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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
Motor racing-Tsunoda interrogated in his pyjamas on U.S. arrival
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Japanese Formula One driver Yuki Tsunoda said he was interrogated in his pyjamas for several hours by U.S. border control officials before being let into the country for Saturday's Las Vegas Grand Prix. The racer for Red Bull-...
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Motor racing-Perez condemns father's homophobic comments about Ralf Schumacher
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Mexican Formula One driver Sergio Perez has distanced himself from homophobic comments made by his father Antonio about former racer Ralf Schumacher. Perez senior, who is also a politician, had made disparaging remarks to ESPN...
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Motor racing-Norris says he was probably not ready for F1 title battle
By Rory Carroll LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - McLaren's Lando Norris said he was probably not ready to challenge Max Verstappen for the Formula One title this season and accepted that his hopes were effectively over after a demoralising defeat in Brazil ea...
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Swimming-Peaty in no rush to make 2028 decision after Paris frustrations
(Reuters) - Triple Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty said he is not ready to make a decision about competing at the 2028 Los Angeles Games after the Briton was left frustrated by illness and some of the team's decision-making in Paris. Peaty mis...
6h ago
Motor racing-F1 drivers 'a bit fed up' with FIA leadership - Russell
By Rory Carroll LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Formula One drivers were surprised by the sudden departure of race director Niels Wittich and are "a bit fed up" with the leadership of the governing FIA, Mercedes' George Russell said on Wednesday. The drivers...
6h ago
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.
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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...
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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
In New Mexico, a Democratic stronghold battling poverty and fentanyl backs Trump
By Andrew Hay and Jorge Garcia SOCORRO, New Mexico (Reuters) - Past a pawn shop and thrift store in the working-class section of Socorro, New Mexico, Jose Benavidez stood on the porch of his trailer and said he voted for Donald Trump because he had...
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Trump likely to expand 'school choice,' a longstanding conservative goal
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump is poised to enact a dramatic expansion of "school choice" programs next year that would make it easier for hundreds of thousands of parents to send their children to private school. Though...
2h ago
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...
6h ago
New COP29 proposal shows wide gap persists on climate funding deal
By William James, Simon Jessop and Gloria Dickie BAKU (Reuters) -The United Nations climate body published on Thursday fresh options for the COP29 summit's primary goal of agreeing how much money richer countries should provide poorer ones to help them...
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Lutnick's China ties draw fire after Trump taps him to lead US in trade, tariffs
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investment banker Howard Lutnick's exposure to China came into sharp relief on Wednesday, after Republican President-elect Donald Trump tapped him to lead the agencies that have become the tip of the spear ...
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World News
Cambodia jails another government critic for defamation
(Reuters) - A court in Cambodia on Thursday sentenced activist Ny Nak to two years in prison for incitement and defamation, authorities and his lawyer said, the latest jailing of a dissident critical of the government. At least two dozen government...
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Britain imposes asset freeze, travel ban on Angola's Isabel dos Santos
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has imposed a travel ban and an asset freeze on Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos under its global anti-corruption sanctions regime, the British government said on Thursday. Dos Santos, whose father Jose Eduardo dos S...
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Mali's junta appoints Abdoulaye Maiga as prime minister, state TV reports
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's ruling junta on Thursday appointed spokesperson Abdoulaye Maiga as prime minister after firing Choguel Maiga, state television ORTM said on Thursday. Choguel Maiga recently criticised the junta's failure to organise electi...
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leader
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes again...
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Pope says Vatican's pension fund faces 'serious imbalance'
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Thursday the Vatican's pension fund is facing a "serious imbalance" that may require changes to its operating structure, and appointed a senior cardinal to take over the fund's adminis...
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Business News
AI will force tech investors to become macro aware: Wang
(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a portfolio manager at Fidelity International.) By Taosha Wang Tech investors are facing a new form of disruption. This investment cohort has historically paid little attention to macroeconomics, as...
