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Book Review: The Surprising Science of Walking

The earliest fossilized footprints of a human being were found at a saltwater lagoon in South Africa. They came from a woman some 117,000 years ago, proof that walking is something that... Read more »

Keeping the river and its ecosystems ‘alive enough’ during dry spells

Actor and author Will Rogers once famously described the Rio Grande in the 1930s as “the only river I saw that needed irrigation.” “That’s kind of what we’re doing,” said Mike Hamman,... Read more »

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Still Waiting for That Trump Health Plan

President Donald Trump keeps promising to unveil a comprehensive plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, but it keeps not appearing. However, this week he did order an expansion of telehealth for... Read more »

Texas Sues EPA Over Provision of Federal Water Law

For the 20th time since the Obama administration took office in 2009, the federal Environmental Protection Agency is facing a lawsuit from Texas.Joined by Louisiana and Mississippi, Texas is challenging the “Waters of the U.S.”... Read more »

Federal judge hammers Texas officials over failures to improve foster care system

DALLAS — Nearly four years after a federal judge first ruled that Texas violated foster children’s civil rights by placing them in a system where rape and over-medication were the norm, it’s... Read more »

Denver Schools Lead in Restorative Justice Methods

In partnership with a local nonprofit and area police, the Denver Public Schools district is among the leading examples of schools shifting their disciplinary focus from punishment to restorative support. As a... Read more »

Numbers of new cases of COVID-19 continue to decline with 210 Saturday but nine deaths

The state of New Mexico started the month of August with 210 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Saturday and nine deaths. The numbers of cases have started to trend downward after nearly... Read more »

From the Iraq War to representing Florida in Congress to Texas GOP chair: Here’s what you need to know about Allen West

Incoming Texas GOP Chairman Allen West is fairly new to Texas, but he is not new to national politics. West, a one-term former member of Congress from Florida, found his path to... Read more »

Embedding Trump’s tweets into news stories could boost his voter support, study finds

When journalists embed President Donald Trump’s tweets into news stories, they could be unknowingly helping him gain voter support, finds a paper forthcoming in the academic journal New Media & Society. Researchers wanted to know... Read more »

WATCH: Gov. Lujan Grisham’s 7/9 COVID-19 press conference

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks Thursday, June 11, 2020, during an online news conference addressing New Mexico’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic from the Capitol. Update: See the recap of the press conference... Read more »