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Long-vacant storefront that once housed part of the Stonewall Inn reclaims place in LGBTQ+ history
NEW YORK (AP) - It was once half of the Stonewall Inn, the dive bar where a police raid exploded into a landmark moment for LGBTQ+ rights movement. Yet for much of the 55 years since, there has been l...
Jody Heemstra Jun 26, 2024
Acting Secret Service director says he's 'ashamed' after the Trump assassination attempt
JULY 30, 2024, UPDATE: WASHINGTON (AP) - The Secret Service's acting director says he considers it indefensible that the Pennsylvania roof used by the gunman in the attempted assassination of former P...
Jody Heemstra Jul 30, 2024
'She just wants a friend': Families push for full school days for children with disabilities
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Advocates say schools across the U.S. are removing students with disabilities from the classroom, often in response to challenging behavior, by sending them home or cutting ba...
Jody Heemstra Jun 21, 2023 j.sanna / CC
South Dakota legislator calls for inquiry into Gov. Noem's Texas dental trip and promo video
MARCH 14, 2024: UNDATED (AP)- A Democratic legislator on Wednesday (March 13, 2024) called for an inquiry into South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem's trip to Texas for dental work and a promotiona...
Jody Heemstra Mar 14, 2024
Noem delivers FY2021 budget proposal
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has offered her budget proposals for the next year while acknowledging that money is tight and instructing state agencies to reduce spendin...
Dec 03, 2019
Biden 2024 splits Dems but most would back him: AP-NORC poll
APRIL 21, 2023: WASHINGTON (AP) - A poll shows only about half of Democrats think President Joe Biden should run again in 2024, but a large majority say they'd be likely to support him if he became th...
Jody Heemstra Apr 22, 2023 GPA Photo Archive
Farm Bill Doubtful to Override California's Prop 12
JULY 7, 2023: Farmers and ranchers are slightly more optimistic that Congress will get a new farm bill passed this year. However, Successful Farming says they don't think the farm bill will get used t...
Jody Heemstra Jul 07, 2023 DonkeyHotey / CC
Meet the 14-year-old who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee with 'psammophile'
JUNE 2, 2023: OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - Dev Shah is the champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, had his spelling career interrupted by the pandemic, then didn't...
Jody Heemstra Jun 02, 2023
Trump signs executive order allowing meat processing plants to open
WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to keep meat and poultry processing facilities ope...
Jody Heemstra Apr 29, 2020
USDA Announces Major Program Improvements, Progress, and Investments to Benefit American Farmers, Ranchers, and Producers
At the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention today (Jan. 9, 2023), US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced several major developments at the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will...
Jody Heemstra Jan 09, 2023