Conchita Satorres was looking for a roommate in Barcelona. This is always a complicated process, but even more so when you are 91 years old and your last roommate was your husband. When Conchita became widowed, she began to withdraw into herself. And in her apartment. “She almost didn’t go out,” she admits. “The little … Read more
Facebook outage disrupts Super Tuesday Facebook faced widespread outages on the morning of Super Tuesday, leaving users unable to log in during a critical moment for primary elections. UPDATE 12:05 a.m.: All services seem to be back up. UPDATE 11:43 a.m.: Some users have reported being able to get back into Facebook and Messenger, although … Read more
2023-03-15 07:00:00 Bettendorf natives Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the Hollywood duo behind “A Quiet Place,” are back with a new sci-fi film “65” starring Adam Driver. A duo of Iowa filmmakers is bringing the Heartland to Hollywood. Bettendorf natives Scott Beck and Bryan Woods of production company Beck/Woodsthe pair of childhood best friends behind … Read more
2023-12-17 02:13:48 Brock Harding, Payton Sandfort enjoy Hawkeyes rout in Des Moines Harding dazzled with his shots and passes, and Sandfort had a fun return to a place he played 12 times while at Waukee High School. After a dreary and difficult week of basketball, the Iowa men needed a get-right game in front of … Read more
2022-12-21 08:00:00 The 2022-23 college wrestling season reached its unofficial halfway point on Tuesday night after the College Wrestling Duals 2.0 concluded at the New Orleans Convention Center — and both the Cyclones and Panthers probably feel pretty good. No. 5 Iowa State and No. 16 Northern Iowa attended this 12-team, two-day, dual-meet competition, which … Read more
2023-12-13 20:00:33 Michael Goldberg | Associated Press The federal government has approved the first part of Mississippi’s plan to help some of the state’s financially strapped hospitals receive more Medicaid money, Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved part of the proposal Reeves released in September, in which hospitals … Read more
2023-12-10 18:17:05 Lady Vols basketball will be without Rickea Jackson for an eighth straight game. Tennessee’s star forward was not warming up with her team ahead of the matchup with Eastern Kentucky (8-1) on Sunday (2 p.m. ET, SEC Network+) at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center. Jackson hasn’t played since Tennessee’s 92-91 loss at … Read more
2023-12-10 11:50:25 The Iowa State women’s basketball team’s last game didn’t result in a win. But the Cyclones sure impressed plenty of people during it. Iowa State (4-4) will try to bounce back after a loss to No. 3 Iowa when the Cyclones take on North Dakota State (4-5) on Sunday at 5 p.m., at … Read more