No one hurt in Cedar Rapids house fire CEDAR RAPIDS — A house owned by a landlord who is in a nuisance property dispute with the city over other rentals was damaged in a fire early Tuesday, fire officials said. More
Iowa state park camping fees increase for the first time in 20 years Campers at Iowa’s state parks this year will pay a few more dollars a night to put up a tent or park their recreational vehicle, with the largest increases coming at state parks with the most visitors and amenities. More
Legislative Iowa budget work underway DES MOINES — A sure harbinger of adjournment for the 2021 legislative session happened Monday when the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced the first state budget bill — even if the end still is weeks away. More
Photos and videos: Cleanup begins after severe storms, tornadoes hit Omaha metro area and Iowa Follow along for continuing coverage after tornadoes and severe storms hit the Omaha and Lincoln metro areas. Jon Alexander, bottom left, walks back to his house at Sycamore Farms in Waterloo on Saturday, April 27, 2024. A tornado damaged the roof and trees on the property. 04/27/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link
Metro approves $4.8B budget, hikes fares but avoids drastic cuts WASHINGTON - Metro’s Board of Directors approved a $4.8 billion budget on Thursday to begin on July 1. The Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority faced a $750 million budget shortfall for fiscal year 2025. The budget gap would have meant "catastrophic cuts to service," 04/26/2024 - 5:34 am | View Link
Person stabbed after argument on L.A. Metro bus in University Park ... By Melissa Gomez Staff Writer. April 26, 2024 5:17 PM PT. A person was stabbed Friday afternoon after getting into an argument with other passengers on a Los Angeles Metro bus in University Park ... 04/26/2024 - 8:15 pm | View Website
Des Moines Public Schools won't arm staff, metro schools mull options Des Moines schools' decision not to arm staff comes at a time when officials are focusing on overall district security and cybersecurity. Security became a priority heading into the current 2023 ... 04/26/2024 - 12:15 pm | View Website
Newsroom Toronto, April 24, 2024 – METRO Inc. will launch Moi Rewards in all 275 Metro and Food Basics stores in Ontario later this year. Moi Rewards will allow members to save on their grocery purchases by accumulating and redeeming points in-store and online, and to receive personalized promotions from our two leading food banners reaching 75% of ... 04/26/2024 - 9:09 am | View Website
Metro declares public safety emergency, will install bus driver ... LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Following the death of woman on the Metro B Line and a series of violent attacks on bus drivers, the transit agency's Board of Directors declared a public safety emergency ... 04/26/2024 - 8:55 am | View Website
Denham Springs, Louisiana Denham Springs is a city in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States.The 2010 U.S. census placed the population at 10,215, up from 8,757 at the 2000 U. S. census.At the 2020 United States census, 9,286 people lived in the city. The city is the largest area of commercial and residential development in Livingston Parish. Denham Springs and Walker are the only parish municipalities classified ... 04/26/2024 - 5:34 am | View Website
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER (Associated Press)
HONOLULU (AP) — Had emergency responders known about widespread cellphone outages during the height of last summer’s deadly Maui wildfires, they would have used other methods to warn about the disaster, county officials said in a lawsuit.
Alerts the county sent to cellphones warning people to immediately evacuate were never received, unbeknownst to the county, the lawsuit said.
Maui officials failed to activate sirens that would have warned the entire population of the approaching flames.
For the first time in its history, the Margaritaville at Sea cruise line will travel from its longtime home at the Port of Palm Beach to a destination beyond the Bahamas.
Since its founding as Bahamas Paradise in 2014, the company has only sailed to one place: Freeport, Grand Bahama. And the cruise line only recently expanded the length of its cruises.
While it spent years exclusively operating quick, two-night trips, it started taking reservations last November for three-night trips out of Palm Beach aboard its ship Paradise that will begin this August.
Last December, the cruise line announced the purchase of a larger ship, called the Islander, that in June will begin sailing four- and five-night trips out of the Port of Tampa to locations in Mexico and Key West.
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The idea of stopping in Key West must have been appealing to the cruise line’s guests and managers, because the island has been added to the Paradise’s itineraries beginning in September.
Key West will mark the first destination beyond Freeport for sailings by Margaritaville at Sea or its predecessor, Bahamas Paradise, out of the Port of Palm Beach.
In fact, it will be the first destination other than the Bahamas for any ship sailing out of the Port of Palm Beach since the 1990s, port spokesman Yaremi Farinas said.
Five voyages will sail on a Monday-through-Friday schedule.
There was not a lot of finesse in the five games the Cavaliers and Magic have played in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series, so why expect anything different now?
The Cavaliers grabbed a 3-2 lead in the series on April 30 when they edged the Magic, 104-103, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse without starting center Jarrett Allen, who was a pregame scratch because of bruised ribs.
Police were under no obligation to re-read a Miranda warning to a hospitalized murder suspect who confessed to killing two people, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday, finding that the defendant’s rights were read to him when he was placed under arrest four weeks earlier.
The decision derailed killer Zachary Penna’s effort to get a new trial in the Nov.