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  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of the shot, to ensure lasting protection [Read More…]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Thousands of Afghans rushed onto the tarmac of Kabul’s international airport Monday, some so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto an American military jet [Read More…]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With the highly contagious delta variant fueling a surge in coronavirus cases just as students return to classrooms, major school districts in Arizona, Florida, Texas and beyond are increasingly defying [Read More…]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Tropical depression Grace drenched earthquake-damaged Haiti on Monday, threatening to dump up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain on a landscape where people are huddling in fields and searching [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A man accused of opening fire on a group of people, killing one, is set go on trial this week after spending the last two years in jail. 37-year-old Ramon [Read More…]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have recorded four fatalities during this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The rally began Aug. 6 and concludes Sunday. The state Department of Safety said two deaths occurred on Saturday, the Rapid [Read More…]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Data from the South Dakota Highway Patrol shows arrests for drugs and drunken driving are down at this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally compared to last year. According to the Highway Patrol, [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man has been sentenced to 30 months in a federal prison for assaulting a driver who had crashed into his front yard and later died. The U.S. Attorney’s [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s cities fueled the state’s population growth over the last decade, according to detailed population data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau that will form the basis for the state’s [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Friday announced the retirement of a Cabinet secretary who she suspended amid an investigation into complaints of low employee morale and sexual harassment at [Read More…]

No racial or ethnic group dominates for those under age 18, and white people declined in numbers for the first time on record in the overall U.S. population as the Hispanic and Asian populations boomed [Read More…]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Wildfire crews in South Dakota tried Thursday to contain a wildfire burning at Kirk Hill about five miles southwest of the city of Sturgis. The fire had burned approximately 80 [Read More…]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — The landscape appears to be changing when it comes to marijuana possession at this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota. Meade County Sheriff Ron Merwin says his deputies are generally [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The widow of a man struck and killed on a South Dakota highway by the state’s attorney general is attempting to block the release of her husband’s mental health records. A [Read More…]

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say an 18-year-old Minnesota man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a 2019 homicide in eastern South Dakota. Clay County, Minnesota, Sheriff Mark Empting says the Moorhead man is being [Read More…]