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‘Get out and vote’: Checking in on absentee voting

CANTON, S.D. (KELO) -- Voters have less than a month to cast their ballots for the general election. From the presidential race to local candidates to ballot questions, there are a lot of decisions to make. Absentee voters are coming and going at the Lincoln County Courthouse. Kent Olson is one of them "We're heading [...]

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‘Death sentence’: Asbestos released by Israel’s bombs will kill generations

Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza has unleashed yet another deadly, but silent enemy on the people there – asbestos. A mineral that poses little risk to humans when undisturbed but that is highly carcinogenic when dispersed and released into the atmosphere, asbestos is present throughout much of Gaza’s structures. Over the past year, Israel’s bombs […]

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Hurricane Headed Right for America’s Most Floodable City

Florida-bound Hurricane Milton’s top wind speed slowed to 155 miles per hour in the early morning hours Tuesday, and the storm dropped to an “extremely powerful” Category 4 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Rain and wind from the storm began lashing Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Tuesday, and it’s forecasted to head toward […]

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Geoffrey Hinton, the ‘godfather of AI’ who warned of its existential risk, awarded Nobel Prize for Physics

Geoffrey Hinton, often dubbed the “Godfather of AI,” and John J. Hopfield have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday that it had recognized Hinton and Hopfield “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.” Hopfield developed a method to “store […]

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Biden Sets 10-Year Deadline to Replace Nation’s Lead Pipes and Make Drinking Water Safer

WASHINGTON — A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to replace their lead pipes, finalizing an aggressive approach aimed at ensuring that drinking water is safe for all Americans. Biden […]

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Middle East updates: Israel sends troops to southwest Lebanon

Skip next section Turkey to evacuate its nationals in Lebanon by sea 10/08/2024October 8, 2024 Turkey to evacuate its nationals in Lebanon by sea Turkey announced that it will send ships to Lebanon to evacuate around 2,000 of its citizens on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said in a statement that two Turkish […]

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