PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota has the unhappy distinction of being the only state suffering from drought from border to border. The entire state is in a drought, with 42-percent of the state under severe or extreme drought. Experts say the conditions are likely to continue for at least another month.

RAPID CITY, SD (KELO.com) -- Protests over the Trump Administration's employee and budget cuts are spreading in South Dakota. A group protested outside Senator John Thune's Rapid City office yesterday. Group members say they're frustrated over failed attempts to get Senator Thune to set up a town hall to discuss the ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota's Prison Project Reset is about to spring into action. Governor Larry Rhoden appointed a Prison Reset task force after the legislature voted down funding and construction of a proposed new men's prison in Lincoln County. The Task Force will tour the current Penitentiary and ...

BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- A Brookings man is charged with possessing Child Pornography and sexually exploiting a minor in connection with a 15 year old girl who went missing in North Carolina. Attorney General Marty Jackley says Mohammad Gosheh was arrested yesterday, and released on a ten-thousand dollar cash bond....

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Legislative response today to criticism from the Sioux Falls School Board. Board members unloaded on the Legislature this week, saying they were disappointed and frustrated by bills they felt targeted education. Sioux Falls Representative Bethany Soye says this year's tight budget was a ...

BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- A Brookings man is charged with possessing Child Pornography and sexually exploiting a minor in connection with a 15 year old girl who went missing in North Carolina. Attorney General Marty Jackley says Mohammad Gosheh was arrested yesterday, and released on a ten-thousand dollar cash bond....

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Legislative response today to criticism from the Sioux Falls School Board. Board members unloaded on the Legislature this week, saying they were disappointed and frustrated by bills they felt targeted education. Sioux Falls Representative Bethany Soye says this year's tight budget was a ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Several Sioux Falls city departments will be changing locations in the future. The city hopes to break ground on a project at 60th and Sycamore this spring. The Light, Traffic and Power divisions will move to the new building when it's complete.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- When it's complete, it will be the largest intersection in the state of South Dakota - but it will take two years to build. Construction begins tomorrow of the intersection at Arrowhead and Veterans Parkways on the east side of Sioux Falls. Traffic flow will be cut off east of the inters...

MINNEHAHA COUNTY, SD (KELO.com) -- The Minnehaha County Commission took action this morning to issue a burn ban for rural parts of the county. Fire agencies have been called extinguish numerous grass fires this month as drought conditions grow worse. The burn ban will stay in effect until there' significant rainfall,...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota has the unhappy distinction of being the only state suffering from drought from border to border. The entire state is in a drought, with 42-percent of the state under severe or extreme drought. Experts say the conditions are likely to continue for at least another month.

RAPID CITY, SD (KELO.com) -- Protests over the Trump Administration's employee and budget cuts are spreading in South Dakota. A group protested outside Senator John Thune's Rapid City office yesterday. Group members say they're frustrated over failed attempts to get Senator Thune to set up a town hall to discuss the ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota's Prison Project Reset is about to spring into action. Governor Larry Rhoden appointed a Prison Reset task force after the legislature voted down funding and construction of a proposed new men's prison in Lincoln County. The Task Force will tour the current Penitentiary and ...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- Bird flu is taking a heavy toll on South Dakota poultry farms. The state ranks second in the nation for outbreaks according to a report by South Dakota News Watch. More than six-million birds have died or been destroyed due to the outbreak. State health officials say the bird flu is also lik...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- South Dakota lawmakers are waiting to hear what Governor Larry Rhoden has in mind to provide property tax relief. Legislators passed a bill this year to limit property valuation assessments over the next five years, but admit that doesn't reduce property taxes. Republican Representative Karla...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate a close call that occurred on Friday between a Delta Air Lines flight and a U.S. Air Force jet near Reagan Washington National Airport. The inci...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Radio Free Asia said on Friday it would shut down by the end of April if the courts did not prevent the Trump administration from cutting its funding. The agency, which is in a legal battle with the administration in an attem...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in Massachusetts ordered on Friday that a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who voiced support for Palestinians in Israel's war in Gaza and was detained by federal immigration off...

By Rich McKay (Reuters) -Boos, jeers and choruses of "do your job" greeted U.S. Representative Victoria Spartz at a town hall on Friday in her Indiana congressional district as she defended sweeping cuts across the federal government, the latest such e...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official, Peter Marks, has stepped down, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Chris Thomas in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)

By Ben Blanchard NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) - Win Win has been glued to social media for the past day, trying to work out whether her family in Myanmar's Mandalay survived Friday's powerful earthquake, distracting herself at the Taiwan restaurant...

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's government is investigating deadly violence that occurred during a rally by the supporters of the former king seeking the restoration of constitutional monarchy, a minister said on Saturday. Two people ...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate a close call that occurred on Friday between a Delta Air Lines flight and a U.S. Air Force jet near Reagan Washington National Airport. The inci...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - International aid began to arrive in Myanmar on Saturday as rescuers searched for survivors after a powerful earthquake devastated the Southeast Asian nation amid concerns the number killed would soar. The death toll in Myanmar ...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in Massachusetts ordered on Friday that a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who voiced support for Palestinians in Israel's war in Gaza and was detained by federal immigration off...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Radio Free Asia said on Friday it would shut down by the end of April if the courts did not prevent the Trump administration from cutting its funding. The agency, which is in a legal battle with the administration in an attem...

