WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to end a long-standing federal court agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention, a decision that will almost certainly lead to a new court fight over the government’s ability to hold migrant families until ...
BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were back in positive territory Wednesday as investors looked ahead to a speech by the Federal Reserve chairman for signs of possible plans for more U.S. interest rate cuts. Market benchmarks in London and Frankfurt rose in early trading. On Wall Street, ...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says she is “disappointed and surprised” by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel his visit to Denmark after she called Trump’s idea of buying the semi-autonomous Arctic territory of Greenland from Denmark ...
(AP) Strong earnings reports from several big retailers helped drive stocks broadly higher on Wall Street Wednesday, placing the market on track to recover most of its losses from the day before. Target and Lowe’s surged, leading a rally in retail stocks, as the market bounced back from its ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to end a federal agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention. A court fight will almost certainly follow over the government’s desire to hold migrant families until their cases are decided. The current ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Commerce says it’s reached a tentative deal with Mexican tomato producers to prevent unfairly cheap produce from reaching American consumers, heading off a potential 25 percent tariff. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said Wednesday the draft ...
It’s a first year project yielding some terrific results. Cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, beets and radishes are among the abundant vegetables being harvested at several raised gardens located near Velva. The fresh produce is taken to the Lord’s Cupboard food pantry in Minot where it is ...
Northland Health Partners Community Health Center was among the health centers to receive Health Center Quality Improvement Grant Rewards. Northland received $9,500 for clinical quality improvers and $4,000 for advancing health information technology for quality. According to a press release, ...
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is urging growers across the state to donate extra fruits and vegetables from their harvest this year to help meet the needs of hungry North Dakotans as part of the Hunger Free ND Garden Project, which is marking its 10th year. “Sadly, in ...
Individuals interested in taking the exam to select candidates for the full-time temporary position of game warden must register no later than Sept. 2. The test is at 10 a.m., Sept. 6, at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s main office in Bismarck. Applicants must register to take ...
Joseph Thompson III, 27, maintained his innocence on Tuesday to charges that he broke into a garage in the 10th block of 16th Avenue SW on March 18 and fired several shots into an occupied residence. Thompson had been set to change his plea to the charges, which include Class B felony ...
Brandon Lowery, 43, will serve about two years in prison for using the identities of three people to forge checks and open fraudulent credit card accounts in the fall of 2016. Lowery, who had been incarcerated in Indiana on theft and escape charges until July, pleaded guilty to five Class C ...
David Andrew Brainard, 29, Minot, was sentenced last week to three years in prison, with a requirement that he serve 18 months, for burglarizing a storage unit in Minot last September. According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court, a man who rented the storage unit informed ...
Adam Keith Cagle, 32, Minot, was sentenced last week to a year in jail, all suspended but the 39 days he already served, and three years of supervised probation for writing forged checks using his ex-girlfriend’s closed bank account. According to the probable cause affidavit filed with the ...
A roof and drainage system at Minot’s two downtown parking ramps isn’t going to be near as expensive as anticipated, but it still is estimated to cost taxpayers $946,125. The Minot City Council on Monday accepted the bid of Rolac Contracting for $870,000 to place roofs on the ramps. The ...
Magdalena Duchsherer of Drake said she is feeling a lot better these days since she had a transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure done at Sanford Health in Bismarck earlier this summer. She and her daughter-in-law, Marsha Duchsherer, are also glad that Magdalena Duchsherer was able to ...
Christian Joel Henry, 27, Minot, is accused of threatening a female clerk at the Burdick Expressway Loaf ‘N Jug with a knife on Friday night. He is charged with Class C felony terrorizing in district court in Minot. According to the probable cause affidavit filed with the court, Henry had ...
Maria Llamas, 36, Minot, is accused of driving drunk on Aug. 5 with two children in the backseat. Llamas is charged with a Class A misdemeanor in district court in Minot. According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court, Llamas turned left from South Broadway onto 16th Avenue SW ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The “fundamentals” of the U.S. economy are solid, the White House asserted, invoking an ill-fated political declaration of a decade ago amid mounting concern that a recession could imperil President Donald Trump’s reelection.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in jail, new court records show, opening a new legal front in what could be a long battle over the financier’s fortune. Court papers filed last week in the U.S. Virgin Islands list no details of ...