State/Local News

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said “we’re going to be looking into” a report about Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., his drug czar nominee, in the wake of a Washington...

We need to know. Two weeks after Stephen Paddock rained down bullets on attendees of a country music festival in Las Vegas, killing 58 and injuring more than 500, investigators are no closer to...

Growing up in the rural Deep South, I didn’t have the inherent fondness for apples which seems such a part of the Midwestern psyche. The big apple tree in our garden bore hard, mostly sour,...

A hunger pang can refer to more than just an empty belly. It can be the pangs of longing for many things, for safety, for education, for opportunity, for a taste of home. A new play debuting at CSPS...

Moves by the Trump administration to alter the Renewable Fuel Standard “threaten the livelihood of tens of thousands of American farmers and workers,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and three...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Aaron Fitzgerald’s frustration with his home internet service is what led him to start his new business. When Fitzgerald and his family moved into a new Cedar Rapids...

On Monday, scientists announced the first-ever observation of a cosmic event using both gravitational wave detectors and conventional telescopes. They witnessed a kilonova, a violent, brilliant...

LONDON — Million of women across the world have been sharing their experiences of sexual harassment and abuse in an online campaign using the hashtag #MeToo on Twitter and with rolling posts...

LANDOVER, Md. — San Francisco 49ers rookie quarterback C.J. Beathard couldn’t author a storybook ending when he replaced Brian Hoyer in Sunday’s 26-24 loss to the Washington...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, accused of endangering fellow soldiers who searched for him after he walked off his combat outpost in Afghanistan in 2009 and was captured...

One person is missing and seven were injured after an explosion at an oil rig in a Louisiana lake just north of North Orleans. The explosion happened just after 7 p.m. Sunday in Lake Pontchartrain...

IOWA CITY — An Iowa City man faces prison time after police say he entered an apartment without permission and assaulted a woman. According to Iowa City police criminal complaints, around 1:18...

Novo Nordisk A/S’s closely watched diabetes drug semaglutide is effective, a preliminary review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded, sending the company’s shares up 3.4...

TODAY’S WEATHER — Sunny, pleasant. High 62, low 43. LURING BACK RURAL VOTERS VEXES DEMOCRATS — Rural Iowa shifted political direction in 2016, catching Democrats off guard. The...

WASHINGTON — Democrats accused President Donald Trump of trying to sabotage the nation’s health care system through his decision to halt payments to insurers meant to shore up the...

CEDAR RAPIDS — It’s too bad it took the 2016 election to make it happen, Cindy Garlock says, but she’s heartened to see “people who were not involved become...

DES MOINES — Rural Iowa shifted political direction in 2016, catching Democrats off guard. The conversation of how to earn back those votes is dominating conversation among Democrats these...

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday minimized tensions with his boss, President Donald Trump, and brushed aside comments from an influential lawmaker, who compared...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids is hosting an open house on Tuesday to seek input on a comprehensive overhaul of the city’s zoning code, which regulates how and where structures are...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Karmen Shedenhelm doesn’t remember exactly when she started playing organ for Cedar Memorial. “In those days, you didn’t fill out an application,”...