Associated Press New Mexico https://tcr.durangoherald.com/section/associated-press-new-mexico/feed/ Latest local news from The Durango Herald. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 03:33:08 -0600 en-us 30 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/irans-rial-currency-hits-new-record-low-as-us-prepares-to-announce-more-sanctions/ DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s currency hit a record low Monday as Washington prepared to announce new sanctions it said would be an “economic D-Day” and would add further pressure on an economy already battered by previous sanctions... Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:27:17 -0600 A41785F1-8BB9-57C9-8360-0B7EF0C5F8D9 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/burnham-and-european-leaders-arrive-in-kyiv-as-ukraine-marks-independence-day/ KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European leaders joined President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Monday for official celebrations marking Ukraine’s Independence Day as Russia pushes on with its 4-year-old invasion of the country. One of President Vladimir Putin’s key goals in... Mon, 24 Aug 2026 01:15:34 -0600 3E1B081F-7B8F-5AB3-9642-A0FF5503BFAA https://tcr.durangoherald.com/world-shares-decline-as-bond-market-pressure-persists-and-irans-rial-sinks-against-the-dollar/ BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mostly lower and oil prices slipped on Monday at the outset of a week capped by an annual meeting of top U.S. economic officials at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Iran’s currency hit a record low... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 23:35:24 -0600 4FF0939C-2466-5576-8C84-914545DDBE30 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/uganda-and-burundi-military-officials-visit-israel-to-discuss-gaza-troop-deployment/ TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Military officials from Uganda and Burundi visited Israel last week to discuss deploying troops to Gaza as part of an international security force envisioned by U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace for the fragile... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 22:14:55 -0600 9AB99C1A-A213-5AF0-8D25-1B95FB0450E2 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/what-to-know-about-icelands-vote-on-whether-to-restart-talks-to-join-the-eu/ REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — When U.S. President Donald Trump said he wanted a “piece of ice, cold and poorly located,” the people of Iceland had every reason to worry even if he was referring to Greenland. Their concern was not... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 22:11:51 -0600 C562D0D9-3149-541B-9944-C32F905B5E34 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/3-year-college-degrees-grow-more-popular-in-the-us-saving-time-and-cash-but-critics-arent-sold/ Giles Sims, 34, was sick of getting passed over for jobs because he didn’t have a college degree. But with a wife and a widowed mother to help support, he needed a quick solution. So the laid-off web developer turned... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 22:05:47 -0600 13D7CE5F-A351-587D-8E0C-38DE48350265 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/workers-in-china-worry-over-being-replaced-as-they-adapt-to-the-growing-impact-of-ai-on-jobs/ HONG KONG (AP) — Computer programmer Fei Zhaojun’s boss asked him if artificial intelligence could soon replace humans in coding jobs. Two weeks later, he was laid off from his job in Beijing, together with about 160 of his colleagues.... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:42:24 -0600 2CFDA7C9-CCE5-508C-8432-EFFFF81397C7 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/sean-grayson-former-illinois-deputy-convicted-of-killing-sonya-massey-dies-in-prison-lawyer-says/ CHICAGO (AP) — Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy whose fatal shooting of Sonya Massey inside her home became a flashpoint over police use of force, died Sunday while serving a 20-year prison sentence. Grayson’s attorney, Daniel Fultz, confirmed... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 19:37:15 -0600 A231FFC7-1172-57BB-AAF3-90521FBD7070 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/two-phoenix-police-officers-arrested-and-fired-after-violent-unreported-traffic-stop/ PHOENIX (AP) — Two Phoenix police officers were fired and arrested after an unreported traffic stop in which they assaulted a man and woman and shocked them with a Taser, the police chief said. Officers Antonio Felix and Luis Vasquez... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:17:52 -0600 E44E68EE-D36B-56A1-83B3-586B69B5DCFC https://tcr.durangoherald.com/he-was-waiting-for-his-son-to-return-from-the-uss-lincoln-then-border-patrol-arrested-him/ When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, his son was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln with the Navy — a vessel that set a U.S. military record for uninterrupted time at sea, stirring concerns... