WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unemployment rates dropped in 43 out of the 50 U.S. states and in the District of Columbia in April from a year before, according to Labor Department data released on Friday.Full story
Gasoline prices are on the rise and headed to a record in North Dakota. Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. hopes for a new shale oil bonanza in Ohio, joining the prolific Bakken and Eagle Ford plays that have raised production to 20-year highs, were shattered on Thursday by the first hard evidence that the Utica formation was primarily gas-prone. Full story
Police are searching for a man that went missing after his truck was washed away by flood waters in North Dakota. KVLY's Jennifer Titus reports.
Julie Burkhart of Trust Women Foundation, and Tammi Kromenaker, director of Red River Women’s Clinic in North Dakota, talks with Rachel Maddow about how patients and practitioners are weathering clinic-killing TRAP laws that are the new strategy in the GOP war on women's health services.
From Texas to North Dakota, heavy spring rains continue to trigger flash floods and turn streets into rivers, NBC’s Janet Shamlian reports.
Residents of Fargo, North Dakota, aren’t taking any chances when it comes to Mother Nature after a waterlogged week in the Midwest. NBC’s Kevin Tibbles reports.
Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, talks with Rachel Maddow about President Obama's historic speech to her organization and what accounts for the sudden aggressive attacks on women's reproductive rights by state Republicans.
The Keystone Oil Pipeline is pictured under construction in North Dakota in this undated photograph released on January 18, 2012. The prospects for bringing large amounts of Canadian heavy crude oil into the United States by train is a contentious issue as the U.S. government weighs whether to allow
An aerial image shows a train entering a depot along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line outside of Williston, North Dakota in this March 12, 2013 file photo. The prospects for bringing large amounts of Canadian heavy crude oil into the United States by train is a contentious issue as the U.
North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple prepares to drive a bulldozer to break ground on a new diesel refinery in Dickinson, North Dakota, March 26, 2013. The $300 million refinery, to be built by MDU Resources Group Inc and Calumet Specialty Products Partners, is set to open in late 2014 and will be f
A billboard advertising a planned refinery is seen on the northwest portion of North Dakota's Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, March 15, 2013. The reservation is applying for a U.S. federal loan to fund the refinery and hopes to break ground by May. Other refineries in the region are facing obstacl
