Month: December 2025

BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State basketball put up a fight, but No. 2 Texas eventually pulled away from the Jackrabbits to win 70-51 Sunday afternoon at First Bank & Trust Arena. The Longhorns remain perfect [Read More…]

South Dakota hotel owner found liable for discrimination against Native Americans

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The owner of a South Dakota hotel who said Native Americans were banned from the establishment was found liable for discrimination against Native Americans on Friday. A federal jury decided [Read More…]

J.J. McCarthy gets injured as the Vikings hand the Giants their ninth loss in a row

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — J.J. McCarthy had already injured his right, throwing hand by the time he ran for a touchdown. Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell asked the rookie quarterback if he was OK, though the [Read More…]

Petition calls for release of Iranian Nobel laureate and other detainees in Iran

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi’s daughter Kiana Rahmani, son Ali Rahmani, and chairman of the Nobel Committee Norwegian Berit Reiss Andersen attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Hall on [Read More…]

US Coast Guard actively pursuing another sanctioned vessel: Official

In a screen grab from a video released by Secretary Kristi Noem, the US Coast Guard apprehends an oil tanker that was last docked in Venezuela, on Dec. 20, 2025. (@Se_Noem) (WASHINGTON) — A U.S. [Read More…]

Rand Paul says seizure of oil tankers in Caribbean a ‘prelude to war’

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) walks through the Senate subway on December 09, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday criticized President Donald Trump’s military mission off Venezuela’s [Read More…]

International student numbers decline in South Dakota amid immigration crackdown

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight International students face plenty of questions amid federal immigration policy changes, said Beth Riley, director of South Dakota Mines’ Ivanhoe International Center. Should they risk going home to see family, or [Read More…]

Late Surge Spurred by Neuendorf Pushes DWU Past Valley City State

VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Dakota Wesleyan Men’s Basketball traveled to North Dakota to face the Valley City State Vikings in the second matchup of their home-and-home out-of-conference series. The Tigers and Vikings kept close pace for [Read More…]

On ‘SNL,’ Ariana Grande and Cher help Bowen Yang say goodbye

Musical guest Cher, host Ariana Grande and Bowen Yang during promos on Thursday, December 18, 2025 (Rosalind O’Connor/NBC) Ariana Grande returned to host Saturday Night Live for a third time on Dec. 20, and her [Read More…]

Relentless storms hitting the West, a major pattern change for Christmas week

December 20, 2025 Travis Kriens

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Repeat atmospheric rivers continue to point relentless streams of rain and gusty wind toward the West Coast. The current system over the Northwest has diminished, but it is still raining [Read More…]

South Dakota Falls 106-76 on the Road to Kansas State

MANHATTAN, Kan. — South Dakota basketball had its two-game win streak snapped by Kansas State Saturday, falling 106-76 to the Wildcats at Bramlage Coliseum. Isaac Bruns paced the Coyotes with 19 points and had five rebounds. It [Read More…]

Mangione argues AG’s alleged conflict of interest is grounds for suspending death penalty from his case

Luigi Mangione attends a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on December 18, 2025 in New York City. (Shannon Stapleton-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Attorneys [Read More…]

Blue Origin sends person using a wheelchair to space for the 1st time

Esa engineer Michaela Benthaus, photographed in the anteroom of the Munich office of the German Press Agency dpa. (Felix Hörhager/picture alliance via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Blue Origin made history Saturday, sending for the [Read More…]

US seizing another ship in the Caribbean: Sources

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Coast Guard is currently interdicting a sanctioned vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters of the Caribbean Sea, according to three U.S. officials. No further details [Read More…]

Top DOJ official denies there’s any effort to redact mentions of President Trump from Epstein Files

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The No. 2 official in the Justice Department told ABC News in an interview Friday that there has been “no effort” to redact President Donald Trump’s name from the release [Read More…]

What Trump’s threatened ‘blockade’ on sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers means for gas prices

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (center) is celebrated by participants at a rally marking the anniversary of a battle on the day Venezuelan opposition leader Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (Jesus Vargas/picture alliance via [Read More…]

3 police officers shot ‘without warning’ while responding to domestic call in Rochester

mphotoi/Getty Images (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) — Three police officers in Rochester, New York, were shot Friday night “without warning at close range” while responding to a domestic call at a home, police said. Emergency services received [Read More…]

Providence mayor asks FBI to give $50K reward to tipster whose Reddit post helped lead to suspected Brown University gunman