June 11, 2025

Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) celebrates after making a basket against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the second half of Game 3 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Game 3: Pacers rally in the 4th, beat Thunder 116-107 to take 2-1 lead in NBA Finals

June 11, 2025

Bennedict Mathurin scored 27 off the bench, Tyrese Haliburton scored 22 and the Indiana Pacers reclaimed the lead in the NBA Finals by beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-107 in Game 3 on Wednesday night. Haliburton also had 11 assists and nine rebounds for the Pacers, who got 21 points from Pascal Siakam and enjoyed a whopping 49-18 edge in bench points on their way to a 2-1 lead in the series. The Pacers, who lost Game 2 in Oklahoma City, improved to 10-0 in mid-March in the game immediately following a loss. Jalen Williams scored 26 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 24 and Chet Holmgren had 20 for the Thunder, who led by five going into the fourth.

FILE - Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

Democrats look for reinvention and a new playbook against Trump in key committee race

June 11, 2025

House Democrats are searching for a new leader on the powerful House Oversight Committee after the untimely passing of their previous ranking member. The race has brought in four lawmakers on the panel who each bring different skill sets and visions for how to best use the high-profile position. The ranking member will immediately have a long to-do list. Republicans have positioned the committee to be a political battleground this summer with hearings and investigations over issues like immigration, abortion, LGBTQ rights and President Joe Biden’s mental condition. Lawmakers in both the progressive and moderate wings of the Democratic caucus are most interested in who can best lead the party back to power and counter President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Trump’s travel ban fuels despair and disgust with politics among Arab Americans in Michigan

June 11, 2025

Eight years after President Donald Trump’s first travel ban largely targeted majority-Muslim countries, many Arab Americans say his new ban is motivated by bias. They call it the latest act of abandonment by both major political parties in the U.S. over many years. The new travel ban, which took effect Monday, largely targets African and Middle Eastern countries and jolted many of the thousands of residents in the metro Detroit area from Yemen, one of the countries included in the ban. In a state that’s home to one of the country’s largest Arab American populations, the latest development feels to some as a betrayal by Trump, who won over some Arab American voters in winning the battleground state in 2024.

Trump booed and cheered at the Kennedy Center while attending ‘Les Misérables’

June 11, 2025

The audience at the Kennedy Center’s opening-night performance of “Les Misérables” greeted President Donald Trump’s arrival with a mix of cheers and boos. Trump’s appearance Wednesday marks the Republican’s first time attending a performance there as president. Trump avoided the center in his first term following entertainment industry pushback over his policies. Since returning to office, Trump has replaced the Kennedy Center’s president and board with loyalists, had himself named chairman and pledged to overhaul programming he calls “woke” and too focused on leftist ideology. Trump’s moves have upset some patrons and performers.

The Gibson Power Plant operates Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Princeton, Ind. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren’t dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here’s what they say

June 11, 2025

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution.″ The Associated Press asked 30 different scientists, experts in climate, health and economics, about the scientific reality behind this proposal. Nineteen of them responded, all saying that the proposal was scientifically wrong and many of them called it disinformation. They said it was like saying cigarettes don’t cause cancer, the world isn’t round and arsenic isn’t deadly. One said it was hard to find something dumber.

FILE - Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is seen at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Columbia University campus in New York, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Judge says government must release Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil, but has until Friday to appeal

June 11, 2025

A federal judge has ruled that the government cannot deport and must release Mahmoud Khalil, the student whom the Trump administration jailed over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University. But the legal U.S. resident will remain in custody until at least Friday, giving the government time to appeal, U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz said. Khalil was detained by federal immigration agents on March 8 in New York and flown to an immigration detention center in Louisiana. Khalil’s lawyers say the Trump administration is trying to crack down on free speech. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he has the power to deport Khalil and that his presence in the U.S. could harm foreign policy.

