Month: March 2024

March 12, 2024 Travis Kriens

Cassidy Hutchinson, a top former aide to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testifies during the sixth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol [Read More…]

Facing public backlash, some health care companies are abandoning hospital deals

Worried about hospitals closing and higher costs for patients, state lawmakers are increasingly tangling with hospitals over potential health care mergers, in some cases derailing deals they think don’t serve the public interest. Financially strapped [Read More…]

Airbnb bans the use of indoor security cameras on all properties

The Airbnb website on a laptop computer arranged in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Thursday, May 4, 2023. (Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Airbnb has made the decision to [Read More…]

Inflation expected to have remained unchanged in February

Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Inflation data to be released on Tuesday will reveal the latest price movements, a key economic signal for central bankers weighing interest rate cuts and voters turning their attention [Read More…]

Al Pacino addresses why he didn’t mention all best picture nominees at 2024 Oscars: ‘A choice by the producers’

Disney/Frank Micelotta Al Pacino presented the Oscar for best picture at the 96th Academy Awards, but when The Godfather actor took the stage, some thought he may have made a mistake when he didn’t name [Read More…]

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A pattern shift ahead to chillier days for most of the Heartland

March 12, 2024 nedvedmedia

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures in the central U.S., while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail in the West and portions of the Atlantic Coast States. [Read More…]

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign, ceding power amid soaring gang violence

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, speaks to students during a public lecture on bilateral engangement between Kenya and Haiti, at the United States International University (USIU) Africa, in Nairobi on March 1, 2024. (SIMON MAINA/AFP [Read More…]

US conducts defensive airstrikes as Houthis fire anti-ship ballistic missiles

KeithBinns/Getty Images (LONDON) — The United States has conducted six defense strikes and fired 18 anti-ship missiles in Yemen after the Houthis fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles into the Red Sea, according to the United [Read More…]

South Dakota State Men Grinds out Defensive Battle to Move onto Title Game

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – No. 1 South Dakota State outlasted No. 4 St. Thomas 59-49 in a defensive semifinal battle in the Summit League Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. The Jackrabbits will [Read More…]

CDC sending team to Chicago to help respond to city’s 1st measles cases since 2019: CDPH

Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (CHICAGO) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending a team to Chicago to help respond to the first measles cases detected in the city since 2019, [Read More…]

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Southwest Missouri hay market to continue as demand remains strong

March 11, 2024 nedvedmedia

Cattle producers have been able to feed less hay with the milder temperatures this winter. But, Missouri Department of Agriculture’s market news manager Tony Hancock says demand remains strong – and the latest Southwest Missouri [Read More…]

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USDA finalizes rule on Product of the USA labeling

March 11, 2024 nedvedmedia

The USDA has finalized its new Product of the U.S.A. labeling rule for meat, poultry, and eggs. Joe Maxwell, co-founder of Farm Action, says the rule is good news for America’s farmers and ranchers. “It [Read More…]

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Biden administration issues FY25 budget

March 11, 2024 nedvedmedia

Two days after President Biden approved the fiscal year 2024 budget for USDA, the administration released their proposed budget for the next fiscal year. “It’s a very difficult budget to put together when you don’t [Read More…]

Israel extends road to now traverse Gaza, satellite imagery shows

Geraint Rowland Photography/Getty Images (LONDON) — A Gaza road being extended and expanded for use by the Israeli military now runs across the full width of the Gaza Strip from east to west, satellite imagery [Read More…]

Two in custody in connection with ‘heinous’ mass shooting at Philadelphia bus stop: Police

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Two 18-year-old men have been taken into custody in connection with a mass shooting at a SEPTA bus stop in Philadelphia last week, authorities announced Monday. Charges against the two [Read More…]

Biden ‘did not apologize’ for using term ‘an illegal’ during State of the Union, White House says

Sophie Park/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden “absolutely did not apologize” for his use of the term “an illegal” during last week’s State of the Union address, principal deputy press secretary Olivia Dalton told [Read More…]

Airbnb, Vrbo rental laws remain a puzzle in South Dakota

Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch HILL CITY, S.D. – With craggy ridges and hillsides framing it, there isn’t much space for new housing to serve the rapid growth occurring in this picturesque tourism [Read More…]

Sioux Falls Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Providing Drugs Leading to Death

Armando Angel Cheshier of Sioux Falls has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for charges related to the death of 19-year-old Kaylee Teppo in 2021. Cheshier was convicted in 2022 of providing drugs to [Read More…]

South Dakota State Women Move to Summit League Finals over USD

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – No. 1 South Dakota State earned a sixth straight trip to the Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament title game with a 76-63 victory over No. 4 seed South Dakota Monday at the [Read More…]

Cousins leaves Vikings for big new contract with Falcons in QB’s latest well-timed trip to market