Sports News
Top 25 roundup: No. 25 Alabama slips past No. 20 Arkansas in 2OT
Labaron Philon Jr. scored a season-high 35 points and added seven assists and No. 25 Alabama overcame a 14-point deficit for a wild 117-115 double overtime victory over No. 20 Arkansas on Wednesday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Crimson Tide prevailed despit...
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CONCACAF Champions Cup: Union, FC Cincinnati roll in 1st legs
A second-half onslaught widened Philadelphia Union's margin of victory to 5-0 against Defence Force on Wednesday in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, during the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions Cup opening-round series. Barring an epic collapse in...
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Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 20 Texas Tech blitzes No. 15 Baylor
Snudda Collins came off the bench for 23 points, Bailey Maupin added 22 and No. 20 Texas Tech overpowered No. 15 Baylor 87-56 on Wednesday in Lubbock, Texas. The Lady Raiders (24-4, 11-4 Big 12) led from start to finish as they bounced back from a Sat...
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Reports: Hornets star LaMelo Ball uninjured in two-car accident
Charlotte Hornets star guard LaMelo Ball was involved in a two-car accident in Uptown Charlotte on Wednesday, according to multiple media reports. Ball appeared uninjured as he exited his custom 2022 Hummer from the driver's side door shortly af...
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ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz charges into Doha quarterfinals
Top-seeded Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz ushered himself into the quarterfinals of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open with a straight-set romp against France's Valentin Royer 6-2, 7-5 in the round of 16 Wednesday in Doha. Alcaraz had a clean first set, saving the t...
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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

Two 11-year olds injured in crash on city streets
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Police are warning the public about the illegal use of unlicensed recreational vehicles on city streets. That follows an accident between an ATV being operated by two 11-year-olds, and a car at an intersection in the southwestern part of the city Monday evening. The 11-year o...
Feb 17, 2026

Smithfield Foods plant to relocate to Industrial Development Park
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's a 1.3 billion dollar investment that will transform downtown Sioux Falls. Shane Smith, the CEO of Smithfield Foods announced the company is moving its plant from Weber Avenue near Falls Park to the Industrial park at I-90 and I-29. Smith noted the century long relationship between t...
Feb 17, 2026

Residents can file for property tax rebates
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls residents are being encouraged to file for the city's property tax refund program. It refunds the municipal portion of property taxes on owner-occupied homes for low income elderly and disabled people. You automatically qualify if you're approved for the state's Assessment Fr...
Feb 11, 2026
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City Council delays vote on spending cap for pool projects
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls City Council members say they need more time to determine spending limits for a trio of swimming pool projects. Tuesday night, the Council decided to delay authorizing spending amounts for the projects. They want to set a cap of 68-million dollars for the Frank Olson, Kuehn P...
Feb 11, 2026

Sioux Falls Youth Hockey girls team to honor former teammate suffering from rare cancer
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Youth Hockey Association girls varsity team will host a "Grey-Out" Game vs Aberdeen on Sunday, February 15 at Scheels Iceplex to honor former standout goaltender and Brandon native, Riley Vander Esch, as she battles diffuse midline glioma, a very rare and aggress...
Feb 11, 2026
State News

Promising revenue projections set budget talk in high gear in Pierre
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Leaders of both parties are welcoming the news of improved state revenues in Pierre. Senator Jim Mehlhaff says Republicans are focusing on providing increased funding for the so-called big three: education, state employee salaries and community service providers. Mehlhaff says lawmakers are d...
Feb 12, 2026
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Airports expanding in South Dakota
South Dakota's two largest airports are both in growth mode. The Sioux Falls and Rapid City airports are both working on adding more gates in their terminals. The Sioux Falls project is already underway.
Feb 12, 2026

