Month: March 2022
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Gabrielle Union joins Octavia Spencer in ‘Truth Be Told’, and more
Gabrielle Union has joined the cast of Apple TV+’s drama Truth Be Told as a new co-lead opposite Octavia Spencer for the show’s third season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The anthology series, based on [Read More…]
Ag News
US and Japan reach agreement on beef safeguard
The United States and Japan have reached an agreement to increase the beef safeguard trigger level to prevent a higher tariff from being imposed on US beef. During a call with reporters, Assistant US Trade [Read More…]
ABC Business News
With oligarchs in the crosshairs, alleged Western ‘enablers’ attract fresh scrutiny
IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As governments scramble to seize high-profile assets owned by Russian oligarchs, a quiet effort is gaining momentum in the West to target their alleged “enablers” — the lawyers, lobbyists and [Read More…]
ABC Health News
With fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses looming, experts say not so fast
IMAGINESTOCK/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Even as most eligible Americans have yet to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine boosters, Pfizer and Moderna have now asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize yet another booster [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID long-hauler marks two years grappling with ‘bewildering array’ of symptoms
Jennifer Dornan-Fish (NEW YORK) — Jennifer Dornan-Fish is marking two years grappling with the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on her body. She said her road to recovery from the virus has been mired in a [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Mom on mission to show daughter with rare birthmark that she is beautiful
Nicole Lucas Hall (NEW YORK) — One mother is dedicated to reaffirming that her daughter is beyond beautiful. Nicole Hall’s daughter, Winry, was born with an extremely rare birthmark called congenital melanocytic nevi, or CMN. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings live updates: Outside witnesses on final day
Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, has completed two full days of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee: 13 hours [Read More…]
ABC National News
Where anti-critical race theory efforts have reached
GlobalStock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Since 2020, legislation on race education has popped up across the country. A total of 35 states so far have signed into law or proposed legislation banning or restricting the teaching [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
South Dakota’s March Madness success elicits statewide pride
Mandy Koupal and a South Dakota teammate from nearly two decades ago didn’t want to jinx it, but as the Coyotes were closing in on their upset of Baylor and first appearance in the NCAA Sweet [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Vikings try to ‘live in today and tomorrow’ this offseason
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — When the Minnesota Vikings hired a new general manager and head coach, the natural expectation from outside was that major roster moves would follow. The Vikings have, instead, kept their best [Read More…]
Latest News
Suit filed over threat to ban Native Americans from hotel
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a federal courthouse in a South Dakota city Wednesday to cheer the filing of a federal lawsuit over a hotel owner’s pledge to ban Native [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nicola Coughlan dishes on ‘Bridgerton’ season two
LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX It’s a big week for Bridgerton fans! The hit Netflix show returns Friday for season two, with all the scandal and sexiness we’ve come to expect from the period drama. After a successful [Read More…]
Ag News
New tools in the fight against weed resistance
By stealing water and nutrients from the crop, weeds are on the biggest yield robbers farmers face each growing season. In this Managing for Profit, Lynn Justesen, UPL Tech Service Lead says UPL offers a [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 3/23/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Detroit 122, Atlanta 101 New York 121, Charlotte 106 Sacramento 110, Indiana 109 Boston 125, Utah 97 Memphis 132, Brooklyn [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Conservatives push back against fellow Republicans’ anti-LGBTQ bills
Norberto Cuenca/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A growing number of conservatives are speaking out against the wave of anti-LGBTQ bills being proposed by Republican legislators nationwide. Conservatives Against Discrimination, a group that aims to protect LGBTQ [Read More…]
ABC National News
Family of man killed by sheriff’s deputy say he was in mental health crisis
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (COLUMBIA, South Carolina) — A man’s family is speaking out after he was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer in Columbia, South Carolina. Irvin D. Moorer Charley, 34, whose family [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: US slams Russia’s plans to partially reopen stock market
Stringer/Anadolu Agency 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…]
ABC World News
Ukraine’s lead negotiator says talks with Russia could take months
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s lead negotiator in peace talks with Russia has said he believes the negotiations with Moscow are “absolutely real,” but has warned it may take months to reach a deal [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine updates: Putin blocking hundreds of ships in Black Sea: EC
FADEL SENNA/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…]
Weather
Fire Weather Watch issued March 24 at 2:53AM MDT until March 25 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS
…FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA…SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA…NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA…AND FAR NORTHWESTERN IOWA… The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls [Read More…]