Month: September 2024

In this Sept. 19, 2023 file photo, a flag football game is shown at Wilson in Long Beach, Calif. (Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Pennsylvania officially recognized flag football [Read More…]

3D mammography better at detecting early-stage cancer with fewer false positives, study finds

Isaac Lane Koval/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Newer three-dimensional imaging is more effective at detecting breast cancer and may improve long-term outcomes, according to a new study led by researchers at the Yale School of [Read More…]

Instagram imposes new restrictions for teens. Will they work?

Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Instagram this week unveiled mandatory accounts for teens that bolster privacy protections, enable parental supervision, and restrict notifications during overnight hours. New and existing users under the age of [Read More…]

‘Golden Bachelorette’ recap: Joan Vassos meets suitors, begins journey of finding love

Disney/Gilles Mingasson Joan Vassos‘ season of The Golden Bachelorette kicked off on Wednesday night in a special way. The 61-year-old school administrator, mother and grandmother, who is the first ever Golden Bachelorette, met her suitors [Read More…]

Mel Gibson reportedly scouting locations in Malta for his ‘Passion of the Christ’ follow-up, ‘The Resurrection’

Steve Granitz/FilmMagic Mel Gibson is apparently scouting locations for The Resurrection, the follow-up to his 2004 blockbuster The Passion of the Christ. This piece of news came from the Italian-language publication ItalPress, which reported the [Read More…]

Police academy adding extra ethics session due to heightened publicity, officer interest

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight Officers in South Dakota’s Basic Law Enforcement Certification course will have an extra lesson on ethics and the role of the state’s police commission, starting with the current cohort. Hank Prim, [Read More…]

Trial for abortion ballot measure in limbo as court staff ‘not aware’ of planned start date

John Hult and Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight The trial date for a lawsuit against South Dakota’s abortion-rights ballot measure was not added to a court calendar, despite a signed order from a judge saying the [Read More…]

Mitchell Baseball Association Remains Silent Amid Sentencing of Former Legion Players

The Mitchell Baseball Association has declined to comment following the sentencing of six former Mitchell Legion baseball players. These players, who were charged with raping a teammate at a Rapid City hotel during a tournament, [Read More…]

Health and farmworker advocates urge ban of herbicide linked to Parkinson’s

Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — Public health advocates and farmworkers called for a federal ban on a toxic herbicide they say led to their Parkinson’s disease during a Tuesday briefing for congressional staffers. The U.S. [Read More…]

In vitro fertilization bills from both Democrats and GOP blocked in U.S. Senate

Jennifer Shutt, States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The closely divided U.S. Senate gridlocked Tuesday over the best way to provide nationwide protections for in vitro fertilization, despite lawmakers from both political parties maintaining they want to [Read More…]

‘Exceptional’ law enforcement student denied police certification for past convictions

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight A Colorado native and former teenage runaway with a criminal history who moved to South Dakota with her children and became a top student in a law enforcement program won’t [Read More…]

20 more dead, 450 injured as new round of explosions rocks Lebanon: Health officials

Ambulances rush wounded people to a hospital in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on September 17, 2024. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — At least 20 more people were killed and 450 injured [Read More…]

Dozens injured after wagon overturns at Wisconsin apple orchard: Authorities

Richard T. Nowitz/Getty Images (CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.) — More than two dozen people were injured, including three critically, after a wagon overturned at an apple orchard in Wisconsin, authorities said. The incident was reported Wednesday [Read More…]

Firefighters nearing victory in battle against 3 massive wildfires near Los Angeles

David McNew/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Firefighters are nearing victory in the battles against three major wildfires near Los Angeles that have burned more than 117,000 acres, destroyed nearly 200 structures and injured 23 people, [Read More…]

Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new indictment charging him with criminal sex act

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for a pretrial hearing, following his overturned sex crimes conviction, in New York City, July 19, 2024. (KENA BETANCUR/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]

Vance kept up false claims about Haitian migrants after aide was told they were baseless

Allison Joyce/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An aide to Ohio Sen. JD Vance was informed by a top Springfield, Ohio, official earlier this month that claims about Haitian migrants eating cats and dogs were false but [Read More…]

Teamsters union opts to not endorse any presidential candidate