction of the border wall in Big Bend National Park. -
Michele Sleighel has created a sanctuary for unwanted and retired horses at River Thunder Ranch. The two-acre property sits just outside El Paso in Anthony, New Mexico. -
KRWG Public Media is covering the New Mexico State Representative race for district 33. Early voting opens October 6th. Democratic candidate Micaela Lara Cadena spoke to Noah Raess. -
NMSU NEA rallied outside the board of regents meeting saying they have been bargaining over a contract for more than 600 days.
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Attorneys representing the state of New Mexico told jurors that targeted political ads, attempting to lower Democratic turnout during the 2016 election, used Facebook data sold to a political consulting firm, during opening statements in a trial over the platform's data protections. -
Marian Cabanillas, Medicaid and Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan executive for UnitedHealthcare, said such plans can also offer benefits like hearing, dental, vision and help with transportation. -
Under the plea agreement, all but four of the charges were dropped, and the agreement calls for a 10 1/2-year prison sentence and more than $1.8 million in restitution. -
At a news conference Friday, Stephanie Garcia Richard announced the order, which also calls on entities including the federal government to address issues associated with uranium mining.
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The ongoing investigation has found the attacker intended to crash the plane into Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, a person familiar with the matter but not authorized to speak publicly told NPR. -
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells. -
A judicial spokesperson confirmed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had filed a claim with the High Court in London and a hearing would take place Thursday. -
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country's housing crisis. -
This year, federal forecasters say the planet could see the strongest El Niño event on record. Here's what you need to know.
October 2, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
Martina Navratilova on Chris Evert, their rivalry and beating cancer
Brooks and Atkins Stohr on GOP vulnerabilities in the midterms
How the West is preparing for a drier future as water supplies hit lows
Who's spending big, and where, in most expensive election cycle ever
