New North Dakota laws that take effect Aug. 1

Hundreds of new laws will take effect Tuesday in North Dakota, including greater enforcement of seat belt use and restrictions regarding gender identity, sexual content in public libraries and ownership of farmland by foreign entities.

Fargo police: Shooter was heavily armed, bent on causing more tragedy

The gunman who killed one Fargo police officer and left two other officers and a civilian injured in what authorities call an ambush attack had a large cache of ammo and weapons in his vehicle and was bent on more destruction before he was killed, investigators say.

North Dakota House passes school gender pronoun prohibition

Public schools and state agencies in North Dakota would be prohibited from referring to students and employees by any pronouns that don’t reflect the sex assigned to them at birth, under a bill approved by the legislature.