Local News
Officers justified in shooting suspect
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Attorney General Marty Jackley says Sioux Falls police officers were justified in shooting a man last month. Police were trying to serve a mental health detention warrant for Daniel McKillip. He refused to comply and armed himself with two knives. McKillip survived the shooting and was ...
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Higher education opportunity for former prisoners
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- You could consider it a second chance powered by higher education. South Dakota State University was awarded a three-year, 150-thousand dollar grant by the Mellon foundation's Higher Education in Prison program. The effort is being led by Vice-Provost, Dr. Victor Taylor. He says it's pers...
Apr 30, 2024
Witness gives his account of deadly accident
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police are still working on the investigation into the deadly weekend crash that killed two teenagers, and probably will be working on it for several weeks. In the meantime they're relying on clips from neighborhood surveillance cameras - and witnesses like Steve Blumke who sa...
Apr 30, 2024
Two teens die in tragic crash
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It was the most catastrophic accident he's seen in 17 years of police work. Sioux Falls Police Lieutenant Andrew Siebenborn arrived shortly after a deadly crash that killed two young teenagers at about 6 Saturday morning at 18th and Second Avenue. The crash took the lives of two 15 year o...
Apr 30, 2024
Two juveniles killed in Sioux Falls crash
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- An early Saturday morning crash has killed two juveniles. At 6 am a Dodge Durango SUV lost control and collided with a tree and a house at the intersection of East 18th Street and 2nd Avenue. There were at least 7 juveniles in the vehicle, with two pronounced dead at the scene and 5 take...
Apr 27, 2024
State News
Firearms search warrant reveals possible bomb making operation
FLORENCE, SD (KELO.com) -- Three people have been arrested following the discovery of a possible bomb-making operation in Codington County. John Felice was arrested Friday. Christopher and Katelyn Gamble were arrested Thursday on drug, firearms, explosives and child abuse charges. The discovery of the bomb-making op...
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South Dakota economy leads the region
OMAHA, NE (KELO.com) -- Our regional economy is stuck in neutral,but South Dakota continues to shine. The April "Mid-America Business Conditions Index" from Creighton University bounced to its best reading since last September, but it's barely into positive territory. Higher interest rates are holding the e...
May 02, 2024
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Minnehaha County Republican delegates replaced by state party
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Allegations of back-room deals by the state republican party. Minnehaha County's delegates to the Republican National Convention were elected at a recent meeting, but state party officials have rejected the candidates and replaced them. Initially, State GOP Chair John Wiik said the repla...
May 02, 2024
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Abortion petitions filed - legal challenge on the way
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- More than 55-thousand petition signatures have been turned in on a proposed Constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights in South Dakota, but a legal challenge is on the way. Jon Hansen, Co-Chair of the Life Defense Fund - a group opposed to the amendment - says one of the things they'v...
May 02, 2024
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Noem under fire for treatment of puppy
PIERRE, S. D. (KELO.com) -- Governor Kristi Noem is raising the ire of animal lovers. In her soon to be published book "No Going Back", Noem recounts her killing of a 14-month-old puppy named Cricket that killed neighbors chickens, ruined a hunting trip and tried to bite her. She then shot Cricket dead in a g...
Apr 27, 2024
National News
Floods in Indonesia's South Sulawesi kill 14
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed 14 people in South Sulawesi, while 115 people were evacuated, the country's disaster management agency said on Saturday. The early morning floods in Luwuk Regency affecte...
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New Zealand signs MOU with German institute on Antarctica cooperation
(Reuters) - New Zealand said on Saturday that its Antarctic agency signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute to foster cooperation between the two polar science bodies, amid China's growing presence in Antarctica....
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Environmental journalism is increasingly dangerous profession, UN chief says
(Removes duplicate words in paragraph 3) By Juana Casas SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Journalists covering environmental issues have become increasingly targeted with violence as the world faces an unprecedented environmental emergency, U.N. Secretary-Gener...
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Amid protests and police raids, US schools try to keep the peace at graduation
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - Ahead of the University of Michigan's commencement on Saturday, the school has trained staff volunteers in how to mitigate disruptions: a change from the usual duties of guiding guests around campus and showing them to th...
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Haitians brace for more rain after downpours kill 13
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Heavy rains are expected to continue across Haiti on Friday, the national weather service said, after killing at least 13 people in the north and damaging thousands of homes. "If you live by a river, ravine or mountainsid...
10h ago
World News
Debris from drones injures three in Ukraine's Kharkiv, governor says
(Reuters) - Debris from downed Russian drones struck civilian targets early on Saturday in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, injuring three people and sparking a fire in an office building, the regional governor said. Oleh Synehubov, writing ...
