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The House voted 263 to 156 to approve the Laken Riley act, sending the measure to Trump for his signature. The measure would make it easier for federal immigration officials to detain and deport those without legal status who are charged with specific crimes.
Winter storm advisories, watches and warnings are issued in North ...
Dec 18, 2024 · Winter storm watches, advisories and warnings are currently being issued as a clipper system blows in a winter storm across North Dakota. Blake Rafferty is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Forks.
Here's what we know about the deadly school shooting in Wisconsin
Updated December 17, 2024 at 16:17 PM ET. A teacher and a teenage student were killed in a school shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., in an attack Monday that also injured six more people.
Local News | Prairie Public
Jan 16, 2025 · News from the Prairie Region. Ann Alquist speaks with journalist Brian Bull about the significance of President Biden commuting the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier.
The Great American Folk Show: Christmas Special 2024
Dec 21, 2024 · Our 2024 Christmas special features actor and comedian John C. Reilly, Scandinavian singer-songwriter Sofia Talvik, motorbike folksinger Cameron Knowler, musician Shelley Short, and an interview and song from former Prairie Public radio director Bill Thomas.
In Session | Prairie Public
Hosted by Prairie Public’s Ann Alquist and Erik Deatherage, In Session will keep you updated on the North Dakota Legislative Session — legislation that gets debated, sent back to committee, voted on again, and maybe put in front of the governor to sign. It can be dry stuff, the legislature, but we’ll make it interesting — because what happens in Bismarck affects all of us.
Biden signs stopgap spending bill, preventing a government …
Updated December 21, 2024 at 11:29 AM ET. The Senate voted 85-11 to approve a short-term spending bill to fund the government until March 14. The measure, signed hours later by President Biden, had overwhelming bipartisan support in both chambers after days of chaos caused by the last-minute intervention of President-elect Donald Trump.
In Memoriam 2024: The Musicians We Lost | Prairie Public
Dec 23, 2024 · Wayne Kramer. Guitarist whose revolutionary riffs in MC5 paved the way for punk and later inspired him to co-found Jail Guitar Doors USA, which provides instruments to inmates serving time . April 30, 1948 — Feb. 2, 2024 * Wilhelmina Wiggins Fernandez. Soprano and star of the 1981 French thriller Diva. Jan. 5, 1949 — Feb. 2, 2024
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Police identify Wisconsin school shooting suspect as a 15-year-old ...
Updated December 16, 2024 at 22:55 PM ET. A 15-year-old girl has been identified as the student who opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., on Monday morning, police said.