Great Plains News Digest
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IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–PALIN-NEW YORK TIMES
Jury selected for Sarah Palin’s libel suit against The New York Times
SUMMARY: A jury has been selected to hear Sarah Palin’s claims that The New York Times libeled her in an editorial eight years ago. The jury was chosen in less than an hour Monday in Manhattan federal court. Opening statements were set for Tuesday as the onetime Republican vice presidential candidate and ex-governor of Alaska gets a second chance to prove the newspaper defamed her with a 2017 editorial falsely linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting. Palin says it damaged her reputation and career. The Times says the editorial was inaccurate but the honest mistake was quickly corrected.
WORDS: 457 – MOVED: 04/14/2025 12:23 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:997ab5d59f80f4f36aea2641342dc6be&mediaType=text
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MINNESOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–UNITEDHEALTHCARE HEADQUARTERS-ARREST
A person is arrested at UnitedHealthcare headquarters after reports of an intruder
SUMMARY: A person has been arrested near UnitedHealthcare’s headquarters after reports of an intruder. The arrest Monday came months after the company’s CEO was killed. Police in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka say the suspect was arrested outside of the United Healthcare corporate campus. The Minnetonka Police Department confirmed the arrest after initially tweeting just before 11:30 a.m. that there was a large police presence at the health insurance company. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot to death in New York City on Dec. 4 as he was walking to an investor conference in midtown Manhattan. The man accused of killing him, Luigi Mangione, 26, pleaded not guilty in December to state murder and terror charges.
WORDS: 179 – MOVED: 04/14/2025 12:40 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:e65560d6e340677e001ab041f557904e&mediaType=text
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MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BBO–METS-TWINS
DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — New York plays Minnesota at Target Field. By Mike Cook. 300 words.
UPCOMING: By 04/14/2025 6:40 p.m. CDT, Text
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MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BBO–ROYALS-YANKEES
DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK — Carlos Carrasco (1-1) starts for the New York Yankees and Seth Lugo (1-1) for the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game series. 300 words, photos, starts 7:05 p.m.
UPCOMING: By 04/14/2025 6:05 p.m. CDT, Text
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BBO–ASTROS-CARDINALS
DESCRIPTION: ST. LOUIS — Houston plays St. Louis at Busch Stadium. UPCOMING: 150 words, more on merits.
UPCOMING: By 04/14/2025 6:45 p.m. CDT, Text
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NORTH DAKOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–ABORTION-ABOLITIONISTS
These abortion abolitionists want women who get abortion to face criminal charges
SUMMARY: Many people involved in the abortion debate say a movement of so-called abortion abolitionists who want to punish women for having abortions is widening its influence. It began gaining momentum after the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. And it’s accelerated since Republicans won full political control in Washington in last year’s elections. The movement’s impact also is beginning to show up in statehouses. So far this year, bills introduced in at least 12 states would allow prosecutors to charge those who have abortions with homicide. Even leaders of mainstream anti-abortion groups who oppose criminal penalties have been targeted for attacks by abortion abolitionists.
WORDS: 1320 – MOVED: 04/14/2025 12:33 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:d6d5c7a05419fe9ded04271cb517b001&mediaType=text
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NORTH DAKOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US-KEYSTONE-PIPELINE-RUPTURE
DESCRIPTION: The operator of the Keystone oil pipeline planned to restart the system Monday after a spill onto farmland in North Dakota last week shut down the line. South Bow said it’s beginning “a carefully control restart” that will include 24/7 monitoring and reduced operating pressures. The company said the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has approved of its plans to repair and restart the line. The company did not give an update as to the cause of the spill, which occurred April 8 after an employee heard a mechanical bang.
UPCOMING: By 04/14/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT, Text, Photo
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OKLAHOMA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–ABORTION-ABOLITIONISTS
These abortion abolitionists want women who get abortion to face criminal charges
SUMMARY: Many people involved in the abortion debate say a movement of so-called abortion abolitionists who want to punish women for having abortions is widening its influence. It began gaining momentum after the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. And it’s accelerated since Republicans won full political control in Washington in last year’s elections. The movement’s impact also is beginning to show up in statehouses. So far this year, bills introduced in at least 12 states would allow prosecutors to charge those who have abortions with homicide. Even leaders of mainstream anti-abortion groups who oppose criminal penalties have been targeted for attacks by abortion abolitionists.
WORDS: 1320 – MOVED: 04/14/2025 12:33 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:d6d5c7a05419fe9ded04271cb517b001&mediaType=text
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SOUTH DAKOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–SENATE-CONFIRMATIONS
Majority Leader John Thune’s ‘old-fashioned’ approach to the Senate has kept Trump on board so far
SUMMARY: The Senate has produced the quickest top-level Cabinet confirmation process in the last 20 years under new Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota. At the outset, it wasn’t clear that would be the case. President Donald Trump was making demands the new Senate leader be ready to put the chamber into recess so he could skip over the Senate confirmation process. Thune has been successful in showing the Republican president the confirmation process can work. But the decision to push forward on even the most unconventional Cabinet nominees has come at a cost. Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly says the damage Trump is doing to America’s international reputation isn’t something it easily recovers from.
WORDS: 1013 – MOVED: 04/14/2025 9:22 a.m. CDT
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