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The U.S. Forest Service has proposed a large salvage logging operation in the area affected by last year's historic Rim Fire, which burned 410-square miles of California's Sierra Nevada. The proposal is meeting stiff opposition from environmental groups who say the land is better left untouched.

Their embrace of the issue, which includes minimum wage and unemployment insurance legislation, has drawn pushback from the GOP. Republicans say the efforts are politically motivated and designed to distract from problems with the health care law.

The southwestern U.K. is getting slammed by huge waves whipped up by 70 mph winds accompanying a low-pressure system sweeping in from the Atlantic.

The Social Security Administration has long kept track of deaths so it can stop checks when recipients die. And while researchers have used the file for years, fraudsters have, too. So Congress is limiting access to the data — and that has everyone from bankers to genealogists concerned.

Janet Yellen, 67, will become the first woman to serve as America's banking chief, heading an institution that was established in 1913.

Santa Fe officials say the northern New Mexico city's population now stands at approximately 82,000 following a major annexation.Santa Fe officials say…

The U.S. Department of Justice is set to hold an invite-only meeting with community activists over its pending investigation into the Albuquerque Police…

The motorist who refused to stop during a northern New Mexico police chase on Interstate 25 and was later shot by state police has been identified.New…

The Navajo Nation is challenging a decision in a federal case involving property rights and access to religious sites.The tribe and its Hopi neighbor…

A spokesman for New Mexico Attorney General Gary King says a threatened lawsuit by a company that wants to open a horse slaughterhouse in Roswell is an…