A New Mexico man driving under the influence has rammed into a parade celebrating Native American culture in the western part of the US state, leaving at least 15 people injured.

The family of a 75-year-old woman killed by police in the US state of New Mexico has demanded criminal charges against the culprits, days after a body camera video of the deadly shooting was released.

Wildfires edged towards mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico and engulfed an enclave of multi-million-dollar mansions in southern California.

Firefighters in New Mexico begged holdout residents of a mountain village to evacuate on Sunday, before the United States' largest active wildfire races up a valley that is their only way out.

Thousands of people told to flee the largest wildfire burning in the United States have chosen to stay and defend generational homes in the mountains of northern New Mexico.

An elderly couple died in their home as they tried to evacuate a wildfire in Ruidoso, New Mexico.

US authorities are still investigating claims made by a man charged in a New Jersey slaying who has said he killed a total of 16 people in multiple states.