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IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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ENT–FILM-THE FRIEND-DOG MOVIE
‘The Friend’: When the star of the movie is a very good boy
SUMMARY: The star of “The Friend” has the loping stride of Robert Mitchum and the droopy, melancholy eyes of Peter Lorre. He has those classic instantly accessible, forever unknowable Hollywood features and when he walks down the street with co-stars Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, people’s heads turn. A harlequin Great Dane and star of “The Friend,” Bing is the latest in a long line of four-legged, big-screen breakout stars. But unlike canine idols before him, the Iowan is gigantic. Toto would fit in his paw and Asta could comfortably sit on his head.
WORDS: 1215 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 12:56 p.m. CDT
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KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
DESCRIPTION: An update on measles cases numbers in Kansas. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 4 p.m. ET.
UPCOMING: By 04/02/2025 2:00 p.m. CDT, Text
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KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–SEVERE WEATHER
Storms could unleash deadly floods, strong tornadoes in large part of US in coming days
SUMMARY: Forecasters are warning of potentially deadly flash flooding and strong tornadoes in coming days from a new round of storms. Waves of thunderstorms are poised to strike parts of the Midwest and South later this week. National Weather Service forecasters say the potent system raises the risk of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of the U.S. starting Wednesday. The storms bearing heavy rains are expected in parts of Texas, the lower Mississippi Valley and the Ohio Valley. The new round of storms comes as residents in northern Michigan continue digging out from a weekend ice storm.
WORDS: 803 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 3:16 p.m. CDT
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
Measles spreads to central Texas; 5 states have active outbreaks
SUMMARY: Texas has reached 422 cases of measles in an outbreak that started two months ago. Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, Kansas and Oklahoma all have active measles outbreaks. Two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been considered eliminated from the U.S. since 2000. Measles cases also have been reported in Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington.
WORDS: 1163 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 1:02 p.m. CDT
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MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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HKN–WILD-RANGERS
DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Wild visit the New York Rangers. UPCOMING: 300 words, photos.
UPCOMING: By 04/02/2025 9:30 p.m. CDT, Photo, Text
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MINNESOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–DC-BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA
Black Lives Matter Plaza’s end — like its beginning — is a barometer of the times
SUMMARY: It started as an ordinary D.C. intersection, with a modest white church on the corner and an unobstructed view of the White House. Then, in the pandemic summer of 2020, it transformed. The death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police turned the nexus of 16th and H streets into a focal point for decades-old grievances over police brutality and historic racial inequities. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered the creation of Black Lives Matter Plaza, with official street signs and “Black Lives Matter” painted in giant yellow letters on a multi-block stretch of 16th Street. Now it has changed again, an indicator of America’s political pendulum swings. Workers have completed removing the letters, and the street signs have come down.
WORDS: 412 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 6:17 p.m. CDT
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US–PLANE CRASH-MINNESOTA
The US Bank executive killed in a plane crash died of blunt-force injuries
SUMMARY: A medical examiner says the U.S. Bank executive who was killed when his plane crashed into a home in suburban Minneapolis died of blunt-force injuries. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office positively identified him Tuesday as 63-year-old Terrance Robert Dolan, of Edina. He was the pilot and sole occupant of the single-engine Socata TBM7, which went down Saturday in Brooklyn Park. Dolan was vice chair and chief administration officer at Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank. A man inside the house escaped the resulting fire, but the house was destroyed. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
WORDS: 157 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 5:22 p.m. CDT
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US — INDIAN COUNTRY CRIME
Unsolved violent crimes in Native American communities to get more attention with FBI surge
SUMMARY: The FBI is sending extra agents, analysts and other personnel to field offices in 10 states over the next six months to help investigate unsolved violent crimes in Indian Country. The U.S. Justice Department says the temporary duty assignments began Tuesday and will rotate every 90 days in field offices that include Albuquerque, Phoenix, Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City and Jackson, Mississippi. The FBI will be working with federal prosecutors in each of the states, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and tribal law enforcement agencies. The work will include addressing the high rate of killings and disappearances among Native Americans.
WORDS: 389 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 4:45 p.m. CDT
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US-MED–HHS-FUNDING CLAWBACK-LAWSUIT
States sue Trump administration for rescinding billions in health funding
SUMMARY: Attorneys general and other officials from 23 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for its decision to claw back $11 billion that went to public health departments for COVID-19 efforts and addiction and mental health programs. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Rhode Island on Tuesday. The lawsuit says not paying the rest of the federal money will have a devastating effect on public health. Local and state public health departments are still assessing the impact of the loss of funds.
WORDS: 718 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 4:24 p.m. CDT
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US–IMMIGRATION-SCHOLARS DETAINED
University of Minnesota student who was detained by ICE sues for immediate release
SUMMARY: A University of Minnesota graduate student who’s being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement is suing for his immediate release. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 28-year-old Doğukan Günaydın, a Turkish citizen who contends his arrest violated his rights. He was detained by plainclothes officers outside his St. Paul home Thursday. The Department of Homeland Security says he was arrested because of a past drunken driving conviction on his record, not for any political activity. His student visa was revoked the same day. Günaydın’s attorney argues the arrest and visa termination are illegal.
