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GREENBUSH, MAINE -- Deb McLaughlin's 3-year-old grandson climbed all over her, pleading to play trucks, restless as always. Her 1-year-old foster daughter, who had just woken from a midday nap, sat in her lap, wearing a frilly dress and an irresistible smile. At least McLaughlin doesn't have to worry about the daily shots of methadone anymore; at least these babies no longer scream and shake for the opioids to which they were born addicted. This isn't what McLaughlin envisioned for her empty nest years in rural Maine, trading camping and...
Robert Newton has been taking insulin for years to keep his diabetes in check, but with the medication now costing him $500 a month, there are times when he has no choice but to ration his supply and take less than he should. “I only get so much money a month,” said the 65-year-old recent retiree. “It takes up almost half of the money that I get.” http://www.startribune.com/the-soaring-price-of-insulin-leaves-minnesota-diabetics-with-few-good-choices/432164983/...
Hundreds of St. Paul residents recently packed into a warm middle school auditorium and spent 10 tedious hours trying to agree on which DFL mayoral candidate to rally around. The outcome was predictable: They picked no one. http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-and-st-paul-dflers-ponder-future-of-endorsement-process/432173353/...
Minnesotans rolled out of bed Sunday and, for the first time in state history, had the option of making a trip to their local liquor store. At 11 a.m. the state ended its more than century-old ban on Sunday liquor sales, just in time for the Independence Day holiday. It joined 38 other states and the District of Columbia that now allow some form of Sunday retail alcohol sales, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS). http://www.startribune.com/a-minnesota-first-liquor-stores-are-legally-open-...
MIAMI – Some U.S. executives who do business with Cuba breathed a sigh of relief after President Donald Trump outlined his new Cuba policy in Miami because it won’t have much impact on their companies. But others have pressed the pause button until they see how the new regulations implementing the changes are written. Lawyers who help firms navigate the thicket of laws and regulations governing the embargo and dealings with the island have been combing through a memorandum that Trump signed on June 16 as well as three pages of frequently ask...
ROME — When doctors and nurses at the Vatican's showcase children's hospital complained in 2014 that corners were being cut and medical protocols ignored, the Vatican responded by ordering up a secret in-house investigation. The diagnosis: The original mission of "the pope's hospital" had been lost and was "today more aimed at profit than on caring for children." Three years later, an Associated Press investigation found that Bambino Gesu (Baby Jesus) Pediatric Hospital did indeed shift its focus in ways big and small under its past a...
As Republicans return to their home districts to sell a flailing health care bill, liberal groups are using the congressional recess to build opposition. They believe tens of thousands of phone calls, e-mails and in-person pushes will force on-the-fence senators to reject the legislation for good. The fresh activism is coming with encouragement from Democratic lawmakers who are mired in the minority and have been mostly left to watch as Republicans struggle to reshape the nation’s laws to their liking. After starting the year on the d...
RAPID CITY (AP) — A Rapid City jury convicted a man in the beating death of a 35-year-old man last year in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The Rapid City Journal reports Friday's verdict means 44-year-old Marlon Iron Crow faces life in prison when he is sentenced at a later date. http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/state/4292043-man-guilty-beating-death-pine-ridge-indian-reservation...
AKWESASNE — The St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council and New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance have signed a historic agreement to cooperate in providing child support services. The tribe’s Child Support Enforcement Unit became the first comprehensive tribal child support unit in New York in April 2014 and is also the only federally recognized tribal child support program in the state. http://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/nys-mohawks-coordinate-on-child-support-cases/article_16d8589c-9fe2-50d9-bb3...
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona are beginning to expand to other tribes an enhanced tribal card with electronic verification of identity they have developed to facilitate their members in crossing the United States/Mexico border. The enhanced tribal card uses RFID technology (Radio Frequency Identification) to allow tribal members to be identified quickly and be given easy passage through land and sea ports of entry into the United States. (The tribe lives on both sides of the border, with about 20,000 tribal members in the United States and...
Athletes from around the world have started to arrive in Alberta to take part in the World Indigenous Games, a celebration of Indigenous culture and sport, that gets underway July 2. Twenty-nine countries are expected to take part including New Zealand, Australia, Argentina and Nicaragua. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/indigenous-games-maskwacis-alberta-athletes-1.4185033...
