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Orlando City SC part ways with coach Oscar Pareja
Orlando City SC and head coach Oscar Pareja mutually have agreed to part ways, effective immediately, the team announced on Wednesday. Hired on Dec. 4, 2019, Pareja posted a 103-72-66 record across all competitions and helped the club capture the Lam...
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Report: FIFA cuts operating budget by more than $100M
FIFA has slashed more than $100 million from its operating budget for this summer's World Cup in North America, The Athletic reported. In its annual report in 2024, FIFA's projected budget for the 2023-26 cycle included $1.12 billion for operational...
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Returned to sender: Maxx Crosby at Raiders' facility, sides mending fences
Signs point to the Las Vegas Raiders welcoming Maxx Crosby back into the fold as a result of the return-to-sender rejection of a trade with the Baltimore Ravens. Sports Illustrated reported the star defensive end was back at the team facility to reh...
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Reports: Oregon State to tab Michigan assistant Justin Joyner as coach
Oregon State is expected to hire Michigan assistant Justin Joyner as its next head coach, multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday. Joyner effectively will replace head coach Wayne Tinkle. The university announced on Feb. 26 that it planned to p...
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Report: Chargers re-signing All-Pro special teamer Del'Shawn Phillips
The Los Angeles Chargers are re-signing special teams standout Del'Shawn Phillips to a two-year, $7.5 million contract worth up to $10.5 million in incentives, the NFL Network reported on Wednesday. Phillips, 29, was selected second-team All-Pro...
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Top News

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
Local News

Smithfield Foods TIF clears first hurdle at City Hall
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Plans to create a Tax Incentive Finance District to support construction of a new Smithfield Foods plant are moving forward. The Sioux Falls City Council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to approve first reading of the proposal. In contrast to Monday night's town hall meeting in Crooks ...
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Opposition to Smithfield Foods move in Crooks
CROOKS, SD (KELO.com) -- Heavy truck traffic and potential pollution are some of the major concerns about plans to build a new Smithfield Foods plant. Residents of Crooks packed the Community Center Monday night to voice their opposition. One resident said, "Everybody in this town is very upset about this."...
Mar 10, 2026

Friction builds between legislature and SF school officials
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Members of the Sioux Falls School Board say the District is being targeted by the legislature. That comes in reference to legislative efforts to make it easier for voters to refer school budget opt-outs to a public vote. All board member Mark Murren could say was, "I'm angry about t...
Mar 10, 2026

Warm weather brings out exhibition drivers
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Thermometer readings are going higher - and speedometer readings are right there with them. Sunday's 70-degree weather awakened hibernating exhibition drivers in Sioux Falls. Police Information officer Aaron Benson says saturation patrols aren't far behind. Saturation patrols last year ...
Mar 09, 2026

Crooks residents to learn more about Smithfield move to their neighborhood
CROOKS, SD (KELO.com) -- Residents of Crooks will get a chance to hear more about the Smithfield Foods Plant moving to their neighborhood Monday night. Plans have been announced to move the plant from The Falls area to Foundation Park on the northwest side of Sioux Falls, on the outskirts of Crooks. Nearby homeow...
Mar 09, 2026
State News

Citizens Only Voting Amendment headed to SD ballot
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota will be one of the voting rights battlefields this year with a proposed Constitutional Amendment on the November ballot. President Trump is pressing Congress to approve the SAVE act, which requires proof of citizenship and a valid photo ID to vote in federal elections. Last ...
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Final legislative approval for property tax relief package
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- It's the second part of what Governor Larry Rhoden calls the largest property tax cut in South Dakota history. Critics say the proposal approved by the state Senate Wednesday morning is more of a tax shift than a tax cut. It will be funded by a sales tax increase scheduled for next year. The...
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Governor expected to sign crypto scam bill
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota residents are getting some legislative help in avoiding crypto scams. Legislators gave final approval to a bill that holds the owners of Crypto ATMs responsible for fraudulent transactions. Jessie Schmidt of the Better Business Bureau says the ATM owners will be required to refun...
Mar 10, 2026
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Friction builds between legislature and SF school officials
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Members of the Sioux Falls School Board say the District is being targeted by the legislature. That comes in reference to legislative efforts to make it easier for voters to refer school budget opt-outs to a public vote. All board member Mark Murren could say was, "I'm angry about t...
Mar 10, 2026

