Year: 2024
A mother’s 13-year journey for justice and an exclusive look at the FBI investigation that solved her daughter’s murder
ABC News (NEW YORK) — In April 2009, Brittanee Drexel told her mother she would be spending a few days at a friend’s house in Rochester, New York. But what Dawn Drexel didn’t know was [Read More…]
House Education launches formal investigation into MIT over antisemitism reports
In this June 30, 2015, file photo, pedestrians walk near a sign in front of the William Barton Rogers Building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. — Bloomberg via Getty [Read More…]
US military lifts grounding order on V-22 Osprey three months after fatal crash
A US Air Force (USAF) Bell-Boeing CV-22B Osprey tiltrotor military aircraft takes off at HeliOperations base, on March 30, 2022 in Portland, United Kingdom. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The US military has [Read More…]
Tire falls off United Airlines flight after takeoff from San Francisco
A United Airlines flight that lost a portion of its landing gear tire is diverted to Los Angeles International Airport, March 7, 2024. — KABC (SAN FRANCISCO) — A United Airlines flight lost one of [Read More…]
US Army intelligence analyst allegedly gave national defense info for cash: DOJ
In this screen grab from a U.S. Army video, Sgt. Korbein Schultz is shown. — U.S. Army (NASHVILLE) — A U.S. Army intelligence analyst allegedly gave national defense documents, writings, plans, maps, notes and photographs [Read More…]
Prisons, education and the end of federal pandemic aid: Legislature passes $7.3 billion budget
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota lawmakers ended the main part of their legislative session Thursday by approving a $7.3 billion balanced state budget for next fiscal year, starting July 1 – including a $27 million [Read More…]
Melinda Gates says using artificial intelligence in pregnancy could help save women’s lives
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks with people in Malawi. — Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (NEW YORK) — Each day, almost 800 women around the world die due to [Read More…]
New hearing ordered for woman sentenced to prison without aid of attorney
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight When Tashina Abraham-Medved appeared in a Roberts County courtroom to be sentenced for felony drug ingestion in April of 2022, her lawyer asked to be removed from the case. That [Read More…]
Biden tackles inflation by targeting hidden fees. Will voters notice?
Adam Gault/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Enthusiasm about the U.S. economy has soared in recent months but polls indicate most consumers still bemoan inflation. More than 60% of adults say recent price increases have caused financial [Read More…]
Oscars 2024: How to watch, what to know about 96th Academy Awards
ABC/AMPAS Here’s what you need to know ahead of the star-studded awards show. The 96th Oscars will be held March 10 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. The show will air live at 7 [Read More…]
In Brief: ‘Inside Out’ sequel drops a trailer, and more
Variety reports Margaret Qualley has been tapped to play Amanda Knox, who spent almost four years in an Italian prison following her wrongful conviction for the 2007 murder of her roommate in their apartment in [Read More…]
Key proposals from President Biden’s State of the Union address
US Vice President Kamala Harris, from left, President Joe Biden, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, during a State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on [Read More…]
Seven takeaways from Biden’s fiery State of the Union
President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber in Washington, Mar. 7, 2024. — Shawn Thew/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden delivered an alternately fiery and [Read More…]
Five of the biggest moments from Biden’s State of the Union speech
Phil Roeder/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s third State of the Union address, on Thursday, was filled with Democratic applause, Republican jeers and a slew of headline-making moments as he sought to make the [Read More…]
Jimmy Kimmel on “Barbenheimer,” the Oscars’ new start time and returning to host a fourth time
Disney/Mark Seliger Ahead of his fourth time hosting the Academy Awards, Jimmy Kimmel is putting the finishing touches on his monologue and sharpening his bits. So what brought him back to the high-profile, high-stress gig? [Read More…]
“The end of the world ain’t what it used to be”: Prime Video drops epic ‘Fallout’ trailer
Prime Video On Thursday, Prime Video dropped an epic trailer for its forthcoming series Fallout. Based on the bestselling video game series, the story takes place 200 years after an apocalyptic event, when “the gentle [Read More…]
Steve Lawrence, Emmy and Grammy Award winner, dead at 88
Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images Steve Lawrence, the entertainer who spent decades as one half of the iconic singing duo Steve & Eydie with wife Eydie Gorme, has died at 88 years old. A rep for [Read More…]
KS farmer says market diversification remains important for U.S. soy
The new chairman of the U.S. Soybean Export Council says market diversification is important to the future of U.S. soybean production. Lance Rezac from eastern Kansas says more than 60% of U.S. soybeans are exported [Read More…]
Comer invites Hunter Biden to return to Capitol Hill for public hearing
Kent Nishimura / Stringer / Getty (WASHINGTON) — A week after Hunter Biden testified in closed-door proceeding before the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has invited the president’s son to [Read More…]
Class AA Girls Basketball State Tournament Results
Class AA Girls State Tournament, Thursday, March 7th in Sioux Falls No. 1 O’Gorman 61, No. 8 Rapid City Stevens 58, OT Mahli Abdouch with a game-high 19 points and five assists for O’Gorman. RC [Read More…]
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