FILE - A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google offers buyouts to more workers amid AI-driven tech upheaval and antitrust uncertainty

June 11, 2025

Google has offered buyouts to another swath of its workforce across several key divisions in a fresh round of cost cutting coming ahead of a court decision that could order a breakup of its internet empire. The company confirmed the streamlining that was reported by several news outlets. It’s not clear how many employees are affected, but the offers were made to staff in Google’s search, advertising, research and engineering units, according to The Wall Street Journal. Google employs most of the nearly 186,000 workers on the worldwide payroll of its parent company, Alphabet Inc. Google has been periodically jettisoning workers since 2023 after the pandemic drove feverish demand for online services.

Boston Red Sox pitcher Hunter Dobbins (73) throws against the New York Yankees during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

Red Sox pitcher Hunter Dobbins defends discrepancies about his father playing for Yankees

June 11, 2025

Red Sox rookie Hunter Dobbins made some headlines prior to his first career start against the Yankees last week when he said he’d rather retire than pitch for New York. Now he’s explaining why the claims he made about his father once playing in the minors for Boston’s longtime rival aren’t the intentional fabrication that a New York newspaper report says. Dobbins says the references he made stemmed from stories passed along from his father when he was a kid and nothing more. He says he understands the fervor his comments created and says his focus now is on his upcoming matchup with the Yankees this weekend.

Not-so-hot pursuit of burglary suspect sees police cars chase tractor excavator at walking pace

June 11, 2025

Police in South Carolina engaged in a not-so-hot pursuit as they chased a tractor excavator down a main highway for more than an hour at the speed an average adult walks. Police say the chase reached speeds of 3 mph early Sunday morning. Cruisers followed with blue lights and sirens in North Charleston after the excavator damaged a building. The very slow speed pursuit went on for an hour and 12 minutes as the big piece of construction equipment with treads and a shovel would not stop. Authorities say the excavator finally got stuck, and a drone and police dog chased down the 53-year-old driver. He remains in jail on a $22,000 bond.

This image from webcam footage provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows lava fountains shooting up high in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Kilauea volcano inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (United States Geological Survey via AP)

Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupts for the 25th time since December. Lava reaches over 330 feet

June 11, 2025

One of the world’s most active volcano is living up to its tagline. Kilauea on Hawaii’s Big Island began erupting Wednesday, the 25th such episode in the ongoing eruption that began in December. The Hawaii Volcano Observatory says lava fountains were reaching over 330 feet Wednesday and would likely go higher before subsiding. Most of the eruptive episodes have spewed lava for about a day or less, and the pauses between them generally last a few days.

South Dakota Commissioner defends ‘Jew them down’ remark: ‘I’ve said it all my life.’

June 11, 2025

CANTON, S.D. – At the same time as South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden was completing a state visit to Israel

FILE - Army soldiers look at the border wall next to a surveillance vehicle in Sunland Park, N.M., Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

Troops begin detaining immigrants in national defense zone at border in escalation of military role

June 11, 2025

U.S. troops have begun directly detaining immigrants accused of trespassing on a recently designated national defense zone along the southern U.S. border. The effort is an escalation of the military’s enforcement roles. U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Chad Campbell described in detail during a news conference Wednesday the first detentions by troops last week of three immigrants accused of military-zone trespassing in New Mexico. Those migrants were quickly turned over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for processing. Troops generally are prohibited from conducting civilian law enforcement on U.S. soil under the Posse Comitatus Act, with some exceptions.

FILE - President Donald Trump talks with California Gov. Gavin Newsom after arriving on Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump’s mass deportations leave Democrats more ready to fight back

June 11, 2025

California Gov. Gavin Newsom looked straight into the camera and offered a stark moment for his Democratic Party. The governor positioned himself as not only a leader of the opposition to Republican President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda but champion of the immigrants now being rounded up in California and across the country. It’s a politically charged position for the party. And it leaves Democrats deciding how vociferously to align with that message in the face of blistering criticism from Republicans who are pouring billions of dollars into supporting Trump’s anti-immigration campaign. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Wednesday of Newsom, ’We’re proud he’s refusing to be intimidated by Donald Trump.”

