News across Greater Las Cruces
Cramming for exams? Experts weigh in on how to study better
If you’re dreading a midterm — or just studying hard to keep up in any class — chances are your study habits involve taking notes as you’re reading and then going back over them. Maybe you pull out (or click on) a highlighter. It turns out those old-fashioned study habits might…
Hurricane Polo’s remnants bringing more rain to flood-struck US Southwest
PHOENIX (AP) — As former Hurricane Polo weakened over northwestern Mexico on Tuesday evening, the storm’s remnants battered the U.S. Southwest, flooding roadways and forcing residents in small New Mexico towns to evacuate over concerns about a dam failing. Polo had struck the…
Fortunately, we broke up
Being broken up with was one of the best things to happen to me in college. I’d been through breakups before, but this one was different. My entire perspective on life changed, and I started becoming a new version of myself, leading me to a new major, new friends, and so many new…
Palestinian death toll in Gaza war passes 74,000, and other Mideast news
The Palestinian death toll from the nearly three-year Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 74,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran has not been formally notified of U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of its…
A Rio Grande loss for NMSU: Aggies fall 42-18 in I-25 rivalry
The biggest game of the year for every New Mexican made its way to Aggie Memorial Stadium as the New Mexico State Aggies hosted the University of New Mexico Lobos for this year’s Rio Grande Rivalry. With an in-stadium attendance of over 25,000 fans, the Aggies lost “The Roaster”…
How Africa’s biggest cities are grappling with mounting waste and shrinking space
JOHANNEBURG (AP) — Two men sit on top of a hill at the end of a narrow road in Johannesburg ’s industrial suburb of Kya Sands. But the hill is no natural feature — it is a mountain of illegally dumped trash, piled so high it now swallows the road beyond. “When I started as...