Year: 2017

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Update on summer flood risk on Missouri River

Iowa’s been baking in a heat wave for a week now, but oddly enough, there’s still snow in the mountains of Montana and Wyoming which runs off into rivers that feed the rising Missouri River. Runoff into the system is increasing but there’s still room in upstream reservoirs, according to Jody Farhat, chief of Missouri […]Powered by WPeMatico

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State News

Judge rules in dispute between farmer and Carroll Airport

A judge has ordered a Carroll County farmer to lower an expensive grain-handling tower, but the farmer’s attorney expects his client to appeal the decision. The Carroll Airport Commission has argued the so-called “grain leg” that Loren Danner installed to pump corn and soybeans into his grain bins is a flight hazard, as it sits just south […]Powered by WPeMatico

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Entertainment

Former “C.S.I.” series star Hill Harper reveals he adopted a son

Getty Images/Leon Bennett(NEW YORK) -- Just in time for Father's Day, actor and bestselling author Hill Harper has revealed he adopted a son named Pierce 18 months ago, calling the decision "the biggest blessing of my life." In an interview with ABC Radio on Friday, the former C.S.I.: New York star opened up about what life is like as a single father. "I always thought I was going to get married, […]

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Entertainment

Armie Hammer says “Cars 3” gig was “a lot of fun”

Disney/Pixar - 2017(NEW YORK) -- Owen Wilson is back as Lightning McQueen, who's out to prove he's still the top race car, in Cars 3, which is now in theaters. In this latest chapter in the Disney/Pixar franchise, Lightning faces some stiff competition from a whole new breed of car: the Next Gen Racer, led by the Armie Hammer-voiced Jackson Storm. "They're faster, they're smarter, they're able to make calculations about […]

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Entertainment

Benny Boom on John Singleton’s “All Eyez on Me” criticism: “He had every opportunity” to make his own Tupac biopic

Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac Shakur/Photo: Quantrell Colbert(NEW YORK) -- Director Benny Boom is standing up for his official Tupac biopic, All Eyez on Me, and speaking out against what he calls the "rhetoric" from the film's previous director, John Singleton. According to Boom, Singleton needs to move on from the "damaging" commentary and focus on making his own movie. Prior to Boom helming All Eyez on Me, the film had Straight Outta Compton's F. Gary […]

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Entertainment

“Rough Night” stars want an invite to your bachelorette party

ABC Radio/(L-R) Ilana Glazer, ABC Radio's Lynda Lopez(NEW YORK) -- The stars of Rough Night really want to come to your bachelorette party. The film comedy stars Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer and Zoe Kravitz as a group of friends from college who reunite for a bachelorette weekend that goes hilariously awry. But in real life, none of the actresses have experienced that booze-filled bridal rite of […]

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Entertainment

“Cars 3” and “Rough Night” top this week’s new releases

Disney/Pixar 2017Here's a look at the new movies opening nationwide Friday: * Cars 3 -- Owen Wilson is back as Lightning McQueen, who is out to prove he's still the top race car in this latest chapter in the Disney/Pixar franchise. Additional voices include Armie Hammer, Kerry Washington and Larry the Cable Guy. Rated G. ABC Radio is owned by Disney. * Rough Night -- Scarlett Johansson, Jillian Bell, Zoë Kravitz, Ilana Glazer and Kate McKinnon play college friends who reunite for a wild weekend that goes terribly […]

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Entertainment

No verdict reached yet in Bill Cosby sexual assault case after 40 hours of deliberations

iStock/Thinkstock(NORRISTOWN, Penn.) -- A fourth day of jury deliberations in the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial ended Thursday with no verdict yet reached. Early yesterday, the jury in the Norristown, Pennsylvania courtroom informed the court that they were unable to reach a unanimous agreement on any of the three charges the comedian faces.  But the judge sent the jury back to continue deliberating.Each jury deadlock announcement is met with a defense motion […]

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National

Minnesota officer fired from police force after acquittal in Philando Castile shooting

Facebook(ST. ANTHONY, Minn.) -- A Minnesota police officer accused of fatally shooting a black man last summer has been fired after he was found not guilty of second-degree manslaughter.Philando Castile, 32, was shot several times by St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez, who is Latino, last July after Castile was pulled over with his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, and Reynolds' 4-year-old daughter in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, a suburb of Saint Paul.The […]

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