Mobile sports betting bill advances
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- You may be voting on a constitutional amendment to allow electronic sports wagering. The South Dakota Senate has passed a resolution to place the measure on the November ballot. If it becomes law, 90-percent of the tax proceeds on mobile sports wagering would have to be used for property tax ...
Feb 12, 2026
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Property tax relief for detached garages passes SD Senate
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Senate has unanimously approved a property tax break for some homeowners. The proposal reclassifies detached garages as owner-occupied property, which would save property tax payers hundreds of dollars per year. The bill now goes to the state House.
Feb 12, 2026
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Hopeful signs on South Dakota sales tax revenues
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota legislators are getting a fresh look at revenues for the coming budget year. Wednesday morning, Legislative Research Council Fiscal Chief Jeff Mehlhaff told legislators South Dakotans can expect to receive income tax refunds of up to a thousand dollars higher than normal because o...
Feb 11, 2026
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National News
Who will triumph at the BAFTAs? 'Hamnet' has the home advantage
LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - "Hamnet" could edge ahead of "One Battle After Another" and "Sinners" to win the top prize at the BAFTAs, as the heartbreaker about Shakespeare, his wife Agnes and the death of their son is likely to win over British voters,...
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Trump administration expands ICE authority to detain refugees
By Ted Hesson and Devika Madhusudhanan Nair WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has given immigration officers broader powers to detain legal refugees awaiting a green card to ensure they are "re-vetted," an apparent expansion of t...
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Trump to preside over first meeting of Board of Peace with many Gaza questions unresolved
By Steve Holland, Simon Lewis and Samia Nakhoul WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will preside over the first meeting of his Board of Peace on Thursday with unresolved questions on the future of Gaza hanging over an event expec...
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US orders restrictions on new FEMA disaster deployments during DHS shutdown
By Ted Hesson and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to suspend the deployment of hundreds of aid workers to disaster-affected areas around the...
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New Mexico probes allegation of bodies buried near Epstein ranch
By Andrew Hay Feb 18 (Reuters) - New Mexico's Department of Justice said on Wednesday the state was investigating an allegation, which emerged from documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice, that the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ordered...
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World News
Georgia arrests two foreigners trying to purchase uranium
TBILISI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Georgia has detained two people who attempted to purchase $3 million worth of uranium and a cache of a radioactive isotope found in nuclear weapons testing programmes, the national security service said on Thursday. Two fo...
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At least 13 killed in Karachi building collapse after blast, police say
KARACHI, Pakistan, Feb 19 (Reuters) - At least 13 people, including women and children, were killed after a gas cylinder blast caused a residential building to collapse in the southern port city of Karachi on Thursday, police said. The cylinder ...
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UK condemns 10-year sentence for British couple in Iran
LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - British foreign minister Yvette Cooper on Thursday condemned as "totally unjustifiable" the 10-year sentence given to a British couple in Iran for spying, saying the government would continue to press for their release. Crai...
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South Korea court sentences ex-President Yoon to life in prison for insurrection
SEOUL, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison for leading an insurrection during his botched attempt to place the country under martial law in December 2024. (Re...
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RSF actions in Sudan's al-Fashir points to genocide, UN probe says
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Mass killings of non‑Arab communities when the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group captured the Sudanese city of al‑Fashir bears hallmarks that point to genocide, an independent UN probe said in a ne...
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Business News
Rio Tinto annual earnings flat as iron ore weakens, copper cushions blow
By Melanie Burton and Roushni Nair MELBOURNE, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto on Thursday reported flat annual earnings that missed expectations as its mainstay iron ore business suffered from lower prices, though this was offset by a strong performance f...
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Exclusive-ECB President Lagarde tells colleagues she is still focused on her post
FRANKFURT, Feb 19 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has told colleagues she remains focussed on her job and she would tell them first if she was about to step down, four sources told Reuters, in a private message the rec...
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Bank Indonesia holds rates steady, focus remains on 'undervalued' rupiah
By Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Indonesia's central bank held rates unchanged for a fifth straight policy review on Thursday, as expected, with its focus remaining on the rupiah after turmoil in the country's financi...
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French tax hikes tapped out, spending cuts inevitable, says audit office
PARIS, Feb 19 (Reuters) - France can no longer rely on tax hikes to rein in its public finances and must shift decisively towards spending cuts as it faces a second consecutive year of strained public accounts, the national audit office warned on Thu...
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Nissan to recall about 643,000 SUVs in US over engine, gear issues, NHTSA says
Feb 19 (Reuters) - Nissan is recalling 642,698 Rogue SUVs in the U.S. as part of two separate recalls, over issues that could cause loss of drive power, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday. Nissan is recalling...
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Health News
Hims & Hers Health to acquire Australia's Eucalyptus for up to $1.15 billion
Feb 19 (Reuters) - Hims & Hers Health said on Thursday it will acquire Australian digital health company Eucalyptus in a deal valued at up to $1.15 billion, as the U.S. telehealth platform seeks to broaden its personalized care business into new inte...
