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USGS taking over satellite mission from NASA
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The U.S. Geological Survey EROS Center in Sioux Falls will officially take over the Landsat 8 satellite mission from NASA on Thursday.
• The center north of Sioux Falls is collecting at least 400 Landsat 8 scenes per day from around the world. The images are archived and made available for free download by scientists or anyone else who's interested.
• NASA launched Landsat 8 into space in February. Since then, teams have been running it through a barrage of tests before placing the satellite into orbit 438 miles above the planet's surface.
• The new orbiter has several advantages over its still-functioning predecessor Landsat 7, which captures just 250 images a day.
• Top officials from the two agencies will be at the EROS Center on Thursday for a transition ceremony.
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Johnson to announce human trafficking task force
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson is set to announce the formation of a human trafficking task force in South Dakota.
• Johnson is set to make the announcement during a Thursday news conference at the Federal Courthouse in Sioux Falls.
• He will also be discussing recent prosecutions of commercial sex traffickers in South Dakota.
• Combatting human trafficking has been a major focus of Johnson's during his tenure as U.S. attorney.
• Johnson will be joined at the news conference by Minnehaha County State's attorney Aaron McGowan and representatives from the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office and Sioux Falls Police Department.
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DOJ report shows spike in reservation crime cases
DAVE KOLPACK,Associated Press
FELICIA FONSECA,Associated Press
• FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- American Indian leaders who criticized the federal government for years over the way authorities handled major crimes on reservations will soon mark progress with the release of newly tracked statistics from the U.S. Justice Department.
• Federal prosecutions for cases from Indian Country increased by 54 percent be (Continued on page 16)
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