WORDS: 762 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 4:17 p.m. CDT
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MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BBO–ROYALS-BREWERS
DESCRIPTION: Kansas City plays Milwaukee at American Family Field. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 04/02/2025 12:10 p.m. CDT, Text
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BBO–ANGELS-CARDINALS
DESCRIPTION: ST. LOUIS — Los Angeles plays St. Louis at Busch Stadium. By David Solomon. UPCOMING: 300 words, photos. Game starts 12:15 p.m. CT.
UPCOMING: By 04/02/2025 12:15 p.m. CDT, Text
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MISSOURI – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–FAMILY PLANNING MONEY
Trump administration pauses some family planning grants as it investigates compliance with laws
SUMMARY: The Trump administration has paused some family planning grants as it investigates whether the providers are following federal laws. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that no decisions are final. Organizations that receive the funding say that even a delay jeopardizes access to cancer screenings, contraception, and sexually transmitted infection services. They say all the grants are on hold in seven states. Nine Planned Parenthood affiliates and other groups that provide abortion are among those where funding is being withheld. Federal law bars the money from being used to pay for abortions.
WORDS: 525 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 4:41 p.m. CDT
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US–SEVERE WEATHER
Storms could unleash deadly floods, strong tornadoes in large part of US in coming days
SUMMARY: Forecasters are warning of potentially deadly flash flooding and strong tornadoes in coming days from a new round of storms. Waves of thunderstorms are poised to strike parts of the Midwest and South later this week. National Weather Service forecasters say the potent system raises the risk of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of the U.S. starting Wednesday. The storms bearing heavy rains are expected in parts of Texas, the lower Mississippi Valley and the Ohio Valley. The new round of storms comes as residents in northern Michigan continue digging out from a weekend ice storm.
WORDS: 803 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 3:16 p.m. CDT
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OKLAHOMA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
DESCRIPTION: An update on measles cases numbers in Kansas. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 4 p.m. ET.
UPCOMING: By 04/02/2025 2:00 p.m. CDT, Text
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OKLAHOMA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BKN–PISTONS-THUNDER
DESCRIPTION: OKLAHOMA CITY — The Thunder can inch closer to homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs when they host the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday. Oklahoma City leads Cleveland by three games with seven to go. By Cliff Brunt. UPCOMING: 300 words, with photos. Game time 8:30 p.m. Central.
UPCOMING: By 04/02/2025 7:00 p.m. CDT, Photo, Text
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OKLAHOMA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US — INDIAN COUNTRY CRIME
Unsolved violent crimes in Native American communities to get more attention with FBI surge
SUMMARY: The FBI is sending extra agents, analysts and other personnel to field offices in 10 states over the next six months to help investigate unsolved violent crimes in Indian Country. The U.S. Justice Department says the temporary duty assignments began Tuesday and will rotate every 90 days in field offices that include Albuquerque, Phoenix, Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City and Jackson, Mississippi. The FBI will be working with federal prosecutors in each of the states, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and tribal law enforcement agencies. The work will include addressing the high rate of killings and disappearances among Native Americans.
WORDS: 389 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 4:45 p.m. CDT
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US–FAMILY PLANNING MONEY
Trump administration pauses some family planning grants as it investigates compliance with laws
SUMMARY: The Trump administration has paused some family planning grants as it investigates whether the providers are following federal laws. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that no decisions are final. Organizations that receive the funding say that even a delay jeopardizes access to cancer screenings, contraception, and sexually transmitted infection services. They say all the grants are on hold in seven states. Nine Planned Parenthood affiliates and other groups that provide abortion are among those where funding is being withheld. Federal law bars the money from being used to pay for abortions.
WORDS: 525 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 4:41 p.m. CDT
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US–SEVERE WEATHER
Storms could unleash deadly floods, strong tornadoes in large part of US in coming days
SUMMARY: Forecasters are warning of potentially deadly flash flooding and strong tornadoes in coming days from a new round of storms. Waves of thunderstorms are poised to strike parts of the Midwest and South later this week. National Weather Service forecasters say the potent system raises the risk of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of the U.S. starting Wednesday. The storms bearing heavy rains are expected in parts of Texas, the lower Mississippi Valley and the Ohio Valley. The new round of storms comes as residents in northern Michigan continue digging out from a weekend ice storm.
WORDS: 803 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 3:16 p.m. CDT
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US–WILDFIRE PREPARATIONS
On the heels of a dry winter, firefighters around the US brace for wildfire risks
SUMMARY: From the southwestern U.S. to Minnesota, Iowa and even parts of New Jersey, it was a dismal winter. Many communities marked record dryness between December and the end of February. Snowpack was nearly nonexistent in some spots, and vegetation was left tinder dry. All comprise ingredients for elevated wildfire risk. More than 1,000 firefighters and fire managers recently participated in an annual wildfire academy in Arizona, where training covered everything from air operations to cutting back brush and building fire lines. Academy officials say there is a consensus that crews will be busy throughout the spring and summer.
WORDS: 924 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 2:20 p.m. CDT
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
Measles spreads to central Texas; 5 states have active outbreaks
SUMMARY: Texas has reached 422 cases of measles in an outbreak that started two months ago. Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, Kansas and Oklahoma all have active measles outbreaks. Two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been considered eliminated from the U.S. since 2000. Measles cases also have been reported in Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington.
WORDS: 1163 – MOVED: 04/01/2025 1:02 p.m. CDT
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