QUICK HITS

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New Mexico legalizes pot: New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation Monday legalizing recreational marijuana use within months and kicking off sales next year, making it the seventh state since November to put an end to pot prohibition.

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Ecuador turns to the right: Guillermo Lasso, a 66-year-old conservative former banker, was set to win Ecuador’s presidential election and beat out Andrés Arauz, a 36-year-old leftist handpicked by former President Rafael Correa. With more than 94% of the votes counted after 10 p.m., Lasso had 52% compared with Arauz’s 47.32%, according to the Electoral Council official counting system in Ecuador.

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Election runoff in Peru: Peru is heading to a presidential runoff in June after early results showed no candidate getting anywhere close to the threshold needed to win outright. Pedro Castillo, a community organizer and union leader, was leading the race with 18.1% of the votes, followed by three other candidates who each received over 10% of the vote.

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Weinstein extradition possible: Former film producer Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on 11 counts of sexual assault in Los Angeles County and could be extradited here to answer those charges after a hearing in upstate New York on Monday, according to four people with direct knowledge of the situation.

5 Slain children identified:

Authorities have identified the three children slain in Los Angeles over the weekend. The autopsies of 3-year-old Joanna Denton Carrillo; her 2-year-old brother, Terry; and 6-month-old sister, Sierra, were pending, coroner’s records said. Their mother, Liliana Carillo, is the suspect in their deaths and was being held in a central California jail on Monday.