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 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 Tom Hals April 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration plans to launch next Monday the system it will use for issuing refunds to American importers for $166 billion the companies paid in tariffs that the ​U.S. Supreme Court struck dow...

By Elissa Darwish PARIS, April 14 (Reuters) - A Frenchman won a Picasso painting worth 1 million euros ($1.18 million) in a non-profit raffle on Tuesday. The winner, Ari Hodara, a 59-year-old software ​engineer from Paris, was selected at random at Chr...

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 ...

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, April 14 (Reuters) - The European Union plans to reduce electricity taxes and expand clean technologies faster to cut consumers' exposure to soaring oil and gas prices, as part of its plan to offset the Iran war's ​energy impac...

By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG, April 14 (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has chosen Roelf Meyer, a former chief government negotiator during talks to end white minority ​rule in the 1990s, to be his country's ‌next ambassador to the ...

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...

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 Colleen Goko and Rodrigo Campos April 14 (Reuters) - The World Bank Group's private-sector arm, the International Finance Corporation, and U.S. bank Citigroup have signed a new ​1.6 billion rand ($98 million) borrowing facility aimed at expanding ‌l...

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The Trump administration issued two ​new Venezuela-related ‌general licenses on Tuesday, including one that allows financial transactions ‌involving ​certain ⁠Venezuelan banks and ⁠Venezuelan government individuals, acc...

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday took issue with cuts in global growth forecasts and higher inflation projections announced by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank ​as a result...

By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO, April 14 (Reuters) - For more than a decade, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has argued that the U.S. airline industry can support only two true global premium carriers. Now, he has taken that view to the White House - fl...

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 ...

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 deliveries of the drug, len...

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...

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 William Schomberg and Andy Bruce April 14 (Reuters) - Central banks and financial regulators must quickly understand the implications of a new artificial intelligence model that could pose major cybersecurity dangers, Bank of England Governor Andrew...

PARIS, April 14 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will host a ​video call with other ‌EU leaders and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to push for ‌a ​coordinated approach ⁠on banning social ⁠media for minors, Macron's offic...

MILAN, April 14 (Reuters) - A Milan court on Tuesday accepted a class action brought by ​a consumer group against ‌Meta Platforms over the theft of personal data suffered by Facebook Italy. According to the court order, the data scraping ‌incident, ​wh...

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...