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On this day in 1870, a Laramie resident became the first woman to vote in a U.S. general election more than 50 years before women were granted the right to vote nationally. Louisa Swain cast her ballot because of a state law granting women equal and unrestricted voting rights with men.
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The events, hosted by the University of Wyoming School of Politics, Public Affairs and International Studies, will consider polarization, international elections and share the findings of the Wyoming Election Survey. -
Cheney, once the third-ranking Republican in the U.S. House who became a vocal critic of former Pres. Donald Trump, called the former president “dangerous” during a speaking event at Duke University. -
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had successfully petitioned to appear as an independent candidate for president on Wyoming’s general election ballot. -
The Labor, Health and Social Services Committee’s top subject during this interim was how to increase the number of labor and delivery and maternity health care professionals in the state. This, after the state lost three labor and delivery units over the past six years. -
A draft bill is taking form to change Wyoming’s treatment of predator laws in response to an alleged wolf abuse incident in Sublette County. As written, it won’t outlaw the practice of running over predators with a snowmobile, much to many wildlife advocate’s dismay. -
The International Gay Rodeo Association has organized rodeos since 1985. Events include all of those in a traditional rodeo as well as “camp” events like steer decorating and goat dressing. -
A judge said the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can move forward with plans to build a 10,000 square-foot temple near the town of Cody’s golf course. -
The Wyoming Livestock Board says these are the first confirmed cases of anthrax in Wyoming cattle since the 1970s. Game and Fish says the last confirmed case in wildlife occurred in 1956 in Sublette County. -
The Wy We Care: Suicide Risk Reduction Community Forum is bringing together school leaders, law enforcement and mental health professionals to discuss and share with the public how to build stronger communities and reduce suicides. -
Residents of the Brooks Lake, Pinnacle Drive and Breccia Drive areas have been under a Level 3 evacuation notice since Tuesday evening. U.S. Highway 26 over Togwotee Pass remains closed. -
Comedian Jack Benny was the king of variety shows, first on radio and then on television. His more than sixty-year long career was marked by running gags and his show featured a wide variety of guest appearances from the stars of the day. -
The Cowboys eked out a last minute touchdown against Arizona State, avoiding a shutout, for a final score of Wyoming 7, Arizona State 48.
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A look back at other sitting vice presidents who were running for the top job and debating on TV against the nominee of the opposition party: Gore in 2000, George H.W. Bush in 1988 and Nixon in 1960. -
Taylor Fritz surged with a six-game run against a fading Frances Tiafoe, also of the U.S., to come out on top 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 and reach his first Grand Slam final. -
The spacecraft landed in New Mexico early Saturday morning leaving two astronauts behind on the International Space Station. The crew members will return to earth in February aboard a SpaceX craft. -
The pilots of a Brazilian passenger plane that crashed last month, killing all 62 people aboard, reported failure in the system to remove ice from the plane, according to a preliminary report. -
A Pakistani man was arrested in Canada this week for plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish center in Brooklyn on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, federal authorities announced. -
The Atlanta hip-hop star Rich Homie Quan rose to fame nationally in 2013 with his first hit single “Type of Way” and had a short but intense burst of success. He died Thursday. -
British regulators are looking into how Ticketmaster uses "dynamic pricing" to hike prices in line with demand. A similar controversy prompted a federal lawsuit against the company in the U.S. -
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Drunk Bollywood, the game Beyond Good & Evil, the show Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and more.
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A New York judge agreed to delay the sentencing of former President Donald Trump in a criminal hush money case. -
The Grammy-winning musician, whose hit “Mas Que Nada” helped make him a global ambassador for Brazilian music, died after months battling the effects of long COVID.
