Year: 2024

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…]

15 million Americans under flood watch as rain drenches Northeast

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Fifteen million Americans are under flood watch and eight million are facing winter and snow alerts Sunday as a coastal storm drenching the Northeast is predicted to downpour for most of [Read More…]

House Republicans release impeachment articles against Mayorkas amid push to remove him over the border

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Sunday released two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — accusing him of “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” and “breach of [Read More…]

Newsom argues consequences of Trump reelection would be ‘profound and pronounced’

ABC News (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a new interview that Democrats are right to fear the possible reelection of former President Donald Trump as he and other allies of President Joe [Read More…]

Tim Scott insists voters don’t care about Trump’s defamation loss, plays down ‘provocative’ Haley attacks

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is playing down the potential political fallout from former president Donald Trump’s latest legal setback — after the 2024 candidate was ordered by a New York [Read More…]

ABC News exclusive: Gen. CQ Brown, America’s top military official, talks Iran, Israel, Trump and more

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Gen. CQ Brown Jr., the country’s top military officer, is an experienced U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who has surmounted many challenges in his nearly 40-year career, including once having to eject [Read More…]

3 US troops killed by Iranian-backed drone strike in Jordan, Biden says

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KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Iranian-backed militants killed three American service members and wounded several others in an aerial drone attack in Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden announced on Sunday. Biden said in a [Read More…]

Mitchell School District Teacher and Classified Staff of the Year finalists announced

Each of the five Mitchell School District buildings has selected its teacher and classified staff of the year. The annual District Teacher of the Year and Classified Staff of the Year event is set for [Read More…]

Sinner rallies from 2 sets down to beat Medvedev in Australia and clinch his first Grand Slam title

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Jannik Sinner lined up a forehand, drilled it down the line and dropped to the court on his back, giving himself a few moments to process how he’d managed to come [Read More…]

James outduels Curry with a triple-double as Lakers take double-OT thriller vs. Warriors 145-144

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Back and forth they went, one-upping the other, two of the greatest to ever play each believing he could will his team to win. Stepback 3s, fadeaway jumpers, drives and dishes. [Read More…]

Larkins Leads Coyotes Past Kansas City 72-62

VERMILLION, S.D.— South Dakota junior guard Grace Larkins scored 21 points in leading the Coyotes to a 72-62 win over Kansas City on Saturday afternoon in front of 2,606 fans inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. [Read More…]

USD Men Falls to Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Freshman Jayson Petty scored a game-high and career-high 21 points to help Kansas City (9-13, 3-4) defeat South Dakota 81-57 inside Swinney Center Saturday night. Petty was one of four Roos [Read More…]

Oral Roberts Tops SDSU in Tulsa

TULSA, Okla. – Oral Roberts took control late in the first half and held off multiple comeback bids by South Dakota State en route to an 87-82 victory over the Jackrabbits Saturday in the Mabee Center. [Read More…]

Legislative Roundup: Picking up the pace in Pierre

John Hult, Makenzie Huber, Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight – Lawmakers arrived in Pierre for the 99th session of the South Dakota Legislature earlier this month with an apparent will to challenge assumptions about the [Read More…]

CDC warns health care workers to be on alert for measles amid rising number of cases

Bilanol/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning clinicians to remain on alert for measles cases due to a growing number of infections. Between Dec. 1, 2023, and Jan. [Read More…]

Thousands join protests against femicide in Kenya after rise in killings

Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images (NAIROBI, Kenya) — Thousands of people across Kenya took to the streets Saturday in nationwide protests calling for an end to femicide in the East African nation. The protests — which [Read More…]

Rohingya migrants speak out on never-ending nightmare as they flee through Asia

ABC News (NEW YORK) — For the last seven years, Rohingya Muslims in southeast Asia have been facing a never-ending nightmare that they say follows them to every place they’ve fled. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya [Read More…]

Recovery efforts underway after vehicle drives off Virginia fishing pier

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) — Recovery efforts are underway after a vehicle drove off a Virginia fishing pier and became fully submerged in ocean waters early Saturday morning, police said. A 911 caller reported [Read More…]

Jackie Robinson statue stolen from Kansas park; authorities offering up to $7,500 reward for tips

Bettman/Getty Images (WICHITA, Kan.) — Authorities are calling on the public for help in finding the suspects who stole a statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson from a public park in Wichita, Kansas. Surveillance video captured [Read More…]

Severe storms bringing flooding, rain and heavy snow along eastern US