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Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
JULY 10, 2023: UNDATED (AP)- An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of ...
Jody Heemstra Jul 10, 2023
Silent films to live on in movie theater lobby card project
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Many silent films from the early 1900s no longer exist. But they live on in movie theater lobby cards. More than 10,000 of the mostly 11-by-14-inch cards that promoted the cinemat...
Jody Heemstra Oct 08, 2022
Love it or hate it, self-checkout is here to stay. But it's going through a reckoning
NEW YORK (AP) - The promise of self-checkout has meant that customers can avoid long lines by scanning and bagging their own items, workers can be freed of doing those monotonous tasks themselves and ...
Jody Heemstra Dec 18, 2023 pin add / CC
Sex ed classes in some states-- including Iowa-- may soon watch a fetal development video from an anti-abortion group
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An animated fetus that develops over the course of a three-minute video has become a new front in state-level abortion politics. Bills have been proposed in the Iowa, Kentucky,...
Jody Heemstra Feb 22, 2024
CattleFax forecasts record beef demand; Prospects for tighter supplies
The beef cattle industry is bouncing back from the pandemic, and continued progress is expected in 2022. Beef prices are near record high, and consumer and wholesale beef demand are both at 30-year hi...
Jody Heemstra Aug 13, 2021
House amends overall tax reduction bill eliminating sunset date
MARCH 1, 2023: South Dakota legislators and Governor Kristi Noem are engaged in a back and forth contest over tax cuts. The Governor is pushing for the elimination of state's portion of the sales tax ...
Jody Heemstra Mar 01, 2023 Sanjoy Ghosh / CC
December WASDE lowers corn stocks, increases exports
The World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (Dec. 8, 2023) from USDA show the 2023-2024 U.S. corn outlook calling for higher exports and lower ending stocks. Exports rose 25 million bushels to 2.1 billio...
Jody Heemstra Dec 11, 2023
US judge to weigh cattle industry request to halt Colorado wolf reintroduction
DECEMBER 14, 2023: UNDATED (AP)- A federal judge is set to consider a request by Colorado's cattle industry to block the impending reintroduction of gray wolves to the state under a voter-approved bal...
Jody Heemstra Dec 14, 2023 Derek Bakken / CC
Ukraine aid support softens in the US: AP-NORC Poll
WASHINGTON (AP) - Support among the American public for providing Ukraine weaponry and direct economic assistance has softened as the Russian invasion nears a grim one-year milestone. That's according...
Jody Heemstra Feb 16, 2023 President Of Ukraine
Legendary Vikings Coach Grant Dies At 95
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Bud Grant, the stoic and demanding Hall of Fame coach who took the Minnesota Vikings and their mighty Purple People Eaters defense to four Super Bowls in eight years and lost all of...
Mar 11, 2023