Recent revelations have shown that the U.S. federal government has earmarked more than $4.1 billion for grants in support of LGBT and transgender projects worldwide.
South Dakota saw a victory after the state's Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted unanimously to reject a carbon-capture pipeline proposal that would have cost farmers thousands of acres.
One police officer was killed and two others were critically injured in a violent shooting that also left the suspect dead in Fargo, North Dakota, authorities said.