MISSING GIRL-NEW MEXICO-THE LATEST
The Latest: Authorities find body of girl, 5, in New Mexico
ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say they have found the body of a 5-year-old New Mexico girl who was reported missing Sunday.
FBI Special Agent James Langenberg, who heads the agency's Albuquerque office, said during a brief news conference Wednesday in Espanola that Renezmae Calzada's remains had been found. He did not say where.
He did not take questions after stating the investigation into Renezmae's case would continue. He says authorities were working to identify who might be responsible for her death.
Authorities say the girl was last seen Sunday morning outside her home in Espanola, and she was reported missing that evening. Authorities have not explained why there was a delay.
Langenberg says the searched for Renezmae included Espanola and 2 miles (1.6 kilometers) of the Rio Grande.
SUPREME COURT-IMMIGRATION-ASYLUM
Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of asylum limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States.
The justices' order late Wednesday temporarily undoes a lower-court ruling that had blocked the new asylum policy in some states along the southern border. The policy is meant to deny asylum to anyone who passes through another country on the way to the U.S. without seeking protection there.
Most people crossing the southern border are Central Americans fleeing violence and poverty. They are largely ineligible under the new rule.
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented from the high court's order. Sotomayor says the rule upends "longstanding practices regarding refugees who seek shelter from persecution."
OPIOID CRISIS-PURDUE-NEW MEXICO
New Mexico stays out of opioids settlement with Purdue
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is declining to join a tentative settlement agreement over the role OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma played in the nation's opioid addiction crisis.
Balderas' office on Wednesday said the proposal was not nearly enough to pay for the harm that has been done to New Mexico families.
The agreement with about half the states and attorneys representing roughly 2,000 local governments would have Purdue file for a structured bankruptcy and pay as much as $12 billion over time. About $3 billion would come from the Sackler family that controls Purdue.
Several attorneys general said the agreement is a better way to ensure compensation from Purdue and the Sacklers than taking their chances if Purdue files for bankruptcy on its own.
NMSU-HISTORIAN'S ARCHIVE
Archives of New Mexico history professor to be preserved
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — The archives of a former history professor known for leading efforts to restore the first African American Church in Las Cruces are being donated to the city's museum system.
New Mexico State University announced Wednesday that Clarence Fielder's papers, photographs and videos will be preserved for future generations. The Phillips Chapel Restoration Group will give a public presentation on Fielder's life Sept. 21 at the Branigan Cultural Center.
Fielder died in 2015. He was a professor emeritus and a teacher with the Las Cruces school district for more than 50 years.
Fielder led university faculty, students and community volunteers in restoring Phillips Chapel, which was founded by his grandfather. Built in 1911, the chapel is on the National Register of Historic Places for its significance to the African American community.
BORDER WALL
In small section of border wall, Trump's promise takes shape
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — President Donald Trump says his administration plans to build up to 500 miles (805 kilometers) of border wall by the end of next year, and plans are already taking shape in Arizona and elsewhere.
But some are skeptical about whether the goal announced this week is achievable or even necessary.
Construction crews south of Yuma, Arizona, are putting up tall fencing along 5 miles (8 kilometers) of U.S.-Mexico border. The section is replacing shorter barriers meant to keep out cars, but not people.
The Border Patrol says tens of thousands of people have crossed the border illegally through the area and that the existing barriers don't suffice.
While the number of people apprehended by the Border Patrol is up in Yuma compared with last year, the figure has dropped dramatically there and across the southern border over the past few months.
POT COMPANY LICENSING
New Mexico marijuana task force proposes licensing companies
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico task force studying proposal options to legalize recreational cannabis has opposed state-operated marijuana stores.
The Cannabis Legalization Working Group set up by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham have proposed the state license companies that would grow and sell marijuana, and operate their stores.
The task force says the recommendations are similar to what's already in place for the medical cannabis program.
Members opposed the idea of local governments banning marijuana sales entirely, but say they would still permit cities to impose zoning restrictions and similar regulations.
A bill to legalize recreational cannabis passed the House this year, but did not clear the Senate.
The working group announced plans to give the governor a recommendation in October that could be considered in interim legislative committee meetings.
