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Kanye West’s Twitter account was suspended early Friday after new owner Elon Musk declared the rapper had violated the platform’s rules against inciting violence. “I tried my best,” Musk said in response to a user asking him to “fix Kanye.” “Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.” The suspension comes after West, who goes by Ye, tweeted an altered image of the Star of David merged with a swastika, suggesting he would use it as the logo for his 2024 presidential ca...
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed legislation imposing a deal he negotiated between freight railroads and organized labor, averting a possible strike but risking a divide with rank-and-file union workers who opposed the settlement. “It was tough for me,” said Biden at a signing ceremony at the White House on Friday, while heralding the bill as the only option to avert a disastrous work stoppage that would have threatened key supply chains ahead of the Christmas holiday. “It was the right thing to do at the moment,...
SANTA FE -- The state Department of Health has issued a public health emergency order in response to an ongoing surge in children being hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus — RSV — and other respiratory viruses. The order requires all New Mexico hospitals to work together to "reactivate and participate in a 'hub and spoke' model of resource management to ensure patients are transferred to appropriate levels of care," the department said in a news release Thursday. "We expand our social networks during the hol...
The prep football season is over, but it remained a topic of conversation Thursday at the New Mexico Activities Association's latest board of directors meeting. There was a bit of a two-pronged discussion Thursday — one focused on the quality of facilities that are hosting playoff games, and another (and lesser) give-and-take about whether higher seeds should possibly be allowed to start hosting postseason games in every round and not just through the quarterfinals. That second item didn't have much traction Thursday. "...
WASHINGTON — The nation isn’t going to get a rail strike for Christmas, but 115,000 railroad workers also are not going to get paid sick leave after the Senate passed legislation Thursday to enforce a contract deal. Four out of 12 rail unions had rejected the contract that President Biden cut in September, leaving a strike looming as soon as Dec. 9. The White House asked Congress to intervene under a 1926 law, and pass the deal Biden helped negotiate. House Democrats nearly rebelled, but sent two measures to the Senate Wed...
After a bruising midterm election in which Republicans not only failed to make gains but lost their only congressional seat in the state, Steve Pearce will try to hold on as chairman of the New Mexico GOP for a third term during an internal election Saturday in Las Cruces. Pearce, a former congressman and state representative who has served as state Republican Party chairman since losing the 2018 gubernatorial race, is facing four challengers, including a conservative radio host with a loyal following and a former state...
Ten days after his starting power forward was shot and hospitalized after a 3 a.m. shootout on the University of New Mexico campus that left a UNM student dead, New Mexico State University basketball coach Greg Heiar was apologetic Tuesday, and said he takes responsibility for what happened. It was the first time the first-year Aggies coach has spoken publicly about the shooting. He, and the school, remain tight-lipped about what, if any, discipline has been taken on players who snuck out of their Albuquerque hotel the...
PORTALES -- The new chancellor/president for Eastern New Mexico University is James Johnston. Johnston was one of five finalists for ENMU's top job. He is the 12th president of the Portales university and the third chancellor for the ENMU system, which includes campuses in Roswell and Ruidoso. University regents announced Johnston's selection at a special meeting on Tuesday afternoon. He is scheduled to begin on Jan. 3. “I am truly honored to join the ENMU family. From the b...
AL THUMAMA, Qatar - Needing a victory to advance to the final 16 of the World Cup, the U.S. took care of business Tuesday, edging Iran 1-0 on a Christian Pulisic goal late in the first half. With the win, the unbeaten U.S. (1-0-2) finished second to England in its group and will meet Group A champion the Netherlands in the Round of 16 on Saturday. Iran, meanwhile, goes home short of the knockout stages for the sixth time in an many visits to the World Cup. But the Iranians...
