Steve Nedved
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Jan 14
Local Sports for Monday January 14th
A balanced scoring attack pushed the No.1 Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team to a 98-78 victory over Midland University in a Great Plains Athletic Conference matchup Sunday at the Corn Palace. Midland was receiving votes in last week’s NAIA poll. The Tiger women improved to 19-1 overall and 12-1 in the GPAC while Midland …
Jan 14
CEO of California utility PG&E resigns as firm faces liability over wildfires
David Tran/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — California’s largest utility company said on Sunday its chief executive had resigned as the firm faces billions of dollars in potential liabilities tied to the state’s deadly and destructive wildfires last year. Geisha Williams announced her resignation from PG&E amid growing concerns over the company’s role in the devastating Camp Fire, …
Jan 14
Indonesian divers recover recorder from Lion Air plane that crashed into Java Sea
AZWAR IPANK/AFP/Getty Images(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — Indonesian Navy divers recovered a cockpit voice recorder from a missing Lion Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea in October, killing all 189 people on board, officials said Monday. The device, one of two recorders on the jet, could offer insight into the final moments of the fatal …
Jan 14
Family members describe moment they discovered Jayme Closs was safe
Courtesy Jennifer Smith(NEW YORK) — Robert Naiberg said he could barely speak when police called to tell him that his granddaughter, 13-year-old Jayme Closs, had been found. “I was overwhelmed. I couldn’t talk,” Naiberg said on ABC News’ Good Morning America Monday. “I was the first one she gave a hug too. I was standing …
Jan 14
Teachers in Los Angeles set to strike as negotiations stall
DONGSEON_KIM/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Teachers in the nation’s second-largest school district have announced they’re going on strike Monday. United Teachers Los Angeles said negotiations have stalled and that the union didn’t receive a new contract proposal over the weekend. This comes after the strike was delayed from Jan. 10 because of a potential court intervention. “We’re …
Jan 14
Randy Houser changes course with “Magnolia”: “I had to go make my music and not try to be copying something else”
BBR Randy Houser‘s top forty hit, “What Whiskey Does,” is the lead single from his new Magnolia record, but he warns it’s not necessarily the best representation of the rest of the album. “It’s probably the most country thing on the record,” he explains. “I was really afraid that people would think I was trying to make …
Jan 14
Duvall sees more heavy lifting in 2019
The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation says the farm organization accomplished a lot in 2018, but he says there’s more to be done in the coming year. Zippy Duvall used his annual address to praise members and staff for their help in pushing for completion of the farm bill and in pushing for …
Jan 13
Suspect at large after 2 injured in Utah mall shooting, police say
kali9/iStock (MURRAY, Utah.) — Authorities are searching for multiple suspects in a Utah mall shooting that injured two people. The shooting happened at the Fashion Place mall in Murray, a spokesperson for the Murray Police Department told ABC News. The victims were a male and female in their early 20s, Murray Police Det. Kenny Bass …
Jan 13
Man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Wisconsin girl and killing her parents set to appear in court
Courtesy Lindsey Smith (NEW YORK) — As the suspect charged with abducting 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents prepared to make his first court appearance on Monday, church-goers in the Wisconsin girl’s hometown offered prayers of thanks on Sunday that she was found alive, and former friends of the alleged perpetrator struggled to understand …
Jan 13
Key Brexit vote expected to once again test Theresa May’s leadership
ABC News(LONDON) — In December, the House of Commons held five days of debate over the agreement secured by May and European officials that covered the terms of the British withdrawal from the European Union — but when it looked certain that her plan would fail to get passed by MPs, she postponed the vote. …