Year: 2024
Andrew Cuomo subpoenaed by congressional subcommittee investigating COVID-era handling of nursing homes
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House subcommittee tasked with investigating the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday subpoenaed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in relation to his administration’s [Read More…]
Medical debt in US associated with worse physical and mental health, premature death: Study
S. Barros/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (New York) — Medical debt across the U.S. is associated with worse physical and mental health, and even premature death. A new study from the American [Read More…]
Facebook, Instagram and Threads outage: ‘We’re aware people are having trouble accessing our services,’ Meta says
Sebastian Kahnert/Getty Images (MENLO PARK, Ca.) — Meta resolved an outage suffered by Facebook, Instagram and Threads on Tuesday, concluding a service issue that had prevented some U.S. users from logging on to the sites [Read More…]
Chris Evans says superhero movies “don’t always get the credit … they deserve”
‘Captain America: Civil War’ – Marvel Studios While speaking at Seattle’s Emerald City Comic Con over the weekend, Chris Evans stood up for the genre with which he’ll forever be associated. The actor may have [Read More…]
Disney+ shows ‘Andor’, ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’, and more coming to Blu-ray
Disney For fans of physical media, to quote Darth Vader, “This will be a day long remembered”: Disney has decided to release some of its biggest streaming Star Wars and Marvel Studios shows on Blu-ray/4K [Read More…]
Lupita Nyong’o and Joshua Jackson hold hands, kiss during her birthday weekend in Mexico
Bruce Glikas/Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic Five months after they were first spotted together, sparking romance rumors, Lupita Nyong’o and Joshua Jackson seemed to confirm their relationship during her birthday getaway to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on March 3, E! News [Read More…]
‘Ted Lasso’ star Brendan Hunt and fiancée welcome baby number two
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Ted Lasso writer and star Brendan Hunt and his fiancée Shannon Nelson have welcomed their second child together. Hunt, 51, revealed on Instagram that Archibald Felix Nelson Hunt — Archie, for short — was [Read More…]
DWU, Monument Health announce location for new Rapid City nursing program
Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell has secured a space for its new nursing program at a Monument Health location in Rapid City. As part of a recently completed agreement, DWU classes will be offered at [Read More…]
Thunderstorms with hail and heavy rain headed to South: What to expect
Ali Majdfar/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Severe thunderstorms are targeting the South this week, with states from Florida to Louisiana to Texas bracing for large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes and flooding rain. On Monday, [Read More…]
Michigan officials: 19-year-old who was quarter mile away from fiery explosion killed by flying canister
slobo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 19-year-old who was a quarter mile away from a fiery explosion in Michigan was struck and killed by a canister that flew into the air from the blast, according [Read More…]
AI is driving a stock market rally. What if the technology falters?
Matteo Colombo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ten days after the Super Bowl, Wall Street held its own version — at least that’s the way some traders on social media described it. Nvidia, which had soared [Read More…]
Petitions circulate in at least 18 counties to eliminate vote tabulators and require hand counting
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakotans who say they’re concerned about election security are racing to require counties to hand-count ballots in this year’s general election. Petitions are circulating or have circulated in 18 [Read More…]
Here are the 4 ballot measures South Dakota voters could have a say on this election
Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch What started as a cavalcade of petition campaigns for South Dakota’s November 2024 ballot has become more manageable for voters to follow. Of the eight citizen-led ballot questions approved [Read More…]
Jake Gyllenhaal honors Patrick Swayze ahead of ‘Road House’ debut
Prime Video Jake Gyllenhaal paid tribute to the late Patrick Swayze ahead of the release of the Road House remake, which premieres later this month. In an Instagram post shared Sunday, March 3, featuring a throwback photo of [Read More…]
In Brief: CBS renews ‘Tracker’, and more
CBS announced on Monday, March 4, that it has renewed Tracker for a second season. The drama series, based on Jeffery Deaver‘s bestselling novel The Never Game, stars Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw, “a lone-wolf [Read More…]
How Isolation Affects Mental Health
In this week’s Managing Mental Health, a partnership with the Missouri Department of Mental Health and Brownfield Ag News, farmer Jason Medows talks about how isolation affects mental health. …
Lobbyist expecting farm bill release in late spring
An ag lobbyist says lawmakers in Washington D.C. will take a closer look at the new farm bill once the appropriations process has been completed at the end of March. Randy Russell with the Russell [Read More…]
Do Soybeans Have a Planter Preference?
Michigan farmers want to know if soybeans perform better with a specific type of planter. In this Pods for Profit, Michigan Soybean Committee Research Director Mark Seamon discusses research results from the past three years [Read More…]
Valero to join Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline
The world’s second largest corn ethanol producer will join the proposed Summit Carbon Pipeline project being built across five states. Valero has eight ethanol facilities that will be incorporated into the project in South Dakota, [Read More…]
South Dakota State Fair Makes First Concert Announcement
HURON, S.D. – The South Dakota State Fair and Pioneer are proud to welcome country music star Riley Green to the SD State Fair Grandstand on Saturday, August 31. After being named the Academy of [Read More…]
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