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Where will you be for the April 8 total solar eclipse? There's still time to grab a spot
MARCH 2, 2024: NEW YORK (AP) - There are just a few weeks left to pick your spot to see the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, in North America. The eclipse first hits Mexico's Pacific coast, cuts ...
Jody Heemstra Mar 02, 2024
Noem signs budget bills, bringing total to 233 signed this legislative session with no vetoes
MARCH 20, 2024: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has signed HB 1259 and SB 52 into law, which make up the budget for the State of South Dakota for the remainder of fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 20...
Jody Heemstra Mar 20, 2024
Witnesses to FBI hunt for Civil War gold describe heavily loaded armored truck, signs of a night dig
OCTOBER 7, 2023: PENFIELD, Pa. (AP) - New eyewitness accounts are raising questions about the FBI's secretive 2018 dig for a legendary cache of Civil War-era gold. Two men who were near the excavation...
Jody Heemstra Oct 07, 2023
U.S. Cities Most Impacted By Sea Level Rise
Increasing global temperatures will bring changes to our environment, economy, and society, but one of the most pronounced effects will be the impact on sea level rise. A 2019 report from the UN's Int...
Dec 10, 2020
Cities whose residents are most likely to live with roommates
Household size in the U.S. is inching up for the first-time in over a century due to lower housing inventory and skyrocketing rents. Accompanying this trend is the increase in "doubled-up househo...
Nov 18, 2020
After helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself may be in peril
SHARON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Fifty years after the U.S. Endangered Species Act took effect, officials say 99% of the animals and plants it protects have survived. But some scientists and activists fe...
Jody Heemstra Aug 05, 2023 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters / CC
IRS Achieves Key Paperless Processing Initiative Goal, Outlines Improvements for Filing Season 2024
Following a dramatically improved 2023 Filing Season thanks to Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) investments, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced ad...
Jody Heemstra Nov 08, 2023 Kurtis Garbutt / CC
High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons
UNDATED (AP)- Recent assaults on two notorious, high-profile federal prisoners have renewed concerns about whether the federal Bureau of Prisons is capable of keeping people in its custody safe. Derek...
Jody Heemstra Dec 08, 2023 Ken Mayer / CC
South Dakota bills seek new regulations on foreign business
MARCH 2, 2023: PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota lawmakers have been advancing bills that would set new regulations for the state's business relationship with foreign entities. The bills were proposed ...
Jody Heemstra Mar 02, 2023
Adnan Syed goes before Maryland Supreme Court facing 'specter of reincarceration,' his lawyers say
OCTOBER 5, 2023: ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Adnan Syed is now free after being imprisoned for the murder of his ex-girlfriend more than two decades ago. But his attorneys will be arguing for his freedom on...
Jody Heemstra Oct 05, 2023 Casey Fiesler / CC