Year: 2017

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Morel mushroom hunting fever hitting the state

The warmer weather has people itching to get outside — especially those who like to hunt what some consider an Iowa delicacy. Iowa State University plant pathology professor, Mark Gleason, says morel mushrooms will start to pop out as the ground warms. “I don’t know if there’s a specific temperature, but this is about the […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayApril 17, 2017

State News

GOP legislators’ state budget plan is $38 million below governor’s

Lawmakers are aiming to finish the work of the 2017 Iowa legislative session this week, but it will require a flurry of votes in the House and Senate. A series of bills outlining more than $7.2 billion in spending for the next state budgeting year have been drafted, but none have reached Governor Terry Branstad’s […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayApril 17, 2017

Entertainment

Girls rule in Starz’s new “feminist costume drama” “The White Princess”

Starz(NEW YORK) -- Bow down to TV's latest royal drama. The White Princess, an eight-part miniseries about the union between Elizabeth of York and King Henry VII, debuts tonight on Starz.  The show stars Jodie Comer as the titular princess, known as Lizzie, who's forced into a tumultuous marriage with King Henry VII, played by Australian newcomer Jacob Collins-Levy. Henry may rule England but the women rule the show. The […]

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National

Manhunt underway in Cleveland for suspect who broadcast killing on Facebook: Police

Cleveland Police(CLEVELAND) -- Police in Cleveland, Ohio, are searching for a man who they say killed an elderly man and broadcast it on Facebook Live.The incident happened at about 2 p.m., police said. The suspect, identified by police as Steve Stephens, is described as 6-foot-1, 244 pounds and bald with a full beard. He is wearing a dark blue and gray- or black-striped polo shirt and believed to be driving […]

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National

A gun is discharged in a US school about once a week: advocacy group analysis

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The gun violence at a California elementary school last week is hardly uncommon in the U.S., which has seen an estimated 220 shootings -- including suicides and accidents -- in schools and colleges since the start of 2013, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control and against gun violence.The advocacy organization began tracking shootings in schools, including colleges and universities, after […]

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National

3 teenagers, 1 infant shot at Alabama church’s Easter carnival

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Three teenagers and one infant were shot Saturday night at an Alabama church's Easter carnival, officials said.The victims' injuries are not life-threatening. Center Point Fire Chief says 800 people were at church carnival at time of shooting, another 100 in line to get in @abc3340 pic.twitter.com/BAu9ewrJVl— MelanieYuill (@MelanieYuill) April 16, 2017 Center Point Fire Chief Donnie West told reporters that first responders headed to Cathedral of the […]

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Forest fires continue to plague Florida

@FFS_Withlacooch/Twitter(MIAMI) -- Forest fires have continued to keep firefighters busy in Florida on Sunday.There are still 110 active fires covering 20,285 acres, according to the Florida Forestry Service. The destructive wildfires, which have been burning from the Florida-Georgia border down to Miami-Dade County, led Gov. Rick Scott to declare a state of emergency on Tuesday, which remains in effect Sunday. The two fires requiring the most amount of attention right […]

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3 teenagers, 1 infant shot at Alabama church's Easter carnival

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Three teenagers and one infant were shot Saturday night at an Alabama church's Easter carnival, officials said.The victims' injuries are not life-threatening. Center Point Fire Chief says 800 people were at church carnival at time of shooting, another 100 in line to get in @abc3340 pic.twitter.com/BAu9ewrJVl— MelanieYuill (@MelanieYuill) April 16, 2017 Center Point Fire Chief Donnie West told reporters that first responders headed to Cathedral of the […]

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More than a dozen arrested after pro-Trump and anti-Trump protesters clash in Berkeley

KGO-TV(BERKELEY, Calif.) -- At least 20 people were arrested after supporters and opponents of President Trump clashed in Berkeley, California. According to Berkeley Police Officer Byron White, the rally started on Saturday with an event called "Patriots Day," created online by pro-Trump demonstrators. The event at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park was met by anti-Trump protesters, and soon violence began to break out. Fireworks were set off in […]

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