Year: 2017

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Controversial police footage shows unarmed youths detained at gunpoint in Grand Rapids

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) -- Police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, are saying they followed protocol after a video was released showing officers holding a group of unarmed black teens at gunpoint on the ground."Guys, get on the ground. Keep your hands out," a Grand Rapids police officer tells a group of youths in the video. "Just follow our directions and we'll be all right, OK?"This March 24 exchange, which […]

todayApril 26, 2017 17

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Florida wildlife officers searching for monkey on the loose

Keri Locke(SILVER SPRINGS, Fla.) -- A monkey on the loose in Florida has surfaced in photographs and caught the attention of state wildlife officials.According to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officers, the snapshots and video taken over the weekend appear to be that of a rhesus macaque.Primate researchers say a large and feral colony of these monkeys live in the Silver Springs area, but Sunday’s sighting happened 50 miles south […]

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National

New US Secret Service director to be named

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- ABC News has confirmed that the Trump administration has settled on a new appointment for U.S. Secret Service director.Former Marine general and Acting Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Randolph "Tex" Alles is the pick for the position, law enforcement and government sources tell ABC News.Selecting an outsider would be a big shift for the insular agency, which has long promoted its leaders through the ranks. […]

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Trapper’s rescue of alligator ends with a kiss

WPLG/ABC News(TAMARAC, Fla.) -- A trapper in Florida sealed his rescue of an injured alligator with a kiss.The 8-foot alligator was visibly injured and bleeding Sunday while resting on the median strip along a road in Tamarac, Florida, according to authorities.“It appeared that maybe it was hit by a car, because it had some road rash from the nose up to its spine,” Broward Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Will Medina told […]

todayApril 26, 2017 17

State News

‘It’s been a dream,’ Branstad tells crowd at farewell reception

More than 400 of Terry Branstad’s supporters and staff gathered for a “farewell reception” tonight in Des Moines. Next Tuesday, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for Branstad to discuss his new role as President Trump’s pick to be U.S. Ambassador to China. “It’s probably the biggest challenge I’ve ever taken on,” […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayApril 25, 2017

State News

Cassini’s final spins around Saturn bittersweet for U-I researcher

A spacecraft that was built in part at the University of Iowa is maneuvering to make the first of its final orbits around Saturn early tomorrow morning. U-I research scientist Bill Kurth says Cassini is now positioned to zoom very close to the ringed planet’s atmosphere, skimming the cloudtops of an unexplored region which should […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayApril 25, 2017

State News

Iowa among stops announced for Paul McCartney’s tour

Paul McCartney is bringing his long list of hits to Iowa this summer. The 74-year-old rock-n-roll hall-of-famer will perform at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on July 21st. Tickets go on sale next Monday at 10 a.m. The former Beatle’s other tour stops announced today include Omaha, Chicago, and Wichita, Kansas. McCartney has performed […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayApril 25, 2017

State News

Reality TV star bonds out of jail after being charged in fatal accident

More information has been released about last night’s fatal accident in Buchanan County involving an eastern Iowa reality TV star. The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department says a pickup driven by 35-year-old Christopher Soules of Arlington, rear-ended a farm tractor driven by 66-year-old Kenneth Mosher of Aurora. Both vehicles ended up in the ditch and Soules […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayApril 25, 2017

State News

GOP budget cuts state support of Iowa airports

State taxpayer support of the 107 airports in Iowa will be reduced by nearly 40 percent in the next budgeting year under the plan Republican legislators crafted. The eight airports that offer commercial passenger flights will get about $600,000 less. Representative Dennis Cohoon, a Democrat from Burlington, says the state funding helps the smaller commercial airports […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayApril 25, 2017