Month: August 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi touches down in Taiwan despite China’s warnings
I-Hwa Cheng/Bloomberg via Getty Images (TAIPEI, Taiwan) — U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday despite repeated warnings not to from mainland China, which claims the island democracy as its [Read More…]
Princess Charlotte joins Prince William, Kate at 2022 Commonwealth Games
Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images (BIRMINGHAM, England) — Prince William and Kate attended the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, bringing along Princess Charlotte on the royal outing. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were [Read More…]
Heat Advisory issued August 02 at 10:30AM MDT until August 02 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Heat index values of 100 to 105 expected. The hottest readings will be in far southeast South Dakota, far northeast Nebraska, and northwest [Read More…]
Flood Warning issued August 02 at 9:02AM MDT until August 04 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… James River near Mitchell affecting Davison and Hanson Counties. James River at Huron affecting Beadle County. …FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING… [Read More…]
Lost dog reappears after 29 days in northern woods
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A dog that spent nearly a month lost in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area has been reunited with its owners. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Luigi, a black Labrador retriever mix, disappeared [Read More…]
Minnesota man charged in deadly Wisconsin river attack
HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — A 52-year-old Minnesota man was charged Monday with killing a teenager and stabbing four other people in a dispute that allegedly began with a lost cellphone during a weekend tubing excursion [Read More…]
Vikings’ Dantzler determined to shine in late friend’s honor
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Cameron Dantzler was the most obvious party to perhaps the lowest moment of last season for the Minnesota Vikings, when he backpedaled too deep in the end zone in Detroit and let the [Read More…]
Urshela hits 2-run HR in 10th, Twins rally past Tigers 5-3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gio Urshela went right back to work after his wife delivered their new daughter and gave the Minnesota Twins a critical comeback victory with the first game-ending home run of his career. [Read More…]
Montas to Yankees, Mancini to Astros ahead of trade deadline
NEW YORK (AP) — The trade market got busy ahead of Tuesday’s deadline, with the New York Yankees acquiring pitcher Frankie Montas from Oakland for four prospects. As contenders bulked up ahead of stretch runs and possible [Read More…]
Norman says Tiger Woods turned down $700-800M Saudi offer
Tiger Woods turned down an offer that Greg Norman says was “somewhere in that neighborhood” of $700 million to $800 million to take part in the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series. During an appearance on Fox [Read More…]
Union Pacific to spend $1B to upgrade 600 older locomotives
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific will spend more than $1 billion to upgrade 600 of its old diesel locomotives over the next three years and make them more efficient, but regulators still want it [Read More…]
North Dakota murderer kills himself in prison
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A man who was serving life sentences for killing four people at a North Dakota business in what authorities say was one of the state’s most gruesome crimes has killed himself in prison, [Read More…]
Iowa basketball league to settle youth exploitation lawsuit
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa-based youth basketball league agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by former players whose coach secretly recorded them undressing or obtained nude photos of them and is now [Read More…]
‘The Bachelorette’ recap: Rachel lays down the law as one of her suitors hides a devastating secret
ABC/Craig Sjodin Following last week’s shocking rose ceremony which split the the guys into two groups — team Gabby and team Rachel — Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette found the men boarding the Virgin Voyages Valiant Lady and setting sail across [Read More…]
Everybody back for ‘Nobody’ sequel, director says
Universal Pictures David Leitch, the director of Deadpool 2, and the John Wick movies, says “everybody” wants Nobody. The guy who called the shots on Bob Odenkirk‘s successful, surprising 2021 turn as action hero, tells [Read More…]
“We have lost a true star” – ‘Star Trek’ reboot lead Zoe Saldaña mourns her role’s originator, Nichelle Nichols
Maury Phillips/WireImage Zoe Saldaña took to Instagram to mourn the passing of Star Trek‘s Lt. Nyota Uhura, Nichelle Nichols, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 89. Saldaña succeeded Nichols in the [Read More…]
Stallone enters round 2 in ‘Rocky’ rights row with producer Irwin Winkler
Mike Marsland/WireImage Sylvester Stallone took to social media for round 2 in his bout against Irwin Winkler, the producer of the Rocky and Creed films. On Sunday night, Stallone went off on Winkler, depicting him [Read More…]
Angelina Jolie celebrates daughter Zahara heading to Spelman College
Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images Angelina Jolie has announced where her daughter Zahara will be attending college. The Academy Award-winning actress, 47, shared Sunday that 17-year-old Zahara will attend Spelman College, a historically Black liberal arts [Read More…]
Why the stock market rallied in July and what comes next, according to experts
Matteo Colombo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After a near-historic decline over the first half of the year, the S&P 500 — a popular index to which many 401(k) accounts are pegged — bounced back in [Read More…]
Apple, GE, other major US companies ask Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More than 60 major American companies that employ tens of thousands of U.S. workers are asking the Supreme Court to uphold the use of race as a factor in college [Read More…]
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