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See the article in its original context from October 14, 2000 Section Page Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. THERE is a certain pep to the step of the candidate wearing the warm-pink blazer and black leather heels at this midmorning gubernatorial debate inside a half-filled, sleepy college auditorium. But the race is not given to the swift. The candidate, Heidi Heitkamp, knows that. Two weeks after having her right breast and some surrounding lymph nodes removed because of cancer, the Democratic nominee for North Dakota governor, the candidate with the bouquet of red hair, is back on the campaign trail, edging toward fever pitch. Yet, whispers about her health surround her candidacy. They have filtered in from the streets of Bismarck and the endless farm fields in this northern Plains state to Ms. Heitkamp's headquarters. Some residents seem to be wondering, if not casting seeds … [Read more...] about PUBLIC LIVES; After Health Setback, Running Hard in North Dakota

MINOT, N.D. — Heidi Heitkamp, a Democratic Senate candidate, called Leonard Rademacher a few weeks ago looking for his vote, but Mr. Rademacher, a 74-year-old retiree, was feeling ill, so Ms. Heitkamp called him back. “I said: ‘Heidi, save your breath. I’m voting for you,’ ” Mr. Rademacher recalled, marveling at her personal attention. “I don’t necessarily agree with her, but I trust her.” Gary Volk backed Ms. Heitkamp, a former state attorney general, after she sat for four hours on a slab of concrete next to what was once his house, listening to his struggles to recover from catastrophic flooding last year. Larry Windus’s mind was made up by an encounter with her opponent, Representative Rick Berg, a Republican, that ended with the candidate turning his back on him. “He’s not very personable,” said Mr. Windus, 55, a dishwasher at Charlie’s Main Street Cafe here. Senate Republicans considered the state in their column when Senator Kent Conrad, a veteran Democrat, announced his … [Read more...] about ‘North Dakota Nice’ Plays Well in Senate Race

WASHINGTON — An extraordinary pair of orders by North Carolina’s Republican-controlled Supreme Court is highlighting how the partisan tug of war has pervaded the state’s courts and, by extension, the nation’s. On Friday, the court moved to rehear two major voting rights cases that it had previously decided, one striking down a gerrymandered map of State Senate districts and another nullifying new voter identification requirements . Such rehearings by the court are exceedingly rare. In fact, North Carolina’s Supreme Court ordered as many rehearings on Friday as it has in the past three decades. What also made the rehearings exceptional was that the cases had been decided less than two months ago — by a court that, at the time, contained four Democratic and three Republican justices. The court that voted to rehear the cases has a 5-to-2 Republican majority, courtesy of the party’s sweep of state Supreme Court races in November. And the potential beneficiary of those reviews … [Read more...] about On North Carolina’s Supreme Court, G.O.P. Justices Move to Reconsider Democratic Rulings

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has scheduled a major political conference to discuss the “urgent task” of improving its agricultural sector, a possible sign of worsening food insecurity as the country's economic isolation deepens amid a defiant nuclear weapons push. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Monday that members of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Politburo met on Sunday and agreed to hold a larger plenary meeting of the party’s Central Committee in late February to review strategies on agriculture and set new goals. It said the Politburo members acknowledged a “a turning point is needed to dynamically promote the radical change in agricultural development.” “It is a very important and urgent task to establish the correct strategy for the development of agriculture and take relevant measures for the immediate farming … to promote the overall … [Read more...] about North Korea party meeting set to discuss ‘urgent’ food issue

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 5 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Lee County, North Carolina, detectives made a gruesome discovery last month after finding the dismembered body of a man who went missing at the end of 2022, in a barrel filled with concrete. Detectives with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at a home in Sanford, North Carolina, as well as an adjacent parcel, on Jan. 25, 2023. The search took two days to complete, and on the second day, detectives spotted a 55-gallon drum in a heavily wooded area. The Lee County Sheriff's Office in North Carolina said Michael Bradley Cox went missing on Dec. 24, 2022, and his remains were found in a 55-gallon drum filled with concrete. (Lee County Sheriff's Office) The sheriff’s department said in a press release that the drum contained concrete and what detectives suspected were … [Read more...] about North Carolina man’s remains found in 55-gallon barrel filled with concrete

