Leaders of the Iowa Hospital Association are raising concerns about Republican proposals they say would end federal funding of health care coverage for more than 100,000 low-income Iowans. “People fear the health care system in this country,” Ted Townsend, president and CEO of UnityPoint-St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids said. “…Our goal is to try […]Powered by WPeMatico
We are several months away from the fall harvest and the prime time to see deer on the move across roadways in the state. But Iowa DNR wildlife biologist Jim Coffey says don’t let down your guard now because it’s Bambi time. “This is absolutely the second busiest time of the year for deer movements […]Powered by WPeMatico
ABC Radio(NEW YORK) -- Kate Mara is set to appear on the big screen in Megan Leavey, which tells the real-life story of former U.S. Marine Megan Leavey and the bond between her and her K-9 partner, Rex, on and off the battlefield.While there's an old Hollywood adage that you shouldn't work with children or animals, Mara found her four-legged co-star to be a pleasure. "Children and animals are super-unpredictable, and I think that's why […]
CBS/Monty Brinton(LOS ANGELES) -- Mom star Jaime Pressly is going to be a mom herself again -- she's expecting twin boys with her longtime boyfriend, Hamzi Hijazi. People magazine reports exclusively that the 39-year-old CBS sitcom star is pregnant with twins. The report includes a picture of Pressly holding up a drugstore pregnancy test that reads "pregnant." "Twins don’t run on either side of our families so we were completely shocked," Pressly told the magazine. […]
ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) -- Looks like a recommendation later from Michelle Obama carries some serious weight: black-ish star Yara Shahidi is headed to Harvard.A while back, she told Seventeen magazine that she got into every college she applied to -- and wearing a maroon hoodie in an Instagram post captioned "#Crimson Pride," the actress has confirmed it's none other than fair Harvard for her.Shahidi won't be taking it easy. She […]
HBO/John P. Johnson(LOS ANGELES) -- Thandie Newton is spilling -- sort of -- on her participation in the upcoming Han Solo Star Wars prequel. In a teaser clip from the upcoming season of Variety's Actors on Actors, the Westworld actress speaks with Oprah Winfrey about getting the call to join a hallowed franchise. "To be part of a legacy like Star Wars -- it's loved for a reason," she says. "I could have been in it for a brief little nothing and I […]
ABC(LOS ANGELES) -- Not everybody finds love on The Bachelor or The Bachelorette, but luckily, Bachelor in Paradise provides another opportunity for those previously unlucky people to date on national television.ABC has revealed the new cast list for the fourth season of the show, which will premiere on Tuesday, August 8, at 8 p.m. ET. DeMario Jackson, who was recently booted from Rachel Lindsay's season of The Bachelorette will appear, […]
Jason Bell/CBS Broadcasting Inc. All rights reserved(LOS ANGELES) -- James Corden shared a warm and inspirational reflection on his native country only three days after the recent London terror attacks. The host of The Late Late Show with James Corden is in London with his show this week and had arrived with his staff and crew before the attacks took place in Borough Market near London Bridge. With Big Ben in the distance behind […]
iStock/Thinkstock(TEWKSBURY, Mass.) -- During a public hearing on Tuesday, Massachusetts lawmakers debated a bill that would ban the use of Native American mascots in public schools.The bill, which was filed by State Sen. Barbara A. L'Italien, seeks to "prohibit the use of Native American mascots by public schools in the Commonwealth," and comes after the town of Tewksbury refused to change the name of its high school mascot, the Redmen.The […]
