Year: 2024
Deepfakes bill clears state Senate, loses impact on 2024 primary
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight A bill to bar the dissemination of unlabeled “deepfakes” within 90 days of an election cleared the state Senate on Tuesday, but not before lawmakers stripped it of an emergency [Read More…]
Blaze pink may become an official hunter safety color in South Dakota
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — A committee of lawmakers endorsed a bill Tuesday that would add blaze pink as a legally recognized hunter safety color. The South Dakota House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee [Read More…]
One dead, five injured after vehicle crashes into ER at Austin hospital: Officials
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — One person is dead and at least five people were injured after a vehicle crashed into a hospital in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, authorities said. A vehicle crashed into [Read More…]
Kidnapped girl from South Carolina found in Florida with man from Wisconsin, authorities say
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 13-year-old girl from South Carolina was found in Florida on Tuesday after she was allegedly kidnapped by a 35-year-old man from Wisconsin, authorities said. The young teenager was [Read More…]
200-year-old ‘national treasure’ stolen from storage unit as police hunt for missing portrait of George Washington
Facebook / Englewood Police Department (ENGLEWOOD, Colo.) — A portrait of George Washington dating back more than 200 years has been stolen from a storage unit in Colorado and police, along with the FBI, are [Read More…]
Lakewood Church shooting was ‘predictable and preventable,’ suspect’s former mother-in-law says
Sheila Paras/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — The former mother-in-law of the woman accused of opening fire at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church told ABC News she thinks the shooting was “predictable and preventable.” Walli Carranza, [Read More…]
Georgia educators sue school district over race, LGBTQ classroom restrictions
Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Georgia Association of Educators and two educators filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Cobb County School officials over alleged education “censorship” due to two bills that have restricted what topics [Read More…]
Democrats win another special election, and four more takeaways from New York’s House race
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Rep. Tom Suozzi will win back his old House seat in Tuesday’s special election in New York’s 3rd Congressional District, ABC News projects — extending his party’s largely [Read More…]
House Republicans impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas in historic, controversial vote
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about security during a news conference ahead of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on Feb. 7, 2024. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]
Why 22 Senate Republicans defied Trump and voted for aid to Ukraine
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Early Tuesday morning, 22 Senate Republicans defied Donald Trump and voted with Democrats to pass a $95 billion foreign aid package — most of it for Ukraine and Israel. The [Read More…]
Haley hammers Trump’s comments about her husband, serving overseas, as he mocks her ‘dying’ campaign
Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event at the Summerville Country Club on Feb. 13, 2024 in Summerville, South Carolina. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. [Read More…]
Biden critic who once worked with Hunter tells lawmakers Joe Biden was ‘enabler’ of son’s overseas business
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A onetime business associate of Hunter Biden, who has become a critic of the Biden family, testified before lawmakers Tuesday, reiterating claims he made during the 2020 election that Joe [Read More…]
Expert tips to book cheap spring break travel now
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While snow and frigid temps are sweeping parts of the country, travel deals for spring break are heating up. Experts like Going.com founder Scott Keyes explained to ABC News’ [Read More…]
Dole announces voluntary recall of salad kits for potential listeria contamination
FG Trade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. has announced a voluntary recall of a “limited number” of Dole-branded and private label salad kits due to potential cross contamination with cheeses recalled for [Read More…]
Man credited with inventing the Pop Tart dies at 96
Pop Tarts (NEW YORK) — William “Bill” Post, the man often credited with inventing the beloved Pop Tart, has died at 96. Born on June 27, 1927 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Post was one of [Read More…]
Cillian Murphy says “everybody is so bored” on movie press tours
Samir Hussein/WireImage via Getty Images Cillian Murphy is telling us how he really feels about movie press tours. In a new interview with GQ, the Oscar-nominee admitted to finding faults with the current model of film press [Read More…]
Milder weather to return to much of the Heartland next week; a briefly drier pattern
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures in the southern Atlantic region and much of the North, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail in many areas from the Pacific [Read More…]
Winter Weather Advisory issued February 14 at 2:12AM MST until February 14 at 8:00PM MST by NWS
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Snow expected. Snow may be mixed with light freezing rain at the onset. Total snow accumulations of 1 [Read More…]
Solar eclipse on Mars shows the planet partially covered in darkness in new NASA images
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU (NEW YORK) — As Americans gear up for the total solar eclipse in April, eclipse watchers can feast their eyes on a similar astronomical event that partially shadowed Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover captured images [Read More…]
Jason Kelce says he’ll ‘have an answer’ about retirement ‘in the next couple weeks’
Perry Knotts/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jason Kelce said this week that he will have an update about his possible retirement from the NFL soon. During an appearance on “The Big Podcast with Shaq” on [Read More…]
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