A former CIA officer said on Sunday that she is "hopeful" about the information that can now be recovered from the downed Chinese spy balloon. The strange craft was first sighted over Billings, Montana, on Wednesday, and despite China's claims about it being a weather balloon, it was ultimately found to be a surveillance device. Following days of debate and calls for the craft to be shot down, the U.S. military finally took out the balloon over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday afternoon roughly six nautical miles off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Countering criticism over the government's seeming inaction against the balloon earlier in the week, President Joe Biden said that he first ordered the balloon destroyed on Wednesday, but military officials insisted that they wait until it was over the ocean, to prevent debris from harming people on the ground. Following its destruction, the government began the process of recovering parts of the craft to see what … [Read more...] about Former CIA officer explains how Chinese spy balloon may benefit U.S.

In yet another jolt to the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal, MLA Suman Kanjilal joined Trinamool Congress in presence of party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday. Several BJP MLAs including Mukul Roy, Arjun Singh, and Rajib Banerjee have switched sides following Mamata Banerjee’s landslide victory in the 2021 state Assembly elections. There was a buzz in political circles that three BJP MLAs are in touch with the TMC. Abhishek Banerjee has said several BJP MLAs want to come and stressed if the TMC opens the door a lot more will join. TMC Working to Regain Lost Ground in North Bengal This exit is significant since the BJP legislator’s constituency Alipurduar falls in North Bengal where the party did well in the 2021 polls. Two more MLAs from North Bengal– Krishna Kalyani and Soumen Roy– had joined the TMC earlier. TMC insiders said the party is working in every way to regain its lost ground in North Bengal and thus induction of BJP MLAs from the … [Read more...] about Another Jolt to BJP in Bengal, MLA Suman Kanjilal Joins Trinamool

The Delhi High Court will on Monday hear a bail plea by JNU student and activist Sharjeel Imam in a UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 riots here. Imam, who was arrested in February 2020, was on Saturday discharged along with 10 others in the 2019 Jamia Nagar violence case, with the court saying they were made ”scapegoats” by police. The plea, which was filed in April 2022 against a trial court order refusing to grant bail to Imam in the matter, is listed before a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar. In this case, Sharjeel Imam and several others, including Umar Khalid, have been booked under the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and provisions of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly being the ”masterminds” of the February 2020 riots in the North-East Delhi, which left 53 people dead and over 700 injured. The violence had erupted during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the … [Read more...] about Delhi Riots Case: HC to Hear on Monday Sharjeel Imam’s Bail Plea in UAPA Case

After two failed attempts, the Delhi municipal House is set to convene on Monday to elect a mayor for the city. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday wrote a letter to the MCD’s presiding officer seeking debarment of aldermen from voting. As per the DMC Act 1957, the mayor and the deputy mayor are to be elected in the very first House that convenes after the civic polls. However, it’s been two months since the municipal elections were held, and Delhi is still to get a mayor. The first two sessions — held on January 6 and January 24 — were adjourned by the presiding officer without electing a mayor following a massive showdown between members of the BJP and the AAP. Clash Between AAP, BJP Councillors The first session of the 250-member House went fully in vain on January 6 as AAP protested against BJP councillor and presiding officer Satya Sharma’s decision to administer the oath of 10 aldermen. Both the BJP and AAP claimed that their councillors sustained injuries as chairs … [Read more...] about Delhi Mayor Elections on Monday After 2 Failed Attempts; AAP Wants Aldermen to be Debarred from Voting

Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana said Friday Montanans asked his office if they could “take a shot” at a Chinese spy balloon over the state. “This has been a tremendous embarrassment for the United States of America. It’s one more example of the weakness of the Biden administration on the global stage,” Daines told “The Story” host Martha MacCallum. “Their lack of response, the show of weakness is provoking, is provoking our adversaries and making America weaker. I’ll tell you how we found out about it, we had Montanans calling our office saying they saw a balloon in the sky. In fact, a lot of Montanans said, ‘Is it okay if I take a shot at it?’” (RELATED: ‘This Is Really Egregious’: Former Trump Nat Sec Official Slams Biden Admin’s Inaction On Chinese Spy Balloon) The Department of Defense (DOD) announced Thursday that it had tracked the Chinese balloon as it crossed over Montana, drawing criticism from former Trump administration officials like Republican Rep. Ryan … [Read more...] about Montanans Asked If They Could ‘Take A Shot’ At Chinese Spy Balloon, Steve Daines Says