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North Korea tests longest-range missile since 2017

North Korea tests longest-range missile since 2017

North Korea fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile into the sea, in an apparent attempt to pressure the Biden administration over long-stalled nuclear negotiations.
by The Associated Press

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Wayne Stenehjem, North Dakota's longest-serving AG, dies at 68

Wayne Stenehjem, North Dakota's longest-serving AG, dies at 68

North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, a former legislator and the state's longest-serving attorney general, died at age 68, his office announced Friday, just hours after he was taken to a hospital.
by The Associated Press

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Unions have enthusiasm, media spotlight. But membership numbers lag

Unions have enthusiasm, media spotlight. But membership numbers lag

Strikes and organizing efforts at high profile companies have generated new enthusiasm for organized labor. But numbers tell a different story. Union membership is tied for the lowest level on record.
by Stephan Bisaha

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Biden heads to Pittsburgh to talk infrastructure as bridge collapses

Biden heads to Pittsburgh to talk infrastructure as bridge collapses

President Joe Biden is heading to Pittsburgh to promote the benefits of his infrastructure package — and he's set to appear just two miles from the site of an early-morning bridge collapse that underscores his frequent calls to do more for the nation’s crumbling roads and bridges.
by The Associated Press

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Meet Willow, the Bidens' new, very presidential-looking cat

Meet Willow, the Bidens' new, very presidential-looking cat

First lady Jill Biden met the cat when it interrupted a stump speech she was giving at a Pennsylvania farm during President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign.
by Harrison Jacobs

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In one small Minnesota town, two warring visions of America

In one small Minnesota town, two warring visions of America

The headline in the Benson newspaper said COVID-19 numbers were spiking in the farm towns of western Minnesota, but some saw it as a lie. It’s brought the lines of a divided America into sharp focus: one little town, 3,000 people, two starkly different realities.
by The Associated Press

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Biden says Russian invasion in Feb. 'distinct possibility'

Biden says Russian invasion in Feb. 'distinct possibility'

The White House says President Joe Biden warned Ukraine's president Thursday that there is a “distinct possibility” Russia could take military action against Ukraine in February. The Kremlin likewise sounded a grim note, saying it saw “little ground for optimism” in resolving the crisis after the U.S. this week again rejected Russia’s main demands.
by The Associated Press

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Russia says it won't start a war as Ukraine tensions mount

Russia says it won't start a war as Ukraine tensions mount

Russia's top diplomat said Friday that Moscow will not start a war but warned that it wouldn't allow the West to trample on its security interests amid fears it is planning to invade Ukraine.
by The Associated Press

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A federal judge canceled major oil and gas leases over climate change

A federal judge canceled major oil and gas leases over climate change

The ruling revokes leases sold in the Gulf of Mexico, in the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. It says the Interior Department failed to consider the greenhouse gases it would produce.
by Nathan Rott

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