Local News

88-year old scammed out of $40-thousand online
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- An 88-year old Sioux Falls man has been bilked out of $40-thousand in an online scam. Information Officer Aaron Benson says, "The victim reported receiving a message on his computer indicating a security issue. He was then later called and told there was an issue with his bank accou...
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After 75 years, 1st Baptist changing location
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- First Baptist has been a fixture in Sioux Falls for 150-years, but changes are on the way. The church has been in its current location near Sanford Hospital for 75 years. The congregation will be holding services at Sioux Falls Lutheran School starting Sunday as a new building is constru...
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Sioux Falls apartment fire under investigation
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls Fire and Rescue is investigating the cause of a fire in an apartment building in the southern part of the city. Heavy smoke and flames were coming from an apartment and the roof of the building in the 4400 block of Tennis lane when crews arrived late Friday. It took them an h...
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SF Police investigate armed robbery on East Arrowhead
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Sioux Falls police are investigating an armed robbery that happened on the city's east side shortly before 11pm Thursday night. A man entered a business near East Arrowhead and South Hillview, pulled a mask over his mouth and produced a handgun as he approached the counter, demanding mone...
Jun 12, 2026

Madison fireworks display back on again
MADISON, SD (KELO.com) -- The show will go on in Madison - the annual 4th of July fireworks show that is. Officials announced recently that budget restrictions were forcing cancellation of the pyrotechnic production...but local citizens have decided to not let that happen. Community members say it isn't about firewor...
Jun 12, 2026
State News

USPS delivery woes in South Dakota
UNDATED (KELO.com) -- The US Postal Service says its delivery performance in South Dakota is better than average, but many state residents disagree. The service developed the "Delivering for America Plan", which many say has made delivery times far worse. Rural newspaper companies have been hit especially h...
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Jewel Cave lantern tours on hold
JEWEL CAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT (KELO.com) -- Historic lantern tours at Jewel Cave National Monument will be paused starting tomorrow. Crews will be working on improvements on the Canyons Trail between the Historic Cabin and Jewel Cave's original entrance. The tours should be back in operation by next weekend.
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Doeden campaign walking back criticism of Aberdeen legislative legend
ABERDEEN, SD (KELO.com) -- Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Toby Doeden is walking back criticism of a legislative legend from his hometown. He posted a video to YouTube saying South Dakota should cancel its runoff rule, and said whoever created it should be discredited. It was authored and pushed through the legis...
Jun 12, 2026

State Rep. Ismay faces felony charge
NEWELL, SD (KELO.com) -- Republican state Representative Travis Ismay faces felony charges, and may face prison time. An arrest warrant alleges he intentionally damaged a highway or bridge. He recently won the primary for District 28-B and doesn't have a Democratic challenger. He was arrested and released on a $500 ...
Jun 12, 2026
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Tribes working to get Black Hills land returned
BLACK HILLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Nine tribes are working to have federal land in the Black Hills returned to the Great Sioux Nation. All nine tribes have approved resolutions supporting legislation to return the land to the tribes. The initiative has been in the development stage since 2020. Supporters say it would hel...
Jun 11, 2026
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National News
Trump says July 4 National Mall celebration will double as a 'Trump rally'
By Jarrett Renshaw June 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that a July 4 celebration on the National Mall marking the nation's 250th anniversary would double as one of his signature rallies, blurring the line between official c...
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Heavy rains in southern China force relocations, disrupt transport
BEIJING, June 15 (Reuters) - Heavy rainfall battered parts of southern China since the weekend, including the Guangxi region and Guangdong province, triggering flooding in cities, disrupting transport services and forcing thousands to relocate. • Chi...
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US homebuilder sentiment falls in June amid rising costs
WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilder sentiment fell in June, weighed down by higher mortgage rates and costs for construction materials, a survey showed on Monday. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market index ...
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US Supreme Court won't hear bid by suspended judge, 98, to keep her job
By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by the nation's oldest federal judge, 98-year-old Pauline Newman, to overturn her suspension from duties in 2023 during an investigation into her ...
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US Supreme Court turns away free speech claim by anti-abortion student
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a former high school student's free-speech challenge to an Indiana public school district's policy that barred her from displaying a flyer with an anti-abo...
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World News
Nigerian court orders electoral body to deregister main opposition party, four others
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, June 15 (Reuters) - A Nigerian court on Monday ordered the electoral agency to de-register one of the main opposition political parties and four others for failing to meet constitutional requirements, a ruling that could resha...
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One Syrian security member killed in Islamic State attack in Raqqa
June 15 (Reuters) - Syria's Interior Ministry said on Monday that one of its security personnel had been killed as its forces thwarted an attack by two Islamic State militants on a command headquarters of the country's internal security forces in the...
