SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation Director Don Kearney will step down at the end of this week, after nearly 21 years of leading the department. Mayor Paul Tenhaken says Kearney built a parks system that's recognized as one of the best in the country. Among his major accomplishments - init...

VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- A USD employee is headed to prison for 20 years for child porn charges. Nicholas Keitges was found guilty of possessing, transporting and attempting to make child pornography. Prosecutors say he sexually groomed a 14 year old Sioux Falls girl he met on Snapchat.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Emily's Hope is receiving a half-million dollars to take its Substance Use Prevention Curriculum far and wide. The money comes from the South Dakota Opioid Settlement Fund. Emily's Hope has programs in six states and one foreign country, reaching over 30-thousand students.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A Sioux Falls man faces a long list of charges after a high-speed trip down 57th Street Sunday night that included two crashes. 30-year old Dakota Thorstenson sped by one officer, who saw him collide with another vehicle while watching in her review mirror. Thorstenson fled that scene, c...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office and Sioux Falls Police have arrested a half-dozen suspects in an assault and kidnapping that took place in February. Captain Josh Phillips said the victim was assaulted three times in a dispute over stolen drugs and money. Captain Phillips says The v...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota Legislative leaders are concerned about low returns in the state Investment portfolio. Representative Scott Odenbach says he wants to have answers when retirees counting on the investment fund start asking questions. "I understand the need to be conservative when you're talk...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- There were some sparks in the air Monday night as the four republican candidates for governor met on a debate stage in Sioux Falls. There was criticism of the property tax relief measures passed by this year's legislature being funded by sales taxes. We're also featuring the gubernatoria...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- A few sparks flew as the four republican candidates running for governor met on the debate stage last night. Congressman Dusty Johnson criticized Governor Larry Rhoden and State House Speaker Jon Hansen for raising sales taxes in place of property taxes. Toby Doeden says his plan to elim...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- A statue of former Governor Kristi Noem will be unveiled in Pierre in June. It's being created by sculptor John Lopez of Lemmon and will be added to the 'Trail of Governors' gallery. Noem is expected to be on hand for the unveiling ceremony.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota's Republican Candidates for Governor meet in the second of three debates Monday night. We'll also hear from them on KELO-AM 1320 throughout this week, explaining why they believe they're the right person for the job. We start with incumbent Larry Rhoden, who assumed the offi...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as Wednesday on the latest Democratic-led effort to rein in President Donald Trump's war powers, and party leaders promised on Tuesday to keep bringing up such reso...

By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, April 14 (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday named East Harlem as the first site for a city-run grocery store, choosing a neighborhood where the median household income is below half ​the Manhattan ave...

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - Partisan legislation to fund Donald Trump's immigration enforcement activities through the end of his presidency in January 2029 could begin moving through the U.S. Senate by the end of this month, acco...

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called upon Republican lawmakers to work together to ​extend a law that allows ‌American spy agencies to surveil foreigners abroad using data drawn from U.S. digital infrastructure...

By Alan Baldwin LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - A Pop-Up Hotel famed for catering for celebrities and rock stars at the Glastonbury Festival is making its British Grand Prix offering 'fully immersive' by adding a trackside swimming pool and palm trees to ...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as Wednesday on the latest Democratic-led effort to rein in President Donald Trump's war powers, and party leaders promised on Tuesday to keep bringing up such reso...

By Michael Holden and Suzanne Plunkett LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - King Charles will have tea and a private meeting with President Donald Trump during his U.S. state visit later this month, as the British government hopes his "soft power" can heal a ...

By Clement Bonnerot, Robbie Corey-Boulet and Giulia Paravicini DAKAR, April 14 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo is set to receive more than 30 deportees from the United States this week, four sources told Reuters, the latest example of Washingt...

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The Lebanese ​government made ‌it clear during U.S.-brokered talks ‌with ​Israel ⁠that they no ⁠longer want to be "occupied" by Hezbollah ​and that ⁠there ⁠were conversations ​about long-term ​vision for clearly delinea...

By Nora Buli OSLO, April 14 (Reuters) - Norway and Ukraine will strengthen their bilateral defence cooperation, including by producing Ukrainian drones ​in the Nordic country, the Norwegian ‌government said on Tuesday. Under the agreement, Norway will ...

VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- The USD Coyote women were on fire Thursday night, so it's on to the 'Great 8' of the Women's National Invitational Tournament. The Coyotes jumped out to a 14-0 lead over Pepperdine - all of those points scored by Patience Williams. They'll host Montana State Sunday afternoon at the Sanfor...

VERMILLION, SD (KELO.com) -- The USD Coyote women's basketball squad is on the national stage, facing Pepperdine in the Super 16 in the Women's National Invitational Tournament Thursday night. The Coyotes are led by guard combo Angelina Robles and Molly Joyce in USD's seventh WNIT run. The Coyotes won the WNIT in 201...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- The Sanford Pentagon will host the state's first-ever WNBA game next month. The Phoenix Mercury, coached by Sioux Falls native Nate Tibbetts, will take on the Chicago Sky April 25th. The Mercury will also host a youth basketball clinic at the Pentagon April 24th.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- It's official. March Madness has arrived in Sioux Falls with the Summit League men's and women's basketball championships. The first game is Wednesday night, featuring ORU and Kansas City. The city is going all out, creating 'Summit League Central' at Jacobson Plaza at The Falls, free p...

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...

By Jonathan Stempel April 14 (Reuters) - A new antitrust lawsuit on Tuesday accuses Google of shutting out rival Android app stores by monopolizing app distribution and billing, ​violating U.S. antitrust law. Aptoide, a Portuguese company that ‌special...

