Month: October 2026
ABC Entertainment News
Tom Hiddleston, Genden Phuntsok on the journey of climbing Mount Everest in ‘Tenzing’
Tom Hiddleston and Genden Phuntsok star in ‘Tenzing.’ (Apple TV) Many people know Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary for the moment they became the first people to summit Mount Everest. But not many know much [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
CDC lags in hiring behind other health agencies after DOGE cuts, union says
Dr. Karen Remley, former CDC director for the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, called not staffing some of the CDC programs “morally wrong.” (ABC News) More than a year after cutting 30% [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Soaring diesel prices taking a toll on Oklahoma rancher
Scott Belden hauls hay at his Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, cattle ranch. (ABC News) In Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, third-generation rancher Scott Belden is in the middle of harvest. And anxious. “It’s probably the most stressful time [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia says she did not pass bar exam
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia joins U.S. President Donald Trump as he departs on the South Lawn of the White House, October 13, 2026 in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Amid questions about her legal [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
South Dakota State Pulls Out Win in Fargo, 3-2
FARGO N.D. – The Jacks outlasted the Bison of North Dakota State on Thursday night at Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse, taking the first game of the season series, 3-2. After dropping the first set to the Bison, [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Coyotes win fifth straight behind balanced attack
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – South Dakota volleyball extended its win streak to five matches Thursday night with a 3-1 win over North Dakota at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. Avery Van Hook guided the Yotes to a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Bend, Oregon, elementary school shooting: 3 children, 1 teacher killed; teen suspect dead
(Getty Images stock photo/Matt Gush) Three children and one teacher are dead after a shooter forced his way into an elementary school in Oregon on Thursday afternoon and opened fire, authorities said. The suspected shooter, [Read More…]
ABC National News
9 former FBI agents who worked on Trump classified docs case sue over their firings
President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a luncheon in the Rose Garden of the White House, Oct. 15, 2026, in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Nine former FBI agents who investigated President Donald Trump and [Read More…]
Latest News
Positions on election hand-counting split candidates in South Dakota’s secretary of state race
SD Searchlight-Joshua Haiar South Dakota voters are selecting a new person to oversee elections in the state, with a choice between a candidate who has supported hand-counting and the elimination of vote tabulation machines, or [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Which grocery prices are rising the fastest and which are falling?
Produce is offered for sale at a grocery store on Sept. 10, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Grocery prices ticked lower in September, according to the latest government data, cooling off slightly from [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Billy Joel says he can’t drive, perform in new health update
Billy Joel performs at Mohegan Sun Arena on Feb. 22, 2025, in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Myrna M. Suarez/Getty Images) Billy Joel says he can’t drive or perform amid his ongoing struggle with the brain condition normal [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Zendaya to star in A24 sci-fi film from director Alex Garland
Zendaya attends the Louis Vuitton Womenswear Spring/Summer 2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Oct. 6, 2026, in Paris, France. (Marc Piasecki/WireImage via Getty Images) Zendaya is taking her talent to the sci-fi [Read More…]
ABC National News
Cornell president defends response to Jane Doe allegations in heated faculty meeting
Protesters listen to speakers at a rally in support of a former Cornell University student known as Jane Doe at the Ithaca Commons, October 13, 2026 in Ithaca, New York. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) A meeting [Read More…]
ABC National News
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro pleads not guilty to torture
President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference after testifying before the Supreme Court of Justice on Aug. 2, 2024, in Caracas, Venezuela. (Jesus Vargas/Getty Images) Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Most recent inspection of Six Flags roller coaster involved in fatal fall found no violations: Officials
In this aerial view, the train of the Goliath roller coaster is seen on the track where it was evacuated at Six Flags over Georgia on Oct. 14, 2026, in Austell, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images) [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump announces Nidal Hasan execution ‘will not be streamed’
In this photo released by the Bell County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who is charged with murder in the Fort Hood shootings, is seen in a booking photo after being [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Hudson Williams announced for Canada’s ‘The Assembly’ season 2
‘The Assembly’ season 2. (Courtesy of CBC) Hudville won’t have to wait until the spring to get more Hudson Williams screen time. The Canadian streamer CBC announced Thursday that the Heated Rivalry breakout star will [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Al Pacino to receive SAG-AFTRA lifetime achievement award
Al Pacino attends the premiere of ‘Modi: Three Days On The Wing Of Madness’ at Writers Guild Theater on Nov. 4, 2025, in Beverly Hills, California. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award [Read More…]
Latest News
NOAA Forecasts Warmer-Than-Average Winter for South Dakota, Upper Midwest
NOAA’s winter outlook favors warmer-than-average temperatures across eastern South Dakota, Minnesota and northern Iowa from December through February, with a strong El Niño expected to influence weather patterns across the United States. The National Oceanic [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man charged in alleged plot potentially targeting Hindu place of worship in Illinois
The largest Hindu temple near Aurora, Illinois, is believed to have been the target of a thwarted mass shooting plot allegedly planned by Alexandros Paporakis, authorities said. (WLS) A 19-year-old Illinois man has been charged [Read More…]