Sizzling summer days are ahead, today and into the weekend. Iowa’s southern three tiers of counties are under an Excessive Heat Warning from noon until 8 PM daily through Saturday. Meteorologist Mindy Beerends, at the National Weather Service, says today’s highs in that region of the state will reach the mid- to upper-90s, but it’ll […]Powered by WPeMatico
People who attend the Iowa State Fair next month can try over 40 food items that are new to this year’s fair. Three of those foods were selected Tuesday for inclusion in the Iowa State Fair People’s Choice Best New Food Contest. Fair spokesperson Mindy Williamson says one of the finalists is called Pork Almighty. […]Powered by WPeMatico
The leader of Democrats in the Iowa Senate says he’s shocked by the accounts of sexual harassment that Republican staff in the Iowa Senate say they’ve experienced and witnessed. A jury has awarded Kirsten Anderson, a former aide to Senate Republicans, $2.2. million for the discrimination and retaliation Anderson says she endured. Anderson argued she was […]Powered by WPeMatico
University of Iowa researchers say they’re finding cancer-causing chemicals in some older Iowa schools. Children may be exposed to airborne PCBs in schools that were built between 1950 and the mid-1970s. PCBs were banned in 1979. Keri Hornbuckle, a UI professor of civil and environmental engineering, says they expected to find more airborne PCBs outside […]Powered by WPeMatico
Netflix(NEW YORK) -- It's official, Netflix has crossed the 100-million-subscriber mark.In a letter to the company's shareholders on Monday, Netflix announced that it finished June with 104 million subscribers.The company reported that it added 5.2 million subscribers in the three months ending June 30, more than the 3.2 million the company expected. Most of those new subscribers -- 4.1 million of them -- came from overseas.In his letter to investors, […]
Getty Images/Erika Goldring(LOS ANGELES) -- Marlon Wayans is calling out Michael Vick after the retired NFL player said former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, needed to cut his afro if he wanted to be taken seriously by the NFL. "First thing we got to get Colin to do is cut his hair," Vick said in an interview with Speak for Yourself on Fox. "Listen I'm not up here to try to be politically correct, but even […]
Lionsgate/Nicole Rivelli (NEW YORK) -- Ray Romano stars in the critically acclaimed film The Big Sick, in theaters now. He tells ABC Radio it's based on a real-life couple who turned their unusual love story into a movie. "It’s based on a Pakistani comedian, who fell in love with an American woman," explains Romano. "His parents wanted him to have an arranged marriage just like everybody in the family did and he […]
Getty Images/Jason LaVeris(LOS ANGELES) -- Jordan Peele can add "proud papa" to his growing list of accolades. According to E! News, the Get Out director and his wife, Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Chelsea Peretti, have welcomed their first child. Their new baby, a boy named boy name Beaumount Gino Peele, was born on July 1. The couple, who married in April 2016, announced they were expecting in February, around the same time Beyonce shared her pregnancy news. “Beyoncé schmonce,” Peretti captioned an Instagram post […]
Getty Images/Gotham(LOS ANGELES) -- Jessica Alba is expecting again. The actress and businesswoman made the announcement on Instagram, where she shared a video of herself and her daughters holding balloons, numbered one through three. "@cash_warren and I are officially going to be outnumbered "#babyonboard #herewegoagain #blessed," read the caption. This will be the third child for Alba and her husband, fashion entrepreneur Cash Warren. Alba, 36, and Cash, 38, were married in […]
