Year: 2024

Feldhaar Christian / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some 37 million people remain on alert for flooding in California, spanning the coast from the cities of Eureka to San Diego. An area just northwest of [Read More…]

One dead, five injured in shooting at Indianapolis Waffle House, police say

mphotoi/Getty Images (INDIANAPOLIS) — At least one person was killed and five others were injured in a shooting at a Waffle House in Indianapolis, Indiana, early Monday, police said. Authorities said they were dispatched to [Read More…]

Joel Osteen prays for 7-year-old shot at Lakewood Church in 1st Sunday service since shooting

February 19, 2024 Travis Kriens

Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Joel Osteen preached for “restoration and healing” in the first Sunday service following the shooting that erupted at his Lakewood Church in Houston last week. “Lord, we [Read More…]

Legislative Roundup: Budget taking shape as teacher pay, abortion, foreign-owned land bills advance

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight The week of Valentine’s Day, in this humble reporter’s opinion, is the best week of the legislative session. It’s not just because lawmakers exchange candy with cute, punny messages on [Read More…]

Open primaries effort attracts big contributions from South Dakotans and Colorado group

February 19, 2024 Travis Kriens

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight An ongoing effort to create open primary elections received some big contributions from South Dakotans in 2023, and also received a little more than half of its donations from a Colorado-based [Read More…]

Yankton County Fatal Crash

February 19, 2024 Travis Kriens

Yankton County, S.D.- A 45-year-old man died Saturday evening in a two-vehicle crash in Yankton County. The names of the people involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates a Ford van was [Read More…]

2024 People’s Choice Awards: The winners

Trae Patton/NBC The 2024 People’s Choice Awards, hosted by Barbie actor Simu Liu, were held Sunday night. Here’s the list of winners: THE MOVIE Barbie THE ACTION MOVIEThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes THE [Read More…]

Two police officers, one firefighter killed after responding to a domestic call in Minnesota: Officials

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images, STOCK (BURNSVILLE, Minn.)– Two police officers and one firefighter were shot and killed in Burnsville, Minnesota, on Sunday after responding to a “call of a family in danger,” according to Gov. Tim [Read More…]

Haley won’t say if she’d still back Trump as GOP nominee: ‘I am running against him for a reason’

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON)– Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Sunday wouldn’t definitively say if she’ll back primary rival Donald Trump in the general election but stressed that she’s staying in the race against him [Read More…]

Gov. Shapiro, top Biden surrogate, acknowledges close race with Trump: ‘Stop worrying and start working’

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON)– Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, one of Joe Biden’s top Democratic surrogates, on Sunday urged the president’s other supporters to start putting in the work to reelect him amid worries over his [Read More…]

Trump met with boos and chants while selling sneakers in Philadelphia

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA, Penn.)– The day after a New York judge fined him $355 million in the wake of a lengthy fraud trial, former President Donald Trump spent his Saturday in two battleground states, [Read More…]

NASCAR delays Daytona 500 race by a day due to heavy rain

February 18, 2024 J.P. Skelly

James Gilbert/Getty Images (DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.)– Steady rain and gusty winds in Florida prompted NASCAR to delay the start of the iconic Daytona 500 race until Monday, officials said. The race at the Daytona International [Read More…]

Statewide Safety Tip-Line up and running

Safe2Say South Dakota is a statewide tip line that allows South Dakota students, school staff, and community members to safely and anonymously report sensitive information that concerns their safety, or the safety of others, including [Read More…]

2 police officers, 1 firefighter killed after responding to a domestic call in Minnesota: Officials

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images, STOCK (BURNSVILLE, Minn.)– Two police officers and one firefighter were shot and killed in Burnsville, Minnesota, on Sunday after responding to a “call of a family in danger,” according to Gov. Tim [Read More…]

37 million California residents on flood watch amid back-to-back storms

ABC News (NEW YORK)– An already drenched California is bracing for a second storm as a multiday atmospheric river is projected to bring rainfall, wind and snowfall to the Golden state Sunday and extend through [Read More…]

Trump was fined $355 million and barred from his NY business temporarily. What happens now?

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With a 92-page order issued late Friday, Judge Arthur Engoron dealt Donald Trump a legal and financial blow that could permanently damage the business empire that propelled him to the [Read More…]

OpenAI video-generator Sora risks fueling propaganda and bias, experts say

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A sunbathed Dalmatian tiptoes across a windowsill, a Chinese New Year parade engulfs a city street, an archeologist digs up a chair from desert sand. Videos posted online display these [Read More…]

OpenAI video-generator Sora risks fueling propaganda and bias, experts say

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A sunbathed Dalmatian tiptoes across a windowsill, a Chinese New Year parade engulfs a city street, an archeologist digs up a chair from desert sand. Videos posted online display these [Read More…]

Alexei Navalny’s allies accuse Russian authorities of deliberately withholding his body

Alex McBride/Getty Images (MOSCOW) — Allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are demanding that Russian authorities release his body to his mother and lawyer, claiming it is being deliberately withheld. Russian authorities announced Navalny died [Read More…]

1st Ukrainian city falls since the US became deadlocked in sending more military aid