In Cleveland, sea of white reflects GOP’s math problem
By BILL BARROW After Mitt Romney lost the 2012 presidential election, Republican Party heavyweights uniformly agreed that white voters alone do not hold the keys to winning the White House.…
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Ryan ‘laughed out loud’ at Trump threat
The Latest on the 2016 presidential race, which includes a Republican debate on Thursday night in Detroit (all times EST): 12:40 p.m. House Speaker Paul Ryan says he “laughed out…
SOUTHWEST, SOUTH SCORE LOW ON CHILD-WELFARE INDEX
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Several states in the Deep South and Southwest have earned dismal scores on an annual child-welfare index that cited poverty and single-parent house households as worrisome…
NEW MEXICO BOY, 12, SHOOTS 2 CLASSMATES AT SCHOOL
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS A woman hugs a student at a staging ground set up at the Roswell Mall following a shooting at Berrendo Middle School, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in…
DEMOCRATS WORK TO RAISE NUMBER OF FEMALE GOVERNORS
By STEVE PEOPLES FILE – In this Sept. 27, 2013, file photo, New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan speaks at an Emily’s List town hall discussion entitled “Madam President” in Manchester,…
NEW MEXICO OFFICER FIRED IN VAN SHOOTING TO APPEAL
Three New Mexico State Police officers react as a minivan driven by motorist Oriana Farrell pulls away from a chaotic traffic stop that included one officer bashing the van’s window…
Governors in key states buck GOP on health care
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Map shows states declining to expand Medicaid or undecided; 2c x 3 inches; 96.3 mm x 76 mm; Rick Snyder, Gene Michalski, Jeffrey Ditkoff FILE– In this…