ST. PAUL, M.N. (KELO.com) - The Republican Party of Minnesota has been forced to hire off-duty law enforcement officers to protect its staff, their volunteers, candidates, and visitors at the party's State Fair booth. The extra security comes after concerns about political violence and reports of a potential confrontat...

HARTFORD, S.D. (KELO.com) - The South Dakota Department of Transportation says the reconstruction of the diamond interchange in Hartford is complete. They say travelers will notice a new structure over Interstate 90, as well as improvements to pedestrian facilities on Western Avenue. They say the updates will improve t...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - This is the first day of the new school year in the Sioux Falls Public School system. That means extra caution is needed for drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians. Rectangular rapid flashing beacons will be used at some pedestrian crossings. They designed to make pedestrians more visible to...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota is in line to receive over $52.5 Million in a landmark settlement with META Platforms. META will pay $17.1 Billion to 29 states in one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history. The company's social media platforms were men...

CANTON, S.D. (KELO.com) - Lincoln County has joined the list of counties approving a half-penny sales tax increase to provide property tax relief for homeowners. The half-penny sales tax option was initiated by Governor Larry Rhoden to give counties a local option to reduce property taxes. Seven counties have approved ...

HARTFORD, S.D. (KELO.com) - The South Dakota Department of Transportation says the reconstruction of the diamond interchange in Hartford is complete. They say travelers will notice a new structure over Interstate 90, as well as improvements to pedestrian facilities on Western Avenue. They say the updates will improve t...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - This is the first day of the new school year in the Sioux Falls Public School system. That means extra caution is needed for drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians. Rectangular rapid flashing beacons will be used at some pedestrian crossings. They designed to make pedestrians more visible to...

CANTON, S.D. (KELO.com) - Lincoln County has joined the list of counties approving a half-penny sales tax increase to provide property tax relief for homeowners. The half-penny sales tax option was initiated by Governor Larry Rhoden to give counties a local option to reduce property taxes. Seven counties have approved ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) - A Brookings man has been indicted on child pornography and rape charges. The charges against Daniel Groon stem from incidents involving a child in 2008, who is now an adult. The victim disclosed allegations of sexual abuse during police interviews. Groon is being held on $50-thousand bond.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) - The South Dakota Department of Corrections is the reporting a second inmate death this week. 25-year old Chico Baker passed away Tuesday. He was serving time for a reckless burning charge in Lincoln County.

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota is in line to receive over $52.5 Million in a landmark settlement with META Platforms. META will pay $17.1 Billion to 29 states in one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history. The company's social media platforms were men...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - State officials are considering a merger of the fourth and seventh circuit courts. Currently, the two systems work together when needed, but court administrators say it would make more sense to just combine the circuits together permanently. A proposal would create a new Chief Clerk of Court p...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - South Dakota hunters will have up to 8,000 more acres to seek their prey this fall. The North and South Dakota chapters of the National Wild Turkey Federation and Pheasants Forever are partnering to gain access to more private land. You can find maps to locate the new areas on the GF & P W...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins a coalition of 16 Attorneys General in raising concerns over climate-related financial activism in a letter sent to the "Big 4" accounting firms: Deloitte; Ernst & Young; KPMG; and PricewaterhouseCoopers. "These firms stand t...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com)- The South Dakota Department of Health (DOH) is expanding eligibility for the All Women Count! (AWC!) Program by lowering the minimum age from 30 to 21, allowing more South Dakota women to access breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services. The expanded eligibility will take eff...

NEW YORK, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A federal judge said on Thursday he would grant final approval to Bank of America's $72.5 million class-action settlement with women who accused the ​second-largest U.S. bank of facilitating their sexual abuse by ‌the late ...

By Jarrett Renshaw Aug 27 (Reuters) - A coalition of U.S. farm and biofuel groups has urged President Donald Trump to reject a proposed expansion of exemptions from the nation's biofuel blending requirements, warning that a surge in waivers for small r...

