Defense attorneys won temporary stays of execution this week for Higgs and another inmate, Corey Johnson, after arguing that their recent COVID-19 infections put them at greater risk of unnecessary suffering during the lethal injections.
President-elect Joe Biden is proposing a $1.9 trillion plan to expand coronavirus vaccinations, help individuals and jump-start the economy.
Numbers were drawn Friday night for the $750 million Mega Millions prize, the fifth-largest jackpot ever. On Saturday, players will have a chance at a $640 million Powerball prize.
Former Iowa offensive lineman Tristan Wirfs, who's now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, recently surprised a Mount Vernon girl with shoes that he wore during the My Cause My Cleats campaign.
Iowa dominated Nebraska in its season opener on Friday, 31-6.
Solon extended its winning streak to 10 games after beating Mount Vernon in overtime on Friday.
The coronavirus pandemic could be a complicating factor as the executive mansion gets ready for a new president and executes the Inauguration Day ritual of moving out one leader and settling in another.
A federal judge in Washington on Friday night halted a plan to release and put on house arrest the Arkansas man photographed sitting at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Amber Haines and Seanteelle Smith opened Unimpaired last September in Davenport. It’s a bar just like any other with food, dancing, and fun events- just without the alcohol.
The Latest on President Donald Trump’s impeachment and the fallout from the Jan. 6 attack of the Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists.
National Rife Association files for bankruptcy, says gun-rights group will legally move from New York to Texas.
An Elkader man has been released from the hospital after battling COVID-19 for 65 days.
The majority of Cedar Rapids high school students will keep following the hybrid learning model for now, which is a mix of in-person and online learning. The hybrid model allows for only 50% of students to be in a building at a time. However, some students are getting to return to the classroom full time.
Waterloo high schools will be returning students to the classroom full time starting February 1st. The Waterloo Community School District has had high school students on a hybrid model since the beginning of the school year, that’s where students split time between in-person and online learning.
Brewhemia in Newbo is making weekly deliveries to St. Luke’s Hospital and Mercy in Cedar Rapids to deliver burritos to frontline workers.
Nearly 100 cats have survived a house fire in a town outside Rochester, New York, according to an animal protection group.
The Iowa State men’s basketball team has paused all activities indefinitely due to COVID-19 protocols within the program
Last Responders feeling the effects of the pandemic
The FBI has been investigating whether any of the rioters had plots to kidnap members of Congress and hold them hostage, focusing particularly on the men seen carrying plastic zip tie handcuffs and pepper spray.
One deputy was injured in a shooting in Charlotte, Iowa Friday morning.
Podcasts made available by the two Big Tech companies let you tune into the world of the QAnon conspiracy theory, wallow in President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election and bask in other extremism.
A single article of impeachment — for “incitement of insurrection” — was approved by the House on Wednesday, one week after a violent mob of Trump supporters invaded the Capitol.
President Donald Trump will leave Washington next Wednesday morning, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
The Marine Times says Dorothy Schmidt Cole died of a heart attack at her daughter's home in Kannapolis on Jan. 7, 2021.
A white military veteran shot and wounded a 15-year-old girl when he fired his gun into a car carrying four Black teenagers during a tense confrontation at a rally in support of President Donald Trump near the Iowa Capitol last month.
Country music legend Willie Nelson has received a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Called the “American Rescue Plan,” the legislative proposal would meet President-elect Joe Biden's goal of administering 100 million vaccines by the 100th day of his administration, and advance his objective of reopening most schools by the spring.
“Golden Girls” actress Betty White is turning 99 on Jan. 17.
A judge has dismissed nine felony counts filed against a Black Lives Matter leader in Iowa charged with shining a laser pointer in the eyes of police officers during an August protest
The groups in Phase 1B include people over the age of 75, first responders, Correctional facility staff and prisoners, state lawmakers, health inspectors, teachers, and more.
Here is a look at the snowfall totals from our last storm in eastern Iowa
The developments threatened to escalate tensions between the Trump administration and some states over who is responsible for the relatively slow start to the vaccination campaign.
A woman witnessed two people dangling the deer over the bridge and then dropping it.
Congress prepares to police itself as members accuse each other of stoking deadly riot.
Images showed one part of the tandem bus still resting on the bridge, with the other half dangling nearly completely vertical, with its smashed front end resting on the highway ramp below.
Coralville Mayor John Lundell extended the city’s proclamation requiring face coverings through April 15.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors on Friday the Public Health Disaster Emergency has been extended until February 19, or as long as Gov. Reynolds’ State Disaster Declaration remains in effect, whichever date is later.
The waitress knew the boy at her table needed help, but she had no clue that, in essence, she was about to save his life.
Some Minneapolis City Council members are preparing a new plan that seeks to replace the city's police department in the wake of George Floyd's death.
A white military veteran shot and wounded a 15-year-old Black girl during a tense confrontation at a Trump rally in Iowa last month.
The milestone was reached just over a year after the coronavirus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
Authorities say a man and 5-year-old girl have died in an eastern Iowa house fire that also injured two others.
An Associated Press review of public records, social media posts and videos shows at least 21 current or former members of the U.S. military or law enforcement have been identified as being at or near the Capitol riot, with more than a dozen others under investigation but not yet named.
It will remain in force at least through Thursday, the day after Biden’s inauguration, the National Park Service said in a statement.
Police arrested a Cedar Rapids man on Thursday on numerous charges after they say he refused to stop when police tried to pull him over.
Of those asked, 54% said it would be better for the country if Trump were removed, leaving Vice President Mike Pence to finish the last few days of his term.
The report released Friday is yet another sign that the pandemic is slowing the U.S. economy.
The total number of Iowans hospitalized with COVID-19 is the lowest it’s been since October.