An active shooter leaves multiple fatalities in Minnesota and two officers with gunshot wounds; Michigan loses its only Rural Emergency Hospital despite federal aid and an Oregon expert says less efficient cars mean worse health and higher costs.

The U.S. strikes Iranian targets and Tehran retaliates, a Republican senator calls for the defense secretary to be fired and a GOP bill to lock the Supreme Court at nine justices fails in the House.

Zach Dyer [DYE-er] reads the week’s news: Violence against hospital workers fuels calls for mandatory staffing rules. Plus, tips on how to find a clinical trial.

The US war in Iran is now into its 7th month, with Washington and Tehran trading the largest exchange of strikes since July, the ‘Spokane 3” still in legal limbo over participation in an anti-ICE demonstration, and farmers strained by rising costs and weak prices as the Senate fails to advance the Farm Bill.

Agriculture news and information from the Eads USDA Service Center in Kiowa County, Colorado.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced plans to simplify farm data reporting through a modernization effort that will let farmers respond on mobile devices and reduce duplicative surveys.

Republican attorneys general from Iowa and Montana ask the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss California's $110 billion antitrust lawsuit blocking the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger.

Arizona authorities are investigating three fringe candidates accused of using fraudulent voter signatures and fake donations to secure millions in public campaign funds.

The National Elk Refuge plans to continue feeding elk in Wyoming despite chronic wasting disease spreading on the property and among wildlife experts warning the practice worsens disease transmission.