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
Chicagoans give CPS a ‘C,’ say students are not learning enough Parents and others don’t blame teachers. Instead, they see the lack of learning as an effect of poverty and other challenges, a poll of 2,100 Chicagoans finds. 05/14/2024 - 4:26 am | View Link
Chicagoans give CPS a ‘C,’ say students are not learning enough, according to survey Parents and others don’t blame teachers but see the lack of learning as an effect of poverty and other challenges, a poll of 2,100 Chicagoans finds. 05/13/2024 - 11:32 pm | View Link
A warning from a new poll: Fewer people are worried about climate change The number of people who consider climate change a very serious problem should be 100%, but now it's less than half. Meanwhile, most scientists believe global warming is accelerating quickly toward ... 05/13/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Toplines: May 2024 Times/Siena Poll of the Presidential Battlegrounds Results of polls by The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Siena College in Pennsylvania and by The Times and Siena College in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin. 05/12/2024 - 4:00 pm | View Link
Boston Red Sox Dan Roche says the Red Sox need to give Alex Cora a contract extension that pays him well and keeps him in Boston for the long-term. The Red Sox are a surprising 16-13 one month into the season ... 07/3/2022 - 12:09 pm | View Link
General Daily Insight for May 21, 2024
Deciding what’s a mystery worth solving could be a challenge at the moment. While the intense Scorpio Moon butts heads with pragmatic Mercury in Taurus at 10:18 am EDT, we might feel compelled to dig, even when there seems to be no rational reason to do so.
MIAMI — Josh Bell singled with the bases loaded in the 10th inning to give the Miami Marlins a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.
Christian Bethancourt’s sacrifice bunt against reliever Mitch White (1-1) advanced automatic runner Vidal Brujan to third. Jazz Chisholm Jr. was intentionally walked and stole second.
DeVante Parker, the former Miami Dolphins wide receiver and first-round draft pick, has retired.
Parker, who spent his first seven NFL seasons with the Dolphins, was just more than two months removed from signing with the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason. However, as teams across the league get going with organized team activities ahead of the 2024 season, he decided to call it a career instead.
The 31-year-old cited wanting to spend more time with his children to ESPN as his reasoning for the decision.
Parker, although often battling injuries, never had a season where he played fewer than double-digit games.
GAINESVILLE — The end of Jac Caglianone’s record-setting run is set to arrive like one of the towering lefty’s 98-mph fastballs — fast and a bit unpredictable.
Perhaps the best two-year stretch in program history has been a blur for the 21-year-old two-way star and Gator Nation, led by his two biggest fans.
Jeff and Johanne Caglianone have shared a front-row seat for their son’s improbable journey, rarely missing a game at home or away.
“It’s really kind of surreal for us,” Jeff told the Orlando Sentinel.