Month: November 2023
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$10B in crop insurance payouts to South Dakota farmers: A cost of climate change
Bart Pfankuch/South Dakota News Watch – South Dakota farmers have received nearly $10 billion in payouts from the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. over roughly the past two decades, with payments specifically due to weather disasters [Read More…]
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Capitol Police clash with group protesting ‘violently’ outside DNC
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Capitol Police said they are working to “keep back” 150 people who are “illegally and violently” protesting outside of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C. They said they were [Read More…]
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Man with fake FBI badge and BB gun arrested after shooting at motorist in road rage incident
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man who allegedly had a fake FBI badge and a BB gun has been arrested after a road rage incident involving shots being fired at a passing vehicle, police [Read More…]
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Off-duty pilot charged with attempted murder for trying to shut off engines had a ‘panic attack,’ his lawyers say
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Lawyers for the off-duty pilot facing attempted murder charges after allegedly trying to shut off an airplane’s engines while on a flight last month have spoken out about the [Read More…]
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Mom of Virginia 6-year-old who shot teacher sentenced to 21 months in federal case
The Virginian Pilot/TNS via Getty Images, FILE (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — The mother of the 6-year-old boy accused of shooting his first grade teacher during class in Newport News, Virginia, in January was sentenced on [Read More…]
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Daniel Penny applied 6-minute chokehold on Jordan Neely as witness accounts differ on threat: Prosecutors
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Daniel Penny put Jordan Neely in a six-minute fatal chokehold on a New York City subway train that “continued well past the point at which Mr. Neely had stopped [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate passes short-term government funding bill averting shutdown
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate leaders voted Wednesday night in favor of the short-term government funding bill the House passed Tuesday night ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline. House Speaker Mike Johnson pitched a two-step [Read More…]
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White House denies US OK’d Israeli raid on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza
AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House denied Wednesday that U.S. confirmation of intelligence that Hamas uses Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza as a control center had anything to do with the timing [Read More…]
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Biden and Xi talk fentanyl, Taiwan, military communication and more in 4-hour meeting
Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held their first face-face meeting in more than a year amid tensions in the U.S.-China relationship. For [Read More…]
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Iowa teen convicted of killing Spanish teacher gets life with possibility of parole after 25 years
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teen convicted in the 2021 beating death of a high school Spanish teacher was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with a possibility of parole in 25 years. [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 11/15/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Sacramento 125, LA Lakers 110 Dallas 13,0 Washington 117 Boston 117, Philadelphia 107 Milwaukee 128, Toronto 112 New York 116, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
US earns ‘D’ grade in preterm birth as maternal and infant care remains in ‘crisis,’ new report finds
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United States continues to be one of the “most dangerous developed nations” for childbirth, according to a new report released Thursday by March of Dimes, a nonprofit organization [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Starbucks workers to strike on Red Cup Day in largest work stoppage in company history
JohnFScott/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of Starbucks employees nationwide are set to walk off the job on Thursday in the largest work stoppage in the five-decade history of the company, the union representing the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Thanksgiving’ filmmaker Eli Roth puts his twisted spin on the holiday
Stewart Cook/Getty Images for Sony Pictures You may never look at Thanksgiving the same way again. The horror movie Thanksgiving opens this weekend, co-written and directed by Eli Roth. The film started as a fake trailer for a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
14th Amendment challenges to Trump’s campaign fail in 2 states with Colorado case pending
Scott Eisen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is gradually shaking off attempts to bar him from individual states’ 2024 ballots under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, a constitutional clause which disqualifies people [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Dakota Wesleyan Football Earns Seven Players on GPAC All-Conference Team
Mitchell, S.D. – The Tiger football team named seven players to the GPAC All-Conference teams while earning eight spots with Mitchell native, Kiel Nelson being named Second Team as a wide receiver and Honorable Mention as a kick [Read More…]
Latest News
Fatal Shooting in Aberdeen Prompts Investigation and Hospital Lockdown
A fatal shooting in Aberdeen has led to an ongoing investigation by local authorities. The incident occurred in the parking area of the YMCA, where police found a man with a gunshot wound. Despite being [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jimmy Kimmel to return as host for 96th Academy Awards
Kevin Winter/Getty Images Jimmy Kimmel will host the 96th Academy Awards, the academy announced Wednesday. The 2024 Oscars ceremony will mark the fourth time that Kimmel has hosted the awards show. “I always dreamed of hosting the [Read More…]
Ag News
HPAI reported in southern Michigan
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in a backyard flock in Michigan. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development confirms a flock in Cass County tested positive for the virus, the first domestic [Read More…]
Ag News
Dry conditions getting more serious for South America
An agricultural meteorologist says the weather situation in South America is getting serious. Drew Lerner with World Weather Incorporated says relief from the dry conditions aren’t expected anytime soon in Brazil. “Looking at the end [Read More…]
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