Month: December 2023
South Dakota Company Seeks to Reduce Carbon Emissions with Innovative Jet Fuel Production
GEVO, a company with South Dakota ties, is focusing on carbon capture and sequestration by developing a unique product – jet fuel made from corn. The proposed Net-Zero 1 facility in Lake Preston aims to [Read More…]
Invasive carp continue to be an ongoing threat to South Dakota’s waters
Invasive carp (formerly known as Asian carp) pose a significant threat to South Dakota’s lakes and rivers, natural resources that are treasured by thousands of anglers, boaters and water sports enthusiasts each year. That’s why [Read More…]
South Dakota cities cap video lottery as state eyes betting increase
Jacob Boyko / South Dakota News Watch MADISON, S.D. – South Dakota keeps adding video lottery machines, with 567 more terminals and over $1.17 billion gambled this year, earning a record-setting $163 million in revenue [Read More…]
UNLV suspected shooter identified: Sources
mbbirdy/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Multiple law enforcement sources tell ABC News the deceased suspect in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas shooting is Anthony Polito, 67. Polito, the sources say, had applied for a [Read More…]
‘Oh God, this is real’: UNLV student describes being at ‘ground zero’ of campus shooting
avid_creative/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — First year University of Nevada, Las Vegas student Brayden McDermott said he was at “ground zero,” or the Beam Hall building, when Wednesday’s shooting broke out and said an alarm [Read More…]
Lori Vallow to be arraigned on murder charge in fatal shooting of her fourth husband
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — Lori Vallow, the mother convicted of murdering two of her children in a so-called doomsday plot, is scheduled to be arraigned in Arizona Thursday morning on charges alleging [Read More…]
US military grounds all of its V-22 Ospreys following last week’s deadly crash
NurPhoto via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military is grounding all of its Osprey V-22 aircraft in the wake of last week’s deadly U.S. Air Force crash off the coast of Japan that [Read More…]
Nevada attorney general announces charges against six Trump ‘alternate electors’
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has announced felony charges against six so-called “fake electors” for their alleged role in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, his [Read More…]
Five takeaways from the latest Republican presidential debate
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (TUSCALOOSA, Ala.) — Four Republican presidential candidates took the stage in Alabama on Wednesday night for one last chance to trade attacks and stake out policy positions before voting starts in the [Read More…]
Senate Republicans reject Biden’s call to urgently approve Ukraine aid
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Hours after President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to urgently approve a stalled package of aid to Ukraine, Republicans blocked a key Senate procedural vote over [Read More…]
Colorado Supreme Court hears Trump 14th Amendment eligibility arguments
SimpleImages/Getty Images (DENVER) — The Colorado Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the historic challenge to Trump’s ballot eligibility in Colorado under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. During the two-hour hearing in Denver, [Read More…]
House advances GOP resolution to censure Democratic Rep. Bowman over pulling fire alarm
Haiyun Jiang/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday advanced a Republican resolution to censure Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm, teeing up a final vote on Thursday. A Democratic [Read More…]
Trump raises new alarms, saying he wouldn’t be a ‘dictator’ except on ‘Day One’
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump is raising new alarms about what he would do if he makes it back to the White House, even referring to himself in an interview Tuesday night as [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 12/6/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Memphis 116, Detroit 102 Philadelphia 131, Washington 126 Cleveland 121, Orlando 111 Minnesota 102, San Antonio 94 Brooklyn 114, Atlanta [Read More…]
USD’s Larkins Named Summit League Player of the Week
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.— Junior guard Grace Larkins has been named the TicketSmarter Summit League Peak Performer of the Week as announced by the league Monday. She captures the honor for the first time this season and [Read More…]
Free at-home testing and treatments now available for COVID and flu through federal program
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Eligible adults can now receive free at-home rapid tests, telehealth sessions and at-home treatments for both COVID and influenza through a newly expanded federal government program. Initially launched as [Read More…]
Biden administration pulls back from banning menthol cigarettes
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is putting off its plan to ban menthol cigarettes until next March after an aggressive lobbying push by civil rights groups — some sponsored by Big Tobacco [Read More…]
Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie “go deep” in their new thriller ‘Eileen’
Jeong Park In the new movie Eileen, Oscar winner Anne Hathaway plays Rebecca, an alluring psychologist at a juvenile detention facility, who draws Thomasin McKenzie‘s withdrawn title character out of her shell. Hathaway tells ABC Audio there were “so [Read More…]
Fatal Crash South of Mount Vernon
One person died Wednesday morning in a two vehicle crash in Davison County. The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates a 2014 Caterpillar [Read More…]
Israeli defense minister predicts 2 more months of war, then ‘mop up’
200mm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Irael’s war with Hamas in the neighboring Gaza Strip is expected to continue at its current intensity for two more months, followed by what Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called [Read More…]
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