Month: October 2023

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…]

House Republicans will try, again, to elect a new speaker amid gridlock after McCarthy ouster

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans plan to hold a floor vote to try and pick a new speaker on Tuesday — exactly two weeks after eight of their members joined the Democratic minority [Read More…]

Biden says he and Dems raised $71M, Trump leads GOP and more third-quarter fundraising takeaways

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Presidential candidates are continuing to fill their coffers more than a year ahead of the 2024 election, with details of their third-quarter 2023 fundraising emerging ahead of Sunday’s filing deadline. [Read More…]

Americans favor continued support for Israel but still sour on Biden’s performance overall: POLL

Smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on Oct. 12, 2023, as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. — Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images [Read More…]

Bills running back Damien Harris taken off field by ambulance

Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images (ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.) — Buffalo Bills running back Damien Harris was taken off the football field by ambulance during Sunday night’s game with the New York Giants. Harris was tackled after [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 10/15/23

October 16, 2023 Travis Kriens

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Texas 2, Houston 0 (Texas leads series 1-0) NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Charlotte 117, Oklahoma City 115 [Read More…]

Hall runs for a TD after Adams’ INT and Jets shock Eagles 20-14 to send Philly to its first loss

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Robert Saleh stepped from the podium at his postgame news conference and let loose a little. “They ain’t 12-0 no more!” the excited New York Jets coach declared. No, the [Read More…]

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ tops the box office with record-setting $128 million global haul

October 16, 2023 Travis Kriens

Taylor Swift Productions Taylor Swift continues to have the Midas touch. Her concert film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour scooped up an estimated $96 million weekend at the domestic box office and another $32 million overseas, for a [Read More…]

Montgomery shuts out Astros, Taveras homers as Rangers get 2-0 win in Game 1 of ALCS

HOUSTON (AP) — Jordan Montgomery outdueled Justin Verlander and the Texas Rangers received a big boost from their youngest player to open the AL Championship Series with a 2-0 win over the Houston Astros on [Read More…]

Cousins, Hicks lead way as Vikings knock out Fields, beat Bears 19-13

October 15, 2023 Travis Kriens

CHICAGO (AP) — Kirk Cousins threw for a touchdown, Jordan Hicks returned a fumble 42 yards for a score and the Minnesota Vikings knocked Justin Fields out of the game in beating the Chicago Bears [Read More…]

AP Top 25: Washington into top 5 for 1st time in 6 years. Air Force ranked for 1st time since 2019

October 15, 2023 Travis Kriens

Washington moved up to No. 5 on Sunday in The Associated Press college football poll, the Huskies’ best ranking in six years, after a thrilling victory against Oregon and unbeaten Air Force was ranked for the [Read More…]

TV icon Suzanne Somers, star of ‘Three’s Company’ and ‘Step by Step,’ dead at 76

October 15, 2023 ABC News

Paul Archuleta/Getty Images Suzanne Somers, the actress best known for her roles in TV comedies including Three’s Company and Step by Step, has died, her longtime publicist announced Sunday. She was 76 years old. “Suzanne [Read More…]

No. 1 Jacks Stifle Northern Iowa

South Dakota State forced five first-half turnovers, converting those Northern Iowa miscues into 17 points on the way to a convincing 41-6 Hobo Day victory before a sellout crowd of 19,357 Saturday afternoon at Dana [Read More…]

Harrisburg Defeats Mitchell for Class AA Girls Soccer Championship

The Harrisburg Tigers used a potent offense to win its second straight Class AA girls soccer championship, 8-1 over Mitchell on Saturday in Brandon. Jaylee Hofer scored the first two of her four goals on [Read More…]

USD Hangs On with Game Winning Field Goal

VERMILLION, S.D.— South Dakota’s Will Leyland drilled a 41-yard field as time expired to give the Coyotes a 34-31 win against Youngstown State in a battle of top-25 teams Saturday inside the DakotaDome. No. 10/17 South [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan Falls at Home to No. 3 Morningside

Mitchell, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan football dropped a tough home matchup against No. 3 Morningside 27-3. Despite the score, the Tigers dominated the time of possession 36:00 to the Mustangs 24:00. Morningside only ran 18 total [Read More…]

Exclusive: US to send 2nd aircraft carrier to eastern Mediterranean

Richard Ross/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Pentagon has ordered a second aircraft carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean near Israel to deter Iran or Hezbollah from joining the Israel-Hamas conflict, according to U.S. [Read More…]

Michael Cohen delays testimony in Trump’s civil fraud trial

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump’s former lawyer and self-described fixer Michael Cohen is delaying his testimony, which was scheduled to begin as early as Tuesday, in the former president’s ongoing civil fraud trial [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israeli military prepares for ‘significant ground operation’

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 1,300 people have died, and 3,227 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea [Read More…]

‘They bombed everything’: Palestinian woman describes her life under siege in Gaza