State News
Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 8/31/20
Class 4A 1. WDM Valley (1-0), LW #1 @ #3 Dowling Catholic 2. Ankeny (1-0), LW #3 @ #10 Waukee 3. Dowling Catholic (1-0), LW #2 vs #1 Valley 4. Southeast Polk (1-0), LW #5 […]
Month: August 2020
State News
Update to Iowa’s coronavirus website caused glitches this weekend
State officials say a maintenance upgrade to the state’s coronavirus website is the reason key Covid-19 data listed on the site dramatically decreased at one point this weekend. The glitch in reporting the number of […]
State News
Research at ISU focuses on link between plant genetics and crop stress
An Iowa State University study shows how plants’ genetic factors are impacting crop stress as it relates to climate change. Stephen Howell, a distinguished professor of genetics, development and cell biology at ISU, says they’re […]
State News
Attorney General holding office hours in Cedar Rapids for derecho questions
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office is setting up a temporary office in Cedar Rapids today and Wednesday. Spokesperson Lynn Hicks says Investigator Al Perales will be on hand. “Al will be there to answer any […]
Entertainment
Report: Chadwick Boseman married longtime girlfriend just before his death
Paras Griffin/Getty Images for NAACP(LOS ANGELES) — While fans are still reeling from the unexpected death of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, the announcement of his death not only mentioned the colon cancer he’d been battling in secret, but […]
Entertainment
Bella Thorne apologizes after being blamed for OnlyFans’ new payment restrictions
Freeform/Byron Cohen(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE NATURE, CONTENT) Not even a week ago, Bella Thorne became the first person to make a million dollars on OnlyFans — a subscription service that hosts exclusive bonus material behind a paywall. Shortly after […]
Entertainment
‘Black Panther’ director Ryan Coogler pens heartbreaking tribute to Chadwick Boseman
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — The world continues to mourn the devastating loss of Chadwick Boseman, who died at age 43 after a silent four-year battle with colon cancer. Hollywood’s greatest extensively honored the Black Panther star over the weekend, however, one […]
Entertainment
‘New Mutants’ tops U.S. box office with $7 million take; ‘Tenet’ big overseas
“The New Mutants” – © 2020 Twentieth Century Film Corporation(LOS ANGELES) — The box office enjoyed its first major weekend release since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, with theaters opening at limited capacity, […]
World News
Backlash against French magazine’s cartoon of Black MP
JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP via Getty ImagesBy IBTISSEM GUENFOUD, ABC News (PARIS) — Politicians from across the spectrum have denounced the publication of the cartoon depicting a French MP and anti-racism activist as a slave under the […]
World News
Huge protests again flood Belarus capital despite heavy security presence
yorkfoto/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MINSK, Belarus) — Huge crowds of protesters flooded Belarus’ capital Minsk again on Sunday calling for President Alexander Lukashenko to step down, defying a heavy deployment of security forces and […]