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Analysis-Hims & Hers GLP-1 pill gambit backfires, accelerating crackdown on drug compounders
By Michael Erman NEW YORK, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Online telehealth company Hims & Hers Health, seeking growth drivers as its original sexual-health franchises matured, may have overstepped with a risky launch of weight-loss pills that drew swift blowback ...
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Bayer: glyphosate shortages not expected outside the US after executive order
By Patricia Weiss FRANKFURT, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. President's executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to ensure U.S. supply of glyphosate underscores U.S. farmers' needs to have access to the herbicide, Bayer said on Thursday, addi...
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Japanese government panel endorses Sumitomo Pharma's iPS-derived treatment for Parkinson's
TOKYO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Japan's health ministry said on Thursday a panel of specialists had endorsed Sumitomo Pharma's iPS cell-derived treatment for Parkinson's disease, paving the way for the world's first medical products based on the techno...
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Explainer-Will Bayer's proposed $7.25 billion Roundup deal bring legal closure?
By Dietrich Knauth and Diana Novak Jones Feb 19 (Reuters) - Bayer's Monsanto unit has proposed a $7.25 billion nationwide class settlement to resolve both current and future lawsuits alleging that its Roundup weedkiller caused cancer, billing it as a l...
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Science News
Deep-sea fish break the mold with novel visual system
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates - people included - is built from two clearly defined cell types: rods for processing dim light and cones for bright ligh...
Feb 18, 2026
Sateliot, PLD Space to launch two 5G satellites in first Spanish mission
Feb 17 (Reuters) - Satellite startup Sateliot and space engineering firm PLD Space have signed a deal to launch two 5G satellites in what will be the first such private mission carried out solely by Spanish companies, they said on Tuesday. Private ro...
Feb 17, 2026
UK's SatVu raises $41 million with NATO fund among backers
BRUSSELS, Feb 17 (Reuters) - British company SatVu, which uses satellites to provide high-resolution thermal imagery from space, has raised 30 million pounds ($40.8 million) in new funding, including backing from the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), it sa...
Feb 17, 2026
Astronomers puzzle over 'inside out' planetary system
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that formed beyond the orbits of its gaseous neighbors, possibly after much of the planet-...
Feb 14, 2026
China hands over satellite ground station to Namibia, state media reports
BEIJING, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Chinese officials on Thursday handed over a satellite ground station to Namibia outside the southern African nation's capital Windhoek, Chinese state media reported, marking another step forward in China's expanding space ...
Feb 13, 2026
Technology News
Factbox-Tech majors commit billions of dollars to India at AI summit
Feb 19 (Reuters) - Senior executives from global artificial intelligence firms joined world leaders in India this week for a major AI summit. Here is a list of all the major deals struck during the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. INDIA'S RELIANC...
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Google, Shopee-owner Sea to develop AI tools for e-commerce, gaming
JAKARTA, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google and Southeast Asian technology conglomerate Sea Ltd announced a new tie-up on Thursday that will develop artificial intelligence tools for Sea's e-commerce and gaming products. Under the newly-signed ...
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India's Reliance to build AI data centres in $110 billion investment push
Feb 19 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries and telecoms arm Jio will invest $109.8 billion over the next seven years to build artificial intelligence and data infrastructure, its billionaire chairman Mukesh Ambani said on Thursday. Speaking at th...
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Hotel group Accor narrowly beats profit expectations in 2025
By Dimitri Rhodes and Jerome Terroy Feb 19 (Reuters) - French hotel group Accor reported an annual core profit just above market expectations on Thursday, supported by the diversification of its hotel portfolio and the expansion of its loyalty progra...
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Telegram dismisses Russian claim that foreign spies can read soldiers' messages
MOSCOW, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Telegram says it has not found any breaches of its encryption, dismissing a Russian government allegation that foreign intelligence services can see messages sent by Russian soldiers via the messaging app. Russia's state co...
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Entertainment News
Who will triumph at the BAFTAs? 'Hamnet' has the home advantage
LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - "Hamnet" could edge ahead of "One Battle After Another" and "Sinners" to win the top prize at the BAFTAs, as the heartbreaker about Shakespeare, his wife Agnes and the death of their son is likely to win over British voters,...
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US DOJ probes Warner Bros' planned sale impact on theaters, Bloomberg News reports
Feb 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has summoned some of the country's major theater chains to private conversations about the potential impact of a sale of Warner Bros Discovery, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. Reuters could not ind...
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Shinomiya's anime movie 'A New Dawn' seeks to ignite conversation on tradition and progress
By Linda Pasquini Feb 18 (Reuters) - Japanese director Yoshitoshi Shinomiya wanted his anime feature film debut "A New Dawn" to convey the value of preserving tradition and landscape in the face of technological progress, globalization and industriali...
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Berlin film festival contender 'Flies' explores loneliness and unlikely bonds in Mexico City
BERLIN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - "Flies," a Berlin Film Festival competition entry, is a tale about how opening up to others could allow in something special, said its Mexican director Fernando Eimbcke. "It's a story about loneliness, about grief, about how...
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'Hamnet' composer Max Richter honoured at Berlinale Camera ceremony
BERLIN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - British composer Max Richter received the Berlinale Camera award for his special contribution to filmmaking on Wednesday at a ceremony with Oscar-winning director Chloe Zhao, with whom he recently collaborated on the Shakes...
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