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Noem doubles down on cartel talk, asks tribes to partner with state
by JOHN HULT (South Dakota Searchlight) PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) - At the end of a week in which two more tribal nations voted to ban her from their lands, Gov. Kristi Noem called on tribal leaders to partner with state law enforcement to battle drug activity on reservations. The governor was flanked by ...
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Two construction zone crashes force I-94 closure east of Jamestown
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KFGO) - A West Fargo woman was cited and a Bismarck truck driver will likely face charges after two separate crashes in a construction zone on I-94 just east of Jamestown. The first of the two crashes happened around 7pm Friday. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 21-year-old Alessandra Reynolds of We...
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Employees at large West Fargo development company laid off, contractors concerned about payment
WEST FARGO (KFGO KVRR) - A number of employees have been recently laid off from a West Fargo-based development company, many of them without explanation. And now, some contractors who are owed money by Epic Companies say they're worried about getting paid for work they've already done. One of the contractors says that ...
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MN House continues debate over Equal Rights Amendment
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO) - Prospects for a bonding bill are uncertain in these final days of the legislative session, as Republ...
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Trump campaigns in St. Paul, predicting he will win Minnesota in November
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump used a day off from his hush money trial Friday to headline a Republican...
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Minnesota House has eventful Friday, passing multiple bills
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO) - The Minnesota House had a busy Friday night, sending multiple bills to the Senate or to Gov. Walz fo...
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Nigerian citizen convicted in international fraud scheme that scammed Bismarck law firm
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) - A federal jury found a Nigerian citizen guilty for his part in a complex fraud scheme. Christopher A...
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Noem doubles down on cartel talk, asks tribes to partner with state
by JOHN HULT (South Dakota Searchlight) PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) - At the end of a week in which two more trib...
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MN House continues debate over Equal Rights Amendment
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO) - Prospects for a bonding bill are uncertain in these final days of the legislative session, as Republ...
1h ago
Minnesota House has eventful Friday, passing multiple bills
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO) - The Minnesota House had a busy Friday night, sending multiple bills to the Senate or to Gov. Walz fo...
2h ago
Nigerian citizen convicted in international fraud scheme that scammed Bismarck law firm
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) - A federal jury found a Nigerian citizen guilty for his part in a complex fraud scheme. Christopher A...
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Missing man found dead a mile from his burned pickup
RAMSEY COUNTY, N.D. (KFGO) - A missing man was found dead about a mile from his burned pickup on Devil's Lake. Ramsey County ...
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An abortion rights initiative makes the ballot in conservative South Dakota
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota voters will decide on abortion rights this fall, getting a chance at direct democracy on the...
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Local Sports
Force drop game three of Clark Cup 3-1
Dubuque Fighthing Saints defeated the Fargo Force Friday night 3-1 to stave off elminination. The Force lead the best of five...
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RedHawks fall at Sioux Falls 9-5
Sioux Falls defeated the FM RedHawks in American Association baseball Friday night. RedHawks starting pitcher Tyler Grauer ga...
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Twins miffed by rare infield shift violation and questionable pitch calls in 3-2 loss to Guardians
BY TOM WITHERS Updated 11:13 PM CDT, May 17, 2024 Share CLEVELAND - Following a one-run loss, Minnesota manager Rocco Balde...
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Timberwolves force Game 7 by blowing out Nuggets 115-70 behind 27 points from Anthony Edwards
BY DAVE CAMPBELL Updated 12:38 AM CDT, May 17, 2024 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Anthony Edwards flashed seven fingers to the roaring c...
May 17, 2024
Judge power fuels Yankees in 4-0 win over Twins as slugger hits 3rd-deck homer and 3 doubles
BY DAVE CAMPBELL Updated 10:32 PM CDT, May 15, 2024 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Aaron Judge followed a 467-foot home run with three h...
May 16, 2024
National Sports
Panthers put away Bruins in Game 6 on Gustav Forsling's late goal
It took a grueling six-game effort and withstanding the Boston Bruins' attempted comeback from a 3-1 series deficit to get th...
