Local News
South Dakota's first "Medal of Honor Recognition Day"
HARTFORD, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota just celebrated its first "Medal of Honor Recognition Day". The working holiday was approved by this year's legislature, making South Dakota one of the few states that observes the day. Tom Rooney introduces us to Michael Fitzmaurice of Hartford...the lone remaining C...
Mar 26, 2024
Brookings Chamber partners with SDSU on "Work Ready Boot Camp"
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- They call it a Work Ready Boot camp. The idea is to encourage SDSU students to pursue a career in Brookings. Brookings Chamber CEO Kelsey Doom says it's been in the works for the last few years. Doom calls the boot camp a partnership between Brookings businesses and SDSU. The bootcamp feat...
Mar 26, 2024
Sioux Falls police make arrests in two recent robberies
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Two arrests in a pair of Sioux Falls robbery investigations. A Richfield, Minnesota man is being held on a 100-thousand dollar cash bond for robbing a Sioux Falls bank last Friday. In the other heist, a former convenience store clerk is now accused of robbing her former employer at gunpo...
Mar 25, 2024
Bank robbery in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A bank robbery in Sioux Falls. On Friday morning a man walked into the US Bank location at 5501 West 41st street, threatened the clerk and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect was described as a black man, around 5'10" tall, wearing a tan jacket, a mask and sunglasse...
Mar 23, 2024
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Thune defends Israel
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) -- As the war rages on in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, some in the US Senate are calling for a cease-fire. Others want Israel to call for new elections. Senator John Thune believes that US support for Israel should be unwavering. Thune was part of a conference call with Israeli Prime Minis...
Mar 23, 2024
State News
South Dakota's first "Medal of Honor Recognition Day"
HARTFORD, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota just celebrated its first "Medal of Honor Recognition Day". The working holiday was approved by this year's legislature, making South Dakota one of the few states that observes the day. Tom Rooney introduces us to Michael Fitzmaurice of Hartford...the lone remaining C...
Mar 26, 2024
Carbon capture pipeline opponents ready to roll with petition drive
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Property Rights and Local Control Alliance will be holding a rally today at the Capitol Rotunda right after the 2024 Legislative Session gavels out. The group, made up mostly of property owners, is opposed to the recently signed SB 201, which supporters called the property ow...
Mar 26, 2024
Hockey comes to Watertown
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Minor League hockey is coming to Watertown! The North American Hockey League has approved the membership application for Watertown's team, which will be known as the Shamrocks. The Watertown Shamrocks will compete in the Central Division beginning in the 2024-25 season. The Shamrocks will ...
Mar 16, 2024
Texas ranchers get help from South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Help is on the way from South Dakota. The Akaska Development Corporation is coordinating the transportation to get hay and feed donations from South Dakota to cattle producers in Texas devastated by recent wildfires. Texas Rancher Billy Hall says they're doing what they can to manage the...
Mar 16, 2024
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Minimum teacher pay becomes law
MITCHELL, SD (KELO.com) -- An important step in climbing out of the basement on teacher pay. Governor Kristi Noem has signed a bill that sets a minimum base pay for teachers of 45-thousand dollars. House Education Committee Chairman Mike Stevens says it's about more than the money. Governor Noem says the legislation ...
Mar 14, 2024
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National News
Japan finally screens 'Oppenheimer', with trigger warnings, unease in Hiroshima
By Irene Wang HIROSHIMA (Reuters) - Best picture winner "Oppenheimer" finally premiered in Japan on Friday, eight months after a controversial grassroots marketing push and concerns about how its nuclear theme would be received in the only country ...
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Factbox-Major cases before the US Supreme Court this term
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's current term features major cases involving former President Donald Trump's ballot disqualification, his claim of immunity from prosecution, the abortion pill, gun rights, the power of federal agencies, social m...
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Kamala Harris pushes the envelope as Biden struggles with some Democrats
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Hosting rapper Fat Joe at the White House to talk about reforming marijuana laws. Visiting an abortion clinic. Calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at the historic Selma bridge in Alabama. Walking the bloodstained crime s...
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'Adopt a penguin egg' Easter campaign helps endangered African birds
By shafiek tassiem and Tim Cocks CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Bored of buying eggs made of chocolate and wrapped in foil with predictable bunny motifs? This Easter in South Africa you could instead spend your cash an egg that will hatch a live penguin. Bu...
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Madagascar cyclone Gamane kills at least 11, displaces thousands, government says
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - A tropical cyclone that swept across the island of Madagascar this week killed at least 11 people and displaced thousands more, according to the country's disaster management office. Tropical cyclone Gamane, which crossed t...