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Amateur saboteurs: the young men carrying out attacks for gangs, Russia and Iran
By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - Shortly after midnight on May 13, 2025, Ukrainian national Roman Lavrynovych messaged someone he knew as 'EL Money', a mystery figure who had instructed him to commit three arson attacks on pr...
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U.S. officials says Iran pact signed, Hormuz traffic will rise significantly
WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - The United States and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding to settle a near four-month war, senior U.S. officials said on Monday, adding that a signing ceremony would take place on Friday and shipping traffic...
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Libya recovers 15 bodies of migrants east of capital Tripoli
TRIPOLI, June 15 (Reuters) - The bodies of at least 15 migrants have washed ashore in Libya in a coastal city east of the capital, Tripoli-based medics said on Monday. The Emergency Medicine and Support Centre, which operates under the health min...
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Sports News
Big 12 files legal challenge in Brendan Sorsby drama
The Big 12 Conference filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Texas Tech and the Texas attorney general as the saga over quarterback Brendan Sorsby's eligibility continues. The Big 12 is seeking a judgment that will allow it to enforce its bylaws agai...
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Indiana, UNC to play October exhibition game
Indiana and North Carolina, two of the only six men's basketball teams to win at least five NCAA championships, will meet Oct. 18 in a preseason exhibition game. The game will be played at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The start time and ...
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Golf-Scheffler hunts for history at tricky Shinnecock Hills
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, June 15 (Reuters) - American Scottie Scheffler faces plenty of opposition on his hunt for a career Grand Slam when the U.S. Open begins on Thursday in Southampton, New York, the genteel slice of Long Island that the rough and ...
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Golf-Five storylines to follow at the U.S. Open
NEW YORK, June 15 (Reuters) - Five storylines to follow as the world's best players descend on Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York, this week for the June 18-21 U.S. Open: SCHEFFLER'S GRAND SLAM BID World number one Scottie Scheffler, a...
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Mixed Martial Arts-Gaethje shocks Topuria to win UFC lightweight crown at White House event
WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - American Justin Gaethje turned the tables on Ilia Topuria to claim a shock win and take the lightweight UFC crown at Sunday's "UFC Freedom 250" event on the lawns of the White House. After Topuria edged a thrilling fir...
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Business News
OpenAI wins dismissal of trade secret lawsuit by Musk's xAI
June 15 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI that accused rival Sam Altman's OpenAI of stealing its trade secrets. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco said xAI failed...
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Netflix expands iHeartMedia partnership, adds Kate Hudson, Martha Stewart podcast shows
June 15 (Reuters) - Netflix is adding several new podcast shows to its content library, including ones by Hollywood star Kate Hudson and celebrity lifestyle guru Martha Stewart, deepening its video podcast partnership with iHeartMedia. The move comes...
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US homebuilder sentiment falls in June amid rising costs
WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilder sentiment fell in June, weighed down by higher mortgage rates and costs for construction materials, a survey showed on Monday. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market index ...
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US Supreme Court rejects Tata challenge to $168 million award in trade secrets case
By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a bid by India-based Tata Consultancy Services to overturn a $168 million award won against it by DXC Technology for allegedly stealing trade secrets relat...
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Nvidia to raise $20 billion, source says, in first corporate bond sale in five years
By Saeed Azhar and Zaheer Kachwala June 15 (Reuters) - Nvidia will raise $20 billion through a U.S. bond issuance, a source told Reuters on Monday, tapping the debt market to fund the massive capital requirements to produce cutting-edge AI chips. The...
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Health News
Neumora scraps depression drug development after repeated trial failures
By Kamal Choudhury June 15 (Reuters) - Neumora Therapeutics will abandon the development of its experimental depression drug following the latest trial failures and said it would cut 35% of its workforce, sending the company's shares tumbling 50% to ...
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UK to debate assisted dying again after previous attempt to change law failed
LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - British lawmakers look set to hold a fresh debate on legalising assisted dying for terminally ill people in the new parliamentary session, after one member said she would reintroduce draft legislation that stalled earlier t...
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India's Apollo Hospitals proposes Kamineni as exec chair of Healthtech spin-off
June 15 (Reuters) - India's Apollo Hospitals Enterprise said on Monday it plans to appoint promoter director Shobana Kamineni as executive chairperson of its soon-to-be listed unit, medical equipment maker Apollo Healthtech. Here are more details: • ...
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Ebola risk for World Cup is 'extremely low', but US is ready, experts say
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, June 15 (Reuters) - The risk that a traveler infected with Ebola could arrive in the United States during the 2026 World Cup tournament that kicked off last week is low but not zero, and if that happens, U.S. hospitals are...
