Year: 2024
Senate votes to return clemency bill for lifers to earlier, more stringent form
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight – A bill that would force prison lifers to wait longer between clemency requests was returned to its original, more stringent form by the South Dakota Senate. As amended Thursday afternoon [Read More…]
Native American communities have the highest suicide rates, yet interventions are scarce
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” To reach the Native and Strong Lifeline, call “988” and [Read More…]
King Charles III arrives at London hospital for treatment
King Charles III attends the Sunday service at the Church of St Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham estate on January 7, 2024 in Sandringham, England. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Britain’s King Charles [Read More…]
Gustav Klimt portrait found after vanishing nearly 100 years ago
A cameraman takes footage of the painting ‘Bildnis Fraeulein Lieser’ (Portrait of Miss Lieser) by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862 – 1918) during a press conference of the Kinsky Art Auction House in Vienna, Austria [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: UN’s top court won’t throw out genocide case against Israel
A man holds the body of a small child as he and others mourn while collecting the bodies of friends and relatives killed in an airstrike on January 13, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by [Read More…]
New winter storm moves from South to Northeast with threat of floods, tornadoes, snow
Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More rain is on the way as another winter storm takes aim at the southern and eastern United States. As of early Friday, a flood watch remains [Read More…]
Parents of University of Idaho victim Kaylee Goncalves desperate for trial date to be set as case returns to court
Kaylee Goncalves — Courtesy of the Goncalves family (MOSCOW, Idaho) — The family of Kaylee Goncalves, one of four students killed in the University of Idaho murders, is desperate for a trial date to be [Read More…]
Au pair program changes could leave families priced out of child care
Davis and Glen Griffin, their three kids and their former au pair Myra. — Courtesy of David Griffin (NEW YORK) — Davis and Glen Griffin of Houston, Texas, say having a live-in au pair to [Read More…]
A day after Trump’s brief testimony, lawyers to present closing arguments in E. Jean Carroll defamation trial
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly five years ago, then-president Donald Trump repeatedly denied allegations that he sexually assaulted columnist E. Jean Carroll in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s. Last year, a jury [Read More…]
Man who ran dogfighting ring with more than 50 dogs training at his property sentenced
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (BIDWELL, Ohio) — An Ohio man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison after it was discovered he was running a dogfighting ring from his residence where he kept [Read More…]
White House cites climate in pause on new liquified natural gas export terminals
In this June 21, 2023, file photo, the Golden Pass LNG plant is shown under construction in Sabine Pass, Texas. — picture alliance via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration announced a pause [Read More…]
Despite ‘game-changing’ new RSV shots, uptake lagged among infants, adults: Experts
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For years, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been the most common reason infants are hospitalized in the U.S. and has hospitalized thousands of elderly people every year. After decades of [Read More…]
Alabama performs first nitrogen gas execution: What to know about this method
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (ATMORE, Ala.) — An Alabama man has become the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death for his alleged [Read More…]
Dense Fog Advisory issued January 26 at 5:25AM MST until January 26 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY… * WHAT…Visibility one half mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE…Portions of northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota, and central, east central, south central, and southeast [Read More…]
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is confident more Americans will love electric vehicles
ABC News (WASHNGTON) — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm can relate to Americans’ anxiety over electric vehicles. The former governor of Michigan and longtime EV owner (who currently drives a Ford Mach-E) says she has experienced [Read More…]
‘Masters of the Air’s’ Callum Turner, Austin Butler on what drew them to the WWII drama
Apple TV+ Like Band of Brothers and The Pacific before it, Masters of the Air helps tell the story of U.S. soldiers during World War II who faced incredible odds while fighting the Axis powers. The latest miniseries from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks debuts [Read More…]
Unseasonably mild weather continues for most of the Heartland; an active pattern to resume
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions across Florida’s peninsula. Meanwhile, above-normal precipitation from the Pacific Coast to the Plains should [Read More…]
Dense Fog Advisory issued January 26 at 3:46AM MST until January 26 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY… * WHAT…Visibility one half mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE…Portions of northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota, and central, east central, south central, and southeast [Read More…]
Dense Fog Advisory issued January 26 at 2:22AM MST until January 26 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY… * WHAT…Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog at times. * WHERE…Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and [Read More…]
Colman Domingo’s new roles include Nat King Cole, Michael Jackson’s father
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Oscar nominee Colman Domingo has some very interesting projects coming up. Variety reports Colman will star in and direct an upcoming biopic about legendary singer Nat King Cole. The actor revealed his involvement in the project during an [Read More…]
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