FILE - A sign stands at an entrance to the main campus of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)

Hundreds of laid-off CDC employees are being reinstated

June 11, 2025

More than 460 laid-off employees at the nation’s top public health agency are being reinstated. That’s according to a union representing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workers. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed reinstatement notices went out, but provided few details. About 2,400 CDC employees lost their jobs in a wave of cuts across federal health agencies in early April. Whole CDC programs were essentially shut down. An estimated 200 of the reinstated workers are based in a CDC center focused on sexually transmitted diseases. Also reinstated were dozens of employees at the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health.

Christine Leinonen, whose son, Christopher "Drew" Leinonen was killed in the Pulse nightclub massacre in 2016, talks to reporters after walking through the venue as part of a group of survivors and family members of those killed, on Wednesday June 11, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/Mike Schneider)

Pulse massacre survivors revisit the nightclub before it’s razed for a permanent memorial

June 11, 2025

Survivors and family members of the Pulse nightclub massacre nine years ago are getting a chance to walk through the long-shuttered, gay-friendly venue this week. The central Florida club will be razed this week and replaced with a permanent memorial. In small groups over four days, the massacre survivors and family members of those who were killed can spend half an hour inside the space where Omar Mateen opened fire during a Latin night celebration on June 12, 2016. The shooting left 49 dead and 53 wounded. At the time, it was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Mateen was killed after a three-hour standoff with police.

Janelle Lowe prepares to charge her electric vehicle at a charging station Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Long Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Trump is expected to sign a measure blocking California’s nation-leading vehicle emissions rules

June 11, 2025

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a measure Thursday that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. Trump also plans to sign measures blocking California rules to curb tailpipe emissions in certain vehicles and smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution from trucks. That’s according to a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity to share plans not yet public. The move comes amid a clash between Trump and Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the president’s deployment of troops to Los Angeles in response to immigration protests.

Douglas County Board Chairman Roger Garcia, whose district includes the south Omaha area where federal immigration officials raided a meat packaging plant on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, addresses reporters on Wednesday, June 11, in Omaha, Neb. Garcia says his community, which includes a large immigrant population, is shaken by the raid, and noted that his wife's aunt was among those arrested and taken away from Glenn Valley Foods. (AP Photo/Margery Beck)

An Omaha food plant owner says he followed the rules for hiring immigrants. It was raided anyway.

June 11, 2025

The owner of an Omaha food packaging company says his business has been unfairly hamstrung by Tuesday’s raid carried out by federal immigration officials. More than half Glenn Valley Foods’ workforce was arrested in the raid. That is despite the company following the government’s own system for verifying that workers are in the country legally. Owner Gary Rohwer says the plant is now is operating at about 30% of capacity as it scrambles to hire more workers. Rohwer says he’s “very upset” by the raid, adding that “we did everything we could possibly do” to ensure employees were legally allowed to work.

What to know about Harvey Weinstein’s conviction on a top sex crimes charge at his #MeToo retrial

June 11, 2025

Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty again. He was convicted Wednesday of a top sex crimes charge at his #MeToo retrial in New York City. The partial verdict came more than five years after his first conviction, which an appeals court later overturned. The jury returned a verdict on two of three charges against Weinstein, acquitting him of another charge while indicating they had yet to achieve unanimity on the final count. That could mean more deliberations on Thursday. The verdict capped an extraordinary fifth day of deliberations in which the jury foreperson complained that he was being bullied by other jurors. Weinstein’s lawyer then asked for a mistrial.

