Month: April 2024

A man died from injuries sustained in a high-level fall in Deadwood early Saturday morning, April 13. The incident was reported by his girlfriend, who alerted authorities when he did not return from downtown Deadwood. [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel will make ‘own decisions’ on how to respond to Iran, Netanyahu says

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Iran on Saturday night unleashed a retaliatory strike against Israel, sending a volley of more than 300 uncrewed drones and missiles toward targets throughout the country, Israeli military officials said. [Read More…]

9 arrests made in $14.8 million gold heist at Toronto airport, only fraction recovered

Gary Hershorn/Getty Images (TORONTO) — Nine people have been arrested and search warrants are out for three others in last year’s $14.77 million (20 million Canadian dollars) gold heist from the Toronto Pearson International Airport, [Read More…]

Democrats will try to dismiss Mayorkas impeachment articles as GOP demands full trial

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Wednesday Democrats will ultimately seek to dismiss the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “Today, the trial [Read More…]

Congressional committee grills Columbia University president on campus antisemitism

Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik testified Wednesday before a congressional committee investigating antisemitism on the New York City campus after two of her counterparts at other elite [Read More…]

Nikki Haley’s next move is going to a think tank after becoming major Trump critic

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nikki Haley has been tapped to be a chair at the Hudson Institute conservative think tank, according to a statement from the group Monday morning, marking the first major move [Read More…]

Will Arizona lawmakers repeal controversial 1864 abortion ban? What to know

Getty Images – STOCK (PHOENIX) — Arizona lawmakers are reconvening on Wednesday after a week’s recess and could soon take up legislation to repeal a controversial 19th-century ban on almost all abortions in the state, [Read More…]

Who are the key players in Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial?

Justin Lane/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jury selection began Monday in former President Donald Trump’s first criminal trial over allegations that he falsified business records to conceal criminal conduct. Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels are [Read More…]

Red states, including South Dakota, fight growing efforts to give ‘basic income’ cash to residents

Kevin Hardy, Stateline South Dakota state Sen. John Wiik likes to think of himself as a lookout of sorts — keeping an eye on new laws, programs and ideas brewing across the states. “I don’t [Read More…]

Bureau of Indian Affairs will support South Dakota tribal police academy summer session

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The Bureau of Indian Affairs will send trainers to South Dakota to help finalize the certifications for any tribal trainees who take part in a special summer basic training course [Read More…]

Consequences of aging, why we die explained by Nobel biologist

ABC (NEW YORK) — Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan sat down with ABC News Live to discuss the science and ethics of extending the human lifespan. In his new book, “Why We Die: The [Read More…]

Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor record tease for ‘Romeo + Juliet’

ABC – Netflix A day after it was announced that West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler and Heartstopper lead Kit Connor will make their Broadway debuts in Romeo + Juliet — temporarily tanking the play’s website in [Read More…]

Michael J. Fox, Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright and more make 2024’s ‘TIME’ 100

Jeffrey Wright – Disney/Randy Holmes On Wednesday, TIME revealed its 2024 TIME 100, its annual list “of the 100 most influential people in the world,” and the world of entertainment was well represented. As is [Read More…]

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is Broadway bound with Jon M. Chu to direct

Warber Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures — the division that translated movies including Beetlejuice and Elf into Broadway musicals — will be doing the same with its 2018 hit Crazy Rich Asians. ABC Audio [Read More…]

Ag News

Overcoming market barriers with Brazil

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai told the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday the Biden administration is working with Brazil to overcome market access barriers for U.S. ethanol, including the 18% import tariff. “Our objective is [Read More…]

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Port of Baltimore slowly reopening

The chief ag negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says shipping channels are slowly reopening at the Port of Baltimore following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March. Doug [Read More…]

Ag News

Senate Finance Committee: ag needs real trade agenda

The leaders of the Senate Finance Committee told U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai in a hearing Wednesday U.S. agriculture needs a real trade agenda. Ranking Member Mike Crapo from Idaho referenced a letter sent by [Read More…]

Ag News

Bean’s water export bill on-hold in MO Senate

The chairman of Missouri’s Senate Agriculture Committee a bill he’s sponsoring that would require permits for any water exported out of Missouri has been laid over in the Senate. Jason Bean tells Brownfield Senate Bill [Read More…]

Ag News

Ethanol production lowest since mid-January

U.S. ethanol production fell to a 12-week low last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 983,000 barrels a day, down 73,000 on the week due to seasonal maintenance and 41,000 less than [Read More…]

Man gets 37-year sentence for kidnapping FBI employee in South Dakota