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Wild horses facing removal in a North Dakota national park just got another strong ally: Congress
MARCH 13, 2024: BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Advocates for some 200 wild horses roaming North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park are hoping a signal of support from Congress will prevent the removal o...
Jody Heemstra Mar 13, 2024
Pair of giant pandas on their way from China to San Diego Zoo under conservation partnership
AUGUST 9, 2024: SAN DIEGO (AP) - The two giant pandas sent from China to the United States earlier this year are making their public debut at the San Diego Zoo. California Governor Gavin Newsom and lo...
Jody Heemstra Aug 09, 2024
Noem, again, sending South Dakota National Guard soldiers to U.S.-Mexico border
FEBRUARY 20, 2024: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem will deploy South Dakota National Guard troops to the southern border later this spring (2024). This will be the fifth time during Noem's tenure th...
Jody Heemstra Feb 20, 2024
Secret DEA files show agents joked about rape in WhatsApp chat. Then one of them was accused of it.
JULY 25, 2024: UNDATED (AP)- MIAMI (AP) - A group of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents boasted in a WhatsApp chat of their "world debauchery tour," shared lurid images of their lat...
Jody Heemstra Jul 25, 2024 Steve Mays / CC
Military finishes recovering Chinese balloon debris
FEBRUARY 17, 2023: WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has finished efforts to recover the remnants of the large balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina, and analysis of the debris so far re...
Jody Heemstra Feb 17, 2023
2023 Budget Address, by South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem
2023 Budget Address By: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (Remarks as-prepared for delivery) December 5, 2023 INTRODUCTION Good afternoon, Lieutenant Governor Rhoden, Mr. Speaker, members of the House...
Jody Heemstra Dec 05, 2023
Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default
JUNE 4, 2023: WASHINGTON (AP) - With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden has signed legislation that lifts the nation's debt ceiling. That averts an unprecedented default on the federal govern...
Jody Heemstra Jun 04, 2023 Andy Roberts / CC
Michigan school shooter's parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison
APRIL 9, 2024: PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - The parents of a Michigan school shooter have each been sentenced (April 9, 2024) to at least 10 years in prison for failing to take steps that could have prevente...
Jody Heemstra Apr 09, 2024
Putin says he won't renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023: UNDATED (AP)- Russian President Vladimir Putin says a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea won't be restored until the West meets Moscow's ...
Jody Heemstra Sep 05, 2023
New charges for alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer cast scrutiny on another man's murder conviction
JUNE 8, 2024: NEW YORK (AP) - New charges brought against the man accused of a string of killings on New York's Long Island are raising questions about another man's murder conviction. Prosecutors sai...
Jody Heemstra Jun 08, 2024