(Reuters) -The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing the cyberattack at Oracle as the hackers broke into the cloud computing company's computer systems and stole patient data, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with ...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was open to carving out deals with countries seeking to avoid U.S. tariffs but those agreements would have to be negotiated after his administration announces recip...

ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS has no plans to leave Switzerland, the bank's compliance and governance chief Markus Ronner said on Friday amid a debate on how to regulate the country's biggest lender. This month the head of the Swiss Bankers Association (S...

(Reuters) -Elon Musk said on Friday that his xAI has acquired X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter, in an all-stock transaction for $45 billion, including $12 billion debt. "xAI and X's futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take th...

Baltimore's John Harbaugh, the second-longest tenured head coach in the NFL, has agreed to a three-year extension that will keep him at the helm for the Ravens through 2028. Harbaugh, 62, guided the Ravens to the NFL title in 2012 but has since fallen...

The Arizona Diamondbacks announced on Friday a five-year contract extension with right-hander Brandon Pfaadt that, according to multiple reports, is worth $45 million. Pfaadt, 26, is due to earn a reported $799,400 this season before his new deal begi...

(Reuters) - Russian-born world number 12 Daria Kasatkina on Friday announced that she will now represent Australia after her application for permanent residency was accepted by the government. Kasatkina has been playing on the tour as a neutral ath...

(Reuters) - Novak Djokovic is one win away from a 100th career singles title after breezing past Grigor Dimitrov 6-2 6-3 on Friday to reach the Miami Open final, where he will face either third seed Taylor Fritz or rising Czech Jakub Mensik. After ...

The New England Patriots officially added veteran free agent wide receiver Stefon Diggs on Friday, with multiple outlets reporting the deal at three years and $69 million, including $26 million guaranteed. Diggs is a two-time All-Pro and four-time Pro...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official, Peter Marks, has stepped down, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Chris Thomas in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)

(Reuters) -The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing the cyberattack at Oracle as the hackers broke into the cloud computing company's computer systems and stole patient data, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with ...

(Reuters) -Gene therapy maker bluebird bio said on Friday it had received a non-binding offer from peer Ayrmid for up to $110.5 million, sending its shares up 9.8% at $4.40 in extended trading. Bluebird bio, which has been facing a cash crunch, first r...

(Reuters) -Texas and New Mexico health departments said on Friday that the number of measles cases in their states rose 20% since their last reports three days ago, as experts warn they expect the outbreak to further spread in coming weeks. Texas now h...

By Ahmed Aboulenein MARTINSBURG, West Virginia (Reuters) - West Virginia banned food dyes on Friday and said it would restrict the use of food stamps to buy soda, advancing two priorities of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kenned...

By Sam Tabahriti LONDON (Reuters) - The British arm of Airbus has won a 150 million pound ($194 million) contract from the European Space Agency to build the landing platform for the first British-made rover set to touch down on Mars in 2030. The R...

By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - European aerospace companies Airbus, Thales and Leonardo have started preliminary talks with European Union antitrust regulators over a possible merger of their satellite businesses, a source familiar with the matter...

By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos dating to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic period in Egypt's history. The discove...

(Reuters) - NASA said on Thursday it was moving toward certifying Boeing's CST-100 Starliner for crewed flights later this year or by early 2026 after its inaugural mission to the International Space Station was marred by a system fault, forcing an...

(Reuters) - ​The U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command said on Thursday it had awarded contracts to Rocket Lab USA and Stoke Space to expand its portfolio of launch systems for critical space capability. Shares of Rocket Lab USA rose 9.7% in ext...

(Reuters) -The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing the cyberattack at Oracle as the hackers broke into the cloud computing company's computer systems and stole patient data, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with ...

(Reuters) -Elon Musk said on Friday that his xAI has acquired X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter, in an all-stock transaction for $45 billion, including $12 billion debt. "xAI and X's futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take th...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday rejected billionaire Elon Musk's bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming he had defrauded former Twitter shareholders by waiting too long to disclose his initial investment in the social media company, now know...

By Krystal Hu and Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) - OpenAI must transition to a for-profit company by the end of the year to secure the full $40 billion funding led by SoftBank it is in the final stages of raising, a person familiar with the matter said o...

(Reuters) - Artificial intelligence startup Scale AI is seeking a valuation as high as $25 billion in a potential tender offer as it looks to capitalize on the booming demand for the technology, Business Insider reported on Friday, citing multiple ...

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - British band Bastille say they want to take fans on a joyous celebration of their 15 years together when they head off on their first UK arena tour in three years in November. The foursome, made up of Da...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Wicked" actor Cynthia Erivo received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at the 36th GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday, which is awarded to an LGBTQ+ media professional who has raised visibility and...

By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - British filmmaker Guy Ritchie takes viewers back into the dark world of organised crime in "MobLand", his latest television series that features a stellar ensemble cast including Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Hel...

By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Yolanda Saldivar, the convicted murderer of Latin pop star Selena Quintanilla-Perez, known as the queen of Tejano music, was denied parole on Thursday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles announced, just days before the...

(Reuters) - The Sundance Film Festival announced on Thursday it is moving location from Park City, Utah, to the university town of Boulder, Colorado, starting with its 2027 edition. The film festival, which was co-founded by Hollywood star Robert R...