Vice President JD Vance listens as he speaks with American Compass founder Oren Cass at the American Compass's The New World Gala in Washington, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Vance made a brief trip to Montana to speak to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, AP sources say

June 11, 2025

Vice President JD Vance has made a brief trip to Montana to meet with media mogul Rupert Murdoch, his son Lachlan and a group of other Fox News executives. That’s according to two people familiar with the trip who confirmed the Tuesday night visit to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about it. Vance met with the group at the Murdoch family ranch. It’s not clear why Vance met with the group. Rupert Murdoch and his media organization have long been friendly with Republicans and have, for the most part, had a friendly relationship with President Donald Trump.

Messengers attending the Southern Baptist Convention lay on hands and pray over missionaries during the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)

Southern Baptist public policy arm survives challenge to its conservative credentials

June 11, 2025

Southern Baptist representatives have fended off two efforts to move the staunchly conservative body even more sharply to the right. They gave a vote of confidence Wednesday to its public-policy agency. It had faced criticism for not being conservative enough. They also defeated a proposed constitutional ban on churches with women in any pastoral role. That vote failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed for a constitutional change. The actions came in Dallas toward the end of the two-day annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, which is the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.

Color-coordinated Iowans advocating for and against a massive carbon-capture pipeline project routed across several Midwest states await a debate among lawmakers at the statehouse in Des Moines on Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hannah Fingerhut)

Iowa governor rejects GOP bill to increase regulations of Summit’s carbon dioxide pipeline

June 11, 2025

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has rejected a bill that could have introduced more complications for a massive carbon-capture pipeline project routed across several Midwestern states. The veto Wednesday is a rarity in the Republican-controlled statehouse. The legislation was designed by Iowa House Republicans to increase regulations for Summit Carbon Solutions’ estimated $8.9 billion, 2,500-mile project that cuts across Iowa and already has an approved permit in the state. The bill would have prohibited the renewal of permits for a carbon dioxide pipeline, limited the use of such a pipeline to 25 years and significantly increased the insurance coverage requirements for the pipeline company.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Senate rejects effort to block arms sales over Trump’s dealings with Qatar and UAE

June 11, 2025

Senate Republicans have blocked an effort by Democrats to temporarily block arms sales to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in response to President Donald Trump’s dealings in the region. Democrats forced the procedural vote Wednesday to protest Qatar’s donation of a $400 million plane to be used as Air Force One and a $2 billion investment by a UAE-backed company using a Trump family-linked stablecoin, a form of cryptocurrency. Senators voted to block the Democratic effort led by Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy. Murphy forced the votes under a mechanism known as a joint resolution of disapproval that allows the Senate to reject arms sales.

FILE - Former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., speaks to reporters outside federal court in New York, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)

A bid for bail by former New Jersey US Sen. Menendez is rejected by appeals court as prison looms

June 11, 2025

A bid for bail by former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez while he appeals his bribery conviction was rejected by a federal appeals court. The decision Wednesday from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes a week before the veteran New Jersey politician is scheduled to report to prison. Menendez was convicted last July of selling his clout for bribes. Menendez has insisted he is innocent and is seeking to overturn his conviction. He is scheduled to surrender to federal prison authorities on Tuesday.

New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau yells from the sideline during the first half of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals of the NBA basketball playoffs against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Knicks denied permission to interview Kidd, Udoka and Finch in coaching search, AP sources say

June 11, 2025

The New York Knicks have been denied permission to speak with coaches Jason Kidd of Dallas, Ime Udoka of Houston and Chris Finch of Minnesota in a slow start to find Tom Thibodeau’s replacement. All three coaches are under contract and two people with knowledge of the details say their organizations declined to make them available for interviews with the Knicks. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the interview process was to remain private. The Knicks fired Thibodeau on June 3, despite reaching the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years.

