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'Get Ready With Me': Video genre that focuses on everyday life is everywhere - and not slowing down
NEW YORK (AP) - More than a decade after debuting on the once-nascent YouTube creator community, "Get Ready with Me" videos have inundated social media. The videos are exactly what you might...
Jody Heemstra Nov 28, 2023 Aurora CuaCua / CC
Parents of Iowa teen who killed 1 and wounded 7 in shooting say they had 'no inkling' of his plan
JANUARY 9, 2024: PERRY, Iowa (AP) - The parents of the 17-year-old who killed a sixth grader and wounded seven others in a shooting at his small-town Iowa high school last week (Jan. 4, 2024) said in ...
Jody Heemstra Jan 09, 2024 Alan Cleaver / CC
Central South Dakota FFA members place well in Career Development Events during State Convention
One of the hallmarks of agricultural education and the FFA is the opportunity to showcase skills learned in classrooms and spotlighted through competitive events. It is a source of pride and students ...
Jody Heemstra Apr 24, 2023
Half of US adults say Israel has gone too far in war in Gaza, AP-NORC poll shows
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new poll shows half of U.S. adults believe Israel's war in Gaza has "gone too far." The poll by The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found...
Jody Heemstra Feb 02, 2024
Biden warns Netanyahu about the health of Israel's democracy and urges compromise on court overhaul
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023, UPDATE: NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden raised "hard issues," including protecting the "checks and balances" in a democracy, in a Wednesday meeting with Pri...
Jody Heemstra Sep 20, 2023 U.S. Embassy Jerusalem / CC
Oklahoma's push to weaken penalties for cockfighting is frustrating opponents of the bloodsport
WILSON, Okla. (AP) - Before Oklahoma became one of the last places in the U.S. to outlaw cockfighting in 2002, it wasn't uncommon to see the bloodsport draw hundreds of spectators. Now, more than 20 y...
Jody Heemstra Mar 14, 2024 Amelia Sommer / CC
Wearing red, Indigenous families honor missing relatives
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Indigenous families and tribal communities are gathering across North America, many wearing red in solidarity as they honor thousands of missing and slain relatives. Friday (M...
Jody Heemstra May 05, 2023
US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It's the first revision in 27 years
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. The goal is to more accurately count residents, including those wh...
Jody Heemstra Mar 28, 2024
Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would've shielded Sackler family members who own the company from civil lawsuits over t...
Jody Heemstra Jun 27, 2024 John Brighenti / CC
'The Phantom of the Opera' closes on Broadway after 35 years
NEW YORK (AP) - The final curtain came down Sunday (April 16, 2023) on New York's production of "The Phantom of the Opera," ending Broadway's longest-running show with thunderous standing ov...
Jody Heemstra Apr 19, 2023 hey tiffany! / CC