Year: 2022

Abbie Parr/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Brittney Griner is doing well while recovering in Texas after being freed from Russian detention and returning to the U.S. last week, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby [Read More…]

How US came back from mpox outbreak

Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A couple of months ago, the mpox outbreak seemed poised to overwhelm the United States. Cases were, in some instances, doubling every [Read More…]

Impacted by inflation, workers in academia, make demands

December 11, 2022 nedvedmedia

Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Like many industries, graduate student workers at colleges and universities around the country are demanding better pay and living conditions from their employers as inflation [Read More…]

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Additional HPAI cases confirmed in Iowa

Two new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been confirmed in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says the virus was found in commercial turkey flocks in Cherokee and Buena Vista [Read More…]

Helicopter raid kills Islamic State officials in Syria, US says

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A U.S. helicopter raid killed two members of the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria early Sunday morning local time, U.S. Central Command announced later that day. Among those killed were [Read More…]

Suspect in 1988 Pan Am 103 explosion that killed 270 people taken into custody by US

Jane Barlow – WPA Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly 34 years after 270 people, including 190 Americans, died in the mid-air bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, the Libyan intelligence officer accused [Read More…]

Artemis I Orion capsule splashes down after NASA mission near moon

Caroline Brehman-Pool/Getty Images (SAN DIEGO) — The Artemis I Orion capsule has splashed down after a 25-day trip that reached within 60 miles of the moon, completing the first step in an ambitious plan to [Read More…]

Rep. Kinzinger welcomes Griner’s release but worries prisoner swap could encourage more hostage-taking

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday celebrated the release of Brittney Griner from Russia but said he was worried about the future “ramifications” from prisoner swaps like the one that earned Griner’s [Read More…]

USC’s Williams wins Heisman after leading Trojan turnaround

NEW YORK (AP) — Caleb Williams brought sizzle, excitement and star power back to Southern California football. And now the Heisman Trophy, too. Williams, the dynamic quarterback who was the catalyst for the Trojans’ turnaround season, [Read More…]

South Dakota St. comeback tops Eastern Washington 77-76

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Zeke Mayo drove left, spun back to his right and leaned into a jumper in the lane with two seconds left to cap a 23-point South Dakota State comeback to edge [Read More…]

Selland, South Dakota State women top No. 24 Kansas State

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Myah Selland scored nine of her 20 points in the fourth quarter and South Dakota State held off No. 24 Kansas State 82-78 on Saturday, the Jackrabbits’ third win over [Read More…]

No. 1 seed Jackrabbits pull away in 4th quarter in FCS semis

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Mark Gronowski passed to Jaxon Janke for the go-ahead touchdown and South Dakota State scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to break away from Holy Cross for a 42-21 win [Read More…]

Eagle saved from atop 120-foot tall radio tower lightning rod

MacClenny Fire and Rescue Department/Facebook (MACCLENNY, Fla.) — First responders rescued an eagle impaled by a lightning rod atop a 120 -foot radio tower at St. George Elementary in MacClenny, Florida. Fire department crews responded [Read More…]

Decomposing body of likely pregnant woman found during fatal shooting arrest: Police

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (SILVER SPRING, Md.) — Officers seeking a suspect in a fatal shooting at a Maryland gas station made a “surprising discovery” when they found the decomposing body of a likely pregnant woman [Read More…]

Rally for Shanquella Robinson, American tourist who died in Mexico, to be held Saturday

Courtsey Quilla Long (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — A rally for Shanquella Robinson, the American woman who died while vacationing in Mexico in what local authorities are investigating as a femicide, is scheduled to be held Saturday. [Read More…]

Sam Bankman-Fried to testify as lawmakers demand answers on FTX’s downfall