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Coyotes travel to Brookings to face rival Jackrabbits
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- It's rivalry day in South Dakota. The Coyotes are in Brookings tonight to square off with the rival Jackrabbits. The Yotes come in ranked number four and the Jacks are ranked number three in the nation. Kickoff is at 6:30. You can hear the Coyote broadcast on 95.7 KQSF, or listen to the Ja...
Oct 26, 2024
Cougars travel to Wayne State to battle the Wildcats
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls (6-2, 5-2 NSIC) continues to receive votes in the AFCA Coaches' Poll as they hit the road to take on Wayne State (6-1, 5-1 NSIC) this weekend in Wayne, Nebraska. Kickoff is at 12 noon. You can hear the game on KWSN 98.1
Oct 26, 2024
Augie to collide with Minnesota State in Mankato
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The No. 25-ranked Augustana football team (5-2 overall, 5-1 NSIC) travels east for a Top-25 showdown against No. 13 Minnesota State on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. The Vikings and Mavericks will meet for the 55th time in series history with the Mavericks leading 28-2...
Oct 26, 2024
Stampede overpower Storm 7-5
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The Stampede weather a high-scoring game against the Tri-City Storm to take home the win. Newcomers Jake Merens and Ben Willmott made a statement while Stampede returner Gennadi Chaly earned three points to push the Stampede to a 7-5 win. Sioux Falls and Tri-City are back in action Satur...
Oct 19, 2024
Coyotes travel to Youngstown to take on the Penguins
YOUNGSTOWN, OH (KELO.com) -- The No. 4-ranked University of South Dakota football team (5-1, 3-0 MVFC) takes their four-game win streak into the eastern time zone for their second Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) road trip of the season when they face the Youngstown State Penguins (2-5, 1-2 MVFC) at 5:00 p.m....
Oct 19, 2024
Sports News
Report: Canes G Frederik Andersen (knee) out 8 weeks
Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen will have a knee procedure and miss about eight weeks of action, TSN reported Thursday. The procedure was characterized as "not major" and "just a clean-up" in the report, but the timeline would keep hi...
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Mavericks' Luka Doncic (wrist) out at least one week
Dallas Mavericks superstar guard Luka Doncic is nursing a strained right wrist and will be re-evaluated in one week, the team announced Thursday morning. Doncic sat out his first game of the season on Sunday due to a right knee contusion. He returned ...
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Colts bring back veteran G Mark Glowinski
The Indianapolis Colts brought back guard Mark Glowinski, signing the nine-year veteran to the practice squad. Glowinski, 32, started 55 of his 59 games with the Colts from 2018-21. He has played 124 games (96 starts) with the Seattle Seahawks (2015-...
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Olympics-Modern pentathlon at LA 2028 no rescue operation for the sport says president
By Karolos Grohmann BERLIN (Reuters) - Modern pentathlon at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will not be a rescue operation for the sport with obstacle running replacing horse riding, the new president of the sport's international federation (UIPM) Ro...
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Motor racing-Piastri expects to be back on equal terms with Norris
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Australian Oscar Piastri has set his sights on victory in Las Vegas now that McLaren team mate Lando Norris's Formula One title hopes have receded. Norris is the main challenger to Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who will be sure o...
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Local News
Parks and Rec to unveil new master plan for Falls Park
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's a plan that's been three years in the making - and it replaces a plan that was developed 30 years ago. The Sioux Falls Parks and Rec department is revealing new plans for the park that showcases the namesake of the city. This morning, as a leadup to a public open house on the plan t...
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Next phase of Minnesota Avenue construction may be on hold
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It appears as though major construction on another section of Minnesota Avenue in Sioux Falls will have to wait a year. Nine-million dollars cut from an Aquatics bond was intended to repay the city's reserve fund for the purchase price of the Sanford Wellness Center on Tea/Ellis Road. P...
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Lower construction numbers part of city revenue shortfall
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Higher interest rates and inflation are taking some of the luster out of the Sioux Falls economy - and the city budget. City councilors are pulling in the reins on spending because of declining sales tax revenues. One of the areas of concern is new construction. City Finance Director Sh...
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Second suspect arrested in Dunham Park homicide
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- He was considered armed and dangerous, but the long arm of the law has brought in the second suspect in a deadly Sioux Falls shooting. 28-year old Lamont Burks, Junior was arrested in South Carolina Tuesday afternoon. He faces several charges, including first degree murder in the late Au...
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Car/Pedestrian accident sends 5 to hospital
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A two vehicle/Pedestrian accident sent five people to the hospital this morning, two in serious condition. Two vehicles collided at the intersection of 41st and Sertoma, shortly after 8:00 am Tuesday, then struck a pedestrian standing at the corner. The crash is still under investigation...
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State News
South Dakota GOP to select new leader
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- A change at the top of South Dakota's Republican party. State chairman John Wiik won't seek a second term. The Dakota Scout reports there are three people interested in the post. Former state House Majority Leader Lee Qualm, "Vote No on H" chair Ezra Hays, and anti-carbon pipeline ...