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Congo says 782 Ebola cases confirmed, two new health zones affected
KINSHASA, June 14 (Reuters) - The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 782 after 72 new cases were documented in 24 hours, one of the biggest single-day jumps during the ongoing outbreak, government data...
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Science News
Retail investors build big dreams on small slices of SpaceX
(This June 13 story has been repeated with no changes to the text) By Suzanne McGee, Akash Sriram and Manya Saini NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - Individual investors eager for a piece of SpaceX's mega IPO on Friday scrutinized their e-mail inboxes and b...
Jun 13, 2026
Space stocks slump as blistering rally cools after SpaceX market debut
June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. space stocks tumbled on Friday as investors rushed to lock in gains on the day of SpaceX's market debut, snapping a months-long rally fueled by anticipation over the blockbuster IPO. The Elon Musk-led company jumped 28%, clinc...
Jun 12, 2026
Scientists decipher ancient origins of the Euphrates River
By Will Dunham June 12 (Reuters) - Uruk, the world's first metropolis and the birthplace of written language, was nourished by the Euphrates River, as was Babylon, ancient Mesopotamia's grandest city. The fertile plain between the Euphrates and its com...
Jun 12, 2026
Analysis-SpaceX playbook set to fuel China's IPO ambitions but tech gap persists
By Eduardo Baptista and Samuel Shen BEIJING/SHANGHAI, June 12 (Reuters) - SpaceX's record $75 billion IPO is poised to supercharge Chinese space startups racing to fund the same technologies that have made Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire - reu...
Jun 12, 2026
Scientists unlock the secret behind the Venus flytrap's snap
By Will Dunham June 11 (Reuters) - Pity the poor fly that lands on a Venus flytrap. When the insect touches hair-like structures on this remarkable carnivorous plant, its trap snaps shut, dooming the victim to be digested over several days in secreted ...
Jun 11, 2026
Technology News
OpenAI wins dismissal of trade secret lawsuit by Musk's xAI
June 15 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI that accused rival Sam Altman's OpenAI of stealing its trade secrets. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco said xAI failed...
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Chinese-linked hackers targeted U.S.,Canadian research facilities for a year, Google says
By AJ Vicens June 15 (Reuters) - A Chinese-linked hacking group spent more than a year secretly stealing data from U.S. and Canadian academic, medical and military research institutions, before being detected, Google said on Monday. Between September ...
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Chip startup Tensordyne expects $200 million in orders for AI system to rival Nvidia
June 15 (Reuters) - Tensordyne said on Monday it expects more than $200 million in orders for its new inference system, as the AI chip startup positions itself as a direct challenger to Nvidia in a fast-growing but increasingly power-hungry market. I...
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Apple supplier Jabil, Adani partner to build AI data center infra platform in India
June 15 (Reuters) - Electronics manufacturer Jabil and India's Adani Enterprises on Monday announced a partnership to build an integrated AI and data center infrastructure manufacturing platform in the country. • The platform will serve the infrastru...
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US Supreme Court rejects Tata challenge to $168 million award in trade secrets case
By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a bid by India-based Tata Consultancy Services to overturn a $168 million award won against it by DXC Technology for allegedly stealing trade secrets relat...
4h ago
Entertainment News
Netflix expands iHeartMedia partnership, adds Kate Hudson, Martha Stewart podcast shows
June 15 (Reuters) - Netflix is adding several new podcast shows to its content library, including ones by Hollywood star Kate Hudson and celebrity lifestyle guru Martha Stewart, deepening its video podcast partnership with iHeartMedia. The move comes...
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French watchdog orders conservative news channel CNews to comply with pluralism rules
By Michel Rose PARIS, June 15 (Reuters) - France's media regulator on Monday ordered rolling news channel CNews to comply with rules on pluralism and diversity of opinion, putting the ultra-conservative channel owned by billionaire Vincent Bollore one...
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Mustachioed movie critic Gene Shalit dies at age 100, NBC News reports
By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Pun-spouting movie critic Gene Shalit, a fixture on NBC's "Today" show for 40 years in his bow ties and extravagantly bushy hair and mustache, died on Friday at the age of 100, NBC News reported, citing a family statement sha...
Jun 13, 2026
Justice Department says Paramount's Warner deal wouldn't harm competition
June 12 (Reuters) - The United States Justice Department said on Friday its antitrust division had completed a review of Paramount's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros and determined it was not likely to result in harm to competition or A...
Jun 12, 2026
Blake Lively can recover legal fees from Justin Baldoni, US judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - Blake Lively won a partial victory in her contentious litigation against fellow actor Justin Baldoni, as a federal judge on Friday awarded her legal fees but denied additional damages in defending again...
Jun 12, 2026

