Residents suffer physical, mental and sexual abuse at S.D. youth home Bart Pfankuch South Dakota News Watch Youths and young adults housed at the Aurora Plains Academy in Plankinton, S.D. have endured physical, mental and sexual abuse by employees amid an internal culture of secrecy and limited state government oversight, according to public documents and …
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Jun 10
Small town business celebrates a giant step
A Saturday celebration in a small town drew a huge crowd as an 88 year old business took a giant step. Dimock Cheese marked the grand opening of its new retail store along Highway 37 with a ribbon-cutting. Co-owner Denny Everson was elated. “When we bought this company on September 1st of 2015, we promised …
Jun 10
One of California’s biggest cannabis companies going public on Canadian stock exchange
John Patriquin/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When Steve DeAngelo co-founded a medical marijuana business in Northern California as a non-profit more than a decade ago, he never dreamed the plant treasured by pot-smoking hippies of the 1960s and demonized by anti-drug crusaders would one day be embraced by the white-collar world of …
Jun 09
Egypt can demand return of King Tut statue going up for auction: Former antiquities chief
Chesnot/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Egypt has the right to demand the repatriation of a stone sculpture of King Tutankhamun before it goes up for auction at Christie’s in London next month, according to the country’s former antiquities chief. Zahi Hawass, a renowned Egyptian archaeologist, has spearheaded numerous campaigns to repatriate Egyptian artifacts, and alleges the …
Jun 09
Crane collapses on Dallas apartment building leaving 1 dead, 6 injured: Police
ABC News(DALLAS) — A crane collapsed on a Dallas apartment building and parking garage on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring six others, according to rescue officers. The crane tore through multiple floors of the five-story Elan City Lights residential building near downtown Dallas at around 2 p.m., Dallas Fire and Rescue officials …
Jun 09
Sea lion pup trapped in plastic ribbon freed by SeaWorld San Diego specialists
SeaWorld via KGTV(SAN DIEGO) — Animal rescuers from SeaWorld San Diego freed a sea lion pup trapped in plastic ribbon, and captured the release on video. The sea lion had what appears to be plastic packing or shipping ribbon wrapped around its neck at Boomer’s Beach in La Jolla, California, animal care specialist for Sea …
Jun 09
American Airlines extends flight cancellations involving beleaguered Boeing 737 Max
David Ryder/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — American Airlines extended cancellations of flights involving the grounded Boeing 737 Max jet on Sunday in a move that’s expected to inconvenience hundreds of passengers daily through Labor Day. The airline said it removed the grounded 737 Max from its schedule through Sept. 3, 2019, about three weeks later than …
Jun 09
‘It was so refreshing,’ Arkansas hiker Josh McClatchy says of sipping water after rescue
Courtesy Josh Obeidin(MENA, Ark.) — An Arkansas hiker missing for nearly a week in the woods couldn’t wait to take his first gulps of clean water when he was located by rescuers, he said soon after he was found. Josh McClatchy, 38, was reported missing on June 1 after he got lost while hiking in …
Jun 09
Faith under fire: How 3 congregations moved on from mass shootings
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Sherri Pomeroy was traveling for work when she heard there had been a shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, where her husband Frank is a pastor. Hearing the news, she immediately rushed to the airport. Frank Pomeroy was not at the church either, but he heard a …
Jun 09
Man shooting at Amazon Alexa sparks ‘gun battle’ with police: ‘He was shooting at everybody’
Pasco Sheriffs Office(NEW YORK) — An altercation at the home of a Florida couple involving the man shooting at the woman’s smart device resulted in a “gun battle” with authorities that left him and two deputies injured. Pasco County emergency dispatchers received a call around 12:30 a.m. Saturday from a 10-year-old girl saying that her …
