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In an article for "Science", a team of researchers based at Bournemouth University conclude that a series of human footprints preserved at White Sands National Park in the U.S. state of New Mexico date back between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum, suggesting that humans lived in the Americas 5,000 years earlier than previously thought. The team also determined that most of the footprints came from children and teenagers.
2021-09-24

New Jersey becomes the 14th U.S. state to allow same-sex marriages.
2013-10-21

The Senate in the U.S. state of Minnesota passes a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. Governor Mark Dayton says he intends to sign it into law.
2013-05-13

Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson opens the world's first commercial spaceport, Spaceport America, in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The SpaceShipTwo spaceplane is expected to begin commercial flights from the spaceport by 2013.
2011-10-17

A wildfire worsens near major U.S. nuclear weapons research lab Los Alamos National Laboratory in the U.S. state of New Mexico; residents express concern about contamination.
2011-06-29

The Los Alamos National Laboratory in the U.S. state of New Mexico is temporarily closed due to a wildfire burning nearby. [http:--www.cnn.com-2011-US-06-27-new.mexico.los.alamos- (CNN)]A state of emergency is declared in Los Alamos County with mandatory evacuations. [http:--www.lamonitor.com-content-los-alamos-county-declares-state-emergency-wait-instructions-evacuate (Los Alamos Monitor)]date=August 2019 A state of emergency is declared in Los Alamos County with mandatory evacuations. [http:--www.lamonitor.com-content-los-alamos-county-declares-state-emergency-wait-instructions-evacuate (Los Alamos Monitor)]date=August 2019
2011-06-27

The Los Alamos National Laboratory in the U.S. state of New Mexico is temporarily closed due to a wildfire burning nearby.
2011-06-27

Same-sex marriage in the U.S. state of California, due to resume on Wednesday, is blocked by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals until it is decided whether a ban is constitutional.
2010-08-17

Federal Judge Vaughn R. Walker, after deciding for the plaintiffs in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, mandates that same-sex marriage in the U.S. state of California should resume on August 18.
2010-08-12

The Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger files a motion calling for same-sex marriages to resume in the U.S. state immediately.
2010-08-6