SEATTLE (AP) – Amazon is being sued by U.S. regulators and and 17 states over allegations that the company abuses its position in the marketplace to inflate prices on other platforms, overcharge sellers and stifle competition. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, is the result of a years-long investigation into Amazon’s businesses…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Homelessness is not just something for big cities. In fact, since 2021 there have been about 950 homeless people in our community on any given night. Sue Baron is the owner of Golden Drive and is on a mission to end homelessness in our community. The Golden Drive has many opportunities to donate to a…
FARGO (KVRR) – A North Dakota-based nonprofit is suing the NFL’s Washington Commanders football team, its new owner, and a prominent Native American advocacy group. The federal lawsuit claims the team’s refusal to change its nickname back to the Redskins is an attempt to eradicate Native American history. Devils Lake-based Native American Guardians Association is accusing the Commanders, its leadership,…
FARGO (KVRR) – For the third consecutive year, Sanford Health says U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals for 2023-2024 ranked Sanford Medical Center Fargo the No. 1 hospital in North Dakota and Sanford USD Medical Center the No. 1 hospital in South Dakota. Sanford Medical Center Fargo ranks as one of the tops in the nation in urology. Sanford…
Ryan DegroatPIERRE, S.D. (KVRR) – A White Earth, Minnesota man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty, but mentally ill to First Degree Kidnapping. Ryan Degroat was arrested in March, 2022 for entering a home in Hecla, South Dakota, where he assaulted one person and then forced that person to drive them both out of town….
Leonard PeltierWASHINGTON – Hundreds of activists and Indigenous leaders rallied outside the White House on Tuesday in support of Leonard Peltier on his 79th birthday, holding signs and chanting slogans urging President Joe Biden to grant clemency to the Native American leader. Peltier is serving life in prison for killing two FBI agents during a 1975 standoff on the Pine…
Former President Donald Trump greets South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem at the South Dakota Republican Party Monumental Leaders rally Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Rapid City, S.D. (AP Photo/Toby Brusseau)WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem endorsed former President Donald Trump at a party fundraiser in Rapid City Friday night that doubled as an opportunity for Noem to showcase…
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota regulators on Wednesday denied a construction permit for a carbon dioxide pipeline project, one month after a North Dakota panel did the same to a similar project by another company. Navigator CO2 Ventures wants to build a 1,300-mile (2,092 kilometers) pipeline network across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota, to carry planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions…
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota regulators vote to proceed with an environmental review for part of a proposed pipeline to carry carbon dioxide from Midwest ethanol plants to a permanent underground storage site in North Dakota. Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions wants to build a $5.5 billion, 2,000-mile pipeline network across five states. Carbon dioxide from more than 30 ethanol plants…
NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — No injuries or hazardous spills have been reported in a train derailment in a southeastern South Dakota town that also saw a rail bridge partially collapse. The derailment happened shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday in North Sioux City, the Union County Emergency Management office said in social media posts. Nineteen cars derailed as the…
