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Jury finds Rep. Dockter guilty of misdemeanor conflict-of-interest charge
BY: MARY STEURER MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) - A trial of a state lawmaker boiled down to the representative's interp...
10h ago
Judge says gun found in car of Myon Burrell, sentenced to life as teen, can be evidence in new case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A judge ruled that the arrest of a Minnesota man on a gun charge was justified in a case that has drawn at...
13h ago
Noem spokesman says mention of meeting with North Korean leader in new book was an error
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem described in a new book having met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dur...
14h ago
Road construction beginning on I-94 in west central Minnesota
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. - Drivers traveling on Interstate 94 between Alexandria and Osakis will encounter reduced speeds and one-la...
18h ago
Search warrant leads to discover of homemade bombs in eastern South Dakota
FLORENCE, S.D. (KFGO KWAT) - Three Florence residents are in custody after Codington County Sheriff's deputies conducted a se...
19h ago
State
Judge says gun found in car of Myon Burrell, sentenced to life as teen, can be evidence in new case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A judge ruled that the arrest of a Minnesota man on a gun charge was justified in a case that has drawn at...
13h ago
Road construction beginning on I-94 in west central Minnesota
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. - Drivers traveling on Interstate 94 between Alexandria and Osakis will encounter reduced speeds and one-la...
18h ago
When pot and small-town dynamics collide
DICKINSON, N.D. (Prairie News Service) - Petitions are being circulated to get a marijuana legalization question on North Dak...
22h ago
Minnesota House passes 'Safe Storage' gun safety legislation
ST. PAUL, Minn. - After a marathon debate the Democrat-controlled Minnesota House, late Thursday, over Republicans' vigorous ...
23h ago
Williston man sentenced to 15 years in connection with shooting at officers
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A Williston, North Dakota, man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with credit for time served in ...
May 03, 2024
Local Sports
Fargo Defeats Sioux City in Elimination Game 4
SIOUX CITY, IA (KVRR/KNFL) - The Fargo Force took down the Sioux City Musketeers in Game 4 to force a fifth game back in Farg...
2h ago
Twins stretch win streak to 11 with 5-2 victory over Red Sox behind Paddack's 6 innings
By Dave Campbell MINNEAPOLIS - Chris Paddack pitched six scoreless innings to carry the Minnesota Twins to their 11th consec...
2h ago
Fargo Force Fall To Sioux City 5-2
USHL hockey game three in Sioux City with the Force and Musketter series tied 1-1 in the best of five. 4:16 into the game it...
May 03, 2024
MLB roundup: Cubs' Shota Imanaga stellar again in win
Rookie Shota Imanaga had another strong start and Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the fifth inning Wed...
May 02, 2024
Comcast pulls Bally Sports channels, imperiling US broadcaster's restructuring
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cable provider Comcast stopped broadcasting Bally Sports channels on Wednesday, takin...
May 02, 2024
National Sports
Boxing-Beterbiev injury forces postponement of title bout with Bivol
(Reuters) - The undisputed light heavyweight championship bout between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol in Saudi Arabia has b...
2h ago
MLB roundup: Twins down Red Sox for 11th straight win
Edouard Julien and Ryan Jeffers drove in two runs apiece, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 5-2 win over the Boston Red S...
3h ago
Cricket-Former NZ all-rounder Anderson in USA squad for T20 World Cup
(Reuters) - Former New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson has been named to the United States squad for the T20 World Cup in ...
6h ago
Jets QB Aaron Rodgers: 'No restrictions' at OTAs
Four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers will be ready when the New York Jets begin their offseason training activities on May 20. Coa...
10h ago
Motor racing-Newey first domino to fall at Red Bull, says Brown
By Steve Keating MIAMI (Reuters) - The departure of Formula One's top designer Adrian Newey from Red Bull is just the tip of ...
13h ago
National News
Analysis-Trump vows to fight 'anti-white feeling' in US. His allies have a plan
By Gram Slattery and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's pledge to fight what he calls "anti-white feelin...
37m ago
Floods in Indonesia's South Sulawesi kill 14
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed 14 people in South Sulawesi, while 115 people w...
6h ago
New Zealand signs MOU with German institute on Antarctica cooperation
(Reuters) - New Zealand said on Saturday that its Antarctic agency signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany's Alfred...
7h ago
Environmental journalism is increasingly dangerous profession, UN chief says
(Removes duplicate words in paragraph 3) By Juana Casas SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Journalists covering environmental issues have b...
14h ago
Haitians brace for more rain after downpours kill 13
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Heavy rains are expected to continue across Haiti on Friday, the national weather service said, af...
14h ago
World News
Qatar considers future of Hamas office in Doha, and whether to keep mediating
By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar could close the political office of Hamas as part of a broader review of its role as a...
A few moments ago
Drones above, police at the gates: Columbia protest camp's final moments
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The occupation of a building at Columbia University by pro-Palestinian student protest...
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NATO drills show it is preparing for potential conflict with Russia, Moscow says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - NATO's four-month long military exercises near Russia's borders, known as Steadfast Defender, are proof th...
1h ago
Students erect pro-Palestinian camp at Ireland's Trinity College
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Students at Trinity College Dublin protesting Israel's war in Gaza have built an encampment that forced th...
1h ago
Rwanda denies its troops attacked displaced persons camp in DR Congo
KIGALI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rwanda on Saturday denied U.S. accusations that its forces attacked a displaced persons' camp i...
