Month: October 2023
Gaza conditions worsen following Israeli onslaught after Hamas attack
Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Israel has unleashed hundreds of airstrikes into Gaza, a 140-square-mile strip of land home to roughly two million people, after the militant group Hamas launched a terrorist attack in [Read More…]
Brussels shooter who killed two soccer fans in ‘act of terrorism’ shot dead: Sources
Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — A suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting in Brussels has died of his injuries, Belgian police and a source from [Read More…]
Mitchell City Council Votes to Amend Lease with Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo
Following a lengthy discussion on Monday night, the Mitchell City Council voted 6-2 to amend its lease agreement with the Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo Foundation. Most provisions of the amendment relate to the Rodeo Foundation’s [Read More…]
Free Flu Vaccines Available at the Corn Palace on Tuesday
Free flu vaccines are available today at the Corn Palace from 3 pm to 7 pm for anyone age six months through 64 years-old as part of the regional flu POD. Randy Reider is the [Read More…]
Trump fraud trial live updates: Trump says he’ll return to courtroom this morning
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to [Read More…]
Trump set to return to the civil fraud trial that could threaten his business empire
Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is expected to return Tuesday to the New York City courtroom where the future of his business empire is being decided. Trump’s three-day [Read More…]
Pa. jail staffer warned that Danelo Cavalcante was ‘planning an escape’ a month before busting out
Pennsylvania State Police (NEW YORK) — Weeks before Danelo Cavalcante broke out of the Chester County Prison in Pennsylvania, a correctional officer warned that the convicted murderer was “planning an escape,” according to internal documents [Read More…]
Dozens arrested at White House as protesters call for end to Israel’s response to Hamas attack
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More than 30 people were arrested on Monday afternoon outside the White House, the Secret Service said, after they crossed barriers and blocked entrances to the complex during protests by [Read More…]
President Biden to visit Israel on Wednesday: Sec. Blinken
Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced Monday night. Blinken made the announcement from Israel, where it was early Tuesday morning, [Read More…]
Biden admin reaches settlement with ACLU over separated migrant families under Trump
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration and the American Civil Liberties Union have reached a proposed settlement agreement that, if approved, would provide benefits for thousands of migrant families separated under the [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 10/16/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Texas 5, Houston 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Philadelphia 5, Arizona 3 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Phoenix 117, [Read More…]
Amount of homeless people with mental illness increased slightly in recent years, but experts say they’re more visible: Analysis
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — There has not been a significant overall rise in the number of people experiencing homelessness over the past decade, according to a new ABC News analysis, though there has [Read More…]
No Jefferson means Vikings might have to win ugly. That’s just what they did in his 1st absence
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The first game for the Minnesota Vikings without Justin Jefferson was a slog, a glaring reminder of how vital the superstar wide receiver is for their ability to score. The Vikings also suggested in Chicago that acumen, grit [Read More…]
Dak Prescott, Cowboys rally in fourth quarter for a 20-17 victory over the Chargers
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Fans and some players might roll their eyes when a Week 6 game is described as a must win. That doesn’t matter to Dak Prescott After playing one of the worst [Read More…]
Harper, Schwarber, Castellanos power Phillies past Diamondbacks 5-3 in Game 1 of NLCS
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper celebrated his 31st birthday with a bang — a 420-foot homer on the first pitch he saw in the NL Championship Series. That merited a special tribute. As he rounded [Read More…]
Rangers build big early lead off Valdez, hold on for 5-4 win over Astros to take 2-0 lead in ALCS
HOUSTON (AP) — No matter the place or the moment, the Texas Rangers are rolling right now. Jonah Heim homered, Nathan Eovaldi pitched six effective innings and Texas beat Framber Valdez and the Houston Astros [Read More…]
Department of Corrections moves to take over inmate shopping system
John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight Prison inmates in South Dakota who want to buy nearly anything beyond their state-furnished three meals a day can only order from one store: the prison commissary. For years, [Read More…]
Jada Pinkett Smith says Will Smith’s Oscar’s slap re-affirmed their marriage
ABC Jada Pinkett Smith revealed that her husband Will Smith‘s infamous Oscars slap at the 2022 ceremony, when he walked onstage and smacked Chris Rock across the face re-affirmed their marriage after years of separation. “When I was sitting [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: President Biden to visit Israel, Blinken says
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 1,400 people have died and 3,400 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea [Read More…]
Huge turnout in Poland’s decisive elections, highest since 1919
Sergio Amiti/Getty Images (WARSAW, Poland) — From 7 a.m. onward Sunday, ballot boxes in Poland started filling up so fast that spare ones had to be dusted off and more ballots needed to be printed. [Read More…]
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