Midwest Grapples With Wildfires Amid Record Heat and Dry Conditions
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Midwest Grapples With Wildfires Amid Record Heat and Dry Conditions

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The National Weather Service placed most of the Upper Midwest and part of the Northern Plains on high alert on Monday as temperatures approached 100 degrees and extremely dry conditions created an elevated risk for wildfires in the region. The unseasonably high temperatures…

Bees Are Under Threat from Climate Change, the Trade War and Doge
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Bees Are Under Threat from Climate Change, the Trade War and Doge

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Under blue skies, where low-rolling hills rise south of the Canadian border in the tiny town of Adams, N.D., a couple braves the stench of old honey, wax, smoke and bee muck. Nancy and Keith Budke, married 43 years, are migratory beekeepers. They…

A Long Journey Home: After 50 Years, Back on the Reservation
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A Long Journey Home: After 50 Years, Back on the Reservation

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Leonard Peltier had waited five decades to do something he had increasingly doubted he would ever be able to: say thank you, in person, to the fellow Native Americans and others who had spent those years fighting for his freedom. Addressing a raucous…

Powerful ex-lawmaker Ray Holmberg pleads guilty to going to Europe to pay for sex with minor
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Powerful ex-lawmaker Ray Holmberg pleads guilty to going to Europe to pay for sex with minor

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A high-profile former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor. Ray Holmberg, 80, of Grand Forks, was indicted in…