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:03:59 -0600 82A12381-86B3-5A25-BEAB-94103C4EE6AD https://tcr.durangoherald.com/thai-prime-minister-meets-security-chiefs-after-coordinated-attacks-in-3-southern-provinces/ BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand ’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, already facing a flood crisis in the country’s north, held an urgent meeting on Sunday with high-level security officials in response to coordinated violence overnight in three southern provinces where a... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:56:07 -0600 F088D1A3-6568-5665-8840-8933C2E4F840 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/at-least-22-people-killed-in-a-landslide-in-capital-of-guinea-officials-say/ CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea ‘s capital of Conakry early on Sunday, killing 30 people, according to the central government. Authorities said that heavy rains, which started at around... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:37:18 -0600 2FF00744-40E2-5596-A09A-8A98CCBFF566 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/spider-man-tops-box-office-in-fourth-weekend-the-odyssey-becomes-nolans-highest-grossing-film/ “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” fought off a slew of newcomers, including a comedy, a horror franchise, a Jason Statham action movie and a family pic, to maintain its first-place spot at the box office in its fourth weekend in theaters.... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:27:48 -0600 817D689D-B230-5951-9805-01181C2928E6 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/tropical-storm-moke-carrying-more-rain-toward-hurricane-damaged-hawaii/ HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Moke was swirling past Hawaii on Sunday, close enough to dump heavy rain on Big Island communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Lala. The National Hurricane Center located Moke’s center about 320 miles (515 kilometers)... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:30:19 -0600 13818B79-AAF9-5A2E-AD2B-9803B7F98FC4 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/carney-warned-about-economic-coercion-now-trump-is-testing-the-canadian-prime-minister/ TORONTO (AP) — Mark Carney drew international attention as Canada’s prime minister by warning that middle powers must resist economic coercion by more powerful countries. Now President Donald Trump is putting that warning to the test with sweeping new tariffs... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:11:22 -0600 4ED84545-BADC-59EB-8728-A4B1D1ED8AB2 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/china-abruptly-postpones-ambitious-change-7-lunar-mission-launch/ HAIKOU, China (AP) — China said on Sunday it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for water ice on the moon. The Chang’e-7 spacecraft was originally set to lift... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 07:39:14 -0600 668024DB-9B8C-5F71-81DB-E0F1540B9D79 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/indonesian-police-arrest-72-people-suspected-of-starting-forest-fires/ JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police on Sunday arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the recent forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country triggered a harmful cloud known as a... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:27:27 -0600 067D90CF-86E3-57CF-809C-A916869D9D80 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/as-the-clancy-case-highlights-postpartum-psychosis-a-mom-stricken-by-it-shares-her-story-of-hope/ About two weeks after giving birth, Bridget María Chesterton was curled up on the bathroom floor, saying things that made little sense. Later, in the emergency room, she kept repeating, “What’s going on?” She’d lost touch with reality. The family... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:12:55 -0600 76D89345-A1E5-5D61-9A65-F342F0416EA7 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/wildfire-approaches-reno-nevada-forcing-thousands-to-evacuate-their-neighborhoods/ An out-of-control wildfire that jumped over fire trucks and made it difficult for crews to reach hot spots destroyed homes in northwest Reno, Nevada, on Sunday. Shifting winds challenged firefighters trying to bring it under control, and authorities urged some... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:09:52 -0600 A8CFF72D-66E6-5366-AF8F-87AFF49CDE51 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/pete-buttigieg-returns-to-south-carolina-as-he-weighs-another-white-house-run/ ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — The last time Pete Buttigieg was giving a political speech in South Carolina, it was to mark a distant finish in the state’s primary that effectively ended his campaign for president. Returning this weekend as he... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 05:50:24 -0600 7161F656-284D-5A6E-9B46-8F98E918DF7F https://tcr.durangoherald.com/powerful-storm-hits-baltic-countries-killing-2-and-leaving-hundreds-of-thousands-without-power/ WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two people died and around half a million people were left without electricity across Latvia and Lithuania after a powerful cyclone, bringing rain and strong winds, hit the region on Saturday and into Sunday morning. “This... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 05:43:24 -0600 0F504715-A8C3-54C9-B68D-AB8378CF5DB6 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/harry-kane-giulia-gwinn-are-germanys-players-of-the-year/ BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane and Giulia Gwinn have won Germany’s player of the year awards for 2026. Bayern’s Vincent Kompany won the coach’s accolade, Kicker magazine announced Sunday, according to the results of its yearly polls of... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 05:20:39 -0600 4DD024B9-581F-52A6-A86F-6BC1AC6D2CD7 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/zelenskyy-details-rift-with-dismissed-defense-minister-saying-some-of-his-actions-were-misguided/ KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he believes actions taken by dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, including his involvement in mass protests and calls for an election, were misguided, as he publicly detailed their dispute for... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 03:23:35 -0600 4D7F465E-0828-527A-BE3C-ACA507C788BB https://tcr.durangoherald.com/dutch-grand-prix-sees-a-potential-path-back-to-f1-amid-middle-east-uncertainty/ The Dutch Grand Prix is bidding goodbye to Formula 1 on Sunday but its organizers say it could potentially “serve as an alternative venue” in the future amid continuing uncertainty over next year’s schedule. Already this year, the security situation... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 02:15:10 -0600 95F1EA00-B90F-570B-907D-1D8F3186A186 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/irans-president-says-us-memorandum-is-best-path-out-of-stalled-war-and-other-middle-east-news/ The new head of Iran’s top security body warned Sunday that Tehran will see any country’s support for new U.S. economic measures against the Islamic Republic as an “act of war,” while Iran’s president defended a memorandum of understanding with... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 02:06:28 -0600 D56E422B-BB01-528A-9309-7D8BF54748A2 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/kazakhstan-votes-in-parliamentary-election-expected-to-strengthen-presidents-grip-on-power/ TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Kazakhstan voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to further strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s grip on power in Central Asia’s largest nation. The pro-presidential Adilet party is widely predicted to win an overwhelming... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:21:08 -0600 7FF3D230-07D4-5CF7-8A34-7F2A7259AE4C https://tcr.durangoherald.com/heavy-crash-for-max-verstappen-causes-red-flag-at-f1s-dutch-grand-prix/ ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Lando Norris had a clear message for his Formula 1 rivals after a spectacular race-winning pass on standings leader Kimi Antonelli. Write off his title defense at your peril. “This fight is still on,” Norris said... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:08:39 -0600 E8F89A9D-D33F-5EB2-A533-B70C145D4DA1 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/buc-ees-chain-draws-outcry-in-ohio-for-launching-fight-over-a-mini-marts-beaver-logo/ BEAVERCREEK, Ohio (AP) — A lip-licking alligator, a smiling moose and a hat-wearing bear are among the many cartoon animals to have found themselves in the crosshairs of Buc-ee’s, the popular Texas convenience store chain that has a penchant for... Sat, 22 Aug 2026 23:00:39 -0600 3F94C8CB-8417-5335-BB94-A5E1BE73DA99 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/milton-throws-2-tds-in-1st-half-makes-case-for-cowboys-backup-job-in-34-13-win-over-cardinals/ GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Joe Milton had another good day in his quest to become the Dallas Cowboys’ backup quarterback. Coach Brian Schottenheimer says there’s still work to be done. The third-year player — who is battling Sam Howell for... Sat, 22 Aug 2026 22:57:25 -0600 A69E7A9B-C1BE-521D-8827-4B4EF6AFE2B7 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/officials-warn-wildland-firefighters-about-the-risks-of-using-a-supplement-for-smoke-exposure/ SEATTLE (AP) — Fire and medical officials have issued warnings about a supplement offered to Western wildland firefighters who have been exposed to toxic chemicals while battling some of the country’s biggest blazes. The supplement glutathione, given through an IV... Sat, 22 Aug 2026 22:01:24 -0600 1CA77A78-609F-5C65-8743-4BC682A6599E