South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem writes in new book about killing her dog
Gov. Kristi Noem is a potential running mate for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Residents begin going through the rubble after tornadoes hammer parts of Nebraska and Iowa
Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions, then slamming an Iowa town.
A suspect is in custody after 6 people were shot outside a club in the nation's capital, police say
Sixc people were shot late Friday outside a nightclub in the nation's capital, police said.
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Utah GOP convention picks Trump-backed mayor Trent Staggs as nominee to replace Sen. Mitt Romney
Mayor Trent Staggs of Riverton, Utah, was selected Saturday as the state Republican Party's nominee to replace Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate, hours after the local official received former President Donald Trump's endorsement.
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Police officer hiring in US increases in 2023 after years of decline, survey shows
Police departments across the United States are reporting an increase in their ranks for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 killing of George Floyd, which led to a historic exodus of officers, a survey shows.
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Wild onion dinners mark the turn of the season in Indian Country
As winter fades to spring and the bright purple blossoms of the redbud trees begin to bloom, Cherokee chef Bradley James Dry knows it's time to forage for morels as well as a staple of Native American cuisine in Oklahoma: wild green onions.
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A Hawaii military family avoids tap water at home. They're among those suing over 2021 jet fuel leak
Richelle Dietz, a mother of two and wife of a U.S. Navy officer, often thinks about water.
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California Disney characters are unionizing decades after Florida peers. Hollywood plays a role
During three years of working as a parade performer at the Disneyland Resort in Southern California, Zach Elefante always has had a second or third job to help him earn a living.
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College protesters seek amnesty to keep arrests and suspensions from trailing them
Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours.
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Chants of 'shame on you' greet guests at White House correspondents' dinner shadowed by war in Gaza
An election-year roast of President Joe Biden before journalists, celebrities and politicians at the annual White House correspondents' dinner Saturday butted up against growing public discord over the Israel-Hamas war, with protests outside the event condemning both Biden's handling of the conflict and the Western news' media coverage of it.
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Anti-war protesters dig in as some schools close encampments after reports of antisemitic activity
As students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at college campuses across U.S. dug in Saturday and dozens of demonstrators were arrested, some universities moved to shut down encampments after reports of antisemitic activity.
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Body of climber recovered after 1,000-foot fatal fall on Alaska peak
A helicopter crew recovered on Saturday the body of a climber who died after falling about 1,000 feet (300 meters) while on a steep, technical route in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve, park officials said in a statement.
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Alaska's Indigenous teens emulate ancestors' Arctic survival skills at the Native Youth Olympics
The athletes filling a huge gym in Anchorage were ready to compete, cheering and stomping and high-fiving each other as they lined up for the chance to claim the state's top prize in their events.
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Crews plan to extinguish fire Saturday night from train derailment near Arizona-New Mexico line
Crews plan to extinguish a fire on Saturday night from a freight train derailment near the Arizona-New Mexico state line that forced the closure of a stretch of Interstate 40.
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David Pryor, former governor and senator of Arkansas, is remembered
Former Arkansas Gov. and U.S. Sen. David Pryor was remembered during a Saturday funeral service by family, friends and colleagues, including former President Bill Clinton.
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A look at the protests about the war in Gaza that have emerged on US college campuses
Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University.
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Oregon's Sports Bra, a pub for women's sports fans, plans national expansion as interest booms
On a recent weeknight at this bar in northeast Portland, fans downed pints and burgers as college women's lacrosse and beach volleyball matches played on big-screen TVs. Memorabilia autographed by female athletes covered the walls, with a painting of U.S. soccer legend Abby Wambach mounted above the chalkboard beer menu.
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Retrial of Harvey Weinstein unlikely to occur soon, if ever, experts say
A retrial in New York of disgraced former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein won't be coming to a courtroom anytime soon, if ever, legal experts said on a day when one of two women considered crucial to his rape trial said she wasn't sure she would testify again.
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Massachusetts police bust burglary ring that stole $4 million in jewels over six years
A burglary ring that allegedly stole more than $4 million worth of jewelry mostly from the homes of South Asians in over two dozen communities has been broken up, the Massachusetts State Police said.
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3 children in minivan hurt when it rolled down hill, into baseball dugout wall in Illinois
Three children were hurt when the minivan they were in rolled down a hill Saturday morning into a concrete baseball dugout in northern Illinois' Woodstock.
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As border debate shifts right, Sen. Alex Padilla emerges as persistent counterforce for immigrants
President Joe Biden had a question.
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Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison
Harvey Weinstein's lawyer said Saturday that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction.
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