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    Law
    South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg says he initially believed he'd hit a deer the night of the crash. It wasn't until the next day, when he drove back to the scene of the incident, that he discovered the body of 55-year-old Joe Boever, whom he
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    South Dakota AG Charged With 3 Misdemeanors In Crash That Killed Pedestrian

    Feb 19, 2021
    Officials on Thursday said given the evidence, they could not bring more severe charges against Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, who fatally struck a man walking down a rural road in September.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Gov. Kristi Noem greet President Trump and first lady Melania Trump upon arrival in Rapid City, S.D, in July. Trump was en route to Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
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    Two Rural States With GOP Governors And Very Different COVID-19 Results

    Nov 20, 2020
    Vermont and South Dakota are both among the most rural states in the U.S. One has embraced coronavirus safety measures, the other has not, and their infection and death rates are starkly different.
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    Shots - Health News
    A medical staff member performs a COVID-19 test outside the Family Healthcare building in downtown Fargo, North Dakota, on Oct. 15. North Dakota is experiencing an influx in COVID-19 cases and on Nov. 6, the state reported a record high of 1,765 daily ne
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    COVID-19 Hospitalizations Surge In Dakotas: 'It's Like We Opened Up A Spigot'

    Nov 14, 2020
    Faced with overloaded hospitals, doctors in South Dakota and North Dakota struggle to deal with uncontained community spread of COVID-19 and with medical staffing issues in their states.
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    National
    South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg speaks in Sioux Falls, S.D., in February 2014. Ravnsborg struck and killed a pedestrian Saturday night.
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    S.D.'s Attorney General Fatally Strikes Man With Car, Says He Thought He Hit A Deer

    Sep 15, 2020
    South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg struck and killed a 55-year-old man on a rural stretch of road Saturday night. State authorities are investigating.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem meets with President Trump and Vice President Pence at the White House in December. This month, she was one of the first governors to reject the president's offer of additional unemployment assistance.
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    Expired Jobless Benefits Cost Economy Billions, But Some States Reject Trump's Aid

    Aug 19, 2020
    The expiration of emergency jobless benefits is draining $15 billion a week from the U.S. economy. President Trump has offered to replace half that money, but states have been slow to accept.
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    National
    South Dakota has agreed to share driver's license and state ID records with the U.S. Census Bureau as part of efforts to carry out an executive order for citizenship data that President Trump announced in July 2019 with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (le
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    South Dakota Is Sharing Driver's License Info To Help Find Out Who's A Citizen

    Jul 14, 2020
    To produce citizenship data that can be used when voting districts are redrawn, the Trump administration asked states to share their records. South Dakota agreed to do so in April, NPR has learned.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Tourists visit Mount Rushmore National Monument on Wednesday. President Trump is expected to visit the federal monument in South Dakota and give a speech before a fireworks display on Friday.
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    Mount Rushmore Fireworks Revival To Feature Trump But No Social Distancing

    Jul 01, 2020
    Environmental dangers, including wildfires and groundwater poisoning, ended the Rushmore pyrotechnics a decade ago. Now they're back, defying a pandemic and protests.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    In this photo illustration, a person looks at an abortion pill (RU-486) for unintended pregnancy from Mifepristone displayed on a smartphone on May 8, 2020, in Arlington, Va. Under federal law, even in states where telemedicine abortion is legal, there a
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    More Patients Seek Abortion Pills Online During Pandemic, But Face Restrictions

    May 28, 2020
    As more healthcare moves to online and telemedicine, some patients seeking abortions using pills are running into obstacles.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who has not issued a statewide stay-at-home order, is demanding that tribal leaders remove roadblocks they say have been put in place to protect reservation residents from the coronavirus pandemic.
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    Checkpoint Clash Escalates Between South Dakota Governor, Tribal Leaders

    May 11, 2020
    Gov. Kristi Noem says she plans to take the Cheyenne River Sioux and Oglala Sioux tribes to federal court for refusing to shutter checkpoints onto their reservations. "Clarity" is needed, she says.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates

    ACLU Calls For Release Of Pregnant Inmates During the Coronavirus Pandemic

    May 01, 2020
    The group is asking federal and state governments to release pregnant inmates who are close to completing their prison sentences.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Employees and family members protest outside a Smithfield Foods processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., on April 9. Smithfield is being sued over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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    Workers Sue Smithfield Foods, Allege Conditions Put Them At Risk For COVID-19

    Apr 24, 2020
    Smithfield's South Dakota plant, which handles 5% of U.S. pork production, has become a coronavirus hot spot, with 783 workers testing positive for the virus so far and two of them dying.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Employees and family members protest outside a Smithfield Foods processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota last week. The plant has had an outbreak of coronavirus cases.
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    How One City Mayor Forced A Pork Giant To Close Its Virus-Stricken Plant

    Apr 14, 2020
    Smithfield Foods didn't want to stop slaughtering hogs at its Sioux Falls pork plant, even after hundreds of workers got sick with the coronavirus. Then the city's mayor forced the company's hand.
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    Education
    An "In God We Trust" sign is seen at a middle school in Rapid City, South Dakota. Staff began installing the national motto in the district's 23 schools in May.
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    South Dakota Public Schools Add 'In God We Trust' Signs To Walls

