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• A Des Moines Register survey found nearly 1,000 unique titles were removed from Iowa public schools. • Classics such as “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “1984” were among the books removed. • Despite an injunction staying parts of Senate File 496, about 2,000 books remain unshelved. Part of a continuing series in the Des Moines Register’s Iowa’s Book Ban Battle project. Last fall, Mari Butler

Jun. 6—GRAND FORKS — North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Jerod Tufte filed an opinion Thursday, June 6, affirming the criminal judgment against U.S. House candidate Roland Riemers. on Oct. 10, after a one-day jury trial. One year earlier, Riemers blocked a BNSF railway train, stating it had exceeded the maximum time allowed blocking traffic and was breaking city and state code. Railway staff

TAMPA — Less than a week after the Bucs’ surprisingly released wide receiver/kick returner Deven Thompkins, his estranged wife said she has been a victim of spousal abuse in a video on TikTok. Maria Castilhos, Thompkins’ wife and the mother of his two children, said in the video posted Tuesday that she is engaged in divorce and custody litigation with the third-year receiver. Court records

HERRIMAN, Utah (ABC4) — More charges have been filed against Keith Tyree McClendon — the teen police say is connected to the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old Valley High School student. McClendon, 19, was charged Thursday with one count of first-degree felony aggravated assault resulting in serious bodily injury with a gang enhancement and one count of third-degree felony aggravated assault,