Month: May 2022

Scott Garfield/Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise earned his first 100 million dollar domestic opening weekend with the estimated $124 million debut of Top Gun: Maverick, over the three-day weekend — almost doubling his previous best. It’s projected to hit [Read More…]

Unlikely monkeypox outbreak will turn into a pandemic, WHO says

Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The World Health Organization said Monday it doesn’t believe the monkeypox outbreak currently spreading around the world will turn into a pandemic. Since May 13, at [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 5/30/22

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 7, Minnesota 5 Houston 5, Oakland 1 Cleveland 7, Kansas City 3 Baltimore 10, Boston 0 Texas [Read More…]

Biden is ‘going to continue to push’ for gun compromise as White House says it’s up to Congress

Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden told reporters on Monday he spent more than three and a half hours with survivors and the families of victims of last week’s mass shooting [Read More…]

Video appears to show Texas 911 dispatchers relaying information from children in classroom

Jesse Ortiz (UVALDE, Texas) — Video obtained by ABC News, taken outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, as last week’s massacre was unfolding inside, appears to capture a 911 dispatcher alerting officers on scene [Read More…]

Two missing, 10 rescued after kayakers go over Virginia dam

Heath Korvola/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — Two females are missing after a group of 12 kayakers became stranded and then went over Bosher’s Dam in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday afternoon. Ten victims were rescued, including [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russians, Ukrainians fight street by street in key city

Rick Mave/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine updates: French journalist killed in Ukraine

John Moore/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. Ukrainian [Read More…]

Flat Owlie visits FSD

Wind Advisory issued May 30 at 6:40PM MDT until May 31 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS

…WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY… * WHAT…South winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * WHERE…Portions of east central and southeast South Dakota, northeast Nebraska, northwest [Read More…]

Wind Advisory issued May 30 at 3:05PM MDT until May 30 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS

…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * WHERE…Gregory, Miner, Aurora, Davison, Hanson, Charles Mix and Douglas Counties. This [Read More…]

Sonny Gray and Zack Greinke hurt as Twins beat Royals 7-3

May 30, 2022 Travis Kriens

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s Sonny Gray and Kansas City’s Zack Greinke left Sunday’s game with injuries, leaving their teams to wonder how much time each will miss. Gray cruised and was backed by Gio Urshela’s [Read More…]

Governors diverge on gun control, school security efforts

May 30, 2022 Travis Kriens

As the U.S. mourns the victims of its latest mass shooting — 19 elementary school students and two teachers gunned down in Texas — Democratic governors are amplifying their calls for greater restrictions on guns. Many Republican [Read More…]

No state charge for billionaire Sanford in child porn probe

May 30, 2022 Travis Kriens

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota attorney general’s office has declined to file charges against billionaire T. Denny Sanford following an investigation into possible possession of child pornography, saying it found no “prosecutable [Read More…]

Biden marks Memorial Day with wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery

narvikk/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden headed to Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day to take part in the traditional wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, along with first lady Jill Biden [Read More…]

Celebrity Chef Todd English talks about his new cannabis-infused food line

LastLeaf (NEW YORK) — Todd English is the latest celebrity chef to embrace cooking with cannabis. The James Beard award-winning chef and restaurateur recently rolled out his cannabis-infused line of gourmet mac and cheese, the [Read More…]

Texas school shooting live updates: Two injured adults upgraded to good condition

Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — A small town in rural Texas is reeling after a gunman opened fire at an elementary school on Tuesday, killing 19 children. Two teachers were also [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: French journalist killed in Ukraine

John Moore/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. Ukrainian [Read More…]

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 30 at 12:04PM MDT until May 30 at 12:45PM MDT by NWS

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… Southeastern Davison County in southeastern South Dakota… Southwestern McCook County in southeastern South Dakota… Hanson County in southeastern South Dakota… [Read More…]

Celtics to face Warriors in NBA Finals