Month: April 2024

Isaiah Campbell/U.S. Marine Corps via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a significant revelation, the U.S. military has for the first time publicly named the suicide bomber behind the catastrophic attack at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israeli war cabinet to reconvene Monday

Omar El Qattaa/Anadolu via 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, [Read More…]

Two officers shot and killed while investigating stolen vehicle in Salina, New York

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (SALINA, N.Y.) — A sheriff’s deputy and a police officer have died after shots were fired as they investigated a stolen vehicle in Salina, New York, officials confirmed early Monday morning. A [Read More…]

‘Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez to be sentenced for fatal on-set shooting

Mint Images/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez is set to be sentenced on Monday for involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set. [Read More…]

‘Civil War’ marches to the top of the box office with $25 million opening

A24 Alex Garland‘s Civil War topped the domestic box office with an estimated $25.7 million, surpassing expectations and scoring the biggest R-rated opening weekend for a film so far this year. The movie, starring Kirsten Dunst, [Read More…]

Ag News

A brief cooler to colder, but generally drier period of weather ahead for the Heartland

April 15, 2024 nedvedmedia

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures across much of the western and central U.S., while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail along the immediate Pacific Coast and [Read More…]

SD Observes National Work Zone Awareness Week

April 15, 2024 J.P. Skelly

National Work Zone Awareness Week is an annual awareness campaign held at the start of construction season to remind drivers to be attentive through work zones during the busy summer travel months. The official theme [Read More…]

Chris Sununu now says Trump shouldn’t drop out if convicted but stands by his past criticism

ABC News New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Sunday reaffirmed his support for Donald Trump in the 2024 general election while standing by some — but not all — of his past criticism of the [Read More…]

Iran launches attack on Israel: What is the Iron Dome?

ABC News Iran unleashed an attack on Israel Saturday night, sending more than 300 uncrewed drones and missiles toward targets throughout the country, Israeli military officials said. All but a few were intercepted by Israel [Read More…]

On eve of Trump’s New York hush money trial, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg touts drop in violent crime

WABC Alvin Bragg had a problem. It was August 2022, and the Manhattan district attorney had just found out two people had been shot — including a bystander who had been shot in the head [Read More…]

Top Democrat slams Trump’s latest abortion position: ‘Women are not going to be conned’

ABC News A top Democrat on Sunday slammed former President Donald Trump after he sought to clarify his view on abortion bans as a state issue and said the various local laws were working “very [Read More…]

White House touts ‘extraordinary success’ against Iran’s Israel attack but doesn’t want ‘wider’ war

ABC News White House spokesperson John Kirby on Sunday praised the “extraordinary success” of Israel’s defense against a massive drone and missile attack unleashed by Iran on Saturday night but said that the U.S. does [Read More…]

Major media organizations urge Biden and Trump to debate

ABC News ABC News is among a unified grouping of the five chief broadcast and cable news networks, along with major wire, print and radio organizations, that have penned an open letter asking presidential candidates [Read More…]

Two people died in a two vehicle crash in western South Dakota

April 14, 2024 J.P. Skelly

Two people died Saturday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash near Whitewood. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported the driver of a passenger car was traveling eastbound on SD Highway 34 around 2pm when [Read More…]

Custer murder suspect flees through three states before killing himself

April 14, 2024 J.P. Skelly

Authorities said they’re investigating a case of domestic violence that ended with a man dead and a woman injured in South Dakota, and the suspect fleeing through Wyoming before killing himself Saturday in Colorado. Deputies [Read More…]

A Busy Saturday Afternoon for First Responders

April 13, 2024 J.P. Skelly

Mitchell first responders had a busy Saturday afternoon. A number of organizations successfully located a small girl who was reported missing in the Loma Linda area of southwest Mitchell for just under two hours. She [Read More…]

Severe thunderstorms could bring damaging winds from Great Lakes to Northeast

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Severe thunderstorms may bring damaging winds from the Great Lakes to the Northeast on Sunday, with a more widespread threat in the Heartland early in the week. Sunday afternoon, strong [Read More…]

Pittsburgh bridges reopen after 26 barges break loose, float uncontrolled down Ohio River

John Greim/Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (PITTSBURGH, Pa.) — Twenty-six barges broke loose and floated uncontrolled down the Ohio River Friday night, according to the Pittsburgh Public Safety Office. The West End Bridge [Read More…]

Lincoln University administrator’s suicide spotlights Black women’s struggles in higher education

Mireya Acierto/ Getty Images (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — When Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, the former vice president of student affairs at Lincoln University in Missouri, died by suicide on Jan. 8, the tragedy brought attention to [Read More…]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he has ruled out libertarian run for president