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Judge dismisses Amendment G lawsuit
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- As expected, an election lawsuit involving both sides of the Abortion Amendment G on South Dakota's ballot has been dismissed. Both sides requested the dismissal. The suit challenged the petition signature collection process, but that became a moot point when the amendment was defeated.
Nov 20, 2024
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Attorney General calls for federal online protection for children
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- It's called the Kids Online Safety Act. Attorney General Marty Jackley and 31 of his colleagues say it's time for Congress to join the effort to protect children from harmful internet content. The measure would require platforms to automatically enable their strongest safety protections, prev...
Nov 20, 2024
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Telemedicine in Motion program earning praise
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- A 20-million dollar investment is paying big dividends for the state of South Dakota, in the area of Rural Telemedicine. It's called the Telemedicine in Motion program, and the state Health Department says it has transformed emergency medical services across the state. EMS and Trauma Administ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Sales tax revenues running low; prison costs going higher
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota just finished the first quarter of the 2025 fiscal year. The Legislature's Appropriations committee was told this afternoon revenues are down. Derek Johnson of the Bureau of Finance and Management says the budget assumed three-percent growth. The farm economy is down sharply, as ...
Nov 14, 2024
National News
Top FDA official sees more vaccine scrutiny in Trump's presidency
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is likely to come under tighter scrutiny over vaccine development and safety testing once Donald Trump takes over as the country's president, a top official at the agency said on Thursday. Peter Mar...
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Illinois top court reverses actor Smollett's false hate crime report conviction
By Eric Cox and Brad Brooks CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the conviction of actor Jussie Smollett, the one-time star of the TV drama "Empire", for staging a hate crime against himself in 2019. The court agree...
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FBI, DHS leaders decline to testify publicly about threats facing US
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Christopher Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday declined to appear publicly before a U.S. Senate committee to discuss national security threats, provoking the ire...
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Massachusetts student's punishment for AI use can stand, US judge rules
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge has rejected a bid by the parents of a Massachusetts high school senior to force his school to expunge his disciplinary record and raise his history class grade after officials accused him of using...
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Trump attorney general pick Matt Gaetz drops bid in face of Senate opposition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hardline Republican Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, in the face of opposition from the Senate Republicans whose support he would have needed to win the job. Gaetz...
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World News
Factbox-UN Resolution 1701, cornerstone of any Israel-Hezbollah truce
By Jana Choukeir DUBAI (Reuters) - A United Nations resolution that ended the last round of deadly conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006 is seen as the cornerstone of a new ceasefire being negotiated by the United States. Adopted in August...
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FBI, DHS leaders decline to testify publicly about threats facing US
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Christopher Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday declined to appear publicly before a U.S. Senate committee to discuss national security threats, provoking the ire...
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President's party wins 130 of 165 seats in Senegal parliamentary vote, state TV says
DAKAR (Reuters) -President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's Pastef party has won 130 out of 165 seats in Senegal's legislative elections, securing a clear parliamentary majority, state TV said on Thursday, citing provisional results. Faye, who came to power in ...
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Netanyahu aide, soldier accused in leak case that shook Israel
By Crispian Balmer and Emily Rose JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli state attorney on Thursday indicted an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of passing on classified documents with an intent to harm the state in a case that has ra...
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Putin says Russia fired hypersonic ballistic missile at Ukraine in warning to the West
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had launched a hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile attack on a Ukrainian military facility, and warned the West that Moscow could strike the military installatio...
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Business News
New York Fed says bank reserves abundant as of mid-November
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) - New data from the New York Federal Reserve suggests the U.S. central bank isn't facing any roadblocks to continuing forward with its ongoing effort to shrink the size of its balance sheet. The regional Fed b...
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US court vacates SEC 'dealer rule' on Treasury markets
(Refiles to add missing word in 2nd paragraph) By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) -A federal judge in Texas on Thursday struck down the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's overhaul of Treasury dealer rules adopted earlier this year, finding that the a...
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US 30-year fixed-rate mortgage approaches 7%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage rates increased to a four-month high this week, which together with higher home prices could sideline potential buyers from the housing market in the near term. The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed-rate...
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Fed's Goolsbee says pace of rate cuts may need to slow
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee on Thursday reiterated his support for further interest rate cuts and his openness to doing them more slowly, remarks that underscore the U.S. central bank's debate that it...
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Incoming FCC chair says unlikely commission could reinstate Starlink subsidy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The incoming chair of the Federal Communications Commission said it is "very unlikely" the commission could reconsider its 2022 decision to deny Elon Musk's SpaceX satellite internet unit Starlink $885.5 million in rural broa...
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Health News
Top FDA official sees more vaccine scrutiny in Trump's presidency
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is likely to come under tighter scrutiny over vaccine development and safety testing once Donald Trump takes over as the country's president, a top official at the agency said on Thursday. Peter Mar...
