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NEW YORK (AP) — Whitey Ford, the street-smart New Yorker who had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and helped the Yankees become baseball’s perennial champions in the 1950s and ’60s, has died. He was 91. A family member told The Associated Press on Friday that Ford died at his…

(KRON) — President Donald Trump is set to get a live medical evaluation on Fox News on Friday night, according to the network. Dr. Marc Siegel, a Fox News contributor, will evaluate Trump and interview him during Tucker Carlson Tonight, the network announced. While the White House has shared video updates from the president since…

CLIVE, Iowa — Beggars’ Night is officially three weeks away for central Iowa communities. Many metro cities are still planning to go ahead with the trick-or-treating plans on Oct. 30th, but not without asking the community to follow certain social distancing and sanitation guidelines. “We’ve really shifted from, ‘is Halloween going to happen?’ to ‘how…

IOWA (AP) — The White House Coronavirus Task force told Iowa officials in its most recent report released Thursday that many virus-related deaths in the state were preventable. The report dated Oct. 4 was released to the media a day after Gov. Kim Reynolds said Iowans shouldn’t let the virus dominate their lives. Average daily…

DES MOINES, Iowa – Polk County Auditor Jamie Fitzgerald gives us a quick rundown of how to be sure your absentee ballot is returned correctly. After you fill out the ballot put it in the secrecy envelope, seal it, put the secrecy envelope into the return envelope, sign it and get it returned. Fitzgerald says…

DETROIT (WOOD) – Several men face charges for allegedly plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, even going so far as to watch her vacation home and build bombs, authorities say. A court document filed Tuesday identifies the suspects in a federal case as Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon…

IOWA — A new Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday shows Democrats Joe Biden and Theresa Greenfield each have five point leads in their respective races in Iowa with just 27 days to go until Election Day. Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump 50% to 45% in the poll. Respondents returned an…

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin, the officer charged in George Floyd’s death, was released on Wednesday after posting a $1 million bond, according to FOX 9. Floyd died May 25 after Chauvin pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck as Floyd said he couldn’t breathe. Floyd’s death was captured in widely seen bystander video that set off…

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds acknowledged Wednesday that Iowa is seeing surging numbers of coronavirus cases and record hospitalizations, but she said the health care system could handle the increase and no further action was needed to reduce infections. There were 444 people being treated for the coronavirus in hospitals as of Wednesday…

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen has died at the age of 65, his son tweeted Tuesday. The co-founder of Van Halen had been battling throat cancer and died surrounded by friends and family at a Santa Monica, California hospital Tuesday, sources told TMZ. “I can’t believe I’m having to write this,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has instructed aides to stop negotiating on another round of COVID-19 relief until after the election. Trump tweeted that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was “not negotiating in good faith” and said he’s asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to direct all his focus before the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and other top military leaders are under quarantine after a senior Coast Guard official tested positive for the coronavirus, two U.S. officials said. Gen. Mark Milley and the chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force have tested negative for the virus, but remain…

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has officially revised its guidance on the coronavirus to include information about how the virus can spread through airborne particles that can “linger in the air for minutes to hours” and among people who are more than six feet apart. The new guidance says coronavirus can…

BETHESDA, Md. (NEXSTAR) — President Donald Trump will be discharged Monday from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as he continues to battle the novel coronavirus, according to a tweet he sent Monday afternoon. “I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of…

Iowa — Election Day 2020 arrives in Iowa (and the rest of the nation) on November 3rd, 2020. The elections will be carried out with the nation still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic and changes to state laws and policies could make how you vote a different process in 2020 than…

AMES, Iowa — Oklahoma dropped out of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since September 2016 and No. 24 Iowa State jumped back into the Top 25 after a day of upsets. There largely was stability at the top of the rankings Sunday after No. 1 Clemson, No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Georgia…

DES MOINES, Iowa — The latest numbers from the Iowa Department of Public Health show four more Iowans have died from COVID-19 and 684 more individuals have tested positive in the state. The new numbers reflect testing reported on the Iowa Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 website over the 24 hours between 10 a.m. Saturday…

DES MOINES, Iowa — Despite their differences, Republicans and Democrats agree that the stakes are high in the upcoming election. Joe Hogan served time as a felon and will be casting his ballot for the first time. He hopes others like him will, too. “This is the first year for people in Iowa to vote…

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump went through a “very concerning” period Friday and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care as he battles the coronavirus at a military hospital, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Saturday. The comments came after it was revealed that Trump was…

DES MOINES, Iowa — The latest numbers from the Iowa Department of Public Health show ten more Iowans have died from COVID-19 and 1,107 new individuals have tested positive in the state. The new numbers reflect testing reported on the Iowa Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 website over the 24 hours between 10 a.m. Friday and…

AMES, Iowa — The Iowa State Cyclones welcome Oklahoma for college football at Jack Trice Stadium Saturday night. This comes as COVID-19 numbers at the school continue to trend down. “We have seen our positive testing rates go below 5% for three weeks in a row,” said Erin Baldwin, associate vice president of Student Health…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Friday that President Donald Trump was suffering “mild symptoms” of COVID-19, as the virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans spread to the highest reaches of the U.S. government just a month before the presidential election. The revelation came in a Trump tweet about 1 a.m. after…