AG Jackley: abortion ad campaign settlement reached
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Attorney General Marty Jackley says a settlement has been reached with Mayday Health on removing ads for abortion pills in South Dakota. Jackley said, "The New York non-profit targeted women and young girls, encouraging them to take abortion pills while misleading them about the physical ...
Mar 09, 2026
National News
Trump administration must make New York tunnel payments, appeals court rules
By David Shepardson March 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. must keep making payments on the $16 billion New York Hudson Tunnel, after an appeals court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's bid to halt paying for the project. The Hudson Tunnel Proje...
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to end Haitian protected status
By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel March 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to intervene in its effort to strip humanitarian deportation protections from more than 350,000 Haitians living in th...
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US Senate Democrats push for answers on strike targeting Iran girls' school, civilian casualties
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - Nearly every U.S. Senate Democrat signed a letter sent to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday requesting a "swift investigation" of airstrikes on a girls' school in Iran that killed sco...
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Unity is elusive for House Republicans on key election-year affordability bill
By David Morgan DORAL, Florida, March 11 (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans hope to enact one last piece of signature legislation addressing affordability concerns to try to set them apart from Democrats before the November midterm elections, a time wh...
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US February budget deficit flat at $308 billion, tariff revenues not yet hit by court ruling
By David Lawder WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficit for February was nearly flat with a year earlier at $308 billion as growth in receipts and outlays was largely even, with receipts from President Donald Trump's tariffs not yet r...
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World News
Guatemala appoints new election tribunal amid corruption fears
By Sofia Menchu and Diego Oré GUATEMALA CITY, March 11 (Reuters) - Guatemala's opposition-controlled Congress elected new members to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) late Tuesday, part of a sweeping judicial overhaul that international observers wa...
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Sea drones target oil tankers in the Middle East as conflict risks widen
By Cassell Bryan-Low LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Naval drones have been used in at least two attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf region since war erupted between the U.S., Israel and Iran, according to maritime authorities and analysts, demonstrating a...
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US may have struck Iranian girls' school after using outdated targeting data, sources say
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - A strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children may be the result of U.S. use of outdated targeting data, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesda...
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to end Haitian protected status
By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel March 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to intervene in its effort to strip humanitarian deportation protections from more than 350,000 Haitians living in th...
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US Senate Democrats push for answers on strike targeting Iran girls' school, civilian casualties
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - Nearly every U.S. Senate Democrat signed a letter sent to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday requesting a "swift investigation" of airstrikes on a girls' school in Iran that killed sco...
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Business News
How the Anthropic-Pentagon dispute over AI safeguards escalated
March 11 (Reuters) - A standoff erupted between the U.S. Department of Defense and Anthropic in January after the AI lab refused to loosen safety guardrails on its systems, prompting the Pentagon to label it a 'supply-chain risk,' and putting the compa...
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Bumble posts upbeat quarterly revenue as turnaround efforts start to pay off
March 11 (Reuters) - Bumble on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter revenue above estimates as the dating app operator began to see early benefits from a broad turnaround plan, sending its shares soaring about 24% in extended trading. Bumble has been un...
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Pain at the pumps will ease in a month or two, billionaire Catsimatidis says
By Shariq Khan NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) - Consumers will get relief from the rapid increases in fuel prices at the pumps in a month or two, John Catsimatidis, the billionaire owner of a Pennsylvania refinery and New York supermarket chains, told ...
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Tilman Fertitta in talks to buy Caesars for $7 billion, WSJ reports
March 11 (Reuters) - Billionaire Tilman Fertitta has been in exclusive talks to buy Caesars Entertainment for roughly $7 billion after he topped a competing offer from billionaire investor Carl Icahn's firm, the Wall Street Journal reported on We...
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Trump to invoke emergency law for California oil producer Sable, Bloomberg News reports
March 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to invoke emergency law for Sable Offshore as it looks to restart production from a cluster of offshore platforms in California, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar wit...
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Health News
India warns drugmakers against direct or surrogate weight-loss drug and obesity ads
By Rishika Sadam March 11 (Reuters) - India's drug regulator has warned pharmaceutical companies against direct or indirect advertising of weight-loss medicines, including obesity awareness campaigns that could act as surrogate promotions, as global an...
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US FDA launches unified platform to report drug side effects
March 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it has introduced a unified platform designed to streamline the analysis of reports on drug side effects. (Reporting by Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumda...