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Report: Will Zalatoris said players discussed asking for 2nd round to be postponed
Will Zalatoris told reporters that a group of players nearly asked for the second round of the PGA Championship to be postpon...
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Boxing-Usyk's promoter says wrong weight was announced, fighter is lighter
(Reuters) - Oleksandr Usyk's weight was announced incorrectly and the Ukrainian is 10 pounds lighter than stated for Saturday...
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MLB roundup: Paul Skenes strikes out 11 in Pirates' win
Paul Skenes fanned 11 across six no-hit innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the host Chicago Cubs 9-3 on Friday afternoon....
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Force drop game three of Clark Cup 3-1
Dubuque Fighthing Saints defeated the Fargo Force Friday night 3-1 to stave off elminination. The Force lead the best of five...
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National News
Houston area grapples with heat, power cuts after major storms
(Reuters) - Thousands of people in the Houston area faced sweltering heat without power on Saturday following severe storms t...
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'Triangle of Sadness' director launches stuck-on-a-plane dark comedy at Cannes
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Ruben Ostlund, two-time winner of the Cannes Film Festival's top prize and last year's jury presid...
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At Cannes, Yorgos Lanthimos says world is stranger than his films
By Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) - Director Yorgos Lanthimos, who was at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday with ...
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Fifty dead in heavy rain, floods in central Afghanistan, official says
KABUL (Reuters) - At least 50 people are dead following a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, an of...
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Donald Trump falsely tells supporters he won Minnesota in 2020
By Gram Slattery (Reuters) - Donald Trump falsely claimed on Friday that he won the 2020 presidential election in Minnesota a...
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World News
Dozens killed and wounded as Israeli forces thrust deeper in Gaza's Jabalia and Rafah
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza St...
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Rescuers search for 11 fishermen missing at sea in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Search and rescue efforts were underway in South Africa on Saturday to find 11 fishermen missing at ...
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Tunisian rights groups say freedoms threatened under Saied's rule
TUNIS (Reuters) - Freedoms in Tunisia are being threatened under the rule of President Kais Saied and the authorities are usi...
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Poland to spend around $2.5 billion on securing eastern border, says PM
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will invest 10 billion zlotys ($2.55 billion) in a programme to secure its eastern border, the prim...
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Romania searching for three missing crew after ship sinks in Black Sea
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian rescue teams were searching on Saturday for three missing crew members of a cargo ship that sa...
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Business
Sony and Apollo move ahead with Paramount bid process but reticent about earlier plan, NYT reports
(Reuters) - Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global Management have signed nondisclosure agreements that will allow the...
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Crypto lender Genesis to return $3 billion to customers in bankruptcy wind-down
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval on Friday to return about $3 bil...
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Nippon key negotiator to meet U.S. Steel staff in Pittsburgh, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) - Japan's Nippon Steel's vice chairman and key negotiator for the U.S. Steel deal, Takahiro Mori, will travel to Pi...
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Analysis-UAW's stinging loss in Alabama won't kill national organizing effort
By Nora Eckert VANCE, Alabama (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers failed in its effort to organize a Mercedes-Benz plant in A...
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Stock market's record-setting rebound may have further to go
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rebound that has taken the U.S. stock market to record highs this week may have fur...
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Politics
Donald Trump to fire up supporters at NRA's annual US gathering
By Gram Slattery DALLAS (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will address thousands of gun rights ...
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New York City said 'no injuries' at Columbia arrests; students' medical records say otherwise
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - After the arrests of pro-Palestine student protesters occupying a Columbia University ...
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Biden launches fresh bid for election support from Black voters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Friday launched a fresh bid to bolster support from African-American voters, lo...
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With hunger, climate cuts, US House farm bill proposal faces slim Senate odds
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Agriculture Committee on Friday released a long-awaited farm bill draft...
