Iowa

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Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump's cuts to CDC and NIH are already hitting the state

7:00am February 28, 2025

Iowa has the second highest incidence rate of cancer in the country, and it is already feeling Trump's cuts to the workforce and research institutions trying to solve the rural cancer problem.

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Kids in Iowa's capital will trick-or-treat on Halloween for the 1st time since 1938

5:00am October 30, 2024

Kids in the greater metro area of Iowa's capital city typically go trick-or-treating the night before Halloween, a tradition that began in the 1930s as a way to help prevent vandalism.

Her state bans gender-affirming care for teenagers. So she travels 450 miles for it

10:01am September 27, 2024

An estimated 110,000 trans teenagers live in states that ban gender-affirming care for minors. Some travel huge distances every few months to keep getting their treatment out-of-state.

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More rain is possible in the deluged Midwest as flooding kills 2 and threatens a dam

2:16am June 25, 2024

by The Associated Press

Severe storms are forecast for Tuesday in parts of western Iowa and eastern Nebraska and showers and storms are also possible in parts of South Dakota and Minnesota.

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China arrests a man in connection to stabbing of 4 U.S. college instructors

5:23pm June 11, 2024

by Emily Feng

The four instructors from a college in Iowa were injured in a rare stabbing attack in a public park in China.

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A tornado devastates an Iowa town and kills multiple people, authorities say

12:23am May 22, 2024

by The Associated Press

Multiple people died Tuesday and at least a dozen were injured when a powerful tornado tore through a small Iowa town, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes, shredded trees and smashed cars.

Terry Kicking sifts through the damage after a tornado leveled his home on Friday in Omaha, Neb.

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Tornadoes collapse buildings and level homes in Nebraska and Iowa

9:18am April 27, 2024

by The Associated Press

Tornadoes wreaked havoc Friday in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and destroying and damaging hundreds of homes, many around Omaha, Neb.

Caitlin Clark of the Iowa Hawkeyes shoots the ball over Angel Reese of the LSU Tigers during the first half in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at MVP Arena on April 1, 2024 in Albany, New York.

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The women's NCAA Final Four is set after Iowa wins its rematch against LSU

5:00am April 02, 2024

by Ayana Archie

Caitlin Clark, the all-time NCAA Division 1 basketball scoring leader, led the Iowa Hawkeyes to victory Monday night, scoring 41 of the team's 94 points in their rematch against LSU.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party after his win in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday.

Why don't GOP voters care about electability this year?

10:26am January 25, 2024

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Nikki Haley's pitch is that she can beat Joe Biden. But now that she's lost — twice — voters are signaling they aren't concerned about electability as much as a candidate that shares their values.

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Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, has introduced legislation with Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, to put guardrails around the use of billions of opioid settlement funds.

Proposed federal law would put limits on use of $50 billion in opioid settlements

5:00am January 22, 2024

by Aneri Pattani

Lawmakers want to ensure the funds are actually used to fight the addiction crisis, not "as a piggy bank for other projects."