Month: June 2024

‘Sacred Return’: Tribal ceremony honors birth of prophesied white buffalo calf
Blair Miller/Daily Montanan HEBGEN LAKE, Montana — The birth of a sacred white buffalo calf earlier this month in Yellowstone National Park’s Lamar Valley fulfills a tribal prophecy, according to Native American spiritual leaders. The prophecy means people [Read More…]

‘Fake weed’ ban will take effect Monday as lawsuit against it proceeds
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight A new law barring the production or sale of high-inducing, hemp-derived cannabis products will take effect Monday after a judge declined to block it. Hemp Quarters 605, a Pierre-based shop that [Read More…]

South Dakota water has lots of lithium, study says, as research into health effects continues
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Much of South Dakota’s drinking water has more naturally occurring lithium in it than the federal government preliminarily advises as a healthy level, according to numbers in a recent study released by the [Read More…]

NHRA drag racing great John Force shows daily improvement but long road to recovery, team says
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — NHRA drag racing great John Force is showing “daily signs of improvement” in a neurological intensive care unit a week after a fiery, 300 mph crash at the Virginia Nationals, according to his [Read More…]

11 people injured when escalator malfunctions in Milwaukee ballpark after Brewers lose to Cubs
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eleven people were injured Saturday when an escalator malfunctioned at American Family Field in Milwaukee following the Brewers’ loss to the Chicago Cubs, a team official said. Six people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening [Read More…]

LeBron James intends to sign a new deal with the Lakers
LeBron James is going to move toward a new contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. Paul George and Klay Thompson may simply be on the move to new teams. And the NBA’s free agency period, [Read More…]

Buxton extends Minnesota’s home run streak with 3-run shot as Twins top Mariners 5-1
SEATTLE (AP) — Byron Buxton extended Minnesota’s home run streak to 18 straight games with a three-run shot in the sixth inning, Pablo López allowed one run over six innings, and the Twins beat the [Read More…]

Pluse Finishes 20th at U.S. Olympics Trials
EUGENE, Ore.— South Dakota senior Jacy Pulse finished 20th in the 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Saturday evening at Hayward Field. Pulse took 20th in the semifinal round of the 400-meter hurdles with [Read More…]

Name Released in Butte County Fatal Crash near Belle Fourche
Butte County, S.D.- A 69-year-old man died Tuesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash near Belle Fourche, SD. Preliminary crash information indicates Randy A. Dockendorf, the driver of a 2017 Toyota Sienna was traveling eastbound on SD Highway [Read More…]

LGBTQ people say their mental health is positively impacted when states have protective laws
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Growing up in the 1990s and early 2000s just outside of Akron, Ohio, Shane Stahl felt it was taboo to talk about being part of the LGBTQ+ community or [Read More…]

Students navigate new college admissions landscape, one year after affirmative action is struck down
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Last June, the Supreme Court struck down the use of affirmative action in college admissions. The court held, in a 6-3 decision, that Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s [Read More…]

Mexico City residents, faced with water crisis, resort to drastic measures
ABC News (MEXICO CITY) — Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world, yet it is running out of water. It’s a slow-motion disaster decades in the making, caused by a litany [Read More…]





Judge denies Alec Baldwin’s bid to dismiss ‘Rust’ charge over firearm evidence
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — A New Mexico judge denied Alec Baldwin’s bid to drop his involuntary manslaughter charge over firearm evidence stemming from the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of “Rust” [Read More…]

4 dead after minivan crashes into nail salon on Long Island, New York: Authorities
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Four people were killed and nine others injured after a vehicle crashed into a storefront in New York on Friday, authorities said. The “mass casualty” incident occurred in Deer Park [Read More…]

Can Biden bounce back from rough debate?
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats described President Joe Biden’s debate performance on Thursday as anywhere from “wobbly” to “disappointing” to a “disaster.” Now, they’re scrambling to figure out if he can bounce back. Biden [Read More…]

Steve Bannon says he has no regrets as he heads to prison
ABC News (NEW YORK) — On Monday, Steve Bannon will be behind bars in federal prison, but the ex-Trump White House adviser said Friday he’s feeling great and has no regrets about defying Congress to [Read More…]
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