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India's foreign minister rejects Biden's 'xenophobia' comment
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar rejected U.S. President Joe Biden's comment that "xenophobia" was hobbling the South Asian nation's economic growth, The Economic Times reported on Saturday. Jaishankar said at a...
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Canada's arrests of three Indian men in Sikh leader's death 'bittersweet,' friend says
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - If Hardeep Singh Nijjar were alive, he and his friend Moninder Singh would probably be chatting in a backyard over milkshakes. But he is not. The Canadian Sikh leader was gunned down almost a year ago in B...
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Canada police charge three with murder of Sikh leader Nijjar, probe India link
By David Ljunggren and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian police on Friday arrested and charged three Indian men with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year and said they were probing whether the men had ties to the I...
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King Charles and UK royals to relinquish dozens of patronages
LONDON (Reuters) - King Charles and other senior British royals are to relinquish patronages of almost 200 charities and organisations after a review of their association with more than 1,000 groups, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. The review w...
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Sports News
Cricket-Former NZ all-rounder Anderson in USA squad for T20 World Cup
(Reuters) - Former New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson has been named to the United States squad for the T20 World Cup in June, USA Cricket has announced. Anderson was part of the New Zealand team who lost to Australia in the final of the 50-ove...
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Jets QB Aaron Rodgers: 'No restrictions' at OTAs
Four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers will be ready when the New York Jets begin their offseason training activities on May 20. Coach Robert Saleh said Friday that the 40-year-old quarterback will have "no restrictions" eight months after Achilles surgery. ...
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Motor racing-Newey first domino to fall at Red Bull, says Brown
By Steve Keating MIAMI (Reuters) - The departure of Formula One's top designer Adrian Newey from Red Bull is just the tip of the iceberg with other talent at the championship outfit dusting off their resumes, said McLaren boss Zak Brown on Friday. ...
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Lakers fire head coach Darvin Ham after 2 seasons
The Los Angeles Lakers fired head coach Darvin Ham on Friday after two seasons and a 90-74 regular-season record. "We greatly appreciate Darvin's efforts on behalf of the Lakers and recognize the many accomplishments achieved over the past two seasons...
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Motor racing-Red Bull's Verstappen fastest in Miami Grand Prix practice
By Steve Keating MIAMI (Reuters) - Red Bull's Max Verstappen put down an early marker for a Miami Grand Prix hat-trick, posting the fastest time in the race's lone practice session on Friday with McLaren's Oscar Piastri second on the timesheets. Ve...
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Business News
Fed's Williams: Inflation target 'critical' for achieving stable prices
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - New York Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams on Friday said he believes the U.S. central bank's 2% target for inflation is "critical" to its efforts to achieve price stability. "Theory and experience have ...
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Fed's Goolsbee: US rate-path 'dot plot' needs more context
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve should beef up its quarterly "dot plot" of policymakers' interest-rate-path views by including the individual economic expectations that inform each one, Austan Goolsbee, president of the C...
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Paramount will let exclusive talks with Skydance lapse, NYT reports
(Reuters) -Paramount Global Friday will end its exclusive negotiations with Skydance Media without reaching a deal, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the media giant rose 3% in extended trading. A ...
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Reddit CEO beneficially owns 61.5% of class A shares, regulatory filing shows
(Reuters) - Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman beneficially owns 62.4 million Class A shares of the social media company, a regulatory filing showed on Friday. Those shares were equivalent to 61.5% of the share class, based on a calculation th...
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China's Zeekr plans to raise up to $368 million in US IPO
(Reuters) -China-based electric vehicle brand Zeekr Intelligent Technology Holding said on Friday it was aiming to raise $367.5 million in its U.S. initial public offering. The company is looking to offer 17.5 million American depositary shares (ADSs) ...
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Health News
Canada toughens import requirements on US breeding cattle over bird flu concerns
(Reuters) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has toughened import requirements on U.S. breeding cattle over the H5N1 bird flu virus, the agency said in a statement on Friday. The first confirmed case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (...
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At least 42 die from measles outbreak in northeast Nigeria
By Percy Dabang YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 42 deaths have been recorded from a measles outbreak in just over a week in Nigeria's northeastern state of Adamawa, the state's health commissioner said on Friday. Measles is a highly contagious, ...
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US health officials warn dairy workers are at risk from bird flu
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Friday warned that dairy workers remain at risk from the H5N1 bird flu virus that is infecting dairy herds, and urged them to wear protective gear to avoid infection. The U.S. CDC ur...
