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Flooding forces people from homes in some parts of Iowa while much of US broils again in heat
Floodwaters forced people out of their homes in parts of Iowa, the result of weeks of rain, while much of the United States longed for relief Saturday from yet another round of extraordinary heat. Sirens blared at 2 a.m. in Rock Valley, Iowa, population 4,200, where people in...
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Mitch Landrieu, national co-chair of President Joe Biden's reelection campaign; Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D. ___ CBS’ “Face...
Editorial Roundup: South Dakota
Yankton Press & Dakotan. June 11, 2024. Editorial: A Nazi March And An Old Reminder On Thursday, June 6, we turned our attentions to Normandy in France as several world leaders honored the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of occupied Europe during World War...
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; Israeli military spokesperson Lt. Col. Peter Lerner. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Preempted by coverage of the...
Editorial Roundup: South Dakota
Yankton Press & Dakotan. May 28, 2024. Editorial: Tribal Affiliation Identity Is Important A policy implemented by the South Dakota Board of Regents that effectively forbids staff from using their personal pronouns for identification purposes in their official...
Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in South Dakota public university employee emails
A new South Dakota policy to stop the use of gender pronouns by public university faculty and staff in official correspondence is also keeping Native American employees from listing their tribal affiliations in a state with a long and violent history of conflict with tribes. Two...
Editorial Roundup: South Dakota
Yankton Press & Dakotan. May 13, 2024. Editorial: Noem, The Tribes And A No-Win Situation South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has been on a roll of sorts lately, although it’s probably been the worst kind of roll possible for a politician. Details in...
Controversy follows Gov. Kristi Noem as she is banned by another South Dakota tribe
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from entering nearly 20% of her state after another tribe banished her this week and the leaders of a sixth tribe recommended taking that action over comments she made earlier this year about tribal leaders benefitting from drug cartels. ...
Trump is in no hurry as he leans into the pageantry of vice presidential tryouts
NEW YORK (AP) — As former President Donald Trump remains stuck in the courtroom listening to salacious details of an extramarital sexual encounter he denies, another spectacle is playing out in the background as his vice presidential tryouts get underway. The dynamic was on full...
Recreational marijuana backers try to overcome rocky history in South Dakota
Advocates of legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota, a mission with a rocky history, submitted thousands of signatures to election officials on Tuesday in the hopes of once again getting the issue on the conservative state's November ballot. Supporters of the initiative...
