Elise Kaplan

Albuquerque

Was an investigative reporter, now an investigator. Previously: @abqjournal, @searchlightnm, @citydeskABQ. Retweets aren't endorsements.

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Overcoming Resistance to Aminoglycoside Antibiotics in Enterococcus

2 months ago | chemistryviews.org | Vera Koester |Corinne Lionne |Elise Kaplan

Eighty years after Fleming’s Nobel Prize and the distribution of penicillin, antimicrobial resistance is one of the world’s top health priorities. The emergence of drug-resistant pathogens is jeopardizing modern medicine.
Nebraska high court allows competing abortion measures on fall ballot

Sep 13, 2024 | citydesk.org | Elise Kaplan

By Annie Gowen(c) 2024 , The Washington Post OMAHA – Nebraska’s competing constitutional initiatives on abortion can remain on the November ballot, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Friday, paving the way for an unusual, high-stakes battle on the issue to play out in the conservative red state. The court agreed that a proposed amendment to the Nebraska constitution does not violate the state’s single-subject rule, which prohibits a ballot measure from addressing more than one subject.
Biden lashes out at Trump over false claims about Haitian migrants

Sep 13, 2024 | citydesk.org | Elise Kaplan

By Matt Viser, Azi Paybarah(c) 2024 , The Washington Post President Joe Biden lashed out Friday at former president Donald Trump for his comments about a Springfield, Ohio, community that has seen an influx of Haitian migrants. “I want to take a moment to say something [about the] Haitian American community that’s under attack in our country right now,” Biden said during a White House event celebrating Black Excellence. “It’s simply wrong. There’s no place in America.
The ‘feral 25-year-olds’ making Kamala Harris go viral on TikTok

Sep 13, 2024 | citydesk.org | Elise Kaplan

By Drew Harwell (c) 2024 , The Washington PostAfter Tuesday night’s debate, as former president Donald Trump worked the reporters in the spin room in Philadelphia, Vice President Kamala Harris’s TikTok team was busy appealing to a different crowd.
What do we know about the shooting victims UNMH treats?

Sep 12, 2024 | citydesk.org | Elise Kaplan

Editor’s note: this is part three of a three-part series looking at gun violence data from the University of New Mexico Hospital. Part one can be found here and part two can be found here. In order to get a sense of who is getting shot around the state, City Desk ABQ combed through three years’ worth of data on the people University of New Mexico Hospital treated. The data was obtained by attorney Thomas Grover.
Congressional Republicans try to hide from Trump’s debate performance

Sep 12, 2024 | citydesk.org | Elise Kaplan

By Paul Kane(c) 2024 , The Washington Post Republicans tried to largely hide from former president Donald Trump’s debate performance Tuesday, mostly cheering him on or just avoiding the issue altogether. Speaking to reporters Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) focused entirely on a failed government funding plan. What did he think of Trump’s debate performance, reporters asked him.Johnson walked away, into the House chamber. Across the Capitol, Sen.
Trump’s D.C. trial may not begin until 2026 or later, legal experts say

Sep 12, 2024 | citydesk.org | Elise Kaplan

By Devlin Barrett(c) 2024 , The Washington Post Donald Trump’s trial in Washington on charges of federal election obstruction may not begin until 2026 or later because of complex legal and factual issues that may ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court, according to legal experts. Even that schedule is largely dependent on a particular outcome in the presidential election two months from now; if Vice President Kamala Harris defeats Trump, the cases against him are likely to proceed.
Anatomy of a racist smear: How false claims of pet-eating immigrants caught on

Sep 12, 2024 | citydesk.org | Elise Kaplan

By Sarah Ellison, Jeremy B. Merrill(c) 2024 , The Washington Post It started with a tragedy, gained momentum online with neo-Nazis and became Donald Trump’s message from the presidential debate stage. A Midwestern town grappling with the fallout from an influx of Haitian immigrants became a focal point for racist and xenophobic memes this week after Trump’s running mate, Sen.
Democrats cheer — and Republicans dismiss — Taylor Swift’s Harris endorsement - City Desk ABQ

Sep 11, 2024 | citydesk.org | Elise Kaplan

By Niha Masih, Annabelle Timsit(c) 2024 , The Washington Post Democrats are embracing Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris for president, calling the megastar’s backing “huge” for her campaign – while some Republicans were quick to dismiss it, and others warned her against alienating Donald Trump voters.
Harris, Trump set politics aside at ceremony to commemorate 9/11 attacks

Sep 11, 2024 | citydesk.org | Elise Kaplan

By Matt Viser, Maeve Reston(c) 2024 , The Washington PostNEW YORK – Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump on Wednesday morning both arrived here in Lower Manhattan, the site of the worst terrorist attack in American history, each pausing for a moment of solemn commemoration in the midst of a frenetic political season.