Year: 2021
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Don’t give kids pain reliever before vaccine, CDC says
AlxeyPnferov/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 750,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
ABC National News
FAA refers 37 of the ‘most egregious’ unruly passenger cases to FBI for criminal review
guvendemir/iStock (WASHINGTON) — With the rise in airline passengers has come a rise in violence and aggression in the nation’s airports and onboard flights. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been sounding the alarm on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Juror booted in Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial over Jacob Blake joke
imaginima/iStock (KENOSHA, Wis.) — A juror in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial in Wisconsin was booted from the case Thursday morning after he acknowledged that he told a tasteless joke to a deputy. The man, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ahmaud Arbery’s mother ‘very’ discouraged by makeup of nearly all white jury
isayildiz/iStock (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — The mother of Ahmaud Arbery said it is “very, very discouraging” that the jury impaneled in the trial of the Georgia men accused of chasing down and killing her son is [Read More…]
ABC World News
At Afghanistan’s northern border, worries about what comes next
ABC News (RUZVAT, Tajikistan) — In many places along Tajikistan’s border with Afghanistan, the countries are separated by just a few yards of water — the narrow Panj River. There are no walls or fences, [Read More…]
ABC World News
COP26 updates: Summit focuses on accelerating transition to clean energy
oonal/iStock (GLASGOW, Scotland) — Leaders from nearly every country in the world have converged upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference that experts are touting as the most important environmental summit [Read More…]
ABC World News
Up close with Prince William’s Earthshot Prize winners
Alastair Grant – Pool/Getty Images (GLASGOW, Scotland) — Eshrat Waris called just attending the COP26 climate summit and meeting Prince William in Glasgow, Scotland, this week an “out of body experience.” Being handed 1 million [Read More…]
ABC World News
COP26: These are the young activists taking the fight against global warming by storm
piyaset/iStock (NEW YORK) — Young people are taking climate action into their own hands as distrust over lawmakers’ ability to tackle global warming continues to grow. Children and young adults are experiencing “widespread” psychological distress [Read More…]
ABC World News
Missing girl found in Australia, man in custody: ‘Our family is whole again’
Colin Murty/Newspix via Getty Images (CARNARVON, Australia) — A 36-year-old man is now in custody following the rescue of missing 4-year-old Cleo Smith, who disappeared 18 days ago while camping with her family, the Western [Read More…]
Ag News
More losses for grains, oilseeds
Soybeans were sharply lower on profit taking and technical selling. Near-term U.S. harvest conditions should allow some areas to wrap up and conditions in South America are favorable ahead of full emergence of La Nina. [Read More…]
Ag News
Could 18 to 20-year-old truck drivers help fix supply chain bottlenecks?
The Midwest Truckers Association says the Department of Transportation (DOT) is kicking the tires on a pilot program that could help improve supply chain bottlenecks. Executive Director Don Schaefer tells Brownfield the program could allow [Read More…]
Ag News
Midwestern Governors want year-round E15
A group of Midwestern Governors is asking the EPA to allow year-round E15 sales. In a letter to Administrator Michael Regan, the governors urge Regan to use his authority under Section 211 of the Clean [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: November 4, 2021
Dec. corn closed at $5.59 and 1/4, down 4 and 3/4 centsNov. soybeans closed at $12.09 and 1/4, down 22 and 1/4 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $335.80, down $5.00Dec. soybean oil closed at 59.58, [Read More…]
Ag News
Illinois, Iowa Representatives oppose suggested reductions to biofuel RVO’s
An Illinois Congresswoman spoke out against lowering Renewable Volume Obligation mandates in the Renewable Fuels Standard. During a House Ag Committee hearing Wednesday, Cheri Bustos urged the EPA not to set lower 2021 and 2022 [Read More…]
News
Public Utilities Commission urges consumers to plan for 3G phase out in 2022
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission wants South Dakotans to be aware that all major mobile carriers, including AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, plan to phase out their 3G networks in 2022. The decommissioning of 3G [Read More…]
News
Covid-19 vaccinations now available for Ages 5 and up
Avera and other COVID-19 vaccine distributors can now offer vaccines to children ages 5-11. Anyone age 5 and older now can be vaccinated against the virus that has caused 3.2 million hospitalizations and 740,000 deaths [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Georgia, Alabama, Michigan State, Oregon top CFP rankings
Georgia, Alabama, Michigan State and Oregon will start the College Football Playoff race in prime position at the top of the selection committee’s rankings. Unbeaten Cincinnati is going to need some help to make history [Read More…]
Latest News
Sanford: 97% of workforce complying with vaccine mandate
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Sanford Health, a dominant provider of health care in the Upper Midwest, said that 97% of its workforce has complied with a mandate to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Monday or [Read More…]
Latest News
Retailers association offers cash incentive to lure workers
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota has not been immune to the labor shortages that are plaguing businesses nationwide. That’s prompted the South Dakota Retailers Association to offer a cash incentive of $1,000 to try [Read More…]
Latest News
South Dakota speaker names panel to weigh AG’s impeachment
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House speaker on Tuesday named the six fellow Republicans and two Democrats who will join him in looking into the investigation of a fatal crash caused by [Read More…]
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