New Mexico authorities have identified seven of 11 slain women whose remains were discovered several months ago in shallow graves in west Albuquerque, but have yet to identify a suspect in their killings.

A former middle-school student who was strip-searched by school officials looking for ibuprofen pain medication won a partial victory of her Supreme Court appeal Thursday in a case testing the discretion of officials to ensure classroom safety.

The era when travelers will be able to catch a flight from New Mexico to outer space moved a step closer this week with the official start of construction of Spaceport America.

The New Mexico Department of Public Safety had lost contact with a state helicopter that had three people on board. Rescuers have found the wreckage and the state police patrolman but the pilot and the hiker is still missing.

New Mexico authorities say they are getting an emergency transponder signal from one of their own police helicopters that went missing north of Santa Fe.