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World News
Pugacheva, queen of Soviet pop, likely to be labelled a 'foreign agent' in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian prosecutors have asked the justice ministry to label Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, as a "foreign agent", the state RIA news agency reported. Pugacheva, 74, a Soviet and then post-Soviet icon, has criticised th...
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Factbox-Ultra-Orthodox Israelis resist push for military service
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties are resisting pressure to lift exemptions of religious students from military duty, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's struggles to preserve his coalition and spread the wartime burden across ...
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Israeli military says it killed deputy commander of Hezbollah rocket and missiles unit
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Friday it had killed Ali Abed Akhsan Naim, deputy commander of Hezbollah's rocket and missiles unit, in an air strike in the area of Bazouriye in Lebanon. It said he was one of the Iranian-backed m...
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After veto, Russia says big powers need to stop 'strangling' North Korea
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday that major powers needed a new approach to North Korea, accusing the United States and its allies of ratchetting up military tensions in Asia and seeking to "strangle" the reclusive stat...
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North Korea rules out any meetings with Japan
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has no interest in dialogue with Japan, state media KCNA reported on Friday, citing foreign minister Choe Son Hui. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said he wants to hold talks with North Korean l...
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Sports News
France to boost Olympics security with foreign military, police support
By John Irish and Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) - France has asked about 45 foreign countries to contribute several thousand extra military, police and civilian personnel to help safeguard the Paris Olympics this summer, government sources said...
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Tennis-Murray pulls out of Monte Carlo, Munich due to ankle injury
(Reuters) - Andy Murray will miss the Monte Carlo Masters and Munich Open next month as he recovers from a severe ankle injury sustained during his exit from the Miami Open, the Briton's team announced on Friday. The 36-year-old rolled his ankle in...
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NHL roundup: Stars, Hurricanes win, seal playoff bids
Jamie Benn's power-play goal broke a tie late in the third period and helped give the visiting Dallas Stars a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks and a berth in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Roope Hintz netted one goal and two assists while Jason Rober...
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MLB roundup: Corbin Burnes, O's crush Angels in opener
Corbin Burnes pitched six innings of one-hit baseball in his Baltimore debut and the Orioles rolled past the visiting Los Angeles Angels 11-3 in their opener on Thursday. Cedric Mullins hit a three-run homer and Anthony Santander added a two-run shot ...
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Tennis-Alcaraz says Dimitrov made him feel like a 13-year-old in Miami masterclass
(Reuters) - World number two Carlos Alcaraz said he felt like a frustrated 13-year-old searching for answers after his crushing defeat by Bulgarian veteran Grigor Dimitrov in the Miami Open quarter-finals on Thursday. Alcaraz, 20, arrived in Miami ...
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Business News
With China EV launch, Xiaomi's 'Thor' takes on Elon Musk
By Sarah Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - He was called China's answer to Steve Jobs for taking Xiaomi from scrappy startup to an electronics giant known for its smartphones. With the launch of a much-hyped and against-the-odds electric car, Lei Jun, Xiaomi'...
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Greece to raise monthly minimum wage by 6.4% to 830 euros
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will raise its monthly minimum gross wage by 6.4% to 830 euros, the conservative government said on Friday, the fourth such increase in five years aimed at easing the burden on households squeezed by a higher cost of livin...
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Musk's Grok-1.5 AI chatbot to be available next week
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI's latest Grok-1.5 chatbot will be available on his social media platform X next week, the billionaire said in a post on X on Friday. "Grok 2 should exceed current AI on all metrics. In tra...
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US probes Stellantis 2022 RAM truck models over K1 snap ring transmission failures
(Reuters) -The U.S. Office of Defect Investigations (ODI) has opened a preliminary evaluation of a failure of the K1 snap ring in Chrysler-parent Stellantis' year 2022 RAM 3500, 4500, and 5500 trucks, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...
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Fed's balancing act could see June rate cut in play even with sticky inflation
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the central bank is not growing more tolerant of higher inflation even though the latest policymaker projections raised the inflation outlook for the year without t...
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Health News
Births fall in Italy for 15th year running to record low
ROME (Reuters) - Births in Italy dropped to a record low in 2023, the 15th consecutive annual decline, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Friday, as the population continued to shrink. Italy's ever-falling birth rate is considered a national ...
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Brazil's Hapvida posts 105% increase in fourth-quarter adjusted profit
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian healthcare operator Hapvida posted on Thursday a 104.8% increase in its adjusted net profit for the fourth quarter from a year earlier. The company reported a 330.5 million real ($65.9 million)adjusted net profit in ...
