Are LGBTQ Jews welcome in Orthodox communities? This is how they are building spaces of their own
It was a heart-wrenching choice. But when Daniel Gammerman decided to never set foot back in an Orthodox synagogue, he ...
Hawkeye Sydney Affolter is out until early November after knee surgery
Sydney Affolter, who played a key role in Iowa’s run to a second straight national championship game last season, underwent ...
Israel’s multilayered air-defense system passes another test in fending off Iranian missile strike
Israel’s multilayered air-defense system appears to have passed another test after fending off Iran’s latest missile barrage. In Tuesday’s night’s strike, ...
Ingersoll Ave. shooting brings community together as investigation continues
The sound of gunshots echoed down Ingersoll Avenue in Des Moines on Friday night with security cameras catching the suspected gunman sprinting away. As of late Tuesday ...
Helene’s death toll surpasses 150 as crews continue to search for survivors
Exhausted emergency workers continued to work around-the-clock to clear roads, restore power and cellphone service, and reach ...
A US bomb from World War II explodes at a Japanese airport, causing a large crater in a taxiway
An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 ...
Two men close to Benin’s president jailed after alleged coup plot
Two men close to Benin’s president who were arrested last week on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African country were remanded in custody ahead of ...
Ukraine’s military will pull out of Vuhledar in the east after 2 years of intense fighting
Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from the front-line town of Vuhledar, perched atop a tactically significant hill in eastern Ukraine, after more than two years of grinding ...
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Cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities ‘wiped off the map’ by Helene
SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western ...
Vance and Walz keep it civil in a policy-heavy discussion: VP debate takeaways
Vice presidential hopefuls Tim Walz and JD Vance focused their criticism on the top of the ticket on Tuesday as they engaged ...
NASCAR Cup Series playoff drivers
Interviews with Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson. The Des Moines Community Orchestra will be hosting ...
Gonzaga set to join rebuilt Pac-12, while UTEP goes to Mountain West
Rebuilding the Pac-12 Conference centered around football. It’ll be a pretty good basketball conference, too, after landing one of the perennial hoops powers on the West Coast. Gonzaga will ...