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A severe thunderstorm watch continues in effect by the National Weather Service until 1 p.m. for Cass County and much of western Iowa.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Agriculture Committee Friday released the draft bill text of the long-awaited $1.5 trillion farm bill, which is likely to face opposition in the Senate from Democrats due to disagreements over federal anti-hunger programs and climate change requirements.
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DES MOINES – Saturday was a very successful day for area track teams at the Iowa state track meet, for each of the area teams.
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DES MOINES – Saturday was a very successful day for area track teams at the Iowa state track meet, for each of the area teams.
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DES MOINES – Saturday was a very successful day for area track teams at the Iowa state track meet, for each of the area teams.
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Iowa’s state shooting sports season is here, where thousands of student athletes from elementary to high school and colleges across the state compete in seven shooting sports championship even…
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Iowa DNR Manchester Fish Hatchery staff Dan Rosauer, Aaron Schwartzhoff, Eric Bailey and Garald Rivers were recently honored by the Iowa Driftless Chapter of Trout Unlimited with their Stream …
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The final segment of Iowa’s spring turkey hunting season closed Sunday, ending the spring season with a record harvest of 16,059 birds reported, surpassing the 2023 record harvest of 14,843.
The Audubon County Board of Supervisors are hoping they are closing in on a solution to the roof repair at the courthouse, agreeing Wednesday to have their engineering firm and an area roofer meet to discuss a possible solution.
Some farmers who rely on satellite data to plant their fields were delayed in recent days by a geomagnetic storm, according to field agronomists who have been monitoring corn and soybean planting.
During the months of June and July, Iowa Western Community College will host students in grades 5th, 6-8th and 9th-12th at Summer Day Camps and High School Discovery Days for fun, friends and hands-on learning! Camps are being offered on all sorts of topics for students including: Art, Autom…
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MADRID (AP) — Toni Kroos will retire from soccer after trying to give Real Madrid yet another Champions League trophy and lead Germany to the European Championship title at home.
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BURTON, Englan (AP) — Marcus Rashford was left out of England's provisional squad for the European Championship on Tuesday.
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The Iowa Beef Industry Council and the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association are proud to announce the 15th Annual Iowa’s Best Burger Contest. Nominations will be taken from Monday, February 12 to Tuesday, March 12.
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Watch live as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs on the State Department’s budget request.
A defense witness in Donald Trump’s hush money case whom the judge threatened to remove from the trial over his behavior has returned to the stand as the trial nears its end. Trump’s lawyers hope Robert Costello’s testimony will help undermine the credibility of a key prosecution witness, Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen. Costello turned to Judge Juan M. Merchan before the jurors arrived to the court Tuesday, speaking quietly. The judge acknowledged him and nodded. It was a much more cordial scene than the drama that unfolded during Monday’s proceedings, when Costello made comments under his breath during testimony, rolled his eyes and called the whole exercise “ridiculous.”
As Donald Trump's hush money trial resumes, witness testimony could be entering its final day. Prosecutors have already rested their case and the defense may follow suit on Tuesday after calling just a handful of witnesses. Attorney Robert Costello, the defense's second witness, has returned to the stand. The trial is in its 20th day. Judge Juan M. Merchan says that once the defense rests, he will send jurors home until closing arguments on the day after Memorial Day. Prosecutors say Trump falsified internal business records to cover up hush money payments to two women. He has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts.
U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady near their record levels as Wall Street appears to be headed for another quiet day. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% early Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat, and the Nasdaq composite was off 0.3%. Palo Alto Networks joined the long list of companies reporting better profits than analysts expected, but its stock fell after giving a forecast for upcoming revenue that failed to please investors. Macy’s jumped after reporting more resilient results than analysts feared. Treasury yields fell in the bond market. Stock indexes fell across much of Europe and Asia.
Israeli officials have seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel. Officials accused the news organization of violating a new media law by providing images to Al Jazeera. The Qatari satellite channel is among thousands of clients that receive live video feeds from the AP and other news organizations. The AP denounced the move. Officials from the Communications Ministry arrived at the AP location in the southern town of Sderot on Tuesday afternoon and seized the equipment.
British man dies and several passengers are injured when turbulence hits a Singapore Airlines flight
Singapore Airlines says a 73-year-old British man died and more than two dozen other passengers were injured aboard a London-Singapore flight that encountered severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean. The plane was then diverted to Bangkok, where emergency crews rushed to help the passengers after the plane touched down at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Tuesday. The airline said the Boeing 777 from Heathrow had 211 passengers and 18 crew on board. Singapore Airlines said that as of four hours after the emergency landing, 18 individuals remained in hospital. Another 12 were treated on outpatient basis. The British man who died is suspected to have suffered a heart attack.
The world’s leading artificial intelligence companies pledged at the start of a mini summit on AI to develop the technology safely, including pulling the plug if they can’t rein in the most extreme risks. Some 16 AI companies made voluntary committments to AI safety as the talks got underway. World leaders are expected to hammer out further agreements on artificial intelligence when they gather virtually Tuesday to discuss AI’s potential risks but also ways to promote its benefits and innovation. The two-day AI Seoul Summit co-hosted by the South Korean and U.K. governments is a follow-up to November’s AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in the United Kingdom.
TOKYO (AP) — Those who want to climb one of the most popular trails on Japan's iconic Mount Fuji will have to book a slot and pay a fee as crowds, littering and climbers who try to rush too fast to the summit cause safety and conservation concerns at the picturesque stratovolcano.
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