Month: December 2023
State Supreme Court to tackle conflicts of interest just before 2024 legislative session
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight The South Dakota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on legislative conflicts of interest one day before the start of the 2024 legislative session. The announcement from the court came Friday. [Read More…]
Rapid City Police Apprehend Armed Robbery Suspect
On Friday night at 10:30 p.m., Rapid City Police responded to an armed robbery at the Exxon Common Cents Store on North Lacrosse Street. Witnesses reported a male entering the store with a firearm, demanding [Read More…]
Swift Response by Sioux Falls Fire Rescue Prevents Injuries in Downtown Gas Pump Fire
Sioux Falls Fire Rescue promptly extinguished a small fire at a downtown convenience store’s gas pump after a driver struck it around 4:20 a.m. on Sunday. The impact knocked the pump over, causing a brief [Read More…]
Blizzard Warning issued December 24 at 2:27AM MST until December 26 at 5:00PM MST by NWS
…BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY… * WHAT…Blizzard conditions expected. Total snow accumulations of 7 to 15 inches and ice accumulations up to one tenth of an inch. [Read More…]
Winter Storm Watch issued December 23 at 8:19PM MST until December 26 at 5:00PM MST by NWS
.A dynamic system moves into the Plains tonight. A band of snow will develop in central South Dakota and continue into Sunday afternoon. Snow amounts for this band will likely be around 2 inches with [Read More…]
Multiple people injured in shooting at Florida mall, police say
First responders are shown at the scene of a shooting at the Paddock Mall in Ocala, Fla., on Dec. 23, 2023. — Ocala Police Department (OCALA, Fla.) — Multiple people were injured in a shooting [Read More…]
Biden’s Democratic challengers hit ballot access roadblocks
2020 Democratic presidential hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden talks with fellow candidate Marianne Williamson (L) at the Wing Ding Dinner on August 9, 2019 in Clear Lake, Iowa. — Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images [Read More…]
Winter Storm Watch issued December 23 at 1:51PM MST until December 26 at 5:00PM MST by NWS
.A dynamic system will move onto the Plains tonight. A band of snow will develop in central South Dakota and continue into Sunday afternoon. Snow amounts for this band will likely be around 2 inches [Read More…]
Record-high temperatures, cross-country storm forecast this holiday weekend
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Record-high temperatures are possible this holiday weekend with temperatures in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota forecast to reach the 40s and 50s. On Sunday — Christmas Eve — records [Read More…]
Attacks on freight ships in the Red Sea could increase inflation. Here’s how.
Chris Sattlberger/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Inflation is falling toward normal levels, according to fresh data released Friday from the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index. The information is the latest [Read More…]
No ‘functional’ hospitals in northern Gaza, just nine left in south: WHO
A young Palestinian injured in Israeli airstrikes arrives to be treated at Nasser Medical Hospital, Dec. 20, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. (Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — There are no more functioning hospitals in [Read More…]
Two paramedics found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in connection with Elijah McClain’s death
McClain family photo (AURORA, Colo.) — A jury found two Aurora, Colorado, paramedics charged in connection with the 2019 death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain guilty on Friday of criminally negligent homicide. Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy [Read More…]
Man trapped in San Diego cliffside crevice freed after hourslong rescue effort
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (SAN DIEGO) — A man who slipped on the side of a San Diego cliff and became trapped under broken concrete has been freed following a “treacherous” hourslong rescue. San Diego Fire-Rescue [Read More…]
California man charged with threatening to ‘unabomb’ FBI field office
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A California man was charged with planning to bomb the FBI Los Angeles field office, according to federal prosecutors. Mark Anten, of Sun Valley, California, started in July allegedly [Read More…]
Supreme Court denies special counsel’s request to take up Trump immunity claim in Jan. 6 case
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court has denied special counsel Jack Smith’s request to immediately take up former President Donald Trump’s claims of immunity from prosecution in his federal election interference case. In [Read More…]
Biden signs executive order allowing further sanction enforcement on Russia
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order allowing the U.S. to impose another level of sanction enforcement on Russia that will go after financial [Read More…]
Childhood vaccine exemptions are at an all-time high. Doctors worry diseases like measles could return
Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Exemptions for immunizations required in school are on the rise in the U.S., leading to concerns among medical experts that diseases like measles could soon make a comeback in [Read More…]
Counterfeit Ozempic found in US drug supply, FDA warns
Zave Smith/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Ozempic and other drugs used for weight loss continue to soar in popularity, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new warning for consumers. On [Read More…]
Limited business headed into long holiday weekend
Soybeans headed into the long holiday weekend up 4 1/2 cents after trading lower most of the week. That’s largely been influenced by the return of a wetter forecast to parts of South America. The [Read More…]
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: December 22, 2023
Mar. corn closed at $4.73, up 1/2 centJan. soybeans closed at $12.99 and 3/4, up 2 1/2 centsJan. soybean meal closed at $399.60, up $4.20Jan. soybean oil closed at 48.53, down 52 pointsMar. wheat closed [Read More…]
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