BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A trial in a lawsuit seeking to strike down North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors began Monday, more than a year after families of transgender children and a doctor filed the suit that argued the law violates the state’s constitution.

North Dakota is among more than two dozen states that have banned gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

South Carolina, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Indiana legislatures are considering bills that would classify abortion as homicide and therefore allow patients who have abortions to be charged with murder.

In three of the four states, you can receive the death penalty for homicide. This seems a little extra from the anti-abortion movement, whose laws are already killing people, with or without threatening capital punishment.

After a record-breaking Gulf Coast storm, cities like New Orleans and Pensacola, Florida, have had more snow this winter than Omaha, Des Moines and New York.

According to a TalkerResearch survey of 5,000 people across all 50 states in the U.S., Iowans are the ultimate pizza fans, with inhabitants of the Hawkeye State eating the Italian staple five times a month. This is followed by North Dakota, who munch down on a slice on average 4.9 times a month, and Alaska at 4.7 times.

Police records and official law enforcement statements confirm TdA-linked crime and arrests have occurred in 22 U.S. states.

North Dakota State Bison (14-6, 3-2 Summit League ... The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play. No. 2 South Carolina to host No. 5 LSU a day later than scheduled after winter weather in the South Louisville ...

Flags should fly at full staff in South Carolina, by order of Gov. Henry McMaster, for Monday’s presidential inauguration then return to half-staff honoring former President

During Doug Burgum’s two terms as North Dakota governor, the state repeatedly sued the U.S. Department of the Interior, attempting to rip up rules that govern federal lands in his state and ...

There are six weeks remaining in the NCAA women’s basketball regular season and while a few teams are building a case for conference trophies, it’s still a toss-up across the power conferences. In week 12,

Your prior year return will give you a good starting point for figuring out what documents you need to have handy to fill out your 2024 return, said Tom O’Saben, director of tax content and government relations at the National Association of Tax Professionals.