Month: March 2024
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South Dakota Ranks Second in U.S. Honey Production in 2023
South Dakota ranked second in the nation for honey production in 2023, with producers seeing a significant increase in production compared to the previous year. The state produced 18.4 million pounds of honey from 212,000 [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID vaccines found to cut risk of heart failure, blood clots following virus infection: Study
Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 vaccines were found to cut the risk of heart failure by up to 55% and blood clots by up to 78% following COVID infection, according to a new [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Medication abortion accounted for 63% of US abortions in 2023, new study finds
fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Medication abortion accounted for 63% of all the abortions performed in the U.S. in 2023, according to a new study from the Guttmacher Institute. In the first full calendar year [Read More…]
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South Dakota’s Transparency Woes: A Cloudy Forecast
Last week, the South Dakota NewsMedia Association First Amendment Committee hosted a webinar with open government expert David Cuillier, who highlighted the declining transparency in government, both nationally and in South Dakota. Cuillier pointed out [Read More…]
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Oglala, Rosebud tribal presidents demand governor apologize for comments last week
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Two tribal leaders in South Dakota are demanding Gov. Kristi Noem apologize for comments she made about tribal governments at town halls last week. The president of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe released [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Companies behind Hershey and Cadbury chocolate signal possible price hikes amid cocoa cost surge
Hershey Co. candy bars are displayed for sale inside of the company’s Chocolate World visitor center in Hershey, Pa., Nov. 28, 2017. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Easter is on the horizon, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
‘Closed for paid leave’: More than 70 businesses nationwide shut doors on day of action
Thana Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 70 businesses across the country shut their doors Monday in a show of solidarity to call for federal paid family and medical leave. The day of action [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Bachelor’ addresses hateful comments from fans
Disney/John Fleenor Joey Graziadei‘s “The Woman Tell All” episode of The Bachelor aired Monday, March 18, took a moment to address “a noticeable rise in hate on social media” aimed at many of the ladies — [Read More…]
Ag News
A wide-contrast of temps to accompany an active weather pattern across the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures across the South, East, and lower Midwest, while cooler-than-normal conditions will prevail west of a line from southeastern New [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge rules evidence related to “Access Hollywood” tape admissible in Trump hush money trial
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal prosecution in New York has denied Trump’s attempts to exclude evidence related to the Access Hollywood tape and testimony from key [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump, co-defendants start appeals process for ruling that let Fani Willis stay on Georgia case
Jason Marz/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Former President Donald Trump and some of his co-defendants in the Fulton County election interference case on Monday kicked off the process to appeal the judge’s disqualification ruling that ultimately [Read More…]
ABC National News
EPA bans remaining uses of cancer-causing asbestos in the US
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call (WASHINGTON) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a United States ban on the ongoing use of chrysotile asbestos — a carcinogen that the agency estimates is linked to more [Read More…]
ABC National News
Capitol Police wearing body cameras in pilot program to build public trust
USCP (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Capitol Police on Monday started wearing body-worn cameras as part of its pilot program to protect its officers and members of Congress as well as enhance public trust, its chief [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden campaign sees abortion rights, independent voters as key in Arizona and Nevada
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ahead of President Joe Biden making campaign stops on Tuesday in Arizona and Nevada, advisers are laying out why they still place him in a better position than [Read More…]
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Altercation at Aberdeen Central High School Results in SRO Injury
On Monday, portions of Aberdeen Central High School were placed on lockdown following a fight between three students that resulted in an injury to a School Resource Officer (SRO) from the Aberdeen Police Department. The [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What to know about President Biden’s executive order on women’s health research
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order Monday promoting women’s health research as the country continues to celebrate Women’s History Month. The White House described it as the “most [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The producers behind ‘Winnie The Pooh’ horror flick prepping ‘Avengers’-like “Poohniverse” team-up
Jagged Edge Productions/ITN Films The producers behind the horror pic Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey aren’t letting leading this year’s Razzie Awards get them down. Instead, ABC Audio has confirmed Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Films [Read More…]
Ag News
Legislation could speed up domestic fertilizer production
A bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate would streamline the permitting process for more domestic phosphate and potash production. Ed Thomas with The Fertilizer Institute says, “We certainly do see a need for permitting reform. [Read More…]
Ag News
CME milk mostly higher, cash dairy mostly lower Monday
Milk futures were mostly steady to higher and the cash dairy markets were lower except cheese barrels Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. April Class III milk was up $0.15 at $16.16. May was up $0.07 [Read More…]
ABC World News
Famine is ‘imminent’ in northern Gaza, with many facing ‘catastrophic’ levels of hunger: Report
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Famine is “imminent” in northern Gaza, as the entire population of the strip experiences high levels of food insecurity amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to a report released Monday. [Read More…]
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