Local News
Officers and witnesses dealing with emotions of deadly crash
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Police are still working on the investigation into a deadly car crash in Sioux Falls two weeks ago. As they do, officers and those who saw the aftermath are dealing with emotions and memories. Police Chief Jon Thum said that takes time and conversation. The accident claimed the lives of...
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Perfect attendance leads to brand new SUV for O'Gorman student
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Perfect attendance has created some extra jingle in the pocket of an O'gorman High School Senior. For Tate Bathke, that jingle is a set of keys to a brand new Ford Bronco Sport. His perfect attendance placed his name into a drawing - and he won! The raffle was also a win for the school....
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High speed chase starts in Minnesota, ends near Colman
COLMAN, SD (KELO.com) -- A high speed chase that started in Minnesota Wednesday ended at a farm near Colman. 39-year old Coty Tellinghuisen of Pipestone, Minnesota is being held in the Brookings County Detention Center on a number of charges. Speeds exceeded 100 miles per hour on a state highway north of Brookings an...
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Police Chief Jon Thum - Heart of the City award winner
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- As a life-long resident of Sioux Falls, Police Chief Jon Thum has a heart for the city. Now, he also has the "Heart of the City" - an award he received at the Experience Sioux Falls event Tuesday night. Chief Thum is one of a half-dozen people recognized for their inspiration, ...
May 08, 2024
77-million dollar aquatic bond on hold
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's a 77-million dollar package that will affect recreational opportunities in Sioux Falls for decades, but it will have to wait. City finance director Shawn Pritchett says it's apparent city councilors aren't comfortable with the user fees that would have to be charged to cover expenses...
May 08, 2024
State News
Rounds working to head off mandatory RFID tags for livestock
WASHINGTON, DC (KELO.com) -- It's another example of unnecessary, heavy-handed bureaucratic interference. That's how Senator Mike Rounds views new rules released by the Biden Administration today. Senator Rounds told KELO's Greg Belfrage the government is trying to force livestock producers to place electronic chips ...
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Petition drives come to an end
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Today marks the deadline for submitting petitions to place measures on the November ballot in South Dakota. The Open Primaries group filed over 46-thousand signatures yesterday. The proposed constitutional amendment calls for one primary listing all candidates for certain offices, with the to...
May 07, 2024
Grants for grads to help with housing down-payments
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- It's called "Grants for Grads", and it's designed to attract more workers to South Dakota. Brent Adney, director of homeownership programs with the State Housing Development Authority, says the agency is reviving the program, which was also offered several years ago. The state hopes ...
May 07, 2024
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Governor spends weekend defending new book
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Governor Kristi Noem spent at least part of the weekend defending her new book. She appeared on CBS's "Face the Nation", where she was questioned about a reportedly false claim that she met with North Korean Dictator Kim Jung Un. The book - "No Going Back" - is set to relea...
May 06, 2024
Noem's "tall tale" about "short dictator" proven false
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Kristi Noem's new tome is a battleground between fact and fiction. The Governor's camp is attempting to clarify the circumstances around two alleged interactions with foreign leaders that she writes about in her forthcoming book, "No Going Back." The truth of those incidents - a can...
May 04, 2024
National News
Education board in Virginia votes to restore schools' Confederate names
By Evelyn Hockstein and Julia Harte WOODSTOCK, Virginia (Reuters) - The education board for Shenandoah County, Virginia, voted early on Friday to restore Confederate generals' names to two public schools in the predominantly white, rural and solidl...
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A whale makes a comeback off Argentina's coast 100 years after vanishing
By Anna Portella BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Giant blue-grey sei whales that vanished from Argentina's Patagonian coast a century ago due to hunting are starting to flourish once again, demonstrating how species can recover when measures to protect th...
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Japan weather bureau says 90% chance of El Nino ending by May
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's weather bureau said on Friday there was a 90% chance that the El Nino phenomenon will dissipate by the end of May, while there was a 60% chance of the La Nina phenomenon occurring in the months up until November. El Nino i...
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US lawmakers unveil bill to make it easier to restrict exports of AI models
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled a bill late Wednesday that would make it easier for the Biden administration to impose export controls on AI models, in a bid to safeguard the prized U.S. technology against foreign ba...
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US Senate passes sweeping aviation safety, consumer bill
By David Shepardson and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate late on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a broad aviation bill to boost air traffic controller staffing, increase funding to avert runway close-call incidents and speed refunds fo...
