Month: March 2022
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Hinker named AA Boys Player of the Year
Caden Hinker of Mitchell was named Class AA Boys Basketball Player of the Year on Tuesday. The Augustana recruit led Mitchell to a second consecutive State Tournament appearance this season, while averaging 22.2 points, 9.2 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock, Academy after slapping comedian during Oscars
ABC/AMPAS (NOTE LANGUAGE) Actor Will Smith apologized Monday for slapping Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, at the Oscars. “I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 committee recommends Navarro, Scavino be held in contempt of Congress
Stefani Reynolds/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack recommended on Monday that the full chamber hold senior Trump White House officials in contempt of Congress for [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: G-7 responds to Russia’s demand for gas payment in rubles
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]
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South Dakota House committee recommends no AG impeachment
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota House committee recommended on Monday that the state’s attorney general face no impeachment charges for his actions surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash. Gov. Kristi Noem had pushed for Attorney [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Correa promises ‘championship culture’ for luckless Twins
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Carlos Correa has declared October “his time.” It certainly hasn’t been Minnesota’s. The Twins hope Correa can fix that, even if his stay in Minneapolis is short. “I want to [Read More…]
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South Dakota lawmakers fail to override Noem’s 3 vetoes
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Legislature failed to override three vetoes from Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday, killing multiple proposals. The three bills on Monday all failed to garner the two-thirds majority necessary [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Academy launching “formal review” of Will Smith after slapping Chris Rock at Oscars
ABC The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is launching a “formal review” of the confrontation between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars when Smith walked on stage and slapped Rock [Read More…]
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Kim Kardashian says her “work” comments to women were “taken out of context”
ABC News (NOTE LANGUAGE) Kim Kardashian has responded to the backlash she received after telling women to hustle harder. Kardashian told Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts in a new interview that the comments she made in a Variety profile earlier this month [Read More…]
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Oscars ratings rise from last year’s least-watched telecast
ABC News There’s good news and bad news when it comes to the ratings for Sunday night’s Oscars telecast. First, the good: the telecast saw a 56% jump in viewership from last year, according to [Read More…]
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Ready for ‘Dune II’? Oscar winning cinematographer promises a “bigger and better” sequel
David Livingston/Getty Images While the Denis Villeneuve film Dune scored six Oscars Sunday night, he and the craftspeople behind it are already working on its sequel. Backstage at the Oscars Sunday night, with his newly-engraved Academy Award in hand, [Read More…]
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Simone Biles, Kamala Harris among ‘USA Today”s Women of the Year
Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images USA Today announced its 2022 Women of the Year on Monday, and the list includes Vice President Kamala Harris and Olympic Gold medalist, Simone Biles. In recognizing the 64 honorees who “are strong and resilient women [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate Judiciary chair says Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from Jan. 6 cases
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chairman Dick Durbin, is calling on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from Jan. 6-related cases following reports that Thomas’ wife, Ginni [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
US Capitol resumes limited tours 2 years after pandemic began
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Capitol finally reopened its doors Monday after being closed for nearly two years due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It will be a limited reopening that will involve [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 panel expected to request interview with Ginni Thomas following revelations of texts
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is expected to ask the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, for her cooperation following [Read More…]
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Ukrainian forces retake Trostyanets, town in northeast
Glowimages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine’s efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. defense official told reporters Friday [Read More…]
Ag News
President Biden proposes FY 2023 budget, includes funding increases for USDA
President Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2023 includes more than $28 billion in discretionary funding for the USDA. That is a $4.2 billion, or 17% increase from the 2021 enacted level. The White House says [Read More…]
Ag News
Senator: farm bill discussions continue
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown says the Senate Agriculture Committee has begun discussing the 2023 Farm Bill. “We are already talking about how we begin to gather information so the farm bill can be on time [Read More…]
Ag News
Farm Bureau says Prop 12 could have implications beyond pork industry
Farm Bureau Senior Counsel for Public Policy Travis Cushman says if California’s Proposition 12 was implemented it could have broader implications for all of US agriculture. “The precedent it sets outside the pork industry, this [Read More…]
Ag News
Feenstra says EPA has “no interest” in making E15 available this summer
A U.S. Representative says it will take an act of Congress to make sure E15 is available at pumps nationwide this summer. Iowa Republican Randy Feenstra tells Brownfield current regulations would prohibit the sale of [Read More…]
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