Month: April 2025
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Federal food cuts hit SD pantries, schools and farmers
South Dakota News Watch BOX ELDER, S.D. – Montana Roem is worried that a proposed $1 billion cut to federal food programs that aid schools and charities will hurt her family on two fronts. As [Read More…]
ABC National News
Lori Daybell trial: Opening statements set to begin in latest murder case of ‘doomsday mom’
Natalie Behring/Getty Images (CHANDLER, AZ) — Lori Daybell, the mother convicted of murdering two of her children in a so-called doomsday plot, is now on trial in Arizona on allegations she conspired to also kill [Read More…]
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Several injured, including children, after minivan drives into crowd in Los Angeles
KABC7 (LOS ANGELES) — A minivan plowed into a crowd of bystanders in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon, leaving several injured — including two children and one teenager, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge says Maryland man’s erroneous deportation to El Salvador prison ‘shocks the conscience’
The Washington Post via Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — A federal judge is defending her decision to order the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a notorious El Salvador prison by [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Horrific scene’ as police take down man allegedly attacking 4 young girls in NYC
WABC (NEW YORK) — A 49-year-old man wielding a blood-covered meat cleaver was shot and critically injured by New York City police officers on Sunday after allegedly stabbing four young girls believed to be his [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOGE slashes key housing inspection contract, putting some low-income families at risk
(WASHINGTON) — A contract to inspect low-income and other assisted housing for gas leaks, faulty smoke detectors and other life-threatening deficiencies was terminated by the Trump administration in February as part of its cost-cutting efforts, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democrats hammer Trump for his weekend of golf as stocks tumble
Lauren Sopourn/Getty Images (JUPITER, FL) — As markets braced for another meltdown triggered by President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Democrats hammered the president for spending the weekend golfing rather than responding to Americans’ fears that [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Speaker Johnson cuts deal with Rep. Luna over parental proxy voting
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson and Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna say they have cut a deal to end the fight over proxy voting for new parents, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s top economic adviser says 50 countries have reached out to negotiate tariffs
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett defended President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Sunday, refuting the idea they will cost American consumers more. “So, the fact is, the countries are [Read More…]
ABC Health News
2nd child with measles dies in Texas, according to state health officials
Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (LUBBOCK, TEXAS) — A second child in Texas has died of measles, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. “The school-aged child who tested positive for measles was hospitalized in [Read More…]
ABC Business News
US stock futures slide amid historic rout in foreign markets
Sawayasu Tsuji/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Key global stock markets tumbled upon opening on Monday as the world’s reaction to President Donald Trump’s tariffs campaign continued — and as U.S. futures signaled more turmoil for [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘A Minecraft Movie’ blocks out the competition with $157 million debut
Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures A Minecraft Movie was a winner at the box office this weekend, taking in a whopping $157 million. It marks the biggest domestic debut of the year, according to Variety, as [Read More…]
ABC World News
Pope Francis makes first public appearance since leaving hospital
Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images (LONDON) — Pope Francis on Sunday made his first public appearance since being discharged from hospital two weeks ago. Francis, 88, entered St. Peter’s Square at the [Read More…]
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Russia launches missile strike on Ukraine with explosions reported in Kyiv
This handout photograph taken and released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on April 6, 2025, shows a firefighter working on a fire following the Russian missile attack in Kyiv. Handout/State Emergency Service of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Sen. Booker: Biggest mistake Democratic Party has made is ‘not centering people enough’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The biggest mistake Democrats have made is “not centering people enough” Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said Sunday. “A lot of people voted for Donald Trump because they trusted him and didn’t [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Tigers Swept at Home in Doubleheader vs. Mt. Marty
MITCHELL, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan dropped both games of Saturday’s doubleheader to Mount Marty, 4–0 and 11–0. The Tigers totaled seven hits on the day, with Carter Olek recording two in Game 2. Mitchell Sand and Dakota Munger each gave five innings [Read More…]
Latest News
Investigators searching for the cause of a Saturday night house fire
Mitchell fire investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire that heavily damaged a two-story house in the 500 block of East Second Avenue Saturday night. Fire investigator Shannon Sandoval says a neighbor [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record by scoring his 895th
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Ovechkin fired just about the perfect version of his signature one-timer that has defined his remarkable career. When the puck hit the net, it made him the top goal scorer in NHL [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Houston rallies to beat Duke 70-67 in the Final Four, will face Florida for the NCAA title
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Sorry guys, “Phi Slama Jama” is already taken. How ’bout something simple, like “Comeback Kids.” “National champs” might be a possibility, too. Houston’s no-room-to-breathe defense wiped away a 14-point deficit over [Read More…]
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Clayton leads Florida to NCAA title game, scoring 34 points in 79-73 victory over SEC rival Auburn
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Walter Clayton Jr. is having an NCAA Tournament for the ages. Florida now just needs him to deliver one more time. Set to face Houston in the title game Monday night [Read More…]
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