DKart/iStockBy SOMAYEH MALEKIAN, ABC News(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iranians from a variety of political, economic and cultural backgrounds — lawyers, teachers, footballers, artists, students, activists — joined together in an unprecedented Twitter storm, sharing the hashtag […]
A species of birds with a loud, trumpeting call have chosen to nest in the Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge near Bancroft. “Last year, we had sandhill cranes nest on the refuge for the first […]
NBC/Photo Bank via Getty Images, Getty Images/Getty Images for EIF & XQ(LOS ANGELES) — What do Kim Kardashian, former President Barack Obama, Kanye West, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates all have in common? They were just a handful of the celebrities […]
A woman who’s been the Iowa Department of Public Health’s lead spokesperson for more than a decade has been forced out of the post. Polly Carver-Kimm said she believes she’s a casualty of the pressure […]
Amanda Edwards/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Nick Cannon is speaking up after he was fired from ViacomCBS over his alleged “anti-Semitic” and “hateful” speech on his YouTube podcast. On Wednesday, Cannon addressed the termination in a lengthy statement on his Facebook page, […]
iStock/LeoPatrizi(NEW YORK) — The COVID-19 pandemic threw a wrench into movie and TV production all over the world. But as productions are starting to resume in places like Los Angeles and Atlanta — with new […]
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Mad Men veteran John Hamm will be stretching his comedy chops once again, taking over Chevy Chase’s role in a reboot of the Fletch movie comedy. Based on Gregory McDonald’s series of novels, the 1985 original saw Chase playing the titular […]
Isa Foltin/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Justin Timberlake’s new movie, Palmer, is heading to Apple TV+. Apple announced Wednesday that the movie, directed by Fisher Stevens, will be joining its expanding lineup of original films. Palmer tells the story of […]
Going-out-of-business sales are underway at JCPenney stores in Carroll and Marshalltown and the company announced today it will shed a thousand jobs, mostly from its corporate office in Texas. JCPenney filed for bankruptcy in May […]
The number of Iowans hospitalized for treatment of COVID-19 has been on a steady uptick this month. As of 10 a.m. today, 190 Iowans are hospitalized, up 22% since July 1st. Governor Kim Reynolds said […]
Photo by Vestron/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey is teaming up with Lionsgate for a new dance movie, and Deadline reports “rumblings” that it could be a new film based on the 1987 classic. Lionsgate holds distribution rights […]
Matthew Horwood/Getty ImagesBY: KARMA ALLEN, ABC NEWS (LONDON) — Just weeks after protesters illegally toppled a controversial statue of a 17th century British slave trader, an acclaimed sculptor secretly replaced it with a brand new […]
A north-central Iowa drug kingpin’s requests to delay his execution scheduled for later this week have been denied. Dustin Honken’s motions to delay his execution were denied on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Leonard Strand. […]
Myriam Munoz/iStockBY: ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — The vanishing of a rare bird colony in New Zealand has left ornithologists both baffled and concerned for the species’ future, according to experts who spoke […]
Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Like the casts of other classic TV shows and movies, the cast of 1993’s beloved coming-of-age baseball movie The Sandlot has gotten back together via Zoom for a good cause. For the film’s […]
U.S. Marshals in Michigan have arrested an Iowan wanted for a murder in Dubuque. Security camera video showed 25-year-old Curtis R Smothers, Junior being shot in the chest on July 2nd during a fight in […]
You know it’s a bad storm when the National Weather Service staff has to abandon its office and take shelter underground. Severe thunderstorms rolled across central Iowa last night, bringing winds up to 60 miles-an-hour […]
The Iowa Department of Public Health and the Iowa Board of Pharmacy are sponsoring a new program to give out doses of a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses. Health Department Opioid Initiatives Director Kevin […]
It appears Iowa City’s School Board is the first in the state to vote to hold all classes online when school starts in August. Other schools have developed multiple options, including remote learning or weekly […]
The manager of the University of Iowa’s Van Allen Observatories says if the clouds clear, Iowans should take advantage of a very rare opportunity to see a comet this week. Caroline Roberts, who also coordinates […]
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