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CVS' Aetna pays $117.7 million to settle US claims it defrauded Medicare
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) - Aetna, a unit of CVS Health, agreed to pay $117.7 million to resolve U.S. government charges it defrauded Medicare by knowingly submitting inaccurate diagnosis codes for morbid obesity and other healt...
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Regenxbio's Duchenne gene therapy shows improved muscle function in trial
March 11 (Reuters) - Regenxbio said on Wednesday that interim data from a early-to-mid stage study of its experimental gene therapy in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy showed continued improvement in muscle function and a clean safety profil...
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WHO confirms 18 attacks on healthcare sites in Iran
March 11 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that it has verified 18 attacks on healthcare centers in Iran since the start of the U.S. and Israel war on Iran on February 28, which has resulted in 8 deaths among health workers....
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Science News
FCC chair criticizes slow pace of Amazon satellite launches
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission dismissed criticism from Amazon.com of Elon Musk's SpaceX plan to launch a constellation of up to 1 million satellites. "I think Amazon should f...
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Astrophysicists figure out what caused a super-bright supernova
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - A supernova - the explosion marking the end of a massive star's life - is one of the brightest cosmic events, usually about a billion times more luminous than the sun. But some - a small fraction - are even brighter tha...
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Spanish researchers develop low-cost artificial cornea from fish scales
MADRID, March 10 (Reuters) - Researchers at Spain's University of Granada have developed an artificial cornea made from the scales of several fish species commonly found in markets, which could become a lower-cost alternative to donor transplants for...
Mar 10, 2026
With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas in 'moon dirt'
WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - If the idea of lunar hummus seems far-fetched, think again. Scientists working to cultivate the field of extraterrestrial agriculture have grown chickpeas in dirt made mostly of simulated lunar soil, a step toward enabli...
Mar 05, 2026
Sierra Space valued at $8 billion as investors double down on defense, space tech
March 5 (Reuters) - Sierra Space said on Thursday it has raised $550 million in a Series C funding round that values it at $8 billion, as investor appetite for national security assets grows amid geopolitical tensions and strong interest in commercia...
Mar 05, 2026
Technology News
How the Anthropic-Pentagon dispute over AI safeguards escalated
March 11 (Reuters) - A standoff erupted between the U.S. Department of Defense and Anthropic in January after the AI lab refused to loosen safety guardrails on its systems, prompting the Pentagon to label it a 'supply-chain risk,' and putting the compa...
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Bumble posts upbeat quarterly revenue as turnaround efforts start to pay off
March 11 (Reuters) - Bumble on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter revenue above estimates as the dating app operator began to see early benefits from a broad turnaround plan, sending its shares soaring about 24% in extended trading. Bumble has been un...
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Portugal warns foreign state-backed hackers targeting officials' and military messaging accounts
LISBON, March 11 (Reuters) - Foreign state-backed hackers have launched a global cyber campaign to access the WhatsApp and Signal accounts of government officials, diplomats and military personnel, the national intelligence service (SIS) warned on We...
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Rivian spinout Mind Robotics valued at $2 billion in Series A funding round
By Akash Sriram March 11 (Reuters) - Mind Robotics, a startup spun out of EV maker Rivian, said on Wednesday it has raised $500 million in a Series A funding co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz. The industrial robotics company was valued at $2 bi...
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MercadoLibre to invest $3.4 billion in Argentina this year
NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) - E-commerce firm MercadoLibre expects to invest $3.4 billion in Argentina this year, Chief Executive Officer Ariel Szarfsztejn said on Wednesday. The amount represents about a 30% increase from the $2.6 billion MercadoLi...
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Entertainment News
UK prosecutors lose appeal to reinstate terrorism charge against Kneecap rapper
LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - British prosecutors lost their bid on Wednesday to reinstate a terrorism charge against a member of Irish rap group Kneecap for displaying a flag of Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah at a London gig. Liam Óg Ó hAnnai...
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California studio helps autistic adults channel creativity into Hollywood careers
By Lisa Richwine and Sarah Mills LOS ANGELES, March 11 (Reuters) - A powerful scene in the action epic "Gladiator II" had one big problem: a camera crew was visible behind actor Paul Mescal as his character prepared for a high-stakes battle. Jack Zimm...
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Seoul to toughen security for massive BTS comeback concert
SEOUL, March 11 (Reuters) - A free comeback concert for boy band BTS in central Seoul next week is expected to draw up to 260,000 people, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said on Wednesday, making it one of the largest public gatherings in the...
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Caviar and comfort food on the menu for A-listers on Oscars night
By Hanna Rantala LOS ANGELES, March 10 (Reuters) - Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck has prepared a feast of more than 70 dishes for film stars and movie-makers at Sunday's Governors Ball, held after the Oscars ceremony. Puck and his team, in charge of th...
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'KPop Demon Hunters' is headed to the Oscars-live on stage
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, March 10 (Reuters) - The lead vocalists behind "KPop Demon Hunters" - Netflix's most‑watched animated film of all time - are headed to the Oscars stage for the first time. EJAE, Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna will perform "G...
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