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Ace Frehley, Kiss’ original lead guitarist and founding member, dies at 74

FILE – In this Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, former KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley plays the national anthem before an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Giants in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson, File)MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP/KVRR) — Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss…

Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library using $70M Bank of North Dakota line of credit

Construction workers lay cement at the site of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora on Sept. 1, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library)MEDORA, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation has tapped into $53 million of a $70 million Bank of North Dakota line of credit to pay for construction costs while…

Government shutdown entering sixth day as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers at an impasse on reopening the federal government provided few public signs Sunday of meaningful negotiations taking place to end what is about to be a six-day shutdown — with President Donald Trump saying that layoffs are occurring. Asked on Sunday night when federal workers would be fired as he has threatened to do, Trump…

Vote to end government shutdown fails as Democrats hold firm on health care demands

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The U.S. Senate adjourned for the day on Wednesday with no resolution on how to reopen the government. Blame was being cast on all sides on the first day of the shutdown. A vote to end the government shutdown failed earlier Wednesday, as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the party’s demands to fund health care subsidies that President Donald…

Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

FILE – Jane Goodall kisses Tess, a female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Nanyuki, north of Nairobi, on Dec. 6, 1997. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju, File)Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91. The Jane Goodall Institute announced the primatologist’s death Wednesday in an Instagram post. According…

Twins fire manager Rocco Baldelli after 70-92 season, missing playoffs in 4 of last 5 years

Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli talks to one of his players before a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins fired manager Rocco Baldelli on Monday, ending his seven-year tenure that included three AL Central titles but only one playoff appearance over his final…

Policy change allows UND, NDSU to offer dual-credit classes for high schoolers

Decision aims to give students more choices, but could bring financial hit to smaller colleges

University of North Dakota President Andy Armacost, left, speaks with State Board of Higher Education Chair Kevin Black on Sept. 23, 2025, in Minot North Dakota. The board approved a policy change allowing UND and North Dakota State University to offer dual-credit courses to high school students. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor / KVRR) —…

Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy to pay more than $600 million to settle Colorado wildfire lawsuits

FILE – A fire burns in a home destroyed by the Marshall Wildfire in Louisville, Colo., Dec. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)DENVER (AP) — Xcel Energy said Wednesday it expects to pay about $640 million to settle lawsuits alleging it was responsible for starting Colorado’s most destructive wildfire that killed two people and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes in 2021….

Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington, as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven…