Month: June 2023

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Renowned Hollywood director and Titanic researcher James Cameron has compared the tragic loss of the submersible Titan to the very thing that may have led the Titanic to its own [Read More…]

North Dakota Woman Arrested for Aggravated Assault After Bar Fight in Rapid City

A North Dakota woman was arrested early Sunday morning after a fight broke out at a Main Street bar in Rapid City. Victoria Ramirez, 22, is accused of assaulting a woman and a security guard [Read More…]

Sioux Falls Man Accused of Threatening to Shoot Judge Remains in Jail

A Sioux Falls man accused of threatening to shoot a judge remains in the Minnehaha County Jail. Gregory Roberts appeared in court Thursday afternoon, where the prosecutor said he has a meth problem and has [Read More…]

Progressives launch their own campaign to flip school board seats nationwide

Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A progressive group plans to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars into an effort to elect hundreds of left-leaning school board members across the country — underscoring how those local [Read More…]

Victor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, with expectations of stardom

NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Wembanyama was the presumed No. 1 pick for months, the rare certainty in an NBA draft process that’s often a guessing game. Yet as the clock above the stage he [Read More…]

Becky Blue of Brandon and Pat Moran of Sioux Falls named to the 2023 South Dakota Tennis Hall of Fame

Becky Blue of Brandon and Pat Moran of Sioux Falls will be inducted into the SD Tennis Hall of Fame Sunday, July 16 as the Class of 2023. The 11 a.m. induction ceremony will once [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 6/22/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 6, Boston 0 Cleveland 6, Oakland 1 Kansas City 6, Tampa Bay 5 Seattle 10, NY Yankees [Read More…]

Doctors face tough decision to leave states with abortion bans

ABC News Photo Illustration / Alex Gilbeaux (NEW YORK) — Dr. Nicole Teal, a maternal fetal medicine specialist, had just finished her training in North Carolina, when she was offered a good position in the [Read More…]

‘Asteroid City’ cast dish on Wes Anderson’s new sci-fi comedy

Focus Features Aliens, celebrity, grief, quarantine — just a few of the things explored in the new Wes Anderson movie Asteroid City, out this weekend in wide release, which stars huge names, including Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Steve Carell and Anderson staple Jason [Read More…]

Denny McCarthy shoots 60, Rory McIlroy has his first ace on PGA Tour in the Travelers Championship

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Denny McCarthy came inches from shooting a 59, settling for a 10-under 60 on Thursday for the lowest round of his PGA Tour career, and Rory McIlroy made his first ace [Read More…]

Deion Sanders says he will undergo surgery for blood clots in both legs

Deion Sanders is scheduled to undergo surgery Friday for a blood clot in each leg, the University of Colorado football coach revealed in a video he posted. The news of Coach Prime’s impending procedure began [Read More…]

Joe Ryan pitches Twins first shutout in 5 years, 6-0 win over Red Sox

June 22, 2023 Travis Kriens

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Ryan pitched a three-hitter for Minnesota’s first complete-game shutout in five years, Byron Buxton became the first player in at least nine seasons to hit a pair of 460-foot home runs [Read More…]

Missing Titanic submersible live updates: Navy detected sound of the implosion Sunday

File image of the Titan submersible prior to commence diving. (Ocean Gate) (NEW YORK) — The search is intensifying for a submersible carrying five people that vanished while on a tour of the Titanic wreckage [Read More…]

Rise in anti-LGBTQ hate and extremism captured in new reports

Alexander Spatari/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two newly released reports capture the growing anti-LGBTQ+ extremism across the U.S., that has led to protests, threats and violence against the queer community. A new report from the [Read More…]

Former FLDS members fear their children’s disappearance is part of Warren Jeffs’ prophecy

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Lorraine Jessop’s three youngest children – Nathan, Summer, and Benjamin – have been missing since Feb. 4, 2023. According to court documents, they ran away. “I checked on them at [Read More…]

Police department in Georgia apologizes over image of Black man used for target practice

VIlla Rica Police Department (VILLA RICA, Ga.) — A police department in Georgia is apologizing after posting now-deleted footage showed several white participants in a handgun training course shooting a photo of a Black man [Read More…]

Titanic submersible: What a ‘catastrophic implosion’ means and what officials found

Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A submersible carrying five people while on a trip to the Titanic wreckage suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said at [Read More…]

FEC says it doesn’t have authority to regulate AI content in political ads

Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Most members of the Federal Election Commission on Thursday said they did not have the authority to act on a petition to impose regulations on content [Read More…]

IRS whistleblowers claimed senior officials stymied efforts to prosecute Hunter Biden

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans on Thursday released transcripts of their interviews with two IRS whistleblowers who in April accused the Justice Department of granting Hunter Biden “preferential treatment” during its yearslong probe [Read More…]

CDC advisors recommend RSV vaccine approval. What it means for older adults