White Sands footprints rewrite human history, governor candidates agree on education improvements, & more
Footprints found at White Sands National Park are rewriting human history in the Americas. Researchers have dated the footprints to around 21,000 to 23,000 years ago. That challenges a common narrative that people from Asia crossed the Bering Strait into North America only 13,000 years ago.
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Both candidates for governor say the state's court-ordered plan to better educate all public school students falls short. Democrat Deb Haaland and Republican Greg Hull both told New Mexico In Depth that more feedback from Tribes is needed for improvement.
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