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On an afternoon in early October, inside a bland, beige office on Albuquerque’s Kirtland Air Force Base, two uniformed servicemen are sitting at desks, their eyes scanning computer monitors. Both are ...

Most Americans don’t seem aware of it, but the United States is plunging into a new nuclear arms race. At the same time that China is ramping up its arsenal of nuclear weapons, Russia has become ...

Ryan Martinez at the Rio Arriba County Adult Detention Center. Credit: Office of the First Judicial District Attorney. In a deal made on the eve of his criminal trial, 24-year-old Ryan Martinez — a ...