Great Plains News Digest
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IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US–ADVENTURELAND-FATAL ACCIDENT-SETTLEMENT
DESCRIPTION: The former owner of an Iowa amusement park has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money to the family of an 11-year-old boy who drowned on a water ride to settle the family’s wrongful death lawsuit a day before jury selection was to start for a trial. By John Hanna. 350 words by 2 p.m. Central. With AP Photos.
UPCOMING: By 06/03/2025 2:00 p.m. CDT, Text, Photo
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KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US—ELECTIONS-PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP
Republican push for proof of citizenship to vote proves a tough sell in the states
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote, but turning that aspiration into reality has proved difficult. Trump’s executive order directing a documentary, proof-of-citizenship requirement for federal elections has been blocked by a judge. Federal legislation to accomplish it doesn’t appear to have the votes to pass in the Senate. And state-level efforts have found little success even in places where Republicans control the legislature and governor’s office. Such bills have stalled or failed in multiple GOP-controlled states, including Florida and Texas.
WORDS: 1070 – MOVED: 06/03/2025 8:49 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:b6b9298092c84266bc7515209e5aea42&mediaType=text
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MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US CANADA WILDFIRES-SMOKY SKIES
DESCRIPTION: Smoke from Canadian wildfires is drifting south of the border and causing unsually poor air quality in Minnesota. Conditions were rated “very unhealthy” across much of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area on Tuesday. By Steve Karnowski. UPCOMING: 500 words, photos, video.
UPCOMING: By 06/03/2025 1:30 p.m. CDT, Text, Video, Photo
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MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BKN–TIMBERWOLVES-OFFSEASON
DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations Tim Connelly says his plan is to keep the team intact, but as last year proved even a run to the conference finals can’t guarantee roster stability. By Dave Campbell. 450 words, photos.
UPCOMING: By 06/03/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT, Text
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BKL–MERCURY-LYNX
DESCRIPTION: The Phoenix Mercury visit the Minnesota Lynx. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 06/03/2025 7:00 p.m. CDT, Text
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BBO–TWINS-ATHLETICS
DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Athletics at Sutter Health Park. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 06/03/2025 9:05 p.m. CDT, Text
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MISSOURI – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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ENT-OPERA-THIS HOUSE
`This House’ makes world premiere, exploring Black history through a family’s legacy in Harlem
SUMMARY: “This House,” a rumination on love, aspiration, coping and the unyielding weight of history, made its world premiere Saturday night at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. The work was composed by Ricky Ian Gordon to a libretto by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and her daughter Ruby Aiyo Gerber. It weaves impacts of the Civil War, Great Migration, Black Power movement, AIDS crisis and gentrification. There are five more performances through June 29. Gerber, 27, started “This House” in 2020, during her senior year at Brown.
WORDS: 988 – MOVED: 06/03/2025 10:30 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:cd74bcaa243d6a7f1c57fde3159651bd&mediaType=text
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US—ELECTIONS-PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP
Republican push for proof of citizenship to vote proves a tough sell in the states
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote, but turning that aspiration into reality has proved difficult. Trump’s executive order directing a documentary, proof-of-citizenship requirement for federal elections has been blocked by a judge. Federal legislation to accomplish it doesn’t appear to have the votes to pass in the Senate. And state-level efforts have found little success even in places where Republicans control the legislature and governor’s office. Such bills have stalled or failed in multiple GOP-controlled states, including Florida and Texas.
WORDS: 1070 – MOVED: 06/03/2025 8:49 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:b6b9298092c84266bc7515209e5aea42&mediaType=text
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MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BBO–ROYALS-CARDINALS
DESCRIPTION: ST. LOUIS — Kansas City plays St. Louis at Busch Stadium. By David Solomon. UPCOMING: 300 words, photos. Game starts 6:45 p.m. CT.
UPCOMING: By 06/03/2025 9:45 p.m. CDT, Text
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SOC–JAMAICA-US
DESCRIPTION: ST. LOUIS — The U.S. women’s national team faces Jamaica, while paying tribute to longtime defender Becky Sauerbrunn, a St. Louis native, who retired from soccer late last year. UPCOMING: 400 words, photos. Game starts at 8 p.m. EDT.
UPCOMING: By 06/03/2025 10:00 p.m. CDT, Text
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NEBRASKA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BBC–NCAA SUPER REGIONALS-THINGS TO KNOW
DESCRIPTION: The super regional round of the NCAA baseball tournament is the next stop on the Road to Omaha. Here are some things to know about the eight best-of-three series that will determine the field for the College World Series. By Eric Olson. 800 words, photos.
UPCOMING: By 06/03/2025 5:00 p.m. CDT, Text
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OKLAHOMA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–TULSA RACE MASSACRE
Tulsa’s new Black mayor proposes $100M trust to ‘repair’ impact of 1921 Race Massacre
SUMMARY: Tulsa’s new mayor on Sunday proposed a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations plan to give descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre scholarships and housing help. The proposal is a city-backed bid to make amends for one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history. The plan by Mayor Monroe Nichols would not provide direct cash payments to descendants or the last two centenarian survivors of the attack that killed as many as 300 Black people. Nichols is the first Black mayor of Oklahoma’s second-largest city. He made the announcement in the once-thriving Greenwood District that was destroyed by a white mob.
WORDS: 830 – MOVED: 06/03/2025 10:35 a.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:47cfb76fc9f00543b543bfad09f19aeb&mediaType=text
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OKLAHOMA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BKN–NBA FINALS COVERAGE
FORMATS: Text, Photo
1. WITH: BKN–NBA FINALS-OKC’S FANS
2. DESCRIPTION: OKLAHOMA CITY — Fans in Oklahoma City are different. They come early. They stay late. It’s like a college atmosphere when the Thunder play, and the team says it very much helps. By Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds. UPCOMING: 500 words, photos by 2 p.m.
3. UPCOMING: By 06/03/2025 2:00 p.m. CDT
4. WITH: BKN–ON BASKETBALL-NBA FINALS
5. DESCRIPTION: In terms of market size, it’s No. 25 Indianapolis vs. No. 47 Oklahoma City in these NBA Finals. No New York, no Los Angeles, no Chicago, no Boston. It won’t be a ratings bonanza, but the basketball could be stellar anyway. By Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos by 3 p.m.
6. UPCOMING: By 06/03/2025 3:00 p.m. CDT
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BKN–NBA FINALS-FORGOTTEN SONICS
DESCRIPTION: SEATTLE— This wouldn’t be the first NBA title for the OKC NBA franchise, the Supersonics won one in 1979. And basketball fans in Seattle have been lobbying to get another NBA franchise since the Supersonics moved to OKC and became the Thunder. By Andrew Destin. UPCOMING: 950 words, photos.
SENT: By 06/03/2025 2:00 p.m. CDT, Text
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