April 14 (Reuters) - OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled GPT-5.4-Cyber, a variant of its latest flagship model fine-tuned specifically for ​defensive cybersecurity work, following rival Anthropic's ‌announcement of frontier AI model Mythos. Mythos, announced on...

April 14 (Reuters) - Meta and Broadcom on Tuesday announced a multi-year ​partnership under which ‌the chip designer will provide technology supporting Meta's custom AI accelerators, as the social ‌media ​giant rapidly ⁠expands its data ⁠centers. Broad...

BERLIN, April 14 (Reuters) - Volkswagen is expected to take a hit to first-quarter earnings from the ​decision to end production ‌of its ID.4 electric SUV at the German carmaker's Tennessee plant, analysts said on Tuesday after a call with management. ...

SEOUL, April 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's import prices rose in March at the sharpest pace in more ​than three years on a ‌surge in oil prices sparked by the Middle East conflict, central bank data showed on Wednesday. The Bank of Korea's import price ...

SAO PAULO, April 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian healthcare firm Oncoclinicas said on Tuesday it would continue to evaluate potential financial and corporate transactions after confirming ​the end of talks with Porto Seguro and ‌Fleury. Both Porto Seguro and ...

By Christy Santhosh April 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria are stepping up efforts to broaden access to Gilead's HIV ​prevention drug, with a goal of reaching 3 million ‌people by 2028. Initial deliver...

By Sahil Pandey and Puyaan Singh April 14 (Reuters) - Amazon's cloud unit on Tuesday launched Amazon Bio Discovery, an artificial intelligence application designed to speed early-stage drug discovery by allowing scientists to ​run complex computationa...

By Sriparna Roy April 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked Eli Lilly for more data on liver injury linked to its newly approved obesity pill, according to a letter posted on the ​health regulator's website. The weight-loss pil...

By Michael Erman and Mrinalika Roy April 14 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson beat first-quarter earnings expectations on Tuesday and raised its full-year forecast, as strong demand for cancer drug Darzalex and psoriasis treatment Tremfya more than offset ...

By Akash Sriram April 14 (Reuters) - Amazon's $11.6 billion deal to buy Globalstar bolsters its space ambitions with satellites and wireless airwaves, but will not fix the crippling shortage of rocket launches needed to build out a network capable of r...

By Joey Roulette COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 14 (Reuters) - After the safe return of four astronauts from a historic flyby of the moon last week, NASA is shifting focus to its next challenge: putting competing lunar landers from Elon Musk's Space...

April 14 (Reuters) - Amazon.com said on Tuesday it would buy satellite company ​Globalstar in an $11.57 ‌billion deal, as it looks to take on bigger rival SpaceX's Starlink. Satellite internet is ‌taking ​off as cheaper ⁠launches, better technology ⁠an...

By Deborah Mary Sophia and Akash Sriram April 14 (Reuters) - Amazon.com said on Tuesday it will acquire Globalstar in an $11.57 billion deal, bolstering its fledgling satellite business as it tries to catch up with Elon Musk's Starlink. Tech companies ...

April 11 (Reuters) - A new Russian launch vehicle, Soyuz-5, is undergoing its final tests and is "absolutely ready" for use ​in space projects, Russia's top space ‌official said on Saturday. Dmitry Bakanov, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, w...

April 14 (Reuters) - OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled GPT-5.4-Cyber, a variant of its latest flagship model fine-tuned specifically for ​defensive cybersecurity work, following rival Anthropic's ‌announcement of frontier AI model Mythos. Mythos, announced on...

April 14 (Reuters) - Meta and Broadcom on Tuesday announced a multi-year ​partnership under which ‌the chip designer will provide technology supporting Meta's custom AI accelerators, as the social ‌media ​giant rapidly ⁠expands its data ⁠centers. Broad...

By Suzanne McGee April 14 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs' asset management division plans to launch its first cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund in the coming months, according to a Tuesday filing with the ​U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The bank...

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The largest U.S. civil rights group on Tuesday sued xAI and a subsidiary, claiming they illegally operated more than two dozen gas turbines in Mississippi ​to power its Colossus 2 data center, posing a ‌health risk to l...

By Manya Saini, Saeed Azhar and Tatiana Bautzer April 14 (Reuters) - Wall Street executives said they were stress‑testing or monitoring private credit portfolios as the asset class comes under scrutiny, but said they were comfortable with their exposur...

By Lisa Richwine LAS VEGAS, April 14 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance's proposed purchase of Warner Bros Discovery will consolidate too much power in one company and cause harm to consumers and the industry, the head of ​a cinema trade group said on Tues...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 14 (Reuters) - Taylor Swift leads this year's American Music Awards with eight nominations, including artist of the year, song of the year ​for "The Fate of Ophelia" and album of the year ‌for "The Life of a Show...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 14 (Reuters) - While the first season of the TV series "Beef" sprang from a road-rage incident experienced by show creator Lee Sung Jin, the second season was inspired by something more intimate - a heated ​debat...

By Akanksha Khushi and Lisa Richwine April 13 (Reuters) - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation unveiled its list of inductees for 2026 on Monday, ​including 1990s Britpop icons Oasis and American ‌hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, and adding Phil C...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 13 (Reuters) - Britney Spears voluntarily checked into rehab on Sunday following her March arrest on suspicion of driving under the ​influence, a representative for Spears confirmed to Reuters ‌on Monday. The Cal...