No new trials for Michigan school shooter’s parents despite violation by prosecutors, judge rules

June 11, 2025

A judge has turned down requests for new trials by the parents of a Michigan school shooter. The judge says prosecutors willfully failed to disclose agreements with two key witnesses. But she says setting aside the involuntary manslaughter convictions of James and Jennifer Crumbley would be too severe. Defense lawyers didn’t know that two officials at Oxford High School were assured that information given to investigators would not be used against the officials. The Crumbleys were accused of being negligent before the shooting. Four students died in 2021.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the the White House, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Washington, as from left, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, listen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s plan to begin ‘phasing out’ FEMA after hurricane season burdens states, experts warn

June 11, 2025

President Donald Trump’s plan to begin “phasing out” the federal agency that responds to disasters after the 2025 hurricane season is likely to put more responsibilities on states to provide services following increasingly frequent and expensive climate disasters, experts say. Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have repeatedly signaled their desire to overhaul, if not completely eliminate, the 46-year-old Federal Emergency Management Agency. While there has been bipartisan support for reforming the agency, experts say dismantling it completely would leave gaps in crucial services and funding.

FILE - This March 4, 2025, photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows John Fitzgerald Hanson. (Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP,File)

Oklahoma court clears the way for execution of a man convicted in a Tulsa woman’s killing

June 11, 2025

An Oklahoma appeals court has ordered a stay of execution for a man on death row to be lifted, clearing the way for him to receive a lethal injection. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals issued its order on Wednesday. John Fitzgerald Hanson has been scheduled to be executed Thursday for killing a Tulsa woman in 1999. A district court judge temporarily halted the execution Monday after Hanson’s attorneys argued he didn’t receive a fair clemency hearing before the state’s Pardon and Parole Board. The attorneys argued the 3-2 vote against Hanson was tainted because one board member worked for the district attorney’s office that prosecuted his case.

Nintendo specialist ambassador Cyan Chang, left, places a new Nintendo Switch 2 video game console into a bag for Ronald Diaz in San Francisco, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Nintendo says sales of its Switch 2 hit a record within four days

June 11, 2025

Nintendo says it sold more than 3.5 million of its new Switch 2 gaming consoles within the first four days since its release — breaking a record for the company. In a Wednesday announcement, Nintendo said that this marks the “highest global sales level” for any of hardware it’s sold within that window of time. The Japanese gaming company officially launched the Switch 2 on June 5. Fans of the console’s eight-year-old predecessor have been clamoring for an upgrade for years. Throngs of gamers stood in long lines outside stores for the Switch 2’s release around the world last week.

Cattle group calls for Ivermectin in feed to stave off New World Screwworm in U.S. livestock, wildlife

June 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The threat of an infestation of New World Screwworm (NWS) is very real in the U.S. livestock

FILE - Referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea watches the VAR during the Spanish Copa del Rey final soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid at Estadio de La Cartuja stadium in Seville, Spain, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Breton, file)

Club World Cup refs to wear eye-level cameras but it’s what FIFA won’t show that’s most telling

June 11, 2025

Referees at the Club World Cup will wear eye-level cameras to finally allow fans to see exactly what the officials are looking at during a soccer match. Well… not quite. FIFA has announced the innovation will be implemented at its newly-expanded tournament, which kicks off in Miami on Saturday. But on closer inspection, the technology appears to be more about improving the experience for television viewers than improving the game. For instance, only “non-controversial” images will be shown during the match and while FIFA has not specified what that means, it is likely to include goal-scoring incidents and potential red cards.

Some shelves at a Whole Foods in New York City sit emptier on June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Wyatte Grantham-Philips)

With retail cyberattacks on the rise, customers find orders blocked and shelves empty

June 11, 2025

A string of recent cyberattacks and data breaches involving the systems of major retailers have started affecting shoppers. United Natural Foods, a wholesale distributor for Whole Foods and other grocers, said this week that a breach of its systems was disrupting its ability to fulfill orders — leaving many stores without certain items.

