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In 1998, Judy Shepard’s son, Matthew, was tortured outside Laramie and later died as part of an anti-gay hate crime. After his death, she helped found a nonprofit dedicated to fighting hate and the discrimination of LGBTQ+ people, and worked to usher in federal hate crime legislation.
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Journalist Charles A. Wells published the twice-monthly newsletter “Between the Lines” for more than thirty years beginning in 1942. The bulletin promised to illuminate important news developments with brief, but well sourced stories from around the world.
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The suit has implications for access to roughly eight million acres of public land in the West, which are otherwise “corner locked.”
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Wyoming is joining about two dozen other states in a pair of lawsuits challenging new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Residents pushed back against proposal for what could be the biggest building in the town’s history.
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The National Association of Letter Carriers asks those who are able to place a bag of nonperishable food items next to your mailbox before mail pickup on May 11.
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A new exhibition opening later this month at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West shares posters that were used to advertise the Wild West show in the late 19th and early 20th century.
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Rocky Mountain Power will be holding a series of public meetings next week for its customers. That’s because the electric company is proposing increasing its rate.
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On the afternoon of May 7, elders, kids and people of all ages gathered around a long table at the Frank B. Wise building in Fort Washakie. The group of roughly forty people were there to share input on design plans for a building that could house a new museum and cultural center for the Eastern Shoshone Tribe.
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Palmer amaranth is resistant to many herbicides commonly used in row crop production. The weed could especially be an issue for farmers growing dry beans, sugar beets and corn.
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A murder suspect from Weld County, Colo., was found dead near Laramie on Tuesday afternoon, according to a press release from the Albany County Sheriff's Office.
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In July of 1952 the Republican Party adopted a platform that limited the power of trade unions, promised to end the war with Korea and slashed the national debt. Republicans also supported statehood for Puerto Rico and the Equal Rights Amendment.
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On May 8 at 6 a.m., the Soda Lake elk feedgrounds were cold, windy and empty, except for some Wyoming Game and Fish horses turned out on summer pasture.
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The adult contemporary star, who became a reluctant giant of smooth jazz in the 1980s, died on Sunday after a six-year battle with prostate cancer.
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The bill faces a likely veto from Georgia's president, which parliament can override. Protesters who oppose the measure say it is modeled on a Russian law used to clamp down on dissent.
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Shares in the video game retailer more than doubled at one point after a prominent meme stock investor made his first online posting in about three years.
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The Bikini Kill frontwoman pioneered the "riot grrrl" movement in the 1990s. "I thought of myself as a feminist performance artist who was in a punk band," Hanna says.
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Clinical trials of MDMA have been promising, but concerns have emerged about the quality of the research. A June hearing scheduled by the Food and Drug Administration is likely to address them.
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Messud draws from her grandfather's handwritten memoir as she tells a cosmopolitan, multigenerational story about a family forced to move from Algeria to Europe to South and North America.
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The extravagant jewelry worn by hip-hop artists has meaning beyond the shiny surfaces.
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Barbecue is the man who convinced many of Haiti's gangs to stop fighting each other and start fighting the government. He spoke to NPR about his latest plans.
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Several Republicans with deep ties to state politics vie in the primary to face the Democrat in November.
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A new type of traveler is part of the post-pandemic reset at U.S. hotels, along with fewer daily cleanings and pancake-slinging machines.