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A powerful former North Dakota lawmaker pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor.

The South Dakota Supreme Court has reversed a judge's dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to remove an abortion rights initiative from the November ballot. The court's order came Friday, soon

Parachutists jumped from World War II-era planes into now peaceful Normandy to kick off a week of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Soldiers from across the United States, Britain, Canada and other Allied nations waded ashore through hails of fire on five beaches on June 6, 1944. French officials, grateful Normandy survivors and other admirers are saying “merci” but also goodbye to the fast-dwindling number of D-Day veterans still alive. (AP video by Nicolas Garriga/Production by…

Many low-income people in South Dakota would need to have a job in order to get Medicaid health care coverage, under a requirement that passed the Republican-led state Senate on

When Israeli warplanes swooped over the Gaza Strip following the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas militants on southern Israel, Palestinians say a different kind of war took hold in the occupied West Bank. Overnight, much of the Palestinian territory was closed off. Towns were raided, curfews imposed, teenagers arrested, detainees beaten, and villages stormed by Jewish vigilantes. Israeli settler attacks have surged at an unprecedented rate, according to the United Nations, and the escalation ha…

Book displays and gatherings at public libraries around North Dakota are in response to two bills opponents denounce as censorship.

A North Dakota investment program overseen by “Shark Tank” entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary has made its first investment.

The North Dakota House of Representatives on Friday passed several bills that would inhibit transgender people’s access to health care and ability to change birth records.

House Majority Leader Mike Lefor, R-Dickinson, introduces a bill that would ban public libraries from maintaining books with “explicit sexual material.”

North Dakota lawmakers are again weighing bills that target vaccines, including one that would ban COVID-19 shots.