Year: 2024
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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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Corrections secretary: New women’s prison could be filled with addicts on day one
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE – The state’s new women’s prison may well be full when it opens, South Dakota’s corrections secretary said this week, a reality largely attributable to the prevalence of drug [Read More…]
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Class AA Boys SoDAK 16 Bracket Released
Class AA Boys SoDAK 16, Saturday, March 2 No. 1 Mitchell (19-1) vs. No. 16 Yankton (3-17), 5 pm No. 2 Harrisburg (17-3) vs. No. 15 Sturgis (8-12), 2 pm No. 3 Brandon Valley (15-5) [Read More…]
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Charles Mix County Fatal Crash Two Miles East of Geddes
Charles Mix County, S.D.- A 57-year-old man died early this morning in a single vehicle crash in Charles Mix County. The name of the person involved has not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates the driver [Read More…]
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Class AA Girls SoDAK 16 Bracket Released
Class AA Girls SoDAK 16, Friday, March 1 No. 1 O’Gorman (20-0) vs. No. 16 SF Roosevelt (4-16) No. 2 Mitchell (18-2) vs. No. 15 Yankton (5-15), 8 pm No. 3 Brandon Valley (16-4) vs. [Read More…]
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police targeted in ‘alarming’ cyberattack
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Canada’s national police force was hit with a cyberattack Friday that was of “alarming” magnitude, according to the agency. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is now [Read More…]
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Russian authorities hand over Alexei Navalny’s body to his mother, spokeswoman says
peng song/Getty Images (MOSCOW) — Russian authorities have given Alexei Navalny’s body back to his mother more than a week after the opposition leader’s death in an Arctic penal colony, according to Navalny’s spokesperson. Spokeswoman [Read More…]
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Russia strikes hit Ukraine overnight as it marks 2nd anniversary of invasion
fhm/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Russia, as it does many nights, has launched airstrikes on Ukraine overnight into Saturday morning, the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion in 2022. A barrage of Russian drones and [Read More…]
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Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel says it agrees to cease-fire, hostage release
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than four months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]
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Nex Benedict, nonbinary teen who died day after school fight, describes altercation in police footage
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (OWASSO, Okla.) — Newly released body camerage footage shows Nex Benedict, a nonbinary 16-year-old who died one day after a physical altercation with several other students in a bathroom at their Oklahoma [Read More…]
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Flaco, the escaped Central Park Zoo owl, dies
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Flaco, the rare Eurasian owl that captured the attention of New York City and dubbed “the most famous owl in the world,” has died after an apparent [Read More…]
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High-altitude balloon intercepted by US fighters over Utah a ‘likely hobby balloon’: NORAD
Stocktrek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A balloon intercepted by fighter aircraft over Utah on Friday was a “likely hobby balloon” and has since left United States airspace, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Saturday. [Read More…]
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US launches new strikes on Houthi fighters in Yemen amid continued Middle East unrest
Glowimages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A coalition of countries led by the U.S. and U.K. on Saturday carried out a new round of strikes on the Houthis in Yemen “in response to the Houthis’ continued attacks [Read More…]
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Trump claims Black Americans relate to his criminal prosecutions
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — Former President Donald Trump said he was speaking to President Joe Biden’s worst nightmare while courting Black conservatives at the Black Conservative Federation Gala in Columbia, South Carolina: “Hundreds [Read More…]
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Three things to watch for in South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — South Carolina is set to hand former President Donald Trump a landslide victory in its GOP presidential primary Saturday, dealing former Gov. Nikki Haley another setback in her home state. [Read More…]
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‘Red meat,’ J6 and Trump regalia: The GOP base rallies outside Washington
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Laura McGarraugh, an emergency room nurse from Austin, Texas, is confident Democrats will replace President Joe Biden atop their ticket this year. She’s just not sure with whom. Speaking to [Read More…]
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Suspect charged with murder after University of Georgia student who went on run found dead
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…]
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Bills simplifying removal of tenants clear legislative panel
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — Two bills that streamline the process of removing tenants from their homes are on their way to the state House of Representatives after earning an endorsement from a [Read More…]
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Phonics training is among the winners as budget panel plows through spending requests
Makenzie Huber and John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE – The Legislature’s budget committee endorsed a bill Friday to spend $3 million on phonics-based reading instruction for elementary teachers, and the committee also dealt with [Read More…]
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Military helicopter crashes in Mississippi during routine training flight
Kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A military helicopter crashed in northeast Mississippi on Friday afternoon during a routine training flight, according to the Mississippi National Guard. The AH-64 Apache crashed in Prentiss County around 2 [Read More…]
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