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Handpicked numbers were the golden ticket to the $1.13B Mega Millions jackpot in New Jersey
MARCH 27, 2024, UPDATE: NEPTUNE, N.J. (AP) - Someone in New Jersey who bought a single ticket overcame the odds Tuesday night (March 26, 2024) and won the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot, breaking...
Jody Heemstra Mar 27, 2024
Kalen DeBoer hired to replace Nick Saban at Alabama, leaving national runner-up Washington
JANUARY 13, 2024: UNDATED (AP)- Alabama wasted little time in finding Nick Saban's successor, hiring Kalen DeBoer away from national runner-up Washington. The powerhouse program tapped DeBoer on Frida...
Jody Heemstra Jan 13, 2024
Woman charged with buying guns used in Minnesota standoff that killed 3 first responders
MARCH 14, 2024: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal authorities say a woman has been charged with illegally buying guns used in the killings of three Minnesota first responders in a standoff at a home in the M...
Jody Heemstra Mar 14, 2024
Cities With the Biggest Gender Pay Gap
Women's labor force participation has grown significantly in the last 70 years; while men still outnumber women in the workforce, the gap has narrowed considerably. More women than ever are pursuing h...
Dec 02, 2020
AAA: Memorial Day forecast points to sizzlin' summer travel season
The unofficial start to summer will be a busy one this year as AAA predicts 39.2 million people nationwide will travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend. This is an increase of 8.3%...
Jody Heemstra May 25, 2022
Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock 'n' roll star, dies at 87
UNDATED (AP)- The untamable and often outrageous rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at 87. Spokesperson Zach Furman said Lewis died Friday morning at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. Of all...
Jody Heemstra Oct 28, 2022 kait jarbeau / CC
Rural Mainstreet Economy expands in July; Non-farm investors purchased 17.1% of farmland sold in the region
After declining below growth neutral in March 2023, the overall Rural Mainstreet Index for July 2023 expanded above the threshold for a fourth straight month, according to the July monthly survey of b...
Jody Heemstra Jul 21, 2023 Pictures of Money / CC
Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom
WASHINGTON (AP) - Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court dec...
Jody Heemstra Apr 19, 2024
Noem signs bill prohibiting state and local governments from doing business with six "evil" nations
MARCH 23, 2023: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has signed (March 23, 2023) 13 more bills passed during the 2023 Legislative Session into law. SB 1 - Modifies debilitating medical conditions for can...
Jody Heemstra Mar 27, 2023
Disrupting and Degrading - One Year of U.S. Sanctions on Russia and Its Enablers
he United States, along with an international coalition of over 30 allies and partners, has imposed sweeping sanctions, export controls, and other economic measures since the start of Russia's unprovo...
Jody Heemstra Feb 25, 2023