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President Trump has fired his homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, and said Markwayne Mullin, a senator from Oklahoma, would replace her.
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The High Desert Play Festival, presented by the American Southwest Theatre Company at New Mexico State University, opens Friday and runs through Sunday. It features full-length readings of two plays by playwrights in residence Alexis Elisa Macedo and Jesus I. Valles. Scott Brocato spoke with the two playwrights about their works. -
A federal inmate has tested positive for measles – bringing the total number of 2026 measles cases in New Mexico to six. -
Nick Seibel, publisher and editor of the Silver City Daily Press covers top stories each week on the Silver City Report. -
Dr. Ramadevi Subramani Reddy is studying the efficacy of the neem tree as a possible treatment for cancer and other chronic illnesses like diabetes. -
The Las Cruces City Council held their first meeting of the month and voted on a variety of resolutions ranging from pedestrian crossing infrastructure to contracts that help the city receive reimbursements for ambulance services.
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Roswell Community Disaster Relief Services is an organization that uses a mobile outreach unit designed to meet people experiencing homelessness where they are, at camps, in vehicles, along riverbeds and city sidewalks. -
The committee's ranking member, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., voted no on the nomination along with 8 others, but the final was 11-9 in favor. -
Groups across Texas continue to push back against the Trump administration’s revocation of the Endangerment Finding, a 2009 ruling that determined six greenhouse gases were a threat to public health and welfare. -
Birding for Every BODY is part of a growing national movement to help people with physical and other limitations experience birding and nature in general.
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Lindo is nominated for best supporting actor for his role in Sinners. At the BAFTA awards on Sunday, Lindo was presenting when a man with Tourette syndrome in the audience yelled out a racial slur. -
It's a big week for women in country music — and, it turns out, for women whose songs are favored by women in figure skating. -
Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse. -
The case accuses the Trump administration of ignoring legislation designed to stop the spread of Chinese propaganda — and instead helping to broker a partial sale to businessmen close to Trump. -
The Spanish government reiterated it would not let U.S. forces use two joint military bases in Spain as the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran escalates, widening a rift with the Trump administration.
March 5, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
Iranian drone, missile attacks on Gulf nations risk pulling more countries into war
John Kirby on concerns about Iran's future after the war
As U.S.-Israeli strikes intensify, Iran says it's no longer looking to negotiate
Trump fires Noem amid controversies over her leadership at DHS
