RAPID CITY, SD (KELO.com) -- He admits to using Artificial Intelligence to create child pornography. For that, 27-year-old Alex Badura of Rapid City will spend 12 years in prison. He used generative AI to create pornographic images of two 12-year-old relatives. Badura posted photos on social media with information tha...

GRANT COUNTY, SD (KELO.com) -- Grant County's only licensed childcare center is opening a third location due to high demand. Backyard Bulldogs Child Care director Kelsey Buttke says the first two centers are at capacity, and she's had to turn families away. The Grant County Development Corporation received a $75,000 g...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) --The driver who caused a deadly crash in 2024 is asking for a lighter sentence. Damion Laurelez took a plea deal in a case involving the death of two teenage passengers after he was found with alcohol and drugs in his system following the crash. The plea recommended no more than 30 years, ...

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- A Pine Ridge man is facing 14 felony counts for a homicide in Sioux Falls in 2024. Robin Joseph Swallow is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. He is accused of beating a 64-year-old man to death near the intersection of 12th Street and Cleveland Avenue. The victim was identified as...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) --Two South Dakota Highway Patrol troopers are going viral after nearly being hit by lightning. The lightning strike was captured on body camera footage just feet away from the pair. A post on the South Dakota Highway Patrol Facebook page says the troopers were searching for a wanted man when th...

BRASILIA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Brazil's data protection authority ANPD ordered chat platform Discord to suspend livestreaming features, citing failures to protect children ​and teens from exposure to content ‌promoting violence, self-harm and suicide. AN...

By Hanna Rantala LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Bella Ramsey tackles a wide range of emotions in "Sunny Dancer", a comedy-drama about a summer camp for teenagers affected by cancer. "The Last of Us" star plays Ivy, an ​isolated 17-year-old in remission fro...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Director Dave Green told Reuters it was a "crazy miracle" that the live-action animated Looney Tunes comedy "Coyote Vs. Acme" finally secured a 2026 release date after being shelved in 2023. "We saw ...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The culturally diverse girl group KATSEYE, now temporarily down two members, is eager to show a more raw and authentic side through its upcoming EP and tour, as well as the concert film "KATSEYE: ​WI...

By Hanna Rantala LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Two-time Oscar nominee Maite Alberdi wanted to go beyond the headlines with her true crime documentary "A Child of My Own" and examine societal expectations ​on women. Four years in the making, the film follo...