The Latest: Authorities find body of girl, 5, in New Mexico
ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say they have found the body of a 5-year-old New Mexico girl who was reported missing Sunday.
FBI Special Agent James Langenberg, who heads the agency's Albuquerque office, said during a brief news conference Wednesday in Espanola that Renezmae Calzada's remains had been found. He did not say where.
He did not take questions after stating the investigation into Renezmae's case would continue. He says authorities were working to identify who might be responsible for her death.
Authorities say the girl was last seen Sunday morning outside her home in Espanola, and she was reported missing that evening. Authorities have not explained why there was a delay.
Langenberg says the searched for Renezmae included Espanola and 2 miles (1.6 kilometers) of the Rio Grande.
SUPREME COURT-IMMIGRATION-ASYLUM
Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of asylum limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States.
The justices' order late Wednesday temporarily undoes a lower-court ruling that had blocked the new asylum policy in some states along the southern border. The policy is meant to deny asylum to anyone who passes through another country on the way to the U.S. without seeking protection there.
Most people crossing the southern border are Central Americans fleeing violence and poverty. They are largely ineligible under the new rule.
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented from the high court's order. Sotomayor says the rule upends "longstanding practices regarding refugees who seek shelter from persecution."
OPIOID CRISIS-PURDUE-NEW MEXICO
New Mexico stays out of opioids settlement with Purdue
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is declining to join a tentative settlement agreement over the role OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma played in the nation's opioid addiction crisis.
Balderas' office on Wednesday said the proposal was not nearly enough to pay for the harm that has been done to New Mexico families.
The agreement with about half the states and attorneys representing roughly 2,000 local governments would have Purdue file for a structured bankruptcy and pay as much as $12 billion over time. About $3 billion would come from the Sackler family that controls Purdue.
Several attorneys general said the agreement is a better way to ensure compensation from Purdue and the Sacklers than taking their chances if Purdue files for bankruptcy on its own.
NMSU-HISTORIAN'S ARCHIVE
Archives of New Mexico history professor to be preserved
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — The archives of a former history professor known for leading efforts to restore the first African American Church in Las Cruces are being donated to the city's museum system.
New Mexico State University announced Wednesday that Clarence Fielder's papers, photographs and videos will be preserved for future generations. The Phillips Chapel Restoration Group will give a public presentation on Fielder's life Sept. 21 at the Branigan Cultural Center.
Fielder died in 2015. He was a professor emeritus and a teacher with the Las Cruces school district for more than 50 years.
Fielder led university faculty, students and community volunteers in restoring Phillips Chapel, which was founded by his grandfather. Built in 1911, the chapel is on the National Register of Historic Places for its significance to the African American community.
BORDER WALL
In small section of border wall, Trump's promise takes shape
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — President Donald Trump says his administration plans to build up to 500 miles (805 kilometers) of border wall by the end of next year, and plans are already taking shape in Arizona and elsewhere.
But some are skeptical about whether the goal announced this week is achievable or even necessary.
Construction crews south of Yuma, Arizona, are putting up tall fencing along 5 miles (8 kilometers) of U.S.-Mexico border. The section is replacing shorter barriers meant to keep out cars, but not people.
The Border Patrol says tens of thousands of people have crossed the border illegally through the area and that the existing barriers don't suffice.
While the number of people apprehended by the Border Patrol is up in Yuma compared with last year, the figure has dropped dramatically there and across the southern border over the past few months.
POT COMPANY LICENSING
New Mexico marijuana task force proposes licensing companies
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico task force studying proposal options to legalize recreational cannabis has opposed state-operated marijuana stores.
The Cannabis Legalization Working Group set up by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham have proposed the state license companies that would grow and sell marijuana, and operate their stores.
The task force says the recommendations are similar to what's already in place for the medical cannabis program.
Members opposed the idea of local governments banning marijuana sales entirely, but say they would still permit cities to impose zoning restrictions and similar regulations.
A bill to legalize recreational cannabis passed the House this year, but did not clear the Senate.
The working group announced plans to give the governor a recommendation in October that could be considered in interim legislative committee meetings.
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