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World News
Israeli tanks encircle eastern half of Rafah
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli tanks captured the main road dividing the eastern and western halves of Rafah on Friday, effectively encircling the entire eastern side of the city in the southern Gaza Strip. Residents described almos...
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Russia says protesters tried to occupy former Russian consulate in Leipzig
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Six unidentified people tried to take over a building owned by the Russian government in the German city of Leipzig on Thursday, Russia's foreign ministry said on Friday, adding that it would lodge an official complaint. It said ...
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Gaza aid could grind to a halt within days, UN agencies warn
LONDON (Reuters) - Dwindling food and fuel stocks could force aid operations to grind to a halt within days in Gaza as vital crossings remain shut, forcing hospitals to close down and leading to more malnutrition, United Nations aid agencies warned...
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Polish farmers march against 'green poison' EU climate change rules
By Kuba Stezycki WARSAW (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw on Friday to show their opposition to European Union environmental regulations that farmers say are driving them out of business. F...
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Two Britons to face trial next year accused of spying for China
LONDON (Reuters) - Two Britons, including a former researcher for a prominent British lawmaker in the governing Conservative Party, were told on Friday they would go on trial next year accused of spying for China. The men, ex-researcher Christopher...
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Sports
USD inks Nielson through 2027 season
VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- University of South Dakota athletic director Jon Schemmel announced Wednesday a four-year contract extension for head football coach Bob Nielson through the 2027 season. The 2023 season was the team's most successful at the division I level, tallying ten wins, hosting two home playoff game...
May 08, 2024
Cruthers returns to Sioux Falls as Stampede's new head coach
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sioux Falls Stampede is excited to announce the hiring of Ryan Cruthers as the team's newest Head Coach. Cruthers joins the Stampede as the tenth Head Coach in team history after spending the last year at the helm of the Fayetteville Marksmen of the Southern Professional Hockey League...
Apr 30, 2024
NFL draft selects four with South Dakota ties
DETROIT, MI (KELO.com) -- Several of South Dakota's best are headed to the NFL to pursue their gridiron dreams. O'Gorman High School alum tight end Tip Reiman was selected 82nd overall in the NFL draft this weekend by the Arizona Cardinals. Two SDSU Jackrabbits were drafted Saturday. Offensive lineman Mason McCormic...
Apr 29, 2024
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SDSU's Kyle transferring to UCLA
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- The SDSU Jackrabbits have another hole in their roster for next year. William Kyle the Third is transferring to UCLA with two years of eligibility left after entering the transfer portal last month. Kyle was this year's Summit League men's basketball tournament MVP. He finished his sophom...
Apr 25, 2024
Karius resigns as USD Women's Basketball Coach
VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota women's basketball coach Kayla Karius announced Tuesday that she has accepted the head coaching position at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Karius compiled a 37-29 record in two seasons with the Coyotes. South Dakota reached the Women's National Invitation Tournament's ...
Apr 23, 2024
Business News
ECB preparing for June rate cut, accounts show
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation is on track to ease back to 2% next year so European Central Bank policymakers concluded last month they will likely be in a position to cut interest rates in June, the account of their April meeting showed...
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Ford to assemble 300,000 cars a year at spanish plant in Valencia region from 2027
MADRID (Reuters) - U.S. car maker Ford plans to assemble 300,000 units of a new model per year at its Spanish plant in the Valencia region starting 2027, the Spanish Industry Ministry said on Friday. The company had said in March it was considering...
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Citi upgrades India to "overweight" citing stable earnings, economic growth
By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) - Citigroup analysts upgraded India to "overweight" from "neutral" in their emerging markets allocation on Friday, citing strong earnings and economic growth momentum. The brokerage expects India's blue-chi...
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Futures rise ahead of data, speeches from Fed officials
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday with focus on speeches from Federal Reserve officials, after economic data this week supported bets of U.S. interest rate cuts and lifted investor sentiment. Wall Street indexes were back in sight...
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Column-Forget market angst, just 'KISS' and make up: Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - Worried about a hawkish Fed, over-valued stocks, teetering debt piles, volatile currencies, cliffhanger elections or rancorous geopolitics? Relax and don't over-think it. For those with long-term savings horizons, t...
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Health News
UK's CMA kicks off probe into Thermo Fisher-Olink deal
(Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator said on Friday it has initiated a probe into U.S. medical equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific's $3.1 billion deal to buy Swedish biotech firm Olink Holding AB. The Competition and Markets Authority (...
