New Mexico News

Aggregated New Mexico News Articles

• New Mexico and Meta return to court for bench trial over public nuisance claims
  
  Following a $375 million jury penalty, a judge will now weigh more than 75 proposed platform changes and a $3.7 billion mental health abatement plan.
  KETV - Omaha, Nebraska.  Tue, 05 May 2026 02:49:00 GMT.
• College students crack decades-old cold case of woman found dead in New Mexico hotel room
  
  Students at Ramapo College of New Jersey identified an 18-year-old woman found dead inside the bathtub or a Super 8 Motel room in June 1991 as Becca Mallekoote.
  Daily Mail.  Mon, 04 May 2026 16:03:45 GMT.
• Meta's public nuisance case in New Mexico has billion-dollar consequences
  
  Meta is back in a Santa Fe courthouse in a child safety case that could determine whether the company is a public nuisance.
  CNBC.  Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:01 GMT.
• WATCH: New Mexico diner deemed unsafe by partially collapses
  
  A diner in Albuquerque, New Mexico, partially collapsed, exposing two floors of the building. The city ordered the diner to close two weeks prior after inspectors deemed the structure unsafe.
  ABC News.  Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:11:11 -0400.
• UFC fighter Tim Means arrested on child abuse charge in New Mexico
  
  UFC fighter Tim Means was allegedly arrested on a child abuse charge in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center.
  Fox News.  Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:56:52 -0400.
• Cowboy chef says phones and screens at dinner are tearing American families apart
  
  "Cowboy" Kent Rollins of New Mexico says putting phones down at the dinner table could strengthen American families, urging a return to simple, distraction-free meals.
  Fox News.  Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:00:25 -0400.
• Barabak: In Texas and beyond, a political impulse: If you don't like it, leave
  
  A legislative directive to study a merger with eastern New Mexico is the latest example of secessionist sentiments around the country. The breakaway notions are fanciful but the discontent is real.
  Mark Z. Barabak.  Los Angeles Times.  Wed, 8 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT.
• YouTubers trespass at Epstein's former Zorro Ranch
  
  Three YouTubers from Colorado trespassed at Jeffrey Epstein's former Zorro Ranch in New Mexico and claim they were shot at by the property manager.
  KETV - Omaha, Nebraska.  Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:23:00 GMT.
• Lawmakers say verdicts against Meta, Google give momentum for bill to protect kids online
  
  Juries in New Mexico and California have accomplished something Congress has unsuccessfully spent years trying to do: Holding social media companies accountable for endangering children who use their platforms.
  Lindsey Mcpherson.  Washington Times.  Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:45:36 -0400.
• Juries find social media platforms knowingly harmed children
  
  Juries in California and New Mexico have ordered social media companies to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for harming children with addictive algorithms in two unprecedented verdicts this week.
  Sean Salai.  Washington Times.  Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:13:54 -0400.

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