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AP Graphic – Milestones in Covid-19 Deaths

VIRUS OUTBREAK:   These interactives show (1) A table listing the top 25 largest national GDPs; the number of dead from COVID-19 related illness for each nation as well as the death rate from the illness; (2) a county map of the United States with the COVID-19 related death rate by […]

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Governor Doug Burgum State of the State

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Local governments should refrain from raising property taxes and lawmakers need to invest more to guard against ever-increasing cybersecurity attacks to the state and its citizens. Those were among the highlights of Gov. Doug Burgum’s State of the State address on Wednesday in Fargo. Although Burgum […]

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Flights to Ukraine halted or redirected

Flights to Ukraine halted or redirected as crisis brews MOSCOW (AP) — Some airlines have halted or diverted flights to Ukraine amid heightened fears that an invasion by Russia is imminent despite intensive weekend talks between the Kremlin and the West. The White House said President Joe Biden told Russian […]

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Gov Burgum returning to normal schedule

Burgum returning to normal schedule after COVID-19 diagnosis …  Feb 13, 2022 9:30 AM BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Doug Burgum is returning to a normal schedule after isolating for nearly a week following a COVID-19 diagnosis. The governor tested positive Feb. 5, and has worked out of his home […]

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Biden warns Putin in hourlong call Sat

Biden warns Putin of  severe costs of Ukraine invasion. From AP Feb 12, 2022  6:00 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis […]

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Coal Creek power plant Sale Approved By GRE

Maple Grove, Minn. (AP) — Great River Energy’s cooperatives have once again approved the sale of the company’s Coal Creek power plant in North Dakota and an accompanying power line, despite opposition from its largest member. The sale of Coal Creek, near Underwood, North Dakota, was initially approved last June […]