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The North Dakota attorney general’s office has asked a judge to lift his stay on a trigger law banning abortion, arguing he failed to make the state’s lone abortion clinic show a likelihood of prevailing in the case. Burleigh County District Judge Bruce Romanick last month granted the request for a preliminary injunction as part of a lawsuit brought by the Red River Women’s Clinic in Fargo. State lawyers argue the judge made no “findings towards the substantial probability of succeeding on the merits,” which is a factor needed to evaluate preliminary injunctions. The ban was set to take effect last month.
A woman accused of fatally stabbing her roommate 15 years ago in North Dakota pleaded not guilty Thursday after a judge determined there was sufficient evidence to send her to trial on felony murder. Thirty-four-year-old Nichole Rice appeared in Ward County District Court in connection with the 2007 death of 18-year-old Anita Knutson. The Minot State University student was found face down in her bed and had two stab wounds to the chest, according to court documents. Minot Police Chief John Klug has said Rice was always a person of interest, but until this year there had not been enough evidence to arrest her.
Officials say a man has been arrested in a weekend shooting in Minnesota’s capital city that left three people dead and two others wounded. Authorities say police and the FBI arrested the 41-year-old Minneapolis man in Chicago on Wednesday in the shooting in St. Paul. Officers on Sunday found 33-year-old Angelica Gonzales, 42-year-old Cory Freeman, and 44-year-old Maisha Spaulding dead inside a home and a man and woman wounded outside. Police said they continue to investigate and can’t yet release further details, including the circumstances of the shootings and whether they are looking for other suspects.
A fire that killed a woman in Sioux Falls two months ago has now been ruled a homicide. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says investigators were waiting for autopsy results. The coroner has ruled the death of 53-year-old Charice Marie Admire as a homicide by smoke inhalation. Clemens says a 34-year-old woman killed Admire when she set a fire in an apartment hallway July 17. Admire was transported to a Minneapolis hospital, where she died the next day. The suspect, who was also in the apartment, is still in the hospital and has not been formally charged.
North Dakota's Supreme Court has ordered a rejected ballot measure for term limits on North Dakota's governor and legislators to be placed on …
North Dakota's Supreme Court has ordered a rejected ballot measure for term limits on North Dakota's governor and legislators to be placed on …
North Dakota’s top law enforcement officer offered a glimpse of his plan to curtail a continuing increase in the number of violent crimes in the state, pointing at more law enforcement staffing and sentencing legislation that more closely follows federal guidelines.
North Dakota’s top law enforcement officer offered a glimpse of his plan to curtail a continuing increase in the number of violent crimes in the state, pointing at more law enforcement staffing and sentencing legislation that more closely follows federal guidelines.
Authorities have leveled six felony charges against a man arrested Friday for assaulting a woman, pointing a gun at a man, and kicking at and spitting on officers after they arrested him.
A Bismarck man was arrested Friday after police responded to a call that a gun had been discharged on Maryland Street.
A man is in custody following a fatal shooting at his ex-girlfriend’s apartment building in Sioux Falls. Authorities say the 38-year-old suspect killed 26-year-old Kaisean Marcell Tyler Monday shortly before 9 p.m. Police Lt. Nick Butler says the alleged shooter was arrested about 5 a.m. Tuesday. A court affidavit says the suspect arrived at his former girlfriend’s apartment to pick up some of his belongings and when he saw Tyler with the woman in her bedroom. Authorities say the two men exchanged punches and the ex-boyfriend pulled out a handgun and shot Tyler.
Witnesses said two shots were fired when a man was killed in Glen Ullin, and the man who was shot made a death threat as a confrontation over money escalated, a sheriff’s deputy testified on Friday.
Alleged handwriting discrepancies were prominent Friday in attorneys' Supreme Court arguments related to a rejected ballot measure supporters want to put to general election voters.
Alleged handwriting discrepancies were prominent Friday in attorneys' Supreme Court arguments related to a rejected ballot measure supporters want to put to general election voters.
A judge has dismissed a felony charge against one of two people accused of promoting prostitution at a Bismarck massage business.
A judge has dismissed a felony charge against one of two people accused of promoting prostitution at a Bismarck massage business.
Stutsman County authorities have filed a negligent homicide charge against the driver of a combine they say was under the influence of alcohol when the machine struck and killed a South African man.
A man charged Tuesday with a half-dozen felonies was arrested again Thursday when local authorities learned of an outstanding warrant against him in Nevada.
Darlene Knapp knew her husband was mad when he returned inside their home.
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