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Feds to investigate Minneapolis Police

WASHINGTON  - Attorney General Merrick Garland says the Justice Department is opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis after the guilty verdict in George Floyd’s death. The announcement comes a day after former officer Derek Chauvin was found…

Hoeven, Cramer blast reintroduction of Green New Deal

WASHINGTON (KVRR) - North Dakota's U.S. Senators say the Green New Deal would cost taxpayers a fortune and force the nation's economy into bankruptcy. Members of the progressive "Squad" rallied around a new push for the Green New Deal Tuesday…

North Dakota ranks 21st in virus cases in last 2 weeks

BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota health officials are confirming 58 new cases of the coronavirus out of 1,686 tests that were processed since Saturday. Nearly 106,000 people in the state have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the…

Biden praying for 'right verdict' in Chauvin trial

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he is “praying the verdict is the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin and that he believed the case, which has gone to the jury and…

Burgum signs bill modifying North Dakota's 'castle law'

BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has signed legislation that eases restrictions on citizens’ rights to use deadly force in self-defense. The legislation signed Tuesday modifies the state's “castle law” and would allow someone to use deadly force…

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