Month: August 2023

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Seven people were injured as a car drove into a crowd in midtown Manhattan on Sunday night, police said. All of the injured had non-life-threatening injuries, according to a [Read More…]

Maui wildfires live updates: 850 missing after Lahaina fire

FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The deadly wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history, officials said. The blazes [Read More…]

One dead, eight wounded, in Philadelphia block party shooting

August 21, 2023 Travis Kriens

kali9/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — A gunbattle erupted at a Philadelphia block party over the weekend, leaving a teenager dead and eight other people injured, according to police. The shooting unfolded early Saturday in the Parkside [Read More…]

Jeff Meyerink Named Interim Head Golf Coach at Dakota Wesleyan

Mitchell, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan athletic director, Jon Hart has officially announced the appointment of ’05 DWU graduate Jeff Meyerink. Hart spoke on the appointment, “We are extremely excited to add someone of Jeff’s caliber to [Read More…]

More hearings begin soon for Summit’s proposed CO2 pipeline. Where does the project stand?

August 21, 2023 Travis Kriens

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Public utility regulators in Iowa will begin a hearing Tuesday on a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline for transporting emissions of the climate-warming greenhouse gas for storage underground that has been met [Read More…]

President Biden, first lady to visit Maui and hear from survivors after devastating wildfires

Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will visit Maui on Monday to observe the damage and recovery from devastating wildfires on the Hawaiian island that started earlier this month. [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 8/20/23

August 21, 2023 Travis Kriens

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Toronto 10, Cincinnati 3 Chi Cubs 4, Kansas City 3 Minnesota 2, Pittsburgh 0 Milwaukee 6, Texas 2 Chi [Read More…]

Higher taxes and fees fix hundreds of bridges in South Dakota, but some local governments don’t participate

(Makenzie Huber – South Dakota Searchlight) – In 2015, nearly 25% of locally owned bridges in South Dakota were in poor condition. Eight years later, more than $142 million in taxpayer funding has been spent [Read More…]

‘Blue Beetle’ crawls past ‘Barbie,’ topping the box office with $25.4 million

DC Films DC Films’ Blue Beetle ended Barbie‘s four-week reign at the top of the domestic box office, despite falling short of expectations with an estimated $25.4 million debut. Blue Beetle, starring Cobra Kai‘s Xolo Maridueña [SHOW-low Mar-i-DWANE-ya] as the titular character, [Read More…]

Weather

Excessive Heat Warning issued August 21 at 2:34AM MDT until August 23 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS

August 21, 2023 J.P. Skelly

…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT WEDNESDAY… * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 115 expected. * WHERE…Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest [Read More…]

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Excessive Heat Warning issued August 20 at 8:08PM MDT until August 23 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS

…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 10 PM CDT WEDNESDAY… * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110 expected. * WHERE…Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest [Read More…]

Russian spacecraft crashes into the moon

Brais Seara/Getty Images (LONDON) — An uncrewed Russian spacecraft spun out of control during orbit and crashed into the moon, according to the country’s space agency. The Luna-25 craft lost contact with officials in Russia following [Read More…]

Tropical Storm Hilary live updates: Hilary makes landfall in Baja California, Mexico

ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Tropical storm warnings are in effect for more than 42 million Americans in Southern California, as Hilary is expected to be the first storm of its kind to hit the region [Read More…]

Dangerous, life-threatening weather events happening simultaneously throughout US Sunday

ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Several dangerous and potentially catastrophic weather events will be happening simultaneously over the country on Sunday, forecasts show. The events include flash flooding, extreme heat and poor air quality from wildfires, [Read More…]

Meadows told special counsel he could not recall Trump ever declassifying Mar-a-Lago docs: Sources

Chris Kleponis/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Appearing to contradict former President Donald Trump’s primary public defense in the classified documents case, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has told special counsel Jack Smith’s [Read More…]

Pence suggests Trump could still show up to debate

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence, eager for the opportunity to debate his boss of four years, suggested former President Donald Trump might still debate in Milwaukee this week — despite sources indicating [Read More…]

Biden will see ‘complete and utter devastation’ during Maui visit: FEMA administrator

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will see the “complete and utter devastation” from the Maui wildfires in Hawaii when he visits Monday but also offer a sense of “hope,” Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator [Read More…]

Weather

Excessive Heat Warning issued August 20 at 1:41PM MDT until August 23 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS

…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 10 PM CDT WEDNESDAY… * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110 expected. * WHERE…Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, [Read More…]

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Excessive Heat Watch issued August 20 at 10:37AM MDT until August 23 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS

…EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING… * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110 possible. * WHERE…Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast [Read More…]

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Excessive Heat Watch issued August 20 at 2:46AM MDT until August 23 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS