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Kimberly Teehee speaks in front of the flag of the Cherokee Nation and the U.S. flag after it was announced that she is being nominated by Cherokee National Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. as a delegate to the U.S. House, in Tahlequah, Okla., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) OKSO105 OKSO105

August 26, 2019 at 10:46 am

200 years ago, the Cherokee Nation was offered a seat in Congress. It just announced its chosen delegate.

The Cherokee Nation principal chief had an important announcement to make last week. Standing on a stage in the Cherokee capital, Chuck Hoskin Jr. told...

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August 21, 2019 at 3:06 pm

In Florida, endangered panthers are stumbling like they’ve been poisoned; scientists don’t know why

At least 10 panthers and bobcats in Florida are having (or had) trouble walking, and wildlife experts don't know why. Scientists are concerned. The state...

August 19, 2019 at 4:38 pm

Cyanide from steel plant trickled into Lake Michigan for days before public was notified

Thousands of fish were dying on the Little Calumet River from a cyanide and ammonia spill as unsuspecting people played downstream in Lake Michigan. It...

August 18, 2019 at 9:52 am

Plague-infected prairie dogs prompt continued shutdowns wildlife refuges in Colorado

Parts of a Colorado wildlife refuge remain closed off on Sunday after officials first discovered plague-infected prairie dogs there in late July. Wildlife and nature...

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August 12, 2019 at 9:15 am

Caregivers taunted 91-year old with dementia and posted the video, lawsuit says

An Illinois family is suing a nursing home and two of its former employees after a video appears to show caregivers taunting a 91-year-old woman....

August 11, 2019 at 6:46 am

What’s known and what’s next after Jeffrey Epstein’s death

Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire financier indicted on federal sex-trafficking charges, died after he was discovered unresponsive from an "apparent suicide" on Saturday morning in a...

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August 3, 2019 at 6:28 pm

A tragedy at Walmart, a store with a complex history of gun sales

The recent gun violence at Walmart stores, with more than a dozen killed by a gunman in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday and two killed...

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August 3, 2019 at 11:08 am

Active shooter in El Paso, Texas, mall area, police say

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/police-warn-of-an-active-shooter-at-an-el-paso-texas-mall/

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July 27, 2019 at 11:00 am

A newlywed’s journey to the ‘Into the Wild’ bus ends in tragedy

A Belarusian woman was swept away and died while trying to cross a fast-moving river in Alaska in search of an abandoned bus made famous...

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July 20, 2019 at 11:42 am

An American woman and her boyfriend were exploring Canada. They were found dead on a highway.

Chynna Noelle Deese and Lucas Robertson Fowler loved traveling. The American woman and her Australian boyfriend met overseas, and they planned to tour Canada's national...

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