Son of late PM Pierre Trudeau becomes Canada’s new leader
By ROB GILLIES Canadian voters reclaimed their country’s liberal identity sending Justin Trudeau — the son of one of the country’s most dynamic politicians — to the prime minister’s office…
South Dakota
South Dakota tribe to open nation’s 1st marijuana resort
By REGINA GARCIA CANO The Santee Sioux tribe has already proven its business acumen, running a successful casino, a 120-room hotel and a 240-head buffalo ranch on the plains of…
Far below South Dakota, a cave holds pure, promising water
By KEVIN BURBACH Hundreds of feet beneath the Black Hills, a team of scientists and researchers snake through dark, narrow and silent corridors of ancient rock to reach their goal:…
Less-lethal weapons get new interest amid police shootings
By DENISE LAVOIE Police in more than 20 North American cities are testing the latest in less-lethal alternatives to bullets — “blunt impact projectiles” that cause suspects excruciating pain but…
The secret, dirty cost of Obama’s green power push
By DINA CAPPIELLO and MATT APUZZO In this July 20, 2013, photo, a plant that produces ethanol is next to a cornfield near Coon Rapids, Iowa. Government mandates to increase…
SD MAN INDICTED IN DEATH OF ADRIAN PETERSON’S SON
By DIRK LAMMERS FILE – In this Oct. 11, 2013 file photo, Joseph Patterson, who is charged with aggravated assault and aggravated battery on an infant, leaves the Lincoln County…
GREAT PLAINS STORM BRINGS BOTH SNOW, TORNADOES
By CHET BROKAW Brenda Nolting, of Rapid City, S.D., rolls her cart to her car after stocking up on necessities Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 at a local supermarket in Rapid…
MIDWEST HEAT WAVE PROMPTS EARLY SCHOOL DISMISSALS
By GRANT SCHULTE Five year-old Grace Kennedy cools off from the heat in a water fountain in Stinson Park in Omaha, Neb., Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. An unusual, late-summer heat…