Aug 27 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Dolly ​has ‌formed over the central tropical ‌Atlantic, ​the ⁠U.S. National ⁠Hurricane Center said on Thursday. Dolly ​was about ⁠1,555 ⁠miles (2,505 km) ​east of ​the Leeward islands, ‌packing maximum sustained ⁠winds...

TRISHULI, Nepal / BEIJING, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Nepal and China both warned on Thursday of fresh risks of flooding in the Himalayas as two lakes that have developed on either side of their border threaten to burst in a ​region still grappling with this w...

Aug 27 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he expects a new contribution of hundreds of millions of dollars the United ​States owes to the U.N. budget very ‌soon. Reuters reported last week that the Trump admi...

By Mahamat Ramadan and Khalid Abdulaziz Aug 27 (Reuters) - Chad has accused neighbouring Sudan of carrying out an air strike that hit a military convoy in its territory last week, ​and has raised its alert level in the area ‌to its highest point, a se...

Aug 27 (Reuters) - Quebec will hold an election on October 5, with polls showing that the next government is likely to be ​formed by separatists who want independence for ‌the predominantly French-speaking Canadian province - but not while U.S. Preside...

BRUSSELS, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Poland does not want to have nuclear warheads on its territory, Deputy Defence Minister Pawel Zalewski said on Thursday. "No - that is ​what I would like to say very clearly ‌and openly. Poland does not want to have nuclear...

PARIS, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Business leaders have no reason to worry about the National Rally's policy plans, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Thursday, ahead of ​a first, early presidential debate. Blue-chip French stocks hit ‌a one-month l...

TRISHULI, Nepal / BEIJING, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Nepal and China both warned on Thursday of fresh risks of flooding in the Himalayas as two lakes that have developed on either side of their border threaten to burst in a ​region still grappling with this w...

By Marc Jones LONDON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Israel's October 27 election could move the shekel by as much as 3% in either direction as investors weigh the prospects ​of political change after years under Prime Minister Benjamin ‌Netanyahu, a JPMorgan repo...

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Tech company Nvidia will ​start an employee-funded ‌political action committee, a source familiar with the plans told Reuters, as ‌the ​company seeks ⁠to step up ⁠its efforts to influence U.S. policy. Th...

By Nestor Corrales MANILA, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Meta and gaming platform Roblox have agreed to strengthen child-safety protections for Philippine users, Information and Communications Technology Secretary Henry Aguda said on Thursday. The measures includ...

STOCKHOLM, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Sweden's centre-right coalition raised its forecast for GDP growth ahead of an election next month and said its policies to boost ​households and businesses meant Sweden's economy would ‌outpace European rivals over the co...

By Michael S. Derby Aug 27 (Reuters) - Two Federal Reserve officials on Thursday shared their ongoing concerns about the U.S. inflation outlook, as central bankers gathered in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for the Kansas City Fed's closely watched annual econo...

By Field Level Media Aug 27 (Field Level Media) - Colts wide receiver Alec Pierce was activated from the physically unable to perform list Thursday as Indianapolis prepared to ​wrap up training camp. Pierce, 26, had offseason surgery ‌to address an ank...

By Field Level Media Aug 27 (Field Level Media) - Orlando City SC acquired Brazilian ​defender Vinicius Nogueira on ‌loan Thursday from Bulgaria's PFC Ludogorets. The deal with the 24-year-old Nogueira runs through the end of ‌the ​2027 MLS season, ⁠at...

By Field Level Media Aug 27 (Field Level Media) - NFL team owners remain confident that a contract extension for ​commissioner Roger Goodell is coming, ‌Front Office Sports reported Thursday. The owners concluded Wednesday's meeting at a hotel near the...

By Field Level Media Aug 27 (Field Level Media) - The NFL has renewed deals with DraftKings and FanDuel and added a third sports betting partner in Fanatics ahead of the 2026 season. The league announced multi-year agreements Thursday with DraftKings a...

By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England, Aug 27 (Reuters) - UEFA has asked a U.S. federal court for permission to obtain testimony and documents from FIFA entities in Florida for use in a planned criminal complaint in Switzerland against FIFA President Giann...

By Daniel Wiessner Aug 27 (Reuters) - A group of mostly Democratic-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block President Donald Trump's administration from stripping funding for family planning services for low-income and uninsured ​pe...

