Month: September 2019

By Nick Lowery South Dakota News Watch South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said she is disappointed in recent statewide standardized test scores indicating that just over half of students were proficient in English language and [Read More…]

RyanJLane/iStock(NEW YORK) — For some travelers, plane rides are already long enough without a screaming baby sitting next to you. That’s exactly what one airline is trying to avoid with a new feature that tells [Read More…]

JHVEPhoto/iStock(DETROIT) — As the United Auto Workers strike at General Motors nears its second full week, some headway has been made at the negotiating table, sources told ABC News. A deal could be struck by [Read More…]

RgStudio/iStock(LAWTON, Okla.) — The soon-to-released psychological thriller Joker starring Oscar-nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix has prompted a “credible potential mass shooting” threat on a movie theater somewhere in the United States, military officials warned in a [Read More…]

Jetlinerimages/iStock(DENVER) — When a passenger became stuck in the bathroom aboard a cross-country flight to California, the plane was forced to make an unexpected stop in Colorado so a fire crew could help disable the [Read More…]

U.S. National Guard, FILE(FORT POLK, La.) — One service member was killed and three others were injured during an Army helicopter accident at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and Fort Polk training area in [Read More…]

A prototype of the transforming robot Shapeshifter is tested in the robotics yard at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Shapeshifter is made of smaller robots that can morph into rolling spheres, flying drones, swimming submersibles, and [Read More…]

youngvet/iStock(NEW YORK) — One lucky lottery player in Texas has a $227 million prize waiting for them. Someone purchased the winning Mega Millions ticket on Tuesday at a Lakeline Express Mart in the city of [Read More…]

KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) — A Texas man sued his employer this week, claiming the company failed to take action when he complained about rampant racial harassment from white co-workers, who allegedly taunted him because he is black. Taye [Read More…]

Chanintorn.v/iStock(MORENO VALLEY, Calif.) — A 13-year-old student who was in critical condition after a school fight with two other students has been declared brain dead, police said Wednesday. The teen, who has only been identified [Read More…]

The Mitchell School District is using technology to combat “vaping” in school bathrooms. Superintendent Joe Graves says the district has been using two portable vaping sensors for about eight months. “They’re pretty discreet,” said Graves. [Read More…]

amphotora/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — A California grand jury will not indict an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed man inside a Costco, officials announced Wednesday. Officer Salvador Sanchez, a member [Read More…]