The head of the Office of Drug Control Policy and Prevention says his office is trying to gauge the impact of the coronavirus on drug use and treatment. Director Dale Woolery says he has heard […]
A project that connects Iowa State University with a university and communities in Uganda is helping that African nation improve school nutrition and food safety. ISU’s Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods works to help schools […]
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Bryan Cranston is loudly asking the public to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously after disclosing his personal battle with the virus. The Breaking Bad star revealed on Thursday that, even though he abided by all the proper social […]
Parker in 2003 — Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage(LONDON) — Alan Parker, the British writer-director behind movies including Fame, Bugsy Malone, and Mississippi Burning died Friday after a lengthy illness, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 76. A versatile filmmaker, Parker […]
The cast of ‘X-Men’ in 2000 — Scott Gries/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — In a wide-ranging, Hollywood Reporter oral history about the making of the groundbreaking 2000 movie X-Men — complete with backstage drama, lawsuits, and sexual abuse allegations against […]
The popularity of fishing has surged during the pandemic — and state records show one out of every 10 Iowans now has a fishing license. Jeff Kopaska works in the Fisheries Bureau at the Iowa […]
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Channing Tatum and Scooter Braun, the manager of acts including Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, and Ariana Grande, are teaming up for a YA musical take on Lady Macbeth. That’s the word […]
Getty Images for EIF & XQ(LOS ANGELES) — A group of Hollywood celebrities have compiled a short film series while in — and all about — quarantine. Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, Chris Cooper, Rosie Perez […]
A library curator at the University of Iowa will join “Star Trek” actor William Shatner and a list of other celebrities, authors and science fiction experts in a Ray Bradbury Read-a-thon next month. The event […]
TARIK KIZILKAYA/iStockBy SOMAYEH MALEKIAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Iranian Instagram feeds have been overrun with black-and-white photos of women joining an international online campaign against gender-based violence, using the hashtags #WomenSupportWomen and #ChallengeAccepted. The […]
The new report from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows more counties now showing dry conditions. The Iowa DNR’s Tim Hall says the negative outweighs the positive in the report. “We had a little bit of […]
Gabriel Olsen/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The late Naya Rivera will be featured in an upcoming episode of Netflix’s Sugar Rush, Deadline reports. The episode, which is believed to have been her final on-screen appearance before her tragic death, premieres on the platform […]
A Council Bluffs man will spend 40 years in prison on child pornography charges. Twenty-nine-year-old Michael Brandstrom was sentenced to consecutive sentences of 360 months in federal prison for production of child pornography and 120 […]
Photo by FOX via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — While WarnerMedia completes an investigation into the accusations, Ellen DeGeneres wrote a letter to her staff regarding abuse allegations some of her self-titled show’s staff vented to Buzzfeed earlier this […]
ABC/Nicole Wilder(TEXAS) — Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey is now an author. In a message to his social media followers, the actor and part-time college professor revealed the book is called Greenlights. “Ever since I learned to write, I’ve been […]
Courtesy of HBO(NEW YORK) — U.K. star Paapa Essiedu can finally breathe a sigh of relief now that he knows fans are loving every moment of his new HBO drama series I May Destroy You. The new series centers […]
ABC NewsBY: PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — A Moscow court has sentenced a second former U.S. Marine to a long jail term in a trial that has fueled concerns the American ex-servicemen may have […]
The ‘Nostromo’/Prop Store(LONDON) — If you’ve got a half million bucks burning a hole in your pocket, you could walk away with a piece of cinema history, thanks to an upcoming auction. The UK-based company […]
Governor Kim Reynolds says Iowa school districts given permission to conduct all classes online due to high COVID case counts may do so for 14 days. Districts will have to again get state officials’ permission […]
MagicDreamer/iStockBy CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. State Department has named a new special envoy for the Arctic amid increased competition with Russia and China for influence in the region, which is facing […]
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