Year: 2024
Machine gun or firearm toy? Bump stock creator speaks out ahead of Supreme Court hearing on ban
A bump stocks make a gun fire by sliding the weapon against a fixed trigger finger rather than moving a trigger finger against the gun. — ABC News (KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) — To gun enthusiasts, Jeremiah [Read More…]
Koch-backed group halts financial support for Haley
Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley delivers remarks at her primary-night rally at the Grappone Conference Center on January 23, 2024 in Concord, New Hampshire. — (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]
Ronna McDaniel to resign as Republican National Committee chair days after Super Tuesday
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute’s ‘A Time for Choosing Speaker Series’ at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on April 20, 2023 in Simi Valley, California. — (Photo [Read More…]
‘Bob Marley: One Love’ hangs on to #1 at the box office with $13.5 million weekend
Paramount Pictures Bob Marley: One Love spent its second week atop the domestic box office with an estimated $13.5 million domestic haul. The biopic, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the legendary reggae artist, has delivered $71.1 [Read More…]
Judge declines to grant stay of Trump’s $83.3 million judgment in Carroll defamation trial
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Judge Lewis Kaplan has declined to grant a stay of Donald Trump’s $83.3 million judgment in his defamation case and requested a written response from columnist E. Jean Carroll’s [Read More…]
Man in critical condition after setting himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington: Police
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A man was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday after authorities say he set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. The incident unfolded just before 1 p.m. [Read More…]
Suspect charged with murder after woman who went on run found dead on University of Georgia campus
Augusta University (ATHENS, Ga.) — A suspect was taken into custody a day after a woman who went for a run on the University of Georgia’s Athens campus was found dead due to “foul play,” [Read More…]
As speculation mounts on Trump’s running mate, contenders pitch the base at CPAC
Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The annual Conservative Political Action Conference has long been a proving ground for would-be presidents, launching the political aspirations of heavyweights like Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. This [Read More…]
3 Black women aim for historic Senate wins in 2024: ‘My intention is to make a difference’
Julia Cherner/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — More than 2,000 people have served in the U.S. Senate since it was established in 1789. But just 12 have been Black — and only three have been Black women, [Read More…]
Donald Trump wants to escalate a US trade war. Did it work the first time?
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — John Hoge has run a family-owned sporting goods business in Long Island, New York, for decades, selling kayaks and paddle boards imported mainly from China. In 2019, Hoge said, the [Read More…]
Sen. Duckworth skeptical Republicans will back IVF bill after court rules embryos are people
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Reacting to a controversial new Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos should be considered people under the law, Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth said on Sunday that she was “devastated” for how [Read More…]
Physicians share concerns over IVF treatments pausing after Alabama court ruling
ABC News (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Dr. Beth Malizia, an Alabama physician, went through 12 years of training to provide patients with fertility care. But the doctor and co-owner of Alabama Fertility says her hands are [Read More…]
Cross-country storm to hit the Northwest with severe weather before heading East
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A new cross-country storm is expected to begin Sunday in the West and travel across America, hitting the East Coast by Wednesday evening. On Sunday morning, 11 states from Washington [Read More…]
Arrest made after Kentucky student found dead in dorm room, police say
Campbellsville Police Department/Facebook (CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky.) — A suspect has been arrested in connection to the death of a Kentucky student who was found dead in his dorm room over the weekend at Campbellsville University, according [Read More…]
Speaker Mike Johnson can ‘bend the course of history’ by backing Ukraine funding, White House says
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s national security adviser on Sunday pushed Speaker Mike Johnson to put a bipartisan Senate foreign aid bill to a vote in the House, arguing that doing so [Read More…]
Sanborn County celebrates a new addition to its 4-H building
Sanborn County 4H celebrated the completion of a new addition to its current 4H building during an open house Saturday. Paula Larson-Linke is a member of the building committee. She says the push for the [Read More…]
2024 SAG Awards: ’Oppenheimer,’ ‘The Bear,’ ’Beef’ among winners
SAG Awards The 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards took place on Saturday, February 24, in Los Angeles. Among the big winners were Oppenheimer, The Bear and Beef. Other highlights included a reunion of The Devil Wears Prada [Read More…]
Mitchell High School construction is progressing well thanks to mild winter
Progress is ongoing with the Mitchell High School construction project. Superintendent Joe Childs says it’s going extremely well…. He recently toured the construction site and spoke with some of the workers…. Childs is [Read More…]
South Dakota State Wins on Senior Day
BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State rallied from a nine-point second half deficit and eventually closed out a 77-72 victory over St. Thomas in front of 3,136 fans in Frost Arena on Saturday, Feb. 24. The [Read More…]
Jacks Clinch Summit League Title at St. Thomas
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team clinched at least a share of the Summit League regular season title Saturday with a 97-63 win over St. Thomas at Schoenecker Arena. Three [Read More…]
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