Big Brothers Big Sisters hosting open house for new facility
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa is hosting an open house Wednesday night for its new Youth Mentoring Center. Bridget Cravens-Neely, the CEO of Big Brothers Big ...
Deadline looms for negotiators seeking a deal for cash to curb global warming
With time running down, negotiators at the United Nations annual climate talks on Wednesday returned to the puzzle of finding ...
Climate change goosed hurricane wind strength by 18 mph since 2019, study says
Human-caused climate change made Atlantic hurricanes about 18 miles per hour (29 kilometers per hour) stronger in the last ...
Pope to make late Italian teenager Carlo Acutis the first millennial and digital saint on April 27
Pope Francis said he will canonize Carlo Acutis next April, setting the eagerly awaited date for the late teenager to become ...
Susan Smith to ask parole board for her freedom after serving 30 years for drowning her children
Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother convicted of killing her two sons by rolling her car into a lake in 1994 with the boys strapped in their seats inside, will ask a ...
Russian lawmakers endorse bill to ban adoptions by gender-transition countries
Russia’s upper house of parliament on Wednesday endorsed a bill banning adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries ...
A suicide car bombing at a security post in northwestern Pakistan has killed 12 troops
A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a security post in northwestern Pakistan, killing 12 members of the security forces and wounding several others, ...
US Embassy in Kyiv shuts down after receiving warning of ‘significant’ Russian air attack
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv said it has received warning of a potentially significant Russian air attack on Wednesday and would ...
‘Bomb cyclone’ knocks out power and downs trees across northwest US, killing 1
A major storm swept across the northwest U.S. Tuesday evening, battering the region with strong winds and rain and causing widespread power outages and downed trees that killed at ...
Ukraine has seen success in building clean energy, which is harder for Russia to destroy
Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK, the largest private energy company in Ukraine, pulls out a piece of paper with bar charts ...
Trump has called for dismantling the Education Department. Here’s what that would mean
Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump heaped scorn on the federal Department of Education, describing it as ...
Investigation underway after Ankeny Chamber of Commerce audit shows financial irregularities
A criminal investigation is underway after an internal audit at the Ankeny Chamber of Commerce found "financial irregularities." The group's President and CEO was let go after further investigation, ...