WNBA star Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia since Feb. 17.
Hundreds of protesters, many hoisting signs, turned out Sunday in Davenport to protest the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down Roe v. Wade.
Deciding on what city to move to for your fresh start can be a difficult choice to make. Fortunately, the Economist Intelligence Unit has released its annual “livability” study of 173 cities from around the world.
A customer who reportedly was upset because his sandwich contained too much mayonnaise opened fire and killed a Subway employee on Sunday in Atlanta, Georgia.
Myanmar’s Supreme Court has heard final arguments in a long-running, bitter dispute between the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her estranged elder brother over the property where she was held under house arrest for 15 years. The court agreed last October to hear a special app…
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is not the guy most politicians would summon to hold a news conference for them, not after his false assertions of election fraud. But one place where Giuliani is in high demand these days is on his son Andrew's long shot campaign to win the GOP nomination…
Milan dog handlers Laura King and Robin Novack took 10 dogs to the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and came back with 10 ribbons and another finalist placement for Samoyed Striker.
Milan dog handlers Laura King and Robin Novack took 10 dogs to the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and came back with 10 ribbons and another finalist placement for Samoyed Striker.
Police say a man who complained there was too much mayonnaise on his sandwich opened fire at a Subway sandwich shop in Atlanta, killing one employee and injuring another. The shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. Sunday at a Subway attached to a gas station in downtown Atlanta. As of early Monday morning, Atlanta Police didn't release information about an arrest or details about a suspect. News outlets reported that police say the man argued with the two female workers and then opened fire. The store's owner says it breaks his heart that someone had the audacity to shoot someone over mayonnaise on his sandwich.
More than 4 months after being arrested at a Moscow airport, Brittney Griner appeared in court Monday. Full coverage here.
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Leonardo Del Vecchio, who founded eyewear empire Luxottica and turned an everyday object into a global fashion item, has died in Italy. The governor of Veneto, the northeast region where Del Vecchio started his business in a simple trailer in an Alpine valley town, said the industrialist died on Monday. He was 87. Italian media said Del Vecchio died in a Milan hospital. After a childhood in a Milan orphanage, Del Vecchio went on to become one of Italy's richest industrialists. Globalizing fashion eyewear, Luxottica now makes must-have frames for dozens of stellar names in fashion, including Armani, Burberry and Chanel.
The pandemic-era federal aid that made school meals available for free to all public school students — regardless of family income levels — is ending, raising fears about the effects in the upcoming school year for families already struggling with rising food and fuel costs. A bill passed in Congress last week and signed by President Joe Biden over the weekend is intended to allow summer meal distributions to remain widely available for students. It also gives higher reimbursement for meals to schools while providing some flexibilities to help them deal with increasing food prices and supply chain issues.
Milan dog handlers Laura King and Robin Novack took 10 dogs to the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and came back with 10 ribbons and another finalist placement for Samoyed Striker.
CEDAR FALLS — The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa has announced the distribution of 31 grants totaling $453,491 to organizations serving Black Hawk County.
After a little more than 37 years in business, owner Jim Gilgen, 66, of Cedar Falls, said: “It’s just time. I’m getting older, and it’s the right thing to do.”
WATERLOO — The Waterloo Public Library has announced activities happening for the week starting June 26:
Hundreds of protesters, many hoisting signs, turned out Sunday in Davenport to protest the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down Roe v. Wade.
Des Moines Register. June 26, 2022.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The park was founded in 1870 by German immigrants who were members of the Schuetzengesellschaft as a place for target shooting. But right from the start it was more than that. Soon the 23-acre site at 700 Waverly Road was home to a dance hall, music pavilion, bowling a…
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — More than 60,000 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease each year.
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WATERLOO — John Deere will begin producing a self-propelled, driverless “autonomous” tractor in Waterloo before the end of 2022, company officials here have confirmed.
The University of Northern Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) offers support to Iowa’s entrepreneurs amid a changing workforce
When Diane Popelka packed up her office in March 2020, she thought it would only be for a few weeks. Popelka, the director of finance and human resources for the Grout Museum District in Waterloo, was advised by doctors to work from home as the number of COVID-19 cases rose in Black Hawk County.
"I think we’ve really met a once-in-a-generation 'take this job and shove it' moment."
WATERLOO --- Trial has been set for August for Waterloo’s former recreation superintendent who has been accused of stealing from the city.
WATERLOO — Two Cedar Falls fishermen have been honored for saving an elderly man who drove his car into the Cedar River in Waterloo in April.
WATERLOO — Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash south of Denver on Friday.
WATERLOO — A federal judge has approved the guilty plea of a former nursing home employee accused of stealing a patient’s pain medicine.
Though abortion will remain legal in Illinois, a steady influx of out-of-state patients may unleash "a massive ripple effect" that could potentially impact access.
Rallies are being planned in the Quad-Cities this weekend to protest Friday's Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
"We are headed down a dangerous spiral that will erode our democracy," Pritzker said.
Cedar Valley residents demonstrated in downtown Cedar Falls in reaction to a United States Supreme Court ruling Friday that overturned Roe v. Wade.