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Woman charged with buying guns used in Minnesota standoff that killed 3 first responders
MARCH 14, 2024: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal authorities say a woman has been charged with illegally buying guns used in the killings of three Minnesota first responders in a standoff at a home in the M...
Jody Heemstra Mar 14, 2024
Cities With the Biggest Gender Pay Gap
Women's labor force participation has grown significantly in the last 70 years; while men still outnumber women in the workforce, the gap has narrowed considerably. More women than ever are pursuing h...
Dec 02, 2020
AAA: Memorial Day forecast points to sizzlin' summer travel season
The unofficial start to summer will be a busy one this year as AAA predicts 39.2 million people nationwide will travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend. This is an increase of 8.3%...
Jody Heemstra May 25, 2022
Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock 'n' roll star, dies at 87
UNDATED (AP)- The untamable and often outrageous rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at 87. Spokesperson Zach Furman said Lewis died Friday morning at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. Of all...
Jody Heemstra Oct 28, 2022 kait jarbeau / CC
Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom
WASHINGTON (AP) - Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court dec...
Jody Heemstra Apr 19, 2024
2019 Build Dakota Scholarship winners named
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem congratulated 391 students who have been awarded the Build Dakota Scholarship for the 2019-2020 school year. "The Build Dakota Scholarship program is an incredible t...
Jul 03, 2020
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Minnesota, but the state is still working out retail sales
AUGUST 2, 2023: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota's legalization of recreational marijuana went into effect Tuesday (Aug. 1, 2023). The law allows people 21 and older to legally possess and grow their own ...
Jody Heemstra Aug 02, 2023
Many agriculture groups applaud Senate passage of USMCA; R-CALF USA disappointed with the deal
WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after the Senate passed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by a bipartisan vote of 89 - 10. "We've ...
Jody Heemstra Jan 17, 2020
Disrupting and Degrading - One Year of U.S. Sanctions on Russia and Its Enablers
he United States, along with an international coalition of over 30 allies and partners, has imposed sweeping sanctions, export controls, and other economic measures since the start of Russia's unprovo...
Jody Heemstra Feb 25, 2023
Is the center of the USA's population still in Missouri? US Census Bureau will release data next week
Next week (Nov. 16, 2021) the U.S. Census Bureau will announce where the U.S. center of population was in 2020, a way to summarize population shifts every decade. The colonial town of Chestertown, Mar...
Jody Heemstra Nov 12, 2021