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Oil prices edged higher on Thursday as OPEC forecast relatively strong growth in global oil demand over the next two years and a cold blast in the U.S. disrupted some oil production. Brent crude futures gained 28 cents to $78.16 a barrel by 0004 GMT, and U.S.

Fargo — Season 5 will be released on the screens. Fargo — Season 5, initially made a return in November, being critically acclaimed. The new season is the fifth installment of the anthology series which is a hit on FX and is based on the Coen brother's movie of the same name released in 1996. Season 5 is set in 2019, taking the audiences to North Dakota and Minnesota through its entire run consisting of 10 episodes. The season shows Dorothy «Dot» Lyon played by Juno Temple in hot water and the people in authority following an unpredicted set of events where all of a sudden, she is driven back to a life she has considered to be leaving far behind as per the synopsis of the series.

(Reuters) — Much of the United States remained gripped by an Arctic blast on Monday, cutting power to tens of thousands of customers in northern states and Texas and potentially dampening turnout in Iowa, where voters will cast the first ballots for a Republican candidate in November's presidential race.

By Maria Caspani

A winter storm is pummeling much of the central United States a day after Christmas

For most Americans dreaming of a white Christmas, this year’s prospects aren’t good

Occidental is buying oil and gas company CrownRock in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $12 billion

State agriculture officials have confirmed a new case of cattle anthrax in southwest North Dakota, bringing the number of cases in the state to 25 this year

Developers of a proposed nickel ore processing plant in North Dakota that would supply electric automaker Tesla have reached a deal with the U.S. Department of Energy on how to spend nearly $115 million the federal agency awarded the project last year

Fargo, an anthology series, connects stories in season 5 set in Minnesota and North Dakota in 2019.

An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion.

Fargo" has made it's debut on Tuesday night. The hit series, which is based on the 1996 Coen brothers movie, stars Juno Temple and Jennifer Jason Leigh in the latest season. Set in Minnesota and North Dakota in 2019, as revealed by FX, the latest season unfolds with Dorothy «Dot» Lyon facing unforeseen circumstances that draw her into legal trouble, thrusting her back into a life she believed she had put behind her. A terrifyingly ridiculous slow-motion brawl that started at a community meeting for an out-of-control fall festival sets the tone for this story. Here's everything on the current season of «Fargo,» from the episode schedule to the cast. How to watch live 'Fargo' Season 5? Season 5 kicked off with the premiere of its first two episodes on Tuesday, November 21, at 10 p.m.

Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana and other northern states are making preparations to stop an invasion of wild pigs from Canada

The Air Force is asking Congress to restrict further construction of the towering wind turbines that have edged closer to its nuclear missile sites in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Nebraska and Colorado

OPP.Today. Scientists focused their research on the Tanis paleontology site in North Dakota which is known for preserving evidence of the asteroid impact event. Scientists analysed sediment layers that led them to the conclusion that a colossal plume of fine-grained dust, lingering in the Earth’s atmosphere for around 15 years, played a crucial role in the extinction of dinosaurs, as per a research published in Natural Geoscience.

Two meetings in Bismarck this week are receiving public comment on the draft environmental review of the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline

By Seher Dareen

This storm is anticipated to disrupt travel significantly in at least six states, according to AccuWeather. As of midday Tuesday, roughly 2.5 million residents are living in areas under some form of winter weather alert due to the storm, according to the National Weather Service. States affected include Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota. Winter storm warnings and watches have been issued for sections of the Cascades and northern Rockies as the storm approaches. Meanwhile, tropical Storm Otis strengthened early Tuesday as it approached Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and was forecast to become a hurricane before making landfall near the resort of Acapulco late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The US National Hurricane Center said that Otis was about 155 miles (250 kilometers) south-southeast of Acapulco on Tuesday morning with winds of 70 mph (110 kph). It was moving north-northwest at 8 mph (13 kph). In the Atlantic, Hurricane Tammy has made landfall on the Caribbean's Barbuda as Category 1 hurricane.

By Karl Plume

Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion and it’s not even the biggest acquisition in the energy sector this month as major producers seize the initiative while oil prices surge

PARIS (Reuters) — Louis Dreyfus Company will build a soybean-processing plant in Ohio, the global crop merchant said on Friday, adding to a booming expansion of oilseed crushing in North America encouraged by biofuel use.