Missouri approves stadium aid for Kansas City Chiefs and Royals and disaster relief for St. Louis

June 11, 2025

Missouri lawmakers have approved hundreds of millions of dollars of incentives to try to persuade the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to keep playing in Missouri. A bill given final approval Wednesday also provides millions of dollars of disaster relief following tornadoes in St. Louis and elsewhere. The legislation now goes to Gov. Mike Kehoe, who called lawmakers into special session. The Chiefs and Royals currently play in side-by-side stadiums in Kansas City, Missouri, under leases due to expire in 2031. Missouri is competing with Kansas to be the site for new or renovated stadiums.

Elevate Rapid City Celebrates Local Business Leaders

June 11, 2025

2025 Elevate Business Awards showcase the best in the business Story by: RCBJ Staff. Photos by Bailey Sadowsky Elevate Rapid City held its fourth annual business awards celebration on June 10 at The Monument. With more than 300 people in attendance, the celebration featured 9 award presentations. The time-honored George Award was established by the Chamber of […]

DCI investigating inmate death at the state penitentiary

June 11, 2025

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf, right, talks with offensive coordinator Arthur Smith during practice at NFL football minicamp in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

It didn’t take DK Metcalf long to show the Steelers what they’re getting in their new wide receiver

June 11, 2025

New Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf is quickly making an impression. Metcalf nearly chased down safety Minkah Fitzpatrick on an interception return during the first day of minicamp. The play echoed Metcalf’s memorable 90-yard sprint to tackle Arizona’s Budda Baker five years ago. Metcalf says it doesn’t matter this it was only practice, running after a defender who gets his hands on the ball is part of the job. Metcalf is the unquestioned leader of Pittsburgh’s mostly young wide receiver group. The 27-year-old says he plans to lead by example but also considers himself an “open book” to more inexperienced players such as Calvin Austin III and Roman Wilson.

FILE - Brain Wilson, leader of The Beach Boys, performs the song "Heroes and Villains" during a rehearsal at a sound stage in Burbank, Calif., Sept. 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

10 songs to celebrate the life and legacy of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson

June 11, 2025

The musical world has lost a giant. Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader, has died at age 82. Attempting to distill Wilson’s talent and influence in a few short songs is an impossibility. Even just focusing on a few select cuts from The Beach Boys’ 1966 album “Pet Sounds” would feel shortsighted. But now is as good a time as ever to listen to The Associated Press’ playlist celebrating his life and legacy. It includes classics like “Surfin USA” and “God Only Knows” as well as unexpected selections Wilson’s solo track, “Don’t Let Her Know She’s an Angel.”

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, watches his shot on the seventh hole during a practice round ahead of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

US Open gets a peaceful day of practice ahead of tough test that awaits at Oakmont

June 11, 2025

The star of this U.S. Open is Oakmont. Rory McIlroy had a peaceful start to his final day of practice with the sun rising on the horizon. The chaos begins when the score starts to count in the opening round Thursday. Oakmont is reputed to be the toughest course in the land. The U.S. Open prides itself on being the toughest test in golf. Scottie Scheffler is the favorite. He’s coming off three wins in his last four starts. That includes the PGA Championship. U.S. Open official says they don’t try to protect par. Oakmont usually does that for them.

FILE - Federal law enforcement wait in a parking garage to take people into custody outside immigration court, May 21, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Immigration officers intensify arrests in courthouse hallways on a fast track to deportation

June 11, 2025

Large-scale arrests outside immigration courts have unleashed fear among asylum-seekers and immigrants who are accustomed to remaining free while judges grind through a backlog of 3.6 million cases. Now they must consider whether to show up and possibly be detained and deported, or skip their hearings and lose their bids to remain in the country by default. The arrests follow a pattern. A judge will grant a government lawyer’s request to dismiss deportation proceedings. The person is then arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers moments later in the hallway and put on fast-track deportation, called “expedited removal.”

