Year: 2017

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State News

Missouri’s governor sparks presidential speculation with Saturday speech

Missouri’s first-term governor, a former Navy SEAL, has spurred speculation about his presidential prospects with an appearance in Des Moines over the weekend. “He’s in Iowa on a Saturday night. 2024 may not be as far away as we think,” said Karen Fesler of Coralville, a key organizer for Rick Santorum’s 2012 and 2016 Iowa […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayOctober 22, 2017 2

State News

Iowa State earns first national ranking since 2005

The Associated Press Top-25 football poll was released today and Iowa State is among the top-25. Iowa State is ranked No. 25 in the week 9 poll, marking the first time the Cyclones have appeared in the top-25 rankings since 2005. Iowa State, 5-2 overall and 3-1 in Big 12 play for the first time […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayOctober 22, 2017

National

Sgt. La David Johnson, soldier killed in Niger, laid to rest in Florida

U.S. Army(HOLLYWOOD, Fla.) -- U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson, who was among four American service members killed in Niger earlier this month, was laid to rest in his home state of Florida on Saturday.A flag-covered coffin holding Johnson's remains was carried into South Florida's Christ The Rock Church for a private funeral service Saturday morning. American flags flew at half-staff across the Sunshine State as Johnson's body was then […]

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National

Boy Scouts of America works with family to find new den for booted Cub Scout

iStock/Thinkstock(BROOMFIELD, Colo.) -- The Boy Scouts of America has found a new unit for the 11-year-old boy who was booted from his den after engaging in a tense exchange with a Colorado state senator, the organization told ABC News in a statement.Ames Mayfield was kicked out of his den last week after an Oct. 9 discussion with Sen. Vicki Marble hosted by his Cub Scout den in Broomfield, Colorado, his […]

todayOctober 22, 2017 11

National

Air Force may recall retired military pilots to address ‘acute shortage’

John Moore/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The United States Air Force could recall as many as 1,000 retired military pilots to active-duty service to address an acute shortage in its ranks.President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday allowing the Air Force to call back to service up to 1,000 retired aviation officers who wish to return, the White House and the Pentagon announced.By law, only 25 retired pilots can be recalled […]

todayOctober 22, 2017 22

State News

Reynolds warns ‘liberals are unhinged and…out for us” (AUDIO)

Republican Governor Kim Reynolds hosted her first annual “Harvest Festival” fundraiser on today. It featured supportive remarks from Republican allies and a rousing speech from the governor herself. “As we all know as we travel the state, the liberals are unhinged and they are out for us and we need to double down and do […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayOctober 21, 2017

Entertainment

Director: Firefighters immortalized in “Only the Brave” represent “the very best of what we are capable of”

© 2017 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved/Richard Foreman(NEW YORK) -- Josh Brolin stars in the new movie Only the Brave, the real-life story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of wildfire fighters in Arizona, 19 of whom died fighting a blaze in Prescott, Arizona in 2013. Brolin, who plays Hotshots leader Eric Marsh, who died in the fire, spent part of his early 20s as a volunteer firefighter in […]

todayOctober 21, 2017 31

Entertainment

The Avengers assemble to save Puerto Rico

ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(GEORGIA) -- ABC Radio has learned that Scarlett Johansson will assemble her Avengers teammates Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Mark Ruffalo to help save Puerto Rico, in the wake of Hurricane Maria. The actors, along with some of Scarlett's other famous friends, will reportedly take part in a staged reading of Thornton Wilder's Our Town at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia to raise money for hurricane relief. […]

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Entertainment

LAPD has interviewed a potential Harvey Weinstein sexual assault victim

Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows/Nicholas Hunt(LOS ANGELES) -- The Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery Homicide Division has interviewed a potential victim of a sexual assault involving Harvey Weinstein, which allegedly occurred in 2013, ABC News has confirmed. The case is under investigation. Earlier Thursday, New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said that New York City police have referred allegations against the disgraced film mogul to other […]

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