May 17, 2024
Explainer-Biden vs Trump: What to expect from presidential debates
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to two deb...
May 17, 2024
Health
Bird flu found in western China as US combats cattle outbreak
BEIJING (Reuters) - Cases of bird flu have been confirmed among wild fowl in western China, the agriculture ministry said on ...
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Pfizer wins $107.5 million from AstraZeneca in US cancer drug patent trial
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - AstraZeneca owes Pfizer $107.5 million in damages, a Delaware federal jury said on Friday after...
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J&J-backed startup Rapport files for US IPO
(Reuters) - Biopharmaceutical company Rapport Therapeutics, backed by the venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson, filed...
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Ontario reports first death from measles in over a decade
TORONTO, (Reuters) - An Ontario child under the age of five has died of measles making it the first such case in more than a ...
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Moderna wins case in patent dispute with Pfizer, BioNTech over COVID shot
(Reuters) -Moderna has won a case at the European Patent Office in its dispute with Pfizer and BioNTech over its COVID-19 vac...
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Science
Prevent conflicts with bears this spring by being BearWise
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is encouraging homeowners to remove birdfeeders now and check their property fo...
Mar 26, 2024
SpaceX launches first set of satellites with direct-to-cell capabilities
(Reuters) - T-Mobile US said on Wednesday SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday with the first set of Starlink satelli...
Jan 03, 2024
Russia extends cross-flight programme with NASA until 2025 - Roscosmos
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's space state agency Roscosmos said on Thursday that a cross-flight programme with NASA to the Inte...
Dec 28, 2023
Humanoid robots in space: the next frontier
By Evan Garcia HOUSTON/AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Standing at 6 feet 2 inches (188 centimeters) tall and weighing 300 pounds (...
Dec 27, 2023
When science meets art: recycled metal and lab-grown gems
By Lara Brehmer LONDON (Reuters) - For some a natural diamond, created over billions of years, is the ultimate luxury, but an...
Dec 22, 2023
Technology
US, TikTok seek fast-track schedule, ruling by Dec. 6 on potential ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and TikTok on Friday asked a U.S. appeals court to set a fast-track schedu...
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Apple set to release slimmer iPhone in 2025, the Information reports
(Reuters) - Apple is developing a slimmer version of the iPhone that is likely to be launched by 2025, the Information report...
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US arrests two Chinese nationals in $73 million crypto scam
(Reuters) - U.S. authorities charged two Chinese nationals in a cryptocurrency scam that laundered at least $73 million from ...
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Canada's Security Intelligence chief warns that China can use TikTok to spy on users, CBC reports
(Reuters) - The head of Canada's Security Intelligence Service warned Canadians against using video app TikTok, saying data g...
23h ago
DXC Technology tumbles as investors fret over latest restructuring plan
(Reuters) - Shares of DXC Technology slumped 18% on Friday, after the IT services provider unveiled a new revamp and forecast...
May 17, 2024
Entertainment
TV companies flaunt ad tech and AI to persuade advertisers to spend
By Dawn Chmielewski NEW YORK (Reuters) - Television "upfront" advertiser presentations this week in New York City w...
May 17, 2024
Judge to rule on Alec Baldwin bid to avoid 'Rust' trial
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - A New Mexico judge was expected to rule on Friday whether to throw out the involuntary manslaughter...
May 17, 2024
After decades, Francis Ford Coppola's opus 'Megalopolis' finally debuts at Cannes
By Miranda Murray CANNES (Reuters) - Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola closed a decades-in-the-making chapter of his lo...
May 16, 2024
Concord terminates $1.51 billion offer for Hipgnosis
(Reuters) -Apollo-backed Concord terminated its proposed $1.51 billion offer for Hipgnosis Songs Fund on Thursday, according ...
May 16, 2024
Dystopia and glamour collide as new 'Mad Max' saga premieres at Cannes
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Marvel royalty Chris Hemsworth walked the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet alongside star-of-the-...
May 15, 2024