Year: 2025

US seizes Russian crypto exchange websites, charges head of site with money laundering
DOJ (WASHINGTON) — The United States Secret Service said it has seized a Russian cryptocurrency exchange website, according to court documents unsealed on Friday. The Justice Department also charged the two administrators of that website [Read More…]

How job cuts at NOAA could impact weather forecasting
Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will have reverberating impacts on how meteorologists across the country forecast the weather, according to experts. Last week, many NOAA [Read More…]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom breaks with party on transgender athletes in women’s sports, sparking backlash
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In this first episode of a new podcast published Thursday, California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, an LGBTQ ally, broke with his party, saying that transgender athletes playing in female [Read More…]

40 new cases of measles reported in Texas as outbreak grows to 198: Officials
Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (GAINES COUNTY, Texas) — The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 198, with 40 cases reported over the last [Read More…]

David Hasselhoff speaks out after ex-wife Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff’s death
David Hasselhoff and Pamela Bach in Nice, France, June 30, 1996. (Alain Benainous/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) David Hasselhoff is speaking out following the death of his ex-wife Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff. “Our family is deeply saddened by [Read More…]

Trump threatens Russia with sanctions, tariffs until ceasefire, peace deal with Ukraine
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Friday said he would turn up the heat on Russia until it reaches a ceasefire and peace deal with Ukraine. Trump threatened Russia with sanctions and [Read More…]

US hiring falls short of expectations in 1st full month of Trump term
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. added fewer jobs than economists expected in February, the first full month under President Donald Trump, according to government data released on Friday. Employers hired 151,000 workers last [Read More…]

In Brief: ‘The Recruit’ canceled and more
The Recruit isn’t being recruited for a third season. The Noah Centineo spy drama has been canceled by Netflix, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Season 2 debuted earlier this year … The new ballet dramedy Étoile, [Read More…]

A future for a carbon pipeline in South Dakota?
The CEO of the American Carbon Alliance says he’s optimistic a carbon pipeline project can still move forward following the signing of a new eminent domain law in South Dakota. “I don’t think anyone has [Read More…]

Making the tariffs work in “the art of the deal”
A farmer from eastern South Dakota says he believes trade tariffs can be a short-term pain for long-term gain. But Scott VanderWal tells Brownfield “I’d hate to see them last too long, like a year [Read More…]

A seasonally active pattern of weather, temperatures across the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, a band of precipitation—rain and snow—is spreading eastward from Nebraska and Iowa. Elsewhere, warmth in the middle Mississippi Valley contrasts with chilly, dry conditions across the northern Corn Belt. Midwestern winter [Read More…]

More unseasonable warmth ahead for the Heartland; a wet, very active pattern for most
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures from the central and southern Plains to the East Coast, while colder-than-normal conditions will cover the northern High Plains and the [Read More…]

Unexploded WWII bomb in Paris halts Eurostar travel to London and trains to northern France
James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images (PARIS) — Eurostar trains to London, including all trains heading to northern France, stopped abruptly on Friday morning after an unexploded bomb dating back to World War II was [Read More…]

Russia conducts another massive aerial attack on Ukraine overnight
Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Russia has carried out a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight, targeting energy and gas infrastructure in various regions, Ukrainian officials said Friday morning. [Read More…]

Pope Francis has ‘tranquil night’ after thanking the public for support
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis “had a tranquil night and woke shortly after 8 a.m.” on Friday morning, the Vatican said, coming a day after he made his first public comments since being [Read More…]

Anti-scam advocates want Starlink’s help fighting ‘scam compounds’ in Asia and beyond
John Keeble/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Last July, a prosecutor in California sent a letter to Elon Musk’s SpaceX with an urgent message: The company’s internet satellite dishes are being used by criminal organizations in [Read More…]

Porn industry, parent groups clash over online age-verification laws
ABC News (LAS VEGAS) — To Cherie DeVille, one of the adult entertainment industry’s most popular stars, pornography — and its easy accessibility online — is a fundamental freedom protected by the First Amendment. “This [Read More…]

Fresh jobs report to offer snapshot of US economy under Trump
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A fresh jobs report to be released on Friday will offer a snapshot of U.S. economic performance over the first full month under President Donald Trump. Economists expect employers to [Read More…]

Amanda Seyfried on playing a director in ‘Seven Veils’: ‘It was really challenging’
Elevation Pictures Amanda Seyfried is a theater director re-entering the opera world in the new film Seven Veils. Directed by Seyfried’s frequent collaborator Atom Egoyan, the film comes to select theaters nationwide on Friday. It [Read More…]

Class A Girls Basketball SoDAK 16 Results, State Tournament Bracket
Class A Girls Basketball SoDAK 16 – Thursday, March 6 No. 1 Sioux Falls Christian 60, No. 16 Rapid City Christian 44 No. 2 Dakota Valley 53, No. 15 West Central 52 No. 3 Hamlin [Read More…]
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