Aug 27 (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency on Thursday disclosed a shortage of an injectable medicine used to treat ​schizophrenia in some member EU states ‌due to issues at contract manufacturer Pharmathen International. Paliperidone palmitate, ...

Aug 27 (Reuters) - The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations will provide up to $16.5 million to Egypt-based pharmaceutical company Minapharm Group to ​advance an experimental Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine ‌into human trials in Africa, the organiz...

By Robin Respaut Aug 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. advisory committee on autism is set to propose that federal agencies nearly double investment in research and initiatives focusing on medical care, housing, aging, and other priorities to support people with t...

SHANGHAI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - China's drug regulator has approved Johnson & Johnson's oral pill for psoriasis, the ​company said on Thursday, ‌intensifying competition in the world's second-largest pharmaceutical market with rivals including Bristol Mye...

By Maria Rugamer Aug 27 (Reuters) - German rocket startup Isar Aerospace has secured about 200 million euros ($233 million) from the European ​Space Agency (ESA) under a programme aimed ‌at boosting Europe's launch industry, the company said on Thursda...

SYDNEY, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A swarm of giant cockroaches may sound like the stuff of nightmares, but Australian researchers say the insects could one day be used by search-and-rescue teams to deliver lifesaving drugs to people trapped after disasters. S...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - SpaceX unveiled plans on Tuesday to build its largest rocket launch complex yet in southern Louisiana, a $100 billion effort to transform coastal wetlands into a critical base for the company's Starship a...

By Will Dunham Aug 25 (Reuters) - NASA is preparing to launch its next flagship space observatory, one that scientists plan to use to investigate some of the universe's biggest mysteries including dark energy and dark matter, while also testing gravity...

BEIJING, Aug 23 (Reuters) - China said on Sunday it has ​postponed its Chang'e-7 ‌lunar mission after a "comprehensive assessment", according to state-run Xinhua news agency. • ‌The ​uncrewed ⁠Chang'e-7 mission "does not ⁠meet the conditions for launch...

LONDON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Google has agreed to settle a mass London lawsuit brought on behalf of app developers for £260 million ($353.21 million), according to ​a deal published on Thursday. The claim, which was ‌previously valued at just over £1 bil...

Aug 27 (Reuters) - Identity verification startup Socure raised $156 million in a series E extension round that valued the company at $5.2 billion, Chief Marketing Officer ​Colton Pond told Reuters on Thursday. The extension ‌comes nearly five years aft...

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Tech company Nvidia will ​start an employee-funded ‌political action committee, a source familiar with the plans told Reuters, as ‌the ​company seeks ⁠to step up ⁠its efforts to influence U.S. policy. Th...

By Leticia Fucuchima SAO PAULO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - French renewable energy company Voltalia has received authorization from Brazil's government to install ​a data center at the Pecem ‌port complex in Ceara state, securing tax exemptions for the planned...

By Courtney Rozen and Jaspreet Singh Aug 27 (Reuters) - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are scheduled to appear at a tech-focused Group of ​20 ministerial meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina, next ‌week, according to a source familiar ...

By Hanna Rantala LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reunite to reprise the roles of cursed witch sisters Sally and Gillian Owens in "Practical Magic 2," a sequel that arrives in cinemas almost three decades ​after the original ...

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Aug 26 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday awarded Blake Lively $407,000 to cover her legal fees and costs after successfully defending against fellow actor Justin Baldoni's defamation lawsuit ​stemming from their mov...

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Dolly Parton, the larger-than-life country singer and songwriter who died on Tuesday at age 80, rose from a self-described "dirt poor" upbringing to build a business ​empire that extended from song royal...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Aug 26 (Reuters) - American singer Miley Cyrus said on Wednesday she was heartbroken following the death of her godmother, country music icon Dolly Parton, who died of cancer at ​age 80 on Tuesday. "The feeling of los...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Dolly Parton, the trailblazing country music icon, songwriter and actress who died on Tuesday at age 80, was so much more to millions around the world. She was a symbol of generosity, whose philanthr...