PARIS (AP) — Paris police investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, a police official said Thursday, as France paid a daylong tribute to the firefighters who saved the world-renowned landmark. A judicial police official told The ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon and Walmart on Thursday kicked off a two-year government pilot program allowing low-income shoppers on government food assistance in New York to shop and pay for their groceries online for the first time. ShopRite will join the two retailers on the program early next ...
MOSCOW (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia later this month, the Kremlin said Thursday, in a meeting that offers President Vladimir Putin an opportunity to emerge as a broker in the long-running nuclear standoff and raise Russia’s profile in regional affairs. The ...
The U.S. Postal Office in Minot is inviting Minot residents to take part in another year of food donation. The 27th annual National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will take place on May 11. Bags, provided by Marketplace Foods and Spartan Nash, will be put into ...
UnitedHealthcare has launched the Step Up for Better Health Sweepstakes to celebrate National Move More month and to encourage North Dakota residents to walk more. The sweepstake will run through the month of April. Step Up for Better Health is a national effort to encourage people to get up, ...
BILLINGS, Mont. –The BLM’s public scoping period runs through April 23 for nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in North Dakota and Montana. The scoping period is intended to solicit public input on nominated lease parcels for the September lease sale, including the preliminary ...
A brine spill discussions meeting originally scheduled for April 11 at the NDSU North Central Research Center, south of Minot, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 30. The meeting will be from 1-3 p.m. Those who previously registered should contact Paige Brummund, Ward County Extension ...
Two people were injured in a head-on vehicle crash near Grassy Butte on Tuesday, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol. According to the Patrol, Brett Murchison, 27, of Grassy Butte, was driving a 2017 Toyota Tundra pickup north on Highway 85 at excessive speeds when he lost control ...
Angelique Chenelle Riley, 38, and Chynna Janeen Brenlla, 28, both Minot, are charged with intent to deliver heroin in Minot. Brenlla is charged with Class B felony intent to deliver heroin and Class B felony intent to deliver methamphetamine. Riley is charged with Class B felony intent to ...
Jordan Timothy Selzler, 41, Beulah, received a deferred imposition of sentence on Wednesday for three years on a Class B felony charge of delivery of marijuana. Selzler will be on supervised probation for three years. If he successfully completes probation, the charge will be dismissed. He ...
Marcus Elijah Green, 25, received a deferred imposition of sentence on Wednesday for two years for pushing a woman against a wall, putting his hands around her throat and squeezing during a domestic altercation on Dec. 23. North Central District Court Judge Todd Cresap sentenced Green to 360 ...
The chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed the final report on the Souris River flood protection project during a gathering of government officials brought together by Sen. John Hoeven in Minot City Hall Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite’s signature is an important step in getting ...
North Broadway motorists will be detoured for 10 days next month due to work related to Minot’s flood protection project. The contractor, Park Construction, plans a full intersection closure of Broadway and Fourth Avenue Northwest, near Sammy’s Pizza, for about 10 days from May 12 to May ...
Note: The date of the Minot Symphony Orchestra's "The Mighty Five" concert was incorrect in the April 17 print edition of the Minot Daily News. The concert will be held Saturday, April 27. The Minot Symphony Orchestra will present an evening of classics at their 93rd season finale, “The ...
A jury found Travis Eugene Yoney, 45, Minot, guilty Tuesday of Class A felony attempted murder, Class B felony burglary, Class C felony terrorizing, Class C felony reckless endangerment, Class C felony prohibited possession of a firearm by a felon, and Class A misdemeanor violation of a no ...
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — Denver-area public schools closed Wednesday as the FBI hunted for an armed young Florida woman who was allegedly “infatuated” with Columbine and threatened violence just days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the attack. Sol Pais, an 18-year-old Miami Beach high ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday opened the door for lawsuits against foreign firms operating on properties Cuba seized from Americans after the 1959 revolution. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he won’t renew a bar on litigation that has been in place for two ...
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — A young Florida woman who traveled to Colorado and bought a shotgun for what authorities feared would be a Columbine-inspired attack just days ahead of the 20th anniversary was found dead Wednesday in an apparent suicide after a nearly 24-hour manhunt. Jefferson ...
Blake Cody Lund, 38, Minot, will serve about two years in prison and three years of supervised probation for breaking down a dead-bolted door to an occupied Minot residence and brandishing a large knife on Sept. 24, for damaging a police robot on Nov. 16, and for burglarizing a residence and ...
Trek Karl Bender, 20, Minot, was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in prison, with a requirement that he serve 200 days in jail, and three years of supervised probation for burglarizing Key Care Pharmacy on July 18. He received concurrent sentences for shoplifting ammunition from the ...