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Rescuers at site of Iowa building collapse complete search for survivors, move on to recovery
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa task force has completed its search for survivors at the site of a partially collapsed Davenport apartment building without finding three missing people who are feared dead, authorities said Friday. The focus has shifted to shoring up the structure so recovery...
Justice Department says it won't charge Pence over handling of classified documents
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Justice has informed former Vice President Mike Pence 's legal team that it will not pursue criminal charges related to the discovery of classified documents at his Indiana home. The department sent a letter to Pence's attorney Thursday informing...
Trump and DeSantis jab at each other on campaign trail in 1st dueling appearances as 2024 candidates
GRIMES, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump kept up a steady drumbeat of criticism of his chief rival Ron DeSantis on Thursday, jumping immediately on remarks by the Florida governor on the campaign trail to try to highlight his own strength as the leading GOP presidential candidate. ...
'Do I have regrets? ... Hell yeah,' says Davenport mayor after partial collapse of Iowa building
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A structural engineer’s report issued last week indicated a wall of a century-old apartment building in Iowa was at imminent risk of crumbling, yet neither the owner nor city officials warned residents of the danger days before the building partially collapsed, leaving...
A timeline of concerns raised about Iowa apartment building, months before it partially collapsed
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — City documents released Wednesday show engineers and city officials visited a Davenport building nearly a dozen times in the months before it partially collapsed on Sunday. The most recent engineer's report came out just days before the building crumbled, suggesting the...
NBA mock draft: Wembanyama to Spurs 1st, then Brandon Miller to Hornets
There's no doubt who the San Antonio Spurs are going to select with the first pick in this year's NBA draft. Victor Wembanyama could have started packing for Texas once the Spurs learned they had won the NBA draft lottery. But once the 7-foot-3 French phenom is off the board minutes...
DeSantis plays up his personal side — and swipes at Trump — during campaign blitz across Iowa
SALIX, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis blitzed through Iowa during his first full day of presidential campaigning on Wednesday, aiming for the kind of personal connections with voters that critics say have long eluded him while stepping up his verbal swipes at former President Donald Trump. ...
Mike Pence will launch his presidential campaign in Iowa on June 7
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence will officially launch his long-expected campaign for the Republican nomination for president in Iowa next week, adding another candidate to the growing GOP field and putting him in direct competition with his former boss. Pence will...
Iowa judge orders continued probation for teen sex trafficking victim who killed her alleged abuser
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A teenage sex trafficking victim who fatally stabbed the man she accused of abusing her was resentenced Wednesday to probation, telling an Iowa judge that she now has a support system to help keep her on track. Prosecutors agreed that Pieper Lewis should...
DeSantis kicks off presidential campaign in Iowa, vows to 'fight back' against Trump
CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stepped into Iowa on Tuesday for the first time as a Republican presidential candidate and stepped up to Donald Trump, vowing to “fight back” against the former president as the GOP’s 2024 campaign enters a new phase. Until now,...
