Stephen R. Groves

FILE – Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, May 28, 2023. Republicans in the House are increasingly threatening impeachment against Biden and his top Cabinet officials. Impeachment has traditionally been viewed as an option of last resort in Congress, to be used only for severe wrongdoing. But the constitutionally authorized power to charge officials with “high crimes and misdemeanors” is on the way to becoming routine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Impeachment? Censure? Stigma is falling away from Congress鈥� most severe punishments

June 28, 2023 at 7:43 a.m.

Long viewed as an option of last resort, to be triggered only for the most severe wrongdoing, the constitutionally authorized power of impeachment is rapidly moving from the extraordinary to...

Chairman Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Tester is looking to win reelection in a race that could decide control of the Senate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Defense industry dollars flowed to a Montana Democratic senator after he gained a key role on spending

June 23, 2023 at 1:18 p.m.

As Democrat Jon Tester headed for a surprise victory in his 2006 U.S. Senate race, he attacked his incumbent Montana Republican rival’s close ties to lobbyists and committed himself to...

In this aerial image taken with a drone, a rainbow flag is unfurled at City Hall Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colo. With a growing and diversifying population, the city nestled at the foothills of the Rockies is a patchwork of disparate social and cultural fabrics. But last weekend's shooting has raised uneasy questions about the lasting legacy of cultural conflicts that caught fire decades ago and gave Colorado Springs a reputation as a cauldron of religion-infused conservatism, where LGBTQ people didn't fit in with the most vocal community leaders' idea of family values (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

Colorado Springs reckons with its past after Club Q shooting

November 25, 2022 at 3:11 p.m.

When officials unfurled a 25-foot rainbow flag in front of Colorado Springs City Hall this week, people gathered to mourn the victims of a mass shooting at a popular gay...

Dozens of mourners gather for a vigil near Central Avenue and St. Johns Avenue in downtown Highland Park, one day after a gunman killed at least seven people and wounded dozens more by firing an AR-15-style rifle from a rooftop onto a crowd attending Highland Park's Fourth of July parade, Tuesday, July 5, 2022 in Highland Park, Ill.. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Police: Parade shooting suspect contemplated 2nd shooting

July 6, 2022 at 7:34 p.m.

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop...

Bikers congregate at the Sturgis Bike Rally

Sturgis bike rally revs back bigger, despite virus variant

August 4, 2021 at 5:51 p.m.

Crowds of bikers are rumbling their way towards South Dakota's Black Hills this week, raising fears that COVID-19 infections will be unleashed among the 700,000 people expected to show up...

New COVID-19 cases plummet to lowest levels since last June

May 22, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.

New coronavirus cases across the United States have tumbled to rates not seen in more than 11 months, sparking optimism that vaccination campaigns are stemming both severe COVID-19 cases and...

Derek Chauvin found guilty of murder, manslaughter in the death of George Floyd

April 20, 2021 at 4:14 p.m.

Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man鈥檚 neck in a case...

Out of sight but center stage, jurors weigh Chauvin鈥檚 fate

April 20, 2021 at 3:31 p.m.

The jurors who sat quietly off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in Derek Chauvin's murder trial in George Floyd's death moved into the spotlight Tuesday, still out of sight...

Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health nurses Crys Kuntz, ...

The Dakotas lead the nation in COVID-19 growth as both states reject mask rules

September 12, 2020 at 1:40 p.m.

Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation, fueling impassioned debates over masks and personal freedom.

“7 bullets, 7 days”: Protesters march for full week after Jacob Blake’s shooting in Kenosha

August 30, 2020 at 11:52 a.m.

With chants of “One person, one vote!" and "No justice, no peace!” a crowd of about 1,000 demonstrators gathered outside a Wisconsin courthouse Saturday to denounce police violence and share...

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