Year: 2022
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Marijuana debate on the table again in legislative session
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Debate on marijuana will be on the table again as state lawmakers gather for the 2022 legislative session in South Dakota this month. So far, more than two dozen of 38 [Read More…]
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As South Dakota campaigns launch, Thune mulls retirement
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota political candidates are revving into full campaign mode this week with one big exception: Republican Sen. John Thune, who has delayed a reelection announcement as he considers retirement. [Read More…]
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SD committee investigating AG subpoena crash investigators
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers on Wednesday subpoenaed law enforcement officials and crash investigation documents as they weigh whether the state’s attorney general should be impeached for his conduct in a fatal [Read More…]
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State records highest number of active COVID cases in year
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota has recorded the highest number of active COVID-19 cases in more than a year. State health officials reported 8,323 active cases on Thursday, the most since Dec. 21, [Read More…]
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South Dakota minimum wage to jump 50 cents in January
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s minimum wage will go up on Saturday. The minimum wage will rise 50 cents on Jan. 1, from $9.45 an hour to $9.95 an hour. A state law passed [Read More…]
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South Dakota AG impeachment investigation begins in secrecy
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers met behind closed doors on Tuesday as they launched an impeachment investigation into the state attorney general for his conduct surrounding a fatal car crash last year. [Read More…]
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South Dakota reserves jump 42% thanks to COVID relief funds
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s reserves increased 42% in one year thanks to an influx of federal COVID-19 relief dollars, according to a new report. South Dakota Public Broadcasting reported Thursday that the state’s 2021 [Read More…]
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Betty White’s rep says actress died of “natural causes”
RBL/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images As the entertainment world and her legions of fans mourns the death of Betty White, a rep for the beloved Golden Girls and Mary Tyler Moore Emmy winner has revealed her cause of death on December 31. Via [Read More…]
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Halle Berry fakes a wedding; Lori Harvey calls Michael B. Jordan her “Babydaddy,” and more
Halle Berry and Van Hunt in October, 2021; Amy Sussman/Getty Images Halle Berry has been married three times, and on New Year’s Day, she had people all around the world convinced she had tied the knot [Read More…]
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“Vaxxed and boosted” Whoopi Goldberg absent from ‘The View’ after testing positive for COVID-19
ABC On Monday’s installment of ABC’s The View, co-host Joy Behar announced that Whoopi Goldberg wouldn’t be appearing on the show for a spell, after testing positive for COVID-19 over the holiday break. “Since she’s vaxxed and boosted, her symptoms have [Read More…]
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Tessa Thompson looks very much the Queen of Asgard in jacked ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ dressing-room photo
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images At the end of Avengers: Endgame, Chris Hemsworth‘s Thor steps aside as King of Asgard, leaving things in the capable hands of Tessa Thompson‘s Valkyrie. But with a new mirror selfie snap from Thompson’s dressing room on [Read More…]
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‘The Bachelor’, by the numbers, and for the right reasons
ABC/Pamela Littky With the 26th season of The Bachelor kicking off on ABC tonight with Clayton Echard looking for love, any fan can tell you their favorite TV guilty pleasure has its share of clichés, from contestants to catchphrases. [Read More…]
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Powerball jumps to over $522M following another winless drawing
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Another week, another chance to become a bigger multi-millionaire. No one had the winning numbers for Saturday’s half-billion-dollar Powerball jackpot, and the purse has now grown to over $522 [Read More…]
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FDA authorizes Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year olds
JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds. The moves comes as schools reopen after the holiday break. In a release, the [Read More…]
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Fauci: Testing negative to end COVID isolation now under consideration
Al Bello/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amid pushback from some public health officials on new Centers for Disease Control guidance for individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19, which does not require a negative test [Read More…]
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Five ways to deal with anxiety during the holidays amid the omicron surge
Xesai/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the explosion of coronavirus cases in the U.S., fueled in part by the highly contagious omicron variant, Americans are once again facing a wave of sickness and the anxiety [Read More…]
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Disabled community ‘left behind’ in vaccine rollout one year later
ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN/ANP/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Hundreds to thousands of calls come in to the Disability Information and Access Line (DIAL) each week from disabled people across the country with questions about COVID-19, [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 1/2/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Toronto 120, New York 105 Sacramento 115, Miami 113 Cleveland 108, Indiana 104 Boston 116 Orlando 111 (OT) Dallas 95, [Read More…]
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Cuomo not charged with COVID nursing home deaths: Manhattan DA
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — The Manhattan District Attorney’s office will not file criminal charges in connection with the handling of coronavirus deaths in New York nursing homes during the tenure of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, [Read More…]
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Republican Liz Cheney calls Trump ‘clearly unfit for future office’
Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., the top Republican on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, said former President Donald Trump is “clearly unfit for [Read More…]