RCMP are investigating after human remains were found in a western Manitoba First Nation. Mounties from Roblin were called to Tootinaowaziibeeng First Nation Saturday at noon. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rcmp-remains-tootinaowaziibeeng-1.4188139...
WINDOW ROCK – The U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General’s Office has contacted President Russell Begaye requesting that the Office of the President and Vice President (OPVP) conduct an investigation into allegations of misuse of funds by Navajo Head Start Director Sharon Singer. “Funding for any of our programs is a critical resource, especially in light of the current budget cuts being proposed at the federal level,” President Begaye said. “In working with the Department of Dine Education, Director Singer ha...
Four things happened yesterday that pose a grave danger to voting rights. 1. The House Appropriations Committee voted to defund the Election Assistance Commission, the only federal agency that helps states make sure their voting machines aren’t hacked. The House Administration Committee previously voted to kill the EAC in February, but yesterday’s vote makes it one step closer to reality—practically inviting Russia to try to hack our elections again. Russian hackers targeted election systems in 21 states in 2016, according to intelli...
Harry Pickernell Sr. has been named the new chairman of the Chehalis Tribe, the tribe announced Thursday. Pickernell, a former vice chairman, replaces Don Secena, who resigned earlier this month because of health reasons. Pickernell will complete Secena’s remaining term that ends in November 2018. http://www.thedailyworld.com/news/chehalis-tribe-names-harry-pickernell-sr-its-chairman/...
As Canada marks its 150th birthday on July 1, 2017, the backlash among Indigenous Peoples is intense. Major indigenous groups are outright rejecting the notion of celebrating, especially given that more than 150 indigenous communities are under water-boil advisories, at least one of them for nearly 20 years. “For First Nations in Ontario the 150th anniversary of Confederation is little cause for celebration, as it represents 150 years of assimilation, genocide, neglect and marginalization. Ultimately this makes it very difficult for us to c...
For the first 45 minutes of William Mustache’s afternoon route, his school bus travels comfortably down the highway that runs the length of San Juan County, Utah. It starts at the high school in Blanding, which, with 3,400 residents, is the biggest town in a county nearly the size of New Jersey. Mustache, a Navajo man wearing a black track jacket and a bright yellow ball cap, waits for students to climb aboard before he pulls the bus out behind several others and follows them to the highway. The miles tick by quickly as Mustache’s new Blu...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Fort Peck tribes filed a complaint Wednesday against a Montana school district alleging pervasive discrimination against Native American students in violation of federal law. The complaint against Wolf Point School District in northeastern Montana claims tribal students do not have equal access to education and extra-curricular activities. http://idahostatejournal.com/news/local/tribes-allege-discrimination-by-school-district-so-bad-native-american/article_73a5722d-bf60-580e-9af1-bff17bfa5722.html...
An Ontario truck driver’s acquittal in the death of a woman in an Edmonton motel was overturned in a scathing decision by the Court of Appeal of Alberta released Friday. Calling for a “reset” in the way Canadian juries are instructed in cases involving sexual assault, the court ordered Bradley Barton be retried for first-degree murder in relation to the death of Cindy Gladue. http://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/acquittal-overturned-in-cindy-gladue-murder-case...
EAGLE BUTTE -- A 54-year-old Eagle Butte man has been indicted on charges he assaulted Ziebach County Sheriff Gary Cudmore and officers from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in an incident on May 8 in far northwest South Dakota. Pete Knight was indicted and entered a not guilty plea in mid-June. http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/crime/4290864-eagle-butte-man-charged-assaulting-county-sheriff-tribal-officers...
Four individuals who flooded the Leech Lake Indian Reservation with methamphetamine were sentenced for their roles in a meth distribution conspiracy in federal court. Miguel Rios-Quintero, 26; Hernesto J. Montes, 22; Ervian A. Gomez, 21; and Hannah L. Dalton, 26, all pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and were sentenced before Senior Judge Michael J. Davis in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker stated in a news release. http://www.brainerdd...
