Month: November 2024

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The election will not only decide who will occupy the White House for the next four years, but also which party controls both the U.S. House of Representatives and the [Read More…]

2024 exit polls: Fears for American democracy, economic discontent drive voters

Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Americans are going to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the historic election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Surveys ahead [Read More…]

How fracking may determine the election in swing state Pennsylvania

ABC News (CECIL TOWNSHIP, Pa.) — Fracking has been on the national stage this election season and swing state Pennsylvania, with its 19 electoral votes in play, is at the center of the issue with [Read More…]

Attorney says Giuliani ‘secreted away’ his property from poll workers who won $148M judgment

Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On Election Day 2024, Rudy Giuliani cannot escape the consequences of his defamation of two Georgia poll workers in the aftermath of Election Day 2020. A [Read More…]

Stock market surges on Election Day

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (NEW YORK CITY) — The U.S. stock market climbed higher in trading on Tuesday, as voters rushed to the polls and the nation awaited the results of a closely contested presidential election. [Read More…]

More than half of registered voters have already cast their ballots: Officials

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While Election Day is finally here, more than 83 million people have already cast their ballots. Election Day was trending on the busy side, with roughly half of the 161.42 [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Netanyahu fires Defense Minister Gallant

Omar Al-Qattaa via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza — particularly in the north of the strip — and in Lebanon, with Israeli attacks [Read More…]

Russia suspected of plot to send incendiary devices on planes: Sources

Jens Schlueter/Getty Images (MOSCOW) — Russia schemed to send incendiary devices, shipped through a commercial carrier on planes that would potentially end up in the United States, according to sources familiar with the situation. In [Read More…]

Rain lingers in the Ohio Valley; new moisture pattern breaks-out on the western Plains

Across the Corn Belt, a storm system crossing the upper Midwest is producing widespread rain and slowing or halting fieldwork. A wide temperature gradient exists across the storm, with Tuesday’s Midwestern high temperatures expected to [Read More…]

Managing Different Levels of Corn Insect Pressure

Above and below-ground insects can have a devastating impact on corn fields. In this Managing for Profit, Illinois-based DEKALB Technical Agronomist Rachel Willis says Bayer’s new lineup can help farmers protect their fields in 2025. [Read More…]

An active and moisture-laden pattern to continue across the Heartland; mild for the season

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures in the West, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail from the Plains to the Atlantic Coast. Meanwhile, wetter-than-normal conditions will [Read More…]

Rapid dry-down of soybeans an issue during harvest

November 6, 2024 Travis Kriens

The rapid dry-down of soybeans was a significant issue for many farmers in the Upper Midwest during harvest. Nick Peterson farms near St. Cloud in central Minnesota. “It was really a struggle because the beans [Read More…]

Vikings make specialist switches as kicker Reichard, long snapper DePaola land on injured reserve

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings placed rookie kicker Will Reichard and All-Pro long snapper Andrew DePaola on injured reserve on Tuesday, forcing a midseason switch at two vital positions for at least the next four games. The [Read More…]

Oregon gets top billing in College Football Playoff’s opening rankings, Ohio St 2nd and Georgia 3rd

November 6, 2024 Travis Kriens

A season full of surprises didn’t produce many when the first set of rankings on the road to college football’s new 12-team playoff came out Tuesday. Undefeated Oregon got top billing. The selection committee liked Ohio State [Read More…]

76ers’ Joel Embiid is suspended by the NBA for three games for shoving a newspaper columnist

November 6, 2024 Travis Kriens

NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was suspended by the NBA on Tuesday for three games without pay for shoving a member of the media. Embiid’s suspension will begin with the next regular-season [Read More…]

Congressman Dusty Johnson wins a fourth term in the U.S. House

November 5, 2024 J.P. Skelly

Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing South Dakota on Tuesday. Johnson captured his fourth term as the state’s single congressman by defeating Democrat Sheryl Johnson. The incumbent was among [Read More…]

Election Day 2024: What’s at stake in South Dakota

South Dakota Searchlight – It’s Election Day 2024, and South Dakota polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time. Registered voters searching for their polling place can find it in the state’s [Read More…]

Grassland and other conservation projects in SD receive $83 million federal boost

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Six projects in South Dakota will receive a combined $83 million in grants from the federal government for grassland conservation and climate-smart agricultural practices, according to a recent announcement by the U.S. [Read More…]

Timmer’s Triple Completes SDSU Comeback at Rice

HOUSTON – South Dakota State women’s basketball won its season opener over Rice in comeback fashion Monday night. Down 10 points with less than five minutes to play, the Jackrabbits outscored the Owls 18-6 over the [Read More…]

Coyote Women Drop Opener to St. Louis in Overtime