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This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota Monitor. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights Seeking Help: North Dakota mineral owners asked state leaders to help them get information from oil companies. Oversight Program: Lawmakers created a royalty oversight program. It had support from the industry but was less than mineral owners wanted. Limited Scope: The program has solved some concerns, but it has failed to address a major one. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.…

The UN’s human rights office has condemned a targeted Israeli attack that killed six journalists in Gaza, calling it a “grave breach” of international humanitarian law.Five Al Jazeera journalists, including prominent correspondent Anas al-Sharif, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night, alongside a sixth freelance journalist.The Israeli military said it had targeted Sharif, alleging he had “served as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas”. Media rights groups and countries including Qatar have condemned the attack. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesman said the UK government is “gravely concerned” and called for an independent investigation.Speaking to reporters,…

Home Daily News Report of man with knife at Chicago federal… Courthouse Security Report of man with knife at Chicago federal courthouse spurs police, FBI response By Debra Cassens Weiss July 22, 2025, 3:26 pm CDT Police and the FBI responded Tuesday when a man said to be armed with a knife in the lobby of the federal courthouse in Chicago threatened to harm himself. (Photo by Christian K. Lee/The Associated Press) Police and the FBI responded Tuesday when a man said to be armed with a knife in the lobby of the federal courthouse in Chicago threatened to harm…

Celebrate female empowerment at She Runs 2025She Runs 2025, the Middle East’s largest all-women race, returns to Dubai this winter. The race takes place at Al Forsan Park in Expo City Dubai on November 2.The event is put together by Plan B Group and supported by the Dubai Sports Council. It invites women of all fitness levels to either walk, jog, or run to celebrate women’s strength, endurance, and unity. And this year’s race comes with a powerful theme: For Voices. For Connection. For Change, reflecting a commitment to empowering the next generation through community-driven health.Now in its 12th edition,…

A shooting at a nightclub in Ecuador killed eight people and injured three others, police have said.Authorities were called to the Santa Lucía property in the early hours of Sunday morning, where they found seven people already deceased after gunmen opened fire. An eighth person died in hospital.Police said the motive for the shooting remains unclear.Santa Lucía is a small town in the coastal province of Guayas, one of four provinces currently under a state of emergency in an attempt to curb gang violence.Among the dead was the owner of the nightclub, who was brother to Santa Lucia’s mayor Ubaldo…

Home Daily News Suit challenging diversity efforts in Wisconsin… Bar Associations Suit challenging diversity efforts in Wisconsin bar programs fully resolved By Debra Cassens Weiss July 23, 2025, 9:41 am CDT A final settlement has been reached in a December 2023 lawsuit challenging diversity efforts in State Bar of Wisconsin programs. (Image from Shutterstock) A final settlement has been reached in a December 2023 lawsuit challenging diversity efforts in State Bar of Wisconsin programs. “Racially divisive DEI has been effectively removed from all bar programming by this final settlement,” according to a press release by the Wisconsin Institute for Law…

Najwa Karam live in Dubai. A voice generations grew up with. Are you ready?Here’s one for the calendar: Najwa Karam, one of the Arab world’s most beloved voices, is heading to Dubai Opera this September for a concert that will fill the hall with echoes of tradition and emotion. If you’ve been missing those nights when everything stops for music, this is the one, a show sure to stir nostalgia for anyone who grew up with her songs on repeat.Who is Najwa Karam?Known as the “Sun of Arabic Song,” Najwa has been a defining figure in Lebanese music since the…

Jeremy BowenInternational editor, reporting from the occupied West BankOren Rosenfeld/BBCMeir Simcha agreed to talk, but he wanted to do it somewhere special, because for him, this is a special time. In a place where nation, religion and war are linked inextricably with politics and the possession of land, Simcha chose a patch of shade under a fig tree next to a spring of fresh water. From his dusty car, a small Toyota fitted with off road tyres, he produced a bottle of juice made from fruit and vegetables.”Don’t worry, there’s no extra sugar,” he said as he poured it into…

Home Daily News Former Bryan Cave partner disbarred after… Ethics Former Bryan Cave partner disbarred after guilty plea to sexting person he thought was 14 years old By Debra Cassens Weiss July 23, 2025, 11:28 am CDT A former partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has been disbarred after his sentencing for exchanging sexual messages with an undercover investigator who he thought was a 14-year-old girl. (Photo by Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr) A former partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has been disbarred after his sentencing for exchanging sexual messages with an undercover investigator who he thought…