Month: March 2024

A woman writes a message during an event held by relatives of the passengers and supporters to mark the 10th year since the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 carrying 239 people disappeared from radar screens on [Read More…]

Ex-Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg to plead guilty to perjury charges: Sources

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Allen Weisselberg, the ex-chief financial officer of former President Donald Trump’s family real estate company, will plead guilty Monday to perjury charges that resulted from his testimony during Trump’s civil [Read More…]

Central Park memorial service for Flaco the owl draws huge crowd

Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo, in Central Park, New York City, Feb. 15, 2023. — Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images/FILE (NEW YORK) — A memorial service for Flaco, [Read More…]

Men in ‘dark-colored masks’ open fire outside California party, killing four, police say

kali9/Getty Images (KING CITY, Calif.) — Four people were killed Sunday afternoon when a group of gunmen opened fire outside a party at a house in King City, California, police said. A silver Kia pulled [Read More…]

Supreme Court likely to include Trump ballot case in opinions issued Monday

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court says it will release one or more opinions on Monday — a day before the Super Tuesday primaries — in an announcement widely expected to resolve a [Read More…]

“Dune: Part Two” worms its way to #1 at the box office with $81.5 million opening weekend

Warner Bros. Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune sequel scooped up an estimated $81.5 million in its North American domestic debut — the biggest opening weekend of the year and the largest since Taylor Swift‘s concert film The [Read More…]

In a bomb shelter under Kyiv, a US professor taught Ukrainian students about the art of peace

David Dowling (NEW YORK) — Professor David Dowling of Pepperdine University traveled last fall from California to Ukraine to teach some students of Taras Shevchenko National University a course in conflict and dispute resolution. In [Read More…]

11-year-old suffers possible shark bite off Honolulu, officials say

Gary Bell/Getty Images (HONOLULU) — An 11-year-old girl suffered a possible shark bite off Honolulu, officials say. Honolulu Ocean Safety, Honolulu Emergency Medical Services and the Honolulu Fire Department responded to a possible shark bite [Read More…]

Teen shot outside Six Flags Over Georgia as gunfire erupts between police and ‘unruly crowd’: Officials

ABC News/WSB (AUSTELL, Ga.) — Multiple suspects are being sought after a 15-year-old was shot when police exchanged gunfire with what they described as an “unruly crowd” of up to 600 people near the Six [Read More…]

Vice President Kamala Harris: ‘Immense scale of suffering’ in Gaza demands temporary cease-fire

Leigh Vogel/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (SELMA, Ala.) — Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on Sunday afternoon in Selma, Alabama, to mark the 59th anniversary of a milestone moment in the civil rights movement — “Bloody [Read More…]

SDSU Men Secure No. 1 Seed in Summit League Tournament

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota State picked up two key road wins in the final week of conference play to earn the outright regular season title and No. 1 seed at the Summit League Men’s [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Harris to meet with Israeli war Cabinet member on Monday

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than four months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]

Chef José Andrés pushes back on criticism of airdrops into Gaza: Bring food ‘any way we can’

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Chef and humanitarian José Andrés, whose nonprofit World Central Kitchen has been sending significant aid into Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war, on Sunday pushed back on criticism that airdrops into the [Read More…]

Haley hedges on whether she’d eventually endorse Trump as Republican nominee

Sophie Park/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley hedged on Sunday on whether or not she would make good on her pledge to support the eventual Republican presidential nominee if she does [Read More…]

McConnell’s successor must work with Trump but ‘stand his own ground,’ Rounds says

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Mitch McConnell’s successor as Republican leader of the Senate must be able to both work with the next president, including if it’s Donald Trump, and also “stand his own ground,” Sen. [Read More…]

Biden has to ‘go on the offense’ on immigration and not let Republicans ‘divide us,’ Sen. Murphy says

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Chris Murphy is urging President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats to “go on the offense” on immigration after a bipartisan border deal he helped negotiate was tanked by Republicans, [Read More…]

Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA all-time scoring record

Andy Lyons/Getty Images (IOWA CITY, Iowa) — University of Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark has reached another milestone in her college career, breaking the NCAA all-time scoring record, a record untouched for more than 50 [Read More…]

Mitchell Marlins Girls Take Home 3rd Place at State

Mitchell Marlins girls hockey wrapped up the 2023-24 season with a third place finish at the state tournament after a 4-3 win on Sunday against Oahe. Facing a 2-0 deficit after just seven minutes, Makenna [Read More…]

Two Vaulters to Represent USD at NCAA Championships

VERMILLION, S.D.— South Dakota track and field will send a pair of pole vaulters to the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships held March 8-9 in Boston, Massachusetts. Junior Marleen Mülla qualifies for the third-straight year [Read More…]

Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament Bracket