Volunteer Iowa has landed a federal grant of almost $332,000, money that will be used to build more volunteering initiatives across the state. Michelle Raymer, senior program officer for Volunteer Iowa, says the grant is […]
ABC/Randy Holmes(LONDON) — Johnny Depp’s ex-fiancée Winona Ryder and ex-wife Vanessa Paradis have come to the actor’s defense in his U.K. libel suit against The Sun newspaper. Depp is suing the paper for calling him a “wife beater” during his rocky marriage to […]
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — Chris “Captain America” Evans, Tom “Spider-Man” Holland, and Mark “The Hulk” Ruffalo were among the cinematic heroes who gave a shout-out to 6-year-old Bridger Walker, a Wyoming boy who was injured […]
Ten Iowa organizations are splitting just over $13 million in federal grants, to be distributed as loans to small businesses and entrepreneurs who’ve taken a financial hit during the pandemic. Rick Hunsaker is executive director […]
Ten Iowa organizations are splitting just over $13 million in federal grants, to be distributed as loans to small businesses and entrepreneurs who’ve taken a financial hit during the pandemic. Rick Hunsaker is executive director […]
Courtesy of Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Nia Long is stepping into uncharted territory with her latest full-length feature Fatal Affair. In the new project, Long plays Ellie Warren, a wife and mother who finds herself the target of […]
iStock/ipopba(MOSCOW) — BY: PATRICK REEVELL The Russian hacking group accused on Thursday by the U.K., U.S. and Canada of seeking to steal information on potential COVID-19 vaccines is a familiar name to cybersecurity experts. APT-29, […]
Matthew Horwood/Getty ImagesBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC NEWS (LONDON) — A statue of a controversial 17th century British slave trader stood for more than 100 years in Bristol, U.K. Protesters toppled it last month, but the […]
North-central Iowa drug kingpin Dustin Honken is scheduled to be put to death tomorrow after the United States Supreme Court today turned down a last-minute request to stop his execution. The 52-year-old Honken of Britt […]
NBC/NBCU Photo Bank(LOS ANGELES) — The house that was home to Blanche, Dorothy, Rose, and Sophia can be yours, it you’ve got three million bucks. The Wall Street Journal reports home that served as the “exterior” […]
Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced that the 2020 Emmy nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time. Due to COVID-19, the yearly nominations […]
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images(LONDON) — As movies and television shows rethink their past material, opting to edit out scenes or remove episodes that depict offensive content, actor Idris Elba made a case against that form of censorship. In […]
Iowa’s attorney general filed suit today in Polk County District Court against a Nebraska-based stem cell therapy center. Attorney General Tom Miller accuses Regenerative Medicine and Anti-Aging Institutes of Omaha of making deceptive, misleading claims […]
As a warm-weather treat, admission is free for all visitors to the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art throughout July and August. Museum executive director Sean Ulmer says this marks the 11th straight summer all fees […]
Work is underway on a $4.2 million expansion of the Des Moines Area Community College campus in Carroll. Provost, Joel Lundstrom, says the expansion helps meet a need for more classes and space. “The project […]
The number of new and continuing unemployment claims both increased in the last week. Iowa Workforce Development says the first-time claims for unemployment hit 11,125 in the last week. That’s up by 1,195 and came […]
More severe weather rolled across central Iowa this week, bringing large hail and high winds that damaged countless vehicles and homes. Bao Vang, spokeswoman for the Better Business Bureau, is warning homeowners about storm chasers […]
The executive director of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art has been named to a board that oversees the collections of the U.S. Senate. Sean Ulmer says he will be part of a larger team […]
Scholastic/Annabelle Helms(NEW YORK) — Joanna Cole, former librarian who created the bestselling book-turned TV series The Magic School Bus, has died at 75. Her publisher, Scholastic, says the author succumbed to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Cole’s […]
JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) — Amber Heard’s former personal assistant testified at Johnny Depp’s libel trial against British tabloid The Sun that a story she told in confidence to the Aquaman actress regarding a violent sexual assault she endured […]
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