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Viatris fined in Morocco over merger notification, sources say
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) -U.S. pharmaceutical giant Viatris Inc. has been fined 7.58 million dirhams ($760,000) by Morocco's competition regulator for failing to notify it regarding its merger, two official sources said on Thursday. Viatris ...
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Analysis-Wall Street awaits Amgen weight-loss drug data expected to move shares
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Upcoming data from a mid-stage study of Amgen's experimental weight-loss drug MariTide will shed light on how well it might measure up against the popular GLP-1 drugs sold by Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. Encouraging comm...
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Novartis: launch of Morphosys drug by could be 2027 or later
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Novartis' CEO said on Thursday that the delayed launch of blood-cancer drug pelabresib from the takeover of Morphosys could be achieved in 2027 or later, but any approval would depend on further safety data. "It will take us a...
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Novartis raises annual sales guidance until 2028
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Novartis on Thursday raised its medium-term sales guidance, predicting 6% annual growth through 2028, driven by strong momentum of launched drugs and the prospect of upcoming market introductions. The Swiss drugmaker was previ...
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Science News
Russian scientists hail discovery of 32,000-year-old sabre-toothed cat cub
YAKUTSK, RUSSIA (Reuters) - The sabre-toothed cat cub is almost small enough to hold in one hand, but its discovery after 32,000 years is a momentous event for palaeontologists. It was around three weeks old when it died in what is now northeastern...
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Elon Musk's Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's Neuralink said on Wednesday it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for a device designed to give paralysed individuals the ability to use digital devices simply by thinking. The brain chip star...
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Scientists announce progress toward ambitious atlas of human cells
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists unveiled on Wednesday the first blueprint of human skeletal development as they make progress toward the goal of completing a biological atlas of every cell type in the body to better understand huma...
Nov 20, 2024
Is climate change making tropical storms more frequent? Scientists say it's unclear
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An unusual cluster of typhoons in the West Pacific and a series of powerful hurricanes in the Atlantic are raising questions about the impact that climate change is having on tropical storms across the globe. ...
Nov 20, 2024
Findings by dark energy researchers back Einstein's conception of gravity
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists working in an international collaboration have tracked how the structure of the cosmos has grown over the past 11 billion years, providing the most precise test to date of how gravity behaves at very...
Nov 20, 2024
Technology News
Massachusetts student's punishment for AI use can stand, US judge rules
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge has rejected a bid by the parents of a Massachusetts high school senior to force his school to expunge his disciplinary record and raise his history class grade after officials accused him of using...
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France's LightOn says valued at $65 million in Euronext IPO
(Reuters) - French generative AI startup LightOn said on Thursday it had successfully launched its initial public offering (IPO) on the Euronext Growth market in Paris. Europe's first listed genAI startup said its market capitalisation will reach a...
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FCC proposes to fine Chinese video doorbell manufacturer after security concerns raised
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday proposed to fine Chinese-based video doorbell manufacturer Eken nearly $735,000 for providing false information and after security concerns were raised. FCC Chair Jessica Rose...
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Exclusive-Amazon likely to face investigation under EU tech rules next year, sources say
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Amazon will likely face an EU investigation next year into whether it favours its own brand products on its online marketplace as European antitrust regulators build up a case under landmark rules, people with d...
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Italy plans crackdown on database hacks
ROME (Reuters) - Italy is planning a crackdown on cybercrime, according to a draft decree seen by Reuters on Thursday, after recent cases of alleged hacking into major state and financial databases prompted a swift response from the government. The...
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Entertainment News
Fox and Hulu announce multi-year content streaming partnership
(Reuters) - Fox Entertainment and Hulu announced on Thursday a multi-year content deal whereby the Walt Disney-controlled streaming platform will retain the streaming rights for Fox's extensive programming slate. The agreement includes an expansion...
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Illinois top court reverses actor Smollett's false hate crime report conviction
By Eric Cox and Brad Brooks CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the conviction of actor Jussie Smollett, the one-time star of the TV drama "Empire", for staging a hate crime against himself in 2019. The court agree...
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Russian ballet world says farewell to celebrated dancer Shklyarov after balcony fall
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Ballet fans and members of Russia's cultural elite on Thursday filed past the open casket of Vladimir Shklyarov, a principal dancer at the world-famous Mariinsky Ballet in St Petersburg, whose life they said had en...
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K-pop's profligate CD output draws fire as South Korea hosts plastic waste talks
By Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - K-pop music may be South Korea's buzziest export but the industry needlessly creates mountains of plastic in its home market by churning out CDs that most fans don't even listen to, critics say. Wha...
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Cirque du Soleil picks Berlin for first permanent European show
BERLIN (Reuters) - Cirque du Soleil will kick off its first permanent European show next year in Berlin's central Potsdamer Platz, the Canadian circus company announced on Wednesday, promising a production that would push the boundaries of the imag...
Nov 20, 2024