Month: June 2024
Israel-Gaza live updates: Netanyahu’s security cabinet to handle war decisions, Israeli official says
Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip are pictured on June 4, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty [Read More…]
Putin to visit Kim in North Korea on diplomatic trip, Kremlin says
Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on an official state visit beginning on Tuesday, the Kremlin said on Monday. Putin’s trip, which is scheduled to last [Read More…]
Democrats launch summer spending blitz highlighting state legislative races
Henrik5000/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The presidential election is taking up much of the political oxygen in 2024. But Democrats are urging voters not to forget the importance of state legislative races — and they’re spending [Read More…]
Democrats launch summer spending blitz highlighting state legislative races
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The presidential election is taking up much of the political oxygen in 2024. But Democrats are urging voters not to forget the importance of state legislative races — and [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 6/16/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUETampa Bay 8, Atlanta 6Baltimore 8, Philadelphia 3LA Dodgers 3, Kansas City 0San Francisco 13, LA Angels 6Arizona 12, Chi [Read More…]
Surgeon general calls for health warnings on social media for younger users
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. surgeon general called on Monday for social media platforms to include health warnings for younger users. “It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on [Read More…]
High blood pressure during pregnancy has doubled, but only 60% are treated, study finds
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rates of high blood pressure during pregnancy doubled between 2008-2021, but only 60% were treated for it, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Hypertension. “One [Read More…]
Surgeon general calls for health warnings on social media for younger users
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. surgeon general called on Monday for social media platforms to include health warnings for younger users. “It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on [Read More…]
Access to health care limited in South Dakota rural and reservation areas
Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch SISSETON, S.D. – All it took in spring 2024 was two small, unrelated medical service interruptions to put women’s health at risk and expose the fragility of the [Read More…]
South Dakota courts aim to improve language access as diversity, interpreter needs grow
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Interpreter use in South Dakota courtrooms has more than doubled in the last decade, according to the Unified Judicial System. Requests for translation services, which cost the state more than $26,000 [Read More…]
Democrats nominate PUC candidate at state convention
South Dakota Searchlight The South Dakota Democratic Party has nominated Forrest Wilson, of Lead, as its candidate for the Public Utilities Commission in the Nov. 5 general election. Wilson is the director at the Lead-Deadwood [Read More…]
‘Inside Out 2’ reignites box office with $155 million debut
Disney Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 became the first movie of 2024 to cross $100 million in its opening weekend, topping the domestic box office with an estimated $155 million. The sequel to the 2015 animated comedy [Read More…]
Lena Dunham, Stephen Fry on their personal connection to ‘Treasure’
Bleecker Street, FilmNation Lena Dunham stars alongside Stephen Fry in the father-daughter road trip film Treasure, in theaters now. Set in 1990s Poland, Dunham plays American music journalist Ruth, who travels with her Holocaust survivor [Read More…]
Bayer introduces FieldView2.0
The next generation of Bayer’s digital farming platform is expected to enter tractor cabs this fall. Andy Folta, U.S. product marketing manager, says “FieldView Drive 2.0” is their first device upgrade since launch in 2016. [Read More…]
Breaking down supply and demand
USDA’s latest supply and demand estimates were released Wednesday, and Iowa State University Extension economist Chad Hart says there weren’t many revisions from May. He tells Brownfield there are signs soybean demand is improving, with [Read More…]
Virgin Australia flight makes emergency landing after ‘possible’ bird strike in New Zealand
Jenny Evans/Getty Images (LONDON) — A Virgin Australia flight made an emergency landing in New Zealand after a “possible bird strike,” the airline said in a statement. Flight VA 148 from Queenstown to Melbourne was [Read More…]
US soldier detained in Russia pleads partially guilty in court, local media reports
Getty Images – STOCK (RUSSIA) — U.S. Army service member Gordon Black, who has been detained in Russia since early May, pleaded partially guilty to charges of theft during the second hearing of his ongoing [Read More…]
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s trial to begin June 26, Russian court says
Getty Images – STOCK (LONDON) — The first hearing in the espionage trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been scheduled for June 26 in Russia, according to the Sverdlovsk Regional Court. The [Read More…]
Wildfire near LA spreads to more than 14,000 acres, sparking evacuations
Getty Images – STOCK (LOS ANGELES) — A Southern California wildfire doubled in size overnight, causing the evacuation of more than 1,000 campers from a park, closing a popular recreation area on Father’s Day and [Read More…]
2 killed, 14 injured in shooting at Juneteenth celebration in Texas; police searching for suspect
ABC (Round Rock, Texas.) — Police in Round Rock, Texas, have asked for the public’s help in locating a suspect in connection with a shooting during a Juneteenth celebration that left two dead and 14 [Read More…]
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