FILE - Miles Harford appears in court to hear the charges against him on March 8, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert, Pool, File)

Colorado funeral homeowner who left corpse in hearse for a over a year sentenced to 18 months

June 11, 2025

A Colorado funeral homeowner who pleaded guilty to leaving a woman’s corpse in the back of a hearse for over a year and improperly stashing the cremated remains of at least 30 people has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Miles Harford pleaded guilty in April to one felony count of abuse of a corpse and one misdemeanor count of theft. He faced other counts that were dismissed as part of his plea agreement. His 18-month sentence is the maximum sentence under Colorado law for the charges. Harford was arrested last year after authorities found cremated remains stashed throughout his rental property.

City of Custer, State of South Dakota sued over wastewater discharge

June 11, 2025

Preserve French Creek takes wastewater battle to federal court, alleging Clean Water Act violations and civil rights concerns CUSTER, S.D.

FILE - This undated photo released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the room where inmates are executed in Columbus, S.C. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Judge won’t halt execution in South Carolina over lethal injection concerns

June 11, 2025

A federal judge doesn’t plan to stop the execution of a South Carolina inmate in two days because the convicted man’s lawyers didn’t have evidence of problems with the state’s lethal injection process. The federal judge limited arguments in Stephen Stanko’s case to just lethal injection since that’s the method Stanko chose for his death Friday evening. Stanko’s lawyers also wanted to argue about the state’s last execution by firing squad. They say Stanko changed his mind about dying by bullets because of accounts about that execution and autopsy results that showed the firing squad shooters nearly missed the man’s heart.

City’s Population Spikes to Nearly 85,000

June 11, 2025

RAPID CITY, SD—Rapid City’s population is now estimated at 84,930, a solid 3.05 percent increase from the previous year. City

Atlanta rapper Silentó gets 30 years after pleading guilty to killing his cousin

June 11, 2025

Atlanta rapper Silentó has pleaded guilty but mentally ill Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter and other charges in the 2021 shooting death of his 34-year-old cousin. The 27-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Ricky Lamar Hawk is best known for his 2015 hit song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae).” DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston says Silentó has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Hawk is also pleading guilty to aggravated assault, possessing a gun while committing a crime and concealing the death of another. A murder charge was dropped as part of the plea agreement. Silentó has said he has long struggled with depression and mental illness

Chase Johnson lines up a putt on the fifth hole during a practice round ahead of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

25 years after Tiger’s romp, a huge fan, Chase Johnson, is US Open’s only player of Black heritage

June 11, 2025

On the 25-year anniversary of Woods’ historic dismantling of Pebble Beach in the U.S. Open — a milestone win that some thought might puncture golf’s stereotype as a sport for rich, white men — Chase Johnson is the only player of Black heritage in the 156-man field at Oakmont. The last man to qualify for this year’s Open, Johnson says he’s trying to build his profile so maybe he can inspire young players the way Woods once inspired him.

All In The Family: Rodeo connects Brooklyn Beringer with two sets of family and community pride

June 11, 2025

GETTYSBURG, S.D. – As she prepares for her last high school rodeo season and her first Jackrabbit College Rodeo season,

How the ‘F1’ soundtrack came together, with a little help from Lewis Hamilton

June 11, 2025

The soundtrack for the summer tentpole “F1” needed to sound as massive as the pinnacle of motorsport itself. So, the team behind the movie worked with Atlantic Records for “F1 The Album.” The soundtrack features Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton, Myke Towers, Blackpink’s Rosé, Tate McRae and many more. Director Joseph Kosinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Atlantic Records West Coast President Kevin Weaver told The Associated Press that they endeavored to find big, bespoke songs from diverse artists reflective of F1’s global reach with a little help from F1 driver Lewis Hamilton. But most importantly, the songs had to fit the film. The movie and album release June 27.

