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At 103, Sister Jean publishes memoir of faith and basketball
CHICAGO (AP) - She's known simply as Sister Jean -- the Catholic nun who captured the sports world's imagination as chaplain for the Loyola Chicago men's basketball team that reached the NCAA Final Fo...
Jody Heemstra Feb 16, 2023
Internal conflicts and power struggles have become hallmarks of the modern GOP
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Dysfunction within the Republican Party isn't limited to the leadership chaos in the House of Representatives playing out in the nation's capital. The GOP insurgent forces that i...
Jody Heemstra Oct 11, 2023 DonkeyHotey / CC
The economy tops US priorities for government across racial groups, AP-NORC and AAPI Data polls show
WASHINGTON (AP) - Black, white, Hispanic and Asian adults in the U.S. largely agree that the government should focus on the economy and foreign policy issues in 2024. But recent polling shows that vie...
Jody Heemstra Jan 10, 2024
Punishing their own but passing few laws, a Congress in chaos leaves much to do in 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) - This Congress started with showy bluster, a bitter 15-round, multi-day spectacle to elect a House speaker who vowed to "never quit," and then did just that. Lawmakers went ...
Jody Heemstra Dec 22, 2023 MrT HK / CC
Rounds, Smith urging colleagues to support request for federal investigation into cattle prices
United States Senators from South Dakota and Minnesota launched a bipartisan, nationwide effort this week (May 19, 2021) to protect consumers and cattlemen from what they call "anticompetitive pr...
Jody Heemstra May 21, 2021
Parents of Iowa teen who killed 1 and wounded 7 in shooting say they had 'no inkling' of his plan
JANUARY 9, 2024: PERRY, Iowa (AP) - The parents of the 17-year-old who killed a sixth grader and wounded seven others in a shooting at his small-town Iowa high school last week (Jan. 4, 2024) said in ...
Jody Heemstra Jan 09, 2024 Alan Cleaver / CC
Western Great Plains Conference Track & Field Results
MARTIN - Philp's boys won the team title at the Western Great Plains Conference track & field meet Thursday at Bennett County High School. The Scotties scored 204.5 points, nine more than second p...
May 13, 2022
NASCAR 75: Car evolution includes stock, wings, safety. EV?
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - NASCAR's next 75 years almost certainly will include at least a partially electric vehicle turning laps at Daytona International Speedway. It's unlikely NASCAR would make th...
Jody Heemstra Feb 15, 2023
Speaker Johnson insists he's sticking to budget deal but announces no plan to stop partial shutdown
JANUARY 12, 2024: WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Mike Johnson insists he is sticking with the bipartisan budget deal he struck with the other congressional leaders. But he has offered no clear path f...
Jody Heemstra Jan 12, 2024
GOP lawmakers resist calls to tweak abortion bans. Some say they'll clarify the laws' few exceptions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans - even as doctors and patients insist the laws' exceptions are dange...
Jody Heemstra Mar 11, 2024