Year: 2024
E. Jean Carroll defamation case live updates: Trump ‘unleashed his followers,’ Carroll’s attorney says
Former President Donald Trump speaks at his caucus night event at the Iowa Events Center, Jan. 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial [Read More…]
NYC, DC break more than 700-day snow droughts with biggest storm in 2 years
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 100 million Americans are on alert Tuesday for dangerous wind chills, while a weather system ended yearslong snow droughts in cities including New York and Washington, D.C. Weather-related school [Read More…]
No snow day for the Senate as Congress looks to avert a government shutdown
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The snowstorms pummeling much of the country — including D.C. — will keep the majority of the federal government at home Tuesday, but not the Senate, whose members are expected to [Read More…]
Adam Sandler gets deep with a giant spider in ‘Spaceman’ trailer
Courtesy of Netflix The Sandman travels with a giant spider, man, in the new trailer for Netflix’s Spaceman. In the film’s first full length trailer, released Tuesday, Adam Sandler stars as Jakub, an astronaut who is married to Carey [Read More…]
‘Better Call Saul’ sets record for most losses in Emmys history
Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television Better Call Saul set a new Emmys record last night — though perhaps not one they had set out for. The Breaking Bad prequel series was nominated for 53 Emmys throughout its entire six-season run, and [Read More…]
Soybean, sorghum export inspections up on week
The USDA says that as of the week ending January 11th, 2024, corn export inspections are ahead of the pace needed to meet projections for the current marketing year. The 2023/24 marketing year got underway [Read More…]
Trove of new evidence released in Long Island serial killer case as new murder charge added
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prosecutors charged alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann on Tuesday with murdering Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who disappeared in 2007 while working as an escort, linking him to her death through DNA [Read More…]
US carries out new airstrike against Houthis in Yemen
Yemeni protestors loyal to the Houthi movement march as they participate in a protest held against Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza. CREDIT: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. has carried out another airstrike [Read More…]
Two missing Navy SEALs were part of mission that seized Iranian missile parts headed for Houthis: US
A dhow was identified, Jan. 10, 2024, and an assessment was made that the dhow was in the process of smuggling. CREDIT: USCENTCOM (NEW YORK) — The two U.S. Navy SEALs missing in the Gulf [Read More…]
Republican Asa Hutchinson ends 2024 presidential campaign
Henrik5000/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is ending his 2024 race for president after a dismal sixth-place showing in the Iowa caucuses underscored how little he had been embraced by Republican [Read More…]
Trump defamation trial live updates: On heels of Iowa victory, Trump arrives at courthouse
Former President Donald Trump speaks at his caucus night event at the Iowa Events Center, Jan. 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial [Read More…]
Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann charged with murdering fourth woman
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prosecutors in Suffolk County, New York, have charged alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann with murdering Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who disappeared in 2007 while working as an escort, linking him to [Read More…]
Nikki Haley says she will only debate Donald Trump or Joe Biden
Nikki Haley, former ambassador to the United Nations and 2024 Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a caucus night watch party in West Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (Rachel Mummey/Bloomberg via Getty [Read More…]
‘Echo’ star Alaqua Cox talks breaking barriers in Disney+’s new Marvel series
Marvel Studios Alaqua Cox is making history as Maya Lopez, the star of the new Disney+ series, Echo. Lopez, introduced in the 2021 series Hawkeye on Disney+, is Marvel Studios’ first deaf and first female [Read More…]
In Brief: ‘The Gentlemen’ spin-off gets trailer, and more
The hit musical Shucked ended its run on Sunday, January 14, but don’t worry if you weren’t able to see it on Broadway: Producer Mike Bosner announced following Sunday’s performance that a film version is [Read More…]
A milder pattern ahead; increasingly active across much of the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, with the northern U.S. having the greatest likelihood of experiencing warmer-than-normal weather. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation across most of the [Read More…]
Appropriators at work
Week two of the 2024 South Dakota Legislative session is underway. The legislature’s joint appropriations committee is in the process of reviewing 37 agency budgets. State Representative Lance Koth of Mitchell is a committee member. [Read More…]
Explosion in Huron Leads to Molasses Fallout, Firefighters Respond to Sticky Situation
At around 4:30 a.m. on Monday morning, the Huron Fire Department responded to an explosion on the west side of town involving a rail car filled with molasses. Firefighters discovered rapid ventilation of the molasses, [Read More…]
US condemns Iran for missile strikes in Iraq and Syria
A picture shows a view of a damaged building following a missile strike launched by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the Kurdistan Region’s capital of Arbil, on Jan. 16, 2024. (Safin Hamid/AFP via Getty [Read More…]
Two passenger planes collide at Japanese airport
DuKai photographer/Getty Images (LONDON) — Two passenger planes have collided in Hokkaido, Japan, according to Japanese media reports. The incident took place at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, some 110 miles east of the city [Read More…]
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