Month: August 2024

Jack O’Connor, States Newsroom Summit Carbon Solutions has purchased old land easement agreements from a former rival company to help speed up its carbon pipeline construction project, Summit officials confirm. Summit’s former rival, Navigator CO2, [Read More…]

Federal health officials tout AI for medical research in South Dakota

Health researchers in South Dakota and across the U.S. want to use artificial intelligence (AI) to do things like cure cancer, predict the onset of Alzheimer’s and diabetes earlier, and diagnose and address disparities in [Read More…]

How South Dakota and Michigan took different paths to ‘election integrity’

Stu Whiteney, South Dakota News Watch DETROIT – Justin Roebuck can recall the exact moment that distrust of 2020 presidential election results impacted his status in the Republican Party. The top election official of Ottawa [Read More…]

Rapid City Superintendent Fired after Racist Comments

Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal A South Dakota superintendent has been fired after an Office of Civil Rights report revealed racist comments aimed at Native American students. Nicole Swigart, superintendent of Rapid City Area Schools, [Read More…]

Shooting incident reported near JBSA-Lackland Base, officials say

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (SAN ANTONIO) — The main gate to U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has reopened after an off-base shooting incident early Saturday. Guards at the gate discharged their weapons in the [Read More…]

NYC beaches close due to rip currents from Hurricane Ernesto

WABC (NEW YORK) — Several New York City beaches will remain closed for the weekend due to strong rip currents from Hurricane Ernesto. The Category 1 storm made landfall in Bermuda early Saturday, hovering slowly [Read More…]

Health Secretary Xavier Becerra breaks down Medicare drug price talks

Thierry Monasse/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) When Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, there was a key provision that the Biden administration fought hard for. For years, private insurance companies negotiated with drug makers over [Read More…]

Trump Media stock is plummeting. These shareholders don’t care

Anna Barclay/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock dropped more than 11% this week, suffering from sour sentiment after a weak earnings report and the return of former President Donald Trump [Read More…]

Fatal motorcycle crash in Huron

August 17, 2024 J.P. Skelly

A 31-year-old man died in a single vehicle motorcycle crash early Saturday morning in Huron. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported the driver of a motorcycle was traveling northbound on Westpark Avenue around [Read More…]

Inside Israel’s deadly Jenin raid, 40 hours in May that shook the West Bank refugee camp

Issam Rimawi/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Journalist Amr Manasra says he remembers the moment an iron column saved his life. It was a miracle, he said, when an Israeli sniper’s bullet was met [Read More…]

George Santos expected to plead guilty during a hearing Monday in fraud case: Sources

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — George Santos is expected to plead guilty in his fraud case during a hearing Monday in federal court on Long Island, sources familiar with the case told ABC [Read More…]

President Biden and first lady to make ‘strong case’ to elect Harris at DNC on Monday night

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday night, a senior DNCC spokesperson confirmed. Their speeches will “make a [Read More…]

As Chicago braces for Democratic National Convention, concerns over safety mount

John Moore/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — With more than 50,000 people estimated to descend on Chicago next week for the Democratic National Convention, the city said it is prepared to make sure the week is a [Read More…]

Whooping cough cases more than 3 times higher than last year in return to pre-pandemic levels

Roger Harris/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cases of whooping cough are more than three times higher this year than they were at the same time last year, according to data from the Centers for Disease [Read More…]

Ag News

CME cash dairy prices mixed Friday

August 16, 2024 nedvedmedia

Cash dairy prices were mixed Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was down $0.01 at $0.55. Three sales were recorded, ranging from $0.5475 to $0.55. Forty-pound cheese blocks were unchanged at $2.10. One [Read More…]

Texas nursing student’s kidnapping, murder solved after 44 years: Police

Austin Police Department (AUSTIN, TEXAS) — A 78-year-old man has now been charged with a murder committed over 40 years ago after genetic genealogy helped investigators identify him as a suspect. Deck Brewer Jr., a [Read More…]

Harris unveils economic plans on inflation, housing. Here’s what economists think

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled a sweeping economic agenda on Friday, vowing to ease inflation, fix the housing market and slash taxes for middle-income families. The plans include eye-catching proposals [Read More…]

GOP’s Comer launches investigation into Walz’s ‘engagement’ with China

Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. James Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Friday he is launching an investigation into what he says is Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s [Read More…]

Biden signs proclamation establishing Springfield 1908 Race Riot Monument