Arizona AG Kris Mayes, along with counterparts from New Mexico and Oregon, plans Community Impact Hearings in response to federal job and funding cuts.

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking. Others receiving votes: Creighton 53, Mississippi 28, Kansas 25, New Mexico 23, VCU 20, Oregon 20, UCLA 14, Drake 12, UC San Diego 8, Gonzaga 3, High Point 3, Illinois 3, Vanderbilt 2, Utah St. 1, Yale 1. Stay logged in. The Newsday app makes it easier to access content without having to log in.

Hackman was found dead Wednesday, along with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and one of their dogs, in their New Mexico home. He was 95. That lack of good looks or an outsize personality worked to Hackman’s advantage as an actor,

Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios Oregon is the only state on the continental West Coast that receives more money from the federal government than it sends out, a recent analysis found. Why it matters: The Trump administration's push for states to be more financially independent brushes up against the reality that many depend on federal money for everything from disaster relief to food aid.

The Trump administration Friday continued its mass firing of thousands of probationary federal employees in an attempt to remove workers recently hired under the Biden administration and to cull the federal workforce.

The Boise State men’s basketball team snapped New Mexico’s eight-game Mountain West Conference winning streak Wednesday night with an 86-78 victory at ExtraMile

Currently, 10 states along with the District of Columbia have MAID laws that allow physician-assisted suicide.