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Rite Aid moves ahead on restructuring as sale efforts continue
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rite Aid, one of the largest U.S. pharmacy chains, received permission from a U.S. judge on Thursday to begin voting on a bankruptcy restructuring plan that would turn over most of the company's equity to its...
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US FDA extends review of Applied Therapeutics' genetic disease drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended its review of Applied Therapeutics' experimental drug to treat galactosemia, a rare genetic metabolic disease, the company said on Thursday. The health regulator will now give its decis...
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Bristol Myers' bowel disease drug fails to meet main goal in late-stage study
(Reuters) - Bristol Myers Squibb said on Thursday its experimental drug to treat Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel condition, failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage study. Crohn's disease, which results in the swelling or inflamm...
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Science News
Dogs can associate words with objects, study finds
By Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Dogs are able to understand that some words refer to objects in a way that is similar to humans, a small study of canine brain waves has found, offering insight into the way the minds of man's best friends wo...
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Secret planting operation boosts critically endangered Welsh shrub
By Helena Williams LONDON (Reuters) - At a secret location in the Welsh countryside, naturalists have planted 30 young specimens of a once-common plant that has been collected - and nibbled - almost to extinction. Cotoneaster Cambricus, Welsh Coton...
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A million solar eclipse enthusiasts expected at Niagara Falls
By Wa Lone and Nivedita Balu NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (Reuters) - From vintage train rides costing almost $4,000 per person to hotel rooms listed at $1,600 a night, businesses in and around majestic Niagara Falls are preparing to cash in on the April...
Mar 28, 2024
Scientists chronicle the earliest stages of a supernova
By Ari Rabinovitch REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) - About 20 million years ago, in a galaxy not so far away, a large star exploded and sent elements representing the building blocks of life racing through space. About a year ago, by chance, as the light...
Mar 27, 2024
Twisted magnetic field observed around Milky Way's central black hole
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers on Wednesday announced that they have detected a strong and organized magnetic field twisted in a spiral pattern around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, revealing previously unknown qualitie...
Mar 27, 2024
Technology News
Renault to invest $320 million, hire 550 workers to make electric vans in Northern France
SANDOUVILLE, France (Reuters) - French car maker Renault plans to invest 300 million euros ($323.25 million) in its assembly plant located in Sandouville in northern France to make new-generation electric vans from 2026. The company will add 550 st...
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Musk's Grok-1.5 AI chatbot to be available next week
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI's latest Grok-1.5 chatbot will be available on his social media platform X next week, the billionaire said in a post on X on Friday. "Grok 2 should exceed current AI on all metrics. In tra...
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China's Huawei continues rebound with strongest earnings growth since 2019
By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies saw its fastest growth in four years in 2023, with a rebound in its consumer segment and income from new businesses like smart car components accelerating its recovery from U.S...
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Musk's xAI to launch improved version of chatbot
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI said on Thursday it will launch an improved version of its chatbot Grok called Grok-1.5, which will be available to early testers and existing Grok users on social media platform X in the ...
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Automotive computer chip maker NXP rolls out new platform
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - NXP Semiconductors NV, the biggest maker of computer chips for cars, on Thursday said it had introduced a new platform that will simplify and speed up software development for its customers. The platform, which integrates soft...
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Entertainment News
'Oppenheimer' director Christopher Nolan to be given knighthood
LONDON (Reuters) - British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan, fresh from his Oscar victory for historical drama "Oppenheimer", will receive a knighthood from Britain for services to film. His wife and film producer Emma Thomas will receive a dam...
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Blackwells sues Disney in Delaware over disclosure in relationship with ValueAct
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackwells Capital is ratcheting up the pressure on Walt Disney in a bruising boardroom battle by suing the entertainment giant in Delaware court for information that may point to possible disclosure violations in dealings with...
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'The Batman,' a 2022 blockbuster, wasn't plagiarized, US judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warner Bros Entertainment didn't steal the plot for its 2022 blockbuster "The Batman" from a writer who created a story about the caped crusader three decades earlier, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on W...
Mar 27, 2024
Spice Girl Mel B shares more in expanded memoir, aims to help abuse survivors
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spice Girl Mel B is releasing an expanded version of her 2018 memoir, sharing more details about her personal life which she hopes will help survivors of domestic abuse. The British singer and television person...
Mar 27, 2024
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer says rapper subject to 'witch hunt'
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A lawyer for music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs said Tuesday the rapper was being targeted by a "witch hunt" after civil lawsuits accused him of sexual misconduct and federal authorities raided two of his proper...
Mar 27, 2024