2h ago
Business
Berkshire shareholders descend on Omaha as annual meeting kicks off
By Jonathan Stempel and Koh Gui Qing OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Warren Buffett will take center stage at Berkshire Hathaway'...
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Fed's Williams: Inflation target 'critical' for achieving stable prices
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - New York Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams on Friday said he believes the U.S. c...
10h ago
Fed's Goolsbee: US rate-path 'dot plot' needs more context
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve should beef up its quarterly "dot plot" of policymakers'...
11h ago
Paramount will let exclusive talks with Skydance lapse, NYT reports
(Reuters) -Paramount Global Friday will end its exclusive negotiations with Skydance Media without reaching a deal, the New Y...
12h ago
Reddit CEO beneficially owns 61.5% of class A shares, regulatory filing shows
(Reuters) - Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman beneficially owns 62.4 million Class A shares of the social media company...
12h ago
Politics
Democratic lawmakers tell Biden evidence shows Israel is restricting Gaza aid
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scores of lawmakers from U.S. President Joe Biden's Democratic Party told him on Fr...
11h ago
U.S. congressman Cuellar indicted on conspiracy, bribery charges
(Reuters) - U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Texas, was indicted on Friday on federal charges of conspiracy...
16h ago
Amid protests and police raids, US schools try to keep the peace at graduation
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - Ahead of the University of Michigan's commencement on Saturday, the school has trained staff volun...
17h ago
Trump trial hears Michael Cohen was 'despondent' he was denied a government post
By Jack Queen, Brendan Pierson and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's longtime fixer Michael Cohen was upset n...
18h ago
US Rep. Cuellar says he is innocent following indictment reports
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar said on Friday that he and his wife Imelda were inn...
18h ago
Health
Canada toughens import requirements on US breeding cattle over bird flu concerns
(Reuters) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has toughened import requirements on U.S. breeding cattle over the H5N...
10h ago
At least 42 die from measles outbreak in northeast Nigeria
By Percy Dabang YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 42 deaths have been recorded from a measles outbreak in just over a week i...
16h ago
US health officials warn dairy workers are at risk from bird flu
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Friday warned that dairy workers remain at risk from the H5...
19h ago
Drugmaker Amneal agrees to $270 million U.S. opioid settlement
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Amneal Pharmaceuticals said on Friday it had reached a deal valued at more than $270 million to r...
19h ago
US FTC seeks more information on Novo Nordisk parent-Catalent deal
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sought additional information about a $16.5 billion deal by Novo Nordisk's ...
21h ago
Science
German company launches candle wax-powered rocket on test flight into space
BERLIN (Reuters) - German company HyImpulse successfully launched on Friday a candle wax-powered rocket capable of carrying c...
May 03, 2024
Factbox-China's missions to the moon - past, present and future
By Albee Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday launched a mission to collect samples from the moon's "h...
May 03, 2024
Scientists discover possible hammerhead shark nursery in Ecuador's Galapagos
QUITO (Reuters) - A team of researchers has discovered a potential breeding ground for smooth hammerhead sharks off an island...
May 02, 2024
Orangutan's use of medicinal plant to treat wound intrigues scientists
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, ...
May 02, 2024
Scientists explore how to improve crop yields - on Mars
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - For future human bases or colonies on Mars to be self-sustaining, a reliable source of home-grown ...
May 01, 2024
Technology
Russian suspected cybercrime kingpin pleads guilty in US, TASS reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Alexander Vinnik, a Russian suspected cybercrime kingpin who was arrested in Greece in 2017, convicted of ...
2h ago
Luminar to cut nearly 20% jobs as part of restructuring
(Reuters) - Luminar Technologies, a maker of lidar sensors for self-driving cars, said on Friday that it would cut its workfo...
12h ago
Stablecoin Tether steps up monitoring in bid to combat illicit finance
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - The world's largest stablecoin, Tether, has stepped up monitoring of how its tokens ...
16h ago
Exclusive-Stanford AI leader Fei-Fei Li building 'spatial intelligence' startup
By Katie Paul, Anna Tong and Krystal Hu NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Prominent computer scientist Fei-Fei Li is buildin...
17h ago
Tech platforms make pitch for ad deals as TikTok is roiled by politics
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Short-form video took center stage at tech and social media companies' annual presentations to adv...
18h ago
Entertainment
Europapa or Baby Lasagna? Contestants to look out for at Eurovision 2024
By Isabelle Yr Carlsson COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Eurovision Song Contest, a music kitsch-fest watched by some 200 million p...
4h ago
Biden to honor Olympian Katie Ledecky, actor Michelle Yeoh with Medal of Freedom
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A winner of seven Olympic gold medals, a leader of the Mississippi civil rights st...
May 03, 2024
Universal Music Group first-quarter core earnings beat forecast
(Reuters) - Universal Music Group on Thursday posted first-quarter adjusted core profit that beat expectations, helped by the...
May 02, 2024
John Cleese says farce best in theatre as he brings 'Fawlty Towers' to stage
By Natasha Mulenga LONDON (Reuters) - John Cleese says farce is best seen in the theatre as he brings a new stage version of ...
May 02, 2024
Jewish community anxious ahead of Sweden Eurovision anti-Israel protests
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Planned protests against Israel taking part in this year's Eurovision So...
May 02, 2024