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Drugmaker Amneal agrees to $270 million U.S. opioid settlement
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Amneal Pharmaceuticals said on Friday it had reached a deal valued at more than $270 million to resolve claims it helped fuel the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic, becoming the latest drug company to settle lawsuits over the ...
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US FTC seeks more information on Novo Nordisk parent-Catalent deal
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sought additional information about a $16.5 billion deal by Novo Nordisk's parent to buy manufacturing subcontractor Catalent. The deal was announced in February and Novo Nordisk Foundation has sinc...
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Science News
German company launches candle wax-powered rocket on test flight into space
BERLIN (Reuters) - German company HyImpulse successfully launched on Friday a candle wax-powered rocket capable of carrying commercial satellites on a test suborbital flight into space for the first time. "We're signalling Germany's prowess as a sp...
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Factbox-China's missions to the moon - past, present and future
By Albee Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday launched a mission to collect samples from the moon's "hidden" side, a first in space exploration history, and marked a new phase in China's 20-year-old Chang'e lunar programme, named ...
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Scientists discover possible hammerhead shark nursery in Ecuador's Galapagos
QUITO (Reuters) - A team of researchers has discovered a potential breeding ground for smooth hammerhead sharks off an island in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago, in what would be a "very rare" sighting, the national park said in a statement on Thur...
May 02, 2024
Orangutan's use of medicinal plant to treat wound intrigues scientists
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the Suaq Balimbing research site, a protected rainforest area in I...
May 02, 2024
Scientists explore how to improve crop yields - on Mars
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - For future human bases or colonies on Mars to be self-sustaining, a reliable source of home-grown food will be a must. It simply would be too costly and risky to rely upon rocket deliveries to meet the food needs of colon...
May 01, 2024
Technology News
Luminar to cut nearly 20% jobs as part of restructuring
(Reuters) - Luminar Technologies, a maker of lidar sensors for self-driving cars, said on Friday that it would cut its workforce by about 20%, as part of a restructuring plan for the current year. As of December last year, the company had nearly 80...
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Stablecoin Tether steps up monitoring in bid to combat illicit finance
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - The world's largest stablecoin, Tether, has stepped up monitoring of how its tokens are used in broader crypto markets and payments in a bid to combat illicit finance, Tether said in a statement on Thursday....
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Exclusive-Stanford AI leader Fei-Fei Li building 'spatial intelligence' startup
By Katie Paul, Anna Tong and Krystal Hu NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Prominent computer scientist Fei-Fei Li is building a startup that uses human-like processing of visual data to make artificial intelligence (AI) capable of advanced reasoni...
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Tech platforms make pitch for ad deals as TikTok is roiled by politics
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Short-form video took center stage at tech and social media companies' annual presentations to advertisers, as platforms like Snap and Meta look to capitalize on TikTok's political uncertainty in the U.S. to take ad dolla...
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Google faces second day of closing arguments in US antitrust trial
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will lay out its antitrust case against Alphabet's Google on Friday in a second day of closing arguments focused on accusations that the online search leader broke the law to stay on top ...
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Entertainment News
Europapa or Baby Lasagna? Contestants to look out for at Eurovision 2024
By Isabelle Yr Carlsson COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Eurovision Song Contest, a music kitsch-fest watched by some 200 million people, kicks off in Malmö, Sweden on Sunday with its "turquoise carpet" gala, in what fans say is a wide-open year with hal...
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Biden to honor Olympian Katie Ledecky, actor Michelle Yeoh with Medal of Freedom
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A winner of seven Olympic gold medals, a leader of the Mississippi civil rights struggle and a pioneer of television's tabloid talk show genre are part of this year's class of Presidential Medal of Freedom...
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Universal Music Group first-quarter core earnings beat forecast
(Reuters) - Universal Music Group on Thursday posted first-quarter adjusted core profit that beat expectations, helped by the success of its star Taylor Swift. The world's biggest music label posted adjusted core earnings (EBITDA) of 591 million eu...
May 02, 2024
John Cleese says farce best in theatre as he brings 'Fawlty Towers' to stage
By Natasha Mulenga LONDON (Reuters) - John Cleese says farce is best seen in the theatre as he brings a new stage version of his classic 1970s comedy show "Fawlty Towers" to London's West End. "Fawlty Towers The Play" has been adapted by Cleese, wh...
May 02, 2024
Jewish community anxious ahead of Sweden Eurovision anti-Israel protests
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Planned protests against Israel taking part in this year's Eurovision Song Contest have made members of the Jewish community in Swedish host city Malmo anxious, a representative of the community ...
May 02, 2024