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US FDA pushes decision on Moderna's RSV vaccine to end of this month
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has pushed back its decision on Moderna's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine by more than two weeks to the end of this month due to some "administrative constraints", the company said on Frid...
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Scotland reports case of mad cow disease
LONDON (Reuters) - The Scottish government on Friday confirmed a case of classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, on a farm in the southwest of the country. The government has imposed precautionary moveme...
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Indian drugmaker Cipla beats Q4 profit estimates on strong US demand
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Cipla, India's third-largest generic drugmaker by sales, reported fourth-quarter profit above expectations on Friday, driven by strong demand for its products in its key U.S. markets The company reported a 78.5% increase in ne...
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Novavax erases doubts about its ability to remain in business
(Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccine maker Novavax, on Friday, erased doubts about its ability to remain in business by removing a so-called "going concern" notice. In February, Novavax had raised doubts about its ability to remain in business and announce...
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Science News
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere - a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life. Well, they finally seem to have located one...
May 08, 2024
SpaceX's unit Starlink secures Indonesia operating permit
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The satellite unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Starlink, has secured a permit to operate in Indonesia, its communications minister told Reuters on Wednesday. Starlink had obtained a permit to operate as an internet service provider f...
May 08, 2024
Russia starts developing nuclear power unit for joint lunar station with China, RIA says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has started developing a nuclear power plant for its planned joint lunar station with China, the RIA news agency cited Yuri Borisov, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, as saying on Wednesday. In March, Borisov sa...
May 08, 2024
First crewed test flight of Boeing Starliner capsule targeted for May 17
(Reuters) - The target launch date for the long-awaited first crewed test flight of Boeing Co's new Starliner Space capsule has been pushed back another week to no earlier than Friday, May 17, in order to replace a faulty pressure valve on its boos...
May 08, 2024
Timeline: Boeing's new Starliner set for first crewed flight to space station
(Reuters) - Two years after its initial unmanned journey to the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing's new Starliner astronaut capsule is set for its first crewed test flight on Monday night, following numerous delays. Boeing's Crew Space Tran...
May 07, 2024
Technology News
FBI working towards nabbing Scattered Spider hackers, official says
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. FBI is working towards charging hackers from the aggressive Scattered Spider criminal gang who are largely based in the U.S. and western countries and have breached dozens of American organisation...
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China's Zeekr set to debut on NYSE after upsized IPO
(Reuters) - Shares of China's Zeekr Intelligent Technology were scheduled to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday after the electric-vehicle maker priced its initial public offering at the top end of its marketed range. The debut ...
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Crypto group with 440,000 members launches PAC to target House, Senate elections
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A cryptocurrency nonprofit has launched a new political action committee (PAC) to raise money from its 440,000 members for crypto-friendly politicians, and is endorsing a bipartisan slate of candidates runnin...
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Foxconn's Q1 profit to jump from low base, AI to power growth
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, is expected to report on Tuesday that first-quarter profit more than doubled on robust demand for artificial intelligence servers and after coming off a low base a...
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Australian regulator says Musk's X should not set limits of internet law
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X has policies to take down harmful content when it chooses but should not be allowed to overrule Australian law in deciding what can be viewed there, a lawyer for the cyber regulator told a hearing into...
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Entertainment News
US Supreme Court rules against Warner Music in copyright damages case
By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a Miami music producer in a legal fight with Warner Music over a song by rapper Flo Rida, resolving a dispute over the time limit for claiming monetary da...
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Warner Bros Discovery misses estimates for quarterly revenue
(Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery missed Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Thursday, weighed down by a weak advertising market and strike-related delays at its studio segment. Shares of the company were down 1.9% in premarket trading. S...
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Spanish court dismisses second tax case against singer Shakira
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish court on Thursday dismissed a tax investigation against Colombian pop star Shakira, after the offices of the prosecutor and state attorney opted not to bring charges against the singer. Shakira, who last year reached a ...
May 09, 2024
Israel in spotlight at Eurovision semi-final as pro-Palestinian protests loom
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - The second semi-final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Sweden on Thursday, with Israel's performance expected to draw attention due to large pro-Palestinian protests plan...
May 09, 2024
'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' cast harnessed their inner apes
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Freya Allan arrived on set for the first day of filming "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes," she was in for a surprise. "I walked into this basement and Owen just came towards me as an ape, and ther...
May 09, 2024