Month: September 2023

Mustafa Unal Uysal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (LONDON) — The evacuation of an American caver trapped underground in Turkey continued overnight, as a rescue team carrying him on a stretcher passed through a rest camp [Read More…]

Kim Jong Un departs Pyongyang en route to Russia, South Korean official says

pop_jop/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — A train presumed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un departed Pyongyang on Monday, beginning its journey to Russia for a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir [Read More…]

Top-Ranked Jacks Outlast No. 3 Montana State

Top-ranked South Dakota State scored three second-half touchdowns and survived a wild finish to outlast third-ranked Montana State, 20-16, before a sold-out Beef Bowl crowd of 19,332 Saturday night at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium. The [Read More…]

Tigers Complete Comeback with 17 Unanswered Points in the Fourth Quarter

Crete, Neb. – The Dakota Wesleyan Tigers faced a 10-0 hole heading into the fourth quarter but walked out of Crete with a 17-10 victory completing the 10-point comeback. Dakota Wesleyan leaned on the run game [Read More…]

Novak Djokovic wins US Open 2023

Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Novak Djokovic won the U.S. Open on Sunday, beating Russian Daniil Medvedev in straight sets. The three-hour and 17-minute slugfest ended with the Serbian winning 6-3, 7-6 [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 9/10/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE NY Mets 2, Minnesota 0 Houston 12, San Diego 2 NY Yankees 4, Milwaukee 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay [Read More…]

Rapid City apartments would offset all their energy use with solar panels

(Joshua Haiar – South Dakota Searchlight) – In what’s being described as a rare project for South Dakota, a developer is planning a six-building apartment complex in Rapid City with enough solar panels to offset [Read More…]

‘The Nun II’ scares up $32.6 million debut to top the weekend box office

Warner Bros. The Nun II opened with an estimated $32.6 million to top the domestic box office. The ninth film in the Conjuring universe — starring Taissa Farmiga and Jonas Blouquet reprising their respective roles of Sister Irene and Maurice, along with [Read More…]

Fatal Motorcycle Crash in Brule County near Kimball, South Dakota, Claims One Life

A fatal motorcycle crash occurred in Brule County on Saturday night when a Harley Davidson with a trailer experienced a flat tire, causing the vehicle to fishtail and roll. The driver, who was wearing a [Read More…]

Morocco earthquake live updates: More than 2,100 dead in rare, powerful quake

Said Echarif/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (MARAKECH, Morocco) — A rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night and killed at least 1,037 people in the country’s strongest quake in more than a century, [Read More…]

Hurricane Lee now a Category 3: Projected path, maps and tracker

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Lee is increasing in strength, becoming a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday as it churned over the Atlantic Ocean with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph. The hurricane is currently [Read More…]

Blinken pledges aid after Morocco earthquake, defends G20 statement on Ukraine war

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. “reached out immediately” to the Moroccan government in the wake of a devastating earthquake there and “made very clear to them that we are prepared to assist in any [Read More…]

Coons defends Biden amid poor polling as Sununu sticks with prediction Trump is in trouble

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Delaware Democratic Sen. Chris Coons and New Hampshire’s Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on Sunday weighed in on their respective parties’ 2024 prospects ahead of what appears to be an increasingly likely rematch [Read More…]

COVID numbers are rising again, but Fauci not predicting another ‘tsunami of hospitalizations and deaths’

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Amid a rise in COVID-19 infections — as seen by first lady Jill Biden’s recent bout with the virus — public health experts are tracking the numbers but aren’t “predicting that this [Read More…]

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologize over letters of support for Danny Masterson