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August 26th is Women's Equality Day. The holiday serves to celebrate the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in the 1920s. 💁‍♀️

Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion of a 2020 decision protecting LGBTQ employees from workplace discrimination that the landmark ruling does not apply to school policies on transgender youths' use of bathrooms and locker rooms. Nonetheless, lower courts have ruled in... https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/courts-rule-in-favor-of-transgender-students-citing-supreme-courts-lgbtq-discrimination-ruling

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum appointed judges to two newly created judgeships in the East Central Judicial District which is comprised of Cass, Steele and Traill counties. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news/judges-selected-for-newly-created-bench-seats-by-north-dakota-gov-burgum

The Fargo Police Department said Officer Zach Robinson's use of force in the July 14 shooting was lawful, necessary, and did not violate department policy. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news/extreme-act-of-courage-and-valor-police-investigation-shows-fargo-officers-use-of-force-justified

A coalition of booksellers, authors and a think tank wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon over its alleged monopoly of the bookselling industry. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/booksellers-call-for-ftc-to-probe-amazon

Writers Guild of America leaders are reviewing contract offers this week, signaling progress in the Hollywood labor struggle. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/contract-talks-advance-as-wga-negotiators-check-proposals

NDSU commit Bartels was named the Minnesota PGA Junior Golf Players Tour Player of the Year last week and, along with her Vikings teammates, has found victory at early high school season meets. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news/fresh-off-summer-success-kindreds-avery-bartels-off-to-strong-start-in-pursuit-of-fourth-class-b-golf-title

People of the past brought their creepy A-game to Halloween. From looking at these nightmare-inducing photos, one thing's certain: our ancestors were obsessed with huge heads, pillowcases, and general creepiness. https://ourcommunitynow.com/local-culture/vintage-halloween-costumes-that-will-haunt-you-forever

Hawaii officials urged tourists to avoid traveling to Maui as many hotels prepared to house evacuees and first responders on the island that faces a long recovery from the wildfire that demolished a historic town and killed more than 90 people. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/tourists-are-urged-to-avoid-maui-as-hotels-prepare-to-take-in-evacuees-and-first-responders

The focus of tribal colleges’ work is to seek connections between the cultures and heritage of the Indigenous communities they serve and mainstream education curricula. Danny Luecke (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), https://ourcommunitynow.com/news/two-native-scholars-link-native-culture-to-math

A new pack of gray wolves has been confirmed at a site in Sequoia National Forest, California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials announced on Friday. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/california-wildlife-officials-say-new-gray-wolf-pack-found-in-sequoia-national-forest

The Red River Valley has always been the easternmost outpost for breeding burrowing owls. The burrowing owl is a bird of the interior West. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news/mike-jacobs-always-in-season-four-letter-words-describe-the-appeal-of-burrowing-owls