    Jul 25, 2019
    When students return to class next month in South Dakota, they'll be greeted by the national motto, prominently displayed on school walls.
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    National
    Teva Pharmaceuticals has reached a settlement with the state of Oklahoma over its alleged role in fueling the opioid epidemic. In March, drugmaker Purdue Pharma agreed to a $270 million settlement.
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    Teva Pharmaceuticals Agrees To $85 Million Settlement With Oklahoma In Opioid Case

    May 26, 2019
    Oklahoma's attorney general had filed a lawsuit against the Israel-based company for its alleged role in fueling the opioid crisis.
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    National
    National Guard members distribute drinkable water to residents of Sharps Corner, a community in the Pine Ridge Reservation in S.D.
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    Pine Ridge Reservation In South Dakota Suffers 2 Weeks Of Flooding

    Mar 25, 2019
    "There are community and tribe members getting on horseback to reach people and get them supplies," a state lawmaker told NPR. Residents said the reservation was already strapped for resources.
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    National
    A massive late winter storm is bringing blizzard conditions to a number of central U.S. states Thursday. In affected areas, many agencies are shutting down and urging people to stay off the roads.
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    'Bomb Cyclone' Paralyzes Central U.S., Bringing Snow, Floods And Dangerous Winds

    Mar 14, 2019
    The winter storm has been linked to at least one death, after a Colorado patrolman was struck by a driver who lost control of his car.
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    Shots - Health News
    For women in rural areas, the nearest abortion provider can be a day's drive away.
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    For Many Women, The Nearest Abortion Provider Is Hundreds Of Miles Away

    Oct 03, 2017
    Abortion providers are far away for many women in the U.S., a report from the Guttmacher Institute finds. That's especially true for women in South Dakota and other states in the Upper Midwest.
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    Politics
    Roxanne Weber (left) rallies in support of a voter-approved government ethics overhaul in front of the South Dakota Capitol in Pierre last month. Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard said he supports efforts to repeal and replace the initiative.
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    South Dakotans Voted For Tougher Ethics Laws, But Lawmakers Object

    Feb 01, 2017
    A ballot measure last fall targeted South Dakota's status as the only state that allowed lobbyists to give politicians unlimited and undisclosed gifts. Now lawmakers have voted to repeal the law.
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    The Two-Way
    A JetBlue Airways Corp. employee tags a traveler's bag at the ticket counter inside Long Beach Airport in Long Beach, Calif.
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    'Like A Bad Dream': Turbulence On JetBlue Flight Injures 2 Dozen People

    Aug 12, 2016
    Flight 429 from Boston to Sacramento was forced to divert to South Dakota after hitting severe turbulence. Passengers describe the plane suddenly plunging as people went flying.
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    The Two-Way
    Dave Bald Eagle, at 95, playing the role of Dan in <em>Neither Wolf Nor Dog.</em>
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    David Bald Eagle, Lakota Chief, Musician, Cowboy And Actor, Dies At 97

    Jul 27, 2016
    He was also a war hero and a ballroom dancer — Bald Eagle's life is hard to fit in a headline. He parachuted into Normandy, acted in Westerns and starred in his first feature film at the age of 95.
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    Politics
    Hillary Clinton acknowledges celebratory cheers from the crowd during her primary night event at the Duggal Greenhouse, Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York. "Thanks to you, we've reached a milestone: the first time in our nation's history that a woman will be
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    Clinton Looks To Historic Night While Sanders Hopes For California Upset

    Jun 07, 2016
    Six states are voting in the last major primary contest of 2016: New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and California.
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    Shots - Health News
    Inyan Pedersen, 34, with her son Knowledge. Doctors scheduled Pedersen to deliver her two younger children by C-sections because the closest birthing center is two hours away.
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    For Native Americans, Health Care Is A Long, Hard Road Away

    Apr 13, 2016
    For American Indians on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in South Dakota, getting health care can take weeks. Indians who move to the city find that access can be difficult, too.
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    Joe's Big Idea
    Astrophysicist Richard Gaitskell, from Brown University, leads a team hunting particles of dark matter about a mile beneath Earth's surface. No luck so far, but Gaitskell is still hopeful.
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    A Physicist Dreams Of Catching Dark Matter In The Act

    Jan 01, 2016
    Hold out your hand for a century, and 100 million particles of dark matter will pass through each second without leaving a trace. Still, a physicist in South Dakota thinks he may be able to catch one.
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    The Two-Way
    The statues of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
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    Move Over Mount Rushmore, There's Another Club Of Presidents

    May 08, 2015
    President Obama's visit to South Dakota will allow him to brag that he has set foot in each of the 50 states — only three other U.S. presidents can make that claim.
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    The Two-Way

    Federal Judge Says South Dakota Officials Violated Native American Families' Rights

    Mar 31, 2015
    Two of the state's largest tribes win class action lawsuit alleging that the state routinely put their children in foster care without due process
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