Camp DRIVE 2025 Rolls Into Summer With Hands-On Fun and High-Octane Learning

June 11, 2025

What do tires, cornhole, footballs and virtual welding have in common? They all came together to make this year’s Camp DRIVE an unforgettable experience for 40 lucky teens in Rapid City. On June 6 and 7, Weston and Tenise Chapman, founders of Black Hills Tire, welcomed a new group of bright-eyed kids ages 12 to […]

Gunshot Wound in Rapid City Neighborhood leaves One Injured

June 11, 2025

RAPID CITY, SD — At 2pm on June 9th Rapid City Police were dispatched to the 1800s block of Brentwood

Midco Unveils Multi-Gig Internet Expansion in Box Elder

June 11, 2025

BOX ELDER, S.D. — June 11, 2025 —Midco has announced a $470,000 investment to expand its high-speed fiber network in Box Elder, bringing symmetrical 1-gigabit internet speeds—and even faster multi-gigabit options—to homes and businesses, including those on Ellsworth Air Force Base. This local initiative is part of the company’s larger $500 million “Fiber Forward” campaign, […]

FILE - In this photo combo Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., left, speaking during a news conference, Feb. 13, 2024, in Washington and former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli speaking, Feb. 4, 2025, at Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, Mike Catalini, file)

Trump, pizza and helicopters: A guide to the New Jersey governor’s race

June 11, 2025

Getting to know the candidates in New Jersey’s race for governor may offer insights about the national mood on President Donald Trump’s agenda, as well as how voters are reacting to Democrats’ messaging. After emerging from competitive primaries, Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli began the general election campaign Wednesday. Both will look to fire up their core supporters and find new voters. And both have found subtle ways to tout their backgrounds to voters during the campaign. In New Jersey, Democrats outnumber Republicans among registered voters, but independents are a significant chunk of the electorate.

Rapid City Public Library Launches Community Heart Hub

June 11, 2025

RAPID CITY, SD — The Rapid City Public Library in collaboration with Monument Health and the American Heart Association have

China’s top exports to South Dakota: What consumers actually buy

June 11, 2025

South Dakota’s top exports to China include oilseeds and grains, meat and dairy products, medical equipment and supplies valued at

Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese shoots during a WNBA basketball game against the Indiana Fever in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Chicago Sky are struggling out of the gate with a new coach and revamped roster

June 11, 2025

The Chicago Sky are struggling with a new coach and revamped roster. They are 2-6 following a lopsided road loss to the New York Liberty. A season-ending knee injury to franchise career assist leader Courtney Vandersloot only added to their difficulties. The slow start comes on the heels of a 10th-place finish in the WNBA. The Sky dropped 12 of their final 14 games last year, then got busy reshaping the roster. Chicago fired coach Teresa Weatherspoon after one season and hired Las Vegas Aces assistant Tyler Marsh. The Sky brought in veteran leadership to help Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso. They reunited with Vandersloot and acquired two-time All-Star Ariel Atkins.

What to Stream: Dierks Bentley, Sydney Sweeney, Alex Cooper and ‘Deep Cover’

June 11, 2025

Country superstar Dierks Bentley returning with the album “Broken Branches” and Sydney Sweeney in the dark, dramatic thriller “Echo Valley” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time for the week of June 9 as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: “Call Your Daddy” podcast host Alex Cooper is the subject of a new docuseries called “Call Her Alex,” Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Miami” returns for its seventh season and Netflix’s documentary, “Titan: The OceanGate Disaster” looks into the implosion of the submersible that killed five people in 2023.

Hegseth defends use of troops to protect immigration raids in Los Angeles

June 11, 2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending his decision to order National Guard troops to provide security during immigrations raids in Los Angeles. He is telling senators it’s about “maintaining law and order.” Hegseth was speaking Wednesday at a Senate defense appropriations subcommittee hearing, Democratic Sen. Jack Reed condemned the move as illegal. The exchange underscored confusion about the use of more than 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to provide security at the immigration protests in Los Angeles. Photographs show Guard troops setting a security perimeter around agents as they made arrests in the city

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