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China's Trustar raises $1 billion for vehicle that holds McDonald's China stake, sources say
By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Trustar Capital has raised $1 billion for a continuation fund that will hold the Chinese private equity firm's controlling stake in McDonald Corp's operations in mainland China and Hong Kong, two sources with knowle...
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Column-You've got mail from Medicare Advantage, so be careful
By Mark Miller (Reuters) - I have been enrolled in traditional Medicare for a couple of years now, and one professional benefit is that I receive the same direct marketing pitches that my readers get every year from health insurance companies durin...
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US airline flight crews confident and angry as unions seek richer contracts
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) - Alaska Airlines flight attendant Rebecca Owens works 10 hours a day but only gets paid for half that time - a legacy of a common U.S. airline policy to pay cabin crew members only when planes are in motion....
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Deere forecasts annual profit below estimates as farm equipment demand slumps
(Reuters) -Deere & Co forecast lower-than-expected 2025 profit on Thursday, as sagging farm incomes and inflationary pressures affect demand for the company's tractors and other agricultural equipment. A decline in farm incomes, high interest rates and...
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Health News
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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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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Jazz Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval for biliary tract cancer treatment
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Jazz Pharmaceuticals' drug for the treatment of a type of biliary tract cancer, the company said on Wednesday. The drug zanidatamab-hrii, sold under the brand name Ziihera, is approved for use i...
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Science News
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...
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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
Spacex launches sixth Starship rocket from Texas
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of improvements on the rocket as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump watched in person. The roughly 400-foot-tall (122-meter-tall) ...
Nov 19, 2024
Technology News
Temu-owner PDD misses market estimates for Q3 revenue on weak consumer spending
(Reuters) -China's PDD Holdings fell short of market estimates for third-quarter revenue on Thursday, in a sign that promotional offers and discounts were not enough to lure cost-conscious consumers to its e-commerce platform. PDD's U.S.-listed shares ...
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Indian e-scooter maker Ola Electric to lay off 500 employees, Moneycontrol reports
(Reuters) - India's top electric scooter maker Ola Electric plans to cut about 500 jobs as it seeks to prioritise profitability, local business news publication Moneycontrol reported on Thursday, citing sources. Ola Electric had 4,011 on-roll emplo...
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How AI and cloud computing may delay the transition to clean energy
By Valerie Volcovici and Laila Kearney BAKU, Azerbaijan/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A spike in electricity demand from the world's big data providers is raising a worrying possibility for the world's climate: a near-term surge in fossil-fuel use. Utilitie...
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X's former top policy chief takes job with Elon Musk rival, Sam Altman
By Michelle Conlin NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nick Pickles, the former head of global affairs at Elon Musk's social media platform X, is joining forces with one of Musk's rivals, his fellow OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman. Pickles, who resigned from X in Se...
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US watchdog issues final rule to supervise Big Tech payments, digital wallets
By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) - Silicon Valley tech giants and others who together process more than 13 billion financial transactions annually through digital wallets and payment apps will be subject to government supervision, the U.S. Consumer Fi...
3h ago
Entertainment News
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...
6h ago
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...
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Comcast to spin off some cable TV networks as streaming dominates
(Reuters) -Comcast plans to divest the bulk of its once-coveted NBCUniversal cable TV assets, including MSNBC and CNBC, as the rising dominance of streaming platforms relegates legacy media businesses to the cutting room floor. Shares of the company r...
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'Rust' gets low-key debut, honours cinematographer killed on set
By Malgorzata Wojtunik TORUN, Poland (Reuters) - Alec Baldwin's Western "Rust" premiered at a low-key Polish film festival on Wednesday, three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died when Baldwin pointed a gun at her, in Hollywood's first ...
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One Direction stars join mourners at Liam Payne's funeral
By Ben Makori AMERSHAM, England (Reuters) - The former members of boy band "One Direction" were among the mourners at the funeral of their band mate Liam Payne on Wednesday, just over a month after he died aged 31. Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall H...
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