New Mexico backtracks on dropping evolution in classrooms

FILE–In this Oct. 16, 2017, file photo, Roman Catholic Pastor Vincent Paul Chavez, right, of the Saint Therese school and parish in Albuquerque, protests proposed state science standards on behalf of the Santa Fe Archdiocese outside a public hearing in Santa Fe, N.M. Public education officials in New Mexico have retreated from proposed science standards that would have deleted or omitted references to evolution, human contributions to global warming and Earth’s age. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, file)