The naval warship christened with the name of a northwest Iowa city continues to undergo testing. “Putting the ship through its paces is fun,” says Kevin O’Brien, the commander of the USS Sioux City, a […]
Disney/Pixar(NEW YORK) — Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 4 topped the weekend box office with a an estimated $118 million debut — a franchise high, topping Toy Story 3‘s $110.3 million opening back in 2010. However, as has […]
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Christopher Furlong/Getty Images(LONDON) — There is a peculiarly British phrase for all those things that split opinions to the extent that no one, no matter how indifferent, has to pick a side. Named after a […]
iStock(SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic) — Dominican Republic Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia pushed back on reports of a pattern of suspicious deaths of American citizens Friday, as the U.S. State Department hiked the official number […]
Walt Disney Television/Jeff Neira(NEW YORK) — In 2012, high-wire artist Nik Wallenda walked across Niagara Falls. In 2013, he walked across the Grand Canyon. But Sunday night, he’ll face the scariest challenge of all: walking […]
A 21-year-old man from Sigourney has been charged with murdering his girlfriend’s four-month-old boy. The child died at a Des Moines hospital this morning. Court records indicate Johnny Lynn Dale, Jr. was caring for four-month-old […]
A state board has approved state tax breaks on construction materials for companies expanding facilities in Fairfield and Perry. Traffix Devices in Fairfield makes things like rubber cones, barricades and construction signs and ships its […]
Work to restore Sioux City’s historic Warrior Hotel is now about one year away from completion. Restoration Iowa vice president Alex Cherubin is overseeing the $73 million project. “We got the interior framing, exterior framing […]
Freeform/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(NEW YORK) — Eline Powell, the star of Freeform’s mermaid thriller Siren, will be making a splash at the 37th annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade in New York City on Saturday. This year marks […]
Police say a man who had a gun at the scene of a shooting in Creston earlier this week is being held in the Union County Jail. Officers responded to a report of a shooting […]
Geovien So/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(HONG KONG) — Thousands of protesters besieged police headquarters in Hong Kong Friday to demand the release of fellow protesters still in custody after last week’s violent skirmish. Protesters, many […]
Iowa’s unemployment rate in May was 2.4%, unchanged for the past 11 months. Nearly 41,000 Iowans were unemployed last month. That’s about 400 more than were getting unemployment benefits in April. However, the state’s unemployment […]
Jim Spellman/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — If you’re at all familiar with comic Jim Gaffigan’s stand-up material, you know he’s got a lot of jokes about being the father of five kids. But he’s putting a […]
jessicaphoto/iStock(LONDON) — The conservation charity English Heritage has set up a virtual live stream from inside the monument of Stonehenge to mark the start of the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. An […]
The president of the union that represents many of the workers at the state-run Mental Health Institute in Independence says four staffers at the facility have been injured this month in assaults by patients. AFSCME […]
Spring was no lamb, and summer is coming into Iowa this morning like an angry, wet lion. Wide sections of the state are being peppered with powerful thunderstorms, strong winds and hail, while a Flash […]
The summer season officially arrives later this morning and with it, an elevated risk of serious or deadly accidents as Iowans seek to cool off in the water. Mindy Uhle, an executive officer with the […]
Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Ahead of its July 4 premiere, a creepy new trailer for Stranger Things season three has been unleashed. It starts with an ominous voice-over that says, “You let us in and now […]
Richard Stonehouse – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — Happy birthday Prince William! The royal dad of three and second-in-line to the British throne is celebrating his 37th birthday Friday. William is celebrating his birthday privately but […]
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