A touring Midwestern rock band will play concerts at three Iowa high schools in the next week or so, shows that will be immediately followed by frank talks from the band’s frontman about financial literacy. Steve Gooding, co-founder, guitarist and singer in the band Gooding, says after the music ends, the lessons begin about debt, […]Powered by WPeMatico
A two-vehicle crash Sunday night near Dakota City in Humboldt County claimed the life of a Humboldt boy and injured both drivers. An eastbound 2007 Ford Edge, driven by 40-year-old Trisha Luthro of Badger, was traveling in the westbound lane at the crest of a hill when it collided head on with a westbound 2009 […]Powered by WPeMatico
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) -- President Trump has issued a presidential proclamation banning or restricting travel from eight countries, adding Chad and Venezuela and North Korea to the original list of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen.The administration is taking a tailored approach, providing a variety of conditions, ranging from suspended immigrant and non-immigrant travel to allowing travel for nonimmigrants with additional scrutiny.Since the travel ban is condition-based, if and when the […]
Metro Nashville PD(ANTIOCH, Tenn.) -- Police have identified the gunman who shot a woman dead and injured six other churchgoers after he opened fire Sunday morning at a Tennessee church as services were ending.The shooting at Burnett's Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, Tennessee, started in the church's parking lot, according to police and the Nashville Fire Department. Nashville Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said emergency calls came in around […]
John Leyba/The Denver Post/ Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- President Trump's lashing out at NFL players who kneel in protest during the national anthem and the resulting backlash is playing out in part on social media, including under a Twitter hashtag trending Sunday morning, #TakeAKnee, and also another variation, #TakeTheKnee.The hashtag drew sharp responses from people both opposed and supportive of players protesting by kneeling during the pregame national anthem, a […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) -- Fears in storm-battered Puerto Rico have shifted to a failing dam as the U.S. territory reels from the devastating impact of Hurricane Maria.Early Saturday morning, the National Weather Service said failure of the Guajataca Dam in northwest Puerto Rico is "imminent" and could cause "life-threatening flash flooding" downstream on the Guajataca River. Dam operators said it began to show signs of failing, causing […]
A Maryland congressman who is the first official Democratic presidential candidate for 2020 says his party must “start talking about what people really care about.” “Their jobs, the dignity of work, their pay and their opportunity for their children — that’s what people overwhelmingly care about,” John Delaney told Radio Iowa Sunday evening. “The Democratic Party has […]Powered by WPeMatico
iStock/Thinkstock(COLUMBIA, Tenn.) -- A suspect armed with a machete was taken into custody late Friday after he took nine people hostage at a Tennessee bank earlier in the day.According to ABC affiliate WKRN-TV, the man was tackled by police after he emerged from the bank. Police had yet to confirm the man was taken into custody early Saturday.All of the hostages had been released Friday afternoon prior to the man […]
Staff and students at Drake University and the University of Northern Iowa have built several so-called “tiny houses” that will eventually help homeless people in Des Moines. Three of the 148-square-foot structures constructed on the UNI campus in Cedar Falls were shipped out this week. UNI Technology Department professor Scott Greenhalgh says the homes are […]Powered by WPeMatico
