Authorities arrested a North Dakota man for threatening to shoot up to 20 people at his wife’s office, according to a complaint filed Monday.
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Fatal NYC helicopter crash video shows passengers struggling, NTSB report says
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Confederate statue that prompted Charlottesville rally must stay, judge rules
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Texas capital of Austin approves first-in-the-nation funding for abortion transportation, lodging, child care
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Terri Lynn Hollis, 11, was murdered on Thanksgiving Day 1972. California investigators didn’t give up on her case
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The ‘naturally disappointing’ results of new Wyoming study: Native American students face greater discipline
Wyoming schools disproportionately suspend Native American students compared to their peers, a Wyoming Community Foundation study found.
A bear broke into a Colorado couple’s home. They fought it off with a baseball bat and their bare fists
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