By MOLLY WETSCH/South Dakota News Watch South Dakota News Watch In this college town of 11,000, a handful of long-time residents are building the state’s first-ever cohousing development, which they hope provides a new way of living for them and frees up traditional homes for others. “Cohousing doesn’t just create houses. It creates a community.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department said Friday that it was releasing many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier’s sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with rich and powerful people including Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.
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By MATTHEW LEE, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. allies and partners in the Middle East again are urging restraint from both the United States and Iran as the Trump administration warns of a possible strike and builds up its military presence in the region, according to an Arab
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By ANDREW DALTON and JOCELYN NOVECK AP Entertainment Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O’Hara, the Emmy-winning actor known for comedic roles across the decades — from Kevin’s beleaguered mom in “Home Alone” to the iconic Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek” — died Friday at 71. The Canadian-born O’Hara died at her home in Los
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier’s sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said
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By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Farmers’ Almanac isn’t going out of business after all, but it is leaving Maine for the bright lights of New York City and a new owner. Beloved by farmers and gardeners, the almanac was first printed in 1818 and — like the arguably more famous
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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Massive power outages in Cuba meant that many people awoke Friday unaware that U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened to impose tariffs on any country that sells or supplies oil to the Caribbean island. As word began to spread in Havana and beyond, anger and anguish boiled
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer The one thing that American figure skaters Madison Chock and Evan Bates insisted upon when they were approached about a behind-the-scenes documentary from Netflix chronicling their road to the Milan Cortina Olympics was authenticity. The three-time and reigning ice dance world champions were not about fabricating drama. They refused
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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–KANSAS-TEXAS TECH DESCRIPTION: Kansas plays Texas Tech at United Supermarkets Arena. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING:
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–KANSAS-TEXAS TECH DESCRIPTION: Kansas plays Texas Tech at United Supermarkets Arena. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING:
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–Immigration-Enforcement Trump’s border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after ‘cooperation’ SUMMARY: President Donald Trump’s border czar says immigration enforcement could
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–Immigration-Enforcement Trump’s border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after ‘cooperation’ SUMMARY: President Donald Trump’s border czar says immigration enforcement could
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Protesters across the U.S. are calling for “no work, no school, no shopping” as part of a nationwide strike on Friday to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The demonstrations are taking place amid widespread outrage over the killing Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse who was
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By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has sent a host of U.S. military assets into the Middle East over the past several weeks, including an aircraft carrier group and its thousands of troops, as President Donald Trump indicates he is maintaining the possibility of strikes on Iran. “We have a lot
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By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — A third Georgia lawmaker has been accused of lying to collect federal unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal prosecutors announced Friday they were charging state Rep. Dexter Sharper, a Valdosta Democrat, with making false statements to collect $13,825 in unemployment benefits. It’s the latest
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Jan. 31 AUTO RACING 6:10 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice and Qualifying, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. 8:30 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Heat Races, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Noon ACCN — Pittsburgh at
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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cubans are hustling to become more self-sufficient as the U.S. government tightens its economic noose over the communist-run island in a move experts say is meant to force a popular uprising and usher in a new government. A sharp increase in U.S. sanctions was already suffocating Cubans
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin Warsh has sought the job of Federal Reserve chair, off and on, since President Donald Trump first considered him for the position nearly a decade ago. Now that he is in line for the position, the enormity of the challenge ahead of
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HAVANA (AP) — Caribbean correspondent Dánica Coto returned to Cuba in late January, more than three years after her last visit to the island. The landscape and lives in Cuba are now very different, and more changes are anticipated since the fallout of the U.S. attack on Venezuela, Cuba’s strongest ally, has yet to be
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon and three other people were arrested Friday in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church and increased tensions between residents and federal officials. Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, where
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Adv31-01 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Feb. 2 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 7 p.m. CBSSN — Boston U. at Holy Cross ESPN — Syracuse at North Carolina 9 p.m. CBSSN — Incarnate Word at Texas A&M-CC ESPN — Kansas at Texas Tech COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 4:30 p.m.
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Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa ordered Israel’s deputy ambassador to leave the country within 72 hours on Friday, accusing him of undermining relations between the countries with social media posts that insulted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and violating diplomatic protocols. The South African Foreign Ministry said
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Beth de Araújo’s potent family drama “Josephine,” about an 8-year-old girl who witnesses a sexual assault, won top prizes at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The juries announced the winners Friday in Park City, Utah. “Josephine,” starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan as the
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The Associated Press The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, according to federal officials. “We’re looking at everything that would shed light on what happened that day and in the days and weeks leading up to what
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