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Articles by Valerie Richardson

Rancher Cliven Bundy (center) addresses his supporters as Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie (right) looks on Saturday. Ryan Yates, director of congressional relations for the American Farm Bureau, decried what he says some have called "a culture of intimidation" represented in the standoff over grazing rights between the rancher and the federal Bureau of Land Management. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

‘Culture of intimidation’ seen in Nevada ranch standoff

Sending scores of armed agents along with helicopters and dogs to confront an elderly Nevada rancher over grazing fees may seem like overkill, but critics say it's not inconsistent with the federal government's recent approach to environmental enforcement.

April 15, 2014
Remote Alaskan villages, including King Cove, rely on air travel for access to major hospitals. (Associated Press/File)

Alaska to sue Interior Department for road to reach medical aid

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell announced Monday that the state will sue the Obama administration to allow construction of a 10-mile road to give residents of a remote fishing village access to emergency medical flights at an all-weather airport.

April 7, 2014
FRC Action and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins speaks during the Values Voter Summit, held by the Family Research Council Action, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana/File)

High court declines photographer’s appeal in gay marriage case

The Supreme Court refused Monday to jump into the raging debate over whether artisans must participate in same-sex weddings, allowing to stand a New Mexico high court against a photographer who declined to take pictures at a commitment ceremony.

April 7, 2014
Lt. Gen. Mark Milley (left) and Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, talk to the media near Fort Hood's main gate one day after a soldier opened fire on fellow service members at the Fort Hood military base, killing three people and wounding 16 before committing suicide. (Associated Press)

Details emerging in Fort Hood massacre

An armed female security officer confronted Fort Hood gunman Spc. Ivan Lopez minutes after his deadly rampage began, firing off a round before he put his .45-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol to his head and pulled the trigger.

April 3, 2014
Heaven and hell: A mudslide has devastated Oso, Wash., a type of community that has become popular among retirees. (Associated Press)

In wild West, growing battle of man vs. nature

The deadly mudslide in Washington state offers a grim perspective on an issue bedeviling the West: homebuyers who move beyond the suburbs and build their houses up against, and even into, the wilderness.

March 27, 2014
Remote Alaskan villages, including King Cove, rely on air travel for access to major hospitals. (Associated Press/File)

Alaskans battle for survival against feds’ protection of migratory birds

Washington's refusal to allow a 10-mile gravel road between King Cove and the airport at Cold Bay is a matter of life or death for Alaskans who rely on quick access to airports and hospital flights as much as migratory birds rely on the eel grass that the Interior Department would rather preserve.

March 26, 2014
Conn Jackson, of Atlanta, right, wears a shirt decorated with the flag of the United States as he takes part in an organized moment of silence and memorial run to show solidarity with victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Atlanta. The explosions Monday afternoon killed at least three people and injured more than 140. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Congress members back U.S. flag against school’s ban

Twenty members of Congress lent their support Tuesday to a lawsuit filed on behalf of three California students who were forbidden from wearing American flag T-shirts at their high school during a Cinco de Mayo celebration, a decision an appeals court upheld last month.

March 25, 2014