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YouTube bans false COVID-19 vaccine claims

(AP) – YouTube is wiping vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories from its popular video-sharing platform. The ban on vaccine misinformation, announced in a blog post on Wednesday, comes as countries around the world continue to offer free immunizations for COVID-19 to a somewhat hesitant public. Public health officials have struggled to push back against a steady current of online misinformation…

South Dakota AG reviewing Noem’s meeting with daughter

Jason RavnsborgSIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The South Dakota attorney general says he is reviewing concerns from state lawmakers over a meeting Gov. Kristi Noem held last year that included both her daughter and a state employee who was overseeing her daughter’s application to become a certified real estate appraiser. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said in a statement that he had…

Guilty plea to manslaughter in fatal Aberdeen stabbing

ABERDEEN, S.D. – An Aberdeen man has changed his plea in a fatal stabbing as part of an agreement with prosecutors. Twenty-four-year-old Jacob Lane Lee Bad Wound has pleaded guilty to felony manslaughter in the death of Higinio Anthony Santiago who was found stabbed at an Aberdeen home on Aug. 26, 2020. Bad Wound was initially charged with murder, pleaded…