Month: March 2024
SpaceX loses Starship on reentry over Indian Ocean
CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — SpaceX lost contact with its Starship rocket on reentry over the Indian Ocean, the company said Thursday, but the third test flight was still deemed [Read More…]
Book ban efforts spike across US, new data shows: By the numbers
Diyosa Carter/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New data released by the American Library Association highlights the growing battle libraries and schools face over book bans and other challenges. The number of books targeted by critics [Read More…]
Rep. Matt Gaetz subpoenaed in defamation suit by woman he allegedly had sex with as minor: Sources
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz on Thursday was served a subpoena to sit for a deposition in a civil lawsuit that involves allegations he had sex with a 17-year old-girl, [Read More…]
Judge suggests motion to dismiss Trump documents indictment ‘premature’
Creativeye99/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump is in a Florida courtroom where his attorneys are arguing for the dismissal of his federal classified documents case. Special counsel Jack Smith, who brought [Read More…]
Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, warns Netanyahu has ‘lost his way’
Aaron Schwartz/NurPhoto/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has stayed largely silent as others in his party have been critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of Hamas’ attack in [Read More…]
Judge throws out six counts of Trump’s Georgia election interference indictment
SimpleImages/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A Fulton County judge on Wednesday quashed multiple counts contained in the election interference indictment against former President Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants. The order from Judge Scott McAfee [Read More…]
Warren picks up Biden’s call to crack down on ‘shrinkflation’
Senator Elizabeth Warren during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, Mar. 7, 2024. (Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — As polls show rising inflation weighing on American families, President [Read More…]
MIS-C cases in 2023 were mostly among unvaccinated children: CDC
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cases of MIS-C are still occurring in 2023 and children who are unvaccinated or have waning immunity from previous vaccination are at the highest risk of developing the [Read More…]
Lionsgate drops trailer to reboot of ‘The Crow’
Lionsgate On Thursday, Lionsgate debuted the trailer for its forthcoming reboot of The Crow, starring It‘s Bill Skarsgård and actress-singer FKA Twigs. The next big-screen adaptation of James O’Barr‘s classic graphic novel again centers on [Read More…]
Beef, wheat export sales notch marketing year lows
The USDA says export sales for a couple of key commodities hit marketing year lows during the week ending March 7th. Beef and wheat saw lower than average movement due to heavy competition from other [Read More…]
Class AA Boys Basketball State Tournament Results
Class AA Boys State Tournament, Thursday, March 14 in Sioux Falls No. 1 Mitchell 69, No. 8 SF Jefferson 61 Kernels 15 points lead in the 3rd quarter was cut down to two early in [Read More…]
Class A Boys Basketball State Tournament Results
Class A Boys State Tournament, Thursday, March 14 in Rapid City No. 1 Sioux Falls Christian 74, No. 8 Vermillion 48 Griffen Goodbary with 20 points, seven rebounds and four blocks to lead Sioux Falls [Read More…]
Class B Boys Basketball State Tournament Results
Class B Boys State Tournament, Thursday, March 14 in Aberdeen No. 1 White River 72, No. 8 Viborg-Hurley 57 Jordan Uhlir with a game-high 21 points for White River, while Nicolas Marshall added 20 points. [Read More…]
Tropical Storm Filipo makes landfall in Mozambique
NASA (LONDON) — At least two people have been killed and thousands have been displaced as Tropical Storm Filipo made landfall in Mozambique, the country’s National Institute for Disaster Management said. The tropical storm made [Read More…]
Snowstorm hitting Denver metro area could be biggest in three years
Daniela Simona Temneanu / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A major storm bringing heavy snow to the Rockies could be the Denver metro area’s biggest snowstorm in three years. The worst of the storm will [Read More…]
Christie Brinkley reveals she ahad surgery to remove skin cancer
Christie Brinkley attends the American Humane Hero Dog Awards at The Breakers on Nov. 10, 2023 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Mireya Acierto/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Actress and model Christie Brinkley revealed she has been [Read More…]
Governor applauds legislative leadership
Compared to the 2023 South Dakota legislative session, the just-completed 2024 session drew praise from Governor Kristi Noem….. She says it’s good to have some conflict back and forth and discussion…. Noem hosted [Read More…]
“Grief is a journey”: Regina King speaks out for the first time on son Ian’s death
Jesse Grant/Getty Images Oscar-winning actress Regina King is speaking out for the first time about her son’s death over two years ago. King sat down with Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts for an exclusive [Read More…]
‘Frida’ director Carla Gutiérrez on her longtime love of the iconic artist
Amazon Studios Carla Gutiérrez loved Frida Kahlo long before she decided to direct a documentary about her life. That documentary, Frida, arrives Thursday on Prime Video. It features the first Kahlo painting Gutiérrez ever saw [Read More…]
Christie Brinkley reveals skin cancer surgery
Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images Christie Brinkley took to Instagram on Wednesday to share that she had been diagnosed with skin cancer, and had surgery to remove it. Christie posted a photo of herself in a hospital [Read More…]
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