Month: March 2024
Ag News
South American crop size updates out soon
A global strategist for grain and oilseeds with Rabobank says he’s keeping a close watch on South America’s crop production as harvest advances. Stephen Nicholson says Brazil’s first corn and soybean harvest are about halfway [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan shepherd bullish on future growth
The Michigan Sheep Producers Association president says he plans to expand this year as demand remains strong. Third-generation farmer Jason Scramlin raises purebred Polypay sheep in Hickory Corners. “We have kind of held back maybe [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Hamas truce talks stall as war in Gaza grinds on
Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — A second straight day of talks aimed at negotiating a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel concluded in Egypt on Tuesday with no breakthrough, a Hamas official told ABC [Read More…]
ABC World News
Cross-border humanitarian aid to Sudan halted
Omer Erdem/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Cross-border humanitarian aid deliveries from Chad into Western Sudan have been halted, according to multiple aid organizations. The halting of cross-border deliveries comes after Sudan’s ministry of foreign [Read More…]
ABC National News
Missouri teachers who support a minor’s social transition could face felony, be put on sex offender list under proposed bill
Leonardo Munoz/Getty Images (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ) — A new Missouri bill would make it a felony offense for school teachers or counselors to support or contribute to the social transitioning of a transgender minor. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
What is DOJ’s ’60-day rule’ and what role might it play in a Trump trial before the 2024 election?
Alon Skuy/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s lead prosecutor in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump made news last week when he told a federal judge that putting Trump on [Read More…]
News
Northwestern Energy is calling attention to scammers during National Consumer Protection Week
This week, NorthWestern Energy is joining Utilities United Against Scams in supporting the Federal Trade Commission’s annual National Consumer Protection Week, along with more than 100 federal, state, and local agencies; consumer groups; and national [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Andrew Cuomo subpoenaed by congressional subcommittee investigating COVID-era handling of nursing homes
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House subcommittee tasked with investigating the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday subpoenaed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in relation to his administration’s [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Medical debt in US associated with worse physical and mental health, premature death: Study
S. Barros/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (New York) — Medical debt across the U.S. is associated with worse physical and mental health, and even premature death. A new study from the American [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Facebook, Instagram and Threads outage: ‘We’re aware people are having trouble accessing our services,’ Meta says
Sebastian Kahnert/Getty Images (MENLO PARK, Ca.) — Meta resolved an outage suffered by Facebook, Instagram and Threads on Tuesday, concluding a service issue that had prevented some U.S. users from logging on to the sites [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Chris Evans says superhero movies “don’t always get the credit … they deserve”
‘Captain America: Civil War’ – Marvel Studios While speaking at Seattle’s Emerald City Comic Con over the weekend, Chris Evans stood up for the genre with which he’ll forever be associated. The actor may have [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Disney+ shows ‘Andor’, ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’, and more coming to Blu-ray
Disney For fans of physical media, to quote Darth Vader, “This will be a day long remembered”: Disney has decided to release some of its biggest streaming Star Wars and Marvel Studios shows on Blu-ray/4K [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Lupita Nyong’o and Joshua Jackson hold hands, kiss during her birthday weekend in Mexico
Bruce Glikas/Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic Five months after they were first spotted together, sparking romance rumors, Lupita Nyong’o and Joshua Jackson seemed to confirm their relationship during her birthday getaway to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on March 3, E! News [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Ted Lasso’ star Brendan Hunt and fiancée welcome baby number two
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Ted Lasso writer and star Brendan Hunt and his fiancée Shannon Nelson have welcomed their second child together. Hunt, 51, revealed on Instagram that Archibald Felix Nelson Hunt — Archie, for short — was [Read More…]
News
DWU, Monument Health announce location for new Rapid City nursing program
Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell has secured a space for its new nursing program at a Monument Health location in Rapid City. As part of a recently completed agreement, DWU classes will be offered at [Read More…]
ABC National News
Thunderstorms with hail and heavy rain headed to South: What to expect
Ali Majdfar/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Severe thunderstorms are targeting the South this week, with states from Florida to Louisiana to Texas bracing for large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes and flooding rain. On Monday, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Michigan officials: 19-year-old who was quarter mile away from fiery explosion killed by flying canister
slobo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 19-year-old who was a quarter mile away from a fiery explosion in Michigan was struck and killed by a canister that flew into the air from the blast, according [Read More…]
ABC Business News
AI is driving a stock market rally. What if the technology falters?
Matteo Colombo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ten days after the Super Bowl, Wall Street held its own version — at least that’s the way some traders on social media described it. Nvidia, which had soared [Read More…]
Latest News
Petitions circulate in at least 18 counties to eliminate vote tabulators and require hand counting
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakotans who say they’re concerned about election security are racing to require counties to hand-count ballots in this year’s general election. Petitions are circulating or have circulated in 18 [Read More…]
Latest News
Here are the 4 ballot measures South Dakota voters could have a say on this election
Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch What started as a cavalcade of petition campaigns for South Dakota’s November 2024 ballot has become more manageable for voters to follow. Of the eight citizen-led ballot questions approved [Read More…]
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