COVID-19 creates dire US shortage of teachers, school staff

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SAN FRANCISCO — One desperate California school district is sending flyers home in students' lunchboxes, telling parents it's “now hiring." Elsewhere, principals are filling...

Climate change, logging collide — and a forest shrinks

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CUSTER CITY, S.D. — Looking down a hillside dotted with large stumps and nearly devoid of trees, a pair of retired U.S. Forest Service...

Feds, North Dakota to negotiate pipeline policing costs

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BISMARCK, N.D. — Federal and state lawyers will meet in North Dakota next week to negotiate a settlement for money that the state claims...

South Dakota governor orders restrictions on abortion meds

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Tuesday issued an executive order to restrict access to abortion medication and make it...

Oil boom remakes N. Dakota county with fastest growth in US

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WATFORD CITY, N.D. — First came the roughnecks and other oil field workers, almost all men. ...

Rapid City Marshals reveal name in Black Hills showdown

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RAPID CITY, S.D. — There's a new team in town in the Black Hills, the Rapid City Marshals. ...

Bureau of Indian Education issues vaccine mandate

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The federal agency that oversees schools that educate some Native Americans in nearly two dozen states issued an employee vaccine mandate...

20 states sue over Biden admin school, work LGBT protections

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Attorneys general from 20 states sued President Joe Biden's administration Monday seeking to halt directives that extend federal sex discrimination protections...

As Sturgis rally clears, COVID cases, hospitalizations rise

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Rumbles from the motorcycles and rock shows of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally have hardly cleared from the Black Hills of...

Experts warn of dangers from breach of voter system software

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ATLANTA — Republican efforts questioning the outcome of the 2020 presidential race have led to voting system breaches that election security experts say pose...