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WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection need to improve oversight and guidance for federal immigration officers’ use of body-worn cameras, according to a Wednesday report from independent federal investigators. Officials with the Department of Homeland Security…
As early voting begins for Iowans, students attending higher education institutions have the option of voting with their college or home address. To support voting access for students and community members alike, some universities are housing their own polling locations. At Drake University, student groups…
A sunscreen ingredient used in Europe for years is now available in the U.S., offering broad protection against UVA and UVB rays with less white streaking.
Google ranked the top trending Halloween costumes of the season, with horror taking over the top spots.
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Des Moines City Council Member Rob X. Barron joins Adriana Torres on Look WHO’s Talking to reflect on his first year in office and his journey to becoming the council’s first Latino member. He shares how his father’s legacy, Mexican heritage, and experience on the Des Moines School Board shape his
The Disney Imagination will carry about 4,000 passengers on two- to three-night cruises from Tokyo starting in spring 2029.
Iowa is facing a budget deficit, high costs and economic strain from trade disputes that have squeezed farmers. But problems that have simmered for decades — water quality and cancer rates — have been forced to the forefront of state politics this year.
Here are the top health headlines for Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Greg and Kelly Gempler have been Santa and Mrs. Claus in their Idaho community for years. Now, people are rallying around them after they were scammed.
Phil Montag is a Des Moines area activist and serves on the board of the Iowa Unity Coalition. Listening to Zach Lahn on the Iowa gubernatorial campaign trail for the past year has been quite a show. To his credit, from the beginning he has put ecology, sustainable agriculture, and water quality front and center in
Wingstop and Sour Patch Kids team up to launch a daring sweet-and-sour Halloween flavor.
WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration announced on Wednesday that recipients will receive a 3.6% increase in benefits in 2027. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will begin for 72 million Social Security beneficiaries in January. It will apply for Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, recipients…
Milo Callaghan, Lana Parrilla and P.J. Byrne preview the second season of "The Rainmaker," inspired by bestselling author John Grisham's book.
Delta Air Lines is bolstering an overhauled luxury menu, amenity kits and more for the airline's highest class.
First responders were busy fighting a fire in northwest Iowa earlier this week.
The Iowa Transportation Commission announced a trail in Siouxland will receive a financial boost.
WASHINGTON — A federal judge late Tuesday extended a block on a Trump administration ban of press passes for three news organizations, which will allow them to continue to enter the White House grounds while a legal challenge to the ban plays out. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly in a 26-page order rejected…
Inflation rose slightly in September after holding steady the month prior, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed Wednesday.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans were retreating Tuesday from a handful of battleground U.S. House races while Democrats were racing to raise money to boost candidates who seemed like long shots earlier this year. The Congressional Leadership Fund, the leading House Republican super PAC, canceled spending in four…
As the nation’s physician shortage worsens, some fear the Trump administration’s immigration policies will dissuade or prevent doctors who earned their medical degrees in foreign countries from practicing in the United States. Among all U.S. doctors, an estimated one quarter were educated abroad. But they make up an…
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Many voters have their minds made up and are ready to cast their ballots. If that's you, you can vote as early as Wednesday. It's not at the polls, but in-person absentee voting starts Wednesday at local county auditors' offices. Also happening, county auditors will start mailing out absentee…
Early voting has officially begun in Iowa, as of Wednesday, Oct. 14, for the 2026 general election. Iowans will have an early chance to weigh in on their choice for Iowa governor, U.S. senator and representative, as well as a number of state legislative and local races and a constitutional amendments in the Nov. 3
DES MOINES, Iowa — All eyes were on Iowa Tuesday night as two U.S. Senate candidates took the stage for their second and final debate. Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson and Democratic State Representative Josh Turek went head-to-head for an hour inside the WHO 13 studio in Des Moines, Iowa. Candidates faced…
As U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson and state Rep. Josh Turek met for the second — and final — U.S. Senate debate Tuesday, both candidates said they did not support President Donald Trump’s move to lift sanctions against the “import sale, delivery, offloading, or importation” of Russian diesel in response to high fuel costs…
Iowans will decide this November whether to allow three Iowa Court of Appeals judges and 85 trial court judges to remain on the bench. Since our state adopted the current judicial selection system in 1962, each judge must periodically go on the ballot—every eight years for Iowa Supreme Court justices, every six years…
After an incredibly wet September with just a handful of days suitable for field work, the first full week of October brought drier, warmer conditions that allowed farmers to make some progress on corn and soybean harvests. According to the crop progress and condition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
A Montgomery County jury prevented a miscarriage of justice on October 8, when jurors acquitted Joey Norris of first-degree election misconduct after deliberating for only a few hours. Norris never should have faced a felony charge for his actions as a member of the board processing absentee ballots. Montgomery County…
By John Forbes is a former state representative and candidate for Polk County Board of Supervisors Polk County belongs to all of us. That’s the idea at the heart of Heather Jones-Brown’s campaign for Supervisor in District 4, and it’s why I’m proud to support her. As a fellow candidate for the Board of Supervisors,
Randy Evans is executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes openness and transparency in Iowa’s state and local governments. He can be reached at [email protected]. This essay first appeared on his Substack newsletter, Stray Thoughts. When…
Early voting in Iowa starts on Wednesday, October 14 this year. So it’s a good time to run through how Iowans can cast their ballot before November 3. I’m a strong advocate for voting early. You never know when some family emergency, illness, or work obligation might prevent you from getting to the polls on
Early voting in Iowa starts on Wednesday, October 14 this year. So it’s a good time to run through how Iowans can cast their ballot before November 3. I’m a strong advocate for voting early. You never know when some family emergency, illness, or work obligation might prevent you from getting to the polls on
Edward A. Wasserman is a 53-year resident of Iowa and a professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at The University of Iowa. The views expressed in his piece are his own and do not in any way reflect those of his employer. Controversy surrounds the Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa. A