PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A legislative committee in South Dakota has endorsed a proposal requiring age verification before residents can access pornography on the internet. The Artificial Intelligence and Regulation of Internet Access by Minors study committee said Wednesday that the goal is to protect children from pornographic content, South Dakota Public Broadcasting reported. The
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By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — The Kennesaw State Owls picked up their first ever FBS victory on Wednesday night, beating the Liberty Flames 27-24 and ending what was the longest active regular-season winning streak in college football. The Owls, who were 0-6 and 27-point underdogs coming into the game, have lost all 10 of
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Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man has been released from prison after 22 years after Detroit-area prosecutors acknowledged that his murder conviction was tainted by the key testimony of a rogue police officer. The officer turned out to be a serial bank robber. Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy says no one knew the
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By Lacey Beasley Click here for updates on this story CARROLL, Texas (KTVT) — It’s not Texas without some good BBQ. The exploding high school competition sport is gaining the nation’s attention. The Carroll High School Dragons were featured on Magnolia Network for their skills behind the grills. “We want to win state!” said coach
Continue Reading AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Most people have accumulated a pile of data — selfies, emails, videos and more — on their social media and digital accounts over their lifetimes. What happens to it when we die? It’s wise to draft a will spelling out who inherits your physical assets after you’re gone, but
Continue Reading MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Moazmbique’s ruling party candidate Daniel Chapo has been declared the winner of the country’s presidential election amid claims of rigging by the opposition. According to the national election commission Thursday, Chapo won by 70,67% of the national vote, followed by independent candidate Venancio Mondlane with 20,32% of the vote. The candidate of
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El Ejército de Turquía atacó 32 objetivos en Iraq y Siria, luego de un ataque contra una empresa estatal aeroespacial cerca de la capital, Ankara, informó este miércoles por la noche el Ministerio de Defensa de este país. Ningún grupo reivindicó el ataque contra la sede de Turkish Aerospace Industries
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No. 22 SMU (6-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) at Duke (6-1, 2-1), Saturday, 8 p.m. ET (ACC Network) BetMGM College Football Odds: SMU by 11. Series record: Duke leads 2-0. What’s at stake? This is a critical matchup as the ACC title chase takes shape, though it comes with teams picked to finish seventh (SMU)
Continue Reading Associated Press Desserts and sweets are a traditional part of the South Asian holiday Diwali. For some, it marks the start of the Hindu New Year, and cooking blogger Hetal Vasavada says everyone wants to start the year with something sweet. The hope is that the rest of year will be sweet, too. In her
Continue Reading By Brian Maass Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Stephen Matthews, a former cardiologist who was convicted over the summer of drugging 11 women and sexually assaulting nine of them, faces sentencing Friday afternoon in a Denver courtroom. Prior to that sentencing, one of the women he was convicted of drugging
Continue Reading By Adam Duxter, Stephen Swanson Click here for updates on this story MAPLE GROVE, Minnesota (WCCO) — One year into the Minnesota Free School Meals Program, the state’s DFL leaders are defending the decision to go millions of dollars over budget to serve nearly 150 million meals to students. A handful of leaders, including Lt.
Continue Reading CLEVELAND (AP) — Federal agents searched the Ohio home of a prominent real estate developer who owns affordable housing properties and senior living centers across 26 states. Agents with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture descended Wednesday on the Cleveland-area home of Millennia Companies owner Frank Sinito. The raid
Continue Reading By John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story DURAND, Wisconsin (WCCO) — Wisconsin bars are known for their pints and their patrons. About the last thing you’d expect to discover in such a place would be 55 feet of historic American artwork. “I was really surprised once we took all the electrical plate
Continue Reading WCCO By John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story DURAND, Wisconsin (WCCO) — Wisconsin bars are known for their pints and their patrons. About the last thing you’d expect to discover in such a place would be 55 feet of historic American artwork. “I was really surprised once we took all the electrical
Continue Reading VIENNA (AP) — A lawmaker from the far-right Freedom Party has been elected as the new speaker of Austria’s parliament, weeks after the party won a national election for the first time. Walter Rosenkranz becomes the first member of the Freedom Party to be elected as speaker, one of the country’s highest-ranking positions in protocol
Continue Reading By Elle McLogan Click here for updates on this story QUEENS, New York (WCBS) — Rudy’s Pastry Shop in Ridgewood, Queens has been serving up cookies, cakes and more for nearly nine decades. CBS News New York’s Elle McLogan paid a visit to find out what keeps the regulars coming back. For Rudy’s Pastry Shop
Continue Reading SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has told North Macedonia it needs to make progress on constitutional changes if it’s to advance its bid to join the European Union. Von der Leyen praised North Macedonia’s reform efforts but stressed the need for progress after a dispute with neighbor and
Continue Reading Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Relations between Israel and the United Nations have long been tense. They have sunk to a low ebb following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks and Israel’s powerful military campaign against its enemies in its region. The conflict has led to untold death and destruction and sent U.N. and other humanitarians
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Casi 50 años después del asesinato sin resolver de una joven de 19 años que desapareció de su pueblo en Illinois, las autoridades han identificado a su asesino a través de nuevas pruebas de ADN. En marzo de 1979, Kathy Halle desapareció mientras se dirigía a recoger a su hermana de
Continue Reading By Jeremiah Estrada Click here for updates on this story KAHULUI, Hawaii (KITV) — The Coast Guard rescued an ailing man from a commercial fishing boat 78 miles offshore of Kahului on Tuesday. The Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command center received a medevac request at 4:57 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21 for a crew member
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Essay by Kim Davis, CNN (CNN) — They say there are three things you shouldn’t speak about if you want to maintain good relationships with people: religion, money or politics. While the first two might be easy enough to avoid, I have always found that it’s nearly impossible to steer away from political conversations when
Continue Reading Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — African playwright and actor Oliva Ouedraogo’s “Queen” depicts the fictional journey of a girl who is raped by her stepfather on the night of his marriage to her mother, and decides to speak out against her family’s wishes. Ouedraogo said she wrote the play to address the culture of
Continue Reading By Gio Insignares Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — A group of East Los Angeles residents say that their night of celebration surrounding the Dodgers World Series berth quickly turned into chaos when they were tear gassed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies over the weekend. Deputies on
Continue Reading AP Science Writer The world is on a path to get 1.8 degrees Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit) warmer than it is now, a United Nations report said Thursday. But if countries do everything they’ve promised to fight climate change, they could knock half a degree off that future warming. Still, that’s a far cry from limiting
Continue Reading AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The world economy, buffeted by conflict and growing geopolitical rivalries, is in danger of getting stuck in a slow-growth, high-debt rut, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday. She also urged Chinese leaders to take more decisive action to jump-start their country’s sluggish economy or risk seeing
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Don’t look for Tim Burton to be posting on Instagram. The provocative filmmaker has shared that anyone who knows him knows he’s a “bit of a technophobe.” “If I look at the internet, I found that I got quite depressed,” Burton recently told BBC News. “It scared me
Continue Reading Associated Press LETICIA, Colombia (AP) — The severe drought of the Amazon River has caused Indigenous communities who live beside it to struggle for food, water and simply getting from one place to another. In Colombia, many fishermen are struggling as their catch declines along with the river. With little rain and contaminated river water,
Continue Reading Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The partial collapse of a ferry dock that left seven people dead during an annual cultural festival has left a historic Black community in Georgia struggling with how to move forward. Gullah-Geechee residents of Hogg Hummock on Sapelo Island were already facing a number of stressors: gentrification, tax hikes
Continue Reading AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Louis McCartney who starred in the play “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” in London will reprise his creepy monster on Broadway. Set in Indiana 20 years before the events of the first season of the hit Netflix show, the play focuses on the life of McCartney’s Henry Creel
Continue Reading Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At least one person was killed and four people injured when a train running along Norway’s northern coast derailed Thursday with 55 people on board, police said. The Arctic Circle Express was on its way from Trondheim to the remote northern town of Bodoe, above the Arctic Circle, when
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