Month: May 2025
ABC National News
President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office said Sunday. Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule was found. He was [Read More…]
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Report: Tough-on-crime policies could push prison construction costs as high as $2.1 billion
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota will need a third more prison space than it has now by 2036, and lawmakers’ choice to pass a so-called truth in sentencing bill in 2023 is a major [Read More…]
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Bat Tests Positive for Rabies at Great Plains Zoo
PIERRE, SD – The Great Plains Zoo (GPZ) reported one bat on its campus, found between the pollinator garden and the farm, that tested positive for rabies. The bat was found between 11:30 am and 1:30 [Read More…]
ABC World News
Pope Leo XIV to lead inaugural mass Sunday, thousands expected to gather
Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff for the Roman Catholic Church, will lead his inaugural mass on Sunday, according to the Vatican. The mass, called [Read More…]
ABC World News
Several killed in Russian drone attack on Ukrainian bus after peace talks
Eugene Abrasimov/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC “UA:PBC”/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — A Russian drone hit a civilian minibus in Bilopillia, northeastern Ukraine early Saturday morning local time, killing nine people and injuring four others, according [Read More…]
ABC World News
From al-Qaeda to Syria’s presidency, the rise of Ahmad al-Sharaa
Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via Getty Images (DAMASCUS, SYRIA) — He’s a former al-Qaeda insurgent who fought against U.S. forces in Iraq and served time in the infamous Abu Ghraib prison. Still, on Wednesday, new Syrian President [Read More…]
ABC National News
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial day 9: Ventura spars with defense lawyers during final day of testimony
John Lamparski/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cassie Ventura concluded four days of often painful and intimate testimony on Friday, as she sparred with attorneys for her former boyfriend, Sean “Diddy” Combs, over the consistency of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman found alive after being missing 3 weeks in California mountains speaks out
Fresno County Sheriff’s Office (FRESNO, CA) — Tiffany Slaton, 28, said she has always had a love of foraging, gardening and outdoor adventures. But her survival instincts and knowledge of nature were put to the [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘The entire shoulder seems to have collapsed’: New videos show initial response to sinkhole on I-80 in New Jersey
New Jersey State Police (MORRIS COUNTY, NJ) — Drivers riding on Interstate 80 spotted an unexpected present the morning after last Christmas — a sinkhole just feet away from where cars were passing by in [Read More…]
ABC National News
At least 23 dead as storms batter states from the Heartland to the East Coast
Connect Images/Jason Persoff Stormdoctor via Getty Images (ST. LOUIS) — At least 23 people were reported dead across several states in an expansive outbreak of severe weather from the Heartland to the East Coast. State [Read More…]
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Families separated by Trump’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy at risk due to lapse in legal services, ACLU argues
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) – Hundreds of parents and children separated under the “zero-tolerance” border policy during President Donald Trump’s first term — who were later reunited and protected by a 2023 settlement — are [Read More…]
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Fatal crash victim identified
One woman died and an infant passenger was injured in a single vehicle crash six miles southwest of Worthing just before noon last Wednesday. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is reporting 24 year [Read More…]
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‘No more Nottoway’: Historic Louisiana plantation house destroyed in massive fire
UIG via Getty Images, FILE (WHITE CASTLE, La.) — A devastating fire destroyed the Louisiana’s historic Nottoway Resort, the largest antebellum mansion in the South, officials confirmed Friday. “The fire has been contained now, but [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Brock Purdy agrees to 5-year, $265 million extension with the 49ers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy agreed to a five-year contract extension worth $265 million with the San Francisco 49ers, going from the NFL’s biggest bargain to one of the league’s highest-paid players. A [Read More…]
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Gold production increases at mine in South Dakota’s Black Hills
Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight Production at South Dakota’s only active, large-scale gold mine climbed to its highest level in eight years, according to a new 2024 annual report. The Wharf Mine, owned by Chicago-based Coeur Mining, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court maintains temporary block on Trump’s Alien Enemies Act deportations
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, extended its injunction that temporarily bars the Trump administration from removing Venezuelan immigrants from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act proclamation and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
James Van Der Beek cast in ‘Legally Blonde’ prequel, ‘Elle’
Kevin Winter/Getty Images James Van Der Beek is joining the cast of the upcoming Legally Blonde prequel, Elle. The Dawson’s Creek actor’s new role in the highly anticipated series was announced Thursday. According to Amazon, he will be playing the city’s [Read More…]
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‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ taps Ralph Fiennes as President Snow
Jeff Spicer/Getty Images The Hunger Games has found its next Coriolanus Snow for its forthcoming prequel film, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. In a social media post Friday, the franchise revealed Harry Potter star Ralph Fiennes as next in [Read More…]
Ag News
MO water rights bill passes
Missouri lawmakers have approved a bill that would require a permit to export water outside of the state. Jacob Knaebel with the Missouri Corn Growers Association says it’s good news for farmers, “What are we [Read More…]
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MSU weighs in on digester bill
Michigan lawmakers are considering 15 years of digestate land application research from Michigan State University as hearings continue for pending bipartisan legislation. Anaerobic Digestion Research and Education Center director Dr. Wei Liao testified this week [Read More…]
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