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St. Thomas hockey to follow Arizona State into NCHC, as league expands to 10 teams

May. 15, 2024 21:09 PM EDT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The University of St. Thomas will join the National Collegiate Hockey Conference for the 2026-27 season as the 10th member, the men's hockey league announced Wednesday. The NCHC will formally add Arizona State this summer for the 2024-25 season,...

Editorial Roundup: United States

May. 15, 2024 12:39 PM EDT

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 11 The New York Times on college campus protests Protesting the world’s wrongs has been a rite of passage for generations of American youth, buoyed by our strong laws protecting free...

Speaker Mike Johnson assails Trump's felony trial in remarkable visit outside courthouse

May. 14, 2024 20:17 PM EDT

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson assailed the hush money case against Donald Trump Tuesday as an illegitimate “sham,” becoming the highest-ranking Republican to show up at court, embrace the former president's claims of political persecution and attack the U.S. system of justice. ...

The Latest | Defense expects cross-examination of Cohen to last through Thursday, transcript shows

May. 14, 2024 17:58 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe returned to the witness stand and could face a bruising round of questioning from the former president’s lawyers. Michael Cohen 's testimony this week has linked Trump to all aspects of a hush money scheme that prosecutors say was...

Voting Rights Act weighs heavily in North Dakota's attempt to revisit redistricting decision it won

May. 09, 2024 17:49 PM EDT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Months after it won a lawsuit over legislative boundaries, North Dakota is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its victory, baffling others involved in the state's redistricting fights and prompting some legal experts to call the state’s action a potential assault on...

Judge orders community service, fine for North Dakota lawmaker tied to building controversy

May. 09, 2024 14:50 PM EDT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge on Thursday ordered a state lawmaker to serve 250 hours of community service and pay a $2,500 fine after a jury convicted him of a misdemeanor in connection with a controversial state-leased building he has an ownership in. State District...

Trump is in no hurry as he leans into the pageantry of vice presidential tryouts

May. 08, 2024 11:12 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — As former President Donald Trump remains stuck in the courtroom listening to salacious details of an extramarital sexual encounter he denies, another spectacle is playing out in the background as his vice presidential tryouts get underway. The dynamic was on full...

North Dakota state rep found guilty of misdemeanor charge tied to budget votes and building

May. 06, 2024 12:50 PM EDT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A jury in North Dakota on Friday convicted a state lawmaker of a misdemeanor in connection with a state-leased building he has ownership ties to. A legislative leader said he disagrees with the verdict and plans to review the statute and rules involved. ...

A North Dakota man is sentenced to 15 years in connection with shooting at officers

May. 02, 2024 19:16 PM EDT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Williston, North Dakota, man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with credit for time served in connection with a December 2022 encounter with police in which prosecutors say he shot at the officers. U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor sentenced Eric...

Family appeals ruling that threw out lawsuit over 2017 BIA shooting death in North Dakota

Apr. 30, 2024 12:49 PM EDT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Children of a man shot and killed in 2017 during a highway traffic stop on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation are appealing a judge's decision to throw out their wrongful death lawsuit. In 2019, the three siblings, acting through their mother, sued Bureau of...