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    April 23, 2018
    The world's oldest person dies at 117
    At 117, Nabi Tajima was older than modern-day Australia, and everyone else known to live on the planet. Tajima, born Aug. 4, 1900, in Araki,...
    news/worldApril 23, 2018 - 12:32pm
    April 14, 2018
    Milos Forman, who directed “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” at his home in Warren, Conn., Nov. 22, 2009. Forman, a filmmaker who challenged Hollywood with his subversive touch, and twice directed movies that won the Oscar for best picture, died on April 13, 2018, at the age of 86. “I’ve always done everything in my life to win,” he said in a 1994 biography. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times/Copyright 2018)
    Milos Forman, Oscar-winning director of 'Cuckoo's Nest' and 'Amadeus' dies at 86
    Milos Forman, a Czech-born filmmaker who fled his homeland in the 1960s and became a two-time Oscar winner as the director of "One Flew Over...
    entertainment/moviesApril 14, 2018 - 3:50pm
    April 13, 2018
    Steven Walter Pladl (left) & Katie Rose Pladl
    An alleged case of incest leads to 4 'senseless' deaths in 3 states. One was a baby.
    Two years ago when Katie Pladl turned 18, like many adopted children, she attempted to find her biological parents. Using social media she succeeded...
    news/crime-and-courtsApril 13, 2018 - 10:43am
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    UND grad confirmed dead in Arizona plane crash
    SCOTTSDALE, AZ — A graduate from the University of North Dakota has been confirmed as one of the victims in a plane crash in Arizona. Erik...
    news/accidentsApril 13, 2018 - 8:09am
    March 26, 2018
    YouCaring campaign started to help Fargo family in fatal crash on I-29
    FARGO - A YouCaring fundraising campaign has raised more than $37,500 by 3:50 p.m. Monday, March 26, to help cover funeral and medical expenses...
    news/accidentsMarch 26, 2018 - 4:05pm
    March 17, 2018
    First vehicles pulled from wreckage of collapsed Florida bridge
    The first two vehicles, flattened beyond recognition and with three bodies inside, were extricated from the wreckage of a collapsed pedestrian bridge near Miami Saturday morning, March 17, as workers continued to dig through the rubble.
    newsMarch 17, 2018 - 1:59pm
    March 16, 2018
    Graphic by The Washington Post
    Death toll rises to six after new pedestrian bridge collapses near Miami, crushing cars underneath
    MIAMI - Authorities announced Friday, March 16, that the death toll has risen to six after a pedestrian bridge hailed for a novel construction...
    news/accidentsMarch 16, 2018 - 9:06am
    March 12, 2018
    Donna Karan talks with Hubert de Givenchy in New York, Feb. 12, 1996. Givenchy, the French couturier and nobleman who upheld a standard of quintessentially romantic elegance in fashion for more than four decades, dressing the likes of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Grace Kelly and memorably Audrey Hepburn, in a little black dress, in the movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” died on March 11, 2018. He was 91. (Bill Cunningham/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Hubert de Givenchy, French clothing designer who transformed Audrey Hepburn into a style legend, dies at 91
    Hubert de Givenchy, a French designer whose fashions influenced haute couture in the 1950s and '60s and transformed his close friend, actress...
    entertainment/fashionMarch 12, 2018 - 11:29am
    A Fire Department scuba diver emerges from the East River after a helicopter crashed into the water off Manhattan on Sunday, March 11, 2018. Five passengers died and the pilot survived. Jeenah Moon / copyright 2018 The New York Timesplay button
    5 dead after helicopter crashes in New York City's East River
    A helicopter plunged into the frigid waters of New York City's East River on Sunday night, killing five of the six people on board, authorities...
    newsMarch 12, 2018 - 10:50am
    March 9, 2018
    Former North Dakota Gov. George Sinner (left) and his wife, Jane Sinner, visit with former Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker on June 10, 2014, while waiting for election results. Forum News Service file photo
    Former North Dakota Gov. George Sinner dies at age 89
    FARGO -- George A. “Bud” Sinner took seminary classes while in college and once planned on entering the priesthood. He decided to take another...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 9, 2018 - 7:08pm
    February 6, 2018
    Amtrak train cars lie on Interstate 5 after a derailment in DuPont, Washington, on Dec. 18, 2017. (Bloomberg photo by David Ryder)
    Fatal Amtrak crashes spotlight 10-year wait for safety upgrades
    The third fatal Amtrak crash in less than two months has thrown a spotlight on delays in installing congressionally mandated technology designed...
    news/traffic-and-constructionFebruary 6, 2018 - 1:25pm
    January 15, 2018
    Dolores O'Riordan / Wikimedia Commons
    Lead singer of the Cranberries dies at age 46
    Dolores O'Riordan, who fronted the Irish alternative band the Cranberries that became an international sensation in the 1990s, died Monday....
    entertainment/musicJanuary 15, 2018 - 12:40pm
    December 18, 2017
    In a photo provided by Washington State Patrol, an Amtrak train derailed onto Interstate 5 near Olympia, Wash., on Dec. 18, 2017. The sheriff in Pierce County, Wash., said on social media that several cars were struck by the train. Multiple motorists were injured. (Washington State Patrol via The New York Times)
    Amtrak train derails in Washington state, rail cars fall onto interstate; multiple deaths reported
    A number of people were reported killed and scores more injured south of Seattle when an early morning Amtrak train traveling on a new route...
    newsDecember 18, 2017 - 2:29pm
    November 22, 2017
    State Deaths
    Jeri Ellwein, 59, Hazen, Oct. 23. Armond Isaak, Hazen, Oct. 31. Leona Goven, 91, Turtle Lake, Oct. 31. Vella Hougen, 90, Larimore, Nov. 1. Jerome Lobsinger, 80, Bismarck, Oct. 31. Kenneth Hall, 96, Grand Forks, Oct. 27. Cheryl Nelson, 59, Nielsville, Minn., Oct. 30. Marian James,...
    newsNovember 22, 2017 - 7:41am
    November 20, 2017
    Several counterfeit Percocet pills seized by authorities in Georgia; agents said the pills actually contain fentanyl analogs. Handout courtesy of Georgia Bureau of Investigation
    Counterfeit opioid pills are tricking users - sometimes with lethal results
    More than two dozen patients were rushed into an emergency room in Macon, Georgia, over two days with the same array of life-threatening symptoms,...
    newsNovember 20, 2017 - 8:23am
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