Month: August 2023

Pro-Christie PAC launches $400K ad buy in New Hampshire geared at swinging independent voters
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the Iowa State Fair now underway, much of the nation’s attention will soon turn to Des Moines as Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls descend on the [Read More…]

Megan Rapinoe shares emotional post following US Women’s World Cup exit
Joe Prior/Visionhaus via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Megan Rapinoe is saying goodbye to the U.S. Women’s National Team. In an emotional post that the U.S. soccer star shared on Instagram after the USWNT’s heartbreaking [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 8/10/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE St. Louis 5, Tampa Bay 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 5, Houston 4 Detroit 3, Minnesota 0 Cleveland 4, Toronto [Read More…]

Watertown Man Arrested Following Confrontation at Clear Lake Hotel
41-year-old Anthony Baker from Watertown was arrested earlier this week after an incident at a Clear Lake hotel. The Deuel County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of Baker, who was wanted in Codington County, [Read More…]

Hawaii native Jason Momoa “devastated and heartbroken” by Maui wildfires
Fiona Goodall/Getty Images for Universal Pictures Hawaii native Jason Momoa has offered his reaction to the devastating wildfires in Maui. “We are devastated and heartbroken for our friends and ‘ohana on Maui who [have] been impacted by [Read More…]

Maui wildfires live updates: Death toll climbs as at least 53 confirmed dead
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerous wildfires are spreading rapidly on Maui due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii. At least [Read More…]

SCOTUS pauses Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan over whether it can shield founders from opioid liability
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked Purdue Pharma’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy that shielded the founding Sackler families from liability in the nation’s opioid [Read More…]

The perfect storm of weather conditions that led to the devastating wildfires in Maui
NOAA (NEW YORK) — A perfect storm of weather conditions led to the massive inferno that has killed dozens of people in Maui and caused widespread destruction on an island best known as paradise. The [Read More…]

Ohio referendum jolts marquee Senate race
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (SANDUSKY, Ohio) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose put Ohio’s Issue 1, a measure that could have ultimately hindered statewide attempts at protecting abortion access, at the center of his recently [Read More…]

Political jockeying follows presidential candidates to the annual Iowa State Fair
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Grilling pork chops, chowing down on corn dogs, visiting the famous “Butter Cow” dairy sculpture: these festivities and more await the 2024 presidential candidates starting Thursday at [Read More…]

Group behind affirmative action case sues Black venture fund for alleged racial bias
Paras Griffin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fearless Fund, a venture capitalist firm that invests in female entrepreneurs of color, is now the target of a lawsuit launched by a group founded by the man who [Read More…]

Even Zoom brought workers back to the office. Here’s what it means.
(SAN JOSE, Calif.) — Zoom, whose sales and cultural prominence soared when the pandemic forced millions of workers to stay home, said last week that it plans to bring employees back to the office. The [Read More…]

SAG-AFTRA says Adam Driver, Penelope Cruz and ‘Ferrari’ cast can attend Venice Film Festival — but will they?
ABC News SAG-AFTRA has reportedly cleared Penelope Cruz, Adam Driver, Patrick Dempsey and the rest of the cast to promote their upcoming Michael Mann biopic Ferrari when it premieres at the Venice Film Festival, according [Read More…]

Cattle futures higher waiting for direct business to develop
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher, waiting for direct business to develop. Direct cash cattle trade activity picked up on Thursday. Bids did surface in the South at $177 live [Read More…]

Survey finds consumers largely prefer beef to protein alternatives
The latest Consumer Food Insights report from Purdue University’s Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability finds consumers overwhelmingly prefer beef to plant-based or cell-cultured alternatives. Joe Balagtas is the lead author of the study [Read More…]

Severe Weather Statement issued August 10 at 5:59PM MDT until August 10 at 6:30PM MDT by NWS
…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DAVISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT… The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. [Read More…]

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 10 at 5:52PM MDT until August 10 at 6:30PM MDT by NWS
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… Southeastern Davison County in southeastern South Dakota… Southwestern Hanson County in southeastern South Dakota… Northwestern Hutchinson County in southeastern South [Read More…]

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 10 at 5:39PM MDT until August 10 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DAVISON COUNTY… At 638 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mount Vernon, or 12 miles southwest of Mitchell, moving east [Read More…]

Severe Weather Statement issued August 10 at 5:39PM MDT until August 10 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DAVISON COUNTY… At 638 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mount Vernon, or 12 miles southwest of Mitchell, moving east [Read More…]

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 10 at 5:25PM MDT until August 10 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… Southwestern Davison County in southeastern South Dakota… Southeastern Aurora County in south central South Dakota… * Until 700 PM CDT. [Read More…]
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