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Donald Trump’s campaign dropped a lawsuit over the use of ballot drop boxes in New Mexico’s elections—part of the campaign’s nationwide, unsuccessful efforts to overturn election results after he lost his reelection bid.  The campaign filed the lawsuit in mid-December, weeks after the election and after the state had certified its election results and the […]

The big idea Specific groups of kindergartners in the U.S. are more likely to be frequent users of social networking, online gaming or messaging by the end of fifth grade, according to our new study in the journal Child Development. My colleagues and I identified these groups based on analyses of data from 10,460 U.S. schoolchildren followed over six years. Understanding which children are frequent users of online technologies is important because such use may displace developmentally appropria...

Too much screen time doesn't leave enough time for other important parts of growing up. Predicting which little kids will likely grow into heavy tech users could help target educational campaigns.

Grammar isn't a way to bully people for making mistakes, says a longtime English instructor. It is a way to understand how our language operates, in all its many written and spoken varieties.

Vice President Pence could invoke the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution, also known as the Disability Clause, if he believes Trump is 'unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.'

Andy Lyman The number of new COVID-19 cases in New Mexico continued to grow on Thursday, when the state Department of Health reported 1,841 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and 39 additional deaths related to the disease. The seven-day average number of cases, according to calculations by the Albuquerque Journal, rose to 1,280. The one-day number was the highest since Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Thursday, with 449. Five other counties had 100...

Penny Aucoin A pipe that transports produced water from an oil pad to a saltwater disposal well burst on Jan 21, 2020. This photo, taken by Penny Aucoin, shows the wastewater spewing into the air. Penny Aucoin and her husband Carl George reached a settlement with the oil company WPX Energy over a pipe burst in early 2020 that drenched the family’s yard, pets and livestock with produced water.  In January 2020, Aucoin and George were awoken early one morning by the sound of a loud pop and g...

The state Department of Health reported 1,496 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and 47 additional deaths related to the disease. The 47 deaths were the second-most reported in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The state reported 48 deaths on Dec. 17. Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on […]

The state Department of Health reported 1,316 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and 33 additional deaths related to the disease. Also on Wednesday the state announced that one county, Catron County, met the criteria to operate at “yellow” level, which allows less restrictions than the other 32 counties that are operating under “red” level […]

Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. On Dec. 21, 2020, Congress moved to lift the long-standing ban on federal student aid - specifically, the Pell grant - for those who are incarcerated. The decision comes after a long push for prison reforms that included calls for a greater emphasis on rehabilitation, reducing prison